kiah. im soaking you up.

oh kiah lily 

ok we have officially decided that kiah cant grow up any more. she is at this age that we just love so much and she is rolling onto her tummy almost every time i lay her on the ground. this makes me excited but sad. if she is rolling on her tummy now then next will be crawling soon and then before i know it walking and talking and before our very eyes she will be going off to college ready to start her own journey, ahahhahhaaa! so, i haven't read any self help mommy books or studied from great baby whisperers but i have decided that its better for kiah, stephen and i to continue this way, trusting holy spirit to be my helper and trusting my heart to lead me. otherwise i am just too overwhelmed by what everyone else has to say about things. i mean, of course i am asking for advice when i need advice. but mothers in africa don't have books telling them when to do what. for example, right now i am soaking up every time kiah sleeps in my arms extra long. i see the light at the end of the tunnel and i am pretty positive i wont regret spending more quality time close to my baby girl instead of cleaning the house or doing other things. she is just so amazing.

fall

summer

lots of babysitters here in the neighborhood

pumpkin muffins.

on the days that i don't get go to my "super important as if i have an appointment" athletic conditioning class at the YMCA Mon-FRI 9:45-10:45 i usually have no idea what to do. its so weird because i have more than enough to do but don't do much. i love my friend caroline who tells me, "oh yeah" you are just keeping another human being alive thats all. i mean if i had a day to do all the things that i think about doing-wow, that would be a good day. but today was VERY VERY VERY close

woke up around 6:45am to feed kiah and put her back to the land of nod. i was sneezing like crazy and my nose was running so i decided not to try to go to the gym and to just take a nice hot shower while stephen was still home so i didn't have to worry about the little princess. so fist things first...down stirs i go to make coffee. i took my cup of coffee into the shower with me, sit down in the tub and drink it. why haven't i done this more often? i have no idea!!! our tub doesn't stop up for me to ever take a nice bath so this was VERY VERY VERY close. ahhh, decided...i'm not going to look cute today. i am going to go for a comfortable athletic mom on the go look. i like that look.
then i whipped up some yummy pumpkin muffins for breakfast, played with the little sweetie, said tata to stephen, vacuumed the upstairs and down stairs, gathered all of our dirty laundry and loaded kiah up in the car to drop it at our friends house who (YES) blesses us by doing our laundry.
kiah just looked so cute today with the little leg warmers on that jessica jones made her. before i knew it it was almost 2 and i needed something to eat. i was meeting jessica and anna jubilee down by the green way so i made an executive decision about how to feed my belly and it was a good one!!! i had exactly 6 dollar bills in my wallet so i decided that it had been such a great day already why not try out the new which wich place near the greenway with kiah. wow!!! my new favorite place. for just like $5 and some change i got a loaded veggie sub sandwich with a black patty and tons of veggies. it was a really fun place! i highly recommend it!
   then to top it off jess and i took our little daughters for a stroll in the sun on the greenway!

4 months gone by already

dear kiah lily, how u make me laugh and how u make me cry. i love you. u are so amazing.
you are officially 4 months old. i have been a mommy for 4 months...16 weeks. it has felt like a lifetime but still new all at the same time. you are sleeping in you crib so well now for naps but i think tonight i might introduce a taste of rice cereal to see if you will let me sleep all night long.

i took you to the pediatrician this morning and it was so sad. they gave u 2 shots and you cried so hard you face almost turned purple. its good that you daddy isn't there when this happens because he would probably cry too.
 kiah lily jackson you are 13.5 lbs and 25 in long now
you have been doing some amazing things lately.

1. last weekend when morgan came down from Pittsburg to visit you slept all night long! until 6:30 am! it was amazing!
2. yesterday morning after the 3-5 wake ups through the night i woke up to a bright sunny room at grammy and papas house in VA wondering what time it was because i could tell it had to have been late. i was like, IS KIAH STILL SLEEPING? nope, u were ever so cutely and contently playing with yourself in the pack and play below my bed. i was so happy that you let me wake up on my own!
3. then yesterday afternoon, you just put yourself to sleep again at nap time. all of this told me that you were inevitably growing up
4. you are holding you head up really well
5. might be teething
6. love it when kailer jumps up and down like a frog in front of you
7. you are great about taking a bottle
8. you laugh sooooo much, play so much and are so great about being passed around most of the time
9. you are sucking on everything! you gave me a serious hickey the other day

there have also been a few words given to you already too
"a preacher and teacher of the WORD"
"a worshiper"
"strong"
"alert"
"content"

you always fold you hands like you are praying

waller wedding

all the eagle girls

all the eagle boys

wow, what an incredible weekend this was! do u all remember this?!?!?!
can corbin and sarah get married every weekend please!