G-Pa

I am lucky to have my father-in-law (and future mother-in-law) close by!  Ivelisse doesn't mind all the attention either...

So Peaceful!

1 Month!!!

I feel as though it was just last week that we came home from the hospital! Ivelisse is a month old today.

Kisses

Greatest Feeling Ever!

No More Pictures!

Sleepy Baby!

Hi Mommy!



This picture says it all!

Stupid Hat

New Toy

Popee

We went to my parents' for the weekend.  This is my dad!  He is in love!

Pinterest!!!

For those of you that have not jumped on the Pinterest bandwagon, DON'T!!!  It is highly addictive!  I have tagged a million projects and crafts that I want to do, but will likely never get close to starting.

I did see one idea that I could not resist attempting as it was simple and didn't take much time.  Someone had taken a picture of their child in a laundry basket every month for the first year.  Soooo....

Ivelisse
3 weeks

Official American Citizen!

Everyone asks me how it feels to have a baby now and I never know what to say. Everything is so…well, surreal.  I keep thinking I am going to wake up and she won’t be here…that it was all a dream…a nine month dream!

Christmas Eve!
Five Days Before Ivelisse's Arrival!

We had a lot of doctor appointments the last two weeks, as Ivelisse* was jaundice (still is, but it’s getting better).  Sitting in the waiting room, the nurse would come out and call her name, “Ivelisse H.”  I would just sit there.  The nurse would say it again.  Oh wait, that’s my baby they are calling.  Oops.

Daddy and Timmy weighing Ivelisse at her first doctor's appointment!

I got her insurance and social security cards in the mail the other day and both were addressed to her.  It’s starting to feel a little more real.

Someone calls on the phone and asks “How is Ivelisse?”  I stop and think to myself, she really is here and she is all mine.

Attempt #2!!!

A year ago I resolved to start a blog...

That didn't last long.


My original goal was to post a picture a day for 365 days and write about each picture.  That seemed simple enough, but I found myself missing a day here and there and then trying to catch up later.  Other days, my life seemed so boring and unworthy of a photograph.

Eighteen days ago, my life changed forever!  I now have a subject worthy of a hundred pictures everyday!

Ivelisse Mari
December 30, 2011
5:22 p.m.
6 lbs. 8 ozs.
19 in.

So...my new goal is to take a picture every day for the first year of my baby girl's life. I want to be able to look back and see how she has grown and developed. I want to be able to share my amazing miracle with my family and friends.

The new Live & Learn - Project 365:

1.    Post at least one picture of Ivelisse and/or related subject matter each day. (I will be utilizing my fabulous iPhone and Blogger app to accomplish this.  Hopefully this will eliminate any excuse on my part for not doing so.)

2.    Blog at least once a week about my adventures in motherhood.  (This blog is after all is called “Live & Learn.”)

3.    Occasionally post about other musings in my life.