Six-Month Pictures and Crying It Out (unrelated!) =) And NO MORE CALL!

This week we finally got Chloe in to take her 6-month pictures. We have a wonderful photographer, Jennifer Wycoff who somehow always gets a great picture of Chloe. I tell you, it takes a special skill to get babies to sit still and smile at the same time! Chloe was doing great until her bad mommy took her eyes off her for one second and "bonk," Chloe tumbled off the little pillow she was on and bumped her head...oops! The worst part was she had these huge angel wings on and I couldn't get a hold of her to pick her up after the fall, so sad! She's a trooper though and all was well once Daddy walked in (thankfully right after the falling incident). We will post pictures once we get them back.

So whoever told you crying it out was hard on the parents WAS RIGHT!!! Chloe is an outstanding sleeper, but lately we've been realizing that she has been getting mommy into her room in the middle of the night just for fun and company. We decided to let her cry it out and see what happened. After feeding and changing her we put her back to bed and the crying began (at midnight mind you). This lasted until 2:00am when she finally gave up on getting me in there. Whew! All my friends tell me that this will only last a few nights, a week at the most...lets hope!

On a lighter note, Nick is, as we speak, finishing up his last call night EVER! He will officially be done with 30-hour shifts forever. We have been waiting for this day for years and it is finally here. Nick is so glad that he is finally in the home stretch and only has ER related rotations left, praise the lord!

A Praise, Blessing, Answer to Prayer...whatever you want to call it

I just wanted to share a small (but awesome) incident that happened the other day. As you all know, Nick is an ER resident on a (small) residents salary. We made the decision to have me stay home with Chloe while Nick worked and picked up the allowed 2 moonlighting shifts a month. The moonlighting is what would make it possible for me to stay home. Over the last few months, the hospital that Nick works at has cut moonlighting shifts thus making it almost impossible to get them. We have been going to the Lord with our needs and concerns as far as our finances were concerned knowing that he would provide for us.

A couple of weeks ago we had bills that were due and not enough money to pay them since Nick's moonlighting check from the month before hadn't come in yet. The day the bills were due we got his check and it was exactly (to the dollar) the amount that we needed to pay our bills this month. Praise the Lord!

We continue to trust that the Lord will provide for us during this time that Nick is a resident and I am staying at home. We know that there are less fortunate people and feel blessed for what we have been given by and in Him.

Chloe's 6-months old!

It is hard to imagine that our little baby girl is already 6-months old...half a year! When she was only a few weeks old I thought we would never get past that infant stage! Then I blinked...she is growing up so fast I can't belive it. Over the last few weeks she has literally done something new everyday. Right now she is enjoying her bouncer (video attached) and eating all kinds of new foods. So far she has had sweet potatoes, pears, squash, peaches and oatmeal! We gave peas a go and she hated them...just like her mommy! Today we are going to try out carrots and maybe berries in a few days.

At her doctors appointment she weighed 16 lbs, 2 oz and was 25 1/2 inches long. She was ammusing everyone at the office with her (loud) happy screams and rolling all over the exam table. Everyone kept asking if she was always this happy. As you can imagine, it is so wonderful for a mom to hear how happy her child seems. Chloe is a happy baby and I couldn't feel more blessed with what God has given us.

Welcome!

One of my "stay-at-home mom friends" was telling me about her blog and I looked it up online and oh my goodness, it was so good! I thought, geesh, I should get with the program and take advantage of the fact that I get to be a stay-at-home mom and wife. I'm not saying that I have a lot of time, because it's a wonder how the day goes by so fast and by 5:00pm I'm still in my sweats. This "momming" thing takes a lot of getting use to and it is hard...nobody told me! =)

Anyhow, I'm going to try to keep you all informed on what is going on in our lives and post pictures from time to time. My goal is to have a new blog once a week, so keep on checking and hopefully I won't dissapoint!