Random.

I got to drive today!!!! It felt so good to drive my car. I have missed it! I drove to Woodstock Furniture which is only like 3 miles from the house.. but at least I know that I can drive without pain while braking, which is what they told me to look for. I have to take Christopher to the doctor on Monday, so I wanted to get out there and drive before doing it with him in the car. I was wanting to get another glider for the living room, but WF didn't have what I was looking for. :( 

Anthony came up to visit us last night.  Christopher was certainly wide eyed as he stared at him.

me and Christopher- He loves being held over the shoulder like this.

Little man again.

Mom and Christopher- we let her hold him as much as possible the past couple of days.

Christopher with his Nana before she left.

Before my mom left, we did start a Pinterest project. I am not quite finished, but here is what I have so far.

The "lost socks" part is actually a green color but it didn't come out too good in the picture.  I need to send Matt to the store to get clothespins so I can decorate them and put them on. We have already lost some of Christopher's little socks- that's what prompted this project.

I also made something else, but it's a secret. :) 

Mom left this afternoon so I am feeling kind of down. While it helps to have friends where you live, nothing is as good as your mom and dad. I am always amazed at people who actually have their parents around and don't spend time with them.  I certainly would.

Time to sit on the rockers on the porch and enjoy some Matt and Christopher time. :)

Have a great night!



My Relationship with.... the Onesie.

One of the most common baby gifts is clothes. I opened tons of presents for Christopher that were clothes- in fact I didn't think I would have to buy him clothes until he was at least 6 or 7 months old. Well, I was wrong... and the reason I was wrong is because I HATE ONESIES. I remember watching Matt put on Christopher's Penguins onesie as I was confined to my bed in the hospital. I was like oh my god, he is going to rip his head off! But he eventually got it on and Christopher stopped screaming. We got home last Thursday, I attempted a onesie- deemed myself unfit at putting them on, and immediately sent my mom out to get some more zip up outfits- while one whole drawer was stocked with the cutest newborn onesies. And, of course I felt terrible for thinking that Matt was crazy for not being able to do it quickly at the hospital. My mom and I decided that this week- I was going to master the onesie. I avoided it at all costs until today.  He had on a little zipper outfit yesterday and when he stretched out his poor feet were already clear to the bottom. I knew it was time to figure it out.... and today- I can say that I have dressed him in two onesies... not very quickly, but at least I did it. I will attempt again to do it tomorrow... and hopefully it will go as smoothly as today.  However, I do feel like a onesie is an incomplete outfit, like wearing a t-shirt and no pants, so I will also be venturing out to get him a bunch of shorts to complete those onesies. 

Here he is in onesie number one of the day!

Matt says he is going to try and sleep like that tonight.

Christopher also got to experience tummy time today!!! Of course the pictures of him doing it are on my mom's camera. :( He tummy timed it for about 5 minutes on his blanket from Ms. Caryn... lifting his head and switching it from side to side a few times. Is that all tummy time is? It seems kinda boring... even for a newborn.

Today my some of my fabulous 3rd grade teammates came over for a visit! I am so blessed to work with such awesome people. They were so excited when finding out I was pregnant and were so supportive the whole time.  I miss them so much :( but at least they promised to come visit me.

Me, Britney, Stacy, Julie, and Lisa

(Ashley came too and I forgot to get this picture before she left.)

Ms. Julie feeding Christopher.

He peed on Britney!!! :) :) I forgot to flip

his little guy down when I put on his diaper.

Random sweetness.

Oh and here is my newest Pinterest project... 

and.... my mom made these from Pinterest for my teammates. (cookie dough, Oreo in the middle, and brownie on top)

Have a blessed day!!! :) :) 



Was that a Burp?

