Mobile Baby!

SOOOO! We are 7.5 months into parenthood. Just when we think we have it all figured out..... the baby goes and gets mobile on us! He is crawling and pulling up on everything. Its a whole new set of freak outs for this mama. James is into everything. He is fearless and leaves me full of fear. Since his standing is not perfected, he falls quite a bit. Bumps to the head are the scariest, but I know I cant stop them all. Can I just wrap him up in bubble wrap????  

Over the past couple weeks, we were hit hard. Still unsure about my job situation, Matt got laid off. But thankfully, he got a job today!! We are thrilled and the hours are MUCH better than the ones he was working. Hopefully this works out for him! He is tired of let down! I am still interviewing and hope to know something about a job soon....




<3 Tiffany 

Summer Vacation :)

Being a teacher has many perks. The best one: THREE WHOLE MONTHS OFF FOR SUMMER:) This year, I am enjoying it with my sweet boy James:) I can not believe he is already 6.5 months old. We have officially began teething, I think. And he is getting ready to crawl crawl. He is already army crawling and into EVERYTHING. What am I going to do when he is crawling? I have already started planning his first birthday, and it seems like yesterday he was just born. There really isnt much I can update on, so I dont want to just ramble about James, I know that is hurtful to some. I have new followers, so if you want to ask questions, please feel free :) I will close with a current picture of James :)

Isnt he gorgeous :) Those chunky cheeks!

*Sucky Blogger*

I am sorry I suck at blogging:( i recently got a new job an actual teaching position!!! FINALLY after being certified for 2 years! I really do try to keep up but it is hard with work and my sweet boy! We are so busy! But I will try to update a little at least here and there and possibly do some actual posts. It'd help if I knew what people wanted to read.... Anywho.

James is 4 months old now! Can you believe it??! I can't. At his checkup he was 13 lb 13oz and 24 1/2 inches long! He's getting Sooo big too quick. He has been flipping front to back for a while now but last night he mastered back to front! Oh boy! When he learns to do it simultaneously we are in trouble! Here's my mini update! And I'll leave you with a picture:) him at 19w:)

*~* 2 Months*~*

This post is a little late (by about 2 weeks) lol. I fell a little behind.

Let me start by saying that we got our first major ouchie... daddy clipped my thumb while trying to trim my nails! AHH! Mommy wasnt happy.

OK. So on 1/30/12 our sweet boy turned two months old! Time is going by so fast. I went back to work on 1.28 and that killed me emotionally. That is getting better now though. I rush home to get him everyday!!! We had shots at our 2 month check up, and I CRIED LIKE HE DID!! Sad, I know. But he weighed in at 11lb 10oz and was 22.5 inches long! Its amazing how big he is getting QUICK! We have outgrown newborn clothes and are almost out of size 1 diapers, which means we will soon be using cloth!! At two months... this is what James now looks like ;)

*~*What A Day!*~*

Today started out GREAT! We spent time together playing with Mr. James and cuddling in the bed. Then we got ready and ventured out to Target. James attended his first birthday party today, too. The day was going GREAT!! We had a successful ALL day outing. We try to limit outings to 3-4 hours because of feedings and not because I care about public feeding, I just find it easier for both of us when we are in our comfort zone- dont get me wrong, little piggy will eat ANYWHERE;)  Then, we went to dinner with J's godparents. This is where things got messy. Mama bear came out, and so did the cops. We went to a new restaurant to try it out. We started fixing our food (it was a hibachi grill/chinese buffet). We went to sit down and the waitress FINALLY brought our drinks. dun-dun-dun. She obviously could not handle tha many drinks. My iphone was on the table (lesson learned). A WHOLE cup of coke went flying all over the table, covering my phone. James and I got soaked with coke too. Iwasnt happy. First you wet my CHILD! My six week old baby. While I was making sure he was ok, my husband was trying to fix my phone. The waitress and her boss were TAKING the phone from him to fix it. AHH! A whole ordeal developed. My speaker is now busted yet I have to go get "proof" of liquid damage before they will replace it. And YES they ARE going to. Anywho. None of us ate- therefore were not going to pay. J's godmother was taking pics for evidence we were there (just incase they refuse to pay tomorrow). We all started to leave and then the ladies were yelling at her for taking pictures and us not paying. They called the cops- uhm, dumb. The cop did NOTHING and told them there was nothing they could do. It was a civil issue. So we didnt pay,and I have to deal with a busted phone until tomorrw. So what started as a successful outing day ended in me in tears and us with no dinner..... phew. Now its bed time!!

