cutie patootie

Here are some recent pics of the boy. He does this super cute half smile thing before he actually smiles. I could just eat him up.

Blowing bubbles. Good job kiddo!!



Next weekend Cole is having his first all weekend sleep over at Gammy's. Justin and I are going to watch the Aggies beat the hell outta Arkansas (hopefully). I mean hopefully we're going to beat them, not hopefully we're going. Oh, we're going (Lacy says indignantly). Our 5 year anniversary is Oct 2 so we're going to go out to eat (somewhere) that night, then head to Arlington on Saturday morning. We've been looking forward to this for a while. Tina and Scott are going to meet us there. It should be a ton of fun!!

The game is in the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. I'm pretty pumped about going, but I am going to miss little Booger.

He made his first actual sound this morning (besides just cooing (which he has started doing more and more)). He made a "da" sound. I know it's not much, but I was so proud. :)

Cole got to see his first cow, horse and donkey at Granny's. I am a horrible mother...I didn't get any pictures of him with them. I did get a picture of him with his Granny, though.

He seemed so amazed by everything: the cows, the huge sky and the trees. He was just all wide-eyed. It's so amazing to see him learning new things. He really likes the outside. If he's fussing, sometimes I'll carry him outside and he immediately stops and just looks around. He's such an amazing little guy...I can't wait to have another!! Well, maybe I can. haha

call me an alarmist if you want...

I have got to get a flu shot. I am not worried about dying from swine flu or even the regular flu. I am concerned about my child. He is only 2 months old, so if I get the flu, there's a good chance he will get it and if he does...well I think everyone knows that babies do not handle the flu well.
I don't want him to end up in the hospital or worse. He won't be able to get a flu shot until he's 6 months old, which will be January 17. So yes, I will be getting him the Type A and H1N1 shot at that time. I am going to get my Type A shot either today or tomorrow and will hopefully be getting the H1N1 vaccine in October (when it is available). So call me an alarmist if you want, but I'm trying to protect my child.
I'm worried about him at the daycare because I know a lot of people aren't going to vaccinate their kids who will, in turn, bring their germs to day care with them. Again, they can be vaccinated, but my son can't. That's what pisses me off about people who don't vaccinate their kids. I know it's a hot button issue right now because of Jenny McCarthy and autism and whatever. It's not their kids that will suffer. It is the young babies, like my son, who can't be vaccinated. This goes for the flu, measles, mumps, everything.
Ugh. I'm just irritated about this whole situation. I'm too much of a worry wart, I know. But, I just love my son more than anything and I want him to be safe and healthy.

I'm so blessed.

I have a list of blogs that I read. They are mostly about parenting and I just enjoy reading what different things different families do. One is http://www.mycharmingkids.net/. This lady has 4 kids (under 4 years old). Her youngest son has a very serious heart condition that has put him in the hospital multiple times in his short 10 months on this planet. He has already had one risky heart surgery that didn't succeed. They are currently waiting for him to gain enough weight to have another heart surgery. Another is http://www.kellyskornerblog.com/. She is from Arkansas and has a super cute daughter who was in the NICU for a few weeks after she was born because she had a bad infection. She's a healthy 8 month old now. She linked a blog on an entry yesterday to http://bandssullivan.blogspot.com/. That is a blog written by a man whose wife (about my age) was diagnosed with breast cancer. She found out she was pregnant a few weeks after. She was given chemotherapy while pregnant, then she gave birth prematurely. They were able to take their daughter home and spend a few days together. Then the wife had a seizure, went back to the hospital and was eventually declared brain dead. Her funeral is Friday. Her daughter will never know her. That is very similar to http://www.mattlogelin.com/. His wife gave birth to their daughter, saw her for just a few seconds, then she died a few days later, having never even held her daughter.

I know, I'm sounding like Debbie Downer, but I said all that to say this. I am so blessed. I have a very healthy little boy and a wonderful husband who loves me and my son very much. It just breaks my heart to think of those two little girls never knowing their mothers.

Also, please say a prayer for the Sullivan family (the 3rd link above). The funeral is Saturday.

Cereal!

So last night we decided to try to feed Cole cereal. As you can see, we didn't even have any baby spoons or anything, so we made due. We realized he probably was too young to understand how to eat it, but we just wanted to see if he would do it. He seemed to like it, he just couldn't figure out how to do it. This was, of course, right after he got out of the bathtub. Bad idea Mom and Dad.

We've had to start putting a bib on him when he sits up because he drools everywhere. His shirt will be soaking wet if we don't. And yes, the bib says "bald is beautiful." :)

The reason I posted this is because that is the biggest smile I've almost captured on camera. You can still tell it's adorable. :)

2 months old!

Cole is 2 months old! We went for his 2 month check up and shots today. This kid is gonna eat us out of house and home. He weighs 15 lb 12 oz and is 26 in long. He's in the 110th percentile for height and weight. CRAZY! He's as big as a 6 month old almost. I have just now started getting his 3 month clothes out and they are almost too small in the stride. We're going to have to skip to 6 month clothes. I took him to the doctor about 2 or 3 weeks ago for a rash (can't remember when exactly) and he was 23 inches. He's growing so fast!
Day care is going okay. He's started on Monday. He's doing fine with it, but I am having a little hard time with it. I just feel so guilty about leaving him. I feel like I hardly ever get to see him. I am so used to seeing him all day every day. Now I only see him a couple of hours in the morning and then from 515 until whenever he goes to sleep at night. He's really starting to get a personality. He has this little crooked smile that is so adorable.
His sleeping has gotten a lot better. If he goes to sleep around 930 or so, he'll sleep until about 430 which is pretty dang good. We've had a few nights where he got up in the middle of the night to eat. But, once a night is better than every 3 hours!! And he is eating a lot faster so he'll eat and then go back to sleep. I can't complain too much. Except that Justin is always trying to con me into letting him not get up with him ever. We still have some bugs to work out in that area.
I want to find a pumkin patch around here to take him to to get a pumpkin for Halloween. Even if he doesn't know what's going on...I also got him a little skeleton onesie for Halloween. I guess I'm going to have to take it back because I don't think he's going to be able to wear it!!
I guess that's about it. Here are a few recent pics of our little cutie.

Daddy and Cole watching the Cowboys.

7 week update

So our little booger is 7 weeks old now. He's a little chunk. We've had a little stressful time going on lately, but things are getting better. He still has a rash that is continuing to spread. He's had some pooping problems. He's been fighting sleep also. But, he's definitely getting better. This is how his sleeping problem has been solved...

He likes to sleep in the arm of the couch.

I only have 1 week of maternity leave left, then we have to send him to daycare. :( I have to really get on the ball working out. I have got to get back in my old clothes! I go to the doctor on Tuesday for my post partum check up. What else...That's pretty much it. Just dreading returning to work. Cole is such a little doll baby. I love him so much.