Today

Today, I had a doctor's appointment with my OB to make sure my incision was healing.  I brought Pearce with me and I was a little nervous about how he would do and what I would do if he started crying while I'm  on the exam table.  Well, he was a complete angel, of course.  All of the nurses went crazy over him which made me feel so proud!  They talked about how cute he was and how his skin coloring was so pretty, and how good he was (he was awake the whole time just looking around).  I'm sure they say that to all moms and their babies, but it was nice to hear.  It was also nice to hop on the scale and see that I'm not that far away from my pre-pregnancy weight!  When I left, the nurse gave me a gift for Pearce.  When I got home I looked at it.  It's a silver baby spoon engraved with "Congratulations" and my doctor's name.  Also included in the box was a bible verse, which I loved.

It goes like this:  Psalm 139: 13, 14, 16, &17

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body, and knit them together in my mother's womb.  Thank You for making me so wonderfully complex.  You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe.  How precious it is, Lord, to realize that You are thinking about me constantly.

When I read that, I just started crying.  What a sweet gift and reminder of how precious Pearce is.  He truly is a miracle from God and I never want to forget that.  Adjusting to life as a mommy has been pretty easy for me because he has been so good from the beginning.  It has been a little hard managing my time with caring for Pearce and keeping up with my other duties.  Sometimes, though, I'll be in the middle of a household chore and then I'll just go over and pick up Pearce and just stare at him....amazed that he is my baby.  Amazed that Chris and I created him.  Amazed that my prayers were finally answered.  I never ever want to take for granted what I have.  I know there will be times of sheer exhaustion and frustration, but even in those moments, I want to remind myself of how lucky I am.  I used to beg God to let me be woken up in the middle of the night by a crying baby and he sure did answer that prayer!  Ha!  I actually love that time when I'm feeding Pearce, rocking him in the glider, and it's quiet all around me.  He'll look into my eyes and I'll look into his and then his little eyes start getting heavy as he finishes his bottle.  It's usually then that I think, "Wow, I am a mommy now.  Thank you God!"  

Ok, how about some pics!  When we got home, I decided to get out his play mat to see how he liked it.  He  actually focused on one toy for a good 5 minutes before he started getting a little fussy.  Daisy, on the other hand, LOVED the play mat :)  

    

Then I decided I needed to do some household chores, but I didn't really want to put Pearce down, so I put him in his sling!  After a few minutes he was OUT!  I guess this is how I'm going to get things done around the house from now on :)   

As I type this entry, he's still asleep in the sling....it's been about 2 hours so far!   

Nathan and Charlotte meet Baby Pearce!

Ashley, Nathan, and Charlotte came for a visit this past Wednesday and stayed through the weekend.  Wayne came after work on Friday.  I was soooo excited for Nathan and Charlotte to meet Baby Pearce.  Ashley told me that Nathan practiced how to hold a baby using Charlotte's dolls.  He also told Ashley he wanted to give Pearce a bottle :)  Charlotte is OBSESSED with babies and baby dolls.  Whenever she sees a stroller or a real baby, she gets so excited and says "Baby!"  I was so excited for her to have a real live baby to love on!

They both immediately wanted to hold Pearce.  Nathan was so gentle and loving with Pearce. 

Auntie Ashy with Pearce....see the hands grabbing for the baby?  Ha! 

We had another visitor stop by.  This is Abbey and her mom Kathleen.  I taught Abbey last year.   

Abbey was so good with Pearce! 

Ashley kept Pearce and I took N and C to Mc Donald's for lunch and then Jumpstreet to play.  He was worn out! 

N and C both wanted to help change the baby.  Nathan was especially helpful.  He would hold Pearce's paci in his mouth while I changed him, he would get a diaper for me, he constantly wanted to hold Pearce.  If I needed a burp cloth, Nathan would get it for me.  He was seriously sooo helpful!!! 

Charlotte feeding the baby :) 

Nathan and his little buddy! 

My baby boy :)  I still can't believe this baby is mine.  More on that in another post.  

Ashley, Wayne, Nathan, and Charlotte, I had so much fun with you this past weekend!!!  I can't wait to see you again soon.  We love you!!!!

My new camera!! Thank you Mom!!!

First of all, did you notice my new title to the blog?  It used to be "This Crazy Thing Called LIFE."  Now it's "This AMAZING Thing Called LIFE."  I think that's an appropriate title now that we have our little miracle :)

When my mom was here, she decided to get us a new camera so that we could take lots of really good pics of Pearce.  I had gotten a new one not too long ago, but it's a smaller digital one.  Mom said we needed a really nice one to take pics and the smaller digital one to just have with me in my diaper bag.  I really thought it was too much, but she insisted and we went to Best Buy and looked at the cameras.  She got us the Canon EOS Rebel T3i model.  We have had so much fun practicing with it!  Ashley is coming tomorrow and she has a similar camera so she can show me more about it.  It really is amazing the difference in picture quality with this camera and my smaller camera.  Here are some pics we took with the new camera.  The bath pics are really funny...you can see how relaxed he gets when we wash his hair.  Not bad, huh?

Ahhhh....bliss :)

These were taken in the guest room with just natural light coming in from the window.  My sister Jen took them.  I thought they turned out so cute! 

Margarita time!!  We had Andy and Nandini over for dinner and Chris made fajitas and margaritas! 

Mommy of the Year picture right here! 

I got this shirt in Fredericksburg when a few friends and I did the wine tasting tour.  I was pregnant at the time, so I could not partake in the tasting, but I did get this shirt for after baby.  It says "Mommy's Sippy Cup."  HA!! 

Andy and Pearce 

Nandini and Pearce 

Where's Fatty?   

I just LOVE my new camera!!!!  Thank you so much Mom!!!!  I can't wait to learn how to use it better.  Grandparents, you can expect a lot of pictures of Pearce with this new camera!!