Day 5: Thank you note.

This is a day late but here goes.

Dear random lady in Meijer,

Thank you so much for your kind words. You have no idea how much it meant to hear that. Thank you so much for telling me that I look thin for just having a baby. The amazing complement you gave me about my handsome little guy was also good. But those kind words made my week. I haven't been feeling so go about myself lately and you made me smile and realize it’s not that bad. You gave me the drive to change a few things, and get off my butt and do the work. Thank you. Karma will pay you back big time for that.

Love,

The girl with the cute little man in the freezer isle.


Day 1. I have a ____ month old and already I'm thinking, I'm going to miss him at this age. Have you felt that way, and what age do you miss the most?
Day 2. What makes you uniquely you?
Day 3. A photo that makes you happy
Day 4. Style 31. Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.
Day 5. Write a blog thanking someone who has made your heart come alive.
Day 6. Your most embarrassing moment
Day 7. Do you believe in the "cry until he sleeps" method?
Day 8. Have a beauty secret (e.g. hair tip, make up tip)? Share, please!
Day 9. What virtues do you value in yourself?
Day 10. What are some of your favorite MAC products, and what foundation/powder do you wear?
Day 11. Post a recipe. Or if you don't cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!).
Day 12. Write about what wears you out as a woman.
Day 13. A YouTube video
Day 14. Style 31. Post an outfit pic!
Day 15. What do you wish for?
Day 16. How old was Carter when he started sleeping through the night and how did you do this?
Day 17. Write about 3 things that make you happy.
Day 18. If you could, what would you tell yourself before you had your baby?
Day 19. Write about your significant other
Day 20. Write about your job and why you love it or hate it.
Day 21. Write about your most vivid childhood memory. Post a picture of you taken over ten years ago.
Day 22. What did you do today?
Day 23. Who's your celebrity look alike?
Day 24. What is God teaching you presently?
Day 25. Style 31. Post a pic of your favorite comfy clothes.
Day 26. What do you hope your grandchildren will say about you someday when you are gone?
Day 27. Who are your favorite bloggers?
Day 28. Write about your insecurities as a woman.
Day 29. Your day, in great detail
Day 30. What do you think is going to happen to you after you die?
Day 31. Your favorite quote

Day 4 : Favorite Outfit photo

Okay let me premis this by saying that almost nothing I own fits. I'm working on that but it is slow going. Needless to say this is an old photo. Prebaby. I love this dress. Its comphy, and flowy, and it goes great with flip flops.

Day 1. I have a ____ month old and already I'm thinking, I'm going to miss him at this age. Have you felt that way, and what age do you miss the most?
Day 2. What makes you uniquely you?
Day 3. A photo that makes you happy
Day 4. Style 31. Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.
Day 5. Write a blog thanking someone who has made your heart come alive.
Day 6. Your most embarrassing moment
Day 7. Do you believe in the "cry until he sleeps" method?
Day 8. Have a beauty secret (e.g. hair tip, make up tip)? Share, please!
Day 9. What virtues do you value in yourself?
Day 10. What are some of your favorite MAC products, and what foundation/powder do you wear?
Day 11. Post a recipe. Or if you don't cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!).
Day 12. Write about what wears you out as a woman.
Day 13. A YouTube video
Day 14. Style 31. Post an outfit pic!
Day 15. What do you wish for?
Day 16. How old was Carter when he started sleeping through the night and how did you do this?
Day 17. Write about 3 things that make you happy.
Day 18. If you could, what would you tell yourself before you had your baby?
Day 19. Write about your significant other
Day 20. Write about your job and why you love it or hate it.
Day 21. Write about your most vivid childhood memory. Post a picture of you taken over ten years ago.
Day 22. What did you do today?
Day 23. Who's your celebrity look alike?
Day 24. What is God teaching you presently?
Day 25. Style 31. Post a pic of your favorite comfy clothes.
Day 26. What do you hope your grandchildren will say about you someday when you are gone?
Day 27. Who are your favorite bloggers?
Day 28. Write about your insecurities as a woman.
Day 29. Your day, in great detail
Day 30. What do you think is going to happen to you after you die?
Day 31. Your favorite quote

Day 3: A photo that makes me happy.

This is hard because I have so many. So here's more than one. :)

The first photo is my brother, Jeremy holding Jack. It's hard to get Jeremy to smile, and if you look real close you can see him smiling at Jack.

The second picture is my fist ever trip to Disney.

The third photo is of my Jeep on the beach in the Outer Banks NC. It was so fun to go becah driving.

The last photo is what happens when Daddy feeds Jack.

