one year ago

one year ago today...we found out our baby was on the way!

what a precious gift. an amazing miracle. and a blessed year. we are so thankful that God chose us to be his and may we raise him so that he may return the praise for the Lord.

mirrors and mommy

for those of you who stop by my little bloggity for lovelies other than my handsome boy...one of these days i will get back to crafts and fab finds...at least my mom says i will! a bit after the little mister boy was born i walked into my studio and felt so overwhelmed. i looked at my mom and wondered if i would ever be interested or have the time for it again...she says i will. i'm going to venture to guess though that it won't be until i at least get to wash my hair AND flat iron it on a regular basis {i've given up that i'll ever make it to step 3 again of curling it}! yep...glory be...its washed but not flat ironed or curled in these pictures...don't judge...that much was worth praise!

{ oh mommy you're right...i am handsome! }

my little mister boy loves mirrors! when he was a week or so old i realized that he heard how handsome he was on a daily basis...multiple daily basis...and i thought he should get to see for himself! so i would take him to the mirror and show him how precious he was! he loves to look in the mirror...it just makes him grin so big...so big!!

half the time i wonder if that grin is so big because behind him he sees mommy lookin' rough because she most likely didn't get dressed for the day!

checking out his shoes that already fit...his chi chi shoes! thanks aunt chi chi! he loves them! i can't believe they already fit...but daddy and all his uncles have "big" feet so he was bound to have them too...he does!

passed down...

there are some very special clothes in our little mister boy's closet. a few of them are ones that his uncle austin and uncle dallas wore...this is one of them...

we are so in love with this little man! he has so many littles faces and sweet expressions...

ps...just realized in the true nick of time i got 2 posts in this month! woo hoo!! miss you friends!

maternity leave

happy thanksgiving! merry christmas! and i hope your 2010 is off to a blessed start! does that about cover everything i missed during my maternity leave? :) ...i hardly think so! i hope each of you had wonderful holidays and that life is treating you kindly!

thank you all for your warmest welcome on our little mister boy's arrival and introduction and for your "are you ok"..."we miss you" emails and comments! we had a rough start. he is and has been so very healthy and for that we are more than blessed and so grateful, but at 2.5 weeks we had an unwelcomed visitor...reflux......hence my absence. if you've "been there done that" then that would be enough said! ;) at his most painful the poor guy was at the point that he cried/screamed 30-45 min. after e-v-e-r-y feeding. we are thankful that we finally have found a therapy that works for him...and now at 3 months are beginning to get into a routine. it is more than gut-wrenching to watch your baby endure such agony.

he is such a happy baby with such an infectious smile and we are loving learning more and more about him! i hope you are each doing well and i hope to catch up...i can't promise a return to blogging as i have many projects on the horizon through march...but i think i can at least post once a month!

meet the little mister

thank you friends for your prayers, congratulations, and blessings as hubby and i welcomed our little man! we have spent the last 2 weeks getting to know our precious blessing and molding into a family of 3. we are "smittenly" in love with him!!! God blessed us with such a happy, healthy, thriving, content...and as his mommy i can say...perfect little baby boy!

lala is still in town and we are so thankful that she will be loving on him until early december...we have so appreciated her help and support...we are so blessed...

{ ...and she became lala }

He is here!!!

(Aunt Krystal posting on behalf of his mom)

Our little man is here!

Our little mister was born Tuesday at 7:45am. He weighed 6.7 lbs and 19 3/4 inches. 10 fingers and 1o toes~perfect as can be! Ashley is doing great, just trying to get some rest when she can.

