One Year Ago Today...

I can't remember what I was thinking at this EXACT moment last year, but I do remember thinking our lives were going to be VERY different in just a few short months! I remember being scared. I remember thinking that there's no use in continuing my job search. I remember thinking we need a bigger car (and we went out and bought one the next day). I remember being bummed that I couldn't drink on New Year's Eve! I remember Ben and I discussing how we didn't want to know the sex of the baby (ha!). I remember thinking about canceling our trip to the Sundance Festival in Park City; which I'm glad we did not do! I remember being so excited to meet our little bundle of joy and hoping he/she looked just like Ben.

And here we are one year later. No longer Ben and Amanda. But Ben, Amanda, and Quinn. I can't imagine my life without him. I feel like I've known him forever!

Here's the first post I made to It's A Mitchell- at 8:38 pm December 30, 2007.




After asking Ben to pick up Nachos Bell Grande and an Empanada from Taco Bell (when I already had waffles, spaghetti, brownies, an apple, and strawberry-banana-orange drink), I decided it might be a good time to take a home pregnancy test. That and the fact that tomorrow is New Year's Eve and I didn't want to booze it up if I was actually preggers!

Thanks to technology, I got my answer (in plain words) in less than 2 minutes!

PREGNANT!

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Quinn After Opening Gifts

Then he just said, "Bring it on!"

Once Ben and I "explained" what was happening and showed Quinn what to do, he got excited

(you know, for a baby).

Christmas Morning

As I am sure many kids do, Quinn started out a little overwhelmed at the whole "Christmas morning" thing.

GYMBOREE!

Today we went to "open gym" at Gymboree. This isn't the same as our class that we attend each week. This is just free time for everyone to play together. In class, Quinn is with babies only. In open gym, he plays with all ages (up to 5). Since Q can't actually walk or sit up yet, we are really just doing exercises. As you can see, he has great upper body strength and can hold his head and shoulders up easily. And his balance is getting better by the day! We had a great time!

Christmas, Quinn, and the Camera

Christmas has been great! Except for the teething...Quinn has decided his teeth are coming in and he should mouth on EVERYTHING and produce enough drool to drown somebody. Seriously, a LOT of drool. Anyway, this teething thing makes him hurt and that makes him wake up in the middle of the night which is not cool. So we've been getting less sleep than we're used to, but still worth it if the kid gets a few teeth out of it. At least it's during some time off so we don't have to go to work the next day.

As for the time off, it's been terrific. Lots of time to just be a family and hang out. I tell you what, Quinn is a really cool kid. He's a lot of fun to hang out with and he ALWAYS laughs at my your jokes. Great Sense of Humor! If you haven't met him yet, you are missing out.

One of Amanda's presents this year was a new camera. She takes a lot of pictures (and, as you can see from the blog, she takes GREAT ones) but she needed a new camera to give Quinn the proper showcase that he deserves...

So, she got a new camera and some new lenses and it's all great! I even got a chance to use it today and took a couple of snapshots which came out nicely. I've shared them here. I hope you enjoy!

--Ben