25 random things about me

Jessica
1. My middle name is Gail.
2. I have an awesome sister, Elissa, and brother, Lance.
3. People used to think my sister and I were twin boys when we were very young. (Thanks mom for the 'dude do's') ha
4. I have been married for 4 1/2 years.
5. I graduated 5 of three hundred something from high school.
6. I have completed 2 half marathons and one full marathon.
7. I live one hour away from the nearest Target.
8. My favorite chapter in the Bible is Psalm 91.
9. I work part-time as an RN. (I enjoy it too)
10. I live on the ocean.
11. My favorite season of the year is autumn.
12. I enjoy eating out, but we rarely do.
13. I have a son , Uriah, who will be ONE on April 22.
14. I am looking forward to seeing my family in Texas next month (seriously, can't wait!!!)
15. I own a motorcycle.
16. I learned to surf 2 years ago and am really looking forward to getting out there this summer.
17. I have a friend, Jenn, and people get us confused all the time. We could be sisters :)
18. I am 7 years younger than my husband.
19. I enjoy traveling.
20. I am left handed.
21. Todd and I confess scripture over our family and circumstances everyday.
22. I eat breakfast everyday.
23. I have been to 2 Beth Moore conferences with an amazing group of ladies: South Dakota (we also saw the Badlands and Mount Rushmore) and Rhode Island (we also went to Nantucet and whale watching). Hope to do another this year?!
24. I have visited Israel.
25. It's been way too long since I have seen my family in Texas. (9mo) I'm counting down the days.

Busy boy

When he's not sleeping, Uriah is a busy boy! He plays hard and loves to work things with his hands, especially book pages! Thank you Mimi for all the books you send; he really enjoys this monkey book and can press the sound button too! Just look at the determination on his face to figure it all out...such a 'Meier look' with that tongue out. HA!

Have a blessed day!

Sleep

Uriah likes to sleep (just like his mom!). He sleeps 11-12 hrs at night and takes 2 long naps during the day, so he spends a lot of time in his crib, he loves his crib!
I like to go in and check on Uriah about 30 minutes after I lay him down just to make sure he is actually asleep and breathing and all that...you moms know. Anyway, this is what I always see and I thought I would share it with you! It's so cute! The blue giraffe has become his "lovie" (thanks Aunt Tricia) that he goes to sleep with and it goes over his face! He has other stuffed animals in the crib that he plays with, but this is the one picked by him to lay on top of his face when he sleeps. And his other hand is usually tucked under his body at the waist! Oh, how he makes me smile :)

1st Haircut

Todd pulled out the clippers and decided to give Uriah his first haircut on Saturday! Oh what fun, I collected a lock for his baby book! It's so thin and fine, just like mine. Here's a 'before' shot with his long whispy hair over his ears and down his neck.

'During' shot... it really wasn't that bad. He's such a character! I just laugh every time I see this picture! He did great!

And 'after', nothing too drastic. He does look more like a little boy and not a baby. Wow, they really do grow too fast!

10 months

Uriah is 10 months old today! He got his first tooth this week and his first haircut! (more to come on that) He isn't crawling yet, but he tries when he feels like it. He is content and chill wherever you plop him down, but his favorite is the johnny-jump-up! He is doing a lot better with pureed foods, sometimes he will eat them and sometimes he won't, whatever...I know he will eat them when he gets hungry enough. He's doing just fine on mommy's milk, obviously!


Such a happy and sweet baby boy!


Learning by touch with his book! He loves books!

My Project

A 5x7 cross-stitch project that took me about a month to complete. Aren't you proud mom?! I just love the blonde spikey hair, just like Uriah's! I plan to do one for each kiddo in the future. Now I need to get it matted and framed.

A Boy and His Dog

I just know Uriah and River are going to be best buddies! Uriah just lights up when he sees River or even just hears his nails on the hardwood or his footsteps when he comes upstairs! River loves to lick Uriah and get treats from Uriah.

Uriah is thinking about sharing his teething buscuit; he does but Uriah, of course, doesn't get it back :) And he's okay with that!

Taking advantage of the warm weather; we enjoyed and family bike ride!

River and Uriah meeting for the first time. I wasn't too sure about an 80lb dog and 7lb baby so close, but River was so gentle and sweet!

River got used to having a baby in the house quick and extended his great guardianship skills to Uriah first thing. (Uriah just a few weeks old)

I hope Uriah will have many, many years and wonderful memories with River (just like Todd and I already have). He seriously is the best dog I have ever met! And the best looking too!