January at a Glance

Clearly, my life is entirely different this month than all the months of my life preceding it. It's been fun though, and I thought I should give a quick update (including fabulous pictures) of what's been going on:

1.) Liliana is bigger. By bigger, I definitely mean FATTER! :) It's fantastic to see her little body get all pudgy and then to see her lose the pudge so quickly as she grows longer by the day. Here she is with her fat little cheeks, cuddled into the swing that has become our lifesaver. She truly loves this swing and will stop crying almost immediately if we put her in it.

2.) I'm losing my baby fat while Liliana is gaining hers. I'm now only 10 lbs. heavier than before I got pregnant. That's not bad for a month and a half after baby, but it still make me sad that I don't fit in my favorite jeans yet. Thanks to my awesome, and taller, sister Kristin though, I'm borrowing some cute jeans until I hopefully do fit into my own pants again one day. Thanks sis!

3.) Not only is Liliana getting bigger in size, she's growing up a bit too. She's starting to eat a little more at each feeding and a little less often, meaning she's sleeping longer in between!!! That's awesome for us because that means we're finally starting to get a decent night's sleep. In fact, our little girl is so big, she's now sleeping in her own room. That's right, after a few tears from my mommy eyes, Liliana has made it into her crib. She's learning to fall asleep by herself and to stay asleep long enough for Mommy and Daddy to not want to hurt themselves in the morning. Congrats little baby.

4.) Lili is also starting to edge her way into the cloth diapers and diaper covers we got for her. As you can see from the picture, she is still kind of small for them, so they look ENORMOUS. I'm excited about them though and had to put her in one today since we finally got everything put together for them. For your viewing pleasure:
She's also starting to smile a lot more!!! Kristin has some good pictures of my little girl's grin while she's taking a bath. Seriously, Lili LOVES the bathtub! She floats around with the biggest smile I've ever seen. Anyway, I'll try to get some of those pics from Kristin.

5.) In other news, I've nearly finished writing my pregnancy memoir. That means for all you girls out there contemplating getting pregnant, not wanting to get pregnant but curious about what it was like for me, or just wanting to hear about our story, it's headed your way! I'm going to try to find a way to host it somewhere so that you can read it online. I think I can do that from Tommie's website, so keep your eyes peeled for my announcement when it's posted. It should be up by Valentine's Day. ( I still have to edit it to make sure it's exciting enough for you to read)

6.) I've started back to work and it's been easy and great, so all praise to God for that. I was nervous.

7.) We're planning on selling our cars to downsize, but also to up the number of seats in our cars. Right now, if we take Lili (which of course we always do), we can only take one other person in our four-seater cars. So we're hopefully going to sell them both and get one car that can fit eight: THE HONDA PILOT. It's a great car that I think we'll test drive today. Please be praying that all goes well and this deal goes through!

8.) We're also hoping to sell our house in Dunedin, FL, to the renters who have been renting it for the past 2 years. They're an awesome couple and we think this would be a great deal for both families. Please pray that this deal also is completed in God's timing. (we're hoping before the end of February)

That's about it for now. January has been a blur and I can only imagine life will continue to feel that way as new things are coming into our life all the time. We're excited for what God has for us this year and we look forward to sharing those things with you. We'd also love to hear about what God is doing in your lives and how your lives are changing, so feel free to leave a post or e-mail me!!!