Our Gift

Nathan, "NAY-then" - Hebrew: "the gift".



Awe, isn't he cute? I don't think I've said the word "CUTE" this often in my entire life!

I've been a mommy for 12 days now. My days consist of feeding, changing stinky STINKY diapers, rocking in the rocking chair and trying to sleep when Nathan sleeps.

Colin has two weeks off (except today) which has been AWESOME, so we can learn how our new family functions all together. It's been such a steep learning curve. You can read all the books out there on how to be a parent but nothing can prepare you 100% for what's coming.


I had no idea I'd be so worried about him right from day 1. First I was worried when he was born because he wasn't breathing. Then, I worried about his cone head (both which got better). Then it was the jaundice, the feeding (is he getting too much? too little?), and the list goes on and on. I know not a day will go by without me worrying about my precious little son.

But it's all because I love him so much! I didn't know "love at first sight" was possible, but Nathan has taught me that it is. Even in the middle of the night when I'm rocking him back to sleep, I look at the tiny face staring back at me and am just blown away by this amazing blessing God has given us.

Welcome Nathan!

This is our adorable son Nathan!



When he lets me have more time on tthe computer I'll write more!

Funny Faces

Tuesday was my birthday! I thought baby might be coming early in July, like half the other members of Colin and my families, but it held off.

On the weekend, we had the families over for a birthday dinner. It was a lot of fun! The kids kept busy on "MacCloud" (our new computer) with the cool photo booth option. Ok, maybe it wasn't just the kids...



The Birthday girl! Looking...good!





I am now scared of D....

M, the 2-year old Klingon.

The Happy couple!

I tried all the different effects to try and make my belly look smaller, but none of them worked.

That's all for now!