jc and i vlog for the first time!

i am alive!! i have made it through the worst of the moving process and we have internet!!! instead of blogging about all the moving updates, i just wanted to do something fun. so jc and i vlogged!

wordless(ish) wednesday: the world through jc's eyes

charles and i have joked many a time about getting a helmet cam and strapping it to jc's head just so we could see how he sees the world. we also joked about doing this to the cat and the dog but that's beside the point. jc got his little mitts on the flip cam the other day. and the result is this hilarious video of him running through the house, trying to evade my takeover of said flip cam. he actually took a bunch of one second videos but because my man has mad video editing skillz, we have one forty second video.



{Linking up with The Paper Mama, a little king and i, and then, she snapped, Supermom, Live & Love Outloud, 5 Minutes for Mom, jenni from the blog and Baby Baby Lemon. Whew, that's a lot of linking up.}

wordless(ish) wednesday: jc loves maru the cat

More videos for you! If you are a regular YouTube browser and you regularly search for "funny cat videos" like me, you are probably familiar with Maru the cat. He's pretty much the most amazing cat ever. While wasting some time last night, we decided to let JC see Maru for the first time because I was pretty sure he would be totally into it. JC is completely obsessed with cats and thinks that everything they do is absolutely hilarious. We were definitely not disappointed.




And here is the video that he was watching.




Cut to about 45 seconds for the good stuff. Oh and if this is the first time you are seeing Maru, you're very welcome.

{Linking up with The Paper Mama,a little king and i, and then, she snapped, Supermom, Live & Love Outloud, 5 Minutes for Mom, jenni from the blog and Baby Baby Lemon. Whew, that's a lot of linking up.}

happy thanksgiving!

It is Wednesday night, here in my neck o' the woods and we are smack dab in the middle of our Thanksgiving festivities. We already have one Thanksgiving dinner under our belt and two more tomorrow. Oh yes I plan on eating two Thanksgiving dinners tomorrow. Don't hate.

I just thought I'd pop in real quick and say happy Thanksgiving to everyone! My sister came into town last night and we got to hang out a little today. So of course we had a Glee marathon while JC took a nap. After he woke up, we continued with one more episode. Mostly because I knew this would happen.



That is what I am thankful for his Thanksgiving. Fun with family and friends and my baby's sweet dance moves.

my first mother's day

While last year I semi-celebrated Mother's Day as a mama, I'm counting this year as my first official Mother's Day. Yes I was pregnant and technically a mother but now I have almost an entire year's experience caring for a growing infant so I think it's official. It really hadn't hit me until yesterday when I wished two of my friend's a happy mother's day and they wished it to me as well. It was probably the first time I've noticed saying it to people my own age. Not saying "Tell your mom 'happy mother's day' for me!" or saying it to "older" women. I guess that means I'm getting older! If you would have told me two years ago that I would have almost one year old now, I would have told you that you were smoking crack. To put it quite elegantly. As far fetched as it would have seemed then, it feels so completely natural and correct now. This is how my life is supposed to be. I don't really believe in fate, but I do believe that everything happens for a reason. When I found out I was pregnant in November 2009, I felt overwhelming anxiety. "This isn't the right time." "We aren't married yet." "I wanted to wait a few more years." "We aren't ready yet." But the day I saw my baby boy's face for the first time, I knew that I was ready. I knew that we, as a family, were ready. I couldn't have been more ready. Charles and JC are the best things that have ever happened to me and I feel so blessed that I get to spend my first and every Mother's Day to come with them. Happy Mother's Day to all the mama's out there!! I'm so happy to be joining the ranks!

And here is a little video of JC today, giving kisses to some of his favorite people/animals and showing off his mad standing skillz.

because everyone loves baby laughter

This is from lunch time today. I don't know why I decided to start making that awful noise but JC thought it was hil-ar-ious so I grabbed the flip cam. Enjoy.