Bumbo

Georgia has started being able to sit up with minimal assistance. To give her some variation on her view of the world/our living room, I've started letting her sit in the Bumbo seat. She seems to enjoy it.

3 months old!

Georgia is now 3 months old! I'm not exactly sure how big she is now, but I would guess around 13 lbs. and 24 inches. Looking at pictures from the last month she has grown a lot. Friends here have recently mentioned her seeming bigger, too. This last week she laughed for the first time when I was playing with her! She is holding her head up well, is sleeping through the night and has established a good routine. She enjoys playing with these rings I have hung up on her play mat and car seat. It is such a joy to watch her grow and discover new things.

Trying out the jogging stroller for the first time. She seems to really enjoy it.

Georgia is such a happy baby. I love seeing her smile and hearing her talk.

Happy Halloween

The theme for this years Halloween Party was board games. Georgia and I went from the game 'Settlers of Catan'. I was a settler and she was my resource, a sheep. :)

Jacobe and Andrea Kendrick hosted the party this year. They dressed as the characters from 'Where's Waldo?"

Steph came as dice, a play on her last name, Dyess. Katrina, who was in town visiting me, came as the robber in 'Settlers'.

Scott won for best costume. He came as the game 'Operation'. His costume actually buzzed when you tried to get the pieces of candy out. I was quite impressed.

We played lots of fun game, including a variation on charades.

Elliott and Georgia

Our good friends, Kelly and Sarah Jones, were pregnant at the same time we were. It was really great to go through pregnancy with Sarah. We had the same doctor and delivered at the same hospital. They had a little boy, Elliott Todd, who was born exactly two weeks after Georgia on our anniversary. These pictures are take a couple of weeks after Elliott was born.

The Best Thing About Being a Mom

One of the best things about being a Mom is when Georgia smiles at me. When she smiles at me first before I even smile at her. When she smiles because she knows I'm her Mommy and she loves me. It's the purest, unadulterated kind of smile and love. It makes my heart melt every time. Seeing those smiles makes all of the hard times, inconveniences and loss of freedom worth it. The love she has for me is the same that God has for me. There are no strings attached, it's the best kind. And God's heart melts when I respond in love to him before he ever 'smiles' at me first. I don't know how often I actually do that and I'm sure God's heart aches for me to respond to him out of pure, unadulterated love more often. It's amazing how many parallels I have come to see between being a parent/having a baby and my relationship with God. I'm sure that's why God decided to give us children, so that we can know him more intimately and understand our relationship with him better.

Uncle Joshua and Uncle Daniel Visit

This weekend my brothers had fall break and came to visit. It was the first time Daniel got to meet Georgia. All of our siblings have now gotten to see her. I'm enjoying the 3 of us all living in the SE and being able to spend time together a little more frequently.

Uncle Daniel and Georgia (This is the first time Georgia smiled in a picture with someone holding her.)

Mommy and daughter

Uncle Joshua and Georgia - she is starting to have good head control, I've started sitting her up on the couch

Joshua's birthday is on the 26th and since we were together decided to celebrate early.

Nana and Aunt Katie Visit

Joe's Mom, Nana, and sister, Aunt Katie, came down for the long weekend to visit. It was Katie's first time getting to meet Georgia. We had a good time doing what else? Shopping! :) It was really nice to have the extra help with Georgia and the company. We love and miss you!

Being an Aunt is hard work!

Nana loving her granddaughter