Posting more regular

It has been a while since my last post, Maddox is now 11 weeks old, 12 weeks on Saturday! Time has been flying by but I have been enjoying every moment. Everyone asks my family and friends, how I am doing? I doing okay, I still take each day as it comes and i don't think that will ever change. I am enjoying being a mom to a wonderful little girl that brings joy into my life everyday! Of course I miss Jon and wish that he could be here but I know he is watching and in a wonderful place. I focus on the things that bring happiness each day. I recently got a tattoo my first one, on my wrist for Jon. The whole time he was sick we talked about tattoos. I told him I wanted one to remember this battle. In my mind I knew what I wanted if the worst happened. The day the doctors told us that Jon wasn't going to make it I looked at Jon and told him what my tattoo was going to be "I love you" in his handwriting, Jon laughed and said "why would you want that?! my handwriting is terrible!" Now everyday I look at my wrist and its like him letting me know he loves me which brings a smile to my face :)

Now back to Maddox, everyone also asks who she looks like…she is a great mix of Jon and I. The top half of her face, eyebrows and eyes seem to be me, her nose I think is more me, Jon's was bit wider. The mouth is ALL Jon, she has the shape and fullness of his lips.The shape of her chin also seems to be Jon. It is so cool to look at her and feel like I am looking at a baby picture of myself and then get a Jon expression. Here are pictures of Jon and myself as babies.

We have been keeping busy. For the Memorial day weekend Maddox and I went with my sister Erika, my mom Patsy, Tyler's sister Claudia, and his brother Kyle to Jacksonville Florida to welcome Tyler (my sister's fiancé) home from Japan. It was nice to get away for a few days. We left Thursday at 4:00am and came back late Monday night. Maddox did wonderful in the car, it took us 14 hours to get there, and little longer to come back because of traffic but she was a trooper! While we were there Maddox went in the pool for the first time as well as put her feet in the ocean at St. Augustine! She didn't like the pool too much, but when her feet were in the ocean she was all smiles. It is so exciting to try all these new things with her to see how she will respond to them. I hope she gets used to the pool so we can swim all summer.

Over all we are doing very well, we are both healthy. I am feeling good getting back to normal and trying to get the baby weight off. Maddox has had 3 check ups and is doing amazing, she had 2 shots and did very well with those. She is up to 10 lbs. and is ahead of the game with everything. She has been lifting her head A LOT, she doesn't like to lay down she prefers to sit up. She is still a little wobbly at times but for the most part can hold her head up on her own. She has started to sit in her Bumbo seat and look arond. Everyday is something new…

I will do my best to try and post each week even if it is a short post. :)

A few of my favorite pictures…