Dear Livie,
Today Daddy and I made the decision to add a special coverage to our medical insurance for the coming year. We are looking at having a brother or sister for you sometime in the year 2014! I can't imagine loving another child as much as I do you but they say a mother's heart doubles in size when each child is born. So today we start preparing (in a small way) but a tiny step in opening our hearts for a second child. We pray that God will bless us again greatly w/ another baby so that you will have a sibling to grow up with.
Two of the greatest and strongest relationships I have are w/ your Aunt Tosha and Uncle Scott. They are my siblings and I love them dearly! I have some of the best memories with them - growing up together - and it is so fun to see them with their own little families today. I desperately want you to have that kind of relationship too.
So another Christmas comes around and my heart thinks...maybe by next Christmas our family will soon be complete. We leave that in God's hands.
Just know...how very special you are and always will be to me. My heart will always belong to my children, that is a promise I will always keep to you. You are cherished. So very much.
xo mommy
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
10 months (two hands) old now!
Dear Livie,
You are growing up too quickly! You have a head full of curly-wavy hair, two bottom teeth, chubby cheeks, and the prettiest brown eyes I have EVER seen! You have the BEST laugh ever and I always love to see your smile. You're pretty much a mellow and all around happy baby. We are so blessed!
Today you turned ten months old! We spent the day in Asheville, NC where they were having their annual Dickens Festival for the Christmas holiday. We enjoyed some shopping and lunch and just having a fun family day!
I can honestly say the last ten months have been the most rewarding and fulfilling ten months of my life. I never knew being a parent, a mother, would make me feel so satisfied. We're just enjoying every day with you....you bring us so much JOY!
xoxo
mommy
You are growing up too quickly! You have a head full of curly-wavy hair, two bottom teeth, chubby cheeks, and the prettiest brown eyes I have EVER seen! You have the BEST laugh ever and I always love to see your smile. You're pretty much a mellow and all around happy baby. We are so blessed!
Today you turned ten months old! We spent the day in Asheville, NC where they were having their annual Dickens Festival for the Christmas holiday. We enjoyed some shopping and lunch and just having a fun family day!
I can honestly say the last ten months have been the most rewarding and fulfilling ten months of my life. I never knew being a parent, a mother, would make me feel so satisfied. We're just enjoying every day with you....you bring us so much JOY!
xoxo
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Hilton Head Island - September 1st - 8th
Your very first beach trip! We are here in HHI w/ Mimi & Pappy all week!! Daddy is here until Tuesday and then will return to home to work a few days but he will be back on Friday - - on mommy's BIRTHDAY!!
You are getting a lot of attention from your grandparents...you're the only one of their grandchildren that was able to make it this year. You have been eating up all of the extra attention!! The last couple of weeks you have started doing a fake cough and then you laugh...it's soooo funny. I googled it and apparently it is common for babies around 6 months of age to do this as a way of conversing and/or get attention. Silly girl! You get so much attention as it is...but I can totally see you developing a mischievious personality already. You are having fun w/ Pappy & Mimi w/ the fake coughing...it's fun to watch you.
We took you to see the Ocean today....what a sweet moment. I definitely reflected back on the previous summer when we were in Wilmington,NC....my eyes were drawn to so many babies that day...I imagined what it would be like to have my own baby w/ us on a beach trip...(not knowing that I was already preggers!). Today that dream came true.
You are our dream come true. We will always treasure this time w/ you. Our first of hopefully many many many more family trips together.
xoxo mommy
You are getting a lot of attention from your grandparents...you're the only one of their grandchildren that was able to make it this year. You have been eating up all of the extra attention!! The last couple of weeks you have started doing a fake cough and then you laugh...it's soooo funny. I googled it and apparently it is common for babies around 6 months of age to do this as a way of conversing and/or get attention. Silly girl! You get so much attention as it is...but I can totally see you developing a mischievious personality already. You are having fun w/ Pappy & Mimi w/ the fake coughing...it's fun to watch you.
We took you to see the Ocean today....what a sweet moment. I definitely reflected back on the previous summer when we were in Wilmington,NC....my eyes were drawn to so many babies that day...I imagined what it would be like to have my own baby w/ us on a beach trip...(not knowing that I was already preggers!). Today that dream came true.
You are our dream come true. We will always treasure this time w/ you. Our first of hopefully many many many more family trips together.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Happy SEVEN months old Livie!
WOW seven months old now...time has a way of going by too quickly. You are at such a fun age right now...and as much as I have adored getting to know you as a newborn....having you grow into a little infant has so many joys as well!
you are now eating 3 solid meals a day. Your favorite is the macaroni & cheese mixed w/ veggies and you also love anything w/ banana.
we have a good routine down w/ you where you sleep for an hour or two in the morning and then another couple hours usually in the afternoon. daddy & I bought you a froggy jumperoo and you love it! Your legs are getting stronger and I know soon you will start to pull yourself up.....but first you are trying very hard to master sitting up all my yourself. it won't be long now!
you are definitely teething now! you are trying to chomp on anything you can get your tiny hands on!! which by the way...you grab for everything. you are my little curious george...i love to watch your facial expressions. when something catches your eye...and you try to decipher who, what, where, how, and when. everything is brand new to you and you're just taking it all in.
you also love to laugh! and it is by far the cutest sound I have ever heard...your little laugh is just so sweet. and you have given us some really good giant belly laughs...and it just warms my soul.
happy happy birthday Liv....seven months of loving you!!! we couldn't be happier :)
mommy
you are now eating 3 solid meals a day. Your favorite is the macaroni & cheese mixed w/ veggies and you also love anything w/ banana.
