Father's Day Weekend

Father's Day weekend seemed to be quite busy- and the best part is that we had absolutely no plans made so we could do whatever we wanted!! Christopher certainly had a packed weekend! He went to many new places and met some new people!

This is how I was woken up on Saturday morning.

Of course, we did our weekly walk in the park. It was a beautiful morning and Christopher got in a nice nap to start his day. Daddy took Christopher home and I went to the gym for my one day a week visit- STINKS- but I am sure I will get to go more soon (or as Christopher gets older and we can face leaving him in there). 

We are currently obsessed with pajamas for Christopher- they are the cutest things.  He still gets his nightly bath, all bedtime lotioned up and then put into his cute pjs. He looks so cozy and cuddly.  We went to Kohl's for Matt to get some stuff and I went to get some more pajamas- plus he is growing like a weed so I had to pack most of his pjs away that he was currently wearing! I have them in the laundry right now and can't wait to see how cute he looks in them tonight! After Kohl's, we ventured to church.  It worked out perfectly because church started at 4:30, he was sound asleep and he wasn't due to eat until 5:45.  We had a guest priest who told this story about his life and at the very end- the whole congregation clapped. I think both Matt and I turned our heads to him so quickly they could have snapped off.  Even the sweet old lady behind us started to clap and then stopped suddenly and looked over at him! He made it through though- even when we took him out of the carrier to go up to communion. We hadn't done that before- but I carried him up there for him to be blessed by the priest.  He was a dream! After church we headed to Parkside to sit outside and eat- and our friends were there on the patio!!! It is so fun when you randomly run into people.

Here is Christopher with Davida!

sucking on his arm

and Rachel- I forgot to get one of her and Christopher!



It was nice to see the ladies- and Stacy!!- I don't have a picture of her to post. :(   What was really awesome was that Davida held Christopher the whole time so Matt and I were able to eat- he was awake when we were on our way there so we figured one of us would be holding and trying to eat at the same time (which I think I am pretty good at now).  Christopher is not a huge fan of sitting in the car seat if he is awake.

We came home from dinner and hung out on the porch for awhile.

big eyes, big cheeks!

For Father's Day I told Matt we could do whatever he wanted all day long. I never say that. In fact, we normally do whatever I want to do. :)  Matt got to sleep in til 9:15 and I had his favorite donut waiting for him. (Plus, I always get Dunkin Donuts coffee on the weekend!) Matt wanted to go fishing so we went down to Lake Acworth.  Matt didn't catch anything. :(

The bridge we stook on while Matt fished.

Matt's been wanting to try out this restaurant Arena Tavern so we went there for lunch.  It was okay- they had a Father's Day lunch special and we ended up eating more like a dinner than a lunch. 

This was Matt's Father's Day outfit for Christopher that Nana bought.

And this was our set up for cornhole. 

We fed Christopher, carried his swing down, put him in the shade and us in the sun! Matt and I played cornhole for almost 2 hours! We played so many variations, but my favorite was when we played lefty- I made three in the hole and won! And yes- I had my first beer. Do you see it sitting on that board? It went down really well! :) We also went to LoriBell's for frozen custard- if your child said "My dad is Mr. Wonderful" then the dad got theirs for free. They let me say it for Christopher. :)

And we ended the day with this book- Matt read it to him.

So sweet.

I hope that all of you had wonderful Father's Day weekends!

That's it for now-

What Shall We Do Today?

Rainy day Monday was not very fun! I don't remember the last time we were confined to the house with nothing to do- well, I should say nowhere to go.  I know I could have taken Christopher out and about inside somewhere, but during the summer it's more fun to out and about OUTSIDE. I did get a few things done inside the house- for instance, I propped Christopher on the island and did a cooking show with him on how to make sweet potato fries.  After that I brought over the dreaded junk drawer and we went through that. When Christopher is awake I try to talk to him most of the time- let's just thank God that he doesn't understand anything I say right now. :)

