Long Time

Wow, it's been a long time since I've blogged. There is no good reason, except I have been spending less time online. I've been doing a lot more cleaning & projects around the house. Oh & I've had friends stopping by.

This past weekend we were lucky enough to be able to drive up to Ocean City, Maryland to spend some time with Corey's family. Originally the trip was supposed to be longer & we were going to visit friends in Corey's hometown as well as my grandma. Well, with military life comes the unexpected, Corey had to work more & had to be back earlier. Bummer, but it still worked out that we got to spend some time there. It was a good time & good for us. Unfortunately, I must have lost my brain, because I didn't really take any pictures!! Mom-mom (corey's mom) & Aunt Jennifer probably took lots of pictures so I will have to mooch.

So, tomorrow Will is officially 3 months old!! Crazy! He's such a big boy now. He is very animated, always smilling & "talking".

He Loves:

~his lion rattle

~sitting up

~when people make funny noises with their mouth

~making spit bubbles

~sucking on his hands

~my feeling his gums (I want him to be used to this for when I need to check for teeth/brush)

~his doggie mobile above his changing station
~bathtime

~rain

~his swing

He Dislikes:

~being swaddled (he likes his hands now)

~gas

~Molly & Corey wrestling loudly
~not being held when it's close to naptime

So more likes than dislikes. haha. Here are some pictures I took before our trip.

Smiley Boy

Spit Bubbles starting

Bathtime with Momma

Blog I Love

I am a Babywise freak! I love it!

For those of you who don't know, Babywise is a book, or rather a series of books, on parenting. The first book is mostly about getting baby on a routine & how their routine helps baby sleep through the night. The second book focuses more so on introducing baby to solids, although it covers other things. There are several other books in the series, toddlerwise, childwise, preteenwise, & teenwise. The book is written by the Ezzo's & Dr. Buckham.

My friend Korinne introduced me to it & it has been a blessing.

ANYWAYS, a couple of weeks into parenting I was confused on something from the book & stumbled upon a blog by a babywise mom. THIS blog has been a life saver for me (although it might have contributed to my over-analyzing EVERYTHING in the begining, that is my fault though, not the blog. lol). I love it!

If you are about to have a baby, I highly reccomend you check out the book officially titled "On Becoming Babywise". I also reccomend the blog, Babywise Mom Blog. Even if you already have children, she has a LOT of info/advice on parenting.

By the way, there is a lot of flack going around about the "danger" of babywise & how it's bad. Everyone I have heard this from is just repeating things from people who are misrepresenting babywise.

Video bummer

So, I realized I never posted any video footage of dear sweet Will. Today I filmed some of his cooing, smiling, & batting the fishies. I was so excited to share it with you all, but I had to wait for Cor to get home to show me how to put it on the computer.

Well... I can't. I guess we have to wait for the little dvd to be finished. How stupid. It's a really long dvd & then the begining stuff would be outdated by the time I filled it up! Maybe there is some sort of connector I can buy... Corey says nope. grr...

oh I know, I will just have to film him on my digital camera & figure out how to upload that! Wahoo. He's asleep now, so I'll film him tomorrow.

Oh you guys are going to LOVE him! He's flippin' cute!

2 months old!

So, my little man is two months old!

He did his first really big cheesy smile today! It was so fun! I was fixing the blinds stepped down off the couch, turned around & was greeted by the biggest smile on the most handsome boy!

He is getting more control over his arms & legs. He has even started to bat & kick things! He can hold things for a little bit, except for the burp cloths, he ALWAYS pulls those off my shoulder when I burp him! haha.

He can lift his head pretty high & is working on those push ups. He does roll onto his side (from the back position).

I've been playing a game with him that gets him to laugh almost everytime (not when he's tired, haha). I call out his facial features (eyes, nose, cheeks, etc.) & use his hands to touch my face or my fingers to touch his & the last feature is always lips & then I yell "Kisses!" & kiss him! He squeals in delight! It's amazing! He also loves when we grumble/eat his belly.

He still really loves the mobile from his pack-n-play (thank you tutu, mamaw, & aunt mardee). Whenever I change him on it's changing table I have to let him lay there & watch it!

Let's see...

He is in LOVE with bathtime! He prefers when Dada is in charge of it though, because somehow Corey just does it better than me (ie. less tears from Will) haha.

We've been chilling in the backyard a lot more now that the weather is nice, so I'll have to take some pictures & put them up here too.

Okay, well I think that's a lot, so now the pictures!

almost the smile I got,

again almost the smile,

Oh yeah, that is a poopy-face!

