caroline's day

so just wanted to share my thoughts i guess....adjusting to being a milk making mommy machine is interesting....challenging and in many ways amazing.....love having a baby. however it's definitely an adjustment since i need to nurse cooper every 2 1/2 - 3 hrs it puts me on the weirdest schedule making it challenging to get things done...plus there's the whole exhaustion of it all to keep up with but then there's also the joy of looking into that little face...i cannot stop kissing his little face.....so crazy that he's really ours to keep....sometimes i just feel like i'm nannying again...esepcially when mike works ( he works 8:30am to 10pm) and i'm just counting down the hrs till he gets home.....kinda like i did when i used to nanny.

today i wanted to get so much done since mike was home....but that didn't really come o fruition...i did however make breakfast and dinner and did a gazillion dishes.....and sort of started packing for our FL trip....we leave on thursday.

God is so amazing and i'm so thankful for the many blessings He gives us...especially the little things we take for granted like beautiful flower and warme breezes......

just random thoughts.

final belly pictures

so this is me at 40+ weeks pregnant....my final pictures before we got to meet cooper

whoa belly!!!!

time to say goodbye to the baby bump

Cooper Nelson Smith

so all these pictures are sort of going to be out of order....but i just need to get some up already right????? so here is our new baby boy cooper nelson smith!!!!!

first ride in the stroller...please notice the gator colors...that was not by coincidence

it was a short walk because it was dusk and mosquitoes were out having a party...bad!!!! we did not bring the mosquito netting.....we'll learn

first time in the carseat after coming home from hospital

checking out my new fun toys...thank you matt and corey!!!

i have the coolest boppy pillow...so comfy!!!! thanks to mama jane!

deep in thought



check out my sweet onesie from the matteis.....you're soooo invited!

mommy time



this is cooper's first bottle feeding (i pumped) we had to give it a few test runs to see how he would do since i had a bridal shower coming up and was going to be away for about half the day...luckily he did great!

tooo cute!

babcia and dziadziu rudnicki

(grandma and grandpa in polish pronounced bob-cha and jaw-jew)

my mom was with us for 3 weeks and my dad also came for 4 days....1st grandbaby on both the smith and rudnicki sides so cooper got lots and lots of love

yes that is a gator on his little outfit

he loves this sea horse which plays music and his tummy lights up....thanks brooke and liam!