Whew, what a day

Yesterday, my beautiful new car went from this:

To this:

Let me explain.

April, Noah and I were heading to Wing’s to get some lunch. We weren’t two miles from the office. We were in the left lane and a Grand Cherokee was up ahead of us. As we were approaching the stop light (that was green), the GC got in the right lane (not using a blinker) like she was going to turn right at the light. Then all of a sudden, from the RIGHT LANE, she turns LEFT. Since I was behind her, as soon as she turned LEFT I T-boned her into her driver’s side door. Her window immediately smashed and when I hit her, it threw her vehicle into the stop light pole. She wasn’t wearing her seatbelt, so when she hit the pole, she also hit her head on her steering wheel REALLY hard. And that knocked her unconscious.

After it all happened, Noah started screaming so I jumped into the back of the Expedition to get to him. He was fine, just scared. I looked over at the other vehicle and the girl was passed out. Scary! April, who was in the passenger seat of our car, had to basically kick her door open. She got out and went to check on the girl. She called 911 and NOBODY answered!! But they were eventually reached. The paramedics/firemen/policemen had to use the Jaws of Life to get the girl out of her car. She had to have a neck brace put on and had to be tied down to a gurney.

THANK YOU JESUS we were all ok. I have a bad mark from my seatbelt and we are all very sore but thankfully that’s the extent of our injuries. We took Noah to his pediatrician just to get him checked out and the doctor said that he was fine.

I’m just so very thankful that Jesus was watching over my family AND that we were in the Expedition instead of my old Murano.

And before I forget, my little monkey got weighed at the doctor too!

That little chunk weighs 18 lb 3 oz! Can you believe that?!?

And then we had to go buy Noah a new carseat….not because his was damaged but because if you are in a collision of any kind, it voids the warranty on the seat AND it can affect it’s safety. Did you know that? I didn’t until about a year ago! This is what we got:

I wanted to get him another pumpkin seat because they are just so convenient when taking Noah into a restaurant, or when he falls asleep in the car you can just pick the seat up and take him inside, etc. BUT I knew it wouldn’t be long before he outgrew a pumpkin seat too. SO we opted for a convertible seat that he could grow into. The only problem is that it is SO difficult to move! It’s big and bulky and you have to take the cover off the bottom to buckle the seatbelt through it. My friend Brooke watches Noah three days a week for me now and I had to move the seat into her car for the first time today…..IT SUCKS!!!!! And since Noah is not quite ready to sit in a highchair at a restaurant, we have to take his Bumbo in with us so he has a place to sit.

SO that was my day yesterday. At this point, I am just waiting for the police report to get ready (which can take up to 7 days) and THEN I can START getting estimates on my car and try to get a rental car lined up.

The moral of the story?

PAY. A. TTENTION!!!!!

Swimming and 3 month professional pictures

First of all…thank yall SO much for the recommendations for the breathable bumper! I had never heard of it before and it’s exactly what we need! So thanks!

Ok now on to pictures! This past weekend, Noah took his second dip into a swimming pool…this time at my Mom’s. He loves the water-as long as you are holding him. It usually takes him some time to warm up to the idea of sitting alone in his frog float.

 

And I finally got Noah’s 3 month pictures picked out, ordered and they have arrived! These are just a few of my favorites.

Is that last one not the CUTEST?!?!? All of the pictures were taken by Courtney Blue with Courtney Blue Photography. She does a fabulous job and is very reasonably priced! Plus she goes to church with me and has the cutest family with three girls! AH! Totally off subject, but now that I’ve had Noah I don’t even know if I could handle having a girl next time!

Hmmm…next time. Did I just say that?

What we’ve been up to

Last week was a looong week. Noah’s babysitter had some things come up so he went to work with me all week…which led to a VERY tired Mommy and a VERY attached baby. I didn’t think babies were supposed to experience separation anxiety this early, but Noah definitely doesn’t like for me to be out of sight these days.

BUT we still had a fun week.

We worked hard checking on rental property with Aunt April…

We tried on sunglasses at Wal-Mart (sitting like a big boy in the stroller!!)…

And we mastered our new favorite past-time. Spraying Mommy and getting ALL of our extra outfits dirty!

