Sarah's Saga: August 2008

Okay, it's been a while... 8/18/08

Man, it feels like it's been awhile... I guess going back to work and being busy makes it harder to keep up with posts on the blog and updating things... so pardon this blog post - I will show random snipits of our life through photos and give a little update through the description on the pics:

Here's Nathan meeting Tatum Renee for the first time... she is 2 days old here. She is the daughter of our sweet dear friends, Holley & Chris, and these two babies don't know it yet but they will be great friends!! Tatum is just so perfect and adorable! I can't believe how big Nate is next to her, when I first saw her I was thinking she's so small... was Nate ever this small... and man how Nate has grown up so much!

Here she is, all beautiful!!

In this pic Nate's got a look on his face like, "mom what are you doing to me, and what are you putting on me??" HAHA

I placed Nate on our front porch swing cause he looked so cute this day - he was working it - so I had to grab some pics!

Another one:

Chad was getting ready for our family reunion trip the week before last by getting the boat cleaned out and when I went out to talk to him, there was this GORGEOUS rainbow... it was breathtaking! It was huge and covered the whole sky!! Then as I stood there amazed and staring at it I realized there was a 2nd one right behind it, lighter and harder to see in the pic, but right there larger than the 1st one I saw and it too covered the whole sky right next to the brighter one... I just had to take a photo! The photo does not do it justice, it just had to be seen in person... look at how small Chad and the boat look - that help's give an idea of how big this rainbow was, and my photo only has like 1/4th of it in the pic. Thank you GOD for this awesome reminder!!

Nate's started this pose for every feeding, it is so incredibly precious!! I love how he crosses his legs and holds his own hands!!

We had a Smith Family Bridal Shower for Nate's Aunt Minda:

Mom and I had fun setting up the decorations, the chocolate covered strawberries are missing from this pic, grandma was melting the chocolate and covering the strawberries when I took the pic, they were YUMMY!

We put their wedding invitation up for display, so cute!

Here's the Bride To Be right before a bridal shower game!!

We went to this really yummy authentic Chinese resturant (Amanda should know since she lives in Taiwan) anyway it was DELICOUS!! The resturant is DinHo, and it was great food!

They served orange slices for dessert, so cousin Raven stuck the whole piece in her mouth... silly girl! :)

Playing a bridal shower game with the family:

Cousin Amy with their youngest daughter Zoe:

Cousin Raven holding Nate, she was wonderful with him!! He loved her, he was either flirting with her or she's just that good with babies!

Nate and I were going to meet daddy for dinner since he was at work... but I couldn't get Nate to stay awake, I thought it was so funny and cute, I just had to take some pics:

Still sleeping on momma:

Nate got to meet his uncle-to-be this past weekend at our family reunion... it was great we got to give him all sorts of firsts, like his first Reeces chocolate candy as seen below... it was so fun I'd just walk up to him with some candy or treat and say eat this then he would try it and tell us if he liked it or not. More on the family reunion later since for some reason my computer won't upload any more pics to this post...

Here's Uncle Sam and Nonny is in the background playing with Nate... this is Sam's serious face or football face:

Us taking Lawrance out for his first time on a personal boat... we had so much fun! Here he is with Amanda:

Last week we took Nate to the lake for sunset, it was so beautiful and very cool out that night... anyway here is a photo of Nates very first time in the lake ever, he went in to meet daddy while momma stayed on the boat incase he didn't like it, but he seemed to enjoy it:

He didn't stay in long at all so here he is on the boat with momma, he just smiled the whole time!

2 Months & Momma’s Back to Work 8/2/08

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So, Nate is now 2 months old, I sure cannot believe how time has flown by, it feels like just yesterday I was pregnant and could hardly wait to hold our little guy! He had his 2 month check-up which also consists of all his immunizations. He is now 13 lbs 1 oz and 23.5 inches long!! The Pedi said he is doing great and not only is right on track but is ahead in some developmental areas… so you’re saying we have a genius, right?!?!?! Anyway, she really did say he is ahead and that truly is amazing since he is a preemie at a month early – all the baby books, the other Pedi, and research I’ve done says for a preemie you look at their actual due date for their developmental milestones and not their birthday… so he really is doing SUPER! We are so proud of him! He also showed off for the Pedi, we pulled out his new favorite toy and he laughed at it, stared at it and cooed at it, the Pedi was so impressed she literally clapped her hands and jumped up and down with excitement for him and demanded to know what toy it was, since he was so into it.

The worst and I mean absolute worst part of the visit was when he got shot 5 times with the immunizations! I couldn't bear to look but I had to hold his hands down and out of the way, so I got right next to his face to calm him, well we both cried like babies with big old alligator tears! That was the worst scream/cry I have ever heard when the nurse pricked his little chubby leg roll with the shots! Poor BABY! Look at all those boo-boo band aids...

He is doing great with tummy time, he lifts his head and can turn his head from side to side, act like he's gonna crawl, and scoot a little. If you hold him up he will use his legs to stand on you, and he will hold his head up for a long time when sitting up. He is smiling all the time, these are huge full faced smiles, and they are AMAZING! Literally his whole face lights up!! He is sleeping through the nights – he started 5 days ago at 7 hrs, then he went up to 7.5 hrs, and now he’s at 8 to 8.5 hrs at a time!! PLUS after he eats he goes right back down for the second part of his night and that’s been another 3 to 4 hrs!! WHOOHOO! And for the most amazing part, he puts himself back to sleep on the second part of his night!

So for the not so fun news… momma’s back to work. I do look forward to getting back on a routine and schedule, and back into the swing of things in real life… but I sure do miss my baby! I cried of course on the way to work today since it’s my first day to return to work. The night before I packed up photos of him, I packed the momma’s milk pump, I packed my lunch, and I really wanted to pack him away in his sling so I could carry him on me at work. Anyway, when I got to work first thing I did was set out all the beautiful photos of him all over my desk… then I looked at them at least a hundred times throughout the day! I thought about him all day long and COULD NOT WAIT TO GET HOME TO HOLD HIM, KISS those chubby cheeks, and give him a good SQUEEZE! And since they say you can’t spoil a baby before 4 months of age, hold him and cuddle him all night long till bedtime! I was surprised when I walked into work as there were lots of balloons and a chocolate chip cookie cake welcoming me back to work... my favorite dessert and in my favorite color - PINK -that was sweet!!!

In this below photo, we were going to meet Chad at a restaurant for dinner and I could not wake Nate up... he just slept on me no matter what position I held him in... it was so funny I snapped a pic:

This is his new little outfit, I absolutely love the pants, they are linen and SO PRECIOUS on him!!! The picture just does not capture the sweetness and innocence of these little linen pants! Mommy's new favorite outfit for him!!

Okay, so while I was at work daddy said Nate hit another milestone, see below... he says he grabbed his paci out of his mouth then just held it in his hand... I say it was a fluke thing since he's not supposed to grab and hold till 3 months... but then again the Pedi did say he is developing ahead of schedule :)