Nickerson News

Our little community of Greenwich Hill is a cozy, older community nestled in the hustle and bustle of Northern VA. We live right next to I-95, but surprisingly you don’t feel like I-95 is right behind you when you are walking around our little charming, old town feel community.

Abel and I take MANY walks together. He loves the outdoors and I love our time together. It has been gorgeous outside and it is so peaceful during the day that I love to pray as we walk. (not to mention it has really helped me in losing my baby weight)

We have met so many neighbors thanks to Abel. They all know he loves the front pack and have been shocked to see him recently strolling around in his umbrella stroller. This is huge people! He loves to be next to his momma so the handy dandy baby Bjorn comes EVERYWHERE with me. I don’t leave the house without it. It has been the only way I can shop or walk with him up until just last week. I tested out the umbrella stroller and I guess he realized it wasn’t so bad. Plus, he can see his feet and if he can see his feet then he is a happy guy.

During one of our many walks, we saw one of our neighbors, Heidi, outside. She said to me, “Do you want to see my new baby?” I said, “Of course!” She goes in her house and out she comes with her hands clasped together. She reveals this precious things to me.

This is Lucky at 3 weeks old. Today, Lucky is a thriving teenage squirrel. We visit her every time we walk. She doesn’t leave Heidi’s, tree and comes down in the morning and night to get feed by her. She is so tamed it is unbelievable. Heidi didn’t do anything but feed her when she was small so now she thinks that my neighbor is her mother. When Heidi calls her name, she comes running down from the tree and crawls right up Heidi’s arm. Abel loves to watch Lucky run around in her yard. It has become part of our routine when we walk.

And because I can’t do a post without posting pictures of Abel for fear I might get reprimanded for putting up pictures of a squirrel and not Abel…here are a few more from our last photo shoot.

This one is a little blurry, but I couldn’t resist his adorable looking face in this photo.

showing off my adorable son.

Seth was gone for a week and just returned on Sat. so of course he missed us. He especially missed taking pictures of his son all week. What, a whole week without taking pictures of Abel??? I know, you all can’t believe it. That was really hard for Seth to do. So needless to say, when he return he snapped a few 100 within minutes. Enjoy our precious guy.

“Dad, where were you…I’m not used to that big flashy thing since it has been a WHOLE week without it.”

Look everybody, I can touch my feet.

Soon they will be in my mouth. Almost there, just need to lose a few inches in my thighs.

What’s that, you think I’m cute?

Hey dad look over here!

Dad, are you getting this?

I think I’m starting to get a little annoyed at all this picture taking. Can we do something else?

I’ve been working out. Can’t you tell? Aren’t my thighs so muscular?

I got these great lips from my dad.

I’ve had enough!

I meant to say thanks for all your sweet comments a few post back. I have almost reached my goal weight….only 6 more lbs to go!!! And then anything after that will be just extra wonderful. I can’t believe I am making this public, but while I was pregnant I gained…drum roll please…45lbs. Ouch! That was hard to write. Now, before your jaws hit the floor, remember I was carrying a lot of water. Now, I’m not going to blame it all on being swollen. I know I could have eaten better and worked out more, but whatever. Does anyone remember my feet? Oh you don’t. Ok, well to help you remember, here you go. (Sorry, Linny I could only find one of both of our feet) This picture was taken when I was 7 months pregnant, so it really doesn’t show the full blow effect of what they looked liked at 9 months.) Look at those beauties! Now, God didn’t bless me with pretty petite feet even though I am only 5ft. tall. When we were younger (like 10ish) Linny thought my ankles were swollen and she would always tell me I needed to go get them checked out by the doctor. It wasn’t till she was older that she realized I just had fat ankles. Love ya, Linny!

But the good news…. I have lost 39lbs since!!! That is 2.5 Abels (since he is now 16 1/2 lbs) No wonder I was so out of breath every time I walk up my stairs or for that matter, any movement I did when I was pregnant made me out of breath. Carrying all that weight is tough!

Moving on…So, lately my family and their friends (people who have known me since birth) have been saying Abel looks like me when I was young. Here is a photo of me at 1 month old. Why did they think it was so great to put a rug in these portraits? Anyway, you be the judge. What do you think? Does he look like my son?

I found out I was pregnant with Abel!

I remember the day very well. It was a Tuesday and Seth had just left town for his annual business trip (and sure enough he is gone again this week) and wasn’t returning till Friday night. I was at Care Net and my dear friend Linny (mother of Ava) called me to see if I could pick her up a pregnancy test because she thought she might be pregnant. She was coming up the next day to help me with an organizing job. I said, “no problem” and thought for fun I would take one too. HA! Real funny! I was confident it would be negative since we clearly weren’t trying and I wasn’t even late. So, I took the test and started cleaning the bathroom. I actually forgot about the test. No joke. Not because I am so in love with cleaning the bathroom, just because I was THAT certain it was negative. As I was wiping off the sink, I causally glance over my shoulder to see 2 PINK LINES! WHAT! The sponge I was using went flying and I immediately started questioning that second line. As many positive lines I have seen on pregnancy tests at Care Net, I was still in disbelief. I couldn’t believe I took a test at night, ALONE, and Seth was out of town and it was POSITIVE!!!!

Let’s just say it was so hard to keep it from Seth for 3 WHOLE DAYS. I had the hardest time functioning, trying to do my everyday stuff knowing that I was pregnant and Seth didn’t know. I didn’t want to tell him while he was out of town because A) It would be over the phone (lame) b) I wanted to tell him in person and see his reaction C) He would have never been able to concentrate on his work.

Then we he finally arrived home from the airport I was so anxious to tell him, but he told me he was so hungry and you don’t want to tell Seth any important news if he is hungry. So, I quickly found something for him to eat and after I knew he had enough food in his belly…I finally told him. I really wasn’t sure how he was going to act, but he (of course) blew me away and has been an amazing dad ever since. (hello-remember thePreCam photos) That was 100% daddy Seth’s idea.

I am so thankful that God is in charge of our lives and that everything happens in His timing and not ours. We were going to wait a few more months, but God knew we needed Abel. So here’s to you sweet Abel. We are so blessed to have you in our lives. I thank God EVERY DAY for allowing me to have the privilege of being your mother. You have given us so much joy…joy that we never knew existed until you entered our lives. I have so much love for you, a love that you will not know of until you become a parent. Every morning I can’t wait to see your smiling face. We have been blessed with the most precious gift by having you in our lives. Thank you for your smiles, coos, laughs and your personality. I wouldn’t trade it for the world…even those sleepless nights. You mean the world to us! Thank you for letting us be your parents. We love you!