TALAN @ 4 MONTHS

SO, TALAN IS 4 MONTHS OLD. WE WENT FOR HIS 4 MONTH VISIT TO SEE THE PEDIATRICIAN LAST WEEK. TALAN NOW WEIGHS 19LBS 4OZ AND IS 26 INCHES LONG. I CAN BARELY CARRY THIS "LITTLE" BOY ANYMORE. HE GOT HIS 4 MONTH SHOTS AND DID MUCH BETTER THIS TIME. HE IS GETTING REALLY GOOD AT TUMMY TIME. HE IS TRYING TO SIT HIMSELF UP NOW, ALTHOUGH HE TENDS TO TIP OVER ONCE HE GETS UP. THE PEDIATRICIAN TOLD ME WE COULD TRY CEREAL ONCE A DAY IF WE NOTICED HIM WATCHING US EAT AND TRYING TO GRAB FOR THINGS AT THE TABLE. SO, I DID. AT FIRST I ADDED SOME BREAST MILK TO A LITTLE CEREAL AND TRIED TO GIVE IT TO HIM FROM A SPOON. HE DEFINATELY TRIED TO SPIT IT AT ME. SO I ADDED THAT TO A BOTTLE WITH HIS POLYVISOL VITAMINS. UM, I ENDED UP THROWING THAT WHOLE BOTTLE DOWN THE SINK. NO ONE TOLD ME THAT THE POLYVISOL HAD A VERY DISTINCT FLAVOR AND TASTE WHICH WILL RUIN ANYTHING YOU ADD IT TO. I GUESS THAT IS THE WAY YOU LEARN???
WE DID GET A REALLY GOOD SCARE THIS PAST SUNDAY. TALAN IS REALLY CONSISTENT ABOUT HIS POTTY TIME IN THE MORNINGS. SUNDAY MORNING I CHANGED HIS DIAPER AROUND 9 AM AND NURSED HIM AT 9:30 BEFORE I LEFT FOR WORK. RANDY CALLED ME AROUND NOON TO LET ME KNOW THAT TALAN HADN'T EATEN OR POOPED. WELL THAT'S NOT NORMAL FOR THIS LITTLE BOY. SO, WE WAITED A LITTLE WHILE LONGER TO SEE IF ANYTHING CHANGED AND BY 4 IT HADN'T. WE ENDED UP TAKING HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT MEDICAL CITY AND SITTING THERE FOR 4 HOURS. THEY GAVE HIM AN IV WITH FLUIDS AND TOOK SOME BLOOD. THAT WASN'T FUN WHEN THEY TRIED THE HAND AND THEN HAD TO GO TO THE FOOT. THEY HAD TO PUT A CATHITER IN TO GET A PEE SAMPLE. THEN TO TOP IT OFF THEY GAVE HIM A SUPOSITORY. ONCE THEY DID THAT HE DEFINATELY DID HIS THING. THE BLOOD WORK CAME BACK NEGATIVE. ALL WAS OK WITH OUR LITTLE BOY. SO, OUR FIRST TRIP TO THE ER TAUGHT US IT IS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL TODAY.
WE DID TAKE OUR FIRST FAMILY TRIP TOGETHER. WE WENT TO BROKEN BOW IN OKLAHOMA FOR A WEEKEND. WE TOOK THE BOAT AND RENTED A SWEET CABIN. ASHLEY N JAY, MICAH N ALYSSA, TROY N ASHLEY, LAURA N MATT, AND DEBBIE N PAUL ALL WENT. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME. TALAN DID GREAT IN THE CAR RIDE THERE AND BACK WHICH WAS A FUN 3 HOURS. OF COURSE HE SLEPT MOST OF THE WAY.
OTHER THAN THAT LIFE AS USUAL IN THE WESTON HOME.

