Four Years

* I started writing this yesterday, so please humor me on the date . . . the hubs had to use his computer 

Four years ago today was a Saturday.

It was February 7, 2009.

I was working at Enterprise and living at the Cameron at the Summit apartments with one of my very best friends, Lauren.

Jonathan and I had been dating for almost ten months.

Little did I know that that day, Saturday, February 7, 2009, was going to turn out to be one of the best days in our story as a couple. 

. . . . .

I had worked a half day that morning and was waiting on Jonathan to come and pick me up from my apartment.  His entire family had come into town that weekend for one of our church singings.  I had talked to him briefly that morning about the plans for that day.  He had said that before meeting up with everyone he wanted to take a walk.

This didn't strike me as being too odd, because, frankly, I knew that it would take a while to get ten people all going in the same direction!  So I thought, yeah, we probably do have time to take a little walk - it was surprisingly warm and sunny that day.  He told me not to wear work-out clothes , just to put on a normal outfit.  Ding ding!!!  Nope, still hadn't registered.

He picked me up, and we drove over to the Jemison Trail in Mountain Brook.  We had taken walks on that trail before, so the location was not too out of the ordinary either.  Not too far down the trail we came to a bench.  On the bench was a vase full of my favorite flowers.  I looked over at Jonathan as he was getting down on one knee to propose.

He did a wonderful job of surprising me and keeping everything a secret.  It was perfect :)

( Josh and Bonnie very kindly hid amongst the trees and captured these wonderful candid photos for us)

We wrapped up the day with a surprise limo ride with my entire family to Hot and Hot Fish Club, where we met up with Jonathan's family.  

The day couldn't have been any better!  

Now, here we are four years later - happy, still in love, with a growing family.

Life couldn't get any better.

I am so blessed.  

     

Three Months!

Dear Jack,

You are three months old today!

The time is just flying by, and we feel that you get cuter every day!

You are still filling our days with smiles and coos, which is the only thing that works to combat the winter-blues we've had around here!  This past month, you laughed out loud for the first time, which was just precious, and I know it made Daddy's heart melt, since he was the one who got you laughing.  You make eye-contact with us all the time now.  We can just look at you and smile without saying a word, and you will smile right back at us.  So sweet.

We had your two month check up not too long ago, and you are just growing, growing, growing!  You weighed 13 lbs. 5 oz., putting you in the 97th percentile for your age.  You recently moved up to size 2 diapers, but are still wearing your 3 month size clothes, although they are a bit snug :)  Your little legs are looking pretty chubby these days, which we love.

You are really responding to different kinds of toys and things around you now.  Mommy tries to do different things with you every day, whether it be reading, playing with toys, or watching a Baby Einstein video.  You love anything that lights up or plays music, and you love your Baby Einstein videos.  You just kick your legs and wave your arms - it's the funniest thing.  We've noticed that you do love watching TV, even if it isn't something "child" related.  You sat there so still the other day and watched Sherlock Holmes with Daddy.  I think you are going to love movies just like him.  And you also love our ceiling fan :)

You are still waking up once in the night to nurse, usually around 3 or 4am.  I think you are spacing your feedings out a little more during the day, although it still feels like we are nursing around the clock, which is ok :)

Mommy has noticed that you are starting to get into a bit of a routine.  You usually wake Mommy up around 8 or 8:30 am.  We get up and start our day, and you are usually ready for a nap anywhere from 9:30 to 11 am.  You'll nap for around 30 minutes, and then you'll be ready to get up and do something else.  We'll play and hang out for the rest of the day, and then you'll be ready for another nap around 3 or 4:00.  This nap tends to be a little bit longer and has lasted as long as two hours before, which was a total shock to Mommy!  You are starting to get a little fussy when you get tired - it took us a while to figure this out.  We started putting you in your crib for naps instead of on the couch, so you can become more familiar with it.

 

We love you, Jack Little!    

Morning Fun and One From Yesterday

He is his father's son through and through.

He LOVES the TV!  Like won't take his eyes off the screen even when you're trying to tell him something very important . . .yep, this sounds familiar.  So this morning, we watched a little Today's show . . .

And then we played a really fun game . . .

And then we got tired after our game, so we took a nap . . .

In a couple different places . . .

And then we had an outfit change, because we got "poopy" on our pajamas (his, not mine) . . . 

And had a little tummy time . . .

This one is from yesterday.  We are really trying to nail the tummy time thing :)