End of 2012

Well, I am finally catching up with pictures! Callie is growing and sleeping like a champ, and her hair sticks up more than ever! We've had a wonderful month of celebrations (Thanksgiving, my birthday and Christmas). Here are some snapshots from this past month or so:

Two weeks old

Three Weeks old

 

Receiving Callie's first Bible at church

 One Month Old

 We picked our tree at the farm. 

 My birthday dessert

 Pictures with Santa at the Mall

 Talking with Santa Jim

 Baking cookies for Santa

 Dinner with my family

 Christmas service at church

 Leaving a note, cookies and milk for Santa

 Santa brought a dollhouse!

Two months old

Introducing....Callie Mei Martin

Hi again, remember us? Well since you last checked the blog, I now have THREE besties....Ethan, Olivia and sweet Callie Mei. Callie arrived on Wednesday, October 24 at 4:37am. She weighed 7lbs. 11oz. and measured 19.5 inches long! To make a long story short...haha...I had a very short labor! Contractions started about 12 midnight, became regular enough to call the hospital at 3am, came fast and furious in the car, we sped and ran a couple lights, checked into the hospital at 4:15am and the rest is history! Nope, no time for epidural, but I survived and may reconsider ever needing one in the future! Next time, I will call the hospital at the slightest twinge :o) 

Our perfect bundle of joy has been just that. Praises to God for her health and my dear family of four. Here are some pictures from the past two weeks. 

 First family photo

Happy daddy

Sleepy daddy

Hmmm...

Feeling great, got my make-up on ready to head home! Callie is swimming in her going-home outfit. 

 Heading home!

 Check out Callie's Boomer Sooner

Callie's favorite place to catch some zzz's. 

My three besties!

 I am so glad I got to be home on Halloween to celebrate with Olivia!

Butterfly and Bulls on Parade (LOVE the Texans!)

 Peanut butter tummy time!

 Baby Cocoon

 Big sister helping out!

Sweet sisters. 

 More pictures coming soon!

Getting ready for two

 

This last month has been full of setting up Olivia and Callie's new rooms. Olivia has adjusted well to sleeping in her big-girl bed, besides a few instances of waking up in the middle of the night. It's all a part of growing up and learning to do things like a big girl!

 

 

 

 We've been enjoying the great fall weather by spending a lot of time outdoors and blowing bubbles.

 

 

I captured this image one afternoon while Olivia was napping. Such a sweet girl.

 

 



 Olivia's new bed.

 

 



 I replaced some artwork in Olivia's room, from Proverbs 31.

 

Ethan was able to paint Callie's room in one day! He did a great job.



 

 

 

 Jeremiah 29:11

 

 Ethan helped me complete a couple craft projects, such as this memo board and Callie's name sign over her crib below.

 

 

 

 

 Here is my yoga studio I have 2-3 times a week. I just follow along with a 25-minute prenatal routine I found on youtube. The yoga along with low-impact elliptical and weights really helped eliminate the back pain I was having back around 25 weeks.

 

 

 And I finally took the plunge and splurged on a BOB double jogger. My biggest regret was going cheap on Olivia's single jogger. I am definitely going to enjoy this while getting back into shape!

 

 

 

Olivia helped bake some lemon-poppy seed cupcakes for Ethan and I as we celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary on October 1st. I cannot imagine having a more supportive, loving husband and daddy to Olivia and Callie.

 

 

 

I left just a little frosting for her to enjoy!