Noah also got his first cold on Saturday. NOT fun! His little nose just pours but is stopped up at the same time! He can’t breathe well at night….which makes for some looooong nights for Mommy and Daddy.

He also has mastered rolling over, both ways. We lay him in his bed at night and somehow he manages to roll over in his sleep and ends up waking up screaming because an arm or leg has gotten caught in the crib railing. Do yall know of anything we could use to put around the edges of the crib to prevent that from happening? I know I could just put his bumpers back on but I’m scared he will suffocate now that he’s more mobile. Any suggestions?

Sometime this week (maybe tomorrow?) I’ll post some of Noah’s 3 month pictures that we had taken and some pictures of his second swimming session!

Our weekend

We had a very busy Father’s Day weekend. And as I type that, I just realized that we didn’t take a SINGLE picture of Brad and Noah for Father’s Day. Bad mother I am! But I digress….

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Noah attended his third birthday party (not HIS third birthday, but his third party to attend!).

Of course he had to have his two favorite toys with him at all times…his butterfly and his BIB!

And he had to take a short nap.

“Did you say CAKE?!?!”

And Noah’s new favorite game is to lay upside down off the edge of your legs. That will keep him occupied for at least 10 minutes!

And we spent some time with our newest friend, Aisley. Isn’t she so cute?!?

And THEN after the party, we took Noah swimming for the very first time. He loved it….for about 2 minutes. But what’s new, huh?

“Seriously Mom? Seriously??”

This was taken within the two minutes of liking the pool!

 

We are pooped! And this is totally off subject, but just so I can remember…so far we have mastered eating rice cereal (hates), green beans (loves), squash (loves), rice cereal with apple (will tolerate), applesauce (favorite!), and we are currently working on peas (pretty much hates).

I love the stage we are in. Noah is big enough to tote around on my hip and he is my little sidekick. He loves his Mommy and is starting to show preference for me…meaning when he gets tired or something is not quite right, he wants his Mommy and I LOVE IT! :o) And that’s not to say that he doesn’t love his Daddy, but little boys have a special bond with their Mommy’s!

Hope yall have a great week this week!

Improvising 101

When your four month old baby wakes up at 5:00am for the day and you are trying to get ready for work, what do you do?

First, you put him in the bed to watch cartoons. If he still cries, put him in his carseat in the floor where you are. Give him a few toys. If he STILL cries….IMPROVISE!

Put that crying baby in the SINK! That way he can be closer to you and look at himself in the mirror!

You are welcome!

It’s a GREAT Monday!

Want to know why?

Because I got a new car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Four months

Look who is already four months old!! Here is what Noah has been up to this past month:

• In size 2 diapers-Pampers Swaddlers. I HATE Huggies with a passion.
• Wearing size 3-6 month clothing
• Weighs 16 lb 11 oz…95th percentile for weight! Hubba hubba!
• Drinks 5-7 oz during the day, has 2 tbsp of cereal for breakfast and a jar of baby food at dinner
• Lately he’s been waking up twice a night and eating 4.5-7 oz each time he wakes up
• He is getting closer and closer to holding his bottle. He wants to hold it so bad!

• Still likes his bath, I don’t think he loves it anymore. He still kicks and splashes but he never cracks a smile!
• He loves his Bumbo seat for about 10-15 minutes but I doubt he will be using it much longer because his legs are almost too fat to fit in it anymore!
• Has said “Mama” three times! I can’t get him to say it on command, he just says it when he wants to!
• Still loves chewing…his hands mainly but he also loves to chew his burp cloth or rings

• Has started going to a babysitter (a good friend of mine, Brooke) three days a week. One full day and two half days. I’m glad we are easing into the transition of moving to daycare in August!
• So far we have eaten rice cereal and green beans. Tomorrow we are trying squash!
• LOVES tv, especially ESPN…
• His hair has days that it will lay down and days that it is as crazy as ever

• He loves just laying in the floor and kicking his legs. He will do it for like 30 minutes!
• He is SOOO close to rolling over from his back to his belly. He can roll the lower half of his body over but not the top half.
• He loves his Mommy and follows my every move with his eyes!
• Mommy and Daddy love you to pieces Wo!