Getting to Know Me…

Ever since sewing a dress for Katie to wear to a wedding we attended in September, I have been chomping at the bit to make something else for her.  Last Saturday I bought some black corduroy fabric to make some overalls for her.  I didn’t have a chance to get it cut out until yesterday, but once I got started on it, I couldn’t stop!  I finished it last night while watching The Biggest Loser, and am so excited with how it turned out!  I still haven’t done the buttons yet, because I can’t figure out how to do the button holes on my sewing machine (quite frankly, I don’t think that feature works because my machine is over twenty years old).

Today I went to Hobby Lobby to get some MORE corduroy (it’s my favorite winter-time fabric for some reason) in different colors to make some other things for Katie.  I got brown to make a jumper for her, and red for whatever strikes my fancy after that.  I won’t probably have a chance to start on the jumper ’til next week, but I will probably try to at least get it cut out before then.

I am so excited that I finally have a hobby!  I had no idea I would enjoy sewing this much!  It is a blast, and I love creating things that nobody else has; it’s really fun.  So here are pictures of the dress and the overalls; more pics to come as I finish other projects!

Katie will be five months old on Sunday.  Hard to believe.  She is rolling over easily onto her tummy now.  She isn’t sure what to do once she gets there, but she sure enjoys the rolling part.  Still hasn’t completely figured out how to roll back the other way, though.  She’s done it a couple times, but doesn’t seem to remember how she did it before.  She smiles and squeals a lot — much happier than those first three months.  Glad they are behind us.  She sleeps much better, cries less, and is just a joy to be around.  She always was a joy to be around, but it’s much better now that she is happy, too.  She’s starting to figure out how to sit up now; doesn’t need much assistance with that.  She loves her bedtime stories — we rotate between Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Butterfly Kisses.  Goodnight Moon is definitely her favorite.  She tries to turn the pages and is pretty good at it for as young as she is!  She grabs her Daddy’s arm while he reads; it’s so precious.  She almost never cries when we put her down at night now.  Guess that speaks well for the bedtime routine that we have established.

Life is so different than it was before.  People ask how I’m doing, what I’ve been up to, etc., and inevitably my answer revolves around how Katie is doing and what she has been up to.  I love it, though.  I knew I would love being a mommy, but I enjoy it so much more than I ever thought I would.  The domestic life is definitely my cup of tea.

In a few weeks, I will be getting out of OKC for a bit and getting out to see family and friends.  I’ll go to see parents and grandparents, and friends that I haven’t seen since a few weeks after Katie was born.  I’m really looking forward to that.  Travelling with her is much easier now, not that it was ever very difficult.

Not much else to report, really.  Just doing my day to day stuff, living life as a wife and mom, and enjoying it to the fullest.  God is good.

So I haven’t posted anything in AGES! Hopefully I will get back to doing this at least once a week…that’s my goal, anyway. I have been posting pics on Facebook, so if you’re on Facebook, be sure to check them out. If not, here are some links–you can see them even if you’re not on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89676&id=609302104&l=675355c906

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=86338&id=609302104&l=205beb5f2b

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78288&id=609302104&l=8bdf391200

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=83002&id=609302104&l=19ba9a41c3

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=78586&id=609302104&l=8dff6f5359

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=76620&id=609302104&l=b7c534594a

Just like everyone told me, she is growing sooooooo fast. I hate it and love it all at the same time. She just started rolling over on her side about a week ago, and I know it’ll just be another week or two before she is rolling all the way over. She coos like mad, smiles a lot, and is trying to start laughing.

We have learned so much about her and about ourselves over the last eleven weeks. Being a mommy is so wonderful that I can’t even describe it. I’ve learned how to do almost everything with one hand, or when I happen to have both hands free, to do it with lightening speed because who knows how much time I have before she wakes up/wants to eat/starts crying.

I will write more at another time, but I know those of you who still check this mainly want to see pictures, so I wanted to be sure to get those posted.

Hope all of you are doing well, and I promise I will be updating more often now! And again, if you’re on Facebook and not already my friend, look me up!

I’m going to keep this short; just wanted to get a couple of photos posted so everyone can see our new baby girl.  Her name is Katherine Grace Flint — Katie — and she was born this morning at 8:29 a.m.  She weighs 7 lb. 15 oz. and is 21 inches long.  Here are a few photos of her…hundreds more will follow, no doubt.

Okay, so obviously I haven’t really been inspired to blog much lately.  Probably because most of my days are the same.  I don’t go out much, so there isn’t much to rant about.  Things at home are calm and comfy, which doesn’t make for a must-read blog.  Things are still going very well with my pregnancy, so not much to write about there, either.

Here is what I can tell you, though.  I am now going to the doctor weekly.  This reminds me a) That I have to really watch what I’m eating, which I’ve done an okay job of doing lately, and b) that our daughter’s arrival will be here very soon.

That second part is both exciting and terrifying.  I think I’m starting to feel a little apprehensive about it, simply because I’ve started to have strange dreams at night.  For those who don’t know, I’m doing this one with no drugs.  God will be there to help me, as well as my second-to-none support partner (that would be Ben), and hopefully my mommy (if she can get there in time).  So I know I can do it, but I also know it’s going to hurt like nothing I’ve ever experienced before.  Hard to look forward to that part.

Anyway, doesn’t do any good to worry about it, so I don’t.  If my subconscious wants to worry, well, there’s nothing I can do about that and I’ll just have to tolerate the strange dreams.  So I just focus on looking forward to her arrival, and seeing Ben hold her in his arms for the very first time.  For some reason I look forward to that even more than holding her myself. 

Here is a pic of me on New Year’s Eve, about 37 weeks: