The Beach!!

We took Noah on his very first vacation this past Memorial Day weekend to Gulf Shores! We had so much fun! Unfortunately for everyone (including our two good friends that joined us for the trip, Brian and Jenn) Noah’s teething kicked into high gear. We have been giving him Baby Orajel, teething tablets and even Infant Tylenol (off brand of course). He is so irritable and screechy…poor baby!

Ok-picture time! Gulf Shores is about a five hour drive from where we live. We listened to Noah cry for about an hour then decided to pull over and play for a while instead. Luckily after we played, he fell asleep and slept most of the way there.

Friday night, we introduced Noah to LuLu’s! He loved it!

Then we went to Dip-N-Dots…

And Sea-N-Suds…

He didn’t last very long there!

One morning we woke up, brushed Noah’s hair and it actually laid down! All by itself! But it only lasted for a morning!

Noah also tried reallllllllly hard to roll over. He made some progress but never rolled over all the way.

And THEN we got ready for the beach!

Getting ready…

Almost there…

Cheese!!!

Such a ham! I don’t know where he gets that from…

Toes in the sand!

Dipping his toes in the water!

Family picture!

If you are still reading this, bless your heart! We had a blast, but we are so glad to be home and back into our normal routine.

I bet I gained five pounds while we were there yall. The diet is back on tomorrow with FULL FORCE!!

Happy Memorial Day!

My favorite day

Two years ago today, I married my best friend.

One year ago today, the most beautiful baby in the WORLD started growing in my belly.

I love this day!

Our weekend

We have had a wonderful weekend! It was chocked full of cartoon watching…

Lounging around the house…

And geocaching!

Brad, Noah and I went searching for a particular cache Saturday afternoon. The cache was located in a park, close to a bench that was surrounded by landscape rocks. As I was searching, I saw a bird by the bench that was about 5 feet away from me-pretty close for a bird. It was squawking like crazy and puffing itself up. As I walked closer to the bird to figure out why it was so mad, it didn’t move. It just kept squawking louder and puffing bigger. I circled it, jumped at it, said BOO!!!!, but it would.not.move!! I got about a foot from it before Brad told me to leave it alone. And then I figured out what it was doing.

Look closely and you will see four eggs under the bird. It was a Momma bird protecting her babies! Then I felt like CRAP for scaring her. She is a brave little bird and stood her ground. I told Brad that I wanted to come back in a few weeks to see the babies!

Anywho, tomorrow is Brad and I’s two year anniversary! We are celebrating by going to eat at my all-time FAVORITE restaurant…The Bright Star!! Mmmmmmm….. And as an extra-special anniversary present, Brad’s mom is keeping Noah ALL NIGHT LONG!! I’m having mixed emotions. We will see if I can make it all night!

Peyton’s Kindergarten Graduation

Yesterday my nephew graduated Kindergarten! Noah and I attended the ceremony…he pooped, had LOUD hiccups, then fell asleep. Fun times.

My brother-in-law, Noah, my Mom and April

 

The graduating class…well half of them…

Peyton’s class…

They showed a slideshow of pictures from throughout the year. They turned the lights off and played music during the slideshow…Noah didn’t last long!

Peyton and Big Mama…

Congratulations Peyton! We love you!!!

Rain, rain go away

It has been raining cats and dogs here since yesterday! As I was driving home from work yesterday, the street was practically flooded!

This morning around 6am, I got a call from our answering service at work. Apparently a tree had fallen on one of our rental houses.

No fun! Luckily no one was home.

I saw the outside and my maintenance man walked up and said, “And this isn’t even the bad spot. Look inside!”

Well I did and he was right. The insulation and ceiling had completely caved in and I could see the sky from INside the bedroom!

That’s the inside. It isn’t that great of a picture…the power lines got wrapped up in the tree that fell so there was no power. But the white glows at the top of the picture are the sunlight coming through the roof!

That’s not going to be a fun job to clean up.

We just got back from my nephew’s Kindergarten graduation and it’s STILL raining. I took tons of pictures so look for that post coming soon!

Your weekly update!