Okay, so I put it in his hand, but he's holding it!

He totally has got it!

Grampy came to visit,

And he was done taking pictures & paparazzi Mom had to put down the camera!

Eye Opener!!!

Oh my goodness!
Last night was a hard night. Will woke up 4 times (only ate 2x, the others were from swaddle issues & his weird wake up @ 5am habit). I was so frustrated & when Corey came home from PT (physical training) to take a shower, I lamented to him. He offered to burp Will if I wanted to take a break. At first I said no, because what's the point of a 5 min. break, but God pushed me (& Corey too).
I knew I wasn't having the right heart. I knew that I shouldn't have been complaining to Corey when he is stressed with work. I knew, as everyone tells me, I should be cherishing every moment. I wasn't, but I knew that even if I felt bad, I could still do the right things. So I asked God for help & told him I will act right.
I had MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) this morning & lamented last night about how hard it would be to make it (it's a 9:15am) & that Will would be off his schedule, PLUS 8-10am is when I nap. Well, God was calling me to go, so I made a big pot of coffee (thank you lord!) & did it.

I am SO thankful God drug me there! Today 4 women shared their testimonies & they were all very moving. Especially my friend Laurie's. I just met her so I didn't know any of her history. God really used her testimony to remind me how thankful I should be to have my William. She had a late miscarriage after having lots of trouble getting pregnant.

God carried me through SOOOOOO much & how quick I am to forget all that he has carried me through. I know the Lord is with me always, but I forget what that deeply means & how blessed I am because I have that comfort & strength!

I wanted a child SO badly & after a time God blessed me with Will. Not because I was right that I should have a child & God just caught on, but because he knew I was ready & that was what I needed. I think of Will being taken away from me or if I can't have anymore children & my heart breaks, but it makes me see the preciousness that Will is.

I hope to never forget how precious he is & how precious, wonderful, glorious, amazing, comforting, & all powerful He (God) is.

Thank you Heavenly Father for reminding me to stop and smell my precious boy. How blessed I am to have my dream of being a mom. May I glorfiy you & not take for granted all that you have blessed me with. Thank you for the relationship I have with you, thank you for never ever turning your back on me, even when I am a selfish brat that I so often am. I am so sorry for the evil I had in my heart this morning. Please forgive me. Thank you so much. Amen.

Question

Have you ever wanted to ask someone a question, but it's not really appropriate. Like you've wanted to know something for a long time & think you kind of know the answer, but aren't sure. It would be pretty embarassing if you were wrong, but you are dying to know. Although... knowing would really change anything, just make you feel better.

Yeah, I'm there. & no I'm not telling you guys what the question is & to whom it is directed.

I suppose we all have those questions to mulitple people sometimes. I just have one that has been on my mind lately. I think it's because I read an article in the May issue of Real Simple magazine, something along the lines of "10 questions to ask your mother" (no it's not to my mom). One of the questions you ask is "Is there anything you wish you would've told me if I died?" or something like that. lol. So, NOW I'm thinking of all the things I'd want people to know if I died & I want to know if they have anything they want to tell me before I die. lol.

This one case is paticularly upsetting... ugh. lol.

One of those days...

ugh, it's only 2:26pm & I'm so ready for this day to be over already! haha

I know it's not that bad. but ugh is all I can come up with.

Will is fussy baby today. There are so many reasons running through my head as to why he is fussy.
He could be gassy.
It could be because 3 naps yesterday were disturbed (1 at church, 2 in the car).
He could be sick (took his temp. auxillary 99.2, but don't know if it's accurate, plan to take rectal temp later)
He could be having a growth spurt (doesn't seem especially hungry when I feed him, if anything isn't finishing bottles)
I could've been overfeeding him (yes, I'll admit it I was trying to fill him up so he'd sleep longer at night. BTW, his last feeding he projectile vomitted... yeah back to 4 oz. unless he cries after that)
It also could just be one of those days.

so with all that & all the crying, I think today should be over already.

Did I mention my dear husband asked me if I was okay (during his lunch break), I said "yeah why?" He responds with "you have these wierd dark lines under your eyes, they look all puffy". Thanks dear, it's jacked up sleep.

I want to go running so bad, but I don't know if I trust the co-op at the gym to watch Will, Corey works so hard I hate just "pawning" Will off on him after he's had a long hard day, & there is no good jogging trails around here! I'm also worried about how much I suck now that it's been almost a year since I ran!!!

Well... I hope things get better today & if they don't I hope tomorrow is better.