We made up for a boring Monday by doing a lot on Tuesday!! We got up and walked 4 and half miles at he park... oh wait. That happened AFTER I discovered that my keys were locked in my car. When I get out of the car, I normally have a list of things to carry in- a drink, my cell phone and Christopher.  So I think it is much easier to just leave my car keys in my driver's seat. The garage door is always shut so really it's not a huge deal. Well, I guess it becomes a huge deal when your husband's key looks just like yours... and if you hit the unlock button on your key and don't open the doors within 20 seconds, it automatically locks. Matt did that Tuesday morning.... therefore, locking my keys in the car. It wouldn't have been that bad if I hadn't packed away the spare keys in a holiday box... notice I said "holiday" box- because I was unsure of which holiday box they were in so down to the basement to look through Easter boxes, Valentines boxes, St. Patty's boxes, Thanksgiving boxes, and finally Christmas boxes.... and at the bottom of one of the ornament boxes were my spare keys! So even though the situation itself sucked at the time, I found my spare keys!!! :) After all that, we made it to the park and walked with Julie.  We were done just in time for lunch at Miss L's. I LOVE Miss L's. (I got the #6 this time- turkey breast, mayo, apple butter, cucumbers and tomato- delish!)  Christopher had lunch there too- unfortunately for him... it was no #6 :)  Then we were off to visit Lisa and Emerson! Christopher looked so big compared to little Emerson! He sure is growing so quickly.  In fact, one of my friends on Facebook posted that her daughter had her 1 year checkup and weighed 19 pounds- holy crap, I think Christopher already weighs 12 or 13 pounds and he is only 2 months. Oh my goodness and then we even went to Big Pie in the Sky for dinner. WOW. I knew we did a lot on Tuesday.. but that really was A LOT!

Sleeping on Miss Julie

Wednesday we had to get Father's Day cards at Hallmark and were off to lunch with Daddy and Becky! Becky had worked with Matt and moved to the Birmingham Apex office.  She was in town working out of the Atlanta office and requested to have lunch with Christopher! She could have had lunch with anyone and picked him... so sweet! There's no one else quite like Becky!! :) 

Becky and Christopher

Matt and Christopher

and this is what we do every night... Facetime with mom! :)

Right now, Christopher is sleeping- just waiting on him to wake up so we can go walking in the park! I am thinking about taking him up to the pool today- we shall see.

Speaking of sleeping- Christopher is finally sleeping in his crib. It makes me kind of sad that he stays in there all night.  Last week we split where he slept- depending on the burp. :) Sunday night we decided to go ahead and do it. We bathed him, read to him, fed him, cuddled a bit, and put him in his crib- awake, but sleepy. Within 10 minutes he was out. :) He didn't cry or whine- just made a bunch of super cute baby noises and was out! He has done that every night so far... and hopefully tonight is no different since I just blogged about how great he has been!

He has also been smiling more- well, he has always smiled those gas smiles.  Now he does the actual real smile.  I am glad that I can tell the difference! :) 

Countdowns-
Kate will be here in 1 week!
Mom and Dad will be here in 13 days.

Everyone have a wonderful day!! :)

Sunny Saturday... Soggy Sunday

Anthony says I don't mention him enough in the blog- so we will start with him.  His picture will even be the thumbnail when I post it to Facebook!

Anthony came up to spend the night Friday.  The whole reason was because he had to go to the baptism class at church to be the godfather for Christopher... well that's what the deacon told me when I went.  Anthony and I show up Saturday morning and the deacon doing that class said he DIDN'T have to be there! I don't think Anthony was too mad.  At least he got to come up and spend some time with us and Christopher.  The good thing about that happening for me was that we got to go walk in the park!  Matt, Christopher and I walked about 2 miles and then Matt had to go get his hair cut! Christopher went with Matt because I had to go to the gym.

Here is Christopher sitting next to Daddy as he gets his hair cut!

We spent the rest of the afternoon just hanging around the house until it was time to go see Camryn play softball out in Alpharetta.  You should have seen the houses that we passed on the way out there- we definitely went the "scenic route" thanks to navigation... and took about 50 turns to get there. It was crazy! We finally made it just in time for Christopher to eat.  It is amazing that everything we do revolves around Christopher's feeding times. We knew it was going to take 45 inutes to get there... and he was going to want to eat at 5:30, so we were out of the house by 4:30 to ensure a nice car ride.

Here he is with Aunt Cindy- I think he is demanding food!

Finally a picture of me and Christopher! We don't get many taken together since I am always the one taking the pictures!

smushed face

Time to go home!

We made it home in time to get a bath and eat dinner! He was so cuddly after his bottle- totally ready for sleep after his full day out in the fresh air!

We woke up today and went to our favorite brunch spot- The Old Mill. I swear Acworth people- their brunch is better than any other place... such variety.

Christopher slept through brunch. Sleepyhead.