My step-dad finally gave me some pictures from Noah’s baby dedication so here are a few more for your viewing pleasure:

In other news…

I have completely fallen off the diet train. I lost 27 pounds, then gained three back, then lost two, then gained one, etc. As of this morning, I am still four pounds heavier than I was pre-pregnancy. I want to lost those plus 12 more and that’s never going to happen with me slacking all the time. So the diet is back ON (except for on my anniversary when Brad is taking me to my FAVORITE restaurant EVER and next weekend when we and some friends go to the beach! I have been craving some good seafood….IF we can even get any seafood…stupid oil spill…)

Anyway, for some reason Noah has been waking up twice a night for the past couple of weeks. 12am and 4am without fail. We’ve tried keeping him up later and later (even until 10:30pm), we’ve tried giving him more to eat before bed, nothing works. Any ideas? I’m hoping that once we start solids in a few weeks (if the pediatrician gives us the go ahead) that will help tie him over through the night.

Happy Thursday and Happy Grey’s Anatomy season finale night! Woo Hoo!

Mother’s Day

Last year on Mother’s Day I remember wondering if I would be pregnant by Mother’s Day 2010. Who would have known that I wouldn’t be pregnant...but have a beautiful 3 month old baby instead!! I thoroughly enjoyed my first Mother’s Day with Noah.

Not only was it Mother’s Day, and not only did Noah turn three months old that day, but Noah was also dedicated at church!

We are the second to last family on the right. There were so many other babies being dedicated as well that poor Brad had to stand behind me and we didn’t really get a good picture of us on stage.

But it was still a special moment for us. And in case you are wondering, yes my arms were killing me by the time we finished!

Noah was worn out from the festivities! And my first Mother’s Day present was a new flowerbed! Brad completely redid it…front and back!

Yesterday, we had Noah’s 3 month pictures taken. I wish I would have had some newborn pictures taken of him, but I just felt so overwhelmed with everything at the time. I’ll be sure to post some of his latest pictures though next week!

Happy weekend!

3 months old!

Noah turned three months old on Mother’s Day. It was such a busy day for us, I didn’t even take his three month picture! I know, bad Mommy. But we took a few last night…

Here is what Noah has been up to lately:

• In size 1-2 diapers and about to move to size 2 as soon as we run out of this pack!
• Wears a few 0-3 month clothes, some 3-6 month
• Weighs 15 lb 13 oz…as our preacher said, “He’s a hoss!”
• Drinks 4-7 oz every 2-3 hours during the day and wakes up once or twice a night IF he wakes up at all!

• We just moved to size 3 nipples…Noah LOVES ‘helping’ hold his bottle. Unfortunately, his helping usually involves him pulling the bottle out of his mouth and then getting mad about it!
• We just took the hammock out of his bathtub…so now he loves to kick his legs and splash around! We started giving him his bath in his tub in the big tub last night (instead of on the kitchen counter) to avoid further messes!

• Has his Daddy and MiMi wrapped around his finger when he cries his ‘pitiful cry’
• Still has gas constantly but it doesn’t bother him….he’s still the stinkiest baby I’ve ever known!
• Is starting to look a teensy bit like Mommy
• LOVES his Bumbo seat finally
• Loves practicing his ‘squats’ with Mommy in the mornings
• Will say “oooo” and “guuuu” on command..see picture below!

• Somehow knows when you are feeding him with your left hand and will pitch a fit until you switch hands and feed him with your right hand
• LOVES chewing on burp clothes, his HANDS, and teethers
• Has started liking his bouncy seat now that he can kick and bounce it
• The wind blowing on his face takes his breath away but he loves being outside

• If he’s awake, he will sit by himself (in the swing, Bumbo, crib) for about 15 minutes…then you must hold him the rest of his awake time…or you’ll be sorry!
• Nicknames include: No-No (Brad gets on to me about that one), Monkey, Monkey Moo, Moo Moo, Munckin, Munckie, Bitty, Stinky-for obvious reasons, and Slobber Biscuit

• He’s the cutest baby in the WORLD and Mommy and Daddy would do anything for him! We love you Noah!

What we’ve been up to

I’ve been blog slacking again. But I’ve got a great excuse!! We’ve been very busy!

We’ve been napping…

Sitting in our Bumbo seat…

Having Auntay give us a ponytail (shh…don’t tell Daddy!!)…

Being dedicated at church on Mother’s Day…

And turning three month’s old!! As soon as I get the pictures off my Mom’s camera from the baby dedication, I’ll post them! AND as soon as I take Noah’s three month picture (hopefully tonight) I’ll post about that as well!

Toodles!