This Just In!

For some reason I woke up at 4am this morning. Couldn't get back to sleep either. So I was away at 4:16am when I got a txt message from my cousin.

A baby is born!

Alexandra, the golden child. 21" 6lbs 15oz.
Best part, she has a freak'n mohawk!

Jaclyn is healthy, baby is healthy. Family is HAPPY.

We went to visit at the hospital this afternoon and oh man, all I can say is this girl is going to get so much love and attention it's not even funny.

Nanny's first great grand child!


Mama holds the newest little addition.


Dave is the happiest new uncle on the block.
I personally think Alexandra has his nose.


I get in some snuggle time.

I have a photo of Jaclyn and the fresh out of the oven baby, but as most new mothers do Jack looks pretty worn out in the photo so I'm not going to post it out of kindness. However, let me be the first to say that Jaclyn looks fantastic for just having squeezed out a little bundle of joy.

I think other than the epic mohawk, that I love the fact she just kept on putting her fists up against her face like, no more close ups, please! It's snuggle time and I want to just sleep in a cocoon.

Manjoyment Monday: Future Lady Killer

Well there are only three days of work this week, which is exciting because once I'm gone on Wednesday I don't have to be back to the office until January 4th!

But the holidays are a tender time to really spend with your friends and family. To honor that, today's man is a very special one.

Remember Xavier?

This little man is almost 8 months old now! And holy cow he's adorable. He will totally be a lady killer one day with his inherited (from his Daddy) dimple when he smiles real big. Uhh! I just want to eat him up he's so cute!

So here's hoping that you and yours have a wonderful holiday season and that you are truly grateful to have your family and friends. Enjoy your holiday and let's hope for snow!


I thought this one was so precious too. I love the way he's staring down Santa.

You Make me want to Procreate

One of my sister's best friends from high school decided to join the Army right after graduation. I am not necessarily for war, but I am definitely for the troops.
I respect every man and woman who don a uniform and have the utmost respect for their families as well. It's difficult, and it takes a special kind of person to serve without being asked to.

What does this have to do with procreation? Well my friends, Matt found a lovely lady in the Army named Rachael and they got married and three months ago she popped out the cuties baby I have ever seen.

This is Matt with newborn Xavier, however this picture was taken a few months ago when they just brought the baby home from the hospital. Matt is actually in training in Arizona getting reading to ship out for another tour in Afghanistan in November, so we didn't see him this week. However, Rachael was up from Georgia with Xavier to visit Matt's mom and Rachael's dad.

We couldn't resist some cuddle time with a new baby, especially since Xavier is the first baby out of all of our friends, so off we went to Matt's mother's house and got a chance to meet this strong young man.

Here's Xavier with his beautiful mommy Rachael. She's got this whole mom thing down pat. I am in awe, at 21 I definitely wouldn't have been able to take care of a baby and she's doing an amazing job of bringing up Xavier. Looks like Matt will be away for a full year starting in November, we sure wish Rachael didn't live in Georgia because we'd be more than happy to baby sit and help her out with this little snugglebug.

Here's Hannah with our favorite new man. Xavier is totally going to be a lady killer...I mean as long as he keeps those beautiful blue eyes he got from his mama!

Xavier is so strong too! For only 3 months old he's already mighty enough to keep his head up all by himself and he tries to shuffle across the floor in a pseudo crawl. And if you hold him up, he even tries to stand!Xavier is so well behaved too. The entire time we were there he cooed and made adorable little noises, but never cried. He got fussy once and Rachael just said to him, "You have no reason to cry," and he stopped. Worlds Best Baby! Apparently he's always that quiet and even sleeps through the night!

If only we all have babies like this!