Happy 1/2 Birthday ... to ME!

Howdy ya'all!

Mommy said I needed to learn how to say that because we are moving to Texas next month. I'm pretty excited because "everything is bigger in Texas" so I should fit right in. When I went to the doctor for my 6 month appointment the nurse weighed me (19lbs) and measured me (28") and said, "almost the size of a 1 year old". I guess I'm big too!!!

This is my halloween costume. I've got some pretty kissable cheeks so mommy picked the monkey outfit. I'm happy that she did cause there is a banana I can chew on! Chewing on things is my favorite thing to do. If there are no toys around to chew on, I even chew my socks...mmm!

I learned how to hold my bottle and my sippy cup this month! Now I don't have to wait for mommy to help anymore. This makes us both happy!

That's all for now guys..it's time for church and I always make mommy and daddy late :)

I'm 3 months old!!

HI GUYS! Guess what?!......I'm 3 months old!

I've been having a great time this past month. I'm learning new things, like how to hold my head up really well. I've come to realize that my mom is really funny and goofy so I've decided to smile and giggle at her all the time. I think she likes it!

Check me out reading my book. To be honest, I have NO CLUE what is on the pages....but the colors are great and the pages crinkle when I touch them...AWESOME!

You can see a couple of my other new tricks in this picture. I'm getting pretty good at grabbing things and I love to eat my fist. Sometimes I try to shove the whole thing in my mouth but I kind of have chubby hands....mommy calls me a little chunk but I think she likes chubby babies.

That's all for now guys. I still need to take a lot of naps so I've gotta head. I'll update you all again when I learn some new things. Maybe rolling over...???

Bodie Updates!

Bodie is 8 weeks old today! Time FLIES!

We take weekly pictures of him so we can see how much he is growing. Here are a few of my favorites:

("just chillin'" at 2 weeks old)

(lovin' bath time at 6 weeks)

(dreaming of being a middle weight boxer at 7 weeks)

(nap time with mommy)

(the boys!)

So Bodie had a rough couple of weeks there at the beginning of life. He struggled with reflux, poor guy! Now that he is on a special formula he is doing much better. He's already made it through his first cold/ear infection which was probably worse for me than it was for him. I hated to hear him all congested and upset!

Now that he is over his sickness and the reflux is under control he has started sleeping better! WOOHOO!! He usually goes down between 9:30-10:30pm, wakes up once to eat, then gets up between 5:00-6:00am. After that its time for more napping. :)

Bodie has also started smiling and trying to giggle which is the cutest thing in the world! I'm so excited that he is starting to interact more.

He is a bit of a hungry, hungry hippo. He easily eats 4oz about every 2-3 hrs, except at night when he goes a longer stretch. He's tall too! I had to go buy him some 3-6 month sleepers today b/c he is outgrowing his others. He couldn't avoid the tall genes...he gets that from both sides of the family.

Obviously I could go on and on about my cute little man but I'll save it for another post.

Signed,

Proud momma!

Pictures of Bodie's First Day

Click the title to go to the photo album of Bodie's first day.

Nursery updates!

Well, Bruce had some time off during the holidays so, of course, we did another project!!

We decided not to use a bedding set for the nursery (like we originally planned) and to go with separates instead. This gave us a lot of freedom in choosing paint colors.

We started by painting three of the nursery walls a light green color.

The fourth wall we striped with light green, light turquoise, chocolate brown, and white. Each set of stripes for each color had to be measured, snapped with a chalk line, lined with painters tape, and painted. We had to do each color on separate days as well. Lots of work!!

Here is a picture of the finished stripe wall. I think it looks pretty cool! There was a little bleeding under the tape due to the texture of the wall but what can ya do? After the striped wall dried we put the crib and changing table up against it and it looked pretty good.

I'm going to try and paint an owl similar to the one below and hang it on one of the green walls. I'll make the eyes turquoise instead of pink, and I'll omit the name of course.

I'm getting really excited now that things are coming together!

Less than 3 months to go!!

Over half way there!

I'm a little over 23 weeks pregnant now and I can't believe we are over half way there! April 3rd sounds far away, but by the time the holidays are over we will be in the 3rd trimester already. WHOA!

Our little man already has a first name, Bodie Edwards. Middle name still TBD though. There is still plenty of time for that. I think my short torso isn't leaving him a lot of room so my belly is already sticking out there pretty far!

He has been wiggling and kicking for a few weeks now which feels so cool. A little soccer player perhaps?? :)

So far we have slowly been collecting baby furniture and clothes to get the nursery ready. We picked out this crib and changing table (courtesy of my in laws) at a labor day sale. Thanks Hal and Karlene!

My mom got us our travel system (thanks again!). It has the option of flipping the handle so the baby can face you or face away. Pretty cool!

Here is the bedding set we picked out. We plan on painting the walls a muted green color.

So far we have been spoiled by grandparents which has been really nice for us! Bodie better get used to it...I bet his grandmas will keep on spoiling him for a long time :)

Kitchen cabinets are done!

Thanks to the help of our friends, the Clarkes, and a free saturday afternoon...our kitchen cabinets are finally done!

The original plan was to paint them ourselves, but after a few missteps and a lot of good info from another customer at Lowe's, we realized it would be better to get them repainted by a professional.

Here is a before picture of the kitchen:

Below is a picture of our attempt to paint the cabinets with what turned out to be the wrong paint, the wrong sander, the wrong brushes, and the wrong technique. AWESOME! What you can't see in the picture are the very obvious blue streaks of the old stain showing through about 6 coats of paint.

Finally we were put in touch with a professional painter who gave us a great deal if we would

remove the doors and hardware and reattach them ourselves. This is the final product!!

Now we just need to touch up the wall paint and replace the counter tops .... someday :)