Re-Cap: July 2010, Part 2

So sleep is not my friend tonight/ this morning. Not that I advocate giving up at things in life, but I am giving up on sleep for at least the next little bit! But that's all I am giving up on!! :)

So, shall we continue on in July?

The weekend after the 4th was girls' weekend!!! Yay!!! One of my favorite events of the year! Now I know what you're thinking...girls' weekend. I am a boy. What does this have to do with me? Well my little sugar plum, we have let you in on our trip! Every year Noni, Aunt Carrie and I go to the beach for a girls' trip and since you have come along you have been an honorary guest. We have always had so much fun! We go to Charleston every year and to Folly Beach. This year we had so much fun that we stayed an extra day and went to the aquarium too!!

So anyway, yeah, I know, cut to the pictures mom!!!

My little beach bum!!! You LOVE the sand and the water. You couldn't be happier hangin' on the beach! You got into some serious sand work this year (and what sand villages would be complete without Thomas, Lightning McQueen and Mater?!), charged into the ocean braver than ever, and tried out a boogie board for the first time! Wow!!

I love these- you enjoying the sand with Oreo cookie crumbs all over your face! Just very precious to me!

You were kind enough to take some time to play/ hang out with us too.

You enjoyed the hotel a lot

And here are some pictures from the aquarium. Mommy, being the good mommy that I am, even took you to see the snakes (I would say they are my all-time greatest fear, but given current circumstances, I'll just say they are right up there near the top!)

We got to pet a baby alligator- oh my was mommy ever a nervous wreck to let you get so close to him!

We had such a fun trip and you always make it so much more special!! What a special little guy you are to this family!!

Re-Cap: July 2010- part 1

So, I have lots of time alone now, being that I am not at home with you and daddy now AND I am struggling heavily with insomnia, so the perfect time to catch up on your blog- right?! Well, I hope so. I haven't done much yet, because I love posting pictures on your blog and all our pictures are stored on our computer, back at our apartment, but I am trying to figure out what I can do. I guess if anything, I can always come back and edit the posts and add pictures, right? Maybe I can copy and paste from Facebook, but Mommy will figure it out.
So......July. I guess the logical place to start is the beginning, right? And July 4th, Independence Day, was our first big happening of the month! You celebrated with Mommy and Daddy on July 3rd actually. We went to the National Whitewater Center here in town! We had never been there before and there was so much to see and dream about doing someday! You got in some good bouldering experience and Daddy and I were so proud of our little rockclimber! You know that is one of Mommy and Daddy's passions and we hope you grow to love it too! You definitely seem as though you will! But anyway, at dark they had the fireworks and oh my, did you ever LOVE the fireworks! This was your first fireworks show and I will never forget it! Every time a firework went off you cheered "Yay fireworks!" It was adorable. We have video on youtube that Daddy took on his cell phone. It's video of the fireworks with you cheering in the background. Let's see.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZznvt2o-r4 You have to check it out- you are too cute!!! So let's see if Mommy can get some pictures rolling....

Here is my rockclimbing boy!!!

Woo-hoo!!! Mommy got it! Okay, here are some more...

Here's you and Daddy. Daddy loved showing you everything and explaining about the whitewater and eddies and all kinds of stuff.

We saw a beautiful sunset over the "river" and settled down to watch the fireworks

And you were passed out in the car before we even got out of the parking lot! What a great Independence Day celebration we had! Praise God that we live in the country we do!

Re-Cap: Your Birthday

Good morning Sugar Bear! We are enjoying a quiet Saturday morning at home. We've been on the go so much lately that I think we are all enjoying a quiet morning at home. Daddy is sleeping. You are happily catching up on all your shows on Playhouse Disney. And Mommy....well Mommy should probobly be working around the house and all, but I have a quiet moment and thought I would blog instead. I wanted to continue your story from yesterday and tell you about your birthday, the day you were born.

So yesterday I told you that you were born at 12:40 am on Friday, October 27th. You were 9 pounds and 21 1/2 inches. You had a little bit of a complicated birth. You had the chord wrapped around your neck and had inhaled meconium. Mommy was very weak for a number of reasons, but finally you came out to greet us! Dr. Wolf held you up briefly and then you were wisked away. Daddy and Noni went to be with you, but then Mommmy started having some problems and Daddy came back to be with me ( I kinda made him- he really wanted to stay with you!). But anyway, your Noni got to be the first person to hold you! Then Daddy got to hold you. Then Daddy took you to the door where Pa was waiting (Pa stood outside the door for the whole 2 hours of delivery that it took!) and Pa got to hold you. Everyone got to hold you but Mommy! Finally Mommy was taken care of and at 1:20 am, forty minutes after you were born, Daddy placed you in my arms. I can't explain the rush of emotion that I felt. I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was instant love and protection and just everything. I never wanted to let you go. And I cried and cried (happy tears of course!)

Pa caught our first moments together on the camera

You nursed for a long time and then they took you to the nursey. Mommy didn't want to let you go!


Daddy went with you to the nursery. Here is your first bath.


You LOVED being under the heat lamps!

The next day you got lots of visitors!! Here are Noni and Pa with you.


Aunt Carrie

"Aunt" Shelli and Lizzy came to visit you

And your Nana, Papa and cousin Emily drove all the way from Mississippi to come see you! And your Aunt Sarah drove all the way from West Virginia!

Everyone was so excited to meet you! It was an absolutely wonderful, perfect day! You have such a wonderful family who love you sooooo much and love each other sooooo much! You are a very very lucky little boy. We have lots of pictures of your first few days in the hospital with Mommy and Daddy, but I have run out of time for now. I love you precious!