a glimpse of my thursday afternoon.

chicken noodle soup lunch.  yum.

philosophy homework on the brand, brand new laptop!

a week's worth of laundry.

noah's laundry.

snuggled in for a nice, long afternoon nap  -

wonderful so momma could get her homework done!

a tiny glimpse of autumn on our new tree

planted just this summer in front of our home.

nap's over, homework is done.

time for some snuggles before daddy comes home from work!

happy thursday pm to you.

tk. <3

lunch break with daddy.

we love when he comes home to visit us during his lunch break...

happy long weekend, everyone!

{tk}

adjusting to new life.

Wow, I’m really bad at this blogging thing... last I blogged was a month ago, then a month before that.
Lame.
You wouldn't even believe that I think about my blog almost every day.  Oh, something needs to change…now that it finally feels like a mommy/baby rhythm has been discovered, I would love for that to become a regular reality soon.

               

The past eight weeks having my mini addition in my arms has been super challenging in so many ways, but absolutely delightful at the same exact time.  It’s hard to pinpoint to myself what this experience has been like.  I guess for me, the always wanting to multi-task individual that I am, it's hard to still not be able to expect a certain schedule of the day.  Though we have the INCREDIBLE blessing of our little guy getting lots of sleep at night, he has just started napping more than an hour or two during the day.  It's pretty wonderful!  For a while, if he wasn't sleeping, he was fussing and trying to fall asleep in my arms only.  So my days were spent snuggling a fussy baby off and on, and as soon as I put him down he would wake up.

yes, i want to document everything... :)

The last few weeks he has started sleeping a lot more during the day.  It may be a growth spurt, but it's been going on for a few weeks, so either he just now needs more sleep during the day, or his momma has more experience now for calming a poor fussy baby.

these pictures make me smile.  just about everything about him does.  ok, but not always in the moment, but frustrated moments are RARE compared to the moments that I wish I could just hold him all day, watch him learn to smile, listen to him coo and practice making noises and making faces.   

right now he is snoring right next to me...

i better jump into my homework and snatch up these precious moments to work on philosophy.

the first 14 days of his little life.

today marks our noah christopher's 2nd week birthday.
i can't believe my sweet boy is already two weeks old!
it's been a wonderful two weeks of getting to know him and adjusting to being our new family.

in honor of this holiday, i wanted to share some pictures,
a glimpse into each day of his life outside the womb thus far as captured on my iphone.

7-7-11

a few hours after labor had finally begun.

he was 8 or 10 days late depending on which due date we went by.

yes, i was out to eat dinner and in labor -

 I had to get in one last good meal before "the hardest work of my life."

7-8-11

by morning time, i was finally allowed to see this precious face

that i had wondered about for so long

and to hold him in my arms...

 daddy's in love.

this is our first time, just as the three of us,

a few hours after noah was born.

newborn face. :)

 7-9-11

night time shift...

i was supposed to be sleeping,

but i couldn't help staying awake

to just stare and let it sink in...

7-10-11

finally on our way home.

he cried until he held my finger,

then he slept the rest of the way home without letting go -

melt . my . heart.

 7-11-11

meeting our friends (Jordan and Kim).

7-12-11

happy feet.

(going to interject a daddy pic here)

he started with a full beard/mustache

that he decided to grow until baby noah arrived.

that night he went to shave, and was inspired to keep only this.

as my brother rob would say,

"that's just sooo dirty."

don't worry, it's gone now.

 7-13-11

if you don't get this onesie, watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XM3vWJmpfo

onesie compliments of my dear friend, rebekah. :)

 7-14-11

 my wonderful momma in the background,

cleaning my house, taking care of me and baby,

serving my fam like crazy.

thanks for everything, mom and Sharon,

that you have done for us the last two weeks!!

i don't want to even try to imagine it without the two of you.

7-15-11

he fell asleep like this...

i need to find him a baby-size eye mask for his naps.

7-16-11

visitors!!  jake and sarah brought their precious eden

and spent some time visiting with us and meeting our noah.

daddy's making breakfast.

eden and noah. little buddies.

teaching jake and sarah to play 'settlers of catan.' 

