Weekend wrap-up (a little late)

Friday night we went to our Sunday School party. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures. It was fajitas and game night. To be honest it's been a while since we've been to Sunday school so there were several people there we didn't know. We still enjoyed ourselves on some delicious food. Afterwards everyone split up into several groups and played lots of different games. The group we were started out just visiting and catching up then someone broke out "Uno Attack". This is a fun twist on the classic card game. I think Santa might be bringing this our way! :o)

Saturday was very busy! Michael had a choir garage sale in Corsicana to raise money for their spring trip. Then we had some pictures done at our house again to get some pictures of our new family. She got some great pictures of the three of us and then pictures of just Daniel. I wish I had some sneak peeks to share. The photographer was absolutely wonderful and so patient! Daniel got a little fussy at one point and needed a bottle. She waited patiently and chatted while he ate and got into a better mood. I can't wait to see how they all came out. Below are some of the maternity pictures she did the first part of August. Those aren't even half of them!

Later that evening Michael and I had date night for the first time since Daniel has arrived. David and Natalie had offered to watch Daniel awhile back so we decided to take them up on it. It was nice to get out just the two of us.

I will admit though that I begged Michael to call once in the beginning of the evening. He obliged and then we enjoyed the rest of the night. Michael got us tickets to a community production of "Guys and Dolls" in Corsicana. The show was great! It's been a long time since we've gone to any live productions like that. We used to do it a lot when we were dating and first married while Michael was still at SHSU. Thank you David and Natalie for the much needed break!

Well, that sums up our weekend. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Fave Foto Friday

Weekend Wrap-up

Absolutely nothing exciting happened this weekend.
Saturday Michael was in Waco for a region clinic and concert. My mom came over to watch Daniel while I took Daisy to the vet. Daisy is doing great and is back outside with Gretchen. She still has a funny limp that I think will be around for a little while. Otherwise she's good.
Sunday was church, naps and playtime. That's a pretty typical Sunday around here. Here are some pictures!

Fave Foto Friday

I'm stealing this idea from another blog I read.

Every Friday I will post a favorite picture.

There are so many to chose from. Hope you enjoy!

He looks so much like...

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

What goes down, sometimes comes back up!

We have not seen this happy face in a few days. Luckily Krystyna documented this rare occasion! Poor Daniel has been diagnosed with acid reflux. I saw this coming. He was getting more and more unhappy with each feeding. And his spitting up was becoming much more projectile. I was doing all I could to avoid medication but it was only getting worse. Dr. Sweet wasn’t available so we saw a family practice doctor in the office. He was very good and I’m thinking we may have found a doctor for Michael and I.

When they weighed him in I was astonished at the weight gain! He is weighing in at a hefty 13 lbs. 15 oz. They say that you can’t over feed with breast milk. I hope this is true.

I think I may have given birth to a future Dallas Cowboys linebacker!

Weekend Wrap-up

Well this weekend went much better than last. We celebrated another birthday but this time without a dog fight!

Friday night we went to Cleburne to meet up with a dear friend and her boyfriend. Elaine and Michael worked together at Cleburne Middle School two years ago. If it wasn't for the unexpected opening in Corsicana, he'd still be in Cleburne. When I met Elaine two years ago I thought she was a very goofy, crazy and larger than life person. More than I could handle! Now that I've gotten to know her I still think she is a goofy, crazy and larger than life person. But I'm so glad she's in my life! She absolutely fell in love with Daniel on Friday. I'm surprised she didn't try to smuggle him out.






Our Burrito Baby at the game.
It got a little too cold for him.










Saturday Daniel and I went up to the civic center for the Veteran's Day Celebration. My dad was performing. There were several great performers. Luckily Daniel waited to get fussy and fill his diaper just after my dad sang. But we left after our stinky dash to the bathroom. I thought I'd spare everyone Daniel's opinion on the whole program. Hopefully we didn't miss too much more. The music was inspiring but not as much as the pictures they showed and the tons of veterans from wars as far back as WWII. We owe these men and women more than we could ever repay.


Sunday after church we headed down to my mom's to celebrate Jennifer's birthday. She turned 26 on the third. We missed David and Natalie due to other obligations but had a great time anyway. If you notice the picture we had to improvise on the candle. I forgot to bring birthday candles so my mom found a scented votive to use instead. After we stuffed our face with cake and ice cream we played a board game called "Loaded Questions". I wish I could say I let the birthday girl win, but really she kicked butt!







