6 Months...half a year.

Dear London, I can't believe you have been in this world for half a year already. Time is flying by and I am loving every second with you!!! Happy 6 months baby girl!!! You are just such a precious gift to your daddy, brother and I. You are such a happy, content baby and you go with the flow so often. People always say how sweet, happy and content you are. People also always stop to tell me how incredibly beautiful you are. A few days ago we were at the mall and a woman stopped to tell me how you were the most beautiful baby she had ever seen. Today we were at the museum and again, we got so many compliments on you. You truly are stunning. I pray that your inward beauty will be just the same.

You are sitting up so well on your own for the most part. You love just sitting and playing and again, you are just so content with baby toys in front of you! You are also loving playing in the baby einstein. You love to just jump and jabber away. I just started giving you cereal in honor of your 6th month birthday :). You weren't really sure what to think of it. It's okay, we will keep working on it!!! We love making you laugh and when you giggle, it melts our hearts. You are so full of joy.

You are my littelest best friend. You go everywhere with me and you are just as happy as can be when you are on my hip. I love it too:). The bond we have is such a gift. You also have a special bond with your brother and daddy. You light up when they are around and Graham LOVES to talk to you. He always laughs and says, "momma, London is talking!!". He loves kissing you and being around you. We all do :).

The ONLY thing you could improve on is your sleeping patterns. Home girl, YOU HAVE GOT TO GET IT TOGETHOR!!!! You are still up multiple times in the night. Thankfully, your daddy is incredible and he lets me sleep in some in the morning. I also take advantage of when you and Graham nap. I'm sure I've sleep trained you the wrong way and as a result, you cry, I pick you up. To be honest, when I do hear you cry, it relives me that you are alive and helps put my mind at ease. As you will come to know London, I am a worrier. But if you would want to sleep some longer stretches at night OR SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT, I will not complain. Oh London, you are just so precious to us. My heart is so full of love and emotion for you. You are so so loved. I can't help but smile and goo and gah over you all the time. You are just the sweetest. I love you my pretty girl. Thanks for the blessings upon blessings you have given us!!!

London, Two Months

Dear London,
I can't believe you are already two months old. I wish I could write into words how much I love you. You have totally captured my heart and I am so so so in love with you. You make my heart melt with your beautiful blue eyes and your beautiful smile. You started smiling around five weeks and you haven't stopped since. You also began cooing and it is just precious. You are my sweet baby girl. In the past week, you started sleeping 3-4 hour stretches, which was awesome:). Prior to that, you were up every two hours. But honestly, I didn't mind at all because I am so thankful for you and I know this sleeplessness is just for a season. It also helps that you give me the best smiles at 3a.m.
Your beginning to be more content and more of a relaxed baby. Your fussy time is around 6-8 p.m., but that is becuase you are so tired and you are ready for bed.
You LOVE, LOVE, LOVE bath time. You have loved bath time from the beginning. It has become a fun activity and you are so happy and content chilling in your warm bath. You spit up often, so we try and give you a bath every day.
You are eating like a champ and nursing so well. I was so nervous to nurse this time around because of my rough time nursing with Graham, but I am so thankful that it is going awesome.
I love you baby girl. You light up our life. Graham adores you and is always quick to give you your pacifier when you start crying. He loves giving you hugs and kisses and saying "awww" as he does those things. He also loves holding you. He says, "help" and runs to sit on the couch with his arms spread out to hold you. You are so lucky to have a big brother like him.
I thank God for you and your brother daily. You and Graham are the greatest blessings. Happy Two Months baby girl!!!!
Love, Mama

Graham, YOU are LOVED!!!

Graham, You are such a sweet, sweet boy. You are an incredible big brother. You LOVE holding London and often extend your arms out and ask to "help" which means you want to hold her. We have you sit down and hold her and you just beam. You sure love her :).

You make your daddy and I smile SO much. You truly light up our lives. We laugh so much with you and you make our days SO fun.

You make my heart melt....your my best little buddie.

