back from the beach

We are back from out 1st beach trip with a newborn! It was a wonderful time and we are so thankful that we got to go on this trip. Worth's parents and sister we so helpful to us. They gave Worth and me many breaks by wanting to hold sweet BellaRose for us. She was such a good baby. She continues to sleep through the night. What a blessing that is. I feel like I can handle so much more now that I have sleep. She did get her first cold. I was so scared. We were able to take her to a pediatrician while we there and she said everything was okay with her just a little bit of congestion. I, on the other hand, was a complete mess. The doctor told me she was okay and I just cried. I felt so guilty that she had a cold. It is the saddest noise ever hearing a baby with a cold! She also did wonderfully on the car ride there and back. She would pretty much wake up right when we got to our destination. Thank goodness!!!

As you can see by the car we are not light packers. I feel like we are moving everytime we go on vacation. It takes days to unpack. Of course we take all this stuff and maybe use a third of it. It was so much fun to get back on my beach cruiser, although maybe not so comfortable :).

This is my Angel's Trumpet that was in full bloom when we got back from the beach. The bloom is huge and it is on this little plant. I think that this might be the only bloom that i get this year, but pretty impressive. I am glad I got this picture of it, because this morning I was messing with it and it fell off!!!

what not and what have you

so BellaRose went out on her first date with Will, annie and dan's little boy, to the pool. as you can tell they were both thrilled. don't worry Poppy we were there to supervise to make sure there was no hanky panky.

this is what sweet BellaRose did while we were at the pool. she loves the mama!! this is her favorite place to sleep, on my chest, but it is just so darn sweet when she does that. we did have a good afternoon there with good freinds.

we leave for the beach on saturday. i am really looking forward to it, but i know it will be a whole new experience with a baby. i will post pictures when we get back. can't wait to talk to you then. thanks for loving us and keeping up with us on the blog!

boys will be boys

on the 4th of july we had big kids (lets say in their 30's or close to it) and little kids (lets say weeks old to 6yrs). guess who was trying to blow up the army men with bottle rockets, you guessed it, the big kids. guess who's army men they were? let me just say that they were NOT the little kids. worth swears that they are our nephews. i am not sure i believe him. needless to say the army man did not blow up, but he did get pretty close to going to space. in the last picture (hopefully the last picture, i am still not a good arranger of pictures on this blog) of the army men all you see is smoke and no army man, thats right houston we have lift off!

the true little kids had a blast with rain dog and dirt. as you can see they wanted rainy to be a chocolate lab like their lab is. rainy does not care what color she is as long as she gets that ball thrown for her. the Woody boys helped her out!

and of course we have to post pictures of sweet BellaRose. worth was serenading her this morning as he does most mornings when i go have "quiet time". what a sweet baby girl and a good daddy!

the holy grail (6 weeks)

we have almost reached the six week mark, the holy grail. tomorrow she will be 6 weeks old. our sweet baby girl. we have learned so much from her. becky, i think i know why people say weeks instead of months, and months instead of years. they want to hold on, to noy let go. i could say sweet BellaRose was 1 month old but then that would make her sound so much older then 6 weeks, get it :). so far she has slept through the night almost 7 nights in a row. we are so thankful for that. she is finding her hands and likes to suck on them. she still whines, but not like she did, or maybe we are used to it now. she loves to sleep, but will fight it. we love this baby so much. i know we tell you that alot, but it is true. she went to her 1st wedding reception this weekend. she did so well, slept through most of it, thank goodness. i must apologize if there are a lot of errors in this entry, iam writing with one hand, as i am holding a sleeping baby!

in other news, our dear friend katie has opened her own online store at ETSY. she is so talented and can make anything. not sure if you remember that beautiful brown dress she made BellaRose several months ago. we can't wait for BellaRose to wear it. you to can have your own (eventually). please go to her shop and buy, buy,buy!!! the address is http://www.texasnorth.etsy.com/. go there! now!