This question gets asked at my house every day after every feeding. It is so hard to tell the difference between a burp and just some random baby noise.  I find myself sometimes calling to Matt- "Was that a burp?" and Matt will be in the other room.  I don't know why I ask when he can't even hear what is going on.  The lactation specialist said he isn't going to burp very much anyway since not a lot of air gets in there... but I always feel the pressure to find out if it was a burp or not.  Last night, Christopher and I were laying in bed with Matt after a feeding and Matt was holding him.  He didn't just burp in Matt's face- he belched. We both felt so proud because we didn't have to ask "Was that a burp?" ... and thankfully it didn't stink.

Every day Christopher, mom and I have some kind of outing- not an all day thing, just a little "get out of the house for a bit" outing.  Monday we went to Publix.  Here he is hanging onto the shopping cart.

Thrilled I know. My favorite old man

wasn't working though, so he didn't get to meet him.

I am not too sure what he thought of Publix as he slept the whole time....but when we got home from Publix Christopher had a very special visitor... Suga and her daughter Claire! Claire was so sweet and just kept saying "he's so small!" She held him almost the whole time she was here and was very sweet with him.  Now we just need her to get her babysitting license and all registered for CPR and all that jazz.  She will make the perfect mother's helper for the summer!

Claire and Christopher

Tuesday we had 2 adventures... Target  and somewhere way more important- the doctor!!! Christopher gained 4 oz in 4 days and is almost back to his birth weight... oh and he gained an inch.  His poor little feet are all the way to the bottom of his newborn outfits now! I guess (and hope) that he got Matt's height! I must say I really like Kennesaw Pediatrics.
Target buggies suck. I felt like Christopher was very secure in his baby seat at Publix... It latched on perfectly and the bottom of the seat sat nicely on the handle. Not so much at Target.  The front was 2 inches higher than the handle because the back part was so high. They have carts that have actual seats on them where you just put them right, but that's like sleeping in someone else's bed without it being washed. GROSS.  I found myself throwing all sorts of stuff for Christopher into the buggy. Normally I look at the prices of items, but I didn't even find myself doing that! Whatever Christopher wants.... Christopher gets.. (for now.) Thankfully when we got to the cash register mom pulled out her wallet. Aren't parents great?!?!?!
You know at Target we had to stop into Starbucks and see our favorite barista-

Bibi and Christopher

(Bibi is one of my former parents)

After Christopher's exciting day, we came home to relax and then Ms. Caryn came over.  I was really excited for Caryn to come over because she had been telling me all about this quilt that she was having made for Christopher and I REALLY wanted to see it! It is the CUTEST thing in the world. I absolutely love the little elephants.  We are doing tummy time tonight and the quilt is going to be just perfect for it!

Christopher also got to meet his future in-laws last night.  We had the Waidlers over for dinner because they hadn't seen little mister yet!! :) Matt and I tried to tell them all about our experience so that they would feel extra prepared when they go in... not sure if we helped or not but we tried! :)

Lisa and Christopher

(the one of Michael and Christopher is on Matt's phone)

And that leaves us with our exciting adventures of today... which started with a BATH! Christopher just loves baths... NOT. He really does hate being naked. Luckily, he had the sweetest nursery wrap to get into when he was done.  Thanks Doug and Marci!!! :) :) 



I promised Matt that I would bring Christopher to Apex today... so off we went. Matt picked out this cute little duck outift for him to wear. I got him dressed and then he peed in it right before we left. Fabulous. I think he looked super cute in his Daddy's MVP football outfit though so it was fine. Christopher was such a good car rider down there- he just slept the whole time.  When we got there the girls (and Nick) just swarmed to him... as will probably happen most of his life! :) Matt was so cute showing him off in his office.  He is such a proud dad. We had lunch at Chili's and Anthony came to meet us there. I don't think Christopher made one sound the whole time we were there.. he was either staring at everything with his big blue eyes and sleeping. 

at Chili's

2 firsts for us... I had to nurse him in the parking lot of Matt's work. Weird. but we did it.. (covered of course)... because I wanted to stop at Hobby Lobby on the way home and he was hungry and I felt guilty giving him a whole bottle of formula.  and THEN I had to change him in my car. double weird. Thank god for Pee Pee Tee Pees. I kept saying "please don't pee in mommy's car, please don't pee in mommy's car."

