6 Months Strong...and Growing!

6 months ago today the most perfect, adorable, breath taking, joyful, little man was born! And from the second they placed him on my chest I knew my life would never be the same! He has completely stolen my heart and I have learned the love that so many speak of, the love that you truly do not understand until that moment!

And the totals are in! Ezekiel James is:

28 inches long (90%)

22 lbs 2.5 oz (<95%)

My big boy!

the boys!

Brotherly love!

As you can see we are a pretty awesome sitter these days! We really are loving our jumper! So much to the point that we don't know when its time to call it quits!

He has now done this twice now and I totally love it!

We had a wonderful thanksgiving! We got to host our first holiday in our new home! We had my parents, Darek, Steph, Toby, & Hunny, my uncle Mark, and Steph's dad Dana over for lunch! The meal turned out super yummy! Mike got an infared turkey fryer and it was super delish! After lunch we went for a walk and then came back and took some pics of the babies and puppies!

 For Thanksgiving dinner we went to Mike's cousin's in Roseville and got to see a lot of his family that we haven't seen since this summer at the cabin! It was so fun to see everyone again and show them how much Zeke has grown since then! I totally forgot to take pictures again! Argh!

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving we got our Christmas tree for our Frist Christmas in our new home and Zeke's First Christmas! How special!



I love starting family traditions but I also love carrying on traditions from when we were kids! The picture below is of Mike and Zeke doing a Christmas countdown. This was Mike's when he was a kid, so it is so fun from him to get to do it with Zeke!

A couple months ago Zeke had a new buddy (or potential girlfriend) join the world, Ms. Bianca Bohman! Jenika and I got together a couple of weeks ago and then our whole families got together!Here are the boys with their babes!

Z has been an awesome little shopper! Needless to say we have been spenging a lot of time at the malls to do our Christmas shopping (and for me to just get out of the house)! The whole time he just motorboats or smiles at everyone! He is so fun!

We have also started solids! And boy is he loving them! Here is a video of him eating rice ceral for the first time!

We have  since started on sweet potatos and I am hoping to make some squash and avacado baby food for him soon!

We are looking forward to Ezekiel's first Christmas here in a couple of days! I hope to post shortly after with pictures of all our family time, but we will see how that goes! I hope you all have a wonderfully Merry Christmas and a Happy & Prosperous New Year!

Mary, did you know?

The other day I was riding in the car with Mike and Zeke and we were listening to Christmas music. The song "Mary, did you know?" came on the radio. As I was singing along to the song, a song that I have heard so many times in my life, I really began to pay attention to the words and I truly had a whole new understanding for the song. And it took everything in me to not turn into a blubbering emotional mess.

Think back with me, to over 2000 years ago, to the town of Bethlehem and a little stable behind a full hotel. As Mary holds her brand new miracle of a baby boy, do you think that she truly understood all that he mean to the world? She obviously knew that he was the Messiah, so I am sure she figured he would do some pretty neat things in his lifetime, but do you think in that moment when she first held her baby boy and looked into his eyes that she had any idea?

That thought just brings me to tears! I have often looked into Ezekiel's eyes and wondered what amazing things he will do with his life! Obviously, it won't be quite the impact that Jesus had on the world, as he is not the Messiah (but darn close, if you ask me :-p)! Everyday we pray over Ezekiel and speak amazing things into his life and we do our best not to limit God, because only He truly knows what Ezekiel's future holds! I know we say he will be an NFL quarterback (which has now has more than likely changed to a line backer, because well...have you seen the kid's legs?) but we know he will follow the path that God has placed before him!

I just pray everyday that I can continue to grow and evolve into the mother that I need to be to raise him to become the man that God needs him to be! I know it is going to be a lot of work and some days it will (and already has been) just down right tough, but when I look into that little boy's eyes, it just makes it all worth it! And I get up and continue to fight on to do the best for him that I can!

Ezekiel James you are AMAZING!