We can grow 'em

like i said we can grow 'em, babies and vegetables. i am just thankful that it did not take 3 tries to grow the baby like it did the garden. we went to BellaRose's one month check up and she is a growin'! she is weighing in at 10lbs 6oz. she is 22 1/2 inches long and her head is 15". i could not believe it. our little baby is getting big. of course she was a little bigger then expected to begin with. what happened to that 7lb baby they were telling me we were going to have? some exciting news for us here is that she slept through the night the other night. i did not have to wake up to feed her at all. it was wonderful. of course i was worried something was wrong with her and that kept me up. worth had to assure me that she was just fine. the doctor seemed very pleased with her and he said that she probably would not sleep through the night last night, he was right. she woke up at 4. not bad though for going to bed at 8. we love this little girl so much. we praise God everyday for her.

on to other things that we grow, squash, lots and lots of squash and cucumbers (of the burpless variety-maybe BellaRose should have some). do you want any? please!! worth asked me the other day if i like squash, i do not. he wondered why we planted so much, i thought he wanted that much. so needless to say we are going to have a lot of squash. we are also very proud of these bell peppers. they hopefully will tun red soon. there are a couple on that little plant. we will also have lots and lots of tomatoes, but i love tomatoes. makes for some great salsa. i will have to give a bunch to Angela, so she can make Worth his favorite salsa. last but not least, we will have pumpkins. this is my favorite part. i love a pumpkin as many of you know. i am blessed to have a birthday in october and that means lots of pumpkins for me. it also means fall. what can be better, fall, pumpkins, and birthdays! eventually i would love to have enough pumpkins where people come to my pumpkin patch and pick their own pumpkins. i would also love a Christmas tree farm, but i digress. so if you want some pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, and growing babies (kidding on the last one, duh!) come to

Worth 'n Sunday's farm!

we have survived!

we have made it through the first month! she turned one month old yesterday. we wondered if we would make it though. other parents told us it would get better, and it has. it is very hard bringing a newborn home, a lot harder then we thought. but look at that face, doesn't it just melt your heart. it melts my heart when i see an actual tear fall from those eyes. i just want to make everything better for her. we have learned so much in this first month. she has slept almost 8 hours through the night. her neck is so strong. she holds it up by herself a lot. she is getting better at telling us what she wants, or we have gotten better at knowing what she wants. we hear that the six week mark is the holy grail. she will get pretty fussy then, and after that we get social smiles, and a little better routine. we go to the beach after that at about 7 weeks so for the sake of everyone else in the house, we hope she is not real fussy. we love this baby so much. our lives have been completely rocked by her, but we would not change a thing.

4 weeks

4 weeks!!! 4 weeks have gone by. i am sad about that. time flies. i wonder if i soaked in everything or if i wished it away too fast. i pray that i did not wish it away. i know that there were many tears during this past 4 weeks both mine and BellaRose. but i have seen her smile, and i have smiled at those. this little girl is such a mystery as Katie as said about her own, but one that we treasure so much. we are so thankful for her, even through the screams and the tears. we know what a joy she is. i am sad about when i won't be able to hold her on my chest and her fall asleep, but instead of being sad about that i will rejoice in the fact that i can do it now. what a blessing she is to us!

these are from bath time today. baths are usually on wednesday and saturday but we had some issues with poop! i also took some pictures of her waking up. she is so cute when she wakes up. she grunts and stretches herself awake.

3 weeks old today!

our baby is three weeks old today. it is sad, but good. i can't believe how fast it is moving. i thought i would post some pictures in color so that you would know that she was not just black and white! the one with worth brushing her hair is after her first bath. we did not get a picture of the actual bath however. she was not real into it and cried the whole time. of course it was only a sponge bath, she likes the kind where she can be in the water. i guess it reminds her of her former home. we are still trying to figure out this baby. when she is awake she cries. not all the time, but lately it sure seems like it. i have been told and read about this 3 week growth spurt and am hoping that is just what it is. she has just been real fussy. the last 2 nights of sleep have been pretty good, but i am nervous about tonight. it is usually every 3rd night that it is a rough one. trying to keep this stinker up during the day is hard going, but when she is awake and crying i wonder why i want her awake. we are learning how to be parents and how to be selfless. we know it only gets better.

blogger girls got together. we were just missing shanna and katie. look how big rylie is next to BellaRose. it was so great to meet Rylie Jayne in person. she is beautiful and she has the bluest eyes and the darkest eye lashes. annie was able to stop by real quick from camp, but Will did not make it since it was naptime. becky came over as well to greet jessica, myron, and rylie jayne. it was so nice of them to stop on their tour de north carolina. i know that they are going to have so much fun at the beach. i am extremely jealous!

