Behind...again...

Since my son will be 9 months old next Tuesday, I thought it was probably time to post his 6 month pictures...you know, so they can be in chronological order. ;) I might feel silly if I posted his 9 month pictures and THEN posted his 6 month pictures...then again, I just realized that I never posted his 3 month pictures...sigh. :) Enough talk from me!!! We had family pictures taken at the same time as Ikey's 6 month pictures, so here are a few of my favorites!!

Messy Marvin

Babies get messy when they eat. Period. That's just what happens. BUT, I don't know how many babies do it on purpose and then laugh hysterically about it...

Watch Out Preschool, Here Comes Hopey!

This past Tuesday was a pretty exciting day at the Witzig house!!! Our very own Miss Hopey started preschool!!! :) Of course, the day wasn't complete without a few tears...shed by me...but it was a smashing success nonetheless!!! Here are a few pictures of Hopey's big day!! 

I wanted to get pictures of her in the classroom with the other kids, but I was trying my hardest to refrain from being "that parent"... I somewhat succeeded... :)

A Fresh Start

Since Ikey's birth, I've let all kinds of things go. Not intentionally mind you, just due to the shear lack of time. My little man just doesn't sleep, therefore, time for myself is basically nonexistent. (I apologize if this sounds like a pity party, but I'm getting to the point, I promise!) Anyway, my little butterball turned 6 months old last week, and I've decided it's time to reclaim certain aspects of my life...including my blog!!! :)

All of that said, I took a long hard look at my blog and realized that it had been created with only one of my children in mind, the Hope of my heart. While I still adore that little girl to no end, I'm pretty crazy about her little brother also!! Thus began the rebirth of the blog to incorporate both of my favorite kiddos on the planet.

The name game is always difficult for me because I know what I want to say, but typically I can only think of cheesy ways to say it. I also truly wanted to hang on to "Hope of my Heart" and just try to incorporate Ikey in with a tag line of the meaning of his name. That ended up being too cheesy even for me, so the idea was nixed. Anyway, making a super long story a bit shorter, as most of you know, both Hopey AND Ikey are miracle babies. Along those lines, I came up with several ridiculous titles and finally tried a couple of them out on Brian. Of course he was incredibly supportive (as he always is), but he was also super excited to throw his two cents worth in this time. He started rambling on and on about Smokey Robinson's album "A Pocket Full of Miracles" and how it was the most clever album cover he had ever seen. Smokey's group was called The Miracles and the album cover was a picture of The Miracles literally popping out of a pocket...Brian's easily amused, what can I say? ;) Well, I thought about that album title all night long, and by morning, I had decided that a small twist on that idea was exactly what I was looking for.

I was told I could never have children, but God had other plans. One year to the day after marrying Brian, we found out that we were indeed pregnant. After an incredibly difficult pregnancy, we were given the gift of Hope. A little over two years later, we found out that we were going to have another little miracle. This time, the pregnancy was almost unbearable, and at one point, we were told the baby had actually died. Again, the doctors were wrong, and we were given the gift of Isaac. After the severity of my two pregnancies, I was advised against having more children. But my two beautiful miracles are more then I ever could have hoped for. A pocketful is defined as the amount a pocket can hold, and from where I'm standing, my pockets appear to be overflowing. 

I Have a Blog??

What can I say, I've failed at blogging this year!! Since Ikey was born, I haven't found time to get dressed most days, let alone sit down and write anything coherent for other adults to read!! ;)  BUT, I'm determined to at least post a few pictures here and there from now until I get this whole raising two kids thing under control!! (You put together moms of multiple children impress me to death!!) SO, without further ado, here's this mama's heart melting picture of the week!! (I'm their mom, I can say that, right??) :)

Three Years of Hopey

As hard as it is to believe, my rootin' tootin' cowgirl is turning three today!! She's only been in this world for three years, but I can't remember what life was like without her in it, and I sure don't want to. My precious little Hopey Doodle, I love you so much it brings tears to my eyes. You're my favorite girl in the entire world, and I hope you never forget it!!! If you see my little girl today, please wish her the biggest happy birthday ever!! :) 

Welcome to the world, Isaac!

Isaac William 

February 8th at 6:43pm

7 pounds 5 ounces and 19 inches long

While labor did not go very smoothly, delivery was a breeze, and Ike was here in 2 pushes (6 minutes)! We can't even begin to thank all of you enough for your prayers and incredible support throughout the last 9 months and especially over the last few days!! We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives!!

Ringing in the New Year...with bells on!!

HAPPY 2011 FRIENDS!!!! :) I can honestly say that I have never been so ready to see a year end in my life!! Not that I'm not grateful for each and every day God gives me, but 2010 was a truly ROUGH year. The move was stressful and this pregnancy has been close to intolerable. But ya know what? In four weeks, Lord willing, our little guy will be here, I won't be sick anymore, and even though I know life will never be the same again, maybe it will resemble my life a bit more!

That being said, would you like to see some Christmas pictures? Hopefully, you're emphatically nodding right now because you don't really get much of a choice!! :) And then after the Christmas pictures, maybe I'll let you see how huge I am these days! 

And because I'm in such a festive mood, here's my 35 week picture...please don't gasp too loudly...

I'm hoping my next post will either be my final belly picture or a post on our little man's birth!! Either way, I'm almost there friends, and I can hardly wait to introduce you to the newest member of the Witzig family!!