Eight Months

Three Months

Hi everybody!  Sorry I'm late on the update,  I literally thought it was the sixth today . . . being indoors for so long has totally messed up my days.  Or maybe it's just the infamous mommy-brain.  What's worse, is that I look at my phone several times a day, and still, I thought today was the sixth: wow.

Anyways, on to the good stuff! (make sure to scroll to the end to see a gazillon pictures)

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The image reads: 
     + latest nickname is "Chunky Monkey"
     + sleeps seven hours at night, sometimes more!
     + has found his thumb :D
     + loves to sit up and explore
     + babbles all sorts of vowels and chuckles
     + prune juice is a gift from God
     + is outgrowing everything

Two Months

Be warned, there's a lot of pics in this post! :)

Alright, so I'm like three days late on this one - but for good reason, we've been busy! (Pretty much from Christmas Eve, to Epiphany Sunday was filled with family :D) . . . and though it was a lot of travel, a lot of visits, etc., it's so wonderful that everyone has been able to meet Sidekick!

So first off, let's share what you've been waiting to see: his two month picture :)

Christmas Traditions

Both Joel and I grew up with wonderful Christmas traditions, but which ones to use with our little Sidekick?  Should we decorate the entire house with nutcracker's and nativity scenery?  Should we go to The Nutcracker ballet like we have done together in the past? (in a few years - gosh could you imagine going with a little seven week old?)  Should we go off and make a bunch of cookies with HeroPapa's maternal family?  Or, continue to do the Christmas Exchange with HeroPapa's paternal side?  Should we always spend Christmas Eve with my family, decorating the tree together?

These are all questions we asked ourselves this year, because we don't only have ourselves to think of this season - we have our own new family (and Sidekick to introduce for the first time to the extended family!).  So we decided to spend two days, with three families, and though of course, it was busy; we also took Christmas morning to try our hand at our own special little set of traditions.

We woke up and lit a pine-tree scented Christmas candle (we weren't going to be home enough to really get much out a real tree), and played the fireplace video off of Netflix (which featured a Christmas yule log, and playing holiday music in the background).  It was like having our own fireplace, on our big screen :)  Finally, we placed our holiday cards along the tv as if it was our personal little mantel, and then we sat together and read the nativity story from our Bible.

It was a wonderful test-run, to our own little special Christmas traditions, but I'm sure it will evolve over the years as Sidekick begins to voice his opinions on the matter.  Because traditions are wonderful, but it's not about us anymore - Christmas is enjoyed most by children, and as our family grows, our traditions should, too.  We'll take a little bit from here, and a little bit from there, because at the end of the day, it's not about us, or what we deem are the only important ways to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.  It's about us as a family, celebrating that fact, in any way that brings a smile to us all :)

Happy holidays everyone!  And have a safe New Year!

One Month

Text in pic reads: 

"*can drink up to six ounces already!  *prefers his fingers over his pacifier  *nicknames: Mr. Wiggles & Little Guy  *50/50 split of his parents features  *weighed 8lbs. 11 oz. at two weeks  *sleeps 2-4 hours on average (often inclined in a swing/carseat or on his parents' chests)" :)

Sidekick's First Month ♥

A video to celebrate Sidekick's First Month :D

The song in the video is "From the Ground Up" by Sleeping At Last.  And not only is the music enchanting, but the lyrics are spot on: talking about how our home is growing, and trying to capture it all with a camera, and feeling "mended" because our Sidekick is a piece of both of us, mended together.  And then there's the line about being twenty seven, before being able to wrap your head around this . . . HeroPapa was twenty seven when he agreed to start trying for some babies!  And I turned twenty seven, the day before our Sidekick was born :)

The song was meant for this video :D