Guess What

Guess what Mommy

TODAY I AM 4 MONTHS OLD!!

 I'm getting to be a big boy!

We saw something funny at Walmart today :)

And I thought I had long eyelashes - Giggles

Happy Four Month Old, my sweet son.  Today he is 17 weeks, 1 day old - 4 months on the 18th.  It's so  funny, because when a baby is born, we go by the days and weeks.  But when he gets around 2 months, the doctors go by the day of the month on the calendar for monthly shots.  Gregory will see his doctor at the end of this week.

Happy Father's Day

"Every day feels like Father's Day" - Gregory is 16 weeks 6 days old today.... my husband asked me to post pictures of him and our son.  Happy Father's Day Sweetheart.

For Father's Day, Greg received 3 "Daddy" shirts, a card, box letters that spell out "DAD" and a kit to fix Greg's iPad that cracked :)

Below:  Greg, Greg's parents and Gregory

Below, My dad and two Gregs :)

Happy Father's Day to all the Wonderful Dads out there :)

Early Gift for Dad and New Experience for Baby

Father’s Day is a couple of days away, but one evening this week my husband received an early Father’s Day gift.  My parents have a swimming pool, but Greg couldn’t find his swimsuit.  When Greg mentioned his interest in swimming, my parents gave Greg his gift, a few days early – two pair of swimsuits. 

Both of us were eager to get into the pool, not just because of the 90 plus degree heat and humidity, but because it would be a new first experience to share with our son!  Gregory likes his nighttime baths, but that’s always with warm water.

Though the days have been very hot, the pool water was still a little cool.  Greg thought the pool water was perfect, but I found it slightly chilly and was worried that our son would start crying, scream or worse, catch a cold.

At the deep end of the pool, I can’t stand.  Greg can stand in the deep end, but instead opted for the seat that is in the deep end for my parents to lower our son into the pool with us there.  Greg held our baby while I poured a little water on him at a time for him to get used to the feeling.

Then we put Gregory in the floating device for babies under 25 pounds.  It held our son well and we drifted around the pool.  Our son didn’t cry or scream, but he only smiled once.  He was wide-awake and I think he was analyzing the situation.  Not quite sure if he liked it but he wasn’t ruling it out either. 

I hope he likes to swim.  My husband doesn’t care to swim, he likes to be in the water to relax.  Me, I love to swim.  

Daddy bought some cloths

Daddy bought some cloths for you and Mommy couldn't help but do a fashion time :)

This is how you started off in the morning..

Daddy bought you this shirt :)  It's for 12 month olds and it's too big for you, but you're going to be adorable in it within months!

Mommy snuggles between cloth changing :)

After putting you in this next outfit that your Daddy bought, he had to pose with you!

This next outfit was from your great Aunt Diane :)

Your Daddy bought two other really cute outfits, but they are for when you are much bigger :)

Trip to Mississippi

I am just now getting around to our quick trip to Mississippi, Gregory's first time out of state.   We went to MS to attend a graduation party for Sarah, my cousin's daughter.  Gregory was ready for the road trip!

What I'd like to know is how do you pack for a trip for a baby?  My goodness, we were only staying over night for ONE night.  Greg and I each had one small bag... the baby?  Had four bags!  Goodness!

We arrived at Misty's home (my cousin).  They had everything decorated so lovely for their daughter.

Here is my cousin Misty.  They had crawfish (which my husband is allergic to, so thankfully they also had pulled pork, which was very tasty and tender).

The party was held in the "backyard" - on a huge lot of property - which includes a lovely pond.  Below is a picture of the group at tables outside.  And then a picture of Sarah with my Aunt Vera and Gregory.

Misty and Paul's home is a log cabin.  No kidding, it's all wood - the inside and the outside.  We were given a tour around.  It took them 3 years to have the house made.  I think it came out beautiful and my cousin has her dream home!

They have a pool in the backyard as well.

Love all the wood in the house!

Did you see the swing in the front room?

Love the tub

The bed has pine cones on it in the iron work, too cute.

While we toured the house, Gregory loved going arm to arm :)

Gregory's shirt reads, "I love my Opa" (my Dad's name for "Grandfather" in German)

My cousin, Michelle, told me "This is something new we are trying with Isaac."  (He just made two years old and I love to watch his progress.  Teaching him how to drink from a water bottle.)

I mentioned to Michelle that I'd like to hold off on chocolate for my son until his first birthday party and then get the birthday cake over his face picture.  Michelle shared this wisdom, "Oh, don't do that!  I waited for Izzy (her daughter) for her birthday, but she didn't like the texture of chocolate.  The key is to introduce chocolate a month or so before the birthday party so they can enjoy it."

Izzy is too cute.  She's holding the new dog that my parents bought for my brother and his wife.  Izzy knew the dog's name was Gumbo and she knew the difference between the two dogs (who look very much alike.)

Love this picture with Izzy driving.  There are a lot of pine trees in the yard and she did an excellent job of driving around them.  I was impressed!

We enjoyed the pond in the backyard as well.

Afterwards we visited at Aunt Diane's home (they own over 200 acres and live "across the street" from Misty).  Gregory was wiped out from the visiting.  Love this next shot - my mom holding Gregory - one shoe of her's is off, the other is in a brace.  She's drinking from a Hershey's cup and it's coffee and both her and the baby looked chilled out.

We stayed one night at a hotel room, where Gregory determined what we would watch on TV.

The next day we went to visit at Aunt Diane's house again.  My cousins and their daughters were there.  We had a lot of laughs and Gregory loved the attention :)

My aunt took us on a tour of her property while Gregory soaked up the love and attention.

 Greg moving tree branches out of the way ,while my aunt calls out, "Look out for snakes!"

Misty's son took Lori's girls on the four wheeler 

Aunt Diane's home 

Afterwards, Adam took Greg on a four wheel tour :)

It was a lovely trip and Gregory slept the entire way back home.  It's still amazing what all is necessary to take a baby on a trip, what all he needs.  This was a good short trip to give us a clue.  :)  It was great to spend the time with family.