Morning Coffee

I officially don't count my day started until the first drop of coffee hits my lips. I have enjoyed this vice since my 8 am physiology class sophomore of college. It took a lot of coffee to tolerate a three hour lecture with a professor that did not believe in modern technology, aka PowerPoint.

As I have "grown-up," I savor my morning coffee. It was the hardest thing to give up during pregnancy (sushi being a close second), and it quickly made a reappearance in the second trimester in moderation. That may be the reason my 13 month old son is obsessed with coffee. He has come accustomed to dipping his paci in my mug, thanks to a lesson by his Mimi.
I now love that we share this morning treat. Obviously he only get drops of the yummy goodness, but that's all it takes!! The simple pleasures...

I have a video of him doing this, but it won't load. Therefore here is a pic of him placing his truck on my cup for safe keeping.

One year!

So one year ago today, I was getting settled into a postpartum room at Vandy with a yummy Jimmy John's sandwich. Oh and.... my sweet little Baker. He was 8lbs of cuddly cuteness!! I never knew how much we could love him. I have been looking back over our year in pics. Cannot believe its been a year, and as I was cuddling him before bed, I told him that it was okay to stay little. I pray he will a little longer. My littlest love

Easter

We celebrated Baker's first Easter.  He woke up to find treats from the Easter bunny, including some outfits and beach items for his upcoming vacation.  We attended church and Baker had a wonderful class, like always.  After we visited my uncle Jerry Cannon's house for the annual Easter egg hunt.  It can get very competitive when it comes down to the prize eggs :)  Then we went to Jake's brother's house for a second Easter feast.  As you can tell we had a very busy and fun day!!

Unfortunately, our camera battery went dead so we only have pics from before church.

 The goodies!

 So excited in my Easter outfit!

I have an addiction!

I like to online shop!  So Jake would casually comment about how every time he came home there would be a box on our doorstep.  I would laugh and tell him it was not true.  Thinking back though, I do remember a time when we had like five boxes stacked up.  That was under special circumstances, Christmastime + me having a new baby = Not going anywhere but my couch to do shopping.  I found that getting a package in the mail was like Christmas morning every time the brown UPS truck would pull up.  I LOVED IT!!  I found myself ordering everything from dog food to baby spoons.  I would need the stuff at sometime or another, right??  Well, my precious husband never told me to stop shopping, but he did not seem to get as excited about my "finds."  I started to get boxes that I had no idea what was inside (because of my massive ordering), which was even more like Christmas, but sad...

I decided I needed to stop.  I was spending way too much money and time online shopping.  Apparently, Jake had been talking to friends about their wives shopping.  There is apparently a SAHM (stay at home mom) online shopping epidemic.  Jake equated it to TVC for all the old ladies in the 90's, minus the curlers and the Virginia slims.  Glad to hear I am not alone, but it is so much fun.  But I decided it was time to stop!

 I have been unsubscribing from all those tempting emails.  Zulily is my weakness though, so I have allowed myself one small order a month.  This month was PJ's for Baker, but I am determined to save. There are so many things we could do with the money that I WILL NOT spend.  We could start a college fund, give more to church/charity, have a date night, or ....  Don't get me wrong, I was not spending tons of money, but $20 bucks here and there was adding up!

I am sure there is a support group out there somewhere, but I don't think it is that extreme yet... now to Zulily :) 

6 months

Our baby has celebrated his half-birthday! Too bad he was sickly. Baker has been fighting his first illness for the past week. It has consisted of a virus that has caused 104+ fevers, rashes, sleepless nights, and one pitiful baby. He is now better except his appetite is still down. So I have been feeding him in his sleep since he doesn't fight at much.

The past six months have been amazing. Our boy is growing and learning fast. He now can sit unsupported, but does take a tumble after about five minutes. He is officially unswaddled and flips himself all around his crib. No crawling yet although he can push himself backwards. He eats solid food and loves pears and peas the best.

We love watching him develop and cannot wait to meet more of his little personality.

Recent pics:

After a fun day at the zoo.  So worn out!

Layla brought her bone to share, but later took it back.  The best of buddies!

Sitting like a big boy!

