I love you, B!

March 31, 2010

My Sweet B,
    Well, another month has gone by and you have reached the 8 month mark.  I knew that time went by fast, but since having you I feel like in the blink of an eye another month has past. Last night your Daddy and I were talking about you being a year old in 4 short months and I quickly felt my eyes fill up with tears and my bottom lip begin to quiver. That conversation quickly came to a close.
Brantley, you truly are my blessing straight from heaven!  I cannot imagine my life without you. The laughter that you fill this house with, the babbling that you love to do, and the sweet cries that let me know you need me, are some of the greatest sounds to my ear. When I look back through pictures of the past 8 months it is amazing how much you have grown and things you have accomplished.
I love watching you sit on the floor and play. I love watching you roll around everywhere. I love waiting in anticipation each day as you prop yourself up on all fours and try so hard to figure out the concept of crawling. I love going on walks with you and talking about God’s beautiful creation as you listen to me so intently. I love going shopping with you and watching you get so excited about sitting in the front of the shopping cart. I LOVE listening to you laugh with your Daddy each night. I love giving you baths and watching you splash in the water. I love dressing you each day and admiring how adorable you look. I love getting ready for church each Sunday and waiting to see what your Daddy dresses you in. I love riding in the car with you and watching you gaze out the window at all of the things that pass by. I love holding you and feeding you your bottle. I love it when you smile! I love kissing you on your sweet cheeks. I love getting you up in the morning and watching you get so excited about another day. I love watching you sleep with your bottom straight up in the air. I simply love you my sweet child.
Above all of this, I love praying for you. I love praying for your relationship with the Lord to develop at an early age. I love praying for the gifts and talents that the Lord has given you and that you would use them to honor and glorify Him in all that you do. I love praying that you would grow into a woman whose love for the Lord radiates in your life. I pray that your Daddy and I would seek the Lord in every step of raising you and that we would make Him proud in our decisions. Though I will always be your Mommmy, I do pray that one day, when you are my age, that you and I would share in a sweet and wonderful friendship like the one that I share with my mom. 
My heart spills over with love for you and not a day passes by that I do not thank my Heavenly Father for choosing your Daddy and I to be your parents and for you to be our child.
                            I love you!
                                Mommy

Below are some pictures we took today before going on our morning walk. Enjoy!

TOP THIS!!

This past Thursday, March 18th, I celebrated my 27th birthday! The day was filled with sweet cards, phone calls, texts, messages from amazing friends, and the sweet day with my Brantley Boo! This day was also filled with some other surprises as well.....I woke  up Thursday morning to my sweet hubby telling me bye and singing "Happy Birthday" to me as he headed off to work. I got out of bed, headed to the bathroom (as I am sure is everyone's first stop in the morning) and on my way saw a sweet sign on the mirror from my husband wishing me a Happy Birthday along with some Monopoly money. I thought to myself, "Aww..he is so sweet. I sure do wish that money was real." I then headed to the kitchen to make Brantley's bottle before getting her out of bed and what should I see on the kitchen counter waiting for me????? A CHICK-FIL-A BISCUIT!!!! My husband had gotten up extra early to go get me my favorite breakfast biscuit! I then noticed three cards sitting on the kitchen counter. So, as I gave B her bottle I read each of them. The first was a card from Sadie, then a sweet card from my daughter with her hand outline, and then finally a card from my sweet husband. Inside this card he had written me a poem. Now, I am not going to share the poem, but it basically told me that my mom was coming to watch Brantley for the weekend (which I had been told earlier that she was coming to spend the weekend with me!) and he and I were headed to Charlotte to go shopping (hence, the monoply money that would be converted into real money that I could spend), eating, and whatever else I wanted to do! I was thrilled!! Now, this was the first time that I was leaving Brantley over night, so of course there was a slight sadness that lasted oh... about a minute....and then I realized that she would be with my mom and I was filled with excitement!!!!!!! A whole day and a half to spend with my awesome husband!!!!

We left early Friday morning and headed straight to Concord Mills. Now, this man went in every single store that I wanted to go in, helped me pick out clothes, gave me his opinion on how they looked and even encouraged me to get other things.......AWESOME!!! We then got to eat where I wanted to eat!!!! He also made reservations at the incredible Renaissance hotel with a king bed and got us free breakfast there!!! We were walking distance from Southpark mall which is home to the marvelous Cheesecake Factory. So, after strolling around Southpark we made our way to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner.
And if that wasn't enough, we then got up on Saturday and he said, "okay, so what would you like to do today?" we did a little more shopping and enjoying the beautiful weather before heading home.

Now....can we say....INCREDIBLE!!!! There isn't a day that goes by that I am not reminded of how blessed I am to have Eric has my husband, but this my friends, was just pure goodness! On the way home today I couldn't stop telling him thank you! Yes, the shopping was great, the food was wonderful, and I have to admit that not having to worry about feeding and nap times was an added bonus, but the time that I got to spend with my best friend was priceless!

Thank you Eric! I love you to the moon and back!

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Brantley has discovered that she loves sitting in front of the mirror and looking at herself or one of us sitting behind her.

On Sunday we had Parent/Child Dedication at church. Here are a few pictures of the day:

Brantley is getting ready to eat some lunch before taking a nice long nap.

"Daddy, why are you taking so many pictures of me eating?"

B and I ready to go!

Hello World! I am 7 Months old!

Hello! I am 7 months old!

 

My Daddy and Mommy say that I am growing up way too fast. 

I want to share with you some of the things that I have been up to in the last month.

 

I like sitting in my high chair at the table and eating yummy solid foods.

Can you see my cute littly toothie?

 

I love sitting on the floor to play.

Our family loves to go for walks around the neighborhood and I love being able to watch where we are going.

I enjoy drinking water from my sippy cup during the day. 

I sometimes like to hold my bottle myself.

 

I love my new big girl car seat!

 

I like to stand at the coffee table with my Daddy right behind.

I love to splash in my new duckie bath tub. ( Mommy forgot to take a picture of me in it this morning during bathtime.)

Mommy and I love to go shopping together and I really like sitting in the shopping cart.

My Daddy and Mommy say that I am growing up too fast. I have no idea what they are talking about.

Love,

B