Rainy days and growing babes!

so for the first time in months Orlando would not take his second nap! i was babysitting jax and i think that he knew he was here and would NOT sleep! it was so weird for me because he is such a good napper i felt lost with what to do! i tried for a while to let him put himself back to sleep and after a while i caved... i brought him out to play with jax and he was in such a good mood! so strange that he skipped his nap and was being an angel! he totally just wanted to play with his friend.

they played so cute together too! they haven't just played together in probably over a month because of flu season. katie was sick, then jax was sick, then i was sick! and now at 7 and 8 1/2 months the sit up on their own and actually are interacting with each other and their toys! so cute! they are both such good babies!

orlando has practically perfected his crawling. it has been exactly one week since his first few moves forward and im so impressed with how quick he picked it up! he was like that with rolling over too! i think he is one of those babies that waits to do something until he is confident he knows exactly what to do! he is growing so big and his face is looking so grown up lately! he is looking just like his daddy! so handsome!

i am so ready for spring and sunshine! not a huge fan of the heat but i was taking orlando to the park for several days in a row last week and could only go on thursday this week because of so much rain! its really nice for o and i to get out and get some air and exercise together! so please rain rain go away! :D

xoxo

Hope, Love, and happiness!

Life has been crazy crazy latly! i have been aprehensive about posting about finding a new church... But we have been on the hunt for 3 1/2 months and are finily settling into something new! it is in SF and we are more than thrilled! we are diving into groups tomorrow and excited about meeting new people and reaching a whole new city! we visited for the first time two weeks ago. the chruch is new,

its frist service was the first sunday of feb. The worship was great, i felt comfortable, they were talented, and they sang some of my favorite songs, which really helped make it feel like home! i think what really got us was how welcoming everyone was! from getting off the elevator to walking down the hall and around the corner to the kids room i think about 10 people greeted us! we already felt like we knew people! and the kicker was the usher sat us in the second row behind the pastor!!! That was our "seats" at tg! we felt so comfortable and welcomed! and then the pastor began his message.... and it couldnt have been more pertinent to our live and our talk on the drive that very moring to chruch! the message was on leadership and contrasting positional leadership to servant leadership! something that has been on gabriel and my hearts and minds for the past few months. God is so faithful and amazing about getting his message to his people in and understandable and applicable way. our lives have flipped upside down in the past few weeks we have a prospect of gabriel going to school and me going back to work! so friends please be praying for continued direction in our lives! God has been so good to us!
favorite quote of the week:
"God doesnt call the the equipped, God equips the called"

on a seperat, lighter note, Gabriel complains that i never write about him in my blog! We are growing and developing our communication all the time! i feel like the "blending" and "becoming one" is like... real... HAHA! i feel silly i dont know how to describe it but i guess bottom line i am sooo happy and "holy" married... (a pun from one of gabriels fav pastors ed young and his series called holy married, highly recommend btw) gabriel is such an amazing dad and makes o laugh like ive never seen!! they are totally buddies! (he even changed a poopy diaper this morning!!;P )

i guess for me my life has been filled with so much joy and fufillment because i have really been honoring god in the good and the bad! it makes such a difference on the bad days and makes the good days that much greater! YEY!!

well my darling hubby just got home from work with taco bell!! yes its late and im eating great! first time ive have it since january.... i hope i dont make this a habit!...

gnight! xoxo

sleep or lack there of it?

one of the biggest questions i got as a new parent was "are you getting enough sleep?" in the early weeks the answer was "yes he did really good last night" or "no...". Now i have had the pleasure of having a very good sleeper on my hands. i can count the nights with two hands, and maybe a few toes, when gabriel and i sat there starring at one another wondering what the heck is our son screaming about and what do we do now...

