I Found My Feet

Happy 1st Mother's Day

Happy 1st Mother’s Day to me! It was exactly one year ago that we found out we were pregnant with our sweet little baby boy. Time has really flown by. Clay did an amazing job making me feel special and appreciated! He had everything planned out and ready to go. After church, he said we were going on a picnic. I thought sandwiches and chips and a blanket. I was wrong. He had the charcoal grill in the back of his truck and bought steaks, baked beans, salad, corn on the cob, and dessert. So we all spent the afternoon under a big tree on a blanket. It was so nice to relax and talk and play with Connor outside. I got the sweetest card from Connor with a gift card to the spa and Clay had bought me a card too!

Even though being a mom is a job that totally consumes you & never seems to end, there’s nothing in the whole world that I would rather do. I love being a mom. I feel so lucky & so blessed that I was chosen to be Connor’s mommy. He makes the worst of days disappear when he gives me that big grin of his. His smile just makes me smile.

This weekend Connor found his feet too! So all weekend he was grabbing and playing with his feet trying to get them to his mouth. It was so cute to watch. I have pictures I’ll post later.

My Little Man

Day Care Pics

All The Grandkids

He Rolled Over

I picked Connor up from daycare today and Miss Vicki said he rolled over again this afternoon. When we got home, I layed him on a blanket on his stomach and played with him until he was ready for his nap. I thought he was half asleep so I got up and went into the kitchen to open the mail. When I went back in there like 2 minutes later, he was on his back...I thought, man I missed it again. This time I decided I wasn't going to leave his sight, so I got my camera and was ready. Finally, it happened...he rolled over!

Oral Surgeon

So we took Connor to the oral surgeon yesterday afternoon for a second opinion on his upper lip. We didn't find out much more than we already knew. He said he had not seen this in a child so young and he needed to do some research and consult with a pathologist. He said he didn't think it was a tumor, but he couldn't tell us exactly what it was. He wants to see him back in 2 weeks and see if it looks the same, even though I told him it has been there for 2 months now. He said they might have to hospitalize and sedate little Connor and remove it. I personally think he is way to young for that and I don't know if I would go through with that just yet! I'm just hoping and praying that by some miracle, it will go away on its on. He did say to try to keep the paci away from him as much as possible and to try the Nuk pacifiers and see if he would take those if he had to have one. So, I missed 2 hours of work for him to tell us just to come back in 2 weeks. Maybe the pathologist will have a better answer for us when we go back. I'll try to take a picture of his lip and post later this week.

"Mommy" and "Sickness" DO NOT go together

Being sick and being a mommy are two things that don’t go well together. Two days ago I started feeling really bad. My head starting hurting and my throat got all sore and I became congested. I figured it was just from all the pollen (even though I’ve never had bad allergies) and went on with my day. Yesterday I got to feeling a whole lot worse. I went to work but all I wanted to do was crawl back in the bed. I called the doctor and got an appointment yesterday morning. Turns out, I really am sick. I had 101.9 fever. He never did tell me exactly what was wrong, only that it looked like I had an upper repertory infection, except I had fever and you normally don’t run fever with that. He said I was contagious and wrote me 2 prescriptions. He said to stay away from my 4 month old. I went on home for the day to try to rest.

I really hope Connor does not catch this. As hard as it was for me last night, I didn’t hold him at all; I didn’t really even get near him. It is such an awful feeling knowing that he is right there looking at me and I can’t even go over and give him a little kiss. I can’t tell you how sad that made me. I couldn’t feed him, or give him his bath, or tuck him in. I’m really lucky to have such a great husband that handled everything last night without a single complaint. I just don’t want either one of them to catch this and I’m ready to feel better and snuggle with both my boys! Mommys don't have time to get sick.

4 Months/ Pictures

My big boy now weighs 12 pounds and 9.5 ounces and is 25 inches long! He is growing so fast! He got another 4 shots (one liquid in his mouth) but he did very well with them. His check-up went well overall, except we have to take him to an oral surgeon next week to look at his upper lip. He has this red blister-like thing that we thought was just from sucking on his pacifier, but the doctor wants a second opinion to make sure it isn’t something more serious. He also gave us a prescription cream for his really red/dry skin on his neck and under his chin. It seems to be helping so far. His cradle cap is going away and is almost completely gone. Now only if he would grow some hair! Oh, I can’t forget to mention that for the past few weeks, he’s been sleeping all night until around 6-6:15! We are SO HAPPY about this! The doctor said we could start introducing Connor to some solid foods whenever we are ready. I think we are probably going to wait another month though.

We took Connor to his first A-Day game this past Saturday and he was an angel! He never even cried and we had him outside from around 11:00-4:45 or so. We did get to sit in the shade and a breeze was blowing. I was so proud of him and he looked so cute in his Alabama gear. He finally fit in a pair of blue jeans I bought months ago.

He’s been trying roll over from his stomach to his back. He gets half way there and then comes back down. He’s really cute to watch. Yesterday when I went to pick him up from Miss Vicki’s she said he rolled over twice! My first reaction was YAY, but then I realized I missed it. I missed his first roll over and it got me all upset. That’s the biggest downside of working; someone else gets to see everything he does first. I’m having trouble dealing with this =( but I know I’m not the only mom who experiences this.