Where Has the Time Gone?

Am I really the proud mother of a fiveandahalf month old?? Yes!

Was it really only 7 months ago that we purchased our first house? Fo sho.

Are we already coming up on our 2 year wedding anniversary?! You betcha.

Where has the time gone???

I'll tell you....it's off making memories. I have a ton to share considering I have not been very good about keeping this blog up-to-date. Typical. So in order to save you from too much reading I'll just post some photos. That's what I do best anyways! :)

we bought our first house!

Keller Leslie Patterson is born 8.11.11 7lb5oz 19 3/4in

our first family photo

we love visits from Aunt Mary

my first bulldawg football game

hangin' with my best bud, Henry

starting to get a little personality :)

and visits from Aunt Nickel too!

peanut m&m for halloween!

I love the cell phone and watching tv!

chillin' with my cousin AC

my first photo with Santa!

 

Mommy dressed me up as a reindeer...

an elf...

and another elf!

Mommy got her first deer on Christmas day!

I'm too cute for words

A couple of Keller's newborn photos

First picture with Daddy

First picture with Mommy

 

My first Christmas

 

Most recent picture of our little Irishman :)

Hope you enjoyed the recap! I swear I'll get better at this....

-Amelia

Keller Leslie

I just realized I had not announced on our blog the sex of our baby...it's a BOY! & we are naming him Keller Leslie.

Lots of people have been asking us where we got the names so I will explain here. Jonathan and I both really like the musician/singer Keller Williams so I guess you could say he is his namesake. Not only is this guy a great artist and performer but his name is really cool! ;) And I love that it's Irish!! Leslie is Jonathan's middle name, along with his Dad and Great Granddad...so obviously we liked it because it's a family name but again I really liked it because it's Irish! So like I mentioned before, I hope and pray this little boy comes out red-headed and he will be my little Irishman :))) and I will sing to him the lullaby my Grandmother use to sing to me when I was little. It's called "An Irish Lullaby".

And because Jonathan and I are such big Railroad Earth fans, Keller will also have a special song of theirs. I first heard this song long before we were even married and knew then that I would use the lyrics in the decoration of the nursery and Jonathan would learn to play it on the guitar and sing our future baby to sleep :) It's called "Little Bit Of Me" and it is Keller's Lullaby.

"How Did Your Mother Ever Survive?!"

So I can't believe I'm coming up on my 27th week of pregnancy which means, "Hello third trimester!" Wow!! Can you believe it?! Monday I go back to the doctor for my 5th visit, including the dreaded glucose test, and it makes me think back to January 21st when I went for the ground-breaking first visit...it is one I will always remember..

Since it was the very first baby doctor visit, Jonathan wanted to come along. He is going to be such a great daddy! We get there at like 8 a.m. for an appointment at 8:30, that way I have plenty of time to fill out all the fun paperwork. Then it's on to a consultation with the insurance specialist. Thank God I had Jonathan with me because all this is like Japanese to me, say what?? He's actually a licensed insurance agent and he even got a little confused. After that conversation we headed to the lab for the usual...urine test, weight and blood pressure, yadda yadda yadda. Then soon after we were seen into the exam room where we were told the doctor would be in shortly. Riiiigghhtt. You see, it must have been the day for deliveries because that waiting room was packed out and I swear the doctor didn't show up to the exam room until maybe 10:30 if not later. Now, for those of you who don't know my husband, let me explain what I went through for the next couple of hours.

Not 10 minutes after we get into that exam room he is opening drawers and cabinets, snooping through the tools and supplies and making me a nervous wreck!! Never in my life would I EVER get off the chair or exam table to snoop through the doctor's office stock!? What was I thinking bringing him along??! Then he proceeds to pull a latex glove from the box and begin blowing it up like it's a balloon!! I was apprehensive at first, but I admit I did play along for a few minutes, hitting the glove balloon back and forth with him. It was fun, but we had to stop before she walked in on it! I would have been so embarrassed had she seen that. After I ended that episode he got restless again and I exclaimed, "How did your mother ever survive?!" In which he responded, "She had snacks! Do you have snacks?" Considering I was only 11 weeks pregnant and had the appetite of a hippo, I in fact DID have snacks in my purse. Praise the Lord! Those kept him occupied until the doctor FINALLY showed up.

We talked with her for a while and then she left so we could head to the ultrasound room. But she didn't leave without telling Jonathan to not forget his souvenir (the glove balloon). Geez. So we headed to yet another waiting room where again he gets restless. Tapping his foot, speaking what I think is too loud for a doctor's office waiting room, bored out of his mind. I'm thinking, Dear God, please let this child take after me in the form of patience and rest. To my relief, and his, the nurse calls my name for the ultrasound! Yes!

Not only am I excited that we're about to meet our baby for the first time, but this gives him something to do! As soon as that image came up on the screen, we see our baby. It is just a kicking, squirming, wiggling and even sucking it's thumb! I instantly started tearing up. It was the sweetest moment I had ever experienced, especially hearing the little heartbeat for the first time. Now to my astonishment though, for the next 15 minutes, or however long the ultrasound took, I didn't hear one peep from Jonathan!! Who would've known.... I swear he passed out he was so quiet. I guess he was just in shock.

Nevertheless, I survived that first appointment with whom I thought was my husband and not an overgrown child. But considering the whole appointment took 3.5 hours, I'm glad I had some sort of entertainment! ;)

We're Having A Baby, My Baby & Me!

If you haven't heard the news already, Jonathan and I will be welcoming our first baby into the world this August! We are beyond thrilled and can't wait to meet our precious baby!!

On December 15th I took an at-home pregnancy test and to my astonishment it came out positive. I screamed and literally did one of those heel click jumps. Or at least attempted one! I was home alone and it would be several hours before Jonathan came home from work so I HAD to tell someone. I picked up the phone and called Jonathan's little sis, Katie. She had been asking to be an aunt for quite a few months so I wanted her to be the first person to share the wonderful news with. After we got off the phone we exchanged a few texts of excitement and then I asked her, "How should I tell him?" Or at least I thought I sent the text to her.... sometime later I get a text from Jonathan and he asks, "Tell who what? Who is him??" I instantly knew what I had done and wanted to kick myself. Really??! Did I really just tell my husband about our first baby-on-the-way through a text message?!?! Only that would happen to me. His next text read, "Are you pregnant?" I responded with, "I ruined it!!!" Needless to say it wasn't the most romantic way of telling him but it definitely led to a good laugh and will be a great story to tell our children one day.

Being the big "I Love Lucy" fan that I am, I always compare my life events to the hilarious antics of the best television show ever created. Lucy tried several times at telling Ricky she was pregnant with their first baby "at just the right time" and never got the chance. So she decided to surprise him at work. And this is how it went. Don't you know I will always double check before I hit "send"!!