Worth A Thousand Words...

Carol and Brennan hanging out
"Petting" Snickers for the first time.
Our own little Popeye
"I'm five-months-old today!"
Carol and Dan cuddling with Brennan

My Two Guys

Look at them! If they are not the most handsome two guys I know, then I am crazy...okay, I am crazy. Crazy about my husband and my son. This picture was from Father's Day - a day that we celebrate many of the men in our lives: fathers, grandfathers, brother, uncles, and so on. My celebration with Don & Brennan consisted of a couple cards, a fun gift (a golf bag!), and this picture. The picture is my gift. The two guys are my gifts. I am truly blessed to have such a man to stand by my side. To be my partner and soulmate in this life. God knew exactly what, or should I say whom, I needed. And what a father he is already. I always knew he'd be a great father, but these past five months have shown me just what kind of heart Don has. When he looks at our son, when he holds him, plays with him; it steals my heart - it takes my breath away.

Then there's my son. My other "little man." Oh what a happy baby he is and how happy he makes us. I hear him making his little vocal noises every day now and I wonder how I ever lived without hearing it before. When he smiles, his whole face lights up - truly it does! I am excited for him to have such a great role model in his father. I am excited to see how he will be like Don, what traits he'll have of mine, but also to see his own personality emerge, as it does more and more each day. Yes, these are my two guys...

The Amazing Brennan Boy!

My son is amazing! I'm sure you'll here this from a lot of moms and every time it's true. A baby in general is an amazing thing to behold. Watch them and they will do feats of wonder - last night I saw Brennan roll over for the first time (belly to back). My husband saw him roll over from back to belly earlier in the day. Two milestones in one day - it was so exciting! It's a simple thing, rolling over, for you and me to do, but to see for the first time this little person throwing his legs to the side or putting his head down and turning the top part of his body was really momentous.

All the time Brennan is looking around and taking more stimuli in; I can just imagine the little cogs at work in his rapidly developing brain. Every day he learns to do more and I feel blessed to be a part of his journey. To watch him do his wonders and find my own sense of wonder renewed.

So I'm Now a "Blogger"...

"You should get a blog of your own." These were the words of my husband, Don, to me a while back. Well, I finally did. But what was my biggest stumbling block to creating one? Thinking of a title for it. As a copywriter, I was taught that if you don't catch a potential customer in about 7 seconds, you can loose them for good. And so an eye-catching, thought-provoking, or just plain zinger of a title was essential. That being said, the title you see above came to mind. Although at this point, I can't give you an explanation yet of why or what it may mean to me. Is it to take a pause from our "normal programming" to listen to or see some things we wouldn't normally care about? Is it so we can see the support structure of a group? Something deep? Something trivial? I don't know, but I thought it was catchy.