First **FAMILY** Christmas

For the past few years, something has been missing on holidays. I spent my Christmas' sad while watching the other parents in my family (and two of those were teen parents) with their children opening gifts and ultimately being happy. I couldn't help but wonder why I was not able to feel that kind of joy. Christmas of 2009 was my LAST Christmas of tears. Christmas of 2010- I cried. But not the same crying I had felt years before. I was happy. REALLY happy:) Now, for a 3 week old, some think we may have went overboard, but it was James' first Christmas and whether he remembered or not, I would. He had presents from mommy and daddy AND Santa on Christmas morning. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles all had gifts for him too. I was overwhelmed. There was so much love and happiness that it was almost overload. Our Christmas journey started at 2pm on Christmas Eve.  Our first stop was his paternal grandmother's family. Since the birth of J, my mother in law has found a "love" for me, but it is only because of James. Anywho. He received a book ( I LOOOOOVE books for him), a giant stuffed bear, some clothes, a gift card, diapers, a big box of Baby Einstein toys,and a stuffed frog. After we left, we went to my family gathering at 6. I have a huge family. My family was also really supportive during my infertility journey. My mom and step dad were extremely excited and they SPOILED James for Christmas ( I can only imagine how its gonna be next year when he can enjoy it more.... theyve already started buying!). From here, James got so much stuff. My sister got him another box of the Baby Einstein toys, books, and a  Family's First Christmas ornament. My mom got him....... books, clothes, blocks, a big stuffed dog, a ring stack toy, bath tub toys, and oh my I can not even remember it all (there will be a picture). After we left here, we went home to get James ready for bed so that Santa would come visit :) This was fun! I put him in his pajamas, read him The Night Before Christmas, and we sang a few Christmas songs. Once he was asleep, Matt and I sat out "Santa" and went to sleep ourselves. James woke us up (after all the nightly wakes) at 730. Being a newborn, of course I nursed him before we celebrated. First, we gave him Santa. Then we opened all of our stuff. From Santa- He got carseat toys, a book, a sock monkey, an ornament, and a glow seahorse. From us, he got a tummy time play mat, clothes, soft books, and toys. Around lunch time, we went to his paternal grandfather's family gathering. Here he got a mobile and clothes!

Overall, we had an awesome first Christmas. I can NOT wait for the ones to come, thats for sure. Though James will not remember this, we have the stories and pictures for him when he is older.

Here is all of his loot (minus some clothes and toys that had already been put away...oops)

*First Month*

We left the hospital after James was only 2 days old! That's right! We left on Friday, December 2, 2011 to come home and start our life. The first couple weeks, mama was a mess. I had bad baby blues. A lot of it was because I was stuck (had driving restrictions due to csection), Matt works 2nd so I was alone with James at night (being alone with him wasnt the issue, being in the middle of BFE and it dark made me lonely) so a lot of tears were shed. We had many visitors. I say we, but lets face it, I mean James. He is the star of this show now, not me. Anyway, eventually, I adjusted to the no sleep routine. Since we are breastfeeding, it was a lot harder because Matt and I couldn't "take turns" getting up at night. When James was one week old, we made our first visit to the pediatrician. Everything checked out great. Since we were out (and there was NO food in our house) we stopped in at Firehouse to eat. That went smoothly. The next day, I had my staples removed.

As time went on, things got easier, I was definitely adjusting to the mom role. I have that "paranoid new mom syndrome". I swear if it could be wrong, it was. Dr. Google was not  (and still is not) my friend. At his one month check up he was 9lbs, 21 inches long. Still a healthy booger! Fat, but healthy :) The one month check up was simple. Its the 2 month one that has me frazzled. That is the shot visit :( At one month this is what Mr. J looked like:

He was curled up with Daddy before his doctors visit.