Catching Up!

"your birthday is the happiest day of my life."- Unknown.


Well where have I been in the last 10 months or so. There is a lot to catch everyone up on so try and keep up. So I left everyone off after my amazing trip to Boston. I am still in awe that I was actually there. In person! Well later in August we took a long trip to NC (where hubby is from) and went to TN with some of his family. Spent a week with them and then went to FL to visit my parents and go on a cruise. Which was one amazing trip. Cruises are amazing! If you haven't been on one..GO! At least once in your life go on a cruise. It was so nice and seriously relaxing. We went to the Bahamas. So nice! Crystal clear waters and just awesome towns to walk around. I love the somewhat run down "old" towns to walk through. You can just feel the past and what all has happened in places like that. During that trip we had the joy of sharing some of the best news with our families..we were pregnant!! oh yes, i know what a shock it came to us as well. I mean, we were talking about trying that fall but to be pregnant in the summer was a total shock to us! we speed through 9 months and here we are...on March 20th 2013 our little man, Jackson Nolan, entered the world and forever changed our lives.

He has to be the greatest blessing God has given us. I just can't imagine life without him now. Its only been 7 weeks and I am already feeling like he has been with us for years. It is just perfect. Right now as I type this he is napping (cause when else is a new mom gonna blog!) Jackson was 8lb. 6oz. and 20 in. long at birth. His birth came on a night my family would come to find out they needed him more than ever. While I was at the hospital in labor little did I know that my grandmother (my dad's mom) left us and went home to be with the Lord. Just 3 hours before Jackson was born. While we have known for sometime that she would pass at any time it was still hard to finally accept. When someone is ill for so long and you are constantly wondering if "this is it", it doesn't prepare you for when it does actually happen. My mom was with my husband and I when Jackson was born. She waited until after he came to tell us (I am glad she did, I don't know what I would have done with that in my mind trying to push). My Aunt said it best..God blessed our family in two ways that night..he welcomed one of his children to glory and gave us another to watch over. It sure is amazing to look at God's timing and know that his timing is simply perfect. I spent almost 2 weeks before he was born almost begging God to let him come early. I was in so much pain and so uncomfortable. Little did I know that God knew what needed to happen and just when he needed to come. One of those moments when you look back and say you yourself "why did I ever question God's timing?!"

Well here we are 7 weeks into Jackson's life and I am on cloud 9! I keep telling my husband how lucky we are and how spoiled we are with such a good baby and it being our first. He hardly ever cries and is so content. He loves watching tv..which I still find odd at his age. Im sure he cant see anything but bright colors and hear music... but oh my does he like it. Especially a show called The Backyardagins. We put that on and he is glued to it. I have to say it really helps when we are eating dinner to have that on. Eating with two hands is much easier! :) I also quit my job to be a stay at home mom. We are doing well so far with it and adjusting to one income. Its not easy but we make it work. I know right now at this point God is calling me to be home with him. My time with him is worth so much more than having a little bit of extra spending money. I still plan to return to school and get my teaching degree. If all goes well I plan to be started by fall of this year. I really hope that happens.

Not much else has gone on, I mean what else did you expect...a baby is big enough! hopefully I will not be gone from blogging that long again. hubby is still in the Navy and about to be up for orders next month so we are praying about what God will have for us next, weather it is here or somewhere else I am looking forward to what God has for our life. well its about time for little man to get up and eat...time to run! oh and as for that sewing project...still in the box...one day! one day!

Until next time...