happy little boy

He's just so happy-- all the time. We're really blessed.

He has turned me into a pile of mush. I always thought it was so silly to "baby talk" but now I'm doing it... everywhere. No shame, I do it to see my baby boy smile at me. There's absolutely nothing more rewarding that that gummy smile. It absolutely melts my heart!

Playing Catch-up

Yes, I'm playing catch-up. These are from the end of September. I know, I'm way late.


I just realized that the one with the three of us is the only one I have of all of us. It's not flattering of any of us, so forgive me. But it really drives home that we're a family... holy smokes.

1 Month old

Just a few -- long overdue-- pictures when Aunt Tember was visiting. Maddox was about 1 month old here.

Grand Entrance

Maddox William made his long-awaited grand entrance at 2:31 pm on Saturday July 19. After a very long night and a seemingly even longer day, he surprised everyone by coming at least 5 hours earlier than anticipated. God bless the person who invented the epidural-- and my anesthesiologist.


His stats were 6 lbs, 15 oz and 19.5 inches long. By 7 days old he'd made his first-- and surely not last-- trip to the emergency room at Scottish Rite. Thankfully he was just jaundiced and we were able to be released Sunday mid-afternoon. I don't think Taylor and I would have made it that weekend without great friends and our family. We would have starved... how do they expect kids to eat that junk?

He's a beautiful, happy, healthy baby boy. I never imagined that I'd love him so much!