still around..

Okay so we are still around and as soon as everything gets set up and we're settled in I'll get some pictures up and I'm sure babble on and on about everything :)

For a smallish update Wyatt is doing well :) (but I mean duhh the kid is perfect ;) lol.) He is getting SO big and eating lots! We're still working on the reflux issue and watching the hydroseal hopefully they both go away soon! He smiles allllll the time which is adorable and can put weight on his legs and his head control is getting better every day :) -- We had our first and hopefully last ER visit when I woke up and he was doing this gaspy-ish thing and it scared me cause I didn't want him to stop breathing completely- doc said it was cause of acid reflux and sent us home.. I felt like an idiot but better safe than sorry.. We haven't really ventured out into Raeford much mind you there isn't much here anyway lol but I have to do school stuff in a couple weeks so I guess we will see what's poppin' around here hahaha...

Facebook is back up :( so we'll see how long that lasts it's just hard cause I hate it and all the drama it starts but it is nice to keep in contact with people in Canada and everyone that I don't talk to on a regular basis.. Plus I get to show off more pictures of Wyatt hahah

But it is WAY past bed time and I will try to get on here again soon with pictures :)

2 months old

Well he is growing up fast! This year will be over before I know it!! He turned 2 months old on Friday so I took him for his 2 month check up today and he got shots :( he did great though!! He was more pissed he got woken up than that he got stuck with needles. I guess 9 days in NICU gets you used to being stuck a lot. He only fussed for a few seconds and then wanted to eat lol. We changed his formula again :( so hopefully the spitting up with calm down and he stops choking on it! His doctor also noticed a little fluid in his boy parts so it could be a hydroseal and if it doesn't go down he has to go for an ultrasound.. Tylenol got pulled off ever shelf so it took me forever but we found some generic tylenol to give him. I guess it makes them sleepy cause this kid is racked out and sleeping like a little angel hhaha. I love how he has his hands by his face he did it when he was in my belly too. I think it's cute that he sleeps like me I never thought that would be hereditary! Granny G said she hopes he grows big and strong like his daddy and not be weak and sickly like me ahahha thanks ma!!! I do hope he gets only good genes from both of us but he is perfect either way!! It seems like he is definitely getting the better gene for eye color though they're going so GREEN I love it haha!!! I will love his eyes no matter what color though haha.

We slept at the new house last night- I'm allergic to it surprise surprise!!-I'll be glad once everything is set up and settled there besides the entire wall dividing me and Wyatt :( he will be fine I'm sure but I'm not sure I will haha. The extra space will be nice for sure though!

I think he is stoned off tylenol he is waking up and kinda looks around with droopy eyes then goes back to sleep :/ I hope he doesn't have a reaction to the shots though! I'm worried cause he isn't fussing for food :( I guess I'll try and feed him and see what happens...

more pictures

the tie dye is when he was a few weeks old but i love it :) haha

pictures

They're blurry cause the new phone has a sucky camera :/ but you can still see his cuteness :)

Happy Mothers Day!

"While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about."

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us when adversity takes the place of prosperity when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."

"Your children need your presence more than your presents."

"If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. "

"Simply having children does not make mothers."

"Children are the sum of what mothers contribute to their lives."

"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not."

"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path."


I didn't feel like typing much so quotes are always good :) Happy mothers day!!

Experiment 626

So I feel like after you give birth 2 extra arms should just pop out of your sides like Stitch- just for the first year or two. Do you know how are it is to change a poopy diaper while trying to hold a paci in his mouth? Let me tell you it's not easy. Or trying to hold the baby and the paci while trying to make the bottle? Again not easy. So you see the simple solution would be to just have two extra hands that you can pop in and out as needed. And it's definitely needed at 3 am! I feel bad because he was sleeping so good except for the last few nights he's been waking up twice instead of once because I guess he can tell I'm restless and toss and turn all night :( hopefully we get back on track within the next couple days. He ate SIX oz last night and would have had more but I was SO scared I was over feeding him so 2 hours later had another 2.5 oz and went to sleep.

