Beach Babe!

This past week was Scott's fall break and we headed down to Panama City beach in Florida for a week of sun and fun! Last year we went with a few friends and their children and had a great time so we all agreed to come back this year. Although this year we had a child with us too! I was a little nervous about Max and the beach, mainly because of the 8 hour drive and making sure he stayed out of the sun. He did great! The drive down he only got fussy about 20 min away from the condo. As for feeding him in the car I pumped and fed him in the carseat. When he was almost done I had Scott stop and then we got Max out and burped him, changed his diaper and played for a few minutes before we strapped him back in. Max did really good on the beach. The first day he wouldn't let us put him down but following days he slept almost the whole time he was down on the beach, and we could set him down :) Our condo was right next to Pier Park(huge shopping and resturant area) so we walked down there everyday. We had 2 days where the weather was a little chilly, expecially in the shade so Max didn't make it down to the beach. I did get him in the pool one day......he screamed bloody murder the whole time! I guess the water was too cold for him :) Scott's sister Ashley now lives in Freeport(25 min from PCB and Destin) so she was able to come by and hang out with us almost everyday. We even went and saw her new apartment.

All together the week was wonderful! A great time was had by all!

8 weeks old!

Wow the time is flying! This past week went by with a blink of an eye. We had a very busy week, Scott a little more than me. It was homecoming week in Eagleville and with it being a k-12 school all grades participate. Mon and Wed Scott stayed out in Eagleville working on the 1st grade float for the parade. He didn't get home till about 7 on Mon and 9 on Wed. One reason he got home late on Wed was because he had to go pick up some meat from his stepdad. His mom and stepdad had some cows slaughtered and we split a small cow with them. I was shocked on how much meat we got, and we Scott wasn't able to get all of it either...more to come. We will be eating roasts, steaks, and burgers for a long time!
Tuesday and Thursday I went to work. My first days back since being put on bedrest a week and a half before Max was born. Scott is the one who drops off and picks up at the sitters, so I didn't have to do that, thank goodness! Scott had a really hard time leaving him and I had a really hard drive to work, but we survived! Cathy(Max's sitter) sent us a picture of Max and kept us up to date on how he was doing. She also keeps a journal everyday on Max that get's sent home. So we know when he ate, slept, diaper changes, and what they did through out the day. I love coming home to read how his day went! Max has done great so far. No problems for Cathy at all. I expected no less, little Max is a wonderful baby :)

Wed. I had to go back to see Dr. P for my after baby checkup. Everything is doing great and I am all clear!! Thursday was Scott's birthday, and this year it wasn't the big celebration it normally is. I worked so I didn't make him breakfast or come to his class for a bday party. He did pick Mexican for dinner so we had a late dinner there and I got him some super yummy cookies from Pheobe Smith.
Friday was homecoming so me and Max loaded up and went out to Eagleville to watch the parade. We met up with Judy, Alan, Madison Claire, and Andrew to watch the parade. They throw out candy so Andrew and MCK were in hog heaven! Max slept through the parade despite the band and fire trucks making noise.

That evening it was back to the school for the football game, oh the Eagle won by the way!!! We left almost at the end of the 3rd quarter because Max was starting to get a little fussy and it was going to be feeding time soon.

Sat evening we had a baby shower to go to for one of our friends so Max got to spend a little time with Aunt Jackie. They love to play! Sunday Scott and Max went to Church(I stayed home and slept)and then Sun. evening we went to the FFA alumni dinner where they work out the plans for Trivia night.

This weekend we also had some issues with Max's eating. He did great Thur evening and Friday but Sat he started giving me a lot of problems. He would eat for maybe 5-10min on one side and then start screaming bloody murder. He wouldn't even try to eat on the other side. The only way to calm him down was to rock him to sleep. He normally eats about 15 min on each side. I was very stressed by this, it is a horrible feeling when your baby won't eat and you don't know why and you can't do anything to fix it. I had some great comments on facebook, but I decided to give it a few more days to see how he did before I called the DR. I don't think he is sick because the only time he acted crazy was when eating. Sunday evening he ate ok. I went to work on Monday and he ate fine when I got home. However this afternoon he acted crazy again. I know he will eat if he is hungry and people have told me babies will act crazy occasionally. So let's just hope this phase ends soon!

We leave Sat morning for Panama City Beach! Soooo excited! Max's first trip to the beach, I hope he loves it :)

Week 6

Well this past week has been yet another busy one. We usually have a pretty busy life and these past few weeks have proved that our lives are getting back to normal...well a new normal. Max and I went out and about during the week and did some shopping, went to visit Ms. Kathy(Max's sitter), and brought Scott lunch. Things went great! I have figured out how to work out Max's feedings and us being out in public and I feel so much more like a free person again!

