Bundle Of Joy

Every sleepless night, every extra pound on the scale, every single stinky diaper, every tight muscle, emotional breakdown or forgetful moment absolutely disappears at the sight of this... the simplest gesture from this son of mine sends me over the moon. I could spend the rest of the night looking in the dictionary for ways to describe how it makes me feel but there simply aren' t any words.

Thanks Raph.
Sleeping Beauty











There are so many splendid rewards... watching him sleep and finding that it brings me peace, knowing that when he gets that really concentrated look on his face he is all business, and learning that some of his cries mean that he just wants to be held... kind of like the rest of us do sometimes.

My best cousin Cash...
He really loves me!

All Smiles

I think my life is really great and it's starting to show because recently I have been smiling quite a bit. My family gets a kick out of it so I think I'll keep doing it! I guess you never know how long I will have all these people at my beckon call so I might as well milk it while I can.

Sweet Child of Mine

Mom loves to dress me up...









but sometimes we wear our bathrobes all day.

A Few of My First's

My first basketball game to watch my allstar Uncle Justin!

First Christmas hohoho!




My first bath a.k.a "tubby" and my first bottle from daddy.

The first few days...

Parenthood

Last year, two days after we were counting our blessings, God decided it was time and we were given one of the greatest gifts of all.. new life. After witnessing miracle after miracle, I decided this was meant to be shared. Having a child is like experiencing your heart outside of your body. The depths of emotion have been beyond what I thought my capacities were and the joys of parenthood continue to keep me smiling even in the wee hours of the night. I will admit that I have never lived through anything so difficult as the first two months of this little one's life and I now have a complete understanding of why sleep depravation was once used as a method of torture. Having a child has reminded me of when I first fell in love with my husband... a simply beautiful, terrifying, and all consuming state of being completely distracted by someone else.