I think when you have kids because it's not just you anymore you become more jumpy or at least I do. Wyatt and I were taking a nap yesterday as you can see from the picture we were racked out haha. Well Granny G decided to take pictures and Wyatt moved a little so it woke me up and when I open my eyes her camera phone was shoved in our faces and it scared the crap outta me!! And this isn't the first time I've definitely woken up and saw her and before I realized what was going on I did the jump back kinda gasp thing cause I get scared. Wyatt of course slept through it all lol. He has been ending up on his tummy a lot more lately during his naps and I just leave him ( yes I know back to sleep tummy to play) but he roles over and does it himself so I'm not moving a sleeping baby. He is precious though! Granny D got him this blue stuffed bunny and he loves to hold on to things as a comfort this includes but is not limited to hair, skin, clothes, my face..etc so he is sleeping right now and is holding on to the bunny's ear and pulled it up to his lips! and yes ANOTHER rule broken "don't put anything around them while they sleep" but I'm kinda over peoples "rules" I may not know everything but I know my son and if anything is near his nose or face that obstructs his breathing he picks up his head and moves it or screams for me lol- plus I'm right here so if anything happens I'd know. I'm not disregarding all the rules now I'm not about to give my kid strawberries but a bunny or a blanket I'll let it go...

I enjoy him being little and to be able to love on him as much as I want but I will be thankful (as well as my back) when he can hold his head up! He does not like being held football style unless he is eating so again the extra hands would come in handy (hehe) when I'm holding a fussy baby upright over my shoulder and trying to eat or drink- it's a back breaker for sure! But then again once he can hold his head up before I know it he'll be sitting up, then crawling, then walking, and next thing I know he'll be graduating :( he is already 2 months old today and I'm sad my baby boy is growing up so fast lol.. I'm totally going to be one of those moms who cry on the first day of kindergarden haha. Dads are so much better at things like that they're just like "eh see ya later" and moms are like" ahhh :'( call me if anything happens! OMG I'm leaving my baby :'(" go back for 13 kisses and hugs and a million i love yous and then we call 12 times to make sure everything is okay! I've been told I'm not allowed to baby or spoil him- but we'll see about that ;) haha. I won't make him into a sissy boy but when he is hurt the best medicine is momma medicine.. And the whole spoiled thing you can never love your kids too much and he will know "no" and have to work for what he wants when he is older so he isn't a spoiled brat but I can totally spoil him now and then secretly do it later :) haha.. I want him to stay little-( not just so I can love on him all I want but so the want to have another one never comes cause you know you see a little baby and will forget all the pain and sleepless nights and say "awww I want one!!" No, no you don't!! lol and if I did have another one- in 5+ years- all my attention wouldn't be focused on him- but then he would have someone to play with.. it's like politics just too complicated lol!!)- but then again it will be nice when he is older and I get to do fun things with him! Plus once he is in school and I'm teaching we will have all the same holidays besides spring break usually and summers off to do lots of fun things and travel! I really want to be able to take him places during the summers so he can learn about and see the world and go camping and fishing and lots of fun stuff haha. But he is stirring and I've written a novel so I'm going to get his bottle ready :)


oh and p.s. for all of the english majors or grammar freaks we're gunna say the blog is stream of consciousness because I blog how I speak and commas and semicolons aren't in my vocabulary and very rarely do I use periods -they're usually at the end of like 6 run on sentences :) and I never reread what I type haha

I GOT IT!! I GOT IT!! I GOT IT!!!

AWWWWWW he smiles :) it's humanly impossible to not be totally in love with this little guy haha!!

Cinco de Mayo

Not only was today cinco de mayo it was the last day of class hell and yeah!!! lol. Aunty Crisy and cousin Georgia came into town and we all went shopping at the mall. It's weird when your mom all the cute short dresses that I use to wear are just way toooooooo hoochie now so I had to buy some full length ones today lol. Wyatt was a little fussy at first but after I loved on him he slept the rest of the time :) But backing up before we even got to the mall I dropped my car off to get 4 new tires since I got a flat last week and needed new ones anyway. So they tell me that my car will be done by 4:30 and this was around 2. Okay fine! So we go shopping have a good time whatever. I go back around 4:45 and my car hasn't moved.. Seriously? So I go in (totally not happy) and ask bluntly "why isn't my car ready- and when will it be?" the response "uhhh it won't be in for another 45 minutes" THANKS FOR THE CALL AHOLE! I'd be a little mad if it was just me but do you know how heavy baby stuff is?? a 12 lb kid plus the carseat and a loaded diaper bag- I'm lugging around about 20 pounds of stuff ( no joke that diaper bag is almost 10 lbs ) so I'm even more pissed. So it's not like I can snap my fingers to speed things up and I tell him to call me when my car is done because we had dinner plans. This was around 5 it is now almost 10 and yep still haven't received a call.. Needless to say tomorrow morning isn't going to be fun for them! So we got to dinner around 5:30 and it's our favorite mexican restaurant so of course it's busy because of cinco de mayo and dollar taco night- the wait was around 30 mins (not bad at all right?)... Well the hostess, who is dumber than a box of rocks (and I'm not being mean I went to highschool with her- sweet yes, smart NO) crossed us off the list some how and sat almost 2 pages of people before us so we ended up waiting almost 2,TWO, 2 hours with 3 kids in 80 weather not cool!!!!! Poor Georgia is STARVING by this time because well dinner time was 2 hours ago !!!! So we get the table and I finished feeding Wyatt while we were waiting but because it took so long to get seated it was now fussy time. Every night he gets fussy around the same time it lasts til 8:30 ish and then he sleeps til 3 or 4 sometimes later so I don't complain too much. So the 2 minutes I was able to sit in my chair (while holding him over my shoulder) I inhaled my tacos- still think half the shell is stuck in my throat I ate so fast lol- and the rest of the time I was standing in the middle of the restaurant trying to calm him down so he wouldn't scream.. So needles to say cinco de mayo wasn't so dandy lol- maybe next year :)

