week day morning

Being a mom with a full time job is not easy but by the grace of God I'm making it. Kissing my sweet girl goodbye is not easy but it's what seems right for our family right now. Here we are cuddling this morning.

santa, baby

Well let me show you what's been going on recently. We took AC to the Green Hills mall to meet Santa last Friday night. She's too small to be scared of him so we think the pictures turned out well. These are the side snapshots that we took while the "real" photographer was snapping away.

We hope you are having a great time preparing for this special time of year!

long time, no blog

I had no idea how busy my life really would be after Anslee arrived. I thought I would update this blog constantly. Time with family has been at the forefront of my priorities but I am going to try to catch up a little.

I've been thinking/talking/praying a lot about facebook and what I share there. I am going to try to update this blog more regularly as a way for our family and friends to keep up with us. Facebook is great but I've started thinking that maybe all 400+ of my friends don't want a play by play of what's going on with the Bobel Family.

So if you want to see what we are up to and keep up with our growing girl please check here for the most info and pictures. We would love to do the same with you and your family!

so fresh and so clean

soaking in nice warm bubbles

this baby loves a bath!

2 weeks

Anslee Claire - 2 weeks

I still can't believe that we have a daughter. My pregnancy seems like a blur now that Anslee is actually here. We had her 2 week check up and she was 7 lbs even (birth weight was 6lbs 12oz). She is growing well and couldn't be more perfect in our eyes.

a few hours before and after

one last shot of my big belly. brian took this right as we got to the hospital.

this must be post epidural. i threw up the white flag after about 6 hours of labor.

our very sweet nurse, Sherry. she was a character!

getting to hold my beautiful girl for the first time.

does that look like a proud dad or what?

totally in love.

look at her cute bow!

meeting her grandparents for the first time

more meeting grandparents and one of her aunts.

Lee's so proud!

nursery

Here's the final product of the hard work we did on our daughter's room.

the closet doors brian made

a very full closet! this is the project brian worked so hard on. he made the entire closet accessible by cutting the wall out and customizing the inside.

crib and bedding

the rocking chair is what my mother used to rock me. she got it from her grandparents porch because it was her favorite of all their chairs. it's so comfy!

that's the cabinet i found at an antique mall. i painted it "sweet cheeks". it's full of sentimental things and i love it!

changing table. don't worry...the mirror is now mounted!

Her rug is wool and is light yellow and cream. The room is very relaxing and we are loving using the closet, changing table and rocking chair. We will have to wait a bit on putting her in that crib!