Day 1. I have a ____ month old and already I'm thinking, I'm going to miss him at this age. Have you felt that way, and what age do you miss the most?
Day 2. What makes you uniquely you?
Day 3. A photo that makes you happy
Day 4. Style 31. Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.
Day 5. Write a blog thanking someone who has made your heart come alive.
Day 6. Your most embarrassing moment
Day 7. Do you believe in the "cry until he sleeps" method?
Day 8. Have a beauty secret (e.g. hair tip, make up tip)? Share, please!
Day 9. What virtues do you value in yourself?
Day 10. What are some of your favorite MAC products, and what foundation/powder do you wear?
Day 11. Post a recipe. Or if you don't cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!).
Day 12. Write about what wears you out as a woman.
Day 13. A YouTube video
Day 14. Style 31. Post an outfit pic!
Day 15. What do you wish for?
Day 16. How old was Carter when he started sleeping through the night and how did you do this?
Day 17. Write about 3 things that make you happy.
Day 18. If you could, what would you tell yourself before you had your baby?
Day 19. Write about your significant other
Day 20. Write about your job and why you love it or hate it.
Day 21. Write about your most vivid childhood memory. Post a picture of you taken over ten years ago.
Day 22. What did you do today?
Day 23. Who's your celebrity look alike?
Day 24. What is God teaching you presently?
Day 25. Style 31. Post a pic of your favorite comfy clothes.
Day 26. What do you hope your grandchildren will say about you someday when you are gone?
Day 27. Who are your favorite bloggers?
Day 28. Write about your insecurities as a woman.
Day 29. Your day, in great detail
Day 30. What do you think is going to happen to you after you die?
Day 31. Your favorite quote

Day 2 : What makes you uniquely you?

I'm the girl with chipped nail polish.

I'd rater be on the beach then anywhere else on earth. Even though I burn like a lobster in just a few minutes.

I grew up in a beach town because of this, I love the quiet solitude of a remote beach in the off season.

I'm the one who is partly invisable in public, but when you look you can really see her.

I am a decent cook.

I hate writing about myself.

I am crafty, artistic, and creative.

I secretly want to be a country singer, but I really don't sing that well. I mean I'm okay in the car, or shower or while cleaning the house... but not in front of people, who might have payed to see someone sing.

I want to learn to play guitar, desperately.

I have a very small, very close family. I live very far away from most of them. They mean the world to me.

I'm shy and quiet, till I decide that your an okay person. Then you'll never shut me up.

I have scares physcally and emotionally. The emotional ones are always worse.

I suck at spelling.

I dont tust or scare easlily.

I love taking pictures.

I someday really want to own a house. Mostly because we move every three years and I really want some place that is mine.

When I was growing up I had 2 goats, 4 bunnies, 3 cats, 1 dog, and alot of ducks and chickens. Not all at the same time though.

I will eat the whole container of icecream... so hide it from me please!

I have a drawer full of candles. I think its an upsesion now.

Day 1. I have a ____ month old and already I'm thinking, I'm going to miss him at this age. Have you felt that way, and what age do you miss the most?
Day 2. What makes you uniquely you?
Day 3. A photo that makes you happy
Day 4. Style 31. Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.
Day 5. Write a blog thanking someone who has made your heart come alive.
Day 6. Your most embarrassing moment
Day 7. Do you believe in the "cry until he sleeps" method?
Day 8. Have a beauty secret (e.g. hair tip, make up tip)? Share, please!
Day 9. What virtues do you value in yourself?
Day 10. What are some of your favorite MAC products, and what foundation/powder do you wear?
Day 11. Post a recipe. Or if you don't cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!).
Day 12. Write about what wears you out as a woman.
Day 13. A YouTube video
Day 14. Style 31. Post an outfit pic!
Day 15. What do you wish for?
Day 16. How old was Carter when he started sleeping through the night and how did you do this?
Day 17. Write about 3 things that make you happy.
Day 18. If you could, what would you tell yourself before you had your baby?
Day 19. Write about your significant other
Day 20. Write about your job and why you love it or hate it.
Day 21. Write about your most vivid childhood memory. Post a picture of you taken over ten years ago.
Day 22. What did you do today?
Day 23. Who's your celebrity look alike?
Day 24. What is God teaching you presently?
Day 25. Style 31. Post a pic of your favorite comfy clothes.
Day 26. What do you hope your grandchildren will say about you someday when you are gone?
Day 27. Who are your favorite bloggers?
Day 28. Write about your insecurities as a woman.
Day 29. Your day, in great detail
Day 30. What do you think is going to happen to you after you die?
Day 31. Your favorite quote

Day 1 : What age do you miss the most?

