12.12.12

i've always wanted to do one of those x photos in x amount of time posts,

but up until all those photos would be pretty boring:

here's me on the computer

here's me eating

here's me watching TV

here's me cleaning

here's me doing nothing

etc, etc.

but now i have something more!

with different activities!!!!

so i decided for 12.12.12 i would take one photo every hour for 12 hours.

here's what life looked life beginning at 10 am for 12 hours each hour:

10- first feeding of the "morning"

11- snuggle time

12- bouncing baby to sleep while playing a video game during his studying break

1- watching my mom help rejuvenate and fix parts of our couch

2- lunch

3- fake sleeping after eating

4- wakey time

5- sleepy time

6- tummy time aka time to wake up to eat time

7- sleepy time

8- chilling out with momma

9- a quick snoozer on granny before eating and heading to bed.

as you can tell there's a little theme of sleeping around this household...

it was a delightful day with this little boy.
he slept way more than usual today,
which is funny because last night's sleeping was spectacular
and then he goes and surprises me and keeps sleeping all day long too.
i'm crossing my fingers and praying that was a growth spurt and the awesome night sleeping tonight will continue (doubtful...but still hopeful).

my little boy

wow, what a change of life in just 1 week.

best change ever?

i do believe so.

the following phrases are bound to be heard in the cutler house multiple times an hour:

isn't he so cute?

i just love him so much.

hi cute boy!

look how cute he is?
you're cute.
i love you.

hi, hi, hi, hi, etc

the first 2 are definitely the big hitters around here.

i never really understood why parents kissed baby's faces so much but now i do.

all i want to do is kiss that cute adorable face constantly,

he doesn't mind it so much yet so i'm a gonna keep doing it.

casey has continued his baby whispering status.

if there is something that's not making max happy and i'm trying to calm him down,

casey is constantly swoopping in for the rescue  and has him asleep in less than 10 minutes.

EVERY.STINKING.TIME.

it's the best thing ever.

my heart wanted to burst when last night he came up the stairs and said "come to your poppy"

seriously though, night time feedings, casey is the best assistant ever.

i'll wake up and feed him for awhile and if he doesn't go back to sleep immediately, casey gets up by himself, takes him from me, i get back in bed, and within 10 minutes we have a sleepy baby back in his bed.

BABY WHISPERER.

this whole having a baby, being a mom thing is truly the best feeling ever.

i love this little boy so much.

we're so totally obsessed with him

i never thought i'd think a crying baby would be so cute.
when i'm trying to wake him up to feed it's adorable.
and then i tease him a little to make sure he's hungry:
i bring him to my face, he roots around, and thinks my nose is the right source,
then he makes a little yell and then he eats for real.
love this little boy SO SO  much!

i just want to eat him up!
i now understand why parents are constantly saying their baby "is the cutest baby ever"
i sure do believe it.
my heart wants to burst every time i look at him


i can't wait to share more about him
birth, our first week home, his cute little tendencies, and everything in between!

it may be awhile, sometimes i'm really tired :)

ps- i know some of these pictures make him look like he's a really big baby but he's actually is a little like baby.
8 lbs 8 oz is on the decently bigger baby size, but he dropped down to 7 lbs 7 oz and is thankfully creeping back up :)

He's here...

Maxson D Cutler

December 1, 2012

8 lbs 8 oz

practically perfect in every way

what life looked like at 3hours oldish for him...

passing the time in the hospital with friends season 6 and a beautiful baby boy as the backdrop

everyone is home, happy, and healthy
as you can see we're already stellar at matching mittens around here :)

so much more to come later :)

40 weeks and still pregnant.

instead of writing a post of how bitter and depressed i still am (which is a draft in blogger actually)

i will write a post of things i have loved while pregnant.

1. satin sheets.

they make ALL the difference when sleeping.

at the end of this pregnancy i'm constantly having to switch from side to side in the middle of the night.

when you have all that weight on your stomach it takes ALL your effort to turn.

satin sheets help you totally slide from one side to the other.

heavenly i tell you.

