2011 this will be our year...

I am extremely behind on blog posts but I wanted to end the year on a high note. After Gideon was born and my postpartum depression was at its worst, my husband sent me an email with a link to Ok Go's cover of The Zombies', "This Will Be Our Year" and it changed my entire perspective.

And Mac was right, this was our year.

January

"The warmth of your love is like the warmth of the sun,
and this will be our year, took a long time to come"

February

"don't let go of my hand now darkness has gone,
and this will be our year, took a long time to come"

March

"and I won't forget the way you held me up when I was down,

and I won't forget the way you said, "Darling I love you" "

April

"You gave me faith to go on..."

May

"Now we're there and we've only just begun
This will be our year, took a long time to come"

June

"The warmth of your smile, smile for me, little one,
and this will be our year, took a long time to come"

July

"You don't have to worry, all your worried days are gone,
this will be our year, took a long time to come"

August

"and I won't forget, the way you held me up when I was down,"

September

"and I won't forget the way you said,
"Darling I love you," you gave me faith to go on,"

October

"Now we're there and we've only just begun,
and this will be our year, took a long time to come"

November

"Yeah we only just begun,

yeah this will be our year..."

December

"...took a long time to come."

Our love to you all; Happy New Year!

Christmas 2011

Christmas was pretty awesome. Christmas eve was spent at my dad's with a wonderful meal, thoughtful gifts, and good company. Christmas morning we enjoyed spending time as a family, it was a mind blowing first to say the least. Gideon seemed particularly happy with the piano Santa brought and Mac even got in a nap. Later we went to my moms for lunch and then on to the Edwards for Christmas dinner. All in all we were terribly spoiled and wonderfully blessed.

Here are a few Christmas morning videos:





Also cousin Peyton is so incredibly helpful

Don't bite mommy

This is how teething has been for us

Quick Video

Finals are upon me so I only have a moment to update. Here is a video of Gideon being a silly monkey:

Its infectious

Baby giggles could be used to cure diseases

Coloring

Today I get to post a photo of whatever I please and I was very pleased to get this shot.


Technically Gideon is probably too young to be coloring, although he does seem to be getting the whole "cause and effect" aspect of it even if he lacks the motor skills. I was helping him make lines on the paper today and when I stopped he reached over and took my hand like "come on lady, I need your help here." Mac is such a talented artist and a large part of me hopes that Gideon inherits that skill, no harm in fostering creativity early right?

Smart boy

Okay this may not necessarily meet today's photo challenge criteria of "from a distance" but this is too cute not to share. He has figured out that if he holds Chloe's toy she will come closer to him. What a smart boy.

As for the challenge I think this works, I mean he is convincing Chloe to come towards him "from a distance", right? Right?





In other news Gideon is still a snot factory but he is keeping down solid foods (thank god, mama was getting a little gun shy), taking naps, and no longer has a fever. You can tell he is still not happy about being sick but he doesn't have that weird fever feeling or the need to be constantly comforted.