Thursday, November 15, 2012

so thankful!

Wow, so much to be thankful for this year! A happy healthy baby, who is a wonderful sleeper. A loving supportive family. Great friends. An awesome husband who is growing into an amazing father. And a loving mericful God who has blessed us well beyond what we deserve! I love this time of year. I am so grateful that I get to be home during the holidays with Claire! I'm looking forward to doing some holiday decorating and baking!

I made this wreath to pin up our holiday cards we recieve this year! Found the idea from Martha.



This is probably the worse time of year to try and lose prenancy weight! All the food and parties and the darkness makes it tough to have self control and to get to the gym!! Colin and I have worked out a schedule for each of us to get some gym time though when he gets off work. I have been running a little bit (in prep for the Jingle Bell run) and doing some weights. Even if I don't do a whole lot at the gym it's just nice to get out and have a little time by myself. Exercise is something that is important to both Colin and I, so we're trying to figure out how to make it all work!

Claire is such a content little thing. She is so happy just lying in her crib or on her changing table, it's so funny. Night time is the funniest (is that a word?), I feed her right before I go to bed and when I put her back down she talks to herself for at least a half an hour. It is really cute! She is really trying to communicate, she makes all sorts of little sounds in response to us talking to her. And she is smiling a ton, Colin swears that when I was gone she had her first giggles...I will believe it when I see it! haha. He also thinks she said her first word (genious baby!)...Colin was saying "hi" repeatedly to her and she let out a little sound that sounded just like "hi," we both looked at each other and could not stop laughing, I'm sure it was coincidence but still it was a little creepy!!


Last weekend we enjoyed a visit from Colin's mom. It was a short trip, but I think she still enjoyed being able to see Claire in person and how much she has grown!