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| I'm not sure I can explain the time problem I'm having right now. It seems that lots of things are happening over such a small span of time that time seems messed up. We've had a baby..I've directed a play...We went to two Christmas parties for work and church...We had all of the family here for Christmas...I had a minor surgery..etc. It feels like a year has passed, as well as only a minute. I can't believe Caleb is already a month old, and yet I also can't believe it's only been a month since he arrived. Life feels so different now, like I've been doing the mother-thing forever. Yet, it's only been four weeks. I look at his precious mug and I am in awe that he could already have put on almost two pounds and already be growing out of his car bed (a car seat for li'l guys). All I can say is that it makes me so appreciative of each moment. God has blessed our family so much this year already. I love being a mom and a wife. Jeff has been so supportive and is a wonderful daddy. You should see him hold Caleb. You almost forget that I once believed he was a bouncer! :0) Anywho, that's all for today. Advice: hold on to every minute of life. It goes by way too fast.
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| I can't believe how much has happened in less than two weeks! I'm sorry that I haven't gotten to blog lately, but honestly it was the last thing on my mind when all that I want to do lately is stare at the face of our baby boy! Caleb David was born on Wed. December 6th. He was 18 1/2 in. long and 4lbs .8oz. For all the details of the labor and the crazy day proceeding, read our family blog (www.milestogofromhere.com). Caleb had to spend his first 7 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit because of his low birth weight. There was nothing wrong with him, just a bit of a lightweight  So, to say the least our family has been very busy lately. We have had visitors galore and have enjoyed every minute of it. Well, my boy needs to eat, so I must run. I will try to write more later, but seriously check the family website, it has a lot more info and gets updated a whole lot more.
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| Ever since I can remember, birthdays were to be celebrated for at least a week. This was tradition, and it could not be broken. Jeff, on the other hand, grew up in a home where birthdays consisted of a couple of hours of celebration..dinner, cake, ice cream, and gift opening. So, this year I introduced to him the Williams' way of birthdays. We celebrated with my family, his family, our leadership group, and twice at home. It was glorious. I think he enjoyed it, too. I even made up a birthday game as the finale. It makes me look forward to having kids even more. Celebrating other people is so much fun. Watching their eyes light up is worth every second of planning. So, whether or not Jeff had as much fun as I did, I sure am glad this month was his birthday, cause I had a blast!
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| I noticed the other day that I was using the word frustrated way too much. In reality, things weren't all that frustrating, they just weren't going according to plan. Okay, maybe they were going according to Plan, but not MY plan. I think that is where I'm at right now. I am learning that my plan will most likely not be followed. I probably won't do all the things that I planned, people probably won't do exactly everything that I feel they ought, and life in general may look different than what I thought was ideal; but that doesn't make it wrong or frustrating. I'm learning to enjoy the detours, the mishaps, the things that rock my boat of "perfect." Now that I say this, I'm sure I'm in for a few more "frustrating" times, but bring them on, and may I find contentment and joy in them all.
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