Gifts galore

What a week it has been... it started early Sunday morning, about 1:00am. I woke up to that feeling - pain. This pain was welcome though because it meant my son would soon be here and so soon he came, I was admitted to maternity at about 7:00am already dilated to a 7. 9:58am little Andre Trevail quite literally shot out into the world!! He is my favorite gift so far :)

My second favorite gift - that God has blessed me with being in virtually no pain after giving birth!! This is awesome so that I don't need too much help taking care of both my boys!

Of course yesterday was Thanksgiving and the meal was DELICIOUS!! Nothing fancy this year, but oh so good. Mom helped me put up the Christmas tree, and along comes my third favorite gift - when Frankie saw the tree after his nap. Oh how I wish I could have caught that face on camera, he just lit up with excitement!! My heart fills with joy just thinking about it!!!

And lastly Tiffy has let all of us scrappers know about a great giveaway to celebrate 1,000 sales at Sue's (suesfabulouslife.blogspot.com) etsy shop!!! The winner gets:
jenni bowlin perpetual calendar,
tim holtz holiday stamp,
jenni bowlin large christmas bingo cards
a surprise gift from 7 gypsies
Fabulous right???

Pretty cool right?!! To win just post a comment on Tiffy's blog (stampingattiffanys.blogspot.com) and mention the giveaway on your blog!

I think this is why I love this time of year so much... I love the giving spirit!!!

The clock is ticking....

Well the countdown has begun - Baby Andre is due on the 30th of this month and I am so excited and ready for him to be here!! I keep wondering what he will look like, whether he will look just like Frankie, or just like me or his daddy or any of the family!! It's such a fun excitement and wonder to have!!

We've had some minor complications the past month with this pregnancy, my amniotic fluid was low so he was breach and couldn't flip around head down buuut God answered prayers and due to drinking about a gallon of water a day, and especially due to God's goodness my fluid is good now and he is head down ready to go!! The great thing about this though was that I had to go in for ultrasounds twice a week and got to see him!! I think it helped me connect better with him and get more excited about his birth, as I have been focused on making sure Frankie is ready to be a big brother instead of letting myself get excited about having baby boy #2!!!

Things will certainly be different around here, but I am praying that God prepares us all for it and our home is filled with peace and joy!

Shoutout to Tiffy!!!

So one of my closest and dearest friends does AMAZING work with scrapbooking and cardmaking and I wish I were as talented as her!!! She is soooo sweet to be doing a Blog candy giveaway to show appreciation to her followers! How great is that!!! Anyways, here is a video of what she's giving away, AND you should all go check out her work at her blog stampingattiffanys.blogspot.com and show her some love for all her amazing work :)

Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge #8

I just joined this blog - http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/ and I think it is so cool! Their latest challenge was to make a baby card after the verse Jer 1:5 - "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you"

This happens to be one of my favorite verses, as it's just another reminder of God's greatness and that He truly cares about each of us INDIVIDUALLY and wants a relationship with each and every one of us personally!!

Here is my card, tfl!!

First Steps

About 3 days before Frankie's first birthday he began to REALLY walk... thought I would share a little video of it with you all! Of course now a couple weeks later he is already running! My my how fast they grow....

A year come and gone....

It seems so unreal to me that in just a few days my baby boy will be a year old. It has been a year full of discoveries, tons of laughter, equal amounts of tears (on both our parts!!) and many many lessons learned. As my son is learning to take his first steps (yup he is almost there!!! Walking more and more every day!) I wonder if he knows how much trust he has to have to do so. Trust in himself that is, no longer relying on Mommy or Daddy to hold him up, and help him to keep his balance. A part of me wants to keep him little and totally dependent on Andre and myself, and the other wants him to just walk already so I don't have to carry him! I wonder if this is how I will feel with all of his growing independence? Will I fight between wanting to be what he needs, and just letting go?

My son is going to have his first birthday... so many firsts. First smile, first giggle, first tooth, first time rolling over, first ouchie, first fall, first time crawling, first steps... and there are so many more to come. With each "first" that he learns, I learn so many things as well. I think that is my favorite part of being a mom, watching him learn, and me getting to learn right alongside.

Laugh it away

It's been so long! Wow, I guess I got distracted from my blog updates!! A lot has been happening, Andre is a real estate agent now, and I am doing marketing for a vintage couture clothing line along with being a distributor for Ardyss International - God has blessed us both TREMENDOUSLY with these positions :)

Frankie, my sweet boy, is getting so so big! He is crawling all over the place, pulling himself up on absolutely everything and eating like a two year old! I think he is ready to be a big brother in late November, and I know he will be the best big brother EVER! His first word was "Mama", followed by "baba" then "Dada" and now he is making all kinds of baby babble.

Perhaps my favorite thing he does these days, and by far one of the cutest things ever, is he will "fake laugh" to get me to laugh, resulting in us both laughing our heads off. Who knew a 9 month old could fake laugh! He learns new things every day and is just so smart.

Can you tell I am a proud Mama?

Next time your day is not going so hot, laugh it away :) My son taught me that at the ripe ols age of 9 months old.