On my mind April 30, 2008

If you read Pat’s blog yesterday, you know that we FINALLY went to the dentist yesterday.  Pat’s appointment was at three and mine was at four.  I pulled into the parking lot as Pat was pulling out.  Let  me just tell you that I have an awesome husband!  Pat really took care of things for us.  By the time I got in the dentist office, Pat had filled out all the paper work for the both of us.   Every person in there knew who I was and had just spoken with Pat.  Even the check out lady knew that when making future appointments I wanted the last possible slot so that I wouldn’t need to take off from work. 

Dealing with the dentist made me realize once again how wonderful Pat is.  He really does take care of me.  I never have to worry about the finances (believe me…no one would want me in charge of their finances!), the cars, the garage, or the yard.  He is taking care of Shay while I work for the remainder of the year.  He even finds time to help with the laundry, dishes, and cleaning. 

I am blessed.

Birthday weekend April 27, 2008

We had a good weekend.  Steve and Janice came up for Pat’s birthday.  Friday night we were able to go out to eat with some friends.  Saturday Janice and I hit up some yard sales at the Polo Club.  I made out with tons of cool baby stuff that I wasn’t about to pay full price for.

For lunch we went up to the falls and had a picnic.  It was great being outside on such a beautiful day.  Shay did well with all the activities.  I think he’ll enjoy being outside more often.

Here are some pics from the weekend.

Shay had a good little nap.

Gran Jan and Shay having a bonding moment.

Pat and I (the bottle is root beer in case you were wondering)

Big Dog felt like Rocky after hiking down and up all of those stairs!

Teddy reminds us that everything is OK

Lil’ Rock Star April 23, 2008

Yesterday Pat put Shay in a black onsie that said lil’rock star on the front.  I have to say that Shay is a rock star after getting 4 shots at the doctor’s.  Yesterday was his two month well visit.  I was dreading the visit because of the horror stories I’ve heard of vaccination day.  Shay did great!  He handled the shots like a man.  He hasn’t had any side effects from the shots which is great.  I think he’s been a little sore, but that’s to be expected.

Shay now weighs 11 lbs. 4 oz.  He is now in the 37th percentile..we’re moving up!  He has grown two more inches in length, and is head is an inch larger in circumference. 

I am so proud to be Shay’s mom.  He handles pain better than I do!

Stay tuned for amazing pics of Shay and Bora cuddling this morning.  I think Bora is quite fond of Shay.

Thankful April 21, 2008

Today I’m thankful that:

• Pat is grocery shopping for me!
• Shay slept 8 hours last night!
• Ellie is doing well in Nessa’s belly
• I finally graded all 100 research papers
• Noah was able to cut our grass
• Pat’s birthday is on Friday

I’m really thankful for so much more, but these few things were just on my mind at the moment.

Cute April 19, 2008

Everyday Shay is doing something new.  Lately, it has been grabbing onto whatever he sees.  Usually it’s my hair or necklace.  Here are some recent pictures of Shay

I came home from work the other day and Pat had given Shay a bath.  Notice his new hairdo…Pat have him a faux hawk!

Shay and Bora like to spend time together.  Shay has also found his fist to use as a pacifier.

Shay is ready for the day!

Sleep April 16, 2008

I am happy to report that Shay is sleeping pretty well at night.  We are trying to get him in the routine of going to sleep after his 8:00 feeding.  The past two nights he has gone 7 hours from the 8:00 feeding.  That still means that I am getting up at 3:00 to feed him, but it’s a huge improvement.  He goes right back to sleep after I feed him, so it has been a huge blessing.

I’ve been doing some research about the dream feed.  Have any moms done this?  I tried to dream feed him last night around 10:30 (right before I went to bed), but it didn’t work.  He didn’t wake up to eat so I just put him right back into his crib.  If I could get it to work, it would be amazing.

Last night was a good night.  Our friends Vanessa, Dusty and Kelly came over for dinner.  I’m so thankful that we have good friends in the area.

I will be posting some more pics of Shay soon.  He’s definitely getting bigger.  He’s at a whopping 10.5 lbs now.

5K April 12, 2008

We did it!  I just got back from “running” a 5K with Erin and Jill.  We went into the race knowing that we were really going to walk most of it.  We weren’t expecting a trophy or an award for best effort.  We just wanted to get out there and have fun.  I’m glad we went in it with that attitude.  We weren’t dead last, but we were close!  We started off walking and there were some people behind us.  The police officer told us that if we were walking we should cut through the park.  Well being the people that we are, we didn’t follow his advice.  Soon, we had the police car following us.  We asked him why he was following us and he said it was because we were in last place!  It was then we remembered that we didn’t cut through the park.

About half way through we saw some girls up ahead.  They had listened to the officer and cut through the park.  I told Erin and Jill that our goal was to beat them so that we wouldn’t be in last place.  We easily passed them and weren’t too stressed considering we weren’t going to be last.  We could see the finish line when the  girls behind us decided to sprint.  We weren’t about to let them beat us, so we started sprinting as well.  We beat them!

It was a fun race.  I was definitely not in shape to go and run a 5K to win.  The best part about the race was afterwards we went to Longstreet for breakfast.  Yummm…

Spring Break April 9, 2008

Monday we were able to hang out with Lance and Kristi before they leave to go overseas.

Then we were able to hang out with Big Dog for dinner (Shay was awake for part of the visit)

Last night Greg came by to spend some QT with Shay (notice the Georgia shoes!)  Shay made sure to wear the onesie that Greg had gotten him that says, “it was the dog.”

Pat’s a natural as a dad.  They both look so comfortable.

Here we are this morning.  Shay is all smiles

Needless to say, it’s been a great Spring Break so far and it’s only Wednesday!

New pics of Shay April 7, 2008

Thankful April 3, 2008

Today I’m thankful that:

• Pat had a safe flight to San Fransisco
• Janice could come and have some good bonding time with Shay while I am at work
• I could eat the white lasagna that Averie brought me for lunch
• Tomorrow is the early release day that starts Spring Break!
• I am drinking a nice decaf coffee on such a rainy day
• Shay is starting to play with toys (he’s such a big boy)