Happy Birthday to my brother and sister, William and Becky who on this day 21 years ago were born!
We miss and love you both and wish we could be there with you to celebrate such a special day!!
Love, Mike, Jen & Chloe
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Song: Hallelujah
" Well I heard there was a secret Chord
that David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music do you, do you?
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the five,
The minor fall, and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah. "
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Liebster Blog Award
A huge thank you goes to my friend Rachel over at Our Havenhill, who awarded me with the Liebster Award! I feel so honored and blessed that she thought of me! Thank you Rachel!
"Liebster" is a German word meaning "dearest", or "beloved". It can also means "favorite" or any of these: sweet, kind, nice, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome.
What a wonderful gift and surprise this award is to me!
The Liebster is a way to show a little blog love to bloggers who currently have less then 200 followers. Along with this award is the gift and responsibility to nominate 5 other bloggers to be awarded.
Here are the rules:
:: Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you
:: Reveal your top 5 blog picks for this award and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog
:: Copy and paste the award on your blog
:: Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers
::And most of all Have Fun!
The 5 blogs I'm nominating for the Liebster award are (in no particular order):
Friday, December 9, 2011
On Family Traditions and Life Lately
I grew up in a home that wasn't to big on family traditions which is why I think it's so important to me that my own little family has special traditions that we do during the holidays and all year round. I want to make Chloe's childhood special and for each day to be filled with love. I want Chloe to be able to have wonderful memories to share with her own children one day, and to be able to pass down these traditions that we started together as a family!
Last Sunday we got our very first Christmas tree. We spent the evening decorating it, listening to Christmas music, eating warm cookies and drinking delicious hot chocolate but this is real life not a movie so there was also a crabby baby, blurry pictures, and overly tired parents who were so sick of listening to Christmas music. At the end of the day we plopped ourselves on the couch and admired our beautiful Christmas tree that we worked so hard on. Even though things didn't go as I envisioned it I still loved every minute of it because its real and my family and we were together making memories that will forever be embedded in our hearts.
Isn't that what family traditions are all about? Spending time with the ones you love, writing the story of our lives no matter how imperfect or messy it might be! I'm learning that you cant force this.... making memories.... family traditions. I apologize if this post is scattered all over the place, it feels like its been so long since I have actually written anything real.
::sigh::
It feels so wonderful to be writing, to share whats on my heart, to have some time to myself! I plan on writing a post very soon about life lately, my last one was about the struggles that my husband and I are facing right now in our marriage and I haven't really shared whats been going on since that post. I don't really want to come across like I'm ignoring this topic in any way or that everything is perfect and wonderful again.
Thank you to everyone who has prayed for us, it means so much to me!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Amber Teething Necklace
Yesterday Chloe's amber teething necklace arrived it the mail! I'm anxious to see if it will make teething easier on her (she has two teeth on the bottom now). I have read a lot about amber necklaces and have heard so many amazing stories of how its eased the pain caused from teething. We really don't want to give Chloe any medicine unless we absolutely have to, so if this necklaces works for our sweet baby that would be amazing! Plus Chloe looks adorable with the necklace on!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Firsts: Solids & Baby Led Weaning
On Friday evening after Mike got home from work we decided to let Chloe try solid food for the first time. I mashed up a little bit of avocado and mixed in some breast milk to thin it out. We were both so excited that Chloe has now reached this exciting new milestone and we couldn't wait to see her reaction as she tasted the avocado for the first time. Right away we could tell that Chloe was not thrilled with the taste! She made the cutest, funniest faces and after a couple tastes turned her head away to signal she was done!
Tuesday evening we decided to give solid food a try again. This time we used banana and let Chloe feed herself instead of pureeing it. It was so much fun to be able to sit back and let Chloe have control. I loved seeing the excitement and curiosity in her eyes and she experienced the texture of the banana in her hands and tasted its sweetness on her tongue!
Mike and I have been going back and forth between the idea of making Chloe's baby food ourselves or trying the baby led weaning approach to solids, but after experiencing both we know the right thing for Chloe and for us is to let her feed herself. Right now food is just for fun and will continue to be for fun until she's a year old. Chloe will still be getting the majority of her nutrition from breast milk. I know the older she gets the more food that will make it into her mouth instead of on the floor!
In a few days we are going to be trying avocado again but this time I will cut up a big enough piece for Chloe to hold by herself and just simply let her experience the texture and taste all on her on. I have a feeling she will like the avocado much more this way!
For anyone interested in learning more about baby led weaning or about making your own baby food here are a couple of links I found useful:
Monday, December 5, 2011
Our First Christmas Tree
On Sunday the scent of pine needles and warm cookies filled our home as we decorated our first tree together with the sound of Christmas music in the background! Chloe mostly played on the floor while watching Mike and I decorate the tree, but she did help put a couple ornaments on for us! Chloe seemed so surprised by the texture of the tree and by the expression on her face I'm not so sure she liked the way it felt!
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