Iris is one month old!

Wow, a month has flown by! Iris continues to be a happy baby, she cries very little and when she does it typically means she is hungry, wet or wants to be swaddled. Jeremiah loves his little sister, but often gets in trouble for pushing her swing, bouncing her seat or squeezing her hard a little too hard. It is precious to catch him holding her hand or stealing kisses. Bedtime isn't complete until he's told her night-night and given her kisses.

At one month Iris,
*sleeps great at night, but wakes up twice to eat
*loves to be swaddled tightly
*smiles often, but reserves the best ones for her daddy
*is quickly getting too long for newborn sized clothes
*loves her swing
*has had her first cold & was a trooper
*is loved by everyone who meets her!

Iris Belle is here!

She's here! Iris was born last Friday, December 17th at 11:19am. God ordained the perfect birthday for her and we are so thankful to have her here for Christmas!

Iris weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 20 inches long.

Her name Iris means, Rainbow-God's promise, and Belle means, beauty. She is both and we are so thankful for her! Jeremiah is in love with his sister. He is very sweet with her and hasn't shown any jealousy towards her. He loves to kiss her and hold her, but doesn't mind when she cries or needs Mommy. He cracks up when she laughs or sticks out her tongue and I often find him just sitting and staring at her. Enjoy the pictures!

Fun with friends!

Jeremiah has had lots of friends over lately. He gets so excited to hear that someone is coming over and he's even more excited when they stay!

Shutterfly!

At our house we take a lot of pictures. I have recently been introduced to Shutterfly.com for printing pictures. I am going to order Iris's birth announcements from their site. A friend of ours recently used them for her baby boy's birth announcement and they turned out so cute! They have a ton of adorable designs to choose from. Their Christmas cards are really cute too, but I think since Iris will be joining us around Christmas we may save our greetings for after she arrives. If I was going to do a Christmas card though, I love this one...

I love the colors and the option of including more than one picture. I always have a hard time choosing just one photo.

A couple of years ago I started making a year in review photo book. Shutterfly has great prices on their books and the cover options are really cute. Go check out www.shutterfly.com for your next prints!

The cutest Lumberjack you've ever seen!

When thinking about Jeremiah's costume for this year I knew I wanted three things; cheap, comfortable and warm. My mom sent us a box of clothes and shoes for Jeremiah that she picked up for him at a consignment sale and in that box was this plaid flannel shirt and a pair of "work" boots. With those items in hand I set out to make the perfect lumberjack outfit for him. Well, actually I started planning and then did nothing until Saturday. :) I couldn't find suspenders in his size so I made some from scrap fabric. The hat is his new warm winter hat which happened to look perfect with the outfit and Jeremiah's Uncle Matt made him his special axe, (ok, I did plan ahead with that). I love costumes that come straight from the closet. There wasn't another kid at trunk or treat dressed like our lumberjack! The beard was a last minute addition thanks to my old liquid eyeliner.

Jeremiah collected lots of candy for Al & I to eat. It pays to not introduce your kid to sugar! He didn't even know what he was missing, he just loved all the bright colored packages people kept handing him.

A sneak peek...

This weekend my mom & younger sister came into town for a visit. We had so much fun and we managed to sneak in some time for a family photo shoot at one of our favorite parks where the leaves are changing and falling right now. Two of Jeremiah's favorite things are books and apples, they both made their way into our shoot. We hope you enjoy this sneak peek! The mark on his forehead is from a fall at church that morning.

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