One day closer

Everytime I see a new picture of this little guy, I have to marvel at how beautiful he is. Is it just me or is he really, truly beautiful ?!!!


I think it's pretty obvious his daddy is quite smitten with him. Remember that, Rick, when he's finally home and wailing at 3:00 a.m. !


Look at these tiny fingers. Perfection. Amazing.

A new life ... A new love.

I see these pictures and it still all feels so surreal to me. Until I can touch him, it's like it's all a dream. But a really, really great dream!



So instead of this year being Rhonda's first Mother-to-be Day, it ended up being a Mother's Day after all! I know she's overwhelmed with everything. After all, she thought she had six more weeks to get ready!



These pictures are so priceless to me ...



What a miracle the creation of life is. Look at this tiny piece of perfection.

Leslee Jayne

We had company this weekend. My brother-in-law was here with his six year old son, along with a friend, and two more nephews and a niece. Needless to say, lots of noise and not enough sleep!



For whatever reason, Miss Leslee Jayne decided that Uncle Ronnie's lap looked like the best seat in the house. Now, you would have to know my husband pretty well to understand that this is a highly unlikely scenario! However, he was quite tolerant and we even got a glimpse of a smile a time or two!



While I enjoyed having them here for the most part, the silence that settled over the house as they pulled out of the driveway was most welcome!

Sweet 16

How's this for breaking all the rules? Birthday cake ... complete with lighted candles ... for breakfast!!!

I knew Rachel planned to spend the next 3 nights with her BFF as Lindsey's parents are chaperoning the senior class trip for her sister, so they asked if Rachel could stay with Lindsey so neither she or the dog had to be alone. So I decided if we were going to have birthday cake, it had to be this morning.

So this is the sight that my baby daughter woke up to today as she stumbled into the kitchen. She said "mom, what are you doing?!!" Then I stepped aside and she saw the lighted cake and the look on her face was priceless!

I don't understand how she can be 16 ... I just had her, like, yesterday!