Forgive me Bloggers... It's been over a month since my the last post. Wow, I'm so behind. Tons has happened since then..

We are officially moved in to our first home. Still hasn't really sunk in yet. We did make our first mortgage payment so that's helping to make it more real. We are about 80% unpacked. There are still boxes in the spare room that need to get unpacked, but you know that saying.. Out of sight, out of mind. Maybe in the next couple of weeks we will get to them. No rush..

We love it here! We are so very blessed! The house "fits" our family, if that makes sense. Been comfortable here since day one. L loves playing in the backyard and running around on the deck. Sunny days have been hit and miss here, so we haven't been out much. Bummer!

There's been other happenings that have taken me away from blogging.. Family injuries and sicknesses have been the biggest. Just in the last 3 months L has had 4 urgent care visits and 3 pedi visits. Things are starting to calm down sickness wise, thank goodness!

Can't believe that this year is almost half over. The time is just flying by. Can't wait for Christmas in our new home!

Easter Sunday

The day started like any other day around our house. The only difference was we were dressed and out of the house before 8am. Phew! We made it to church on time. Usually we don't have to leave til close to 9:30, but the Refuge did and outreach and started service early.

L looked so CUTE in his outfit. He had tons of fun at the Easter egg hunt. He didn't get the whole concept of find and egg put in the basket, repeat.. Still was fun to watch. One egg was near a flower and it took him a few tries to grab it. After falling in the dirt he managed to retrieve it. I'm bummed we didn't bring the camera or the flip. Oh well.

After L went down for a nap I went to C's parent house to help with dinner. A dinner party of 11 ish turned to a party of 4 and a child. We ended up making ham, scalloped potatoes, fruit salad, roasted veggies and rolls. Not too shabby.

Since it turned out to be a really nice day we took L outside for a mini photo shoot. He LOVES to run around outside. Doesn't really care for the grass, but had a great time running around after the basketball.

Look at what the bunny left for me!!!!!!!!

Why we've been so busy lately

I have been neglecting this blog... For good reason.

We're buying our first house!! We are so excited and so blessed. If everything goes smoothly and there aren't any major problems we should be closing by May 7th, but hope to close on April 28th.

Oh my gosh!! We are gonna be homeowners!! Can't wait to raise our son in our home!! This house just pretty much dropped into our laps. The family needs to sell the home. Our realtor is also theirs. It wasn't even placed on the market until we had a chance to have a look at it.

The home inspection, pest inspection and appraisal were all completed at the start of this week and we are now just waiting to hear how they went.

We so feel that this is the Lord working. Every door (and window) have been thrown open for us!!

Guess we'd better start packing!!!!!!

One year ago ....

This time last year, I was very pregnant and started feeling a little off. Back ache and just plain icky. Took a warm bath, but I didn't give me any relief. By 10pm, I was having, what I thought was contractions. Went online and found a site that will allow you time them (wow, it was awesome). By a little before midnight they were coming about every 3 minutes and lasting a good 45+ seconds each.

Decided I should wake my husband up (had worked a double and was SO tired) so we could head to the hospital. I'd asked so many people "How will I know I'm in labor"? Ummm, you know!! I couldn't walk and have a contractions at the same time.. Was miserable in the less than 5 minute car ride to the hospital.

So thankfully that we did the pre admit because there was NO WAY that I'd wanna stand there and sign papers. Told the front desk that I thought I was in labor. Sent to L&D. Was in this small, and I mean small room. Got hooked up to a monitor and just layed on the bed for what seemed like hours. Time gonna stands still when you're in labor. You aren't really sure about the time. Only bummer, was that there was another woman in the room with me and I was kinda nervous to be too loud with the contractions. Yeah, not really needing to be modest or thoughtful of others during that time LOL!! The poor lady got sent home and I got the room to myself. YES!! My water ended up breaking in that room and was also given my first dose of a pain med.

Was told that I was in fact in labor and about 4 centimeters. Around 2ish (I think) we moved to a real room (where I would stay for the next couple of days) Around 3am I was 6 centimeters and wanted an epidural. Epidural juice is from God, I tell ya! It made the labor process less painful and much more enjoyable for me. Thankfully my epi took really well and I pretty much felt nothing.

My sister came to the hospital after I had my epi. C's mom came around 6am. My Dr. checked me around 7 and I was progressing nicely. Checked again around 11... Was stuck at 8 centimeters and was given pitocin. Thankfully my epi was still working GREAT!

Our sweet baby boy was born at 2:04 Thursday afternoon, after about 25 minutes of pushing. He was 7 pounds and 11 ounces of perfectness. We waited SO long to finally hold him in our arms. He truly is our special gift from God. He's been an absolute JOY in our lives. He's such a good and happy baby!! We cherish each and every moment... They grow up too fast!

Monkey

There's so much to do still for the birthday party next Saturday! I could seriously go crazy if I didn't have my handy dandy notebook to jot stuff down on. Thankfully C has 3 weeks of vacation coming up so he'll be home to help me out.

Still haven't decided on all the decorations. Only thing I've got so far is stuffed monkeys and streamers. Our local party shop just got in a new monkey line and the owner told me it's CUTE. I've got a budget to stick to so I hope it's not that cute that I would feel the urge to splurge.... Unless, it's for the decor of course, or plates, or cups lol.

We're planning a taco bar. It's not L's favorite food, but it does feed lots. Already have about 20 adults and 7 kiddos coming. Wow!! All because they love our little blessing as much as we do!!

I on the search for the Runt's banana candies. Too late to order anywhere online so I hope I can find some. Have a few places to check out. The plan is to use them as a topper for the cupcakes instead of doing the monkey cupcakes with vanilla wafers. If there's no banana candy to be found, I'll most likely be slaving away making monkey cupcakes.

L's cake is going to be homemade and so cute if it turns out!!

There is SO much left to do still, to buy, to make... I can do it in a week, right?!!!

Walking is on the horizon

L's getting braver at the whole "letting go and walking" thing. About 80% of the time when he's pulled up on furniture or his toys, he'll let go and walk a few steps. It's the funniest thing! He almost looks like a robot. NOT fluid in his steps AT ALL! Guess he'll get there, one day.

His record of 5 has been pushed to the side. It's the new and improved number 7 (yay) He also loves just to stand alone.

Most of the time when he's done walking he just flops onto his belly. Must be used to all the belly flops since he crawled like a worm for over 4 months LOL!! My belly would sure hurt by the end of the day. Thank goodness that the whole spit up phase is about over with. Wonder if we should pack up the burp cloths??.... Nah, don't wanna jinx myself.

While walking (and after) he has the widest, proudest smile on his face. Such a big boy. One day soon, my almost one year old will be a walking machine. I'll saver the crawling until then.

Always tomorrow...

It's just after 9pm on Weds night. Baby's in bed and my sweetie is still at work. House is quiet.. if it were able to talk I'm sure it would be complaining about some things that need straightened up, but ya know what.... I don't care. There's more important things!

That's why there's always tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll put the laundry away, tomorrow I'll clean the refrigerator, tomorrow I'll mop... Today, I'm just going to saver every little bit I get with my little family.

One day L will be too busy to listen to his Momma read him a book, snuggle or just talk.

For now, my little one has my undivided attention and I'm A-OK with that.

My heart is feeling all nostalgic. I don't know if it's because his birthday is right around the corner or just the simple fact that he does something new almost ever hour he's awake, which brings the fact that he's growing up(too fast) to the fore front of my thoughts.

Lord, Please don't ever let me be "too busy".....