My New Favorite Picture

I just love it, because of Thomas face :) This was after we put him in the pumpkin and we gave him a bath, it's as if he is saying to James "What do you think you are going to do with that?!" I love our little man!

October fun!

Jenny got married last weekend, and Thomas was blessed, it was an insane week. It was a lot of fun. Thomas was an angel all weekend! The wedding went great, we all had a really good time, and the weather was perfect. The food at the reception was AMAZING! David and Jessica (James brother and sister in law) were in charge, and seriously, it was the best! We had so much good food, I was stuffed all weekend long! The backyard at my in laws was beautiful, it all turned out really really well. The Harris family is amazing!

Then on Sunday Thomas got blessed, and we had a great turn out. We all went back to John and Courtney's house for roast and potatoes, it was delicious! My sister in law Mary took pictures of Thomas blessing outfit, so those will come later :) But I have a few from the wedding, so you can see his awesome outfit!

We carved pumpkins the other day, and decided to take a cute picture of Thomas in a pumpkin. He hated it. Really hated it, he screamed and yelled, but stopped for 2 seconds so we could get a cute pictuer. He's amazing, and already working the camera :) So fun! We can't wait for Halloween so he can wear his cute monkey costume!

Getting Stuff Done

So today I finally broke down and asked for some help from my mom. I have been trying really hard to get it all done myself (I am not sure if it is some crazy pride thing "I can do it all by myself!" or if i am just worried about bothering her...) but I did it! So she and my younger sister came over today and watched the baby while I cleaned my apartment, and I mean my whole apartment (sans bedroom, which is just so annoying that I have given up on it, no matter how much I clean it, it just doesn't stick) I got the dishes done, the groceries put away (from my 3 trips to the grocery store this week, eventually I will be organized enough not to need to go so many times, but as it is, I always realize there is something else I need just hours after I go, it's inevitable) I cleaned up my living room, did the laundry, started working on Thomas' blessing outfit, made some homemade oreos and a few other little things I have been needing to do. All in a matter of 3 hours. It is the most productive 3 hours of my life since having a baby. It's okay that I only did laundry because both myself and Thomas were out of clean clothes, and it doesn't matter that Thomas' blessing is on Sunday, and I should have made his outfit days ago, today was a good day for me!

Resting while mom does housework!

Cousins

My nephew Jameson kissing Thomas, so precious :)

World's Best Father

Yeah, that's James! He is freakin' awesome! Last night Thomas decided he wanted to be fussy, which was not a good night for Mommy here. He didn't sleep great the night before, and he wouldn't let me nap either, and on top of that I promised my mom I would go shopping with her, so I was thoroughly exhausted. At about midnight Thomas still wouldn't sleep, and he ate like every hour from around 8, he just wouldn't be satisfied. So finally, with Thomas screaming, and me crying right along with him, I woke up James and handed him the baby. I normally don't wake him, cause Iam a stay at home mom, and he has to go to work, so I try to take the night time feedings myself. But I couldn't do it, so last night, Jame took him, and he slept for a full 4 hours! It was wonderful, James stayed up all night keeping Thomas quiet and letting me sleep. He is the best! I am so lucky and blessed to have such a great husband and baby :)

Motherhood

Thomas is 4 weeks old today! It is going so fast, and at the same time it seems like he has always been a part of our little family. I love being a mom. It's just the best blessing ever :) He is getting so big already! We have another doctor's appointment on Tuesday, a check up and what not, so we will see just how big he is getting :) It's fun being home with him all day, sometimes it's hard because I can't go anywhere "really quick" anymore. Which I was used to, just grab my keys and go, but now it's grab the baby, the diaper bag, the bobby, make sure I have changes of clothes, and diapers and wipes and blankets and my wallet and cell phone and keys, it's insane! The other day James and I went to a bridal shower (Congrats Jenny, we are so excited for you!) and we both took two trips to the car, making sure we had everything for the day (it was actually rather comical!)
I LOVE fall! I am getting out my big bin of winter clothes today :) I am still working on getting to fit back in them, although I am getting insanely close to being my pre-pregnancy size again, my doctor hasn't approved me for physical activity, so I can't really work out, but I am doing little things :) I can't wait to pull out my jackets and sweaters and boots, and scarves, I love it!
James made it through convention, it was actually quite a bit slower than anyone expected, but he still worked 60 hours last week, it was nuts. Thomas and I really missed him, but this week has been better, and last weekend my parents let us stay the night in their timeshare, it was a fun break, and we had delicious Salmon (cooked the same way I always cook it, but for some reason it was better this time!) Life is pretty freakin awesome, Thomas is the best baby ever (other than when he has gas, it kills me, because he cries until he can burp, and it takes a while sometimes) James is by far the best husband ever, seriously, he is always asking how he can help me out around the house, he gets up in the middle of the night to change diapers, he is just awesome! I love him :)

Taxes

James and I finally got our tax return! (10 months later) I mailed them in in January... Oh how i loathe the IRS, but now we have money we don't have any plans for... Shopping Spree?

Electronics

So it would seem that everything I use that is electronic has decided to quit working this week. My cell phone has begun screening my calls for me, by just not ringing, or even acknowledging that I am getting a call at all. James has to call me two or three times before I even know he is calling. Our internet is another issue all together. It just comes and goes, it used to do that, but for a while now it's been fine, until now. And I thought maybe my location in our apartment (which honestly, isn't big enough that it should make a difference) would help, but no. I am just destined to have a love hate relationship with the internet.

On another note Josh (my older brother) came to visit. He was just as enchanted by my little Thomas as everyone else. It's fun to see everyone love him so much. It's even more fun for James to show him off. He is such a proud dad! I just love it. He asks me to come and stop by to visit him so he can show Thomas to all his co workers (of course he is happy to see me too, but Thomas is much more exciting than I am!) James is such a wonderful father, and he doesn't even realize it. He is so good about offering to change Thomas in the middle of the night so that I don't have to. Even though I try really hard to let James sleep at night because he has a job and I am a stay at home mom, Thomas is a loud eater, and tends to wake up James. But he is so great about it, I love my two guys :)