Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Election Day

Pretty cool to have a such a huge national election right after Joanna arrived! I have been thinking a lot about how life had changed in the past 4 years since Will and I spent 3 hours "caucusing" and then watching the results later in the year with my husband who had gotten seriously invested in that election and today spent 30 minutes with our family of 3 voting! Tonight I am sure we will be watching and probably playing with our girl! They said at the church she was the youngest voter of the day and definitely the cutest!

Thought this link was the best thing I have read about the elections! Hope in something more than politics!
http://thegospelcoalition.org/io

Love,
The Messamores


Sunday, November 4, 2012

Wide Awake

There are only so many times mommy can check Facebook and Twitter for entertainment after a certain hour...apparently most of my friends go to bed before midnight these days! Not us Joanna, we are wide awake at 1:12 am! Those two nice long naps this evening must have done you wonders! Mommy's 45 minute nap isn't quite cutting it. However, I will I am sure look back on our odd hours we're keeping these first couple of weeks as one of the things that was special about getting to know each other. Speaking of getting to know you, here are a few things we've learned the past 11 days!
1. You love to snuggle, especially with your whole body curled up on our chests. In fact, we've nicknamed you Joanna, Queen of Snuggles or Snuggle Bear. It's pretty funny commentary to think about what "the queen" would have to say when you get a sad face or we change your diaper and you get MAD!
2. You love your hands, it's pretty cute when they are always by your face!
3. Everyone thinks you are beautiful. Especially us. We also think you are a strong woman already! Literally strong, you hold your head up so much already and sometime push off people who are holding you to try to see! You also let us know how strong and assertive you are when you cry...it is not very often, but when you do, you know what you want!
4. Face Time is the greatest invention! We talk to grandparents most days.. crazy to think about what technology will be around later in your life, but this is awesome for now!

Well, you have decided it's time to sleep...maybe, so time to close. We love
you Joanna Grace, even if it is 1:30am!

Love,
Mom and Dad