And now we are sitting on the back porch- I am blogging and Christopher and Nana Ginger are relaxing in a chair. He is quite the hugger.

"Is Ernie ever going to let us move here?"

(That's what she is thinking!)

And now the rest of the random photos I have taken!!!

Just finished eating!

My favorite face.

About 10 minutes after this pic, he flicked his Nana off twice!!

That's all for today!!!

Have a blessed day!! :) :) 

VIPs

Christopher met some pretty important people this weekend...

Suga.. aka Kelly Phillips... brought Christopher flowers on Saturday. She was our first at home visitor. I didn't want to have anyone over to the house until dad left so that we could enjoy family time. But my dad left Saturday morning... and Kelly was the first person I called. I mean, she has been begging me for YEARS to have a baby- it was only fair! We are more than ready to have visitors- so many people have asked me through texting over the week but I have paid no attention to my phone! If you want to come over, text me again and let me know what works for you! We are here everyday!

Suga.

I know, I know- what in the world does a hot dog have to do with Christopher??? Well, alot actually. Do you see how burnt it is? I LOVE, LOVE burnt hot dogs.. and apparently you can't eat them while pregnant. My first dinner at home- BURNT HOT DOGS.  I was so excited to cover it with ketchup and mustard and onions and chow down.

Brandon and Camryn came to meet their new cousin today.  I think Brandon looks way more excited than Camryn. (That's okay Camryn- I would probably be the same way if it wasn't my baby!)

And Cindy has seen Christopher A LOT but somehow I haven't snapped a photo of her and him... so here it is, Aunt Cindy!

Awwww. I just love holding Christopher. He gets all bunched up and cute looking.

I woke up from my nap against Matt's arms.. and saw this. So sweet.

Christopher gets an ounce of formula after every feeding.. if he wants it to try and get his weight back up to his birth weight. I am glad he wanted it today so Matt could feed him. He is doing such a good job learning all this baby stuff!! :)

And you know we have to torture Christopher in some way.... Jim gave him a cowboy hat so we had to stick him in it to see how cute he would look. It was the cutest thing. So now of course I have to go buy some type of cowboy outfit to put on him and stick him back in the hat!

Matt goes back to work tomorrow. It has been the best 6 days having him home with me and Christopher. It will certainly be weird not having him around but luckily my mom will still be here through this week. In fact, Matt is moving back into our bedroom tonight and mom is moving up into our spare bedroom with me, right across from the nursery.  Hopefully, Matt can get a good night's sleep before returning to work!! :) ... especially after last night. Christopher was loving being social around 12 and 3 and 4 and 530. And really how can you not want to stay up and stare back at him with those big eyes... so I did.

Let's take a poll. Look at Christopher and tell me who you think he looks like... :) Don't be biased based on who you know (or like) more. We already know that he is tanner than Matt so hopefully he was blessed with my skin tone.

Okay! Off to spend my last few minutes with Mattie and Christopher!!! :) :)



A Whole New World

Here Christopher is... all ready to go home! We were able to go home Thursday instead of Friday!! I was kinda torn on which day to push for because I really liked my night nurse that I had both Tuesday and Wednesday and she was working again Thursday evening. She was an older lady named Patsy and was just so helpful. She helped us figure a lot of things out and just adored Christopher. I know that's what they get paid to do but it was nice. Obviously I chose Thursday. I figured let's just get home and start this new adventure!! Plus, my BFF was a Labor and Delivery Nurse for a few years....I am sure she can answer any questions I have.



Matt had to show Christopher his wall hanging that he had made, especially for him. You know the moment we got home, Christopher had to get a tour of the whole house.  We were so excited to show him the nursery- I get that he really has no idea, but it was still fun to show him everything we did and made to get ready for his arrival.

