Happy Mother's Day!

Mom and I on my wedding day

 Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful Mom, who showed me everyday, unconditional love and encouragement. I hope that I can be the mom to my children that my mom is to me. I Love you, Mom.

Nicholas and I

Claire and I the day we came home from the hospital

Emily (4 days old) and I

Nicholas is Five

 My little boy is five years old. Nicholas was born on Friday, May 11, 2007 and we brought him home on Mother's Day. He was this tiny, little person, completely dependent on Blair and I for everything. He taught me about unconditional love, when I wasn't sure I could give it and he's the little bit of sunshine in my world, even on a cloudy day. I can't believe that Nicholas has been in our lives for five years.

 Nicholas is growing into a strong, confident, curious, independent little boy, who shows me everyday the wonder in the world. I love seeing the world through his eyes.

Happy Birthday, my dear little boy. Thank you for showing me the world through your eyes. I love you.

XOXO,
Mommy

Emily at Six Months

 Emily has reached the milestone birthday of six months. In these past months, I've watched her grow bigger and stronger and reach developmental milestones. Now, she can roll from back to front, but gets stuck on the way back. She chats and I swear that she says "Da-Da, or maybe it's "Na-Na", so either she's calling her Daddy, or she's singing the song "Good-bye" (Na-Na-Na-Na, Na-Na-Na-Na, hey, hey, hey, good-bye).
Emily can smile, but uses her discretion and smiles only when and to whom she wants to. Most of those smiles go to her brother and sister, who love her to bits and compete for her attention, and her Daddy. She has been a breast-fed baby from day 1, but this week will experience baby's first cereal. I anticipate many funny faces as she navigates the world of solid food. I will post more about that later....

Until then, I'll leave you with these pictures of my beauty, my baby girl, who fills my heart with love each time I look at her. I love you, Emmy, my sweet baby girl. XOXO