1 Month Old! (A few weeks late on the post)

Our precious baby girl is 1 month old! Its hard to believe that its already been a month! Time seems to be flying by these days.

A few things about Mari Michael:
-  Mari has graduated from Newborn diapers to Stage 1. This was a sad moment for me...
-  She eats 4 oz. every 3 hours.
-  She will go 4 to 5 hours during the night without waking up to eat.
-  She now weighs 10lbs. 4 oz. and is 21 1/4 inches long.
-  She can now see us a lot better and has now started SMILING! She smiled at me for the first time on her one month birthday! She is definitely a morning person. :)
-  Napping is something that is few in far between but as long as she is sleeping at night, I'm happy.

Here are a few pictures from this month.

                                   

My absolute favorite!

It's been a while...

I'm obviously not into this whole blogging thing seeing as my last post was almost a year ago. A lot has happened since then! Jeremy and I are expecting our first baby. Marion Michael is due to arrive on Oct. 15th, which makes me 32 weeks pregnant! I have had a wonderful pregnancy thus far and pray that it continues for the next 8 weeks. I completed my second summer of graduate school this summer which was a doozie. I'm glad that it is behind me. Jeremy will graduate in December with his Masters! Yes, that makes me a happy and very proud wife.

I can't believe that Mari Michael will be here in just a few short weeks! I can't wait to hold this sweet little girl in my arms that I have felt moving around inside me all these months. We are so blessed. :)

A work in progress

We purchased our house in September. The home was owned by an older couple that lived here for years. They had both passed away so their children were actually the ones selling. The couple took good care of their home but didn't spend a lot of money or time updating the home. So in comes us... :) Here are just a few pictures of before and after.

Before

 After

My dad came down and changed out our light fixtures and ceiling fans for new ones! Mama helped me paint the dental molding. It was a nightmare. This room took the longest of all of them!

Sorry, some of these are thumbnails....

 Guest room

 kitchen

My WONDERFUL mom-in-law came down and sanded, stained, and varnished our floors... she is pretty amazing, to say the least! 

I love this picture! When your neighbor tells you that he has a key to your house, what's the first thing you do when you move in? Change the locks!

So thanks to our wonderful family and awesome friends that have helped us make this our home!

Where to begin

Today marks one year of marital bliss for me and my wonderful husband! We decided to stay home this weekend and spend some much needed quality time together working on our new home. Yesterday we painted counter tops, changed hinges on our kitchen cabinet doors, spackled the doors, put our dog into a hydrogen peroxide induced vomiting session because he ate some of the spackling, painted the cabinet doors, grilled steaks, watched a movie, and ate our year old wedding cake topper! It was a great day (minus the puppy incident).

A lot has changed in our lives this past year.

Our sweet puppy Cooper joined our family in April,

J graduated in May, 

I began my masters this summer, J begin his masters this fall,

we bought our first home, 

and we purchased our first vehicle together. 

This has been an awesome year! If the 1st is supposed to be the worst, sign me up for 100 more!!