3 1/2 months WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

SO TALAN IS A LITTLE OVER 3 MONTHS. I KEEP WONDERING WHERE THE TIME GOES. HE HAS GOT TO WEIGH AROUND 16LBS. WE GO BACK TO THE DOCTOR FOR OUR 4 MONTH SHOTS ON JULY 22ND. HE IS "TALKING" SO MUCH THESE DAYS. WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH FOR MINUTES AT A TIME. HE IS SCOOTING AROUND, THAT IS WHEN HE WILL LET YOU PUT HIM ON HIS BELLY. THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO SIT HIMSELF UP. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SOMEONE HE GETS ALL THE WAY THERE.
SO WE HAD RANDY'S BIRTHDAY ON THE 4TH. WE HAD DINNER AT TEXAS LAND AND CATTLE THAN WE WENT TO SPEEDZONE AND HAD A BLAST. RANDY, TROY, MICAH AND JAY ALL DID THOSE CRAZY GRAVITY THINGS.
THE 8TH WAS OUR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. IT'S REALLY ALREADY BEEN A YEAR. THAT MORNING WE WENT TO CELEBRATE HIS DAD'S PARENTS 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THAT NIGHT WE HAD A PIECE OF OUR WEDDING CAKE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS STILL GOOD.
ON THE 14TH, RANDY'S BROTHER JOHN AND HIS WIFE CAME INTO TOWN FROM COLORADO AND THEY ALL WENT TO THE LAKE, OF COURSE I WAS AT WORK. THAT EVENING WE WENT TO MIMI'S TO CELEBRATE EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAY FOR THE YEAR.
FATHER'S DAY WAS THE 15TH. I HAD TO WORK, SORRY RANDY. WE WENT TO MY PARENTS THAT AFTERNOON TO SEE MY DAD. WE GOT HIM A FEW SHIRTS AND TALAN GOT HIM A GC TO HIS FAVORITE PLACE, SAMS.
TALAN GOT TO GO TO HIS FIRST RANGER GAME. OF COURSE THEY LOST, BUT HE SURE DID LOOK CUTE IN HIS OUTFIT. WE WENT WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM WORK FOR OUR QUARTERLY TRAINER OUTING.
TALAN HAS ALSO TAKEN HIS FIRST DIP IN GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S POOL. IT TOOK A MINUTE TO GET USED TO THE WATER. MOMMY DOESN'T MAKE THE BATH WATER THAT COOL. BUT I THINK HE ENJOYED IT.
AS I WATCH TALAN GET BIGGER EVERYDAY, I HAVE TO WONDER WHAT MY PARENTS THINK EVERY SUNDAY WHEN THEY SEE ALL OF US. 2 OF US ARE MARRIED, 1 WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER, AND 2 NEXT SUMMER. I KEEP THINKING THAT I CAN REMEMBER WHEN JOANNA, JAYME AND ASHLEY WERE TALAN'S AGE AND NOW THEY ARE GROWN UP. I KINDA FEEL LIKE THEY WERE MY PRACTICE FOR TALAN. WHERE DID THE TIME GO?

2 months

So, on Monday, May 19 we went and had family pictures taken. Talan did a really good job for only being 2 months old. Interesting that the pictures really don't look him in real life, although he is that chunky. Troy's girlfriend Ashley took the pictures for us, she works at Kiddie Kandids. She also gave us a discount. Thanks Ashley!!!
On Thursday, May 22, Talan went to the pediatrician to have his 2 month shots. So, on this visit we found out that he weighs 14lbs. 12oz. That puts him in the 95th percentile. He is 23.5 inches long which puts him in the 75th percentile. My little boy isn't staying little very long. So after his baby physical, the nurse was ready to do the shots. I tried and tried to distract him, but yeah that didn't work. Talk about red and loud. He did not like that part of the visit for sure. He cried until we got home, which luckily was only 10 minutes away, and then fell asleep. I am happy to say that he had no reaction to the shots.
On Saturday, May 24, we went to have dinner with the Weston side of the family. This was the first time that David's parents and sisters had seen Talan. Nana had handmade a blanket for Talan that has both his and her name on it. It is beautiful. I hope this will be the blanket that Talan keeps until he is 27 like the holy blanket Randy still sleeps with.
I can't believe it has already been 2 months. Time really does fly by. I can't explain the feeling when he looks at me and smiles. He is beginning to "talk" and he rolled over by himself for the first time on Sunday. If he doesn't stop growing Mommy won't be able to carry him around much longer.

MOTHER'S DAY

SO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WANTED A BABY. WELL NOW THAT WE HAVE TALAN I CAN'T IMAGINE MY LIFE BEFORE OR WITHOUT HIM. I USED TO WALK AROUND WORK PLAYING WITH THE BABIES AND TALKING TO ALL THE KIDS, I THINK THAT'S HOW I MADE IT THROUGH SO MANY OF THOSE SHIFTS. I HAVE BABYSAT NUMEROUS BABIES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. NOW I HAVE MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE TALAN THAT NO ONE CAN COMPARE TO. I SIT HERE SOMEDAYS JUST STARING AT HIM WONDERING IF HE WILL EVER KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM AND THAT I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO MAKE SURE HE WAS ALWAYS SAFE. EVERYONE KEEPS TELLING ME THAT CHILDREN GROW UP SO FAST AND THEY WERE NOT KIDDING. TALAN IS ONLY 8 WEEKS AND HE JUST AMAZES ME EVERYDAY.
THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I WASN'T SO NICE TO MY MOM, I THREW A HAIRDRYER AT HER, YELLED AT HER, SAID HATEFUL THINGS TO HER. I COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED THEN HOW I MUST HAVE MADE HER FEEL, BUT I HOPE I HAVE MADE UP FOR THOSE AWFUL THINGS. I NOW THINK MY MOM MUST HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GIFT FROM GOD. TO STAY AT HOME AND RAISE 4 GIRLS WHILE YOUR HUSBAND TRAVELS TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY, I JUST DON'T KNOW. MY SON IS THE GREATEST GIFT RANDY COULD'VE GIVEN ME. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT THROUGH THOSE YUCKY YEARS WHERE HE PROBABLY WON'T LIKE ME HOLDING HIM OR KISSING HIM THAT I CAN REMEMBER MY FIRST MOTHER'S DAY. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SPECIAL I FEEL WHEN I HOLD HIM, KISS HIM, OR WHEN HE FALLS ASLEEP IN BETWEEN US AND LOOKS SO PEACEFUL. TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY! WE SAW RANDY'S MOM AND GRANDMOTHER AND THEN GOT TO SEE MY MOM. I HOPE THEIR DAY ALTHOUGH THEY'VE HAD A COUPLE MORE THAN ME WAS AS GREAT AS MINE.

