so incase you have not noticed i've not been updating like i used to. mainly because my husband thinks that i may be giving out TMI and he worries about internet predators. i respect that and it kinda freaked me out so i am going to try and be more careful about giving out names and locations.

Baby E is 5 Months old today!

this is a slide show of 1-5 months....... watch him grow! he's weighing in at almost 16lbs.

something funny.....

whose baby is this?


my little creature .......... of course! and that's a face only a mother can love! lol!

Peace on Earth Commercial

growing in leaps and bounds!

milo is really growing fast. every little mile stone that milo hits is so bitter sweet. on one hand i couldn't wait for him to get bigger because he seemed so tiny and fragile to me, but on the other hand i wish time would move a little bit slower and he would stay this size a greater amount of time. i see how much just 1 week can change him. i just want to savor every precious moment with him. everyday he's doing something new, laughing, grunting, grabbing his feet, rolling all over the place and wrapping us right around his finger with his adorable smile with the eyebrows raised of course. yesterday we gave him his 1st little bowl of rice cereal (1 tbsp) he seemed to really like. he made funny little faces but kept guiding the spoon in my hand right into his mouth. it was a little messy but bling bling was right there to help clean up. :)

the Christmas season is in full swing. our house is nice and cozy and festive. lorin hung our lights last weekend and they look amazing. i will post pictures soon. there is something about this holiday and having Milo that has just made everything seem so amplified. i think about the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of the baby Jesus and i feel so much more connected with it now that i have a baby. Christmas means so much more now and not because i get to pretend to be santa claws (i know it's claus but i like claws better)....... although that's gonna be fun too. but the minute i hear Silent Night my eyes start to tear up...... have you seen that pampers commercial with the sleeping babies...... peace on earth.

these photos were inspired by one of my favorite holiday movies ELF! fresh from the Candy Cane forest:

i just had to share this with ya!  we did some holiday pictures this weekend and this grumpy little elf really cracks me up!  xoxo