December 23, 2009

Happy 1st Birthday Jack! We are so proud of you. You're always so happy and have the best personality. You bring us so much happiness and make us laugh constantly. We can't believe that the (not so) tiny baby that we brought home on Christmas morning 2008 is now a toddler!

All day I've been thinking about 12/23/08. Each time I would look at the clock, I'd think of exactly what was going on at that time one short year ago. When I woke up, and it was around 6:00, we were talking about how I was laying on the bed hooked up to monitors. They had to get a solid half hour of monitoring him, but they couldn't because either Colin kept making me laugh, so the monitor would fall off... or Jack would move away from the instrument that was measuring his heart beat. We have so many memories from those 2 days spent in the hospital.

I'll be back at some point with pictures and another video of the little guy enjoying his first taste of cake.

I had a doctor's appointment today. Everything continues to be healthy. My blood pressure was 114/62. Grace's heart was beating at 148 beats per minute. I passed my glucose test with flying colors, which was a great relief. I only passed by 1 point when I was pregnant with Jack. My belly is measuring right at 26 weeks (which is how far along I am). I go back a week from Monday to get a follow up ultrasound.

Merry Christmas!!

26 Weeks and Growing

Below are some pictures of Jack's room and Grace's room. I got my letters to hang above her crib, so I just had to take pictures - I looooove them!!! I ordered them from a shop called The Letter Boutique, and she custom painted them to match the bedding. Also included are some pictures of the mischievous little boy and his new favorite thing to do - get the toilet paper and take off running. He does this while yelling, "no no no no no" because he knows he is doing something that he shouldn't be!

Please read the post below if you haven't already. :)

Email me!

Please email me if you follow our family blog. I'm having issues with either someone with WAY too much time on their hands or some kind of automatic spam. I keep having to go in and delete comments because it is a list of about 50 links of different stores. I'm going to set up the blog to be only accessible by using a password. If the above link isn't working, just send me an email at mlmccormick82@yahoo.com. I know this is somewhat of a pain, but I guess it is necessary. I'll email you back with the password. Thanks!

A Story

This morning before school we were in the living room playing. I rolled a ball to Jack, and it went under the TV stand. Here he is looking and reaching to get the ball.

"I'm trying mom! My arm just isn't long enough."
"Why are you just sitting there taking my picture? Can't you see I need some help!"

"Thank you!"

Pictures from the Beach - Venice, FL 12/12 & 12/13