Now that he is bigger and set in his schedual he sleeps very predictably at night. we eat dinner and play, bath on most nights (dont get me started on how messy of an eater he is that is a whole nother post) we snuggle, nurse and off to bed he goes. right to sleep not a peep until morning. so here i am its around 9:30 or so and have nothing but time on my side. its way to late to clean or do anything that "needs" to be done so i get of fb then one thing leads to another and i am up watching american idol until 2 am. so in resolution to my "enough sleep" question i guess the real question is do you have to option to get enough sleep? and if you do will you take advantage of it?

on a not so "ahh-ha" moment. Orlando turned 8m old yesterday! i cant believe how big his is!! weighed him today and he is 21.8 lbs! wow! really big for an 8m old! the last few days i have been going through orlandos birth video footage and composited a movie of all the clips. so after watching the videos of him bearly opening his eyes and being so sleep and snuggly and fast forwarding to watching my son scoot around the floor learning to high five and giggling with his mommy and daddy it is amazing hoe much he has grown and changed over the last 8m. i have loved every stage and new development and while i miss him being so small watching him learn new things and develop different emotions is so rewarding! i am so busy and wil try to post more stuff! sometimes i feel like nobody wants to read my "ramblings" about motherhood and my son.. lol but thats all that seems to be on my blog.. so there we have it! gnight!
kalli

Tiny Foot Prints

So i found out after orlandos delivery that they no longer take the babies feet and hand prints at the hospital! i have been wanting to do it my self since he was born!! and now, 7 months and 1 week later! i have finally done it! not exactly as small as when he was 8lbs 6 oz but hey 20 lbs is a kot smaller than the 175+ that he will be he grows up! it was so funny and really difficult to get his prints!! he really wanted to grab the ink pad and eat it, which to me didnt seem like a good idea so im fighting with him to only get it on his feet and not get his feet in his mouth.. then getting him to stand still and press his foot in one spot on the paper was a whole new battle! so as i am juggling holding his foot down and keeping his hand out of his mouth and keeping his other foot off the paper... i think we got some really cute prints for his baby book! when i finished getting red ink all over him and me i went to wash it off and realized that my non-toxic ink pad wasnt washable... so my little baby's feet were completely stained red! it was so cute i took some pictures to share!

Little Gym!

so today completes our 1st month of orlandos little gym class! after class i am always so excited i call my mom or cant wait to tell someone about how much fun we had in class and how much orlando is learning and developing! today we had the pleasure of daddy/gabriel coming with us so he filmed and took some pictures! im so excited to give you a peek into what we look forward to every sat morning! we sing some songs first and i couldnt do them justice so here is a video of some of my favorite songs we did today followed by some pictures! enjoy!

smashed potatoes and applesauce

I am so beat! ive been working really hard this week to get up by 7 am! last night gabriel and i passed out watching tv by 9 and i was still in my jeans and the light was on! but on the bright side i have been getting a lot done during the day and feeling way more accomplished. orlando has been eating three solid meals a day! it is so cute he gets so messy! and its adorable to see what different foods he loves or hates. Food he loves he practically dives his mouth into the spoon and if he is unsure about it he eats it with a strange look on his face the entire time! or foods he absolutly hates and puts it in his mouth and then blows a raspberry and sprays baby food everywhere! It is so hard not to just start laughing at him. his favorites are apples and blueberries, sweet potatoes, and apples and prunes. He LOVES bananas in his little net thing! O has moved to only 2 naps a day which is quite and adjustment for both of us! but its really great seeing him grow! he is rocking on his knees now and rolling from front to back with ease! here are some pics of o eating and drinking from the past month and the video is his first time eating solids! enjoy!

7 MONTHS??? NO WAY!

i am in totally and utter shock that my sweet baby boy was born 7 whole months ago today! it seems like i just brought him home from the hospital and he slept all the time and we just snuggled! now its much less snuggling and a lot of watching him learn something new every minute!! just yesterday he started staying up on his knees and rocking!! my baby is going to be crawling soon!!!! he is becoming so mobile! it is so amazing being with him for all his firsts and seeing my baby grow! he is getting bigger everyday! i swear he is 1 lb heavier and 1 in taller every morning when i get him out of bed! im finding my days are becoming so full with the task of being a mommy it is my favorite job for sure which is good because it is definitally the most time consuming! he is doing so good with his eating and even though he doesnt have any teeth yet is handeling the finger foods really good! Gabriel and i only have a week left of our diet and am so proud of how consistant we have been and especially gabriel! if i worked at starbucks i dont know how i could not frink coffee!! but you can bet we will be at starbucks first thing in the morning next monday! now off to one of my many addictions angry birds!! good night!