Gowing Up

My little man seems to be growing so fast! It seems like just yesterday I saw him for the very first time, and now I find myself almost 6 weeks later looking at him with the same wonder as those first moments. He has changed so much over the past 6 weeks and it amazes me every day. He has started smiling and cooing and it warms my heart every time I see his smile and hear him coo. I put him in his Bumpo seat for the first time yesterday and he sat up and just looked around at the world in wonder. There is such innocence when you look at a child and see the wonder that they are and the amazement as they discover new parts of the world. I never really understood my parents when I heard them say how fast we grew up...I completely understand now. It is truly amazing to see Seamus grow up before my eyes.

The love that I feel for this little boy is indescribable. I see him and think about the wonderful gift that God gave us in Jesus. How blessed we are! He gave the life of His Son so that our sins would be forgiven. And Mary...right after I had Seamus Chad's oldest sister came to visit and we had a talk about Mary (she has 2 boys of her own). We talked about Mary and how she gave birth to Jesus knowing he would die for our sins...How!! The faith that she had is amazing! I see my son and cannot even imagine it. The gift of Jesus Christ is one that we should be thankful for all year and not only during the holiday time. I am happy to be raising a son and a child of God.

We will raise Seamus is a home where he will know everyday the gift of Jesus Christ.

Seamus Knox 1 Month

Last week Chad and I went to our friend Jennifer's house and she took some pictures of Seamus for us. They turned out AMAZING. We are so thankful to have such talented friends who are willing to take pictures of our sweet little boy. He is already growing so fast and we want to capture as many moments during this time as we can. I have about 2 and a half weeks left until I return to work... My classes have already started so I am getting slowly used to being away from Seamus for little bits a few days a week. I am hoping that we can get a little more of a schedule down before I start back to work. I have been letting Seamus take the lead up to this point and it stays the same most days. He will have one long sleep time at night (somewhere between 5 and 6 hours) which is great...if it didn't start at 8:00 at night :) We are hoping to move this time up to about 10:00 so that we get some more sleep along with him. He makes the cutest noises and faces!! We are so in love and it only keeps getting better!

Here are some of the pictures:

Our New HD Video Camera

We received several gift cards for Christmas and we were able to purchase a pocket video camera so that we can capture all the fun things that Shay will do over the next few years. We will try and post videos as well as pictures of Seamus so that our friends and family can watch him grow with us. Seamus is already doing lots of funny things and we will try to catch them and post them so everyone can enjoy!!