Jack is going to be 7 months old on the 8th of this month. Its scary. He's growing so fast. He's almost crawling. He's almost saying mama (AAAAAAHHHHHHHma!)

If I could go back to any age I think it would be that first week we brought him home. It was the safety of it. He spent 5 days in the NICU after an emergency c-section. I remember thinking if we could just get him home it would all be okay, and it was.

That's my baby, and that's his Daddy's thumb. He was born at 36 weeks, and was so tiny. When he was born he wasn't breathing. It was scary. It all was so scary.

This is me holding him on his first day home from the hospital. He was so tiny he fit in the palm of my hand. He wore preemie clothes for about 2 weeks. I put them all away yesterday and I cried like a girl because he was so tiny. He's orange because he had awful jaundice on top of everything else. He was so perfectly snuggly, and I just sat for hours holding him and sniffing his little head. It was the first time I let myself relax enough to enjoy being his mom. I stopped being so worried and was able to be happy.

This is Jack now. He's so big and strong and independent and stubborn. He's perfect.

Day 1. I have a ____ month old and already I'm thinking, I'm going to miss him at this age. Have you felt that way, and what age do you miss the most?
Day 2. What makes you uniquely you?
Day 3. A photo that makes you happy
Day 4. Style 31. Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.
Day 5. Write a blog thanking someone who has made your heart come alive.
Day 6. Your most embarrassing moment
Day 7. Do you believe in the "cry until he sleeps" method?
Day 8. Have a beauty secret (e.g. hair tip, make up tip)? Share, please!
Day 9. What virtues do you value in yourself?
Day 10. What are some of your favorite MAC products, and what foundation/powder do you wear?
Day 11. Post a recipe. Or if you don't cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!).
Day 12. Write about what wears you out as a woman.
Day 13. A YouTube video
Day 14. Style 31. Post an outfit pic!
Day 15. What do you wish for?
Day 16. How old was Carter when he started sleeping through the night and how did you do this?
Day 17. Write about 3 things that make you happy.
Day 18. If you could, what would you tell yourself before you had your baby?
Day 19. Write about your significant other
Day 20. Write about your job and why you love it or hate it.
Day 21. Write about your most vivid childhood memory. Post a picture of you taken over ten years ago.
Day 22. What did you do today?
Day 23. Who's your celebrity look alike?
Day 24. What is God teaching you presently?
Day 25. Style 31. Post a pic of your favorite comfy clothes.
Day 26. What do you hope your grandchildren will say about you someday when you are gone?
Day 27. Who are your favorite bloggers?
Day 28. Write about your insecurities as a woman.
Day 29. Your day, in great detail
Day 30. What do you think is going to happen to you after you die?
Day 31. Your favorite quote

March blogging list.

Meghann at Bringing up Bumble came up with a list of things to blog about for the month of March. I haven't been so good at writing things lately, so I thought I would do this to get back in the swing of things. If your doing it too let me know so I can read yours. :)

I'm starting March 1st. Here's the list:


Day 1. I have a ____ month old and already I'm thinking, I'm going to miss him at this age. Have you felt that way, and what age do you miss the most?
Day 2. What makes you uniquely you?
Day 3. A photo that makes you happy
Day 4. Style 31. Post a pic of you in your favorite outfit.
Day 5. Write a blog thanking someone who has made your heart come alive.
Day 6. Your most embarrassing moment
Day 7. Do you believe in the "cry until he sleeps" method?
Day 8. Have a beauty secret (e.g. hair tip, make up tip)? Share, please!
Day 9. What virtues do you value in yourself?
Day 10. What are some of your favorite MAC products, and what foundation/powder do you wear?
Day 11. Post a recipe. Or if you don't cook, try a new recipe and write about how it turned out (pictures please!).
Day 12. Write about what wears you out as a woman.
Day 13. A YouTube video
Day 14. Style 31. Post an outfit pic!
Day 15. What do you wish for?
Day 16. How old was Carter when he started sleeping through the night and how did you do this?
Day 17. Write about 3 things that make you happy.
Day 18. If you could, what would you tell yourself before you had your baby?
Day 19. Write about your significant other
Day 20. Write about your job and why you love it or hate it.
Day 21. Write about your most vivid childhood memory. Post a picture of you taken over ten years ago.
Day 22. What did you do today?
Day 23. Who's your celebrity look alike?
Day 24. What is God teaching you presently?
Day 25. Style 31. Post a pic of your favorite comfy clothes.
Day 26. What do you hope your grandchildren will say about you someday when you are gone?
Day 27. Who are your favorite bloggers?
Day 28. Write about your insecurities as a woman.
Day 29. Your day, in great detail
Day 30. What do you think is going to happen to you after you die?
Day 31. Your favorite quote

Chhh Chhh Chhh CHANGES!

