Special days for a special J

Since we are getting closer to D-day (5 1/2 wks at most!) I have really been wanting to spend some extra special time with Jonah. I know our world will change (for the better) when Fisher arrives, and I just want to soak up all the Jonah B I can until the madness starts. I want him to know how special he is. Maybe he's still too young to understand all this, but it's really important to me. Derek was off for MLK so we took off for a fun filled day. We actually had a few errands to run all over town, then we ended with Davenports (YUM) and Botanical Gardens. It's just been so cold this winter that when we had a day that Derek was off plus decent temperatures plus bright sunny skies...how can you not get outside? J had fun just running around being a boy. He was picking up sticks and rocks and running wild. It such a nice place, not to mention free! We forget about it sometimes, though. Definitely worth heading over there!

That same day, he got a big boy car seat for Daddy's truck. He loves it :)

Our next adventure was to the circus!!! It was kind of a last minute decision. I just bought our tickets yesterday for the show today. I was a little worried about how J would do just sitting there watching, but it actually went better than I expected. We had some good seats on the end of the row, so we could escape if needed. We stayed through intermission for a total of 2 hours. Can't believe J sat for that long. He loved it when the elephants came out! He just clapped and said YAY!

A couple of the lions got a little testy during their performance. I got a little nervous for bit!

 

One of the many many snacks he ate. Kept him happy, though!

2 hours into the show and Jonah B couldn't take anymore. He kept nodding off in Daddy's lap. We left at this point, obviously. I would call his first Circus visit a definite success!!!

Now for some randomness...

He is my little bff! I just love being able to snuggle him so much!!!

He "helped" Daddy fix the door one day. He was just hammering away!

Jonah loves to hide under his tent :) We put this up one day and he took every single book he had under there plus a few more items. He then sat on all his books. He's such a goof!

Mommy and Daddy love Jonah B so very much!!!!

A "word" for the new year

We are now in 2014! Hard to believe, but it's true. We didn't do much for NYE, of course. We did decided to let J stay up a little bit late and head down the road to see some fireworks! Buffalo Wild Wings in Gardendale put on a NYE party and fireworks show. They even had a midnight ball drop, but we definitely didn't make it to that one. We took the truck and hopped a curb to get the perfect spot...

J loved it! He just stared and pointed. 

No makeup, greasy hair, and pj's, but I just love my little family!

In church last week, PK preached on getting a "word" for 2014. I don't make New Year's resolutions. I think it's just a waste of time and another thing to feel guilty about. I have hopes, sure. My hopes for this year are to have a healthy baby boy enter our family, spend as much time as I can with all 3 of my boys, go on a vacation or 2 and make some good memories. However, resolutions to lose weight, make more money/save more money/spend less money, and all the other usuals are just not my style. They are made to be broken, I guess. Some people may be fired up about resolutions and actually stick to them. I have found that I am not one of those people, so I just skip that tradition. I really loved PK's idea of a word for 2014. He said that we should ask God for a word to apply to our life in the upcoming year. Whatever we are going through, we should be able to go back to that one little word to get us through. As soon as he said all this, I immediately could not think of anything other than the word "FAITH". I truly believe God gave me this word sitting in church that morning. I just kept thinking about how no matter what happens I can always have faith that God will see me through. This does kinda scare me a little. It makes me wonder if this year is going to bring some hard times. There will always be hard times in this life, but I know that if I just continue to have faith in God's love and His promise, then I can get through anything. Here's to the new year!