I decided to see if I could do this challenge, albeit a little late getting started, but that's usually my style so below is blog where I found the challenge with the "rules" and here goes nothing...

- I love smiling all the time
- I am very charming
- I am ticklish when my parents take my onesie off
- I rolled over out of tummy time!
-I rolled over in my crib which scared me & my parents the first time
-I celebrate my first Easter
- I made my first trip up to PA and I did awesome
- I became a Catholic
-My parents are still overly obsessed with my belly &my cheeks
-I am very alert

Life is good

Happy happy birthday to
-a kindred spirit
-a keeper of my dreams & secrets
-a loyal companion
-a charming soul
-Declan's Godfather
& one of my very best friends.

Happy happy birthday to my younger brother Michael, you my friend, are one of the good ones, so glad to have you in our family.

"First you were a bother, then you were a brother, now you are a friend"

May this be your best year yet! I love you.

One day Declan will ask about the Boston Marathon bombings, one day he will ask why someone killed all those Sandy Hook Students, & one day he will want to know where I was on September 11, 2001 when America changed forever.

I pray I will know just what to say so he knows that yes, evil does exist, but it doesn't control us and there is good in this world. 

I pray he will always look for the good, find the sunshine, offer the hope, and lend the helping hand.

I pray one day we can all understand why these happen but until that day, I will continue to "Look for the helpers."
 

A big congratulations & happy happy birthday to my mom! She won the professional employee of the year award this year at DeSales University. She is one of the most hard-working people I know both professionally and personally and she's role model to all.
Love you Mom! Cheers to many more years!!

http://www.desales.edu/home/news/2013/04/03/desales-names-employees-of-the-year

Little D is sleeping for longer & longer periods of time and even through the night, twice (!!!!). While this behavior isn't expected all the time it sure is welcomed :-)

On Monday afternoon Declan laughed out loud! It was the most magical sound & last night he laughed again for his Dad!! D has been doing a throaty giggle since birth mostly when he is nursing or sleeping but this was an outright laugh & it was so wonderful.

I don't want to go back to work...ever. My heart sinks when I think about that day & while I know it is only for a short time & Declan will be watched by his Dad, Grandma's, & Aunt Laurie I.still.dont.want.to.go.ever.

This little skipper is becoming a Catholic soon & I'm so pumped for that special day & for him joining the faith. I can't wait to teach him all the ins & outs.

Kyle is such a great Dad, we are all very very lucky to have him in our lives. My heart swells thinking about this all the time.

Declan's smile melts my heart.

I can't wait for the beach. I'm so excited to share the place where the majority of my favorite memories were made with Declan.

Life really does come full circle.

Declan is a 20-30 minute napper during the day...so that's that.

I count & recount my blessings daily.

Happiest of birthdays to...

-One of the smartest men I know
-A wonderful father
-A guy who always has my back
-Someone whose words of comfort after a playoff loss during my senior year of college are forever etched in my heart.
-A man I admire for his hard work, dedication, and commitment to everything he does
-An all around great time from sports talk over pints to heart-to-hearts over coffee at the beach

Happy happy birthday to Joseph McDevitt Kelly,one of the best brothers & friends around.  I hope you have a great day & an even better year.

I am smiling up a storm especially for my Mom & Dad
I am holding my head up during tummy time and not hating it as much.
I love having books read to me.
I started sleeping longer periods at night which makes my Mom super happy.
I am very curious about the world.
My parents are obsessed with my belly.
I love dancing in the kitchen to Disney music on Pandora & family walks.
I celebrated my favorite holiday (or so my Mom says) St. Patrick's Day!
Life is good.

Declan's first month of life went by way too fast.

I love these days. 

Declan is smiling more and he started to giggle and it is so awesome.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss eight consecutive hours of sleep, I never thought I would miss it as much as I do...but we are getting by surviving and he sleeping longer stretches during the night.

Nursing is challenging, rewarding wonderful, & exhausting.

It is in those moments at 3:30 AM when I'm dead dog tired and I go to nurse him and he looks up with those big blue eyes, grabs my thumb, and smiles that I am humbly reminded of who & what is important.

I wish my mom was my next-door neighbor, 8 hours away is just not cutting it.

I have to turn my brain off to the thoughts of am I doing this right? Should I not rock him to sleep? I don't want him to depend on that...If he eats every 2 hours is he a snacker? Or is he just Declan, a hungry baby? I have to remind myself the books, blogs, & outside sources aren't Declan's parents & they don't/won't ever know him the way Kyle & I do so we just need to trust our instincts and hearts. Sarah over at Saturday's Story puts it perfectly in perspective http://saturdaysstory.weebly.com/

He looks great in yellow.

I wish I could put food coloring in his milk and dye it green for St. Patrick's Day

He is in his 3 month clothing at 6 weeks...a full baby is a happy baby.

Yesterday I captured Declan's smile & it was awesome. He already has me wrapped around his tiny little finger.