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.

SUN 3-23-08

TODAY IS EASTER. WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING SPECIAL. I WANTED TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, BUT DADDY SAYS YOU ARE TOO LITTLE. DADDY WORKED MOST OF THE DAY. TAX SEASON IS ALMOST OVER AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MORE OF HIM. HE'S WORKING HARD FOR US. WE ARE GETTING GOOD AT SLEEPING ON THE COUCH. YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO SLEEP WITHOUT MOMMY YET.

SAT 3-22-08

TODAY EVERYONE CAME OVER TO SEE YOU AND HAVE LUNCH. GRANDPA COOKED KBOB WHICH IS MOMMY'S FAVORITE. YOU DEFINATELY KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO EAT BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS WAKE UP. DADDY HAD A SOCCER GAME TONIGHT SO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA STAYED LATE WITH US UNTIL DADDY WAS ALMOST HOME.

FRI 3-21-08

TODAY WAS OUR 1ST TRIP TO THE PEDIATRICIAN. HER NAME IS GRACE. YOU WEIGH 7LBS. 4OZ. THEY ARE A LIL WORRIED ABOUT YOUR JAUNDICE STILL, BUT MY MILK HAS FINALLY COME IN SO HOPEFULLY FEEDING WILL COME A LIL EASIER. AUNT JAYME CAME BY, BUT YOU SLEPT MOST OF THE TIME THAT SHE WAS HERE. MIMMI ALSO CAME OVER. SHE HELPED US WITH THE BREASTFEEDING THING. YOU ARE STARTING TO EAT BETTER NOW. WE HAVE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE COUCH BECAUSE MOMMY CAN'T LET YOU MAKE NOISES AND STILL SLEEP. I'M NOT READY FOR YOU TO NOT BE IN MY LINE OF SIGHT AT ALL TIMES. I KNOW I WILL HAVE TO GET OVER THIS, BUT NOT YET.

THURS 3-20-08

DADDY WENT BACK TO WORK TODAY. HE WILL COME BACK AND PICK NUS UP WHEN THEY RELEASE US. YOU WENT BACK TO SEE THE PEDIATRICIAN AND MOMMY SLEPT FOR AN HOUR WHILE YOU WERE GONE. GRANDPA AND ASHLEY CAME ABOUT 10:30 TO HELP US TAKE STUFF HOME. GRANDPA IS SO PROUD OF YOU, HE ALREADY HAS YOUR PICTURE IN A FRAME. WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL AT NOON, YOU LIKED RIDING IN THE CAR. WE FINALLY GOT YOU HOME. GRANDPA AND ASHLEY LEFT AROUND 4. GRANDMA CAME TO STAY THE NIGHT WITH US. WE WERE UP MOST OF THE NIGHT FEEDING YOU AND CHANGING DIAPERS. ANY LITTLE MOVEMENT OR NOISE YOU MADE GOT US UP. YOU NEVER DID STAY ASLEEP VERY LONG IN YOUR PLAY YARD. POOR GRANDMA HAD TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.