BrettandNicole

Okay, so here's a quick catch up-hopefully it will make sense. We take a ton of pictures of him, so here's some of the favorites:

Bathing in the bathroom sink- yes, with his binky. =) He likes the sitting in warm water part, just not the being washed part.

"I LOVE HUGS!"

The After bath. "Hey, maybe this being clean thing isn't so bad," he says.

This was going to be his Halloween costume that I ordered online and the part for his body is HUGE, so I'm going to return it, but first I took a pic with the little hat that wasn't that big.

Long time, no blog! This is the first time I've had a chance to get on the blog since we've brought the baby home. Babies are a lot of work! =)
So, how is being a mom with a new baby at home?? WONDERFUL!!! I've really been in maternal bliss and overwhelmed with all of the love that I have for this little guy. =) It's just indescribable. I LOVE caring for my sweet little baby! I could hold him and stare at him with awe for hours every day. He is super snuggly and sweet. He's a pretty consistent every 3 hr eater and usually sleeps well in his own crib. He LOVES the binky. When they first gave him a binky in the hospital, they had to take it away because he liked it so much it made him too relaxed and dropped his blood pressure dropped too low.

Brett, Weston and I are doing great- it's the house you should be worried about! If I had any visitors show up right now I'd be really embarrassed because of the large pile of unfolded laundry, the dishes, bottles, bibs that need washing, the fact that it's 6:30pm and I've been in my pajamas all day and haven't showered, etc. (How did it get to be 6:30pm anyways? And how could it be so hard to take a 10 minute shower? And why am I blogging instead? LOL.) The funny thing is, I am working on it! I feel like I'm constantly working- doing laundry and washing and sterilizing bottles, and yet I just haven't gotten the trick of being on top of it. I'm sure this will get better as get my routine established, but for now it's a little crazy!

Michael McLean has an adoption song that describes it perfectly how I felt the first night he was home and I held him in the chair in his very own nursery:

"There's an ache that's missing today,

There's an emptiness that's been filled.

There's a cloud that's lifting and drifting away,

There's a raging storm that's been stilled.

There's a joy that's real,

There's a wound that's finally healed...

There's a future replacing the past,

There's breathe of new life in the cast...

And there's something perfect happening here and this moment will bury the mountains of fear and through countless tomorrows,

it won't disappear,

There's something that's perfect happening here.

No one knows, because no one can say, that tomorrow

all will be well.

Will the brightest promise that shines on today, shine tomorrow?

No one can tell.

But one thing is sure, and will be forevermore-

when such unselfish love has been given, the world just made more room for heaven!"

[Thank You, Thank You, to our birth parents who have literally forever changed our lives and made our dreams come true with a miracle and happiness that could come in no other way!]

Many of you who read my blog are trying, but have been unable to become parents. I know what a roller coaster it is. It feels like a loss, it feels like grief. I remember feeling frustrated sometimes, wondering why God gave me such a deep desire to become a mother and it wasn't happening. Well, I needed that deep desire in order for this plan to unfold. I know how you love your husbands, you love your life as it is, but it gets really hard sometimes. My favorite advice that someone (I don't even know who it was) said, "Be grateful in advance for your blessings- because they will come." It's hard when we don't know when, or how, but they will come, and God loves you and knows what he's doing. Oh ya, and IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT. Sometimes you have to wonder because people who have kids can be so good at complaining about them sometimes, so don't be discouraged with the dumb, "You can have my kids!" or "You're lucky you don't have kids" comments... because what you are going through now, I believe is going to enhance your feelings for your child and it will be much harder to take your kids for granted, or at least make ignorant comments that you don't mean.

Our little walk in the park.

100 GRAND BABY

and counting.

My dad brought this candy bar over because before insurance he's already accrued $100,000 in hospital bills (and there are more to come.) Luckily we have good insurance, otherwise we'd probably go bankrupt!

...Worth Every Penny

Sleep in heavenly peace

Uncle Randy

Little Prince

Oh, yay! Grandma Kelly tackled the stairs so she could finally meet Weston!

(They were both very happy)

Weston (right) and his cousin, Linc, who's 4 months old! (left)

Weston's first Dr. apt. with his pediatrician! He seems like a great Dr. which makes me feel so great! Weston weighed 6 lbs 14 oz (So that means he's gained 13 oz already! He's in the 3rd percentile for weight, 7% for head circumference, and 27% for height. They're judging off of other babies his age, not gestational age. What a tall guy!)