On Friday we had a special person come and visit. My Aunt JoAnn who lives in South Carolina(Max's Great Aunt). We were so excited to see her! The last time I saw her I guess was Scott and I's wedding 2 1/2 years ago. Friday night we went to the Eagleville/ Chapel Hill high school football game. JoAnn said it had be a "very long" time since she was at a high school football game. It was also Max's first game. I of course brought my camera but did not take a picture...I am sooo bad! Max started getting fussy about towards the end of the 3rd quarter so we packed up and headed home. Saturday JoAnn, Max, and I went and had brunch at cracker barrel(a fav!) and then went to the outlet mall in Lebanon and did some shopping. Once again Max did great! Saturday night we took JoAnn to Millers grocery to eat dinner, one of Scott and I's fav's. Sunday morning she left to go home. We had a great visit and can't wait to see her again!

Also this past week Max has really been getting a personality. He is awake a whole lot more during the day and is very active. He is making lots of noises and smiling all the time. He is a lot of fun to interact with! As I type this Scott and Max are in the other room and Scott is singing quite loudly "Sweet Chariot"(swing low sweet chariot....) to Max and I can hear Max making noises too...what did I get myself into to :)

On and ending note I am going back to work this week(2 days this week, 2 days next week, then off to Florida for fall break for a week, and then back to working full time the week of Oct. 11th) so wish us all luck!

Busy week

So I am a slow blogger... I just don't have a lot of time to blog anymore. I would rather love on my little booger bear! This past week Max and I went on a few adventures.

Tuesday we got up and went to Lewisburg to visit my Co-workers at PCL express. They didn't know we were comming and they were very pleasently surprised! I didn't think to take any pictures. I did weigh Max and he weighed right at 9 pounds! Now that was after he ate so I was guessing he weighed a little less than that. Now I did have to feed Max while I was there and that was a challenge. Max is a very picky breast feed baby. He will only eat in one position which is the football hold(pretend you are running with a football tucked under your arm, head is by breast feet are by my back) and he will only eat with a nipple shield. I went into the office and sat in a computer chair and tried my best to feed him. It was hard to hold him(I didn't bring the boppy with me...whoops!) so I was uncomfortable and so was he and he fought me the whole time...I was a bit frustrated but he ate.

Thursday Max and I brought Scott lunch up at his work. Scott was quite excited to get to see Max during the day!

Friday morning Max and I got up and got ready and headed to Columbia. First we went to the ACC where I worked for about 3 years. I love and greatly miss all my old coworkers(FRIENDS). They were super excited to see Max and he was happy to meet them! We had lunch there and hung out for a little while. This time I brought milk in a bottle for Max and brought my pump with me. I feed him a bottle at lunch(instead of whipping the boob out and trying to make it work) and them went into a office and pumped. Max got a few gifts while we were there...so nice of everyone!! Thanks! After lunch I called up my friend Erin and Max and I met her for a pedicure. Max enjoyed his snuggle time with Erin! Once again he wanted to eat so I gave him the milk I pumped at lunch in his bottle instead of breastfeeding at the nail salon. After our nails I went to my dad's house where I pumped and we waited for him to get home from work. After a little visiting Max and I headed home. It was a long day and I was worn out but we had a great time....and Max was great the whole time!!

Saturday night our friends Meredith and Josh had a wedding couple shower(they are getting married in just a few weeks!!). We dropped Max off with Aunt Jackie while we were at the shower. It was our first real time leaving Max and going out by ourselves. We both had a great time but I did find myself talking about him and wanting to call and check on him. I didn't call because I knew he was in good hands. We did leave about 9pm....probally the earliest we have ever left a party!

Today we got up and headed to Church. This was the first time for Max. We went to the Eagleville Baptist Church. Scott has been a member there his whole life and we got married there. Max did good during the service but it was going to be time for him to eat while we were there so I once again brought a bottle with us and Aunt Jackie feed him. After Church we went to Neen's house to visit(I pumped) and than back to Murfreesboro to get lunch and go home to nap :)

1 month old!!!

WOW!! I can't believe Max is already a month old! This past month has been a whirlwind. So much and yet so little has happened. Max is defiantly growing. I took him to my work so I could weight him(don't worry I cleaned the scale and he was not around any germs) and he weighed 8lbs 9oz! Thats a pound more than when he was born and 2 pounds more than his lowest weight. He is also getting his personality. He is mostly a happy baby, unless he is hungry or you are changing his cloths. He is also becoming quite the observer. He loves the fan, his play mat, and his bouncy chair. His play mat and bouncy chair have colorful animals that dangle and he loves to stare at them. We have been doing "tummy time" daily and his neck is getting stronger :) Max also has a favorite game of spiting out his pacifier and getting mad and fussy till you put it back in and then spiting it out again. This can go on and on and on....

Scott went back to work on the 30th and has actually had a better week then he thought he would. His class is pretty well behaved and haven't given him a hard time yet. As for me and Max being home by ourselves, it started out kinda rocky. The beginning of the week Max did not sleep well(I guess the change of Scott going to bed early and not staying up with him). I feed him between 8-10 and then go to bed and Scott will get him to sleep. then Max usually wakes at 2ish and 5ish to eat again. I get up at these times, feed him and get him back to sleep. So I am up for a good hour to hour and a half each time. So my only real sleep I get is from 10ish-2ish. When Max gets up at 8-9am to eat we could stay up but the last few days I get him and we snuggle on the sofa and go back to sleep till 11ish. Thursday and Friday we had really good days and I was even able to leave the house with him. I just hope that this 3 day weekend doesn't mess Max up again.