Christopher also slept through our trip to the grocery store... I swear he misses so much from sleeping! We had to be sure to get to store this morning because it is going to rain here through Tuesday. (Looks like we are in for a boring Monday and Tuesday.) Once home I gave Matt and Christopher some daddy/son binding time and made lunch for the week, finished up laundry and ironed Matt's work clothes. We did put some Karo syrup in his bottle because he hadn't been to the bathroom in a couple of days.... and boy did it do the trick! :) I am always so happy that his diaper blowouts typically happen when both of us are home!

daddy/son time

We did do more today, but I can't blog about that quite yet... it's a surprise. :)

Here are some random pictures from our phones...

That's it for now... Have a great week! 



What a Week!

Christopher and I have had such a good week. It was a little rainy at the beginning, but by Wednesday the sun was out and so were we!

We ran errands on Wednesday... the bank, Home Depot, and lunch with Daddy! It felt so nice to actually get up and shower and get dressed in something cute (I think I look cute everyday in my workout shorts and tanks, but you know... cute as in a dress.) So we go to Home Depot and when we get to the carpet department (I had to order an outdoor rug for underneath the rocking chairs.) there are all these cameras and huge lights.. and my heart stopped! I was like.. this is what happens on HGTV. I could be that girl in the store with her little son and out comes someone asking me if I am happy with my backyard...is there a project I need finished... you know. I kept looking around to see who was going to ask me something... but no. Just a stupid Home Depot commercial being filmed and they didn't ask me to be in that either. BUMMER.  We made it down to Matt's work and I fed Christopher in the car.  Matt came down partway through... thank goodness, because something started to smell... :) That was a fun diaper to change. And of course we had to go into another parking lot for to change him... really Matt? Lunch at Panera and back to Matt's work for him to show Christopher off to his co-workers.  Lucky ladies Kelly and Jessica got to cuddle him.

This picture is from when we went to Scottish Rite. 

He loves to be held over the shoulder to look around.

Matt with his Boppy. It cracks me up when he puts it on.

Today (Friday) Christopher and I walked at Swift Cantrell with Julie! We walked 3 and a half miles. I worked up such a great sweat- Christopher had on the cutest little workout shorts! He is always so good when I walk- we always wake up, Christopher eats his morning meal, we both get our workout gear on, and then we leave for the park. It is such a nice routine! We normally are driving home right in time for his next meal. Soon when the weather gets warmer in the mornings we will walk downtown Acworth- it is so beautiful and shaded down there! After the park we came home, ate lunch and hit the pool for the first time! I was a little nervous, but our pool has these huge awnings that Christopher could sit under and it worked out perfectly! I laid next to him in a chair and chatted with my friends while he snoozed.

Christopher sleeping away at the pool.

Of course he woke up to be held for the last hour!

Auntie Dana!

This is from last Friday when Dana, Maggie and Mallory came to visit!

Christopher making faces at Mags!

Holding his own bottle so I could take a drink of coffee!

Oh gosh- so precious!!!

Someone said they miss Stroonz pictures.... there ya go!



YAY for Christopher!

I always know it's going to be a good day when Christopher wakes up making noises- not crying- doesn't cry during his diaper change, lets me bring him downstairs and put him in his swing while I enjoy my breakfast and a cup of coffee (actually 2).  It was one of those days. :) And... all day yesterday I was praying that he wouldn't want to eat until 8:30 so that his schedule was okay for his 2 hour fast... and it was 8:30 when he started licking his lips to eat! AMAZING. I always tell him God knew Mommy couldn't handle a crazy baby, which is why I got him.

Christopher had his sonogram for his hips today.  I was slightly nervous- but since the doctors had told us before that they didn't hear popping I was thinkng he was fine.  We went down and picked up Matt from work and zoomed over to Scottish Rite.  Like I said Christopher had to fast for 2 hours beforehand- which really he didn't technically need to.  They make you do that so that you can feed them and make the baby stay still.  Thankfully Christopher could stay still by himself without the bottle, until he realized that it was almost 2:30 and time to eat! :) All is good with his little hips!

Hopefully the rain goes away early enough tomorrow morning so we can go walking! I am sure Christopher misses it. He is a creature of habit like his mama.

