Granny Apple

Mom and Dad made it home safe and sound last night.  They said they read the blog this morning before they went to work.  It must have put them in a good mood this morning- I certainly would have been super tired and cranky after flying in so late and having to work the next day.  Mom said it was funny how many names my dad has - that's only because he hasn't quite picked one yet.  Dad shows up on FaceTime and calls her Granny Apple (which is I think is hilarious- I love Granny Smith apples).  When mom was here when Christopher was born she would occasionally call herself Granny- It makes me think of The Beverly Hillbillies- which I did love Granny on there.  Christopher is so lucky because he has so many names to choose from when he finally starts talking. :)

(I am very curious as to how Christopher will say Stroonz's name the most though- maybe we should teach him what it means and just let him call him that.)

Christopher has taken 5 oz at each feeding today.  What a growing boy.  He ate 5oz at breakfast (8:45) and I thought for sure he would wake up during my lunch with friends today at 11:45 and be wailing.  But no- he made it all the way to 12:45 - I got to enjoy my lunch with friends.  I did feel bad when he wailed the whole way home though. Oops. I thought about pulling over but home was only 10 minutes away. Probably the longest 10 minutes of the day though.

He did wake up for Ms. Julie to get to hold him... and then looks like he fell back asleep.

We also played on our new activity mat today!

Granny Apple bought us some new clothes before she left.

Here is my project that I completed for Jenna- I gave it to her today so I can post it now. :)

She is getting married next weekend!

.... and Daddy just came home with more clothes!

I did forget to post this picture last night- We tried out the Ergo baby carrier that Ms. Becca recommended we get... (and thank you Granny Apple and Mommy'sDaddy for getting it!)

Adorable.

Have a great night! 

Our Weekend

Let me start with this picture- the perfect start to my Friday.

so cute!

Nana (aka Mom) and Granddad, PapPap, Mommy'sDaddy (aka Dad) came into town this weekend. We have been waiting weeks for this and they finally arrived Friday night!

On the way to the airport!

Matt had taken Friday off from work so I got to go to the gym for the first time since February- what a wonderful feeling! I felt like I got a little bit of myself back with that outing! We pretty much spent the rest of the day waiting to go to the airport- and tried to make the day go by quickly by running a few errands and doing random things! Christopher also got to meet our old neighbor Barbara.  I sure do wish she was still next door- she had so much baby knowledge and Christopher was so good while she held him!

Christopher couldn't wait to eat- so he got fed in the parking lot of the Cherokee Tag Office before lunch at J Christopher's (which has really yummy chicken salad by the way!).

After visiting Barbara we laid on the floor with some toys- and ended up getting really sleepy.

I read Christopher a book and he passed out until it was time to go the airport.

I think easily my favorite part of the weekend was Saturday morning.  We all woke up and went to Swift Cantrell.  Unfortunately Anthony did something to his back so he didn't get to go but the rest of the family went.  It was so fun.  We walked two miles.  Dad and mom had never been there before so it was nice to show them someplace new (and someplace they could enjoy in their retirement- ha!) Afterwards, the men went to Home Depot for Matt's weekend project of staining the deck and mom and I went to Michael's for our weekend project (which I will post after it is delivered) and then to the GYM for my first training session back with Eddie! We aren't doing weight training yet- I need to do major cardio first so we did HIIT (high intensity interval training) and I think I did quite well for my first time back. I will say I do not think he took it easy on me at all! :) But Eddie being Eddie of course texted me the next day to make sure I was okay! I am so lucky to have such a great trainer (and friend)!

Post-workout: shiny face and sweaty hair. yikes.

me and Eddie

Matt and I were supposed to go out for date night on Saturday night- but it ended up being all of us.  It is more fun when we are all together anyway. We went out for a quick bite to eat at Parkside and Christopher slept the whole time.

Nana bought him shoes. Dad says companies only make shoes for babies because some stupid grandma is going to spend $10 just because they look cute on their grandkid- not for any purpose. Point proven.



Christopher also made it to church on Sunday morning.  I wanted to take him when we had extra reinforcements there.  He slept the whole time-right before communion he started getting squirmy so we took him out into the Narthex.  Now I definitely think he could have made it had we just ridden it out. He was 15 minutes past his normal eating time so we were a little on edge waiting for the big wail.  

Nana bought Christopher the coolest thing from Hallmark.  They came out with these stuffed animals- only 6 actually- and the stuffed animals have 3 books.  You read the book and when you say certain lines, the stuffed animal adds more to the story (like a line or two). It is adorable. We got really lucky that the bear is named Christopher, since the others are like Bigsby and Jingle and other uncommon names. (They do have a Cooper and Abigail.) We read Christopher Goes to Sleep. Mom is going to get Christopher the rest of the books for him- one about spending the night at Grandma and Grandpa's and the other is a Bedtime Story. 

Reading Christopher his story.

