Throwback Thursday

This time last year...

I was in between jobs, waiting for my upcoming start date with a new industry.

We were not yet pregnant.

We were in New Orleans. We watched the derby in a Casino, ate charbroiled Oysters at Drago's, walked Bourbon Street, went on swamp and ghost tours, and soaked up some of our last days as a family of two...(we just had no idea how soon that would be changing!)



Yum!




Ghost Tour!




Dinner by the water.




With "Elvis"



Bueller....Bueller

Ok, I've been a little...shall we say...absent.  Sorry about that. 

I can explain, I really can!

I've been spending every spare minute with this guy!  Karson and have an extra special three week stint together.  And it's hard for me to find things that seem more important than soaking up every second with him that I can.  That includes blogging.  It also includes cleaning, laundry, etc.  (whoops).

Anyway, we're still here and doing great!   Karson will be THREE MONTHS OLD soon.  So I'll give you a more complete update then.  But he's doing great, and growing like a weed!  I keep waiting for a "laugh" to come out any minute.  When he "talks" and smiles and coos...he's so close! 

My current favorite moment is going in to get him out of bed, and listening to him coooo and talk like crazy.  I keep wondering...what is he saying?  And WHO is he talking to?  I've tried more than once to capture it on video, but he has this uncanny ability to stop whatever he's doing when a camera is out. 

The photo above is from a mini mother's day celebration the three of us had.  I got a new, extra special necklace with Karson's birthstone.  The biggest present?  A healthy, happy, baby boy!

A week with Daddy!

I'm a little late on getting this one up.  We spent Easter in KY, have adjusted to taking Karson outside of the home for care, and have just been busy! 

Daddy and Karson had a special week together.  They endured a checkup with shots.  They did "man stuff" like get my tires replaced. They also drug out the baby carrier so we could use it over the weekend, tried out the Bumbo chair, and had some PJ parties.  This was a great opportunity for them to bond and get to know each other better.

Here are some pics from their week together.




"Why am I wearing this?"

 

Looking like such a big boy!




Playing is hard work!

 

"Tummy time again?..."




Trying out the Bumbo!



Happy boy!



"Tell me more!"



"Please tell me you'll shower when we actually use this."




"Recovering" the morning after shot day.


Thanks for a great week, Daddy!

Thankful!

Karson had his follow up with the heart specialist today. This was our 3rd look at his heart to see how his pulmonary stenosis was doing. The same? Better? Worse? If it had gotten worse, we would have had to attempt a balloon to go in and tear the valve open a bit at some point.  Perhaps "routine" to some...but scary for this mama!


Good news...it's the same! The doctor feels fairly confident that the likelihood of it worsening at this point is very low.  We will go back in 3 months to look at it again.

Karson was a CHAMP today! Here's a pic of our brave boy getting his ultrasound (watching the Baby Einstein DVD very intently!)

Here's daddy and Karson talking about what a brave boy he was.

And here's Karson showing us how NOT worried about all of this he is.

Thanks to all those who had asked about and prayed for this situation.  We appreciate you!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless...whatever

So it's not Wednesday, but I am speechless!  Look how big my baby boy is sitting up!

I can't wait to show you the full week of pictures of his week with daddy.  But I'm too proud and too impressed to keep this one to myself!

Notes to Self

Dear Self,

1) If your child sleeps through the night...enjoy it!  Becoming worried and paranoid about the fact that he hasn't woken up by 4:30, and subsequently checking on him 3 times before finally waking him up to eat at 5:45 sort of takes the fun out of it.


2) Next year, order your Easter photos earlier.  It seems one week ahead isn't enough time, and receiving them after Easter...also takes the fun out of it.


3) When your office has a Relay For Life bake sale during your diet...just call in sick.  You do not have the will power to make it through this gracefully!

Until next time,
Self