Jimmy is here!!!!!!!!!

The day James and I have been waiting for finally came! On Sunday, October 16th, "Jimmy" James Samuel Vas Dias Jr. entered our lives! He was born at 3:24pm and was 8lb 8oz and 20.5in long! His head was 14.5cm wide. Yikes!! He was born at home in the birthing tub in our very own living room. My labor was only 6 hours long, which definitely was a blessing. The past 12 days have been some of the best of my lif - tiring, but sure worth it. :) I am enjoying every second of being Jimmy's mother and I am so blown away at how amazing of a father James is. He has exceeded every expectation I had and is so loving and caring to both Jimmy and me. I am extremely grateful to Jesus for the blessing of raising a beautiful child and excitingly look forward to who Jimmy will become. This time when he is so young is very special and despite the lack of sleep or control over my own time and schedule, I am definitely soaking up every second of it, since I know it won't last long. He already gained a whole pound over a five day period!!! Haha!

This is a favorite of mine... James and Jimmy :) my two loves!!!

and this is Jimmy's favorite daytime activity! He sleeps, and sleeps, and sleeps...

I love this one too. His onesie says, "mommy rocks" so cute! I think auntie Sarah gave us this one.

Daddy and Jimmy at bedtime...

 

Check out the knee socks!! Those are from auntie Jennie.

I love the sleep grins!!!!!

My first car ride - 11 days old

Daddy is so strong - I'm glad he carried me and the dipe bag so Mommy didn't have to :)

Well, I hope that wasn't too many photos... I'm obviously in LOVE with my little guy and can't get enough of his serious cuteness!

I hope you all enjoy!

xoxoxo

Family Time!

Wow... July sure was a month full of great times and great people! We got to go to Lake Shasta with James' family. We stayed on a ranch near the dam and we boated everyday! It was so much fun and especially for me since I've never experienced boating the way they do it up. I got to see a side of James I've never seen before - the water skiier, wake boarder, wake skater and wake surfer! He's so good at water sports! Of course all I tried was tubing...very slowly behind the boat. :)

Go James!!!



James, Me, Crystal and Peter




Big family! Vas Dias, Cecil, Hoska, Sommer, Bishop, Erickson, did I miss anyone?



The Vas Dias family :)

It was a great trip! I absolutely loved spending so much time with James' family. It's always wild and lots of fun! They even threw us a surprise baby shower!!! :) So cool!! We were totally shocked. This trip was one we will always remember!

lone ranger

Well, today and for the next two days I will be a lone ranger. James went on the HSE high school wilderness trip in Cuyamaca. It's funny how being at work, which is something I normally do on a Tuesday, feels lonely. I am so glad he got the opportunity to be a part of the trip though. God really does amazing things for the students when they put themselves in a position to hear from him with great expectation!
This month sure has been busy! We seem to find no extra time for anything these days. Hahah. James gets back Friday from wilderness, then Sunday morning we head to the airport for our trip to Lake Shasta with his family! I am so excited, since I don't have much experience vacationing on a lake or boating. I think I'm really going to enjoy it :)
In other news, we recently got a new washer and dryer! What an exciting blesssing... I definitely never thought it would be such an exciting thing when I was a kid... I am sure they will be my new best friends after baby comes and the cloth diapering is my part time job! ;)

Aren't they gorgeous?! James and I were thinking he could build a stand for them, since the ones you can buy are waaay overpriced. How might he do such a thing? With his new 18V Ryobi drill, of course! (That was his awesome first father's day present!)

Yes, that's a silly card I made... it's a tie with a lace border. I promise, it was very cool.

Last weekend James got stung by the bee on his eyebrow! We were just hanging out at the beach with friends when all of a sudden the little bugger lands on his brow and BAM! ouch... stinger in...

The weird thing was it didn't swell until two days later! Yikes. He ended up having to get steroids from the doc, since it just wasn't going away. He turned out just fine though :)

And this past week we had our dear friends Taylor and Vicky over for a scumptious mexican dinner! We've managed to make a lovely rendition of Rimel's grilled potato quesadillas and the green sauce they put on top...so yum! We should have taken more pictures, but here's one Tay got of the dinner table.

So fun!! I love summertime and eating dinner outside :) it's just one of the best things ever!

How about one last photo for all those wondering how big I am...

26 weeks! woo hoo!!!! (Mind you this was after a long day of two baby showers and a sushi dinner, I promise I don't look that big in the morning. heh)

Love from Abs!!!

first post!

Here it is, the very first post on the Jim & Ab blog!

James and I are pretty busy people these days - I'm six months pregnant, James is now a full-time pastor on staff at Horizon as well as a student at Horizon college and in the midst of our jobs, preparing for baby, and all of life's other demands, we're pretty busy, but happy people! My favorite thing about this season of our life is just enjoying each other's company any second we get. Now that I am in my second trimester, it's much easier to wake up in the mornings and spend time with James enjoying breakfast and reading the Bible together. I am very excited about the challenge we've just taken on to read the Bible in one year - I've always wanted to do this! Being pregnant has already changed the way we live in minor ways and I know it's just preparation for our lives to change MAJORLY when baby comes. :)

I've started swimming on my own and doing a water aerobics class. I LOVE being in the water - it's the one time my body feels 100% great right now! I wish I could swim every single day, but I am thankful for the moments I get in the water. I am a little nervous about the weather getting warmer since we don't have air conditioning at the house, but I am sure we will make it through.

We're taking Bradley classes, which are all about having a husband-coached natural child birth. The classes are very informative and it's good to be around other couples who are having natural births. There's even a couple who attends the class that has the same midwife as us and they are due one week before us! So exciting! As we count down the months, it's pretty wild how quickly it's all coming. Before we know it we will be holding our little bundle of joy in our arms and be very tired but happy parents. God is so good and knows just what His children need. We are so looking forward to the blessing of being entrusted with a life to care for and know we are in for major growth!

Just a few recent pictures... I am 23 weeks in both pictures. The one on the top was right before we had lunch with our friend Lee and the one the bottom is after lunch on Father's Day.