APRIL 15, 2008

SO, LAST WEEK GRANDPA AND I TOOK YOU TO BAYLOR FOR YOUR NEWBORN SCREENING ON TUESDAY. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY OUT THERE FOR THEM TO TAKE YOUR BLOOD. I PUT YOU IN THE CUTEST OUTFIT TODAY. THIS WILL DEFINATELY BE A PICTURE OUTFIT.
WE WENT WITH DADDY TO TAKE THE BOAT TO HAVE THE SPEAKERS PUT ON IT. DADDY CAN'T WAIT TIL YOU ARE BIG ENOUGH TO GET ON THAT THING. ALL HE EVER TALKS TO YOU ABOUT IS THE BOAT AND WAKEBOARDING. I THINK HE IS JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ONLY WINDOW TO SEE THE BOAT FROM YOUR ROOM WHENEVER YOU WANT.
MIMMIE, DAVID, AND PAPA CAME TO SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY. MIMMIE COOKED, UNFORTUNATELY MOMMY DOESN'T LIKE SPICY STUFF AND YOU MAY NOT EITHER SO WE HAD SOME YUMMY EGG SALAD.
FRIDAY WE WENT TO GET MOMMY'S NAILS DONE. THANK GOD BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN 4 WEEKS SINCE SHE HAD SEEN ANDY. YOU DID PRETTY GOOD TIL ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE WE WERE LEAVING. YOU STARTED TO GET FUSSY BECAUSE YOU CHANGED YOUR FEEDING TIME. AFTER WE WERE DONE WE WENT TO HAVE LUNCH WITH GRANDPA AND ASHLEY. SO I THOUGHT I DID GOOD BY FEEDING YOU BEFORE WE LEFT BUT BEFORE I COULD GET HOME YOU WERE SCREAMING AT ME. WE WERE STILL 20 MINUTES FROM HOME AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN STOP TO BREATHE. MOMMY WAS FREAKING OUT. THIS GROWTH SPURT THING AND YOU NEEDING TO EAT EVERY HOUR AND A HALF ISN'T WORKING FOR MOMMY SO WELL.
SATURDAY WE WENT TO DADDY'S GAME. THEY WON. WE TOOK YOU ON YOUR FIRST TRIP TO THE LAKE. IT WAS QUITE WINDY, THANK GOODNESS MOMMY BROUGHT A BIG BLANKET TO KEEP YOU WARM. YOU SLEPT THE WHOLE TIME. I CAN SEE YOU ARE AS IMPRESSED AS I AM. WE WENT AND HAD DINNER WITH GRAMMY, PAUL, AND TROY AT SNUFFER'S AFTERWARDS.
SUNDAY WE WENT TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S HOUSE. JOEY AND BILLY WERE SKIING, LUCKY!!! BUT EVERYONE ELSE PASSED YOU AROUND ALL NIGHT. THIS IS THE LAST TIME DADDY CAN'T GO BECAUSE OF TAX SEASON. GRANDMA, GRANDPA, YOU AND I WENT TO KOHLS AND GOT YOU A FEW NEW OUTFITS. NOT LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CLOTHES, BUT YOU ARE STARTING TO OUTGROW THE NEWBORN OUTFITS.
WELL YOU ARE 4 WEEKS OLD TODAY. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I KNOW TIME WILL JUST CONTINUE TO GO BY FASTER THAN I WANT. YOU HAVE TAKEN MY HEART AND I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE MY BABY. I KNOW THINGS WON'T ALWAYS BE LIKE THIS, BUT I WILL LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY LITTLE BOY.

