June

Where did June go? I have been trying to find time to blog the last month but, well, I am not sure where the time went. So I am going to try to recap the past month in one post. Here we go...

June 7th I went back to work. I only went back for 3 days though. I eased my way into being a working mom. I hate leaving my little man. The first day I was fine until I actually handed him to my mom. When I did, I lost it. My mom was so sweet though. She sent me pictures throughout the day and a video. One thing I kept focusing on was that I only had to work 3 days then we were heading on vacation!

On June 10th, at 9 weeks old, Josiah headed to Disney World!! I know, we are crazy parents! But in our defense, this trip was planned before we knew we would have our little man. We went with Chris' family. Josiah was such a trooper. Doing Disney with a 9 week old was much different than doing Disney by ourselves. Obviously, we were at a much slower pace. We went to the parks in the morning and spent the afternoons back at the resort. Then we went back to the parks in the evening.

Snoozing on Daddy!

I love my new wrap sling. I slept on mommy in it every morning!

I also hung out in my stroller with my new Mickey fan to stay cool.

I love my new hat! Aren't I cute? 

Hanging out on Poppy with my Uncle Noah and Uncle Jeremiah!

Mommy hanging out with my Aunt Alexa!

I love my daddy and mommy!

Mimi and Aunt Alexa waiting for the bus!

Aunt Alexa loved playing with her stroller. In a year or so, I can run around with her! I love watching her, Uncle Noah and Uncle Jeremiah play!

My Great PawPaw (Chris' grandfather) came with us to Disney.

PawPaw and Grandmom bought me this really cool hat! It says "Not Large but in Charge."

Daddy and I at Epcot. Mommy and Daddy thought I would like the firework show at Epcot. They were sooooo wrong. I guess I am the guinea pig for my first time parents!

When I jerked at the first fireworks and my eye got real big, mommy took me inside the babycare center to eat so I did not have to jump everytime. I guess they did not realize that fireworks are so loud or maybe they are louder with a baby.

Mommy and Daddy took me inside a restraunt to eat and cool off at Magic Kingdom. After I had a full belly, Mommy played Patti Cake with me. I loved it! I laughed and laughed! Daddy got some great pictures!

I love my PawPaw and Grandmom!

Waiting in line to meet Mickey and Minnie Mouse for the first time!

Hello Mickey and Minnie! I tried to go to sleep before I met them. My eyes kept closing and my head dropping but mommy wanted me awake when I met them so she kept waking me up. After I met them, I was gone!

Everyone with Mickey and Minnie!

Daddy and I waiting for the bus!

We had to get a family picture in front of Cinderella's Castle!

I met Aurora from Sleeping Beauty at Cinderella's Castle!

And Snow White... 

And Belle from Beauty and the Beast...

And Ariel from The Little Mermaid! I also met Cinderella but mommy did not get a picture.

PawPaw introduced me to the TV. I love the colors! I watched and watched it.

Daddy took mommy and I on a horse drawn carriage ride on our last night! Mommy loved it and it put me to sleep!

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Mommy and daddy bought me a Mickey book! I love my book! I love looking at the pictures!

Thanks for catching up on Josiah. I am not going to get everything on this blog. So to be continued...

Poor Baby

Josiah has been really congested for 3 days now. Poor little man. We have been using saline rinse and a humidifer and he is finally sounding better. However, he has given it to me so I feel blah. I know that I may catch whatever he gets but I was really hoping it would be awhile before that happened. Oh well.

Last week was a good week. My co-workers threw me a baby shower. Thank you guys. It was great to see everyone. I loved getting to show little man off. I am going back to work on June 7th - next week! I love my job and everyone I work with but I am not ready to leave my little man. If you think about it, pray for me. It is going to be really hard. I am sure I am going to be a basketcase when I have to leave him. I already want to cry. However, I am blessed that I will only be working 3 days though to ease me back into it.

Little man is now seven weeks old and is sleeping 5 to 6 hrs a night. He sleeps from 10 or 11 till 3 or 4 in the morning. We are slowly making progress. He usually goes back to sleep very easily and will sleep till 10 or 11 am after waking up around 7 to eat again. I am hoping that I can function at work next week not being able to sleep until 10.  :)

Here are some pictures from last week.

