So behind...

Wow.  I have a lot of catching up to do on here!  Lots of cute Zoe things and the news of our sweet Norah's arrival await!!  It'c coming, I promise!

Norah, one month

I can't believe our new little one is a month old already!  Just like with Zoe, it seems to have gone both fast and slow at the same time.  It's hard to imagine life without this sweet little girl.  She is such a sweet baby, very relaxed and calm.  She cries when she's hungry/tired/needs held/dirty diaper, but that's about it (and even then, it's only really a small protest!)  She smiled at her momma for the first time just a few day ago and has some great head control!  It looks like her eyes may end up blue, even the doctor seems to think so, which we think will be beautiful for our little Norah.  Sleeping is still getting sorted out as she only wants to sleep when being held, but for now we're just enjoying the snuggles with our new babe.  She's a very efficient nurser and is done in under 15-20 minutes, eating roughly every 3 hours (and sometimes a little longer at night, but not often). Norah gets lots of love from her big sister Zoe, and only really gets upset by the love when someone tries to pry open her little clenched fists :)

Norah Nichole Robertson

Norah Nichole Robertson was born on January 10, 2013 at 11:09am!  7lbs, 7 oz, 21 inches long with a lot of dark hair, just like her big sister.  My water broke the afternoon before around 3:30pm.  This labor and birth were not without some fear and complications, but in the end, we were blessed with a healthy, beautiful little girl.  (If you want more details, you know how to get a hold of me. I'd be happy to share, just not on here)

Our first meeting after getting checked out by the NICU

Our hearts are overflowing!

Beautiful Norah

Happy

When Zoe woke up from her nap today, she was laying in her crib, and when I walked in the room, she said "I'm happy!" and gave me a giant squeezie (hug) when I picked her up.  We were just sitting on the couch cuddling (she likes to do this after waking up), and she said "I'm happy.  You're happy.  You make Zoe Rae happy.  You make me happy, Momma".  Needless to say, this momma couldn't help but shed a tear (or 2... or 3...) We have been blessed with such an amazing little girl with such a loving heart.  She couldn't make us any happier either : )

Little Miss Chatty

So... my promises on updating this blog have been less than perfect.  My apologies to anyone who has been checking on me... but I doubt many have!  I've decided that whether or not I have readers, I need to keep this blog in order to remember things that our sweet little Zoe is doing.  I've been working on her 2nd year photo book (I plan on doing one at each birthday highlighting the previous year), and I'm having a VERY hard time remembering what she's done in the last year!  Having a blog post each month of her first year was so helpful!
We have one very, very, talkative girl on our hands, so I've got a few stories to share.  She said 3 complete sentences to me the other day, one right after the other.  "Here you go Momma.  I'm so proud of you.  You're welcome."  I couldn't help but laugh and kiss her little face.  One morning she said "Oh, it's still dark outside" so I went and opened the curtains to show her that the sun was up, and she exclaimed "They turned the lights on!" She also has been very sweet to her little brother or sister, often patting my belly and saying (all on her own) "Hi baby, I lub you baby".  So so precious!
Although she does speak quite well, there are a few funny things she says that I don't want to forget.

- for about 6 months she was calling herself NeNe, but has recently stopped and she knows her name is Zoe Rae.
- polka docks (polka dots)
- bamband (band aid)
- I lub you (love)
-baby soup (bathing suit)
-hams (hands) ie "I got sticky hams" "Wash my hams", etc.
-princenn (princess)

Each night before we put her to bed, we read books and pray with her, and we've started asking who she wants to pray for.  More often than not it's JonPaul, Carrie, Lucy and Judah, our sweet friends from Gulf Drive who now live in South Carolina.  She also wants us to pray for bunnies, birds, Jesus, and momma's baby.

She also knows that my name is Marci Rae, and that her dadda is Mark.  Every once in a while she'll call us by our given name to get a laugh out of us, even though we try to keep a straight face : )

I'm BACK!

Hi friends,

Anyone still there? Well, I've decided to start blogging again, after a hiatus (due to many things). For the time being I'm not going to make this blog private, because I think it's kind of a pain for those of you who want to read (and I WANT you to read!). I'll just be on the lookout for weird spam, and if it gets creepy, then I'll let you know I'm going private.

I'm going to be vague for now, but I hope to use this to expand a little more on what's been going on with us for the last several months. 2011 was not the best year for us, and 2012 was looking to be the same. In the last few weeks things have really started to sort of fall into place, and I finally feel a peace that I haven't felt in a LONG time. So, be on the lookout for family updates, pictures of the CUTEST KID EVER, and even some more personal stuff.

Hope you're still there, and if so, stick with me! Here's a picture of Zoe to tide you over for now. Love you all.

Going Private

So I've toyed with the thought of making this blog private before, but wasn't sure because I don't know if enough people read it or not... but after finding another unknown/spam comment on a post I wrote about Zoe, I'm either going to delete this blog or make it private. If you are one of the few readers, please let me know by email that you want added to the blog if I choose to keep it open. I'll either delete or make private by Tuesday.