FRIDAY4-4-08

SO, THIS WEEK WE WENT TO SEE GRANDMA AT WORK ON TUESDAY. SHE WAS HAVING TALAN WITHDRAWLS. SHE WAS SO PROUD TO SHOW YOU OFF TO EVEYRONE IN HER OFFICE. OF COURSE, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO COOPERATE. I HAD FED YOU AND CHANGED YOU RIGHT BEFORE WE LEFT AND BEFORE WE COULD MAKE IT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OFFICE, MOMMY HAD TO SIT IN GRANDMA'S OFFICE AND FEED YOU. SILLY BOY!!! EVERYONE THOUGHT YOU WERE PRETTY CUTE, I CAN'T SAY THAT I DON'T AGREE. AFTER WE LEFT THERE, WE SURPRISED DADDY WITH AN AFTERNOON TREAT AT WORK, HE LOVES MCDONALD'S ICE CREAM CONES. YOUR UMBILLICAL CORD FELL OFF TODAY. YEAH! IN A COUPLE OF DAYS WE CAN START TAKING REAL BATHS.
WEDNESDAY WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR YOUR 2 WEEK VISIT. MY HOW YOU HAVE EATEN. YOU WEIGH 9 LBS 4 OZ AND ARE 21 INCHES LONG. YOU HAVE TO STOP GROWING. MOMMY IS NOT READY FOR THIS YET. DR. GRACE SAID YOU ARE LOOKING GOOD AND HEALTHY. WE THINK YOU HAVE REFLUX BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN CONGESTED THIS WEEK.
THURSDAY WE WENT TO MOMMY'S WORK. WE WERE THERE FOR ABOUT 1.5 HOURS TO DO A BAR CLASS. YOU DID OK WHILE WE WERE THERE. IT DID END UP BEING RIGHT DURING FEEDING TIME, BUT MOMMY WAS PREPARED WITH A BOTTLE THIS TIME. WE ARE DEFINATELY GETTING BETTER. TODAY WAS ALSO THE 1ST DAY MOMMY HAD TO PUT YOU IN THE SINK AND HOSE OFF YOUR NASTY BOTTOM. I SHOULD'VE TAKEN A PICTURE OF THE NASTINESS THAT WAS, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT EVERYONE ELSE WOULD HAVE FOUND IT AS EXCITING AS TROY AND ME. AND OF COURSE AS SOON AS I PUT A DIAPER ON YOU, YOU DIRTIED THAT ONE, TOO!!! YOU ALWAYS DO THAT.

MON 3-31-08

WELL LAST WEEK WAS A MUCH BETTER WEEK THAN THE LAST. THINGS HAVE STARTED TO CALM DOWN A BIT. I HAVE REALIZED THAT BEING A FIRST TIME MOMMY IS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. EVEN AFTER ALL THE BABYSITTING I'VE DONE, IT DOESN'T PREPARE YOU FOR YOUR OWN. THE FEEDINGS AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, THE PROJECTILE POO, THE DIRTY DIAPER RIGHT AFTER YOU CHANGE THEM. IT'S DEFINATELY A CHANGE FROM A YEAR AGO WHEN I WAS PLANNING A WEDDING, MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE, AND CHANGING JOBS.
ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK WE TOOK A TRIP TO SEE DADDY AT WORK. EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE CAME BY TO SEE TALAN. LUCKILY HE WAS ASLEEP, SO NO FUSSING. ALTHOUGH, WE WERE ONLY OUT FOR 2 HOURS AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM THE HOUSE SOMEONE GOT HUNGRY. I EXPECTED THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME I WOULD GET.
ON THURSDAY WE HAD OUR FIRST TRIP TO A RESTAURANT. GRANDPA, ASHLEY, DADDY, AND I WENT TO OLIVE GARDEN. WELL AGAIN MOMMY WASN'T PREPARED WITH A BOTTLE AND AS SOON AS DADDY GOT DONE EATING HE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE WITH TALAN BECAUSE HE WAS FUSSY. WE THEN HAD TO SIT IN THE CAR FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO FEED SO THAT TALAN DIDN'T SCREAM THE WHOLE WAY HOME. I HAVE DEFINATELY LEARNED THAT I NEED TO BE PREPARED WHEN GOING OUT. ANOTHER FIRST TIME MOMMY THING.
SUNDAY WE TOOK OUR USUAL TRIP DOWN TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S HOUSE. I DON'T THINK YOU WERE PUT DOWN THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE. WE ARE DEFINATELY GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A SIGN UP SHEET AS TO WHEN EVERYONE GETS TO HOLD YOU. EVERYONE KEEPS CALLING GRANDMA A "BABY HOG". CAN YOU BLAME HER?
WELL WE ARE BANISHED BACK TO THE COUCH FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AS DADDY HAS TO BE AT WORK AT 7AM. IF I COULD JUST LET YOU SLEEP IN YOUR BED! OH WELL YOU WON'T BE MY BABY FOR LONG SO I WILL HOLD YOU AND SLEEP WITH YOU AS MUCH AS I WANT.