Sweet baby fingers! Little man has quite the grip!

Josiah loves his Monkey Playmat! He stares and stares at the red giraffe.

Sleeping on mommy when he doesn't feel good.

He may not feel good but he is still happy!



Six Weeks

I can't believe that Josiah will be six weeks tomorrow! The time is flying by! This past week was busy. Tuesday Josiah went to the doctor. He weighed 11 lbs!! He is huge! I can only imagine how much more he weighs almost a week later. He is solid. He has really been talking and smiling this week. He talked/smiled at the doctor and the doctor was suprised. He said that normally babies don't start cooing and smiling until 6-8 weeks. I am biased but I think my little man is pretty smart!

A quick update on little man's routine. He is staying up much more during the day. He is up at least 1.5 hrs between each feeding (every 3 hrs). He also goes 6 hrs between feedings at night every 3 or 4 nights. Unfortunately it has been from 7 to 1 am. Last night it was from 10 to 4 am. We are slowly moving to sleeping through the night even if it is every 3 or 4 nights. The longest he has slept in those 6 hrs is 4.5 hrs but we are getting there, slowly but surely.  He is also taking 3.5 to 4 oz every 3 hrs. No wonder he is so big. Hopefully soon we can put some rice cereal in his bottle to help him go longer at night. Josiah has also decided that he loves baths now. He likes the warm water running over him. Josiah has started to drool a little this week. My aunt was in town and she told me that all 5 of her babies started teething at 6 weeks. I am not ready for him to start teething. I am not sure if he is but he is doing everything else early so it would not suprise me. We will see.

 

We also had 2 baby showers this past week. The first was last Sunday. My best friend Kelly and my wonderful mother in law threw us a shower at our church. It was so great! It was an ABC theme. They did a great job! Thank you ladies! It was Josiah's first trip to church so everyone was happy to meet him.

 Kelly made a Mickey Sport diaper cake for Josiah. It turned out great!

The second shower was yesterday with friends and family. My sisters and my mom threw it for us! It was a monkey theme and we got alot of monkey outfits. We are so blessed! Josiah is so blessed. Here are some pics.

My sisters made this diaper cake! So Cute!

My sister Liz made this cake! Isn't it great!



Josiah started out sleeping...

He woke up and met everyone...

But by the end, he had enough!

One Month

This week my baby turned a month old! I can't believe that time is flying by so fast. He is getting so big so fast. Tuesday, we had our first post placement visit from our adoption agency. Josiah cried for most of the visit. He woke up from his nap early when the lady got here because my dogs have big mouths. I felt awful. Other than that, everything went well. One down and 2 to go. Wednesday, was Josiah's one month old birthday. It was a quiet day. Thursday, my cousin gave birth to her little boy. Josiah and her little guy are a month apart. We are so excited that he is here now! He is absolutely precious. Josiah also started really smiling this week in response to voices! It warmed my heart. We were having a conversation, since he is the only one around, and he smiled at me. Later on Thursday my mom stopped by to say hey and I was talking to him trying to get him to smile again for her. He did twice. My little boy is growing up. I know that this is a small milestone but it made me happy.

My First Mother's Day

It was great! I am so blessed to be able to celebrate Mother's Day as a mother this year. Chris brought me breakfast in bed (fruit). Then he grilled BBQ Chicken for lunch. We went to see both of our mom's to wish them a Happy Mother's Day too! I hope all you moms out there had a great Mother's day!

Here are a few pics from this past week. Time is flying by. I can't believe I am already halfway through my time off with my little man.

Josiah loves starring at his elephant

He is holding onto his elephant



Professional Pictures

We got Josiah's professional pictures in the mail this past week! They are so good. I am such a pushover when it comes to pictures. We thought the hospital had lost our pictures so when the Babies R Us lady said that they needed to practice on infants and I could get $25 worth of free pictures, I said sure! Well we got a lot of great pictures and it was way more than $25. And then the hospital found our pics. So we have both. Here are a few of my favorites!

Hospital Pictures - 6 days old

2 weeks old

Chris' Favorite

My Favorite