Love.

Love is a completely different feeling than I always thought as I sat around reading stories of brave women and perfect men. As I think about the way I used to feel while indulging in these characters, I'll tell you something... Mr. Darcy, Corinel Brandon and Mr. Knightly have nothing on my Jake. I love him thoroughly. And the imperfections? Those are my favorite part.

My other Valentine this year has stolen my heart completely. I was a sucker for him the moment he was placed in my arms. Every time he puts his chubby little arms around my neck, every time he leans his head against my cheek, my heart melts.

The Gillespie Family 2011

(picture by: Lianne Barr)

Here's just a sneak peak at our family photo shoot. More to come soon.

A merry, little Christmas

We started our Christmas season celebrating with my family in Florida. Most of my family has never seen our sweet boy before, so it was so fun to see them all go baby-crazy. Among other things, we had a gingerbread house competition. Even though there were no 'actual' winners, Jake and I knew that ours was the best.

Anyways, we left sunny Florida for windy Chicago.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Thanksgiving

So it's Thanksgiving. I am not feeling well at all (just a flu, not a baby)! I barely eat at dinner. We leave before dessert. On the way out to the car I know it's coming. I look around and see a storm drain covered in snow. I run to it and lose my entire Thanksgiving dinner. I turn towards the car and have to turn back to the storm drain just in case and my wedding ring FALLS into the storm drain I was just using as my personal barf bag. To make a long story short. Annie (my pregnant sister-in-law) comes out with a wire clothes hanger, lays down on the snowy ground and fishes out my ring. Needless to say, I've had better Thanksgivings.

The World of Playtime

These are just some pictures of my sweet boy playing and flirting with the camera. Thought you guys would enjoy them.