Sitting Up...All by myself!!

On wednesday, we got together with a bunch of my friends and their little ones. it was the first time we have ALL gotten together. There were about 7 of us there with our babies. Brody had his first experience in a baby pool and loved it!! i was telling the girls how i was ready for brody to start sitting up by himself, just so i can sit him somewhere and not have to put him in something or lay him on a blanket. Later, when we went inside i sat him on the floor and low and behold he started sitting up...just like that! it was crazy!! ever since then all he wants to do is sit up. he still has moments where he topples over, but for the most part he can do it all by himself!

Reaching

Brody has started reaching for EVERYTHING! its funny how things change overnight. now i cant have anything anywhere near him that i dont want him to grab! its fun though, because hes started reaching for US too. its impossible not to pick him up when you see those big blue eyes looking up and you and those arms reaching out!

So Many New Things....

Well we have been in our house for almost a week now. i LOVE it!!! Weve been unpacking like crazy...trying to find everything thats been in storage for 8 months now. Brody is doing so many new things!! Just in the past week he has started eating rice cereal, "talking" up a storm, and rolling over from his belly to his back!! The doctor told us that we could start feeding him rice cereal now. i wasnt going to start it yet, because i just thought it was one more thing to do! BUT Brody hasnt been sleeping good for about 3 weeks now.....at 3:30 every night he wakes up and cries and goes to sleep for 5 minutes and then wakes up and cries for a few minutes and goes back to sleep for 5 minutes. over and over again until 5 and then sleeps until 6:30 or so. I forgot how tiring it is to wake up 10 times a night! so i decided to start him on rice cereal to see if he would start sleeping better. he LOVED it!! it was like he was saying "this is what ive been waiting for, guys! what took you so long?" The first bite he looked at us, grinned and wanted more! AND after about 3 days of rice cereal 2x a day, hes been sleeping through the night again! YAY!! "Talking" has been his other new thing this week. He babbles on and on and has been blowing spit bubbles:) Today, he rolled over from his tummy to his back...i wasnt there unfortunately, but mom said he did it twice today!!! hes such a happy baby! he smiles ALL THE TIME!

Moving day..or night!

Last night we started the process of moving!! we got our "certificate of occupancy" yesterday and couldnt wait to move in! so last night as soon as everyone got off work we started loading up everything in our storage unit and at my parents house. we are so blessed with so many amazing friends that spent their friday night helping us out! we were at the house last night until almost 11 unpacking! and now i am about to head over there to do some more. we will be spending our first night there tonight! we probably wont have internet for awhile so it may be a while before i post again!:)

4 month checkup

Brody had his 4 month checkup and vaccinations today. the shots are never fun....but i love seeing how much hes grown since the last visit. Hes still in the 97th percentile for height and the 90th for weight! such a big boy! he weighs 18 lbs 6 oz and is 28 inches long.

BABY ANDREW IS HERE!!

Today i was reminded of the miracle of birth..... its definitely something that no matter how much you THINK you understand it before you give birth yourself, its something that is SO much more amazing after you have had a child. I went to visit natalie today in the hospital. This morning around 3 a.m., she gave birth to Andrew Ray Snuffin. What a sweet baby! It makes me SO excited to know that natalie has now entered mommyhood! It is by far the most amazing experience i think a woman can have....and i am so excited that natalie has now started this amazing journey!! words cant descibe what i felt today, watching one of my closest friends with her sweet little boy....only because i know how much she is going to fall in love with him! Congrats Natalie and Gary!!! Welcome to the wonderful world of being a parent....theres NOTHING like it!

A Gift from God

I am overwhelmed by God's blessings. He finds the craziest ways to bless us sometimes! our hardwood floors were put into our house last week. when we went to look at them i thought they looked a little lighter than what i had picked out. we didnt think anything of it, until our builder called and told us they had put the wrong floors in our house! our builder told us that the people would probably offer us some money, so they wouldnt have to pull the floors up and replace them. I told brian it would have to be a pretty big amount for me not to get the floors replaced. i like the floors that they put down...but it just made me a little mad that it wasnt what i had originally chosen. They gave us $4500 to keep the floors in!! I feel like the Lord had them put the wrong floors in, just to bless us with this extra money! Ive never been so happy about somebody making a mistake:) I think the Lord just loves to bless his children!