Bath Time

So mommy and daddy gave me my first bath and boy was it nice!! They got to take my harness off of me which let me stretch all the way out! My favorite part of my bath was getting my hair washed. I love how curly my hair is when it's wet. Mommy got a little emotional during my bath time. At the hospital she wasn't able to see my cute little toes because they put the harness on me right away. It has booties for my feet and it's a pain to take off. So when we saw my toes, she lost it! Daddy says she gets emotional easily because she loves me so much! I can't wait for more baths! I love getting pampered!

I'm Finally Here!!!

Hi everyone! I'd like to introduce myself. My name is William Lee Mihalek. You can call me Will. I finally decided to make my debut on Friday, October 1, 2010 at 12:30 a.m. I am a big boy! I weighed 9 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches long. You can see that I am really healthy!

My mommy and daddy were so excited to finally meet me. Daddy met me upstairs and helped clean me off and gave me my first bottle. My mommy had to recover after the surgery. Finally I got to go see her and she cried! My parents love me so much!

My Grandma and Grandpa Rosema, my Uncle Chad, and Aunt Jaime came to visit. It was so nice to finally put voices to their faces. They fell in love me and could you blame them? I have to say I'm pretty cute!

We spent a few days in the hospital so my mom could recover. Lots of people came to see me. I got passed around from person to person and it was fun! Finally on Sunday they let us go home. Mommy and daddy put me in my car seat and we were off. We pulled into the driveway and there it was! My new home! There were balloons in the front yard, a Happy Birthday banner wrapped around our front tree, a sign on the porch, a scarecrow to welcome me home with three pumpkins. Very cool!

We walked into our house and my daddy laid me in my crib. Boy is it huge!! I'm sure I'll grow into it! My room is the coolest! And it's filled with sports things! I'm one lucky boy! You'll have to check back to see what I've been up to in my world. I'm sure I will have many adventures for you to read about!

Waiting Patiently

So we are waiting patiently for the arrival of our little boy. His clothes are all washed in Dreft, his crib sheet has been washed a couple of times, his diaper bag is packed and ready, and my hospital bag is set to go. We can't believe that he is almost here! It seems like yesterday we found out that God had blessed us with a pregnancy that we had thought would take an eternity to happen. Then ultrasound after ultrasound and appointment after appointment, he is finally almost here. Wow!! It's so amazing and it's finally hitting us...we are going to be parents!

As I sit here feeling nervous, anxious, excited, overwhelmed with joy, I thank God for this blessing. I pray a prayer of thankfulness every day for this gift growing inside of me. I feel his kicks and it brings joy to my heart. I feel him roll and hiccup and I am just amazed at the miracle of life. God is so good and we are so blessed!

So as I'm closing out this entry for today, I sit and speak to our little one...

Our precious little boy,

Your daddy and I are so excited to meet you! And there are many others that are excited to meet you too!! We have prayed for you every day and so many others have also. We know you'll come when you're ready! I hope you're ready to be cuddled, read to, sung to, and just loved to pieces.

We love you!

Mommy and Daddy

The Nursery is Done!

Our baby nursery is finally complete! I have been waiting all summer to have it finished and I am so excited to be able to have our little one use it! Many thanks to my parents and Jaime for helping with the painting. A huge thank you to my sister Jaime for all of her hard work organizing the drawers and closet. She is an organizational queen!! I can't believe that in 7 weeks we will welcome home our little boy and show him his room. We are both so excited and nervous, but thank God every day for the chance to be parents. Here are some pictures of the nursery. Enjoy!

Here's Jaime working hard at putting up the sport decals.

His dresser is already filled with clothes and is neatly organized. The glider has already had many stories read in it. We just can't wait to rock our little one in it!

The adorable bookshelf my 2nd graders decorated for me. They gave it to me at their surprise shower. So cute!! I know our little one will LOVE books!

The neatly organized closet! Jaime also helped with that. She is an organizing queen!

And finally the crib in the sports bedding that Nate picked out. I know our little one will enjoy sports as much as Nate does!

The Basement is Almost Done!

As I sit here listening to the pounding of nails and workers voices in the basement, I'm so excited!! Our carpet is getting laid as I sit here blogging. It seems like it's been a long and drawn out process that we just want done! While we were in Nebraska we had someone prime and paint a first coat on our spare room and living room and finish some last minute dry wall. When we returned from Nebraska my family came over and helped paint the computer / laundry room and put second coats on the rest of our rooms. Now the end is finally in sight and we are extremely thrilled! I should have pictures up later this week.

The most fun and exciting part should begin by the end of the week....the BABY'S NURSERY!!! I have been wanting to start it since we picked up our crib and dresser a month ago. I am so excited to decorate our little boy's room in his sport's themed room. I know once the nursery is done I'll just sit in the glider and stare in awe that this finally happening. Only 11 more weeks and our little one will be here. I can't believe it! I thank God everyday for this blessing that he's given to the both of us!

A Baby on the Way

So I haven't blogged in a very, very, long time. It's been a crazy, busy year with school and just life! You all may know by now that Nate and I are expecting a baby boy in September. We are very excited and so blessed!! We have prayed for a long time that God would bless us with a child and we just can't wait for our little boy to get here. It's been an amazing journey of faith and prayer and we wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for our friends and family!

The baby journey has been so exciting so far! We've been to quite a few ultrasounds and have seen our very active little one! He'll be playing football for sure! I've even started feeling some of his football movements this past week. Amazing!! I will post the ultrasound pictures as soon as I scan them.

We had a great time surprising my family with the gender of the baby. Of course my mom said she had a feeling we were having a boy! They are so excited to be grandparents!!

My group of second graders gave me a wonderful surprise baby shower and I'm still in shock that they kept such a big secret for me. I'll post pictures of the shower soon!! I've been writing down some of their comments as they go through this journey with me. Kids say the funniest things!

Less than 20 weeks and we'll welcome our little boy! We both can't wait!

The Great Turtle Race of 2009

So it's been a very long time since I've updated our blog. I apologize! We've been so busy with the start of school and I have to admit, I update a lot on Facebook and have been neglecting our blog. So here is an update of what's been going on in our busy lives.

We've both been very busy with the start of the school year. I can't believe it's almost Halloween and we'll be done with two months of school! Nate has finished his football season and is working hard on writing his thesis. I have been just busy with my busy and very energetic group of second graders.

This past weekend we were able to get away for a couple days to Mackinac Island. The weather on Friday was horrible and it made for a long journey by boat and finally by taxi to our hotel. What an adventure! Let's just say I have a very patient husband to put up with all of my complaining about being too wet and cold!

So why did we go to Mackinac Island in the fall? Nate has gotten back into running and had set a goal to run The Great Turtle Race, which is a 5.7 mile race on the island. The race started by Old Mission Point and went up through the island and back around down the shoreline. He finished the race in 45:24. I was so proud of him as he came across the finish line. Wow! Our friends Travis and Sam came with to cheer him on. What a fun weekend once we were dry! Enjoy the pictures!

Nate warming up before his race.

Nate coming across the finish line. Wow! Check out that form!

Walking around the island in the cold and mist.

Look at the rainbow and the color of those trees? Beautiful!

One last picture before boarding the ferry! I am one lucky girl!