My newest niece, Erin

My sister had her baby girl on February 2nd. My sister is a pro at giving birth - no epidural needed for her. Amazing woman is she in more ways than just that. Erin is such a sweet and quiet little baby. She didn't make any noises while we were visiting. She slept for a majority of the time as little babies do. It made me look forward to holding our baby girl which is only 3 months away. Jonah was curious about baby Erin especially since James was holding her. He'll be a good big brother. 

Feb 14th

Happy Valentine's Day!

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give - which is everything." - Anonymous

A Typical Night

I love coming home to my family. I get big hugs when I walk in the door. Jonah lights up when he sees me and I forget everything that happened in my day. The following pictures are a typical night at our house. 

  

Exciting News!

James and I had a very exciting Tuesday. We found our the latest addition to our family is a girl. She is healthy and beautiful as far as we can see on the ultrasound. My head is swimming with all the things I have to accomplish over the next few months. We have a nursery to prepare which means rearranging some of the room in our house. We have to pick a name which we are not disclosing until the birth! I'm not even sure I'm going to tell James the name because he has a hard time keeping a secret. Jonah is really to young to understand any thing about "baby girl". I know that he'll be a great big brother. My biggest curiosity about "baby girl" is if she going to look like me or James!  I guess we'll find out in June. OK - I have a huge smile on my face - I'm soooo excited!

Growing up too fast!

Jonah is already 16+ weeks old... my how the time flys! I often look back at pictures of when he was just a wee little guy and can't imagine how quickly he has grown up. He walks, runs, understands things you are telling him, hugs, kisses.... he even wants his own Facebook account!

Last weekend we took Jonah to the Chamblee Train Station where he got to check out the big machines. He loves buses, trucks... anything that is massive. Afterwards, we went to PDK (the local regional airport) to watch the planes take off and land. Jonah was much more interested in the fuel trucks that were parked near by. In between planes, Jonah got to play on the little playground that they have at PDK. He LOOOVES to slide. He hasn't figured out he has to lift his feet so he doesn't "stick" to the slide, so often his feet get caught and he ends up coming down upside down and sideways. But he loves it anyway.

All I can do at the moment is spend as much time with him that I can. This time is precious to me and I know it won't last forever. There isn't a better feeling than to see your son smiling and running toward you with his arms out stretched for you!

New Year & 16 weeks

Our New Year's eve was of the quieter version this year. We went to Kurt & April's house and rung in the New Year with them. We took Jonah with us and pick him down in the pack 'n play. Then woke him up at 12:30 am to go home. Oh, it's lovely how our lives have changed! No big dinner plans - no staying out til 4am - no hang over from over indulgence of spirits. Life is alot tamer these days.

I tried to find out of the sex of the baby before Christmas as a surprise for James. I went to the ultrasound tech but she couldn't be 100% sure of the sex so we still don't know. I go back on January 27th to find out. As for if I have any intuition of what the sex may be - I have none. I'm so not good at guessing the sex.

I'm 16 weeks today. Mostly I feel good but I do have times just overall feeling like crud. On the weekends, you will find me napping when Jonah takes his 2 hour nap. I wake up a lot at night to go to the bathroom and sometimes I can fall back asleep. I count myself lucky if I get 5 hours of sleep in a row. That sentence sounds crazy. I never would have thought I could function on such little sleep. Somehow you just do it.

Our Christmas was great. It was just nice to get together with family even though there was a few incidents of drama. (I'll save those conversations for a later date.) Jonah enjoyed opening his presents. He especially loved the Cheerios Nascar Matchbox cars I snagged from a co-worker (they were freebies from a client). He carries those cars all around the house. He also loves this Santa Workshop book I got for him.

Jonah is growing up so fast. "Kitty" is officially his first word. When he see the cat, George, he just squeals "kitty" then chases him. He walks/run all around the house. He loves plundering through cabinets, bags, boxes, Mommy's purse - speaking of, I still can't find my car keys. And I've noticed he likes to hide things. I'll find my water bottle on the closet shelf between my shoes. Oh and today he learned to lift the toilet lid and then attempted to splash in the water. Yea, I can't turn my head for a second.

Jonah also has pink eye right now. We took him to the Dr. Gary today and he prescribed some eye drops. It's a great experience each time we have to put the drops in his eyes. James & I have both commented that our eyes feel weird - I'm sure we'll both wake up tomorrow with a swollen shut, goopy eye! Pink eye should look really good with my braces.

And for all of those who haven't seen me recently - I got braces in October. It's step 2 in a 4 step process. I'm looking to replace a bridge I have had for 15 year with an implant. An implant is where they drill a post into your jaw bone and place a tooth on the post. The braces are to move the roots to the teeth next to the space to ensure there is enough room for the implant. I got bottom braces as well to straighten some crowded. Needless to I look beautiful right now. I have days where it's really hard looking in the mirror and then have have days where I just don't care. Especially hard with my body changing with the baby. I hoping the time will fly by and this time next year I'll be close to finishing this process.

Well, it's late and of course I'm tired. Happy New Year!