Man oh man I love my Matt! Happy Father's day baby!

I apologize for this post being a day late. Father's day was yesterday, however we were so darn busy all day long..that this is the first free moment I've had since we started the Father's day festivities yesterday morning. We had a beautiful day as a little family...including some time for just Matt and I...which is rare. Our amazing Jacqueline watching Jack Richard was beyond a blessing! We are so grateful. Thank you JDK! We started out the morning with breakfast at Matt's favorite bfast joint. The Fox. In Avondale. Then Church, then a nap. All three of us-JRW slept for 2.5 hours and so did we. Glorious!

Then we let the little man stay sleeping and we snuck off to a mid day movie together. Jack stayed with his favorite "girlfriend/aunt/2nd mama Jacqueline". The movie was followed by a few margaritas at a mex rest. near our house. Again glorious!

Came home, played with Jack, then bath, reading, bed...for Jack, that is. Then I made a favorite dinner of Matt's, Pasta Carbonara, we ate together..then finished off the night in Matt's new hammock, just laying under the stars, chatting and enjoying each others company. Priceless. Yes there are some things money can buy, that new hammock is one of 'em. It's so relaxing, I wish we would have gotten one years ago!

But I wanted to take an opportunity to publicly say what an amazing father I think Matt is. He is truly the most patient person I know. In the year we've been married and the year and half we dated, and the other year and half we were engaged I've never seen Matt yell, loose his temper, get upset, anything. He is so calm, loving, sweet, compassionate, generous. I could go on and on. I still wonder what I did to deserve such a beautiful person in my life, and such a perfect partner to spent forever with. I can not think of any characteristics that I wish he possessed. He is, in my eyes, perfect. I love the way he loves Jack, the way he loves me, and the way he has provided and made this beautiful life that we have and share. For those of you who know Matt. You know that he is as easy-going, fun-loving and hard working as it gets. Not to mention he makes me laugh. But today is about Daddy's and he is a good one! He gets so excited to spend every minute he can with his little "buddy" as he calls Jack. And Jack adores Matt. From the moment we found out we were pregnant, Matt has been the most supportive husband and excited soon-to-be- Daddy.

I could not ask for a better Father for Jack, head of the house, and leader of this family than you Matt. Thank you for being you. Thank you for your patience, love, understating, strength and faith. You are an amazing Father, Jack and I are blessed. I love you.

Here are just a few of my favorite pictures of Jack's birthday and a couple favs of Jack & Matt several months ago...enjoy.

Masta Bathroom.

I L-O-V-E this man.

I'm going to be honest with you. And I know this is going to be hard to hear, but at some point, very soon, I will NOT be blogging about our master bathroom any longer. We are, officially less than two weeks from being done! We did a whole lotta work this past weekend, and we worked together alot actually. Which is strange b/c our days of working side-by-side have slipped away since Jack's been born. For obvious reasons. But it was the strangest thing. Sunday, Jack was so incredibly self-entertained, we got a bunch of priming and painting done plus we switched the direction our bedroom door opens..I get back to that another day (b/c I need a pic to explain). We worked for about 12 hours (including clean-up). And I really enjoy working with Matt on things....alot actually. I enjoy anything that allows me to spend time with him. Even if it's manual labor. ha. And even though he's done the bulk of the work on the house, there have been a few projects here and there that we've done together..and it's fun! I feel as though working with your spouse really brings you together and helps you to sharpen those communication skills. But back to Sunday, Jack took an insanely long morning nap, even after waking up late. Then he watch a Baby Einstein in the saucer....ok fine it was two. But in all honesty that's the only time I utilize those videos. Don't get me wrong I think they're great. But I'm not a big TV person myself, and I'm definitely not going to let my kids be big TV watchers either...like hardly at all if I can help it. But back to the point, he watched a couple videos, then for the first time we used his crib for something other than sleeping. I put a bunch of his fav toys in there, opened all the blinds, turned up his music, left the door open and he just hung out and was happy as can be. He could pretty much see us the whole time. But I figured he would enjoy playing in there b/c every since he was a wee one he's always LOVED his crib. Even now, he wakes up from a nap and sits, plays, talks for sometimes over an hour. It's his own little sanctuary. So in the end, it was an extremely productive weekend. BUT as of right now, Matt is actually working on the vanity.... right now, as I type, he's looking at me through the back door ;) The vanity doors and drawers arrived this afternoon. And I wanted to put up a few pics of us working this past weekend and Matt working tonight. The only reason I'm blogging is b/c he's working. Normally nights, after work are precious family time. But we are on the home stretch and "we" had to add-in a few workin'- nights b/c Saturday is the only workable day this weekend..hello...first Father's Day. Then next weekend we are going to Charlotte, NC to visit Matt's family. We love them!! So excited! And as an extra bonus Matt's sis Rebecca and her hubby Mark are going to drive down from DC for the weekend as well. So, that is going to be a blast! And I can't wait. You should be excited for the fun pictures of Jack with his cousins! ;)

Matt sanding the vanity this evening.

Me painting a door this past weekend...

And as I write this post, and Matt sands away....the prince....is.....asleep.

Sweet Dreams!
chw

Laughin' out loud!

