A Little Late Is Better Than Never Right?

Onyx has been one month old for a couple weeks now and I just don't understand how the time passed!
The last month of pregnancy is comparable to the adventure in Lord Of The Rings. 

Except you play gollum and walking from one part of the house to the other is like the epic walk to Mordor.
Everything is exhausting, normal things become obstacles and shoot! You're waaaay heavier than usual so it's hard to be cheery. But the first month after they are born?  It feels like 5 days- a week at most... and also an eternity. 

It's hard to imagine you're life without them.

Somebody is wearing cloth diapers during the day now.
And somebody hasn't yet noticed they are second hand... FROM A GIRL! :P

This kid loves his dad, lemme tell ya. There are times when he is flustered that I can't get him to calm down, Grandma can't calm him down, Grandpa can't calm him down. Just Jared and only Jared. It's also possibly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, to see them snuggling fast asleep.

... and this is his thinking face. He's got this one down pretty well along with *dead serious* face and then random (and increasing!) bursts of smiles. I love it. Being a mom is way better than I expected. Is that crazy to say?

Just Hanging Out!

My two sisters came over last night with my littlest brother. It was a blast! We ordered pizza and all of us just hung out. It was really nice. Jared showed my little brother (age 5) how to play Minecraft. Amazingly he picked it up in about 10 minutes, built himself a house and kept hatching "the human and witch" eggs.

"I just LOVE that game!!!!!!"

... he said on the way home. He wants to come over and play again today. Too bad he lives almost 2 hours away! 

I love those guys. Being a family is the best. 

This Month At Our House...

Onyx is growing insanely fast. I am soaking up every moment. He is just lovely.

 

A mushroom Jared carved, now sitting on our entertainment center.

Talent man. Talent.

Below are some shells and what nots from our window sill that I picked up during our summer walks,
along with some paper owls I made for Halloween and two tickets to the fair from right before 

Jared and I finally started courting. Haha courting, who says that anyway?

 

I love looking down at that fluffy little white haired kid.
Being a family is amazing.

Scenes From The "Surprise" Baby Shower

Firstly, I would like to admit my insane love for baby booties,

in little baby pants or not. In my book, they are probably one of the cutest things of all time.

Here was our little venue. My mother set the whole thing up as a surprise in this little tea shop! 

 

Before and after.
The cucumber tomato sandwiches were my favorite by far! 

We had a mixed Jasmine tea with all the goodies in the pots,
so we had to strain it with the charming little strainer above. 

I am pretty sure the only person who remembered to do it every time was the only guy there.

Jared. 

As seen below, having a hard time lending his fancy camera to my sister to take pictures. 

Does anyone else feel extremely awkward posing for pictures?

I always feel like I look like a bit of a goob when I am doing all that posey stuff.

I consider these our modeling shots. 

Want some balloon string or cups? 

Too bad! I like the stacker cups, they're cool! You could have some string though.

 

Jared bending his paper clips from our game, into a bracelet.  

He is pretty imaginative, which will come in as a pretty useful trait when he is a dad!

See? It's the baby butt thing again.
Love me some duck butts. Hahaha

These are my two (not so little anymore) sisters. They are really growing up into lovely ladies.

Growing up their nick names were Squidly and Goo. 

I am not even telling you what I was called! 

 

She seems to be under the impression that Onyx belongs to her.
Onyx is not lacking in loving aunties, that's for sure.

 

Above is the little locket my best friend "Spiffy" gave to me for my birthday. I LOVE it!

This is their pregnancy impression. I really did not have to do much. ;)

Can you tell I am kind of excited to meet him?

Here is Jared's shower gift to me. I have been wanting an Ergo baby carrier forever! SO thankful!

Golden Gram. Mum. Me!

... and the sisters. 

I was 26 weeks then.

27 now.

Suddenly time seems to be flying!

Like Jared always says, "Be. Here. Now."