Have I ever mentioned how I hate pacifiers?

Christopher has hit his second growth spurt- why do these seem to happen when my mom and dad leave me? I am already emotional enough when that happens but then throw in a hungry little man every 2 hours- oh boy. We have lunch plans with my work buds Tuesday and Wednesday- I hope he cooperates! Nana and Pap left this evening- in fact on their latest flight ever.  They would normally leave in the afternoon, but now that Christopher is here they took the latest flight possible.  They don't even get into Norfolk until 11! What wonderful grandparents Christopher has... in fact, Mommy'sDaddy even slipped him a $20 before he left.  Thankfully Christopher is still young enough that I can take the money they gave him! (just kidding mom and dad. I will buy him a piggy bank or put in his bank account.)

And that is it for our wonderful weekend. I guess I will start the next countdown until my parents come back... June 27th... 30 days. Here we go. Thank god for FaceTime!

Until our next big adventure... :) 

Have a wonderful night!

Let Me Just Tell You...

Let me just tell you... What a great week I have had with Christopher.  He has been so wonderful and so easygoing all week. He has always been alert but it's like the alertness is now more actual alertness- ya know? He seems to get what he is looking at a little more. We have done so much together and it made me think of something...

And let's see some pics ....

Nighttime bible story. He was so passed out.

Sleeping.

Taking a cat nap before Jenna's wedding shower. 

He needed to have a lot of energy for it- he was passed around from lady to lady!

Claire and Christopher- she loves holding him.

Claire is going to spend a couple of days with me coming up-

my little mother's helper!

Let me just tell you... how sad today was. Christopher and I went up to Acworth today.  It was the last day of school for the year!! And it was the last day of elementary school for my kiddos that I had in second and third grade. They have grown up so much. I see so many things in those kids that I hope Christopher has one day! Here are some of my lovely parents from those years!

Kelly, me, Suzanne, Dana

Matt has taken the day off tomorrow! I get to wake up and go to the gym!!! (and I am going to scope out the daycare). I know Christopher is still too young to go in there but I want to at least see what it's like. I have only been going there for 6 years- you would think I would know- but not like I ever paid attention before! We are also planning on visiting our old neighbor. She always asked when we were going to have kids so she could come over and hold them.  Of course, we have a kid as soon as we move away.  Poor Barbara :( and...

LET ME JUST TELL YOU... how excited we are that Nana and Mommy'sDaddy are coming into town tomorrow!!!! Christopher is going to look and feel so big to them! I mean, they do get to see him at least twice a day on FaceTime but there's nothing like being in person! Maybe mom will do her guest blog spot over this weekend. (I always ask Matt to be the writer but he doesn't ever.) This will be Christopher's longest car ride and first of many trips to Atlanta airport. :)

Ta-ta for now!!

Have a great day!! :) :) 

PS. Christopher just made the sweetest baby sound... awww.



Catching Up!

Christopher and I had such a good day!! Probably because I got to sleep for 6 hours before waking up! I went upstairs around 9- read for an hour (50 Shades of Grey) and then fell asleep.  Matt does the first feeding of the night... and then I do the rest. Well, Christopher didn't wake up for my feeding until 4:30! YAY! And he was back asleep by 5.

We went to the doctor today (my doctor). And I can officically work out again! YAY! So of course we went walking in the park (even though have already been doing that!).

Anyone want to try this! I am going to call tomorrow!

I just have to figure out how to get Christopher to the gym- don't really wanna put him in daycare there yet. So if anyone wants to babysit for an hour and a half each day.. let me know! :)  or Eddie, if you are reading this,... you can carry him around! :)

Christopher with his ankle weights!

Is it okay to talk about poop on here? Because our weekend was consumed with it.  Well, consumed with the lack there of, I guess.   I know it's normal for babies to go a few days, but it is very stressful when every time you change the diaper you are disappointed when there is nothing there. Thankfully, our weekend ended with a bunch of it. I started changing his diaper because he went a little... and then it all came out! We went through 4 diapers and a changing pad saver. Needless to say, little mister got a major bath last night!! :)

Here he is after the big fiasco! He looks so relieved.

Matt says we don't have enough pictures of the three of us.

Not sure if this should count!

Holy shit! That's all I can say.

Christopher got a package in the mail today! Thanks Nana!

That's it for now!!

Have a great day! 

Birthday Boy

Well, Christopher turned one month old this week- Thursday to be exact! :) Of course, we (well, I) had to decide on what his monthly pictures were going to look like... it took alot of thought. I wanted to be as original as possible, but I stole one part of the idea. I had seen a baby in a glove for a newborn announcement on Pinterest. So I took that and added a twist with the 1 month ball. In fact, we bought a 12 pack of baseballs for this year.  I am sure I will think of something creative to do with the balls once we are done. Right now he fits pretty good into the glove, but it will be fun to see the glove stretch out as he gets bigger! Here are all the pictures I took on my phone camera.