You adore your daddy and would spend every second with him if you could. He adores you too and has so much love in his heart for you. You are so SO so SO lucky to have him as a daddy. He wrestles with you, dances with you, takes you out and about and just loves on you so much. You are richly blessed to have a daddy like him.

We love you SO much Graham! We love living life with you and are so lucky to be your mommy and daddy!!!!!!

London Alexandra

Our precious baby girl was born on July 18, 2011! London weighed 6 pounds and is the cutest little peanut! My labor and delivery was amazing and I feel so blessed!! I truly love labor and delivery! Life has been hectic adjusting to having two babies now, but one month later, I feel like we are in more of a routine and things are going well. Graham is adjusting much better to his baby sister and we love our new family of four. We are so thankful to the Lord for giving us these precious gifts!

Our California Adventure :).

I just had the BEST week ever. John, Grahamster and I just got back from a week in California. I fell in love with California and ask John daily when we can move there. It was my first time visiting Cali. We had such an incredible week and created such awesome family memories. Although flying with a 19 month old is NOT ideal, we made it and I'm glad I won't be flying for awhile :). We arrived at the airport and was upgraded from a Chevy Aveo to THIS (for free) :

Although California was colder than normal the week we were there, it was still ten million times better than Indiana weather. The sun was always shinning and that made this mommma one happy lady.
I wrote down a few things in my journal that made my heart so full of joy. Here are just a few:
- Cruising down the freeway in a red camaro listening to oldies. Beautiful sun shiney day and I have my favorite people in the world next to me. I AM BLESSED.
- Jumping in the waves at Laguna Beach and laughing together. Graham had the biggest smile on his face and was laughing so much. PURE JOY. This is the life I have always dreamt of. Together as a family, laughing, creating memories.
- Driving into Disneyland. John's dream come true of always wanting to go. He said he had tears in his eyes knowing he was completing a dream with his family alongside him.

Although we have MANY, MANY more wonderful memories, those are just a few that I will share. I absolutely cherished this past week with my sweet family. I had such an amazing time with John...he is the absolute best husband and father. He was my knight in shinning amor in dealing with Graham on the plane (changing TWO dirty diapers in a airplane bathroom). John is what I always wanted in a husband AND MORE. I am one blessed girl and I LOVE living life with him.
I love being a momma to Graham and creating so many special memories with him. I'm so blessed to have a healthy, adorable, fun, precious little boy. He is my world.
Here are some pictures from our time in California:
Where we ate breakfast every.single.day. AMAZING.

My happy husband on our way to DisneyLand :) :

My happy sweet pea :)

I have MUCH more to share about our time in California, but that is another post for another day :).

Taking time to be thankful

I absolutely am so thankful that God has given me an incredible husband, son and another little one on the way. I feel so blessed to be married to the man I have, to have the perfect, most precious son and to be carrying another little life in me.

Lately I have just felt so blessed and thankful for these blessings in my life. I love that I am married to my best friend and that we love living life together. I love interacting with Graham and watching him play. He is at such a fun age and I am constantly smiling as I watch him or think about him. I know it's so easy to complain about what we wish we had or how we wish things were going, but I also know it's so important to take time to thank God for the incredible blessings he has given to us.

A few things I am thankful for :

My husband who was created perfectly just for me

My precious little boy...there aren't enough words to express my love for him!!!!


Watching my husband be an incredible father to Graham


And last but definetly not least, my precious baby girl! I'm 25 weeks in this picture (but 26.5 weeks now). I absolutely love feeling her move inside of me. She is already such a gift ;).

My domestic side!!

Recently, I took up a hobby in sewing and began creating different things. I recently made this birthday outfit for a one year old's birthday!!!
I really enjoy this hobby and the creative outlet it gives me. This week I ordered some books on sewing and am excited to get those and start sewing away. I'm hoping to make some maternity dresses. There is definitely a market for stylish maternity clothes!! Hopefully I'll have a new project to post soon :).