A weekend of firsts...

So this past weekend has been one I had been waiting for....  Hunger Games was coming out!!!!  Jake actually seemed a little excited to see it, too.  We lined up my sister, Amanda, to watch Baker on Saturday while we were going to see the movie.  So....

Friday:
    Baker was not sleeping well, and I associated it with his developmental stage.  He has learned to roll over in the crib, so he does it all the time!!  He had never slept on his belly, therefore it was a hard adjustment when he rolled.  I digress.  On Friday, he was rather fussy following his non-sleeping night of sleep. Which I totally expected. We were going to go to our friends Brandy and Shawn's house for dinner, but Shawn was craving Mexican so we decided to go out to eat instead.  Baker was a lot more fussy than usual, but once again I thought he was sleepy.  He actually fell asleep in my arms, and this is atypical because he usually likes to be in his crib or carseat to sleep.  So when we got home after dinner, I thought he felt warm.  We went upstairs to start bedtime routine and Baker was as happy as a clam after his nap.  Before the bath, we decided to take a temperature.... 104.1!!!!!!  HIS FIRST REAL FEVER!!!!  Enter mama freak out mode!

He was not dressed overly warm, he was acting fine, he was eating, so how could he have a fever?  I called my friend Brandy who told me to give Tylenol and Motrin and recheck in an hour.  I called my mom who told me that was entirely too high!  So I gave him his medicine, and rechecked in an hour 99.0!  I spent the whole night dosing medicine and checking a sleeping baby's temperature.  Thankfully, his temp continued to go down the next day, and he still had no symptoms.  I did call the pediatrician on Saturday to see if there was some 6 month-old, high fever, no other symptom disease that I should know about, but they said if meds bring the fever down and he acts fine then he's okay.

Saturday:
    My dilemma was I had a sorta sick baby, so should I go on my much anticipated movie date?  Ultimately, we did because he acted fine.  Do I get the bad mother award?  I hope not!  Jake and I went during the lunch hour to avoid crowds.  (This blog is getting slight long so I will concise)
2nd 1st: Went to Pharmacy Burger in East Nasty = Delicious!! Yummy burgers and fries and they have old style pharmacy sodas
3rd 1st: Upon waiting on our movie to start we went to Dave and Busters.  We were playing skee ball, and I hit the 100 slot for the FIRST time ever!  It was like I hit the jackpot, because I was jumping up and down like a goofball.  To be a debbiedowner, Jake decided to hit the 100 slot, also.  But I believe I am special.
4th 1st: Saw the HUNGER GAMES!! Loved it!  I though it was a decent adaptation of the book. That being said, I read the books in 2008 or 2009ish.  I refused to reread it because I find that if it was fresh on my mind, then I might be let down.

BTW: Came home to a happy baby! No fever!

Sunday:
I worked.
5th 1st:  I see a bunch of people running into my patients room.  Automatic thoughts are that something emergent is happening to my patient.  Negative.  My patient's 16 year old visitor is lying on the bathroom floor.  First time I have had to respond to my patient's visitors problems.  All ended up being okay.  But should I send them a bill?  I kid....

Well, long post! 

Posting two days in a row!! Thats shocking!

So a friend texted me and told me to blog yesterday.  So I did.  I realized how therapeutic it is to write something other than the occasional email or Facebook post.  I did keep a Lisa Frank diary in third grade, and I found it a couple years ago.  Man, I was a dork!  That being said, it is fun to see what I thought was important at age 9.  I hope I can look back on the blog in the later years and have as much fun reminiscing.

Things I love:
Family, Travel, Eating good food, Disney, Singing everything I do, The moment you realize it is warm enough for a sundress, Church, A long bath, Naps, Shopping, and Friends

Things I don't love:
Spiders, Cleaning, Cutting Baker's fingernails, Having to order a size larger than a year ago, Eggs, Losing touch with friends, and my occasional ADD.

Things I hope to accomplish:
Raise wonderful, polite, independent, and Godly children (too much?), Have a successful and fufilling marriage,  Travel to Tahiti, Have a career in something, and ...

Things I am proud of:
My husband, My son, My home, and My faith

Until next time...