Our Journey towards Parenting!

Last week we dealt with Jeremiah's first major illness, which had Matt and I worried out of our minds! It started at the beginning of the week when I noticed that Jeremiah had started to cough and sneeze most of the day. That wasn't normal and I told Matt that I think Jeremiah is getting a cold. Well Jeremiah woke up the next morning and it was full fledged. He had a runny nose, coughing, sneezing, the whole 9 yards. It didn't take long, and soon we were battling a baby who wouldn't eat, fevers, throwing up what little he would eat and couldn't sleep unless he was held upright. After about 2 days or so of non-stop fevers even with tylenol we took Jeremiah in to the doctor, so that would have been on a friday. His normal doctor wasn't there, so he saw one of the physican assistants. She did her whole spiel and spent quite awhile listening to his lungs. The whole time I was getting more and more worried, as it usually doesn't take that long to listen to the

How incredibly blessed I am to call this ham my son! He is the light of my life and the reason my heart beats! I love him so much I can't even explain it! The sun could be shining so bright but nothing is more bright than his face when he sees me come in his room in the morning! Sure we have our hard days, and there are days when I feel like I can't do this motherhood thing, but all it takes is one look in his eyes and I know it will be ok. That we will get through this thing called life together. There is nothing stronger than the bond we hold already. I sit here typing in happy tears just thinking of how much he means to me. I almost feel even more blessed knowing our journey to have him. I can't count how many mothers days I didn't want to crawl out of bed. How many church services I would cringe through when people I didn't know would say "happy mothers day" and I'd have to force on a smile when all I wanted to do was crawl in bed and cry. My t

My dearest Jeremiah, I really can not believe you have been here for a half a year already! Before we know it, we will be planning your 1st birthday! The past 6 months have been the most challenging, yet joyful months in my entire life. I have watched you go from a tiny baby that didn't do much, to an infant that giggles, smiles and shrieks with happiness! You are such a happy baby and I love that about you. You are always offering up your adorable smile to whomever will look at you...friends, family, cashiers, people passing by, the dog, cats...it doesn't matter! Right now your favorites are petting Belly and laughing at the cats as their whiskers tickle your face! Your laugh just gets me in the heart! The other day we had a giggle fest and you were laughing so hard you had tears in your eyes! Mommy was crying with joy! You also love it when you see Daddy in the morning, when he comes home for lunch and when he comes home for the night. You give him the biggest smiles and g