2. very fashionable compression socks.

made all the difference in the size of my feet at the end of the day.

there finally were no creases of skin on my ankles at the end of the day!

3. maxi dresses

it's so nice not having tight clothing under, on, or above your belly.

not having to pull at clothes to make sure nothing is showing or tight or unflattering on you

4. this H&M shirt.

i only bought this one shirt and 1 pair of maternity jeans for my "pregnant" wardrobe.

the shirt is seriously so comfy and perfect every way.

it's long, soft, perfect amount of ruching on the sides to make you look cute.

plus, wearing the black made me feel much skinnier than i probably was.

if you're not going to "buy" any maternity clothes, take back what you said and at least get 1 black and white fitted maternity shirt with elastic sides.

you can wear them with SO many things and their fit makes you feel so good.

an absolute pregnancy wardrobe staple in my book.

plus they're usually cheap.

5. casey.

sorry don't think you can get yourselves this model but maybe you can find something similar

6. a large water bottle.

and i mean LARGE.

you'll be drinking so much water the last thing you want to do is fill up my bottle every 30 minutes.

that's it for now.

send all your "get out baby/go into labor" thoughts my way and i'd surely appreciate it.

and if you'd like to leave any tips on how i can coax this baby to come out, i'd appreciate that too :)

"we know you're in there!"

our new favorite phrase whilst talking sternly to my stomach:

"come out!

we know you're in there!"

it hasn't been working...

39 weeks

let's continue to over hope that the next time i post it will be a real picture of this boy...

PS- also, you know the great thing about taking pregnancy pictures often?
you go back and look at them and it makes you feel good about yourself now seeing yourself so much smaller back when you "thought you were so big."
example: i remember the 30 week picture thinking "i'm so big! blah, i'm only 30 weeks, my friends are smaller than me, i still have 10 to go, mmeh, mmeh, mmeh."
i now look at that picture and am like "woah! I was still so little at 30 weeks! kimber, you look great!!!"
so ladies, if it's just to make yourself feel better at 36-40 weeks, do take pictures, you will appreciate it when you truly are ginormo:)

last essentials.

last night we had our final "what else do we need for this baby" shopping trip.

other than actual baby/post pregnancy essentials,

we picked up ourselves "look we had a baby!" treats.

casey's choices: beef jerky, licorice, zebra cakes, fruit gushers

kimber's choices: pirouette's, gatorade, kit kat bars

together choices: blue berry muffin tops, chocolate covered granola bars, orbit gum

we figured you only have a first baby once so why not celebrate (with treats {don't judge our treat choices})!

we also picked up a frozen oreo pie for a happy 3 years to us and happy pre-baby.

it's pretty dang yummy if i do say so myself.

three.

happy THREE years to us!

 and now it's time for us to have a baby!

wedding pictures here and here

honeymoon pictures here

other anniversaries here

still kickin'

we are currently tip toeing around the end of this pregnancy!

i stepped up to the 38 week box and am so ready to have this baby in my arms already.

heavenly father was so wise when he made women pregnant for 9 months because once you hit that point, you are done and would so rather have the baby out than in.

9 months is the perfect amount of time when you can finally say out loud i'm ready for the baby to be here and you have no fear.

i'm still so very grateful that i do have this little babe inside me though.

it's kinda bizarre to think there's a full grown baby in my stomach just forced to stay in there, ha.

when i roll (literally, i have to roll out) of my bed in the mornings there's a long mirror right in front of me.

and every morning i look at myself and think "woah, my belly is so big! when did that happen!?"

38 weeks 2 days

this baby is more than welcome to come anytime after tuesday afternoon (actually we'd prefer him to come on friday for various reasons:).
tuesday afternoon is when casey finishes his anatomy final for the semester and can finally be depended upon to come back to me whenever birthing this baby begins!

beyond pregnancy, nothing really is going on, ha.
i've finished up pretty much all the projects i've been wanting to do.
i've done a bunch of freezer cooking to prepare for the months ahead.

i do wish there were more fun things and pictures to share at this time...but there's not.
soon there will be a plethora though!
and i can't wait for it!!!!!!