Friday, January 4, 2013

walking the halls

One of these nights I'm going to...
blog about our Christmas
upload some videos
post some new pictures
and perhaps share a little bit about Greg's adventures in Japan.
But today, yesterday and perhaps tomorrow I'm going to be busy...
  busy walking my nightly laps around the house!
Because lately that's the only thing that turns

 this

into this




Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Christmas Eve (rewind)



Twas the night before Christmas in the Readling House
and of course Mayson Pearl was NOT as quiet as a mouse!!
She fussed much of the morning away;
 but luckily once she finally pooped all was okay!

We were busy missing Gregory and wishing he were here,
yet still managed to muster up quite a bit of Christmas cheer.
We each opened one present on Christmas Eve, 
and left cookies out for Santa and lot's of reindeer feed.
 
It was well past midnight before I coaxed Mayson to sleep,
But she continued to wake up over and over, until this momma wanted to weep.
Luckily Santa came and much to my delight
told Mayson very sternly - "It's Christmas little baby.
Give it up.
Go to sleep!!
       goodnight!!!!!      


  
  


Monday, December 31, 2012

for Gregory- it's all the little things :)


 
dimples on your cheeks
everlasting eyelashes
bad jokes
random little list of things
machete scar on your knee
your color coordinated side of the closet
navigating the unknown with only google maps on your phone...
 that's just a short list of all the little things I love about you!!
 
But wanna know what I love most?
 
I never have to guess how you feel about me.
There's no room for paranoia
questions
or doubt.
Even when you're over 7,000 miles away -
 you make sure that every day I know how much you love me!
 
Thanks for always saying, with actions, as well as words...
"I'm in love with you and all your little things."

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

1/4 of a year old!

My adorable little Santa baby,
On Christmas Eve you were officially 3 months old.
At your last doctor's appointment you weighed 9 and 1/2 pounds so I'm guessing by now you are at least ten!
And I know you've gotten even longer than 21 inches because your clothes were getting snug!
You wear a combo of newborn sizes and 0-3 months;
but officially moved up to a size one diaper.
You still aren't even close to sleeping through the night :(
And usually eat 3-4 ounces every three hours or so.
 
I can't believe how big you've gotten and
you are learning so many new things...
You love smiling and "talking" to us. We've even got a few giggles out of you!
 
The sounds you make are so cute.
Along with the regular gaa's and coo's you make lots of animal sounds, lol.
Sometimes you sound like a horse,
a chicken,
a little piggy,
or my favorite- an owl.
And forget the baby sling, you like your baths now that you take them big girl style -
with a window view!
You recently discovered your hands.
You like to move them in front of your face and look at them,
or chew on them.
Besides your hands your favorite toy at the moment is your crinkly sounding elephant!
The day before your three month birthday you officially rolled over -
and then promptly went to sleep!
You are quite the wiggle worm.
 You love to lay on your back, bend you legs, and push off with your feet so you go scooting backwards.
So I guess my days of being able to lay you down on the couch or bed and walk away are through.
You hold your head up pretty well but when you get tired you still need some support.
You like to try and "stand" in our laps when we are holding you.
And when you are sitting, propped against something and start to lean over, you'll brace yourself with your arm so you don't fall over!
I still can't believe how big you are getting!
And quite honestly I'm tired of every time we go out people remarking on how small, little, or tiny you are... to me you're a big girl, lol!
 
But of course they don't know how far you've come -
from our little five pound peanut to my chubby cheeked ten pound bundle of joy!!
 
 
 
 
 

Monday, December 24, 2012

Cards are cuter with babies!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours.
 
The first ever Stewart Family Christmas card!!!
(The scanned version doesn't do the original card justice.)

Since I had so much fun making our card and the adorable Christmas model was still willing - I even made custom labels for every one's presents!
(yet again, the scanner made them blurry; but they were pretty gosh darn cute in person!)
 

Saturday, December 22, 2012

white powder?

One of the unspoken joys of motherhood...
 stumbling into the kitchen
with blood shot eyes
at odd hours of the night
completely disoriented
taking all the brain power I can muster to complete a task as simple as mixing a bottle!
Heck, this morning I even woke up to find lines of a mysterious white powder substance still on the countertop!
 
Who knew becoming a mom meant I would frequently spend most nights feeling like a crack addict on a major drug binge!
And...
 who knew that just waking up to morning cuddle time would make all those nights worthwhile!!!