Timothy's First Thanksgiving

We had planned to visit our friends the Teh's for Thanksgiving in TN, but we thought it would be too long of a drive for Timothy. Once we decided we couldn't go we weren't sure what we would do since we don't have any family nearby. Our good friends the Lopper's invited us to join them and their family in Fort Worth. We left on Wednesday and Timothy slept most of the drive. Lance's family was very welcoming and they enjoyed having a baby around. They made us feel like part of the family and we all really had a fun time!

Auntie Sam sent us Micah's baby's 1st Thanksgiving outfit for Timmy to wear and Gramma and Grandpa sent him his own cute shirt to wear too.

On Thanksgiving morning we went for a walk and it was 36 degrees. We put a ton of layers on Timmy to be sure he would be warm enough and he seemed to like it.

Happy first Thanksgiving Timothy! Mommy loves you!

Shutterfly has an awesome Christmas promotion for bloggers!

I love Shutterfly and have used them for the past six years. I found our family Christmas card for this year on Shutterfly and then saw this great deal. You can receive 50 free Christmas cards from Shutterfly just for posting a blog! I want our card to be a surprise when you get it in the mail so I'm not going to post the one I chose, but here are some of the other cards I like and that I thought about using.

I like this one because you can tell a story with special pictures and it is a fun and cheery card.

I like this card because I love color and like how each frame and letter is in a different color.

The last card I thought about using is this one because it is sweet and I thought it would be perfect to show off our sweet new baby.

Here is the link to Shutterfly's Christmas cards. http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards. Check them out they are cute and affordable!

One year I made a Calendar for our family and it was so fun to pick my favorite pictures and see them all year long. They make great gifts too! http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars

I love pictures and for my birthday I received a special gift of canvas wall art. You can pick your favorite picture and have it displayed on canvas! http://www.shutterfly.com/home-decor/canvas-wall-art

If you have never used Shutterfly you should! It's free and has so many things to offer. I use it to store all my pictures in a safe place. I just made a photo book of Timothy's birth and I'm so excited to have a book that I made myself that captures one of the best days of my life! I'm a big fan of Shutterfly and think you will be too! If you want to take advantage of this awesome promotion use this link http://bit.ly/sfly2010.

All Things New

There are a lot of new things in Timothy's life. Some he has learned, some he has received, and some are his "firsts".

Like sleeping on his tummy. We lay him on his back and he just rolls into this position.



He tried the exersaucer for the first time at the church nursery and loved it.



His new way of greeting his Daddy when he gets home from work. So precious!



His new hat.



Timothy has grown out of a lot of his clothes so I bought him this cute shirt. It says Mommy needs a date night!



We took him to the Domain to look at all the Christmas decorations. This is our first family photo with a Christmas tree :) We are looking forward to Timothy's first Christmas!



Timothy is 21 weeks old today! 11-22-10.



On Sunday he woke up from his nap and we saw him on the monitor doing a push up and looking right into the camera. We couldn't believe how strong he has gotten. Sunday night he didn't wake up for a feeding and slept 12 hours straight! He has done that the past three nights so I think he is done with needing a feeding during the night and now we ALL get to sleep through the night :) Now if only my body will stop waking up at 3:30!

A little bit of this and a little bit of that!

So we created this blog while I was still pregnant and my plan was to post about Timothy's birth and journal about our new family along the way, but since having him we have been a little busy :) It bothers me so that I'm just now starting to blog and Timmy is already 4 months old. There is so much I want to include but I'm going to start with Timmy's 4 month update.

He turned 4 months on October 28th. He weighs 16 pounds 13.5 ounces and he is 26.5 inches long! They measured him twice because she couldn't believe how much he has grown. He is in the 90th percentile for his height. He is going to be tall like his Daddy :) I can't believe how much Timothy has grown. Time really does fly by and it makes me sad.

He is sleeping 8-10 hours at night and wakes up for a bottle and then goes right back to sleep. We just stopped swaddling him and he loves to be free. He is rolling over both ways but likes to roll from his back to his tummy. He likes to play with his toys and puts everything in his mouth. Last week he rolled onto his tummy during a nap and slept that way for the first time. He also found his toes last week and now when you hold him he will put his arm around you :) He has the sweetest laugh. Our favorite time is in the morning when we go in to get him up. He gives us a great big smile and "talks" to us. When he gets excited, scared, or upset he kicks his legs like crazy just like me when I was little. He has such a sweet heart even at this age. If I'm feeling sad he seems to know and it bothers him. When I feed him he either holds my hand or grabs onto my shirt. We love him more than words can say and we can't imagine our life without our sweet boy. He is my sunshine and I love him and his Daddy to pieces!

Here are some of my favorite pictures over the past 5 months.

Our first family photo.


I love the expression on Josh's face! They just left the OR and they are taking him to the nursery.


Second family photo in the recovery room.


Holding my son for the first time=best feeling in the world!


One happy mama :)


Happy 4 month birthday Timothy! 10-28-10.


Timmy's first Halloween.


I'm showing a lot of restraint by not including pictures from every month but from now on I'll be up to date :) And don't worry not all of my posts will be this long!