So you might notice that some things look a little different around here. That is if anyone is still out there. (Hello if you are. :) ) I decided that some things in the blog needed to be different if I was going to keep writing here. So I changed the title. And the layout. Oh and the content. I was running out of things to post about so I decided that this had to be more than just a baby blog, because even I was getting bored. Don't worry; I will still post squeezable pics of Jack and updates. But I wanted to post about some things that I enjoy also, cooking and crafting, and anything else that catches my attention. I've been inspired by some of the great blogs I've stumbled upon when I should have been doing something else, like cleaning. I needed a sea change and I'm taking you along for the ride.

Dear Jack,

You are 4 months old now. I can hardly believe it.It seems like you are growing way to fast. You are so happy all the time. Your always smiling, and laughing, and babbling. Your favorite thing to do in the whole world is jump. You would jump all day if I let you. You stand in your jumper and hold on to the sides and leap off the floor and squeal and laugh and smile. It is really awesome to watch. You still hate to be on your belly though, I'm sorta afraid you'll never crawl. If we put you on your belly within a minute your whining and squirming and trying your hardest to flip over, or get us to pick you up. If we don't you throw a fit.

You sleep through the night most nights, waking up at 5am and going back down till around 8ish. Thank you for that. I really like that you sleep so I can too. Because you sleep so much at night you wake up starving! So this month you started solid foods. You had been interested in our foods ever since you could focus on things, and you love food. I gave you a little bit of rice cereal and you smiled so big, as if to say, "YAY! Food I don't have to drink." lol. Then you inhaled the rest of it. So far you've only tried a few foods, rice cereal (like), apples (sorta like), bananas (sorta like I don't think you enjoy the sliminess of them.), and avocados (LOVE!!!)

This month you got to see Santa for the first time. All the babies in line before you screamed bloody murder when they got to sit on his lap. Not you you looked up at him and smiled then you looked over at me and smiled really big, and mommy got the best First Santa visit picture ever!



Last night we decorated the tree and you really liked to see yourself in the silver bulbs. You are fascinated by the lights on the tree. You sit and stare at them with a look of wonder on your face.

This is going to be the bet Christmas ever, because I already got the best gift ever... you.

Love you forever,

Mommy.

Thankful

This year there is alot to be thankful for here in Serra land. Last Christmas like the 5 Christmases before, when someone asked me what I wanted, I wished for a baby in my heart. Little did I know that baby was growing inside of me. This Thanksgiving will be full of laughs and baby babble and for that I am very thankful. One little man came into our lives this year and we just may be the most thankful family there ever was.

Here is my thankful list. What are you thankful for?

* Having an attached garage.

* Having a momma that is also my best friend.

* Having an amazing Husband who works really hard so I can be a stay at home Mommy.

* Pretzel M&Ms

* Most importantly, this.


Happy Thanksgiving!

Dear Jack

Time is flying by. Your already three months old. Yet it feels like you've been here forever. We've reached the point where everyday there is something new.

All of the sudden you've got a little face that explodes with HUGE smiles and laughter. Your the happiest baby I have ever seen, and I'm not just saying that because your my son. The only time you really cry is when you are hungry. You get pretty demanding when your hungry.

Every night before you go to bed you sit on my lap and we have a conversation. I talk to you and make goofy faces, and you babble and smile, and laugh. That's my favorite thing. You look right in my eyes and babble at me like your telling me all about your day.

You love to jump. You have a jumper in the door way between the kitchen and the dinning room and you love it. You get so excited and you smile and yell. If the radio is on when your jumping and a song you like comes on you jump so hard the floor shakes.

Buddy is in love you! He has finally figured out that you are the kid we had promised him and baby sits you if I leave the room, and your left behind in your crib or your swing. If you are on your play mat on the floor he brings you his toys and drops them near by, and he waits for you to throw them. He wants so badly for you to play with him. It breaks his wrinkly little heart that you can't run and play fetch with him yet.

To further prove you are the best gift I've ever been given, you decided that three months old is the perfect age to sleep through the night and you've been sleeping 6 to 8 hours without waking for a while now. Thank you for that little man. It makes mommy very happy. On top of being a rock star sleeper you also wake up happy. With big smiles for me when I come to get you from your crib.

I love watching you study the world around you.

Love you little man,

Mommy