Noah Patrick Mensonides

April 12, 2011
5:36pm
7 pounds, 4 ounces
19 1/4 inches
healthy. beautiful. perfect.

We are so in love with this precious boy. It's amazing how much praying and worrying you can do before your child arrives that they will be healthy and come with all 10 fingers and all 10 toes... then, magically, after one hectic, whirlwind of a day... you have this brand new perfect little life in your arms and everything is right. Like he always belonged there. It's the most peaceful and beautiful feeling.

I'm becoming quite outnumbered...

The Good, The Bad, and the Bertha

I keep thinking I'm going to sit down and start writing here again.... so much has happened since the last post in January.

But what better event to get back into writing than DOING SOMETHING I SAID I WOULD NEVER EVER DO!

Meet Bertha...
She's a 2010 Chrysler Town & Country Touring minivan. That's the title for "I AM NO LONGER COOL".

Sure we got an amazing deal on it, and my precious XTerra, Kronk, wasn't traded for as cheap as some thought he was.... but I still woke up this morning the owner of a certified Mom-mobile!!

I am fully aware of all the jokes that will commence... but you know what? When my hands are full of infant and toddler boys, and whatever else we leave the house for, and I can click a button and Bertha's doors magically open wide to throw in all my treasures, I will know that I made the "responsible" choice!

I would also like to show off her backside.... I felt like it was a little less "minivan" looking:...maybe I'm just fooling myself.

either way, we are ready to be full on parents! Luke and his brother will have plenty of room, running errands will be easier, (...blah, blah, blah..)

The only other thing getting me through is the fact that this is a TEMPORARY solution until we can afford a gas guzzling SUV that still fits all these BOYS that I'm having, apparently...


***********************

Let's see... what else has happened? Oh, that's right! My baby girl grew herself a pee-pee!that's the latest view from the bottom up. Arrow pointing at the "new developments".
So after a whole lot of "Are you kidding me!!?!" and "WHAT are we going to name him!?!?" and Ryan has finally stopped jumping around like a giddy school girl.... I think we have adjusted to the idea of having 2 boys.

It wasn't so much that, as "losing" the baby girl I had named and thought about and pretty much signed up for ballet already! But God had other plans. And I had to realize that he never was a she. He's always been my son. And that's okay! I am so excited to see the friendship that will develop between my boys. And teaching them to be men of God and how to treat a lady!

Only real down side is THIS picture will be forever in my son's baby book as his official "baby shower":
HA!! It'll be good for his ego.

*****************

Those were the major milestones in the last few months. Other than a nasty spell of the flu, we've been holding up pretty well!

About 3 more weeks and we will meet this little one (who I THINK just might have an official name now! It's a miraculous act of God that Ryan and I have come to a decision......
unless it changes........) and Bertha will get a little bit fuller.


It's gonna be a good ride....

the Grocery Dilemma...

I love my son. I do. He lights my world up.

But I swear...there are times I wish they made baby straight jackets for grocery shopping trips.

I have tried about everything in the book... giving him a snack, bringing a toy from home to play with, singing songs, pretending to "zoom" through the store... it all works great! For about 2 minutes! He wants whatever Mommy is trying to pick up. He refuses to sit in the cart, he insists on standing, jumping, crawling around on it.

So I shop one-handed.

And don't get me started on trying to check out! Ugh! The cashier looks at me like I am running a three ring circus! And I can't count how many times I have had to re-swipe my card, because my little angel has to push all the buttons!

But then, we get in the car... all the groceries are loaded in the back, the boy is strapped into his carseat. (to Mommy's satisfaction as secret replacement of the straight jacket)

And I get this precious face when I get in the car and turn around that says "Yay Mama!"

HOW can you be mad at that!? His little toothy grin makes me melt almost immediately and I forget (almost) about the nonsense that just took place!

As a disclaimer: I realize that I really have nothing to complain about with just ONE little boy to control and understand that I better get a grip before my "helpers" multiply... But hey, this is my blog and I can vent if I want to.



P.S. ....On a lighter note:

That particular shopping trip was a success!! I have found a new love!!



I really and truly do not know how I have gotten this far in my pregnancy without it.
Yuuumm.

Tea Party

this is just to make sure I can post video...

Christmas day, Luke and cousin Korinne had a sweet little tea party with Korinne's new tea set and table. It was the sweetest thing.

....Mostly going to be saved as blackmail for when my boy is 18. :)

here goes nothin...

I have found myself forgetting some really precious moments that have passed in the last year or two. Maybe it's pregnancy brain, but I simply can not stand the thought of not having a snapshot to look back at those moments later.

So, in an effort to make those moments last (because I truly believe that they make life 'in the now' better) and also just having a way to keep my own sanity with writing down thoughts... and also to keep out of town family happy with constant new pictures...this blog exists!

Our life is in constant change and movement. Maybe one day it will slow down, (and I think it will make for an interesting read either way) but I am loving EVERY moment of the ride.
I want this year to be one of taking NOTICE of the little things and falling more in love with them. This life is not always about looking toward what is "supposed" to be in the future... it's about loving the moments you are IN. And we have had some good ones! Hopefully this will spark more picture taking and video recording. Because I don't trust my own brain to remember them, much less replay them at a later time.

I truly love the two males that I spend every day life with (and this little girl that is kicking me as we speak to remind me to mention her as well!) They are what keep me going. This blog is also a love note to them. That I enjoy life with them. That I want to remember every moment, even the "not-so-photogenic" moments with them. And wherever we are, whatever city we live in, or weather that happens there, whatever circumstances we have to get through, or messes there are to clean up... I love all of it. It's all worth it. God has blessed me with this amazing life with amazing people and I need to start living it.

So I think it's going to be easier to get into writing again than I thought! The words and thoughts that I have been keeping wrapped up tight in my brain are starting to flow out... so before I say something embarrassing...

To Be Continued as our Everyday Adventures happen....