We also took pictures on the iPad, Matt's phone and the camera- I am sure there is one perfect one in their somewhere! :) Before we tortured him by making him sit in the glove- he was looking oh so cute.

Tonight Christopher got to go to Bahama Breeze to celebrate his cousin Brandon's birthday.  He slept the entire time! We fed him at 5:15, left the house at 5:30 for a 6:00 dinner.... that got messed up and we got seated at 7:00- finished and got into the car at 8:15- and that's when the wailing started. He really was into that whole 3 hour thing, which I knew! Once 7:45 hit I started getting really antsy to leave- I didn't want that hungry wail at Bahama Breeze. It was such a long car ride home. :( I felt so bad listening to him.

Matt and Anthony leaving Bahama Breeze.

One month shot. :( He did pretty good though-

It was Matt that couldn't handle it! :)

Jenna came over to meet Mr. Christopher on his birthday!

Bath time! Christopher gets a bath every night.

I thought he would like it the more we did it. Nope.

I got to spend the day at Pearl's Spa in downtown Acworth, well, after I took Stroonz to the vet. Good lord was that tough. Normally getting him in the carrier isn't that bad- it certainly was today.



Matt took the day off of work and I went and got a massage, had lunch, a mani/pedi and got my eyebrows waxed. It was very relaxing, but I certainly am tired after all of that! I am so grateful that Matt is so thoughtful. It was a wonderful surprise! :) 

That's all for now!! Have a great weekend! :)

So Sweet

Christopher had a few visitors today and yesterday... some of my favorite kiddos ever (and their mom)! :) I was amazed at how much they loved babies. It was the sweetest thing! Victoria and Justin were all over him!! So cute.

I mean, how stinking sweet is that picture!

Victoria, Suzanne, and Justin

Look at that smile on Justin's face!!!

Victoria was so loving. :)

Suzanne loved holding Christopher- and he loved her for feeding him!

And today, Jonathan came over! (He had baseball yesterday.)  Jonathan is one of my kiddos from my looping year from 2nd to 3rd and stole my heart the day I met him! Such a sweetie pie- I miss my morning conversations with him now that I am on maternity leave! It is so sweet to see him holding Christopher now. I almost teared up. :) Christopher thinks he is #1 too!

Do you see him in his crib??? Mr. Sleep Fighter wouldn't get comfy anywhere and I set him in his crib to get a blanket to swaddle him- hoping that would settle him down- and he fell right to sleep. I made and ate lunch and then came upstairs and read in the glider. It was so peaceful.

Getting ready to hit Swift Cantrell for a walk! :)



Not much verbage- but some super sweet pictures!! :)

Have a great day! 

Happy Mother's Day

Today is Mother's Day... It felt very weird when Matt rolled over and said Happy Mother's Day this morning. I definitely did not think that I would be celebrating Mother's Day a year ago other than calling my mom to wish her a happy day... nor did I think we would have bought a new house either... or that I would have survived walking 60 miles in 3 days..pregnant.  This past year has certainly been a whirlwind.  :)  The best news is... the blog will now have VIDEO! Christopher bought me a Sony Bloggie video recorder and now I just have to figure out how to do it. That will be on my list of things to do this week! And his other present to me was to be awake ALL DAY- fussiness and all! :)  But he is asleep now... until we wake him up to bathe him here in a bit. Mom sent me 2 beautiful cards and a gift card to New York and Co- I have soooo missed shopping there!!! I can't wait to go get some cute summer outfits!

Today I packed away all of his newborn clothes. Matt was asking why I was going to pack them away.. he said "Why? They are just going to sit in the basement for 18years!" I guess he doesn't plan on having more kids... or at least any more boys. My dad asked when #2 was coming... and I said "not until you move here!" Or we could always off load both these houses, get a new teaching job, transfer Matt's office and move to Virginia Beach! :)

I went to Christopher's baptism class as well on Saturday. Anthony is going to be his godfather and Matt's sister, Cindy, will be his godmother. Anthony registered with our church and has to go to class in June, but other than that just have to go and pick our date! We have chosen June 30th... which if you know us you should know that date.... it's our 5 year wedding anniversary (and my dad's 65th birthday!) We are going to do a private baptism- that way we can have that date.

I finished all my schoolwork this weekend- a teacher's job is never over!

Uncle Anthony came to visit us this weekend. Rocco stood guard whereever Christopher was.

The book we read today.

We also started reading Pinnochio- good life lesson book says Matt.

Finally sleeping- he slept while we ate dinner (which was FABULOUS).

The McFadden's gave Christopher this super soft blanket from Pottery Barn.

Stroonz loves it. :)

I hope all of my friends and blog readers had a wonderful day!!

Oh and if you see at the top of the blog this big white space with a submit button- I think if you enter your email address there, and click submit it will notify you when I update! ... I think.

Have a wonderful week!!