Oh and I know I have talked about burps before... but really people- how necessary is it??? Christopher is just not a burper.  He doesn't seem bothered by it either. I think he has spit up twice and they have been just a very small amount. WebMD (I know, I know) says try for a couple minutes and that some babies just aren't burpers. I think he must be one of them. Anyone else have this issue? Oh and we try all ways- over the shoulder, hunched over, sitting up straight, over the knee, swinging back and forth (seriously- someone said it worked and I will say I got a small burp today using this one), and rubbing circles on his lower back. Any others???? :)

Here's a video we found on Matt's phone when my parents were here. Enjoy!

Weekend Update... and Random Pictures!

Matt finally uploaded all the pictures from the I-Pad, both of our phones, mom's camera and my camera... so we have some new pictures.. I won't put them all up at once though.
First, I will tell you a few things we are really excited about.

1.  Cousin Kate is officially coming- June 21st and she is staying through the 25th.  I can't wait for baby Christopher to meet her.  She is like my little sister and I hope they have a close bond like her and I have!! :)

Cousin Kate is on the right. Pictured here with Rachel and Aunt Nancy!
When are yall coming???

We are very excited for Christopher to meet these lovely ladies.

2.  In a month, we will be in Nags Head!! So excited for our first vacation for the three of us.  We are going with mom and dad and Anthony and Rocco.  Plus, some of our other family members (cousins and such) will be there the same week! We have begun the list making. I should put a countdown on that one.

3.  Unfortunately our baptism date didn't work out, but we did get the next day- July 1st- which I guess is kind of better.  Now mom and dad will be in town so Matt and I will be able to go out for our 5 year anniversary dinner- Atlanta peeps- suggestions? My brother suggested Canoe.

Storytime:
The three of us (Anthony, Matt and I) were invited to a wedding shower on Saturday- an hour away.  I wasn't too keen on leaving him for the first time and being an hour away- a dinner a Henry's in downtown Acworth- okay... but an hour away was a little much.  So Anthony and I decided that we would go together and Matt would stay home with Christopher.  **Matt should totally be the one telling this story** Anyway, after I left Matt fed Christopher and he passed out.  Matt got to go over the Waidlers to watch baseball with Michael and Christopher slept the entire time. They got home and Christopher was still sleeping.  Well, he slept through his feeding time so Matt woke him and fed him (I okayed this.) THEN.... I have  no idea what happened to our quiet little baby.  I called Matt as I was dropping Anthony off and Matt said - DON'T GET ME FOOD. JUST GET HOME. wow. okay. Of course I did as I was told, but not without calling 5 minutes later to find out what was going on.  Matt said Christopher had been crying (screeching) for at least 15 minutes and nothing was making him calm down (and no temperature).  So of course I sped home and made it inside to hold Christopher and he stopped crying. He was just loving being held and looking around the room over my shoulder. Precious. Totally made me cry because I felt so bad for being gone and him and Matt having to go through screech-time. Matt decides to go out and get his dinner. As soon as he leaves- the screeching starts again. Thankfully it didn't last very long. I have no earthly idea what was wrong.  My mom said go give him a bath like you always do and cuddle him up in a blanket.  We went upstairs, undressed him, bathed him, put him in his little baseball pajamas and he was fine. Not another sound the whole night. I don't even think he screamed through his bath.  It was so sad holding him crying and feeling him getting all hot and sweaty and being upset about something and not knowing what it was.  He is way too young for separation anxiety right? Thoughts please????

Okay and now the pictures!

Matt and I had to pick 2 pictures to turn into canvas photos.  Matt had bought this thing off of Half Off Depot.  Most people probably use professional pictures- not us.  We used the pictures that made us laugh. :) They are the 2 above... car seat and tummy time.

Dad and Christopher.  This is from his latest trip to visit.

swinging away

my main men

mom and dad at the hospital

These are the baseball pajamas I was referring to.

When I was pregnant apparently I snored really bad.  Matt made me try out Breathe Right strips and took my picture in them. Jerk. They didn't work.

Rocco, the protector.

almost asleep

Michael and Christopher- this is when he was only days old.

The day I went to the spa.... this was Matt's setup.

Come on... burp baby!

Okay. That's it for now!! Hope you enjoyed some of the pics!! :)

PS- Because Christopher was Frank Breech, he has to go in for an ultrasound/sonogram and have his hips checked tomorrow since he is now 6 weeks old.  The doctors have all said they haven't heard or felt any popping- just have to be sure! Oh and he can't eat 2 hours before. GREAT!!!! 

Countdowns..

Cousin Kate- 18 days.

Mom and Dad- 24 days.

Beach trip- 33 days.