Not long before two becomes three!

One of the gifts Mama received from Papa and her boys this Mother's Day was a beautiful statue of a Mama and her boys. It captures perfectly what Mama feels when she is enveloped by her two loves. I feel like they made this just for us to capture this beautiful moment in time before our new angel arrives! (Although Papa and I laughed at the name...Quietly... because your brothers play and love at the same level...not necessarily quietly :)

And, as Papa's beautiful note says, soon, I will have one more to hold!!

I just CAN NOT wait!!
I love my beautiful creations more than anything else in the whole world!

The Luckiest Mama

On this Mother's Day, I have two gorgeous boys and the most beautiful gift of a baby on the way (and my beautiful husband too!) who make me so blessed to be a Mama!

I just love all THREE of you SO very much!!

Your brothers can't wait to have you here to celebrate these special days with breakfast in bed, cutting roses from our garden to decorate the house, and making Mama special gifts! Benjamin wanted to be sure you enjoyed the cinnamon roll and fruit he brought me for breakfast but.....he ate most of it! :)
I can't believe that this time next year I will have three angels surrounding me, singing to me, and making me the luckiest Mama!!

What makes your Mama laugh?

Because some day soon you will realize that this is not so far from the truth :) I am always worrying about my three little ducklings :)
I LOVE YOU LITTLE ONE!

Baby Blooming

The roses are in bloom and so is your beautiful baby belly :)

Mama loves wearing this shirt as it is so fitting for the beautiful Raleigh spring...and my beautiful baby! Next year you will be here with me to smell all of these gorgeous flowers :)

24 Weeks = 6 MONTHS!

Where has time gone? Wasn't Mama just praying for you? Wasn't I just surprising Papa under the Christmas tree?
And there you were; love at first site!

It seems like just yesterday that I was barfing my brains out in what seemed like an endless string of weeks!!
And now here you are, 6 MONTHS OLD!!

Mama is so, SO very proud of you! And I cherish every single moment we are sharing together my sweet little angel!

Quite the social calendar!

Dear little one,
Your social calendar has been busier than the most popular person on the PLANET these last 6 weeks! At this rate, I think you've come to believe that the only time you have to play with Mama is when I am supposed to be sleeping :).....which makes sense since I have not stopped moving since St. Patrick's day!!!
We've had so many wonderful family and friends come to stay with us! Although Mama is very, very tired, it has been SO much fun to see them so excited to talk to you :) and feel you move! What a joy it has been for us to have so many wonderful visitors!
First Grandpa John and Martha,

then Nana Leonardo,
then your Aunt Amy, Uncle Freddie, and cousins Lo Lo, Nattie, and Dani.

Next came Dr. Bruce,

then Mimi and Ga,

Aunt Marian. Uncle Peter, cousins Josie and Ellie,

Aunt Suzette, Uncle Nathan, and cousin Geronimo,

and finally cousin/Auntie Jennifer.

Phew!!!! What fun we have had! You are VERY, VERY loved my sweet little one! You have SO many beautiful family members who can't wait to meet you in person! :)

Your First Kilwins

It's tradition.... :) and you little duckling couldn't have been happier carrying on that tradition :)

We visited the coast and beach today and wouldn't have missed the opportunity to stock up on goodies at Kilwins! You had your first orangeade and two nice big scoops of chocolate peanut butter and Moose Tracks. You haven't been very hungry for ice cream while you've been growing, but I know for certain you enjoyed the best ice cream in the world! You were dancing around in there like it was a party :)
Maybe we'll make a little drive to the Kilwins near our house some time soon if you have any future cravings for some more of these delicious goodies! :)
PS. Your brothers can't wait to introduce you to Super Man ice cream :) hee hee!