Been awhile

It has been awhile since we posted last. I will get better at posting pictures once i figure out timing and when i am able to get to the computer. life has been going pretty well the past couple of days. we have been able to get some sleep which is always nice. she only wakes up once in the night, which is such a blessing, but then sometimes she thinks it is party time and wants to stay up for 3 hours. worth's mom spent the night with us the other night and got up with BellaRose and we were able to sleep through the night. that really lifted our spirits. she is such a sweet baby. she is very patient with us as we learn how to be parents. my dad keeps telling me that she will train me and so far that has been the case. we have gone on more outings which is boosting my confidence everytime. i have not attempted feeding in public yet. that makes me a little nervous. we think that she is just so darn cute. look what she does with her hands. she is always doing something with them. sometimes it is grapping at her face and scratching it though. her neck is so strong, she can lift it up by herself for little periods of time. people say she is getting bigger, i guess that she is, i don't want to hear it though :). more pictures to come. we have a lot of the same pictures so we will get more creative. hope all is well in your world. can't wait to hear updates.

much love.

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSICA!!!!! I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES OF YOU ON THIS COMPUTER, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I DON'T LOVE YOU AND THINK THAT YOU ARE GREAT. HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY. YOU ARE GREATLY LOVED AND MISSED!

one Rose to another

BellaRose got to meet her namesake this weekend. it was a very special time for us. I was so blessed and honored that Grandma made the trip to come and see us. Thank you Dad for bringing her up. it meant so much to us to have you here!!!

Thank you also for my mom who helped us out so much the first week that BellaRose was here. we could not have done it without you. you mean so much to us. thank you for all the meals, the loads if laundry, cleaning the house, and burping BellaRose. You were a life saver in my deepest hour :).

What "They" don't tell you....

.... that recovery is hard. for me it might be harder then the labor. well they don't give you and epidural for the recovery part. i do feel good. put no one told me about "using the bathroom" after having a v-birth (i won't use the real word for the male audience, but lets face it we all came from the same place). that was the worst day ever for me. we have come out on the other side though and we are good. i could not have done it without the help of my mom who sat with BellaRose all day and for Becky who i got out of bed to come to my house. thank you all. it is so weird to have a day like that and then you come out and see this sweet little baby and i hold nothing against her or wish that we had never had a baby. the pain is nothing compared to the joy we have in this sweet bundle of joy. my mom has been a life saver for me. she has burped her and changed her diaper, cleaned the house. it has been amazing. thank you also to all our loving friends who want to come and hang out. again we will never be able to tell you how much you mean to us. my sister, kelly, came up yesterday while my mom went back to greenville for the day. it was so wonderful to hang out with her. thank you for lunch and the drive up here and back.

we went for her one week check-up yesterday and she is already passed her birthweight. she is 8lbs 12.5 oz. she is so cute and chubby. that was our first outing and i think that it went pretty smoothly. i was pretty nervous about it. she is not the biggest fan of the carseat right now. she looks so tiny in it and scrunched up.

well much more to come. just trying to figure out this whole mommy thing.

we love you.

true love

thank you!!! thank you!!!! thank you!!! as i sit here and write this i am so overwhelmed with love. love for you, my friends and family who were so excited for worth and me. who came to the hospital, who called, who sent flowers and ballons, who prayed, who looked at pictures, and posted on blogs. you have loved us good and for that we are so thankful. i am also overwhelmed with such great love for this precious little girl that God has so graciously let us keep and love. i sit her crying b/c i am just overcome with so much emotion. i know that we waited for her and sometimes not so patiently on my part and on monday night she decided the time was right. we went into labor at about 9 that night, got to the hospital about 11:45 and my water broke in the parking lot of the hospital. the epidural came at 3 that morning. after that we were smooth sailing and sweet girl came at 1:46 that afternoon. the people at the hospital were amazing and we all shared something so deep and great together. i will never know how to repay them or thank them. what an emotional time childbirth is. it is one of the best emperiences of my life and one of the hardest. this little girl is so amazing. she is sweet and gorgeous and i could eat her up. we are just so in love. worth is the most amazing dad. he loves her so deeply which makes me fall in love with him even more. i know i keep using the word love but what other word can i use at this time in my life. i just stare at her and can't believe that we made her. i have already cried about her growing up. i want her to be 4 days old forever. i know that is not possible but this time when she is like this is so short. sorry i know that i am VERY emotional but i never thought that in a million years i would ever feel this way. thank you all, thank you friends, thank you family~ you are all one in the same for me~ amazing. worth and i love you so much and the outpouring you have shown us has not gone un-noticed and for that we are deeply humbled.