Laekin's Medley

Laekin has been a bit of singer lately. In the car she is always asking for "church music" and once it's on, she says "youder! youder!" (louder) and tries to sing along. On this video she gives you a medley of her bedtime songs.



For those who need an interpretation:
Nighty night, yes its time to go night night. Mama loves you too, daddy loves you to..
Twinkle star how we know why...
wheels on the bus round and round all through town, move on back! move on back!

Bro & Sis

So far we think that Laekin is a big fan of her brother. She calls him her "baby brother" most of the time or she chants "Mi-cah Mi-cah" (that she picked up from daddy). Here are a few pics... that's all for now... too tired to write much more.




Laekin holding Micah's hand

My Son

Little Micah is already over a week old. We are taking it all in every day and enjoying having a son. I continue to be so grateful for the gift of pregnancy and childbirth. Though pregnancy and childbirth can be long, uncomfortable, and painful, I am humbled that God gives us moms the experience of birthing our children into this world. My birth with Micah was so beautiful and greater than I would have imagined. I was able to labor in the tub and give birth in the water. Micah was born at a birth center in Whittier with the incredible support of my husband Jeremy and midwife BJ Snell.

Micah James

Our little guy was born on October 8th at 2:49am. He weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. (just under 8 lb. like mama was hoping) and measured 21 inches in length. Here our some pictures of our cutie.





1st Dodger game with dad

Is today the day?

Well today is my "due date". We are all ready to meet our little boy and trying to be patient in the waiting. I thought for sure second baby would come before my due date but apparently not. I should know better! We will keep you all updated.

In the meantime- a shout out to 3 of my friends that have birthdays today. Happy birthday to Kelly (my great friend since 4th grade), Trish (my past co-worker) and Megan! I hope you all have a wonderful day and we will see if our son would like to share his birthday with you! Love ya!

40 weeks

"Nastics"

Laekin and mommy just finished a month long "Mommy and Me" gymnastics session. Throughout the month, Laekin was talking about "nastics" and attempting somersaults in the living room. She has also been teaching her favorite stuffed animal, Curious George, a few routines. She tells him "hands down George", "somersault", "good job George". It's pretty funny. Here are a couple of videos from last week.

Bittersweet...

We await with excitement to welcome our son into our family within the next couple of weeks. I think that Laekin is realizing that it is coming soon as she has been helping me wash his clothes and get all the "baby" stuff ready. She picks up his clothes and says "so cute...baby brother." I had her feel my belly the other day and she felt him move- then a couple hours later she saw my bare belly (as he was moving) and pointed to my tummy and said "baby brother moving!" I asked her yesterday when her brother was coming and she said "soon." So fun. I cannot wait for her to meet him and love on him.

It is also somewhat of a bittersweet time as our lives are about to change a lot. It will never be the 3 of us again and we are taking in all the time that we have together these last few days. It is similar to when Jeremy and I had Laekin and we realized that it would not be the 2 of us anymore. Yes bittersweet. God blesses our lives with these "little people" that impact us deeply- more than we could ever imagine. I am so grateful.

I love these pictures that my friend took while at Taco Tuesday the other day. It encapsulates my thoughts.