Happy Birthday Aunt Jenn!

Halloween, Birthday Cake & Dog fight . . .

Baby Ninja Daniel

Daniel celebrated his first Halloween in Italy this year. Italy had their annual fall festival so we got dressed up and crashed the party! They had hot dogs and hamburgers. I ate Daniel's share. And lots of games to play. We won candy and treats at every game! I will admit that the only game we didn't cheat at was the Cake Walk. We won that play-doh and crayons fair and square.

We definitely cheated at this one! -----My baby can karate chop your baby!






Our. . . I mean Daniel's pumpkin was heavy!






On Saturday I experienced Costco! My mom, Jennifer, Krystyna and I went grocery shopping at Costco. We decided to get the bulk items and split them between us. Once we got home we split up everything in the middle of my living room. I wish I had taken pictures of the whole thing. I hadn't seen so much food in my house at one time! It was actually kind of fun. We are planning to do this again. Next time with a bigger vehicle or two.



Wake me up when we get there...zzzzzzzzzz







That night we celebrated Barrett's 26th birthday. Michael grilled up some turkey burgers and hot dogs for everyone. We had a good time sitting around talking and watching the football game. Don't ask me which one, I didn't really watch it.

Happy birthday Uncle Bear!



While cleaning up our mess from dinner I thought I'd check on my dogs out back. Frito was barking his "tattle-tale" bark that made me think something was going on. When I stepped outside I found my two bigger dogs, Daisy and Gretchen, in the throws of a major fight. This wasn't like all their other scuffles. These dogs meant business and nothing I could do would stop them. I yelled for Michael who was able to split them. The fight got so out of hand that Daisy was injured pretty badly. A patch of skin from her left front leg was torn and required a trip to the emergency vet in Mansfield. Sadly they didn't do much for her because they wanted way too much money up front. (My dogs are very special to me but I believe the vet was taking advantage of the situation.) So they wrapped Daisy up and gave us some meds to get by until Monday. Michael took her to the vet here in Waxahachie who was able to stitch her up for a tenth of the cost. She's doing much better and has a crazy little limp to get around. Hopefully in a few weeks she can go back outside and play nice with Gretchen.

Two months and growing!

I'm sorry I've been such a bad blogger. Now I know why new moms don't post as often. I will never be ugly about that again!

Daniel is growing like crazy! He has his two month appointment tomorrow, that I'm not really looking forward to. He will be getting his first shots. My guess is that they will tell me that my little man is just that, a little man! He is getting longer and fatter by the minute. I will have to update tomorrow with his newest stats.

I think he has fallen in love with his nanny, Krystyna. I hear him laugh and coo at her nearly every morning. A small part of me selfishly wants him to only do that for me. But I'm glad that he loves her because I know she loves him.

I wish I could say this picture of Michael and Daniel was posed...

but it wasn't.

Thank you GG for letting us take pictures in your flower bed. I hope we didn't step on too many!

Sharin' the love!

Long time no blog!

Well, we have another computer up and running again. Thanks to Hurricane Ike and a friend of ours, we were able to score a perfectly good computer being tossed out. Unfortunately it doesn't have the capacity our other one did for all my pictures so I am trying to be very choosy about what I load up so I can show them off to the blog world.

As far as updates I don't have too many. We got our car up and running again. Luckily it was just the battery! We were convinced it was the starter because the sound it was making. Jerrod suggested we trying jumping the battery before shelling out the cash for a starter. Sure enough, the computer guru was right. He joked before that about knowing nothing about repairing cars only computers. So we only bought a new battery. Thank God!

I start work on Monday the 13th. My feelings are torn about this transition. I'm happy to be back around other adults. And doing something besides house work and laundry all day. But I'm not looking foward to it because of Daniel. Especially on days he's not feeling well. I just want him to know that I'm there to cuddle him and try to make him happy. Luckily we have decided to hire an amazing nanny. Her name is Krystyna. She came over a few times when I first brought Daniel home to help me out. She is so great with him; I can't imagine him with anyone else outside the family. Sadly she will only be here until the end of the year. She goes back to school in January. I'll hate to lose her but will cherish the time she's here.

