Life Lately

Been a while since I posted! Life lately has been so sweet yet busy! Isn't it always that way in the fall?

We had my sister take some pictures for our Christmas card and I thought I'd share some out takes and ones we didn't use. Getting Henry to look at the camera and smile is quite the feat, especially when cars and trucks are driving by. He's obsessed with wheels! 

What's up Wednesday

What We're Eating This Week.......

Since family has gone home, we are back on a regular (meaning not eating out or as much food as when company is around) eating schedule. Ordered my groceries online this morning and will be picking them up tonight. If you haven't tried online grocery shopping, it's awesome and a game changer for anyone (especially new mamas)! I know that Walmart and Harris Teeter do online ordering and I'm sure there are others that do it as well. These recipes are all on my Pinterest board labeled "Food". Obviously cooking in my crock pot will be where it's at this week! Ha!

              

What I'm Reminiscing About.....

I've been thinking about how crazy it was that just two months ago I was still pregnant with sweet Henry. My cousin Thais is pregnant with a baby girl and watching her and hearing her plan things for the nursery, etc. just took me right back to when I was doing the same. Time really does fly. Animation below is from when we announced that we were pregnant! 

What I'm Loving....

I have to say I'm loving this beautiful Carolina weather! 70's pretty much all of February has made for some beautiful days for taking walks. This weekend we even opened the boat and Henry got to have his first boat ride! Do I think we are done with winter? NOPE. I have a feeling we will get the rogue March snowstorm. It may not be big or last long but I think we'll get one last winter hurrah. 

We sure love Aunt Holly and Aunt Thais!

                                                           "Captain, my Captain!"

                                        Happy Henry. He promptly fell asleep. 

What We've Been Up To....

We've been blessed to have my aunt, uncle and cousin visit us this weekend. They loved on Henry and we enjoyed talking, shopping, boating and eating lots of good food. I swear I gained at least 5 pounds over the weekend. Another funny moment was my father changed a diaper for the first time in a LOONNNGG time. I had to capture it on camera. Henry loved Gramps changing him and just cooed and smiled the whole time. This is a miracle because usually he writhes around and pitches a fit about being changed. Gramps should consider himself lucky! ha! 

What I'm Dreading.....

Henry has his two month doctor's appointment tomorrow and he's going to get his first shots. Dreading how upset that will most likely make him. Temporary pain but still hard on a mama's heart! Good thing his daddy is coming with us. 

"What did you say about shots, Mama?"

What I'm Working On.....

Nothing much really. Need to work on cleaning up my garden beds for spring flowers and put up some spring decor since I finally took down my Christmas! 

What I'm Excited About...

I'm excited just dreaming about summer. I can't wait to have a 6 month old who I can take to the pool and celebrate so many fun summer things with. Fourth of July, trips to MI, family weddings! I can't wait. Dinners outside, trips to the park and boat rides are a few more of the things I can't wait for. 

What I'm Watching/Reading.....

Unfortunately haven't read anything much other than Babywise and baby articles that I've found on Pinterest. I have been able to watch quite a few things on tv. Here's a few! 

(Cause who isn't watching this?!?!)

(I find it funny that Savannah is on maternity leave too!)

(This show just makes me laugh. Clever writers.)

What I'm Listening To....

I've been listening a lot to the Praise Baby Pandora station and whatever Josh has been playing as we drive in the car. Nothing super special to share. 

What I'm Wearing.....

I have my first post-pregnancy Stitchfix arriving at the end of the month. Not sure I'll be keeping much but I'll be blogging about it for sure. Here were some of the outfits I hope my stylist viewed. Comfy and easy is the name of the game right now. Things that can be easily lifted up or unbuttoned for nursing are must haves too. 

Cute stuff that Henry has been wearing? Cause kids fashion is exciting too. 

Ordered this cute bubble for Henry to wear on Easter! 

Gap rompers. Can't wait for summer! 

The Cat and Jack brand at Target is super cute. Boys gear is equally cute as the girls! 

What I'm Doing This Weekend....

We will be spending the weekend with our youth. Time will be spent playing some fun games and having great spiritual discussions. Our group is so awesome, we enjoy leading them so much. 

What I'm Looking Forward To Next Month.....

Just enjoying time with my sweet fella before going back to work the last week of the month. Going to treasure these last 4 weeks because I know they will fly by. Excited to see my school family again but know it will be very bittersweet. Ending the post with some pictures from this past week. 

                    I was allowed to take one good picture of him in his Sunday duds before he got fed up!

Baby's first Notre Dame gear! (Which he promptly pooped on. Ha. Made this MI State mama proud.)

Milk coma. His expressions just kill me. 

Sleeping in his bouncer while we get ready in the morning.

We call this his old man look. He gets all serious and the forehead wrinkles come out. It doesn't help that he looks a bit bald on top too. Poor kid. 

Some Valentine's love from Daddy.

Introducing.....Henry John!

Our sweet boy surprised us and made his debut a little early! 

Henry John Lindstedt

December 21st, 2016

7 pounds 3 oz. and 20 inches long

We are over the moon in thankfulness for this sweet and precious gift we've been given in our son. He's already changed our life so much that neither Josh or I can remember what it was like 

before him! 

He had a little bit of a rough start into life. My labor went relatively smooth until the last 3 hours (of a total 17 hours) when I developed a high fever which caused an infection in my amniotic fluid. This in turn gave Henry the infection. He spent the first week of life in the NICU being treated with IV antibiotics. While it was so very hard leaving him at the hospital when I got discharged, we knew he was in great hands with the NICU nurses and doctors. His daddy and I would visit multiple times a day to nurse him and just love on him. For part of the time he had a scalp IV (in some of the pictures you can see it on his head) because with babies it can be hard to find a good vein. One of his nurses Sasha finally got the IV into his hand and then he had that the rest of the week. We are so thankful that his time in the NICU was so short and that he is very healthy. Reality hits when you see the other babies in the NICU and know that they are a long way from going home. We still pray for those babies and their families every day. 

Since we've brought him home we've experienced many things. Blow outs, squirt outs, small squeaks, smiles and lots of first for this new mom and dad. Our whole family has been super sweet and excited to meet our sweet boy. We can't wait for Josh's family to come and meet Henry as well. 

Henry has been a great baby so far. We are getting 6-7 hours of sleep a night (which I guess is pretty good for a newborn?) and he eats like a champ. We stare at him all day and can't believe he's ours. Josh is constantly saying, "He is so perfect....we really get to keep him?". Seven years of trying for this precious boy was TOTALLY worth it. 

I think I've fallen more and more in love with my husband since our baby was born. He's such an awesome dad. He helps me out with everything and is so attentive. Henry alreay has his daddy wrapped around his finger and it's so fun to watch. 

The many faces of Henry John. 

Thanks so much for all the prayers and well wishes. I can't wait to share more about our parenthood journey on this blog. God has blessed us so richly and I can't wait to see what blessing and joyful moments 2017 will hold for our family!