Happy Easter!

Our first holiday as a family, it was perfect! Thanks to my wonderful and talented Mom, Tripp had a beautiful Easter outfit to wear to church. In my opinion, he was the most handsome man there (tied with his Daddy of course)! After a few obsticles we made it to the 11:15 church service, barely.  Lets just say peanut butter and Gary's elbow was involved.... as we were getting in the car to leave. We regrouped and got to the service before it started and waited in line to grab a seat only to find that there were none left. Amazingly enough and thanks to some kind women in the choir we enjoyed our first Easter service at St. Lukes in the choir loft! The baby was tired and due for a nap but was so interested and awed by the beautiful music surrounding us that he stayed awake for the entire service and was an angel! After the beautiful service and a lovely brunch at First Watch we came home to take some family photo's. Bless the inventor of the camera timer! 

Obert Family Photo-Easter 2011

Tripp's First Easter Basket

His adorable outfit made by Grandmom Martin

SMILE!

My little man smiled at me today! It was very clear that it wasn't a gas smile, however, he was smiling at his gas/my reaction to his gas. He was making his "o" face and I was mimicking him as he starred intently at my face. Then he let out a loud gaseous noise to which I widened my "O", raised my eyebrows, and opened my eyes as large as they could go and I made a high pitched noise. My adorable precious son starred right at my face and gave me a huge grin. His mommy made him laugh. It was the best feeling in the world. His smile made the 3 a.m. changing the best part of my day. I wish I had my camera armed and ready to catch this act, instead I was elbow deep in dirty diaper. Who needs a camera? This moment will forever be etched into my memory. Since I wasn't able to capture this "first" with my camera to share with you all, I will some another firsts. 

First time holding my son

First Bath

My Heart

March 9, 2011 my heart grew larger then I ever thought possible. Everything "they" say is true, "you are in love instantly" "You never thought you could love like this" "The pain disappears the minute you see your child for the first time".  I was in labor for 18 hours and pushing for 3, yet the minute I saw my son, I was ready to do it all over again. So much has happened in the last 6 weeks, here is the short version. My beautiful baby was born weighing 8 lbs 2 oz 20.5 inches long, we hugged, kissed, smelled him and watched him. We got little sleep. Changed 8-10 poop and pee diapers a day... repeat, repeat, repeat. We are starting to get the hang of the parenting concept. Tripp is beautiful and has been a great baby. He actually sleeps really well so far, fingers crossed it continues. My favorite part of the day is our cuddle time, nothing is more perfect then sweet baby breath rhythmically hitting your chest. Up till now I was very unproductive during the day, setting everything else aside to hold him in my arms and watch/feel him sleep. Thankfully, a wise mother introduced me to the moby wrap. LIFESAVER! I can be as productive as I want and still have my sweet baby right there against my chest, listening to my heartbeat, breathing on me- perfection. For those of you who may not have seen him yet, here are a few pictures. I will be more diligent about updating our days filled with firsts and new beginnings.

The dogs have been fantastic with him. Maddie has been protective since we came home from the hospital, it was a few weeks before she allowed any other dog to go near her baby. Radley on the other hand was a bit nervous about the change. She still jumps to with every coo he makes. She is always worried about her baby and checking to make sure he is ok.

That is all I have for today, I'm off to watch my baby sleep. Sweet dreams.

Daily Miracles

I have a new favorite past time.... sitting and watching my stomach move as my baby turns and churns inside. I feel him moving more and more every day and each time it brings a huge smile across my face. The other day I was watching a movie, and he started up. I hit pause and just watched my stomachs little movements for at least a half an hour. He is tricky this boy of mine, so far he only does it when I'm alone. His daddy has yet to see or feel him go. I like our bonding moments, but I want Gary to experience this miracle as well. Hopefully in the next week as he gets stronger, we will get to share that moment together. I'm sure Gary will be glad when I stop waking him up in the morning to try and feel his son's actions in my belly. As promised, here is a picture of my growing profile. 

21 weeks

Thanks to some well versed Mom's I found some great websites for adorable baby items today. I found the bedding we like at www.polkatotdesigns.com. I really wanted a calming room for he and I to go to and relax. I don't want too many bold prints or objects to distract him from sleeping and unwinding. He will have the world at his fingertips but I want a soothing room to unwind from the days adventures. 

I also foundsome great items for the nursery at www.etsy.com. Everything on this website is handmade and can be customized- its fantastic! I love these distressed wood letters for his room, rather then Jackson, it would say Tripp (obviously). 

If you have any suggestions, good websites, or fun products SHARE!!! I love shopping for him. My sister showed me Restoration Hardware's baby section and they have some really cute stuffed animals, onsies, and blankets on there that would go nicely with the theme that is developing in his room. I can't wait to start buying things and getting his room ready! 

I'm happy to be able to share these thoughts with you all. Lately, the blog has been working for me- here's hoping it continues! I'm so excited about every days developments and can't wait to share my thoughts and ideas with everyone! 

Fat Cat

Since finding out we are having  a little boy, it has become more tangible. I'm constantly thinking about how I want to decorate the nursery and looking for cute little boy items for our registry. Speaking of registry, holy overwhelming! THANK GOD FOR MY SISTER! There are so many things on the baby check list and I'm not sure what I NEED, what would be nice and what I absolutely can do without. Heather to the rescue. She is giving me inside tips and pointers into the world of baby products. Even with her help, it is still overwhelming.

I can tell he is growing. 1. I'm getting huge! 2. I am feeling him move around so much more these days and I love it! Sometimes I stop what I'm doing or eat something just to get him going. But back to 1, the topic of my hugeness. thighs, thighs and more thighs is what I see when I look in the mirror. And my belly has popped which I love until my neurotic self starts looking at pictures of friends who are also pregnant and I am much larger then they are or were at 20 weeks (yes Candice, I'm talking about you!). I really need to get pictures of my ever growing self up here. This weekend, I will make time with Gary to take some pictures and post them.

Apparently with 5 months came my belly and my hormones. I was pretty stable until the last week and suddenly I feel like I can't get ahold of my emotions. If I'm frustrated, I cry, sad, I cry, angry, I cry, etc. And once I feel one of these emotions it takes hours for me to settle myself. It doesn't help when I am shopping and feeling frustrated because all of the cute clothes I see couldn't even get over one of my thighs and the maternity clothes are boring me. But on top of that as I try on new pants and stare at my thunder thighs in the mirror my lovely adoring husband says " Your thighs are getting bigger". Geeee, thanks dear! I wanted out of the mall at that very second. After that lovely shopping experience this weekend, I get to school on Tuesday and one of my students tells me I should be Garfield for halloween, he proceeded to explain because he is a fat cat and I could easily pull that off. Oh boys.. I have an 11 yr. old and a 28 yr. old making me feel self conscious, I guess they never learn.