Birthdays and other things

Well, I turned 27 last Wednesday. I was thinking about the previous year April 8th 2008-April 8th 2009....here you go...(not really an order)

• went to Asheville, NC with Chad for our 4 year anniverisary
• went Oregon in June for Travis and Eva-Lynn's wedding
• quit my job in September, waited around 5 weeks to go into labor, watched the whole series of Gilmore Girls in that 5 weeks
  
• painted my pregnant belly like a Jack-O-Lantern
  
• Painted paintings for Jake's room
• went through 63ish hours of labor to get our wonderful baby out!
• became a mom
• realized that when you have God on your side you can love your kid through anything
• gone out in public with a screaming baby
• gone out in public wearing my newest perfume...eau du stay at home mommy (any combo of: spit up, pee, poop, drool, and wet dog oh and formula or breast milk)
  
• added baby food to that perfume
• Mastered getting a shower as a mom (if you are a mom, you know how hard that can be!)
  
• cried tears of joy, frustration, sadness, and hormones
• laughed a lot, but not nearly enough
  
• learned that you can never be too prepared
• had lots of fun with lots family
• traveled to Pittsburgh to introduce Jake to my family
• and realized the life is good with Jesus no matter what.

Now, onto a different note...some pictures...
We took this picture for Chad's mom's birthday (the same day as mine!) and I made the party hat for Jake!

Our Easter Eggs

We took these pictures on Easter/Chad's birthday:


This is Jake in his new highchair, I think this highchair is great. It isn't pictured with the tray on. But it just straps onto a chair and has all the features that a big highchair has and it's only $55 as opposed to $100+.

And for those of you who are missing our dog, Morgan, she is doing well and is still the unique dog that so many of us have grown to love!

I've also been making baby food. Here is a list of what I've made Jake so far...peaches, apples, carrots, pears, and peas. The next foods I plan on trying out on him are avocados and bananas and maybe sweet potatoes!

I am thinking of revamping my blog again! Only this time I'm asking for suggestions! So if you have a suggestion for a blog title let me know!!!

My birthday

I had a good day today:

Birthday lunch with dad at City Tavern...awesome tortellini!

Jake rolled over from his back to his tummy for the first time today while he was "napping". He pretty much was falling asleep and wiggling and rolled over and then did it again. He ended up being totally awake and excited about his new trick. He also reached up and grabbed the top of the crib side...so we lowered the mattress. Now we have to crawl in and out of his room so he doeasn't see us!

Then a yummy birthday dinner with mom, dad, Chad, and Jake.

And of course an amazing desert that I will probably have more of for breakfast!

Goodnight.