Finally relaxing on the couch. After a long day of packing up and tours :) Mattie got to enjoy some time on the couch with Christopher- easily one of his favorite things to do. That's a little glimpse of Christopher's going home outfit- Daddy's Little Rookie.

Here he is trying out his swing Ms. Stacy and Emerson gave him to use.  He looks so small in it. After being in that we put him in the vibrating seat, propped him on the island and enjoyed some homemade stuffed shells. Lunch consisted of everyone staring at Christopher because this is when Stroonz decided to see what he was all about... just a few sniffs here and there and he was done. With full tummies, Mattie and I enjoyed a really long nap after that! :) It is so nice to have family.

Bath time- really!?!?! Why is he looking at me like I am the crazy one- I like baths! What an experience that was. One job I would never want would have to be the bather of newborns at a hospital.  Christopher screamed like crazy the entire time.... and then stopped as soon as I lifted him up.. and personally I think he smiled at me when it was over. I love the faces that he makes- especially this one.

Christopher went to the doctor today. We chose Kennesaw Pediatrics- So many people on Facebook have such great things to say about them and it was a perfect choice.  He had to a have a fruemen-blah-blah-blah. Something about the little thing under his tongue didn't give him enough movement to nurse fully and he had it snipped.  Luckily there are no nerve endings there so he was perfectly happy when it was over... and looking cute as ever.

Here they are together! It seems to be working out well. We lost our changing table for the pack and play... but there is always the floor! Rocco came tonight to meet Christopher... and definitely wants to give him more attention than Stroonz. But he also weighs 60 more pounds and wants to lick him up. One day Christopher is more than welcome to ride him around... just not yet! :)

My dad leaves tomorrow to go back to Virginia Beach. I am so sad :( I think Christopher has enjoyed his time with his "mommy's daddy". (Name soon to come I hope) My mom did get a great picture of now the 4 most important men in my life on her camera.  I will upload that soon! 

It is so nice to have parents that always come to help and do anything I need them to. Mom is staying for another week to help for when Matt goes back to work. Oh god will that be a post in itself. Ugh. I will end right there before I get emotional.

Have a blessed day!! :)

6,570

Matt informed me this morning that 6,570 is the number of days until Christopher turns 18. I cried immediately because that doesn't seem like that many days.  And Christopher turned one day old today, so now we are down to 6,569....  and he also got circumcised. In fact that is where he is right now. He has been gone for 20 minutes and Matt and I feel like it's been an eternity. 

On a lighter note, I got to get out of bed today and walk around and I got to shower this morning!!! YAY! That was quite eventful since I almost fainted in the bathtub- what do they expect when all they let you eat the first day is jello and broth. PUH-LEASE. This girl needs carbs on a daily basis- surgery or not.  Mattie and I worked on swaddling as well today- even though I can honestly say we are not swaddlers. Hopefully we can perfect that soon because Christopher does love it.

I love his eyes... and so does Matt- because he is

staring away at them!

As I said before all of our family is in town- Lucky Christopher got to have his picture taken with both of his grandpas and his daddy. (I guess I didn't really do such a good job of getting Christopher in that picture huh?!)

my dad, Matt, Christopher and Matt's dad Jim

Matt, Christopher and Jim- 3 generations.

Christopher also had his first non-family member guest today- Auntie Dana.  He was so thrilled to meet her.

Auntie Dana

Cindy's husband also came to meet him after work today, so Christopher got to meet his Uncle Mark. 

Uncle Mark

As of right now we are going home on Friday... BUT they mentioned to me this morning that we MAY go home tomorrow. I certainly hope so. I am so ready to be at home with my little family. Unfortunately, I am having the worst gas pains ever... IN MY SHOULDER. So weird. They shoot through my whole arm, into my neck, and down my side. I think that's a very odd side effect of c-sections but apparently it can be one.  Hopefully that doesn't stop their decision to let me go home.

Love to all of you!! :)