we have a good routine down w/ you where you sleep for an hour or two in the morning and then another couple hours usually in the afternoon. daddy & I bought you a froggy jumperoo and you love it! Your legs are getting stronger and I know soon you will start to pull yourself up.....but first you are trying very hard to master sitting up all my yourself. it won't be long now!
you are definitely teething now! you are trying to chomp on anything you can get your tiny hands on!! which by the way...you grab for everything. you are my little curious george...i love to watch your facial expressions. when something catches your eye...and you try to decipher who, what, where, how, and when. everything is brand new to you and you're just taking it all in.
you also love to laugh! and it is by far the cutest sound I have ever heard...your little laugh is just so sweet. and you have given us some really good giant belly laughs...and it just warms my soul.
mommy
Friday, June 1, 2012
Morning Time with Livie :)
Baby girl,
We are so thankful for the 8 to 12 hours of sleep you give us every night! You are such a good baby. You hardly ever fuss or cry...you have this cute little whimper you do when you are getting impatient or upset about something. At night we keep you close to us, you are sleeping in your rock and play by our bed all night now. Sometimes you will get a little restless in the middle of the night and I see you turning your head back and forth and I know you are looking for your paci. So I put it back in your mouth and rub the top of your head and you go back to sleep...sometimes I do this 3 or 4 times through out the night :) I do not mind though...I love taking care of you. Usually about 6:30/7am you are awake and I pull into bed with me....sometimes you will sleep a little more with mommy and sometimes you are ready for your bottle. When you go back to sleep next to me it is the cutest thing ever....b/c you put your tiny face up close to mine and put your little tiny hand on my chest...you want to know I am close and you like to snuggle. It's one of my favorite times of the day with you. When you are ready for your bottle - daddy goes and makes it and then comes up stairs to get you. You and daddy have a good routine down in the morning and I know he loves his morning times with you. When you first see him in the morning you always give him the biggest smiles! He changes you, feeds you, and then you and daddy watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse together...which you love. When I come down for the morning you are always looking so happy watching your show and hanging out with daddy.
You are 4 months old today! Four months of holding you and loving you.
Lucky Lucky us!
xo mommy & daddy
We are so thankful for the 8 to 12 hours of sleep you give us every night! You are such a good baby. You hardly ever fuss or cry...you have this cute little whimper you do when you are getting impatient or upset about something. At night we keep you close to us, you are sleeping in your rock and play by our bed all night now. Sometimes you will get a little restless in the middle of the night and I see you turning your head back and forth and I know you are looking for your paci. So I put it back in your mouth and rub the top of your head and you go back to sleep...sometimes I do this 3 or 4 times through out the night :) I do not mind though...I love taking care of you. Usually about 6:30/7am you are awake and I pull into bed with me....sometimes you will sleep a little more with mommy and sometimes you are ready for your bottle. When you go back to sleep next to me it is the cutest thing ever....b/c you put your tiny face up close to mine and put your little tiny hand on my chest...you want to know I am close and you like to snuggle. It's one of my favorite times of the day with you. When you are ready for your bottle - daddy goes and makes it and then comes up stairs to get you. You and daddy have a good routine down in the morning and I know he loves his morning times with you. When you first see him in the morning you always give him the biggest smiles! He changes you, feeds you, and then you and daddy watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse together...which you love. When I come down for the morning you are always looking so happy watching your show and hanging out with daddy.
You are 4 months old today! Four months of holding you and loving you.
Lucky Lucky us!
xo mommy & daddy
Monday, May 14, 2012
My First Mother's Day
Sweet Liv,
We had a wonderful day with you celebrating my greatest gift - being your mommy! You are growing & growing every day. You're now up to 7oz every bottle and you eat every 3 to 4 hours. :)
We had a lovely afternoon with you up at the lake by where we live and I couldn't have asked for a better day with you. Plus daddy spoiled me with my favorite flowers - pink roses and green & white hydrangeas.
I thank God every day for you!
"He will tend His flock like a Shepard; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom and gently lead those that are with young." Isaiah 40:11
xo mommy
We had a wonderful day with you celebrating my greatest gift - being your mommy! You are growing & growing every day. You're now up to 7oz every bottle and you eat every 3 to 4 hours. :)
We had a lovely afternoon with you up at the lake by where we live and I couldn't have asked for a better day with you. Plus daddy spoiled me with my favorite flowers - pink roses and green & white hydrangeas.
I thank God every day for you!
"He will tend His flock like a Shepard; He will gather the lambs in His arms; He will carry them in His bosom and gently lead those that are with young." Isaiah 40:11
xo mommy
Friday, April 13, 2012
I'm a little tea pot...
short and stout...here is my handle ...here is my spout.
when I get all steamed up...hear me shout!
tip me over and pour me out :)
Your favorite song to fall asleep too. It works like a charm every time...you close your eyes almost instantaneously as soon as I start to sing it...it's absolutely precious.
I love to watch you pout your lips when you sleep. Sometimes you open your mouth when you sleep and your pacifier slowly slides out of your opened mouth....you are in what I call a milk coma. Its so adorable.
Oh Livie...I could just watch you all day long!
xoxo
when I get all steamed up...hear me shout!
tip me over and pour me out :)
Your favorite song to fall asleep too. It works like a charm every time...you close your eyes almost instantaneously as soon as I start to sing it...it's absolutely precious.
I love to watch you pout your lips when you sleep. Sometimes you open your mouth when you sleep and your pacifier slowly slides out of your opened mouth....you are in what I call a milk coma. Its so adorable.
Oh Livie...I could just watch you all day long!
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