First Laugh!

Oh my goodness. We were at my mom's house today to celebrate my Grandfathers 81st birthday. Wyatt gave him the best gift ever and laughed for the first time and my grandfather caught it on camera!

First Week of School

Well, we survived our first week back at school. The beginning of the week was great. I thought I can handle this getting up in the middle of the night, going to work, driving 2 hours every day, cooking dinner, giving wyatt a bath, and putting him to bed...And then thursday morning happened where I didn't even hear my alarm go off. It finally caught up to me. I was running on adrenaline at the beginning of the week and it quickly fizzled. Now I'm running on fumes. However, Wyatt and I did have a great first week. He is doing great on his schedule (thanks to the help of all the teachers) and seems to be adjusting to the long car ride. It was a great feeling for me to be back at work and constantly busy. However, I do miss spending time with Wyatt and he's so exhausted by the time we get home that he's passed out and we have to wake him up for his feedings and then he passes out again. So we don't get much playtime in, but I'm really hoping once he gets used to everything that will change. He makes up for it in the mornings, he is in a good mood and after David feeds him he is smiling and talking up a storm. We had to take him to the doctor on Friday morning because for 2 days he has been very congested. He has his first cold. I thought it might be allergies but she said it wasn't. It's probably because he's at school and is around a lot more germs than his body is used to. Despite the cold he seems to be doing pretty good. In fact Wednesday he started eating 5 ounces and at the doctors office we found out he ways a whopping 11 pounds. So cold or no cold the boy can still eat!

Last night Wyatt got to finally meet his Aunt Lindsay and Great Grandma and Great Granddad. He put on Quite the show for them with lots of talking and smiling.

2nd Day of School

It's official. I am now a working Mommy and boy am I tired. I think the first couple days I was running on adrenaline. I was ready to jump back in and get back into my groove. But, I think it has caught up to me because today I am beyond exhausted. It's 9 pm and I haven't even thought about eating dinner. If David hadn't said something I probably would not have eaten. It's great being back at work and having Wyatt with me. The toughest part has been when we get home we only have 3 hours to spend with him and he naps for an hour and a half of those 3 hours. Tonight I cheated and kept him up longer.

Wyatt is doing great at school and I know it's because of his awesome teachers-Ms.Jessica and Ms. Alyssa.

Today Wyatt is 2 months old! I am anxious to take him to his 2 month check up next week to see where he is in all his measurements. Since he was the only baby I saw for 7 weeks I thought he was getting "big". However, when I take him to school he seems very little. I forget though he is the youngest baby in the baby room so of course he's little. Everytime someone tells me that he's little I just remind myself to enjoy him even more because I know he won't be little for long.

Wyatt gets to meet his Great Grandparents on Friday and we are so excited! He also gets to meet his Aunt Lindsay who has been in Lubbock all summer. Hurry home Aunt Lindsey!

Wyatt's Newborn Pictures

Oh my goodness! The link below is for Wyatt's newborn pictures with Leaser Photography. I have no idea how I'm going to choose which ones I want. I'm sure I'll have to have them all. Enjoy!
http://leaserphotography.com/Proofs/Wyatt/index.html

First Night Out

David and I went out last night for the first time since Wyatt was born. Friends of ours from Abilene were in town and asked us to go to the Ranger game. We said yes real fast! Well, after I checked to see if my mom could watch Wyatt because she is the only one I trust him with right now. Thanks again for watching him Mom! We had sooo much fun. We met up with them for a quick bite and drinks before the game. First margarita in 11 months and it was delicious...had a few before the night was over. I did have to cut myself off because I knew I still had to do a 2 am and 5 am feeding with Wyatt. We could not have asked for more perfect weather. After the game the ballpark had an awesome fireworks show and after it was over they put up live feed of the Olympics and it was on Michael Phelps. What an awesome feeling to be amongst thousands of americans chanting U.S.A. it gave me the goose bumps and a major feeling of pride. It was great for David and I to get out and act like Husband and Wife and not Mommy and Daddy for a few hours. I just hope we stay on top of our date nights. I think they are so important to maintaining a healthy relationship. The couple that we went out with are from Abilene and we have known them for years. The husband "Dan" and David met at A &M because David had gotten on the wrong bus and they became fast friends. Dan is what you would call a bit of a celebrity. He is the Chief Meteorologist for KTAB news in Abilene. So if you ever find yourself in Abilene tune it to KTAB news to see "Dan the Weatherman". The only picture I have to post is off the fireworks because I was going to get a picture of all of us after the game and my camera died. Must be all those pictures I'm taking of Wyatt.

