My Bday/4th of July...

So I'm about a month late in blogging this but who's counting. We've been super busy this month between vacation (which I'll blog about later), going back to work, and raising a growing baby boy! Here are some pics from my 24th bday and Paxson's first 4th of July!


My wonderful sister was home for a little over a month! It was great having her here, but sadly she had to go back to FL =(







David made ice cream balls for everyone at my bday party...



and this was when Paxson used to sleep all day....he even slept through the fireworks!




the three little rascals..





this was the only way we could get them all to sit still for a picture..(looks like we even got a little bit of deanderthal's house in this one!...haha)

Bye Bye Baby

Paxson is becoming quite the world traveler. He turned 4 weeks today and I don't think we've been home a single weekend since he's been born! Last weekend we went up to Park Forest to see some of David's family... Aunt Jessie, Aunt Ariana & Uncle Wilson, Aunt Thais, Alex, Uncle Clay, Aunt Julie & Angel (their dog), and Gma and Gpa Tanis. Paxson decided he would sleep a majority of the weekend, but we had a lot of fun. Unfortunately I didn't take too many pictures, but I did manage to capture one of Ariana, Jessie, and Paxson.




Then we headed to Saybrook to celebrate the Freedom Fest. This was David's first experience at the Saybrook 4th of July celebration. I think he was a little surprised by how many people were there and he was really into the bike guy throwing fire.







Paxson had fun hanging out with Cameron and Evan...








We left early because it started to rain but it was a fun day!




Our bye bye baby stayed home with Gma and Gpa Raymer so David could take me out to dinner on my bday. We went straight to Olive Garden and straight home. We both missed Paxson, but enjoyed our first evening with just each other. The night wouldn't have been complete without our traditional self portrait car pic.




I love watching our little boy sleep. He always has a new position. These are two of my favorites. He thinks he's big stuff.

So Blessed...

Every day I wake up to the most beautiful baby boy. He's a lot of hard work, but also the most rewarding. Sometimes it doesn't feel like the 3am feedings will ever end, but when I see his perfect blue eyes and gummy smile the next day I know its all worth it. Everyone warned us how hard this was going to be, only being married for 5 months and then having a baby. Its only been 2 weeks, but the best two weeks of my life. I can't imagine it being any different. I think having Paxson has actually enabled me to love David even more. I don't know if its just the emotional stage I'm in, but sometimes I just cry happy tears because of how blessed I feel to have David and Paxson in my life. I couldn't ask for anything more.

















David and I are also very blessed to have such great families. Grandma and Grandpa Raymer haven't missed too many days since Paxson has been born! He's also been able to meet most of his aunts and uncles. We've spent a lot of time with Uncle Jake, Aunt Melissa, and Cam since they've been closer to home. Aunt Jen and Evan are here until the end of July so we're excited to hang out with them! Paxson got to meet Uncle Brad and Aunt Christen the other day so that was nice to finally get to spend some time with them! He'll get to meet the rest of them and his Grandma and Grandpa O'Malley in just a few weeks
when we head out to North Carolina!!


Here are some pics from the past 2 weeks...

Paxson David O'Malley

On Saturday, June 7, 2008 David and I were blessed with a beautiful healthy baby boy! He weighed 7lbs and was 18 3/4 inches long. He couldn't be any more perfect! Though we know there are many sleepless nights ahead of us (just had one last night!), we are so excited to be parents. I never want to put him down! I told David to let me know if I'm being a baby hog. I just can't get enough of him! Thank you to everyone who came and saw us in the hospital! Here are some pics of our little miracle, Paxson David....













i have some more good pics but they are ginormous and take forever to upload so maybe i'll do that another day....

still prego...

well i am officially overdue. i'm thinking about charging rent! david and i are very anxious for baby o'malley to be born. we even walked up to the high school the other night and played basketball, funnel ball (which i'm pretty sure we made up), and the states game (this involved us walking from state to state on the painted map and me naming each state....david was surprised by how un-geographically smart i was). social studies never was my best subject. i declared yesterday my first day of maternity leave! sitting behind a desk for 8 hours just wasn't going to speed anything up, so we went to champaign and walked around all day! then today we cleaned like crazy people for a good 5 hours. still no signs of labor! we have a stubborn little guy. but as everyone says, he'll come when he is ready. ready or not he'll be here by wednesday. i have an appt to be induced that day if nothing happens before then. i'm praying he comes naturally though. please pray for us to remain patient, for a safe delivery and healthy baby boy!

busy busy bee...

well i have a lot of catching up to do...our lives have been a little crazy lately. everything is going well though. david just finished up school! woo hoo! actually thats not true...he's taking two summer classes and then has another full load next semester but he's getting closer! as of yesterday we found out he has an internship for the summer which is very exciting. once again God has been very faithful to us. He's amazing. David will start working for an accounting firm here in town next week, which will be perfect b/c thats right about when this baby is going to pop out! (at least thats what we're hoping for). we're getting very anxious for baby o'malley to finally be here. his room is all ready so he is now allowed to come any time =)

here is a glimpse of the past couple weeks of our lives...

Melissa threw me the perfect baby shower a couple weeks ago...













We went to the St. Louis zoo and then to the Cubs/Cards game as one of our last dates pre-baby...










We enjoyed a nice cookout with our friends from LCC before they all part for the summer. best part was probably david wheeling the grill down a block to our house from our church secretary's house (its a shame i didn't capture this photo op). one of these days we'll get one...








We woke up at 8am last saturday morning so we could garage sale!!! I was really excited...David not so much but i think he enjoyed himself =) It was a successful day...not only did we find a crib in excellent condition, but we were also able to put it together!








It was a beautiful day so we decided to go for a walk in Allerton park. It was great to get out and be reminded of how amazing God's creation truly is.

He even made these trees perfect...




Gotta love self-timers...wasn't quite quick enough




This past weekend we went to one of my good friend from High School's wedding...

Of course David and I wore our matching outfits...however we did not intend to match the chairs







And somehow between now and the last blog...i became 38 weeks pregnant!!! =)