Dad, Mom and baby are at home and resting. They will update with pictures and posts as soon as they can!

all our bags are packed

...and we're ready to go!

lala landed on wednesday and brought many surprises for the little mister and some for his daddy...but the mommy-to-be got this gorgeous brand new bag...as you can see it is already packed full and ready for its first trip...the hospital!!!

mom designed it just for me! it has several different fabrics...

and lots of little details...



and is complete with my monogram...

i love it! thank you so much mom! you always go above and beyond in thinking of the little things that make us feel so special! and thank you oh so very much for being here for us as we take it day to day on the wait for the little mister! we love you!!!

magic number

we have made it to 37 weeks!!! we didn't doubt we would until this week...

the little mister sure sent us all into a tailspin to hurry things up in getting ready for him...because he decided he is now coming any day. {which can be defined as tomorrow or in a week!}

we have been encouraging him all week to keep tight and wait a bit longer to make his debut.

we are grateful for the preparation time...but more importantly we are so thankful that he stayed snug and cozy until the magic number...37 weeks! he is now full-term!

we can't wait to meet this little babe who we so quickly fell in love with, have so fervently prayed selfishly perfect and healthy things for, and who we know will change our lives in one breath...

we welcome it and we can't wait to welcome him!

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{ thank you so very much shea for taking some impromptu snaps for us!! you did a fabulous job with my new "bff"! we will surely treasure them! }

final touches

he's not here yet...but if i shared with you the list of things i got accomplished in just one day on wednesday...you would think he was coming this weekend {lets just say it gave my mom great concern that he might just be coming sooner than her flight next week!}

as promised i was able to get a few new snaps of the "little" extras we've added to his nursery making it complete and just waiting for the prince. ...

a pillow for his bed that hubby and i dreamed up...he will be a fourth generation "fire engine enthusiast" hence the 4 and we wanted a font that reflected one that would have been used on an old fire engine {that part was hubby's job!}...

the window seat cushion...that mom and i designed and ms. rebecca oh so very sweetly sewed up for us! {thank you so so much ms. rebecca...we love it!!! and mom for the gift!}...

mom made him a super duper long cord cover for the chandi...{i'm not going to admit how long this took me last week to turn right side out...} also in this picture {that i forgot to point out last time} are the 2 pictures that hang inside his window seat {there are 2 more that hang on the opposite inside too that you can see in the picture above} anyone who knows me knows i am extremely sentimental...but even i didn't plan this one. i took these 4 pics of the engines back when hubby and i were engaged...had them blown up, framed, and gave them to him one year for christmas. well...one of the pics on the opposite wall is of the engine we left the church on on our wedding day. {ok that i might have planned because it was hubby's favorite}...but the top engine in the picture below is of a mack {hubby's dad's favorite} that is from none other than one of the towns close to us here in PA...that one...i didn't plan many years ago when we were in texas and no idea we'd ever be here...but God has such a way of making me smile in the smallest of things! its just another reminder to me that His hand is in all things big and small...and that we are exactly where we are supposed to be...may our little mister always see these little things too and know how much God loves him.

mom and i designed the blanket while she was here...it gives great color to the rocker. she headed home and whipped it right up for her baby grand! thanks so much lala...we love it!!!

this isn't a new addition...but i hadn't touched on it last time and it was actually the start of the entire room...the fire engine painting above his bed is actually his daddy's. {mom and dad got it for b for graduation from medical school} it is a painting of b's fire engine that i got him his first birthday after we were married...only it doesn't currently look like this...it will once he restores it.

one of my mom's super creative friends creates these unique pieces of art! the coolest thing about it is that its not created with paint, but with melted crayon. see the texture... what talent!

lala, thank you so much for all of your hard work and skills on helping make and create the perfect little spot for our little mister on the way. we love it all and can't wait to see him enjoy it!

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and some answers to your questions from this post...
-"I would love to know if you can share where the "momento" holder came from..."

• unfortunately, i picked it up at a little boutique flower shop back when we lived in cleveland. i googled and found a similar one...and this would be a wonderful alternative! they are used a lot for christmas cards too like this one...

-"...just curious where did the inspiration for the firetrucks come from..."

• i touched on it a bit up top...but my husband, his father, and his grandfather are all "fire enthusiasts". they collect and restore vintage fire engines back to their original state...and can tell you just about any bit of information on the history of these engines that you could dream up. this is also why we went with authentic fire engine touches...and neither one of us wanted a theme-y theme per say. we don't want to force this on the little mister...but it only made sense that we introduce him to it at a very young age. plus...as hubby says..."what little boy doesn't love a fire engine?"