4 Days Left

I have 4 days left before I go back to work :( I am ready to go back to work in a sense but will desperately miss my time with Wyatt. The time I will miss the most is being there when he wakes up from his nap and he's taking 5 minutes to stretch out and smiling. We have very indepth conversations during this time. Well, maybe I have very indepth conversations during this time. He's a great listener. It will be weird going back to work, because I have never been gone from a job before for 7 weeks. I'm ready to get back into the groove. Hopefully, I haven't forgotten too much. Even though I'll miss my "Bubby" how blessed am I that he gets to go to work with me! I'm sure I'll be "sneaking in" some loving thoughout the day.

Wyatt's new swing.

I think it's working!

First Smile?

I think I caught Wyatt's first smile today. He was talking up a storm in his bouncy seat so I grabbed my digital camera. As soon as I started talking to him I think he smiled. It's at the beginning of the video. The person talking may not sound like me because I'm talking in a real high pitch voice, but I promise it's me. What a happy day! Oh yeah, you have to watch the video side ways. I can't figure out how to turn it the right way. Makes it even more fun to watch!

6 Weeks Old Today

Again, I can't believe it but Wyatt is 6 weeks old today. I am overwhelmed with how much I love our "bubby" (that's our nickname for him-not sure why it's just what we started calling him). I also can't believe how much he has grown in the last 6 weeks. Everyone tells you to enjoy it while you can because they grow up so fast. You think, yeah, yeah, it doesn't seem like it's going very fast when your getting up at the 1 am and 5 am feedings. But today it really hit me. He really is growing up fast. I was looking at his newborn pictures and I can't believe how much he has changed. Not only in size but in personality. I'm pretty sure he's close to smiling back at us. He smiles all the time when he's about to doze off or while he's sleeping. Well I noticed last weekend he started smiling more with his eyes open and he wasn't sleeping. But he also wasn't looking at me. Then today when he got up from a nap (a very, very short nap) he was in the best mood. So I was talking to him like I always do and I swear I caught a smile. It was right after the picture taken above. I got teary eyed and so overcome with how incredibly blessed we are by this amazing little angel. How in the world did we ever live so long without him! The countdown is on until I have to go back to work (Aug 18th). I will miss my special times with Wyatt ( of course by special I do mean anytime I get to spend with him). Who knew you could love changing a diaper so much just to get to spend time with your precious child. We had to put Wyatt on medicine for Reflux. I wasn't sure if he really had it or not so I held off on calling the doctor. I'm not a big fan of immediately resorting to medicine to fix something. Well, after talking to friends with children that had reflux I do think Wyatt has it. If anything we caught it at the very beginning. He's been on the medicine for 2 days and seems to be doing better. Instead of crying when he wakes up he just hangs out in his bed and makes the most adorable cooing noises. As I'm typing this Wyatt is snuggled in his daddy's arm finishing his bottle so I better go sneak in some more time while I can.

Wyatt's newborn pics

Wyatt had his newborn photo shoot yesterday with David Leaser (Leaser Photography). Wyatt was sooooo good for all the pictures we took. I can't wait to see them. Here are a couple pics David sent me to tide me over until he's finished with all of them. These are so precious!!!!

Are you a Tigger or an Eyeore?

These pictures are in honor of the late Randy Pausch, author of "The Last Lecture". If you saw the Primetime special on him last week you'll know what I'm talking about. One of his life philosophies is "You can go through life as a Tigger or an Eyeore." This was eye opening for us and we choose to be Tiggers. I ordered his book and cannot wait to read it to implement some of his other life philosophies. If you have not heard of this man or The Last Lecture I highly recommend you visit his website and watch his lecture. http://www.thelastlecture.com/.

He just needs a remote control in his hand and he's set for the night!

He is over the tigger pics and wants his jammies on!