Bath time has gotten so much better! He is really liking the bath in the sink. so much he even pooped all in the bath the other day! I yelled for Scott to come and help get the other side of the sink filled up while I tried to keep Max warm. Max was screaming and I was soaked, Scott was gagging as he cleaned Max's bath foam. It was quite funny. I wish we had video taped it.

Max also like to go out to restaurants :) Yeah!! We keep his carseat covered with a blanket and he will sit in his seat happy as can be, even if he is awake. He will usually fall asleep. We have been to Toots, Camino Real, Chuy's, Jim and Nicks and have not had a problem yet being out with Max.

Max's Newborn Pictures

They are ready to be viewed!!!! Here is the link
http://katecrafton.smugmug.com/Portraits/Recent-Sessions/newborn/13473490_rSm6m#981131910_r2hja The password is Lacey


Once I get the disk in the mail I will put up a few pictures :)

sleep...who needs it

Well this past week has been pretty event less, well other than Max loosing his umbilical cord. I feel like my life revolves in 3 hour segments and every 3 hours everything starts back over again. I have been averaging 4 hours of sleep a night, and that is broke up into 1-1 1/2 hour blocks. Max likes to stay awake after his 3-4am feeding.....this has been very frustrating because at this point I have only had about 1-2 hours of sleep and am super grumpy. Scott is getting a little more sleep than me because I let him sleep while I am feeding Max, and Max usually eats for about 45 minutes. By the time Max has eaten, diaper is changed, he is soothed and basically back asleep it has been about 1 1/2 hours. We then have 1 1/2 hours till he wants to eat again. Another very frustrating part of me breastfeeding him is I can't feed him in the bed. That's all we could do when we came home from the hospital but now neither Max or I can get comfortable in the bed. So needless to say I have to get up and go sit in the living room to feed him. I'm not giving up yet though. Feeding him goes great during the day. Last night I changed up his feedings some by letting him fall asleep eating and not waking him at all and I actually got 6 hours of sleep! I know letting him fall asleep while eating isn't what you are supposed to do but I want some sleep!

As I mentioned Max lost his umbilical cord...well it fell off. Scott went to change his diaper and I hear him yell "Lacey, Lacey..." I go in there and his umbilical cord was laying on the changing table. Scott was grossed out, not really at the cord but what his belly button now looked like. It still had some goo in it. I told him it was normal and we threw away the cord and I cleaned his belly button. His belly button is now crusty and Scott is still a little grossed out but he is surviving :)

Surprise gift

Friday afternoon when we got back from going to Max's Dr for his circumcision checkup I went to put my PJ top back on. When I moved my shirt there was a special black box under it. In that black box was a wedding band. I already have one band that matches my engagement ring but Scott got me the other band to complete the set! I was truly surprised! Scott has been absolutely wonderful through my pregnancy, labor, and these first few days at home. He is a great daddy and a wonderful husband. I am such a lucky girl! I can't quite wear my rings yet, the swelling isn't completely gone but I can not wait!

Life at home....so far

Well we have been home for 8 days now and have been home by ourselves for 2 nights now. All is good. I am breastfeeding so I feel like my life revolves in 3 hours circuits. Every 3 hours the exact same thing occurs. Scott has been great!! He is taking off this the end of the month and it has been so helpful. I am still not allowed to lift anything heavier then Max, bend and stoop, do many household chores so Scott has been working his butt off. Night time is still an adjustment, I usually go to bed after his evening feeding(anytime from 8:30-10) and Scott stays up and gets him to sleep, then every 3ish hours I get up and feed Max and we take turns getting him back to sleep. Needless to say we are averaging 4-5 hours of sleep a night. We have both tried to get in a nap during the day.

Max has been staying awake more during the day. The morning time he is usually awake the most and he has story time and play time. then for the most part he is usually awake about 20min after eating.

We have been having several visitors which Max loves. He loves to be held so when people come over he usually falls right to sleep and snuggles. Scott and I take advantage of visitors to get on the computer and do little chores so we like them too :) Sorry if you have come to visit and your pic isn't on here...too many visitors to put all the pics up



Before my mom left we did Max's first bath. He is still getting sponge baths because he still has his cord. Well he doesn't like the bath part but does like having his hair washed, so I'm hoping once we can get him in the tub he will enjoy the whole process.

We also had Max's newborn photoshoot on Friday. I am hoping to get a few pic's soon so we can work on announcements but I won't have all the pictures for 4 weeks at the most. As soon as I have any info about them I will update the blog. Kate Crafton took them. Here is a link to her blog http://www.katecraftonblog.com/

Goodby Grandma :(

My mom lives in Michigan and was able to come down Aug 30th and had to leave to go back home on Thursday. My brother Daniel also took time out of his teenage life to come too :) We had a great visit and she was soooooo helpful with Max, especially that first night at home. Max will miss her bunches! Thanks for coming!