Our new look

I thought I would post what our living room looks like now that we got our new rocker. I love it! It is so much more comfortable to feed Elijah. No more hunching over. Plus it's nice to be able to put my feet up. Aahhh!









Here's a picture of just the chair...and a new inhabitant of it!

I love RED stickers!

You gotta love Target. You can get so much stuff there. What I love even more is seeing the little red stickers on the products that I use. You know..the sticker that says CLEARANCE. Today my trunk was full of these items. It all started when I went to buy cat food and some diapers. I noticed that there weren't any size 2 Pampers. I thought maybe they were in the seasonal area still b/c they were the last time I bought them. Praise the Lord not only were they there but they were 30% off! A $27.99 box was now $19.58 PLUS I had coupons! I'm no dummy. I bought 5 boxes (2 different sizes for this little weed of mine). Not only did they have diapers on clearance but Palmolive, Kleenex, Special K bars, Listerine, Sun Chips, Gardettos....the list can go on. I literally filled my cart overflowing, bought the stuff, put it in my trunk and went back to get 2 of the boxes of diapers. I got a few baby bibs and a blanket too..Carters brand...cute little bear in a pirate suit $4.50 instead of $8. I added it all up...saved $85. All stuff that I use and can put in the cupboard until we need it. What a great buy day!

Measuring as a five month old

It may sound crazy but I have this book that one of the gals from work gave me that tells you about your baby week by week for the first year and from the get go Elijah's size put him at what they would say a "normal" baby was at 3 weeks. Well, we haven't got his "official" measurements yet but I'm guessing that he's at the "18 weeks" stage in the book. My friend Julia and I got together briefly today to compare sizes between Elijah and her son, Wyatt who's 6 months old on Thursday. Of course Elijah is smaller...but not by much! Especially considering there's 4 months difference!

Here are some photos to give you an idea. Elijah was not cooperating very well and decided that he was going to put up a fuss during the photo shoot so the pictures aren't perfect...but you get the idea.
I thought Wyatt was cute here. It looks like he's saying "It's okay. Don't cry. I'll be your friend!"

I thought I'd add another picture too. He just loves to suck on his hands now. Isn't he so cute!

Changes in our Home

Yes, the past week has brought a few changes in our house. For one, we are now a two cat family again. I broke down and took Macy to animal control. I felt bad doing it...especially with her meowing the whole way there but I have to say that my life has been a lot easier...and cleaner. As of 30 minutes ago all of my floors are clean. We cleaned the carpets on Saturday and I just finished scrubbing the kitchen floor. I did the bathrooms and laundry room Friday. Yeah! Also we went to Babies R Us and bought our rocker, ottoman, and a little baby chair for Elijah. I am now able to rock him when I feed him or if he is fussy. I love it. Jake was a little disappointed b/c it didn't fit right in front of the TV like he had hoped. He wanted a "gaming" chair. I am pleased with the way it turned out though. I will have to take some pictures to show it off. In any event I now feel like our house is back to some type of normalcy and the cats are back to their normal fighting, chasing, and totally crazy selves.

6 weeks difference

Yesterday I went to the dentist for my regular cleaning. I took Mom with me so that we could go to lunch with some girls from work afterwards (I thought it worked out well with gas prices so high!). Anyways. We met Christy, Kim and her beautiful daughter, Delaney, and Lori and her brand new sweetie pie, Maden, at Olive Garden. I just couldn't believe how tiny he was..or how much hair! He's a week old..6 weeks between him and Elijah. He made such little noises! Elijah was never as little as him! There was almost a 2 pound birth weight difference. It was funny to hear Lori say that most newborn clothes didn't fit him. That wasn't a problem here! We're in size 2 diapers and 6 month clothes! He took an 8 oz bottle yesterday at 4:30 and an hour later he was wanting to nurse! What a piggy! He must have known Mommy needed sleep (REALLY BAD HEADACHE!) and so he slept SEVEN hours! I actually woke up a little before him b/c I was getting uncomfortable and debated using my BRAND NEW electric pump ..no more manual labor for me...yeah! He woke up about 15 minutes after me though so it all worked out. He's been having a problem with a stuffy nose in the middle of the night though so he woke up a couple hours later. I used some saline spray and then I just put him on my chest to sleep elevated and on his belly and he did better. He's found that his hands work well to suck on so I often wake up to the sound of that. Last evening it was his thumb! None of that! I was a thumb sucker until I was 8 and don't want a repeat with him! He is rather cute when he does it though.

I forgot to mention my good buy the other day. I was debating buying my mobile b/c it was $40 and I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend that much. I found it on clearance at Target for $25! I also got him a toy with a mirror and a rattle...both on clearance too! I was very excited because he's starting to like to play and watch the mobile on his swing. He's growing up so fast!

I almost forgot to add a thank you to the girls for meeting me for lunch. It made me feel good to be able to spend some time out of the house and enjoy some friendly company! Thanks a bunch!