BUMBO SEAT!

Can I just say that I LOVE this thing!

Springtime in Knoxville

Wow! I didn't realize the last post I did was the beginning of April...so sorry. I guess time just slipped away from me. Well, now you can GET EXCITED because I will make up for lost time in this post. We are all doing great--Jesse is growing so fast and it's sad to think he's already almost 5 months old! He is such a joy and has completely stolen his mommy's heart. :) Here are some of the fun things that have taken place in our house over the last few months!

March 2009

On Sunday, March 29th, Joshua and I dedicated our sweet little man to the Lord. It was such a blessing to turn Jesse over to Jesus and ask Him to do amazing things in and through his life. Phillip, Joshua's brother, was able to pray the dedication prayer and that made it just that more special for us! It is a day we will treasure forever.

Jesse all decked out in his dedication outfit from Memaw!

Jesse & Uncle Phillip

Lord, we give our baby boy to YOU!

April 2009

Our Easter weekend was a blast! We started out by taking all the Martin kiddos to see the Easter bunny at the mall. I must say...the picture turned out adorable and Jesse sat on his lap like it was nothing. I wasn't sure if he would freak out, but I guess he's still a little young for that. Easter Sunday we had an awesome church service and then we came home and helped Jesse open his Easter basket. Joshua had a ball with that. We spent the rest of the day at Sally & Pappy's house eating way too much and then finished the day with an Easter egg hunt. I so enjoyed experiencing Easter for the first time as a mommy!

Cousins

I love this picture. :)

Our family after the Easter egg hunt!


April 17th was a BIG day for me, personally. I turned the dreaded 3-0! haha Yep, thats right. I thought it was funny because everyone kept asking me if I was depressed or sad because my twenties were over, and I could honestly say, no way! I think my thirties will be the best years yet and I feel like I have so many wonderful things to look forward to. Anyways, Joshua, our friends & our family made it such a special day for me and having Jesse here to celebrate with us was the icing on the cake!!

May 2009

On May 1st, Jesse and I left town for the weekend for a work conference. The nice thing about this conference is that it just happened to be in my hometown, Va Beach! I think the Lord had it all planned out because my Nan had never met Jesse before, and with her back problems it's so hard for her to travel, so this was a perfect time for her to meet Jesse boy! She was so sweet to watch him for me while I was @ my conference and honestly, I think she would have kept him for good if I would have let her. They bonded!! :) Uncle Brad (my bro) also came to town that weekend from Lynchburg so he could hang out with Jesse and that was such a special treat too! We had a great weekend and it was so refreshing to see some of my family and be "home" for awhile. Oh, and the conference was awesome too!! haha

Jesse & Uncle B

Nan cried when I came to get him...so sad!!

Jesse's 1st plane ride & he did GREAT! Praise God. ;)

Saying Goodbye to Jasmine

Most of you know that whenever I married Joshua, I inherited his English bull dog (Jasmine). She is the sweetest dog -- very gentle and obedient -- you couldn't help but love her and I'm not even a dog person! Well, today is a very sad day because Joshua had to have her put down. Jasmine was born with a very serious case of heredity mange (the reason she doesn't have much hair--she looked more like a pop bellied pig) and it had gotten completely out of hand and had made her very sick. She hasn't eaten anything for the last 8 days and the final straw was last night when Joshua went to take her out to potty and she couldn't even stand up. Joshua was heart broken. So, even though he HATED to put her down, he knew that it was time. Please pray for Joshua today--he is very, very sad. We both loved Jasmine, but Joshua and Jasmine were big time buddies. We will certainly miss her!!

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

I'm not sure if I'm singing the right words to Twinkle, Twinkle (haha), but it was too cute not to post! I think this boy is going to be a music lover. :)

Thank You, Nan!

Last night, we came home to a special package for Jesse from his great-grandmother, my Nan, who lives in Va Beach. She sent him some adorable outfits and other Easter goodies. Thank you so much Nan! I thought you might like to see how much he loves his new bunny. We can't wait to see you in May!!

Fresh out of the bath (smelling soooooo good) and ready to open his present!

I love my Bunny, Nan! Mommy and I named him Flopsy. :)

Spring/Easter Pics

You can never have too many pictures right?! ;) Here are the most recent pics of our little man--taken last Saturday at 13 weeks. WOW...time flies! I want to have some more taken in his Easter outfit, but we'll just see how it goes. ha But for now, I hope you enjoy these!

My favorite!



Def not a fan of the flowers, but I'm a BIG fan of that sweet face!

Here are a few others we had taken while we were there:

Startin' Out Early

What can I say? Jesse is destined to be a UT fan!