Home

We bought a house.
It's nestled in in a neighborhood, surrounded by trees and and bushes (that we will one day remove)
It needs to work, but what good thing doesn't take work?
It's mid-century modern style and with all original 70's interior.
Our conversations often now consist of dreams and ideas and paint colors.
We move in 2 weeks!
Sometimes I wonder, what on earth were we thinking?

These cabinets will one day be transformed into rad avocado green cabinets.


One reason I'm glad to be moving?
To leave behind the neighbors (who I can currently hear through an open window.) Yell and cuss at each other and their dogs barking at all hours of the day.)

Question of the day....
What will/could make this house a home?

K.I.S.S

jack on our hike around links lake

After waking me up every two hours, jack was not a happy camper today.
perhaps he was as tired as i am.
he was still full of all the cuteness in the world.

i love when he nurses and then reaches up to touch my face while he' s eating. its so gentle and precious.

i love walking into his room when he's waking up from his nap and he gives me that tired smile that scrunches his little eyelids together.

i love feeding him pears and watching his faces as he tries the different textures. avocados are my personal fav.

i love nursing him in the middle of the night, even when i'm half awake. i just know this time is so fleeting and will be gone before i know it.

i love it that he's our boy.

yesterday we went to see a new pediatrician for a second opinion about his poop issues. you know what the doctor said? oh, just a few memorable things...

1. "You know what my motto is? K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid."
2. "Don't bother seeing those gastrointestinal specialists. They are off in la-la-specialist-land." ( he said this a total of about 3 or 4 times.)
3. "I think someone's a little o.c.d." meaning jack's mom
4. "Give him 3oz of pear juice and that should clear him out."

Needless to say, we won't be going back to see dr. k.i.s.s.

And......a restless, sleepless night later he still hasn't "cleared" anything out.

but oh...the walk was simply delightful.

Dwight Shrute's Brother

let's change that picture...

one of my favorite things about Jack?

he doesn't care if my farts stink.

what could be better than that?

today john and i drove back from phoenix the looong way. we took a highway that looped around prescott rather than directly to it. it was a beautiful drive. so picturesque. so beautiful that we stopped on the side of the road, let jack scream for a bit, ate our In-N-Out and turned up iron and wine. it was blissful.
i still can't believe we get to live here.


on another note, i'm on the search for a dairy free/soy free pizza crust. i'm dying for pizza.

it's office night! speaking of...
i think i might have found dwight shrute's brother...

bath time and godparents

one thing i do not miss:

so thankful it turned into this:

i am so glad that part is over. for now. was i seriously that huge?

a few things that being a new mom has taught me...

1. having to be soy-free and dairy free is not easy. i repeat, NOT easy. but i found a website that has really helped: heart of cooking
i think it's allowed us to continue eating....and healthy too! she sends you a weeks worth of recipes all dairy, soy and gluten free. we are lovvving it.

2. middle of the night wakings are not the worst. though difficult at times, it is precious to feel that tiny little person next to me; cuddled and close. or as my husband says, "sleep is not as important as smiles, snickers, giggles and toe-chewing."

3. he will poop eventually. right?

4.being a mom is the best job ever.

5. that's all..for now.








jack and his godparents. such a great visit!


this is an awesome adventure.

spring

I love watching Jack grow! He is such a gem and full of smiles and giggles (especially for his dad.)

Way too early this morning Jack was awake, loving life and I just couldn't seem to keep my eyes open. A woman can only get up some many times in one night!

John's back was facing me, but I knew he could hear Jack's babble just as well as I could. :) Then, in the midst of my slumber I heard Jack say, "dada" I like to THINK that's what he said, (or John does mostly) but either way, John turned around and got up with Jack, delighted to hear what sounded just like "dada."

Two more hours of blissful sleep for me. Can you do that tomorrow, Jackboy?

Who thought Jack would have so much red hair?

tummy time often means spitting up all over my face time

i just love this kid.

rachel and richard came for a quick, but sweet unexpected visit!! they got to meet jack too!

we also got to see john's parents for a couple days

he is such a stud.

I should be napping...

but i can't. for a few reasons.

1. it is SNOWING like crazy outside! it is incredible!

2. LOST starts in a week and a half. feb 2. i can't wait. the anticipation is killing me.

3. jack is sleeping soundly next to me and suddenly i have a burst of energy.

Jack is growing like a weed. He weighed in at 14.3lbs on Wednesday and 25 inches long! The boy has been growing. He's still not a real regular pooper, so we're trying to get a handle on that. Who knew that I would be PRAYING my little guy would poop?

I'm thinking of trying out wordpress.com. Anyone tried it before?

I wish I could have seen what 3 months would do. My mom kept telling me that at 3 months life will begin to feel normal again. I wasn't sure if normal existed anymore. Now, three months into this mothering thing I have begun to see what she was talking about. For one, Jack has begun to smile and baby coo. It's been delightful! He's also started sleeping longer at night (10:30pm-5:00am! Full nights rest for me!) And I wasn't sure if that would EVER happen. But is has and boy is it great! At the same time I can hardly believe how fast it has gone. I already miss his real baby face.

In three short months our son has grown from this...

to THIS!





and during this time we three traveled to michigan to see john's family...
tried to catch up on some lost sleep...
met up with good friends for a couple of hours...
and spent Christmas with my family too...


overall, the months have flown and our little jack is such a joy.

speaking of...he is currently stirring and making all sorts of noises and movements. i think he's hungry.

...i'll leave with this one.

john absolutely HATES the flash.

Welcome to the world!

John "JACK" Stephen Dickerson Jr.
joined the world on October 29, 2009 at 8:17pm

Contractions started around 4:00am and continued for 16 hours.
He weighed 8 pounds 14 ounces and 21 inches long
We went through delivery without any pain medication, plenty of good, relaxing music and lots of warm showers.

It was truly magnificent.

Painful, yes, but worth every second the minute they handed him to us.

He is a gem and such a gift.
Praise God for a healthy and safe delivery!