Finishing Strong

This morning started off a bit rough due to a little someone who did not exactly let his mommy, or daddy for that matter, get a lot of sleep last night.  He is on this pattern where he will go down for bed and sleep anywhere between 3-4 hours, usually 4, but the rest of the night he gets up every 1 1/2 -3 hours later.  Let's just say that this does not make for good sleep for the mommy and last night was definitely one of those nights.  He also thinks it's fun after his last feeding in the early hours of the morning to not go back to sleep easily if at all.  This morning was no exception and at around 5:00-5:30 someone decided they had didn't want to go back to sleep.  I ended up having to call in reinforcements and David came to my rescue and stepped in to try to get him to go back to sleep.  I felt like I barely got my eyes closed before the alarm was going off to get Caleb up and ready for school.  I'm so glad that he was in a great mood this morning and apparently had been up since 6:30 and was playing contently in his room.  He did a great job of getting ready for school without any hassles which was a huge help as I was barely functioning.

Later in the day David suggested we get out of the house for a little while, he's off work this week, and go to the WalMart Associate Store and Gordman's.  I realized later in the day I don't think I have been out of the house since Sunday.  It must have been the right medicine we all needed because we all perked up and had a great time out together. 

Right before we left I decided to see what Joshua thought of the Baby Bjorn.  Caleb wasn't much of a fan when he was little but Joshua loved it and it definitely made our outing that much nicer as he snuggled right into me and slept soundly while we were out and about.

David was super sweet and when I asked him why he wanted to go to Gordman's he said he thought I might want to look at the Halloween decor.  That boy knows me so well :-).  While for some ladies it's flowers, others it's jewelry for me he knows one of the ways to my heart is holiday decor so here are the fun little treats that made there way home with me today (the candy dish is from the Associate Store but Sam's also currently has them and the other items are from Gordman's.)

To finish the night off I decided to make some No Bake Cookies, haven't made these in forever, probably not the best idea as I coud eat the whole batch myself.

Here's hoping that Joshua sleeps great tonight and that we can all get a little shut eye.

1 Month Old - Joshua

Is it seriously possible that you are already a month old?  It seems like I was just going into labor yesterday and here a month has already passed.  I feel like time is going so quickly starting with the night you were born.  You think that I would be thankful that from first contraction to your delivery only took 6 1/2 hours where with Caleb it took 15 1/2 hours but for some reason it was just all to fast and it seems to have set the pace of your little life.  I just want things to slow down just a bit and enjoy every little minute of your life. 

We are so glad you are here and are starting to get adjusted to the idea of having a little one in the house again.  I'll admit I miss my sleep at night but I realize that before I know it you will be a year old and I'll be wondering what happened to all of those late night feedings. Here are a few things about you:

You love your swing which I'm very thankful

You are really starting to fill out and already seem longer.  You weighed 7 lbs. 12.3 oz on August 15.  We go for your 6 week check up on September 20 and I  can't wait to see how much you have grown.

You typically like to eat every 2 1/2 to 3 hours but sometimes you can make it 4 hours yet there are times you barely make it 1 1/2 hours before you feel like you need to eat again.

You get really aggravated if the milk comes out fast while you are nursing as you prefer to take your time eating and really like to be able to just fall a sleep in the middle of eating.

Your big brother loves you to pieces and is constantly kissing and hugging you. He can't stand to see you upset and if you start to cry he thinks I need to go get you immediately and if I don't he lets me know that I need to go get you.  Usually when Caleb sees you he comes over and pats your head and says "Oh, baby".  There have been a few times in the middle of the night while you are eating that I have looked up to find Caleb in the room with us :-).  He just loves you so much and has to come check on you.

Your umbilical cord still has not come off so we have not officially given you a bath but instead have just been wiping you off with a washcloth.

We moved you up to size 1 diapers yesterday as the newborns were getting pretty tight and were leaking.  I'll admit the size 1 diapers are a bit big on you but it beats having to change your clothes multiple times throughout the day and night due to a leaking diaper.

You love to eat!  It seems like I have a lot more milk this time around which I'm very thankful for and I love seeing you with a little milk mustache after you eat :-)

I think it's so cute to see you stretch and yawn really big.

The last few days you have started to make some cooing sounds and are really starting to recognize our voices.

You seem to constantly be making grunting noises at night especially when we are trying to sleep.

You are still shedding some of your skin.

Your fingernails grow crazy fast and I've already had to trim them a couple of times.  When you were born you had the longest fingernails already and apparently had scratched your face a couple of places while in the womb.

First Day of Preschool

I think someone may have been a little excited about their first day of Preschool because he was up at 6:30 this morning.  I still can't believe this little guy is old enough to be in Pre-K and am so glad he has a late birthday and has one more year before Kindergarten.

 When we got to the school today he wanted to be the one to push the stroller.

He did a great job of walking right into his classroom without any problems.  We took a few pictures and showed him where his seat was and he was off to get the box of cars to play with and didn't mind at all when we told him bye.

So glad he had a great first day at "school" and that he is looking forward to going back tomorrow.  I think it's going to be a great year and am super excited about where he is attending and the teacher he has.  I hope his enthusiasm continues and that he has a great school year.

Cousin Lovin

My brother and his family came up on the 12th to visit for the day.  The kids had a great time playing together and paused long enough to each love on Joshua for just a second before they were off and about again.  Wasn't it just yesterday that these guys were the size of Joshua? 

 Of course Caleb didn't want to miss out getting to love on his little brother some also.

Paging Dr. Winberry.....I mean Hospital

I really wanted to make sure that Caleb felt included in Joshua's arrival and that he didn't feel left out so we took a couple of gifts to give him at the hospital.  The night Joshua was born we let him open his first gift that contained snacks, juice boxes, a color book and crayons, a sticker activity book and army men.  These were from Joshua and were suppose to be things to keep him occupied while he waited to meet his little brother but things happened so quickly that he ended up opening them a little later after he arrived. 

The next day Daddy and I let him open up a gift from us. To say that he was a wee bit excited when he opened his gift would be an understatement (that is after the fact that he realized it wasn't legos.  He is on this huge lego kick right now.)

I originally wanted to get Caleb a pair of scrubs but then later came across this cute doctor's outfit, complete with scrubs, at Toys R Us.  Let's just say it was a big hit and Caleb LOVED pretending like he was a Dr. and was very busy for the remainder of the day checking on his little brother and making sure that all of his vitals were ok.  He cracked us up on how serious and intent he would look as he was checking him over.  He was very thorough in his "exam" and would even check his back to make sure he sounded ok.  He was a little disappointed at first that his outfit did not come with booties but Daddy quickly came to the rescue and asked one of the nurses if Dr. Winberry could have a pair of theirs.

At one point during the day he thought it was fun to enter into the room like he had seen the other medical staff. 

We had been referring to him as "Dr. Winberry" all day but for some reason he decided he didn't want to be called that anymore and he corrected me and told me to call him "Hospital" (LOL). I'm so glad that he enjoyed his presents and that he loved feeling important while he checked on his little brother.