...and eden, too.

7-17-11

sunday morning cuddles with daddy.

7-18-11

monday morning can be rough for anybody.

 7-19-11

(imagine these kicking alternately and with serious emotion)

this is what an 11-day-old's frustration fit looks like.

 7-20-11

"can i be an h&m model??

grandma k gets me SO many cute outfits."

7-21-11

the coffee didn't work apparently...

 7-22-11

our precious son,

sweet dreams.

Jesus, watch over him and protect him.



our little guy's 1st room.

though i don't think these do the room justice, here is a glimpse of our baby's room and all our creativity over the last several months. 

we are ready for him to come home...

view from the door.

to the right of the door.

to the left of the door.

diaper caddy / changing table.

"welcome home, baby"

[my big brother, baby's uncle robby, made this sign for him]

all our little guy's new friends, waiting to play.

mommy and daddy's bags are packed and ready to go.

now when will this little dude arrive?

no signs of true labor yet, but in the waiting we are at peace.

and we have a feeling [a word from the Lord]

that it's going to be very, very soon... :)

nesting, pt. 2.

it's been such a blissful morning. 
i love waking up early to aboslutely no alarm and feeling completely rested.
today this has resulted in a peaceful morning with windows open [equaling house FILLED with fresh, precious, summer air], working on last crafts to decorate little man's room, a delic- breakfast of a quiche i made yesterday and baked this AM [YUMMY! i will post pics and recipe next time i make it], and ever so perfect glass of OJ [love it... have had a glass with calcium nearly every morning of my pregnancy.  excuse me while i fetch a refill...]

everything, and i mean everything, has been laundered over the last week for this kid.  i just have to put away a few last things in his room, and, with the help of my man, hang a few things and get a few projects done, but we truly are in a season of waiting now that most of our pre-baby-arrival projects are checked off our list.  yesterday i hit 38 weeks, and though those that truly are the waiters are those that make it to 41-42 weeks, i feel almost like i am there since i have felt like our little guy was going to come a few weeks before his due date.  every morning now, Chris and I wake up, look at each other, and say, "do you think today is going to be the day?"  it's wild waiting for everything in life as we know it to completely change, and it's all hinged on something so out of my control [whenever labor begins].  the most glorious part is that each and every day that passes is SO peaceful, SO enjoyable, that I know that the Lord's hand is in it - He is just giving me precious, protected time to rest up and enjoy life and the month of June.  Chris wanted me to leave work earlier than I wanted to [I was ready to work until my water broke, he wanted me to leave about a week and a half ago].  his reasoning was that he wanted me to enjoy this "down time" that I would, in many, many ways never have back again... just him and I, just me and the Lord, just me pre-baby/children time.  I bucked for a while, not wanting to be "bored" at home and to keep making money, but when I went to the Lord, I found peace in following what Chris was suggesting, though I didn't really understand why.  so alas, here is to another day at home, cranking away at small to do's that have been on my list for months, or touching up things to decorate our little boy's walls, or becoming a pro at how much Dreft is too much to use in his laundry, no matter HOW clean I want everything around my precious newborn boy to be.

this past weekend was a full-on 2 1/2 days of my husband and I.  only the two of us.  I ADORE spending time with him, and we had the best of it.  since I have been working Saturday's since I moved home over a year ago, 2 1/2 days solid has been a desired treasure and a rarity, so we loved it.

folding newborn-sized laundry.

[and probably watching hockey or basketball playoffs]

daddy likes this one.

crazy over diapers.

went to a flea market.

came out empty-handed, but it was fun to walk around.

pre-mommyhood.

pre-daddyhood.

three is forever company. <3

we took lots of naps.

[i loooove this picture.  to be cherished and shown to our little guy for years...

he has such a good daddy.]

and we found our wonderful outdoor sale in a local city in their downtown square.

no treasures were acquired, but several were enjoyed visually.

that's all for now.  hopefully little man's room will be done and pictures of that will adorn my next post.
off to read from the book of Jeremiah...
 tk.