9 Months!!!

It's hard to believe that our little Jack Richard is 9 months old! It's such a cliche but I really feel like it was yesterday that I was meeting him for the first time....however oddly enough, in another way I feel as though he has been in my life forever, I can't remember my life without him. It's so weird. Bottom line, I love him like crazy! Matt and I have been having so much fun with this new stage of crawling and pulling up on everything. BUT in addition to his newly found mobility...he his workin' on some new teeth. The little man only has 2. And as yall know....that means...cranky teething time. For the last few days he has not been a happy camper! I think within the next week he'll have a few new chompers! Enjoy these recent pics.

my tiny project...(in progress)

Here is a picture of my collage/picture frame wall that is above my desk....at home. Very important things get done at my desk. For example: "facebooking", "blogging", reading other peoples blogs and updating my own. Other tasks include, surfing the web for all the questions in my head aka googling everything and anything, emailing friends and family, online shopping, reading the news online, you know usual desk stuff. But after awhile I got to thinking, wouldn't this big blank wall be the perfect spot for a whole bunch of random pics? However, it is, as the title says, a work in progress. I still need to hang more pictures from our wedding. There is one of our entire wedding party up top and one of Matt and I (bottom rgt) but I still need a few of us with our families. I also need to print out and hang a picture of my beautiful God daughter Adalie Darlson....additionally I plan to frame and hang a picture from my wedding of my sisters and me...you'll notice there is one of us Williams gals on Lisa's wedding day, I plan on putting one from my big day next to hers. And last, I would like some fun not-so-formal pictures. Maybe a few fun ones from parties in the past...ya know! Oh! and one more thing..the big 8x10 in the middle with the 3 small pics along side of it was taken by my extremely talented little sister Alivia...she's a photographer is anyone is s. fla needs one!

chw

my morning out and hmm..yea...about that.

This morning Jack & I tried something new. For the first time Jack attended a "Mother's Morning Out." It was at our church and the ladies watching the wee ones, were the same gals Jack-man hangs out with while we are in church on Sundays, while I'm in my Bible study and when I go to MOPS meetings. So, seeing as these women are extremely familiar with him and vice versa, I didn't have a second thought about signing him up for every Tuesday in June....and maybe a few in July...well, okay maybe all the Tuesdays in July too! But I also wanted to support the program because it's the first time our church was giving something like this a try. It lasts from 9-12, and normally the little angel is taking his morning nap during that time, but because he's so easy going and well adjusted, he hangs in there and then naps twice as long when he gets home...and hey, that is just fine by me! But to all you mamas out there, if your church has a similar program I highly recommend it! I got a TON of stuff done, plus it's always a good thing for a little one, who doesn't have siblings yet, to socialize with other people his/her size. I find it so funny that even though Jack is only 9 months old, I have quickly forgotten what it's like to hop in and out of my car and run into a store without unstrapping, re-strapping, carrying etc. Not that I don't LOVE running errands with him, I just can't believe how fast I get things done when I'm alone. With that being said, I was insanely productive today. I got a haircut (which is one thing that you can't do with your baby, you can pretty much do everything you did pre-baby, but a haircut/hilite is next to impossible), I also, got all of Jack's Baptism invitations in the mail...YES I know he's 9 months old, and we're Catholic....I say that because Catholics usually baptize the wee ones right away. But I will get to that story in a minute. I also purchased his baptismal outfit, which I thought was going to be hard because I wasn't about to put a 9....well at the Baptism 10 month old in a gown...however, I popped into a children's store right near our house, they have absolutely gorgeous things! Anyway, I flew in there, picked out the PERFECT "little-Catholic-10-month-old outfit". I won't go too much into detail, I'll make you wait for the pictures instead. But he will look like a complete angel!!! Anyway, I guess I should explain why it's taken me so long to get my act together and make that baby an official Catholic. Okay, first of all he was born in September..after a really busy year for Matt and I. I mean just as a quick catch up for those of you who are unaware. Matt and I got engaged December 25, 2006, I graduated college May 2007, we bought our house August 2007, got pregnant in December '07, got married May '08, had baby September '08...in conclusion I have been a little busy the last two years. Matt and I always joke that we are like "over achievers" in the settling down, family department. BACK to the point, I had been very busy, and after he was born the holidays were quickly approaching and I didn't want to tack on one more thing to an already busy few months. Then comes 2009, Matt and I were having some indecisiveness when it came to our church of choice, we prayed ALOT about it, and what was best for our family was revealed, then we started the process of picking what month & weekend worked best for both our families. And let's not kid...there were a few months of procrastination on my part too. Anyway, I'm signing off for now, but I have some pictures of that angel of mine I want to post tomorrow, in addition to my "collage/picture frame wall" that I've been working on....and am pretty proud of! haha Love to you all,
chw

I'm still here!

Hi All! The Williams clan has been busy! Since my last post...we have.....celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary, celebrated my first Mother's day, went to the musical WICKED, enjoyed a day of golf at the TPC, drove to Tally for my little sister, Alivia's graduation from FSU, my best friend Meghan and her daughter Adalie (my God daughter) came to visit, (I went to Titusville to celebrate Addie's FIRST Bday, she came to Jax), then MOPS & my Bible Study ended until fall, school's out, meaning my Tuesday morning tutoring with my first graders ended, we had a quick trip to Stuart to visit my family and then this past week we had our good friends, the Kaisers visit for a few days! WHEW!!! And in between all of that we've made ALOT of progress on our master bath. We've picked out and purchased everything we will need to wrap things up. Matt & I are predicting a finished product in roughly one month. But you know how that goes...stay tuned. Anyway, I plan on posting some pictures in celebration of our ONE year of marriage, but until then enjoy the pictures from this past weekend. Jack had the best time with Zach and Grace (Jacquie's Niece and Nephew) from Ocala. They, along with their mama Lindsey came to jax to visit Jacquie, and as always, we had so much fun with them.

chw

We love the Kaisers!