Michael has been busy at work and will be getting even busier. In fact, he will be spending three nights of the five day week late into the night in Corsicana. He, along with the theater teacher, will be putting on the first musical in fifteen years at the high school in January. They will be performing Grease. (I always wanted to be Sandy. Who wouldn't want to kiss John Travolta?! Who was your favorite character?) They just finished the auditions and rehearsals start ASAP. Which means a lot of time away from home. All of this on top of his yearly concerts and contests. Please pray he copes with the stress okay. And pray that Daniel and I cope as well. It's going to be hard without him during the week.

Enjoy the pictures. I know they're a long time coming!

At three weeks he's too fast for the camera!

One month old on September 27th!

Michael turned 31 on September 26th!

Mr. and Mrs. Jerrod and Alecia "Lisa" Johnson
But I don't want to leave Houston yet!

Krystyna and Daniel getting some fresh air.

Six weeks old.

I have the cutest baby!

(I'm a little biased.)

One of my favorite onesies, it says "I'm not a girl".

Believe it or not, someone actually asked me if he

was a boy or a girl that day!

To top it off, the onesie is blue.

This is the most random picture of all.

How lazy do you have to be to actually use this product?!

If you have one, sorry if I offended you.

BUT SERIOUSLY!

OMG! Where has the time gone?

Sorry for the lack of updates guys. While some of the time it was just total blog neglect, this past week has been out of my hands. Our computer has decided it was done playing and took it's toys home. In other words our computer is no longer working. And it's not as simple as replacing one little part. Oh no! Michael built this computer nearly five years ago so the fact that it's lasted this long is a true testament to his skills. Sadly the piece that needs replacing is no longer sold in stores and neither is a lot of the complimentary parts. So, we basically need a whole new system minus the hard drives. Luckily, there is nothing wrong with those and my hundreds, no exaggeration, of pictures are still safe and sound. So, we are temporarily using his laptop from work to check email and such. Sorry no picture updates for a little bit.

There has been so much going on! Not only has the computer decided to quit but so has my car! Is this God's way of telling me I don't have to go back to work on the 13th? (Don't panic Candi!) My car's starter has died. We are working on getting that replaced. Keep us in your prayers as our cash flow is low right now. God always has a way of helping us out in these situations.

Also, our dear friends Jerrod and Lisa got married on Wednesday, October 1st! We are so excited for them. It was a quick trip to the JP with hugs and kisses all around. They are wanting to throw the "big" shindig sometime next year as well as possibly start a family. Lisa, by the way, is doing so much better. She really seems to back to her old self. They are still trying to figure out the right formula for all her medications. She is also trying to find a new rheumotologist (sp?) without much success. If anyone knows of a good one in Houston please let me know! Continue to keep them in your prayers.

While I do have tons of pictures of Daniel I can't figure out how to post them without putting them on Michael's laptop. So be patient. If you wait, they will come. He went to see the doctor on Sept. 29th. (I was told incorrectly by a nurse that he needed to be seen at one month.) Oh well. That gave us a chance to meet his new doctor that we just love and I'm glad we went. He of course is growing like a weed and weighing in at 10.5 pounds! The doctor is a wonderful woman that had my very fussy and hungry baby hypnotized for about 15 minutes. She reassured me that he is growing beautifully and to come back for his two month appointment where we will discuss and administer immunizations. This is where I'm on shaky ground. While I know that these shots are vital, I'm concerned about the amount and timing of the shots. Why so many at one time? Can't they be spread out more? I guess these are questions we will discuss at his next appointment. What are your thoughts on the immunization debate?

As for me, I'm doing great. I had my six week post-partum today, one week early. The doctor's wife makes personalized burp rags for his patients as a congratulatory gift. It's so cute. My doctor is just great. I think I'll continue seeing him even if he's an hour away. Good doctors are so hard to find! He even said he's looking forward to seeing baby number two. Everything appears to be great and I'm down to my pre-pregnancy weight. Can you believe it?! Sadly I still have lots of toning to do. Will my stomach ever be the same? It looks like a deflated balloon! TMI? Well, luckily I was wanting to lose some weight before I got pregnant so now I'm back to my starting point. It can only go down from here. Right?!?! Just pray that I don't get discouraged and that my "new mom" schedule will keep me busy and distracted enough to do just that.

Well, I guess that's all for the updates. I will figure out some way to get some pictures posted ASAP for you. There are some cute ones!