Oh but the pictures are of him half smiling cause I wasn't fast enough to get it but I'm determined to get one!!!! haha and of him trying to scoot to gracy it looks like he wants to eat her haha.

"A baby will...

make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for"

So the house is like gutted right- so Wyatt and I are sleeping on this cushion so I put him on his side and I lay down on my side. Well apparently children are like magnets to their parents and little houdini ends up practically on top of me lol. Now I'm all of snuggles and lovin' but not at night just because I'm such a heavy sleeper I don't want to roll over and hurt him- plus I'm not trying to have a 5 year old crawl into bed with mommy every night haha- and I like my space to spread out.. We do take naps together and yes I break my rules and have him on my chest but only like once-ish a day haha. But normally at night he is really good about sleeping in his own bed. At the new house he will have his own room :( I'm not very excited for that just because I like having him so close and being able to sit up in my bed and see him in his.. I guess it's for the best but I'll probably end up on his floor for a while before I'm comfortable being so far away haha. He usually sleeps really well at night though and we even got in a few 8 hour stretches lately but we were party animals last night and stayed out til 8:30 way past bed time so he woke up twice last night. I think I woke him up though just because I was up late on the phone and then tossed and turned :/ All this talk about sleeping is making me tired and he is racked out already so I think it's nap time :)

Smiley Wy-Wy

So I forgot to mention he smiles now!! It started last month a little before my birthday- so it was totally the best birthday present ever lol. He usually smiles in the morning when I tell him good morning and when I tickle his chinS haha. I can't wait til I can get a picture of it!! He has that crooked, country boy grin that says "I'm up to no good but I'm so damn cute if I smile I'll get away with anything!" He's just like his daddy set for life with those green eyes(with some blue still) and sneaky grin haha. He totally has attitude too! If I don't have him in the right position to feed him or if I don't get it fast enough he does this high pitched scream and gets all pissed off it's the cutest thing ever!! I'm in for a treat when he hits his terrible twos lol. Oh he also LOVES to pull my hair when he is upset he latches on and won't let go. So I think the reason parents go bald is because the kids pull their hair out not that they pull their hair out because of the kids haha- although this theory may change when he is 16 Imma stick with it for now lol.

Baby Mac :)

Well we have been quite busy these past 2 weeks! Lots of doctors appointments- from my no more babies appointment to switching his formula and acid medicine we have been on the go!! We celebrated my 20th last Wednesday at fondue with my high school english teacher it was yummy :) We have also been very busy packing for the 23903849384 (more like 40 something) move. This is kinda the public announcement we're moving to Fayetteville so when we aren't here and people say "What you never told me you were moving!?!" I can say "I did if you read the blog!!"

Back to what's really important: Wyatt has cradle cap :( but it's not that bad so just have to put this cream on it after bath time. His acid reflux medicine was making him throw up entire bottles so we switched formula's and went off the old medicine. Unfortunately, the new formula isn't keeping the acid down so we had to put him on an acid blocking medicine which his first dose was this morning and he threw it up :( I'm going to give it a week and if he continues to throw it up or his bottles I'll be starting rice cereal in his bottles to make his tummy heavier to keep everything down! And a plus to the rice is he may sleep longer at night but I'm not really complaining about that anyway 6-7 hours for an almost 2 month old is pretty good :) He smiles now too but has been extra fussy and fights his sleep :( he also has a gunky eye from allergies, an infection, or clogged tear duct so he has eye drops twice a day for the week and he does really well with them! At the end of the month we will be taking our first road trip to Canada and New York! I hope he does okay! He seems to like his car seat which is nice. Well the computer is dying and I'm not sure if the charger is packed or not so I will try and get on again soon!