a good friend of mine is a wonderful photographer. she is having a HUGE give-a-way. please check her out and you will see that she does AMAZING work. here is the link to the rules and you can browse her site to see her work.
http://paigeandersonphotography.blogspot.com/2011/05/give-way.html
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Mother of a ONE year old
Cole turned one on April 7th. It was a great day. GG (my boss) made Cole a cupcake for him to eat when we got home that afternoon. I was so excited to see what he would do with it. I just knew it was gonna be everywhere. That day seemed to go by so fast because I stayed busy at work. I had already made plans for my friend Kandi and her girls to come to the house and help make the cookies for Cole's birthday party. I knew he was gonna have so much fun with the girls.
SO we got home and ate and then we sung Happy Birthday to him. He loved it. When he realized that the cupcake was eatable it was everywhere...lol. It was so funny. Here are a few pictures.
Cole's first birthday party was here in Brookhaven, MS. The theme was baby giraffes. We had it at a local park and we had lots of fun. I learned a lot from this party..It was my first so I stressed over EVERYTHING!!! Those of you that know me are probably laughing at me right now lol. Cole had a great time and he got a lot of gifts. Here are a few pictures from the party...
My sister and two nieces came down to celebrate with us. I enjoyed their visit. I hated to see them go. I don't get to see them as much as I would like to. Here are a few pictures of Hanna, Abi and Cole.
My mother-in-law wanted to give Cole a party in Carthage, MS. This was on Sunday, April 10th. It was at McDonald's and it was very stressful as well lol. I got to visit with friends I had not seen in a long time. Cole was so tired and ill. He only enjoyed the cake and ice cream...here are some pictures from the party.
We had a busy weekend but we enjoyed it. I still can't believe Cole is one. This past year has went by so fast. Cole has hit many milestones and is learning new things every day. He was off the bottle before he turned one and is now on whole milk only. He eats table foods now and eats ALL the time. I LOVE my big boy. I would not have it any other way. This has been a wonderful year and I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us.
<3 Kristina
SO we got home and ate and then we sung Happy Birthday to him. He loved it. When he realized that the cupcake was eatable it was everywhere...lol. It was so funny. Here are a few pictures.
Cole's first birthday party was here in Brookhaven, MS. The theme was baby giraffes. We had it at a local park and we had lots of fun. I learned a lot from this party..It was my first so I stressed over EVERYTHING!!! Those of you that know me are probably laughing at me right now lol. Cole had a great time and he got a lot of gifts. Here are a few pictures from the party...
My sister and two nieces came down to celebrate with us. I enjoyed their visit. I hated to see them go. I don't get to see them as much as I would like to. Here are a few pictures of Hanna, Abi and Cole.
My mother-in-law wanted to give Cole a party in Carthage, MS. This was on Sunday, April 10th. It was at McDonald's and it was very stressful as well lol. I got to visit with friends I had not seen in a long time. Cole was so tired and ill. He only enjoyed the cake and ice cream...here are some pictures from the party.
We had a busy weekend but we enjoyed it. I still can't believe Cole is one. This past year has went by so fast. Cole has hit many milestones and is learning new things every day. He was off the bottle before he turned one and is now on whole milk only. He eats table foods now and eats ALL the time. I LOVE my big boy. I would not have it any other way. This has been a wonderful year and I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us.
<3 Kristina
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
~Follow up~
I know I have not posted anything in a WHILE. I am gonna try to get things caught up in this post.
*MILESTONES*
Cole is growing soo fast. He is holding his head really good. He does not like to lay down unless its time to go to sleep. He is giggling randomly. Which by the way is soo cute! He loves his bumbo. He will sit up and look around, its so funny to watch him taking it all in. This week he has discovered his feet. He tries to get them to his mouth but he just cant figure it out. We were in the car this afternoon and I saw him trying to pull it to his mouth. In his new car seat he can see them better and he is soo amazed by it.
He just outgrew his infant seat. :( We decided to get a 3 in 1 seat. I love it BUT he cant hold is head good enough to keep if from flopping to one side while we are driving. SO i have blankets stuffed around him and I hold his head some while I am driving. I do that mostly when I am turning. It helps it from flopping side to side. It has been a big adjustment getting him in and out of the carseat. The infant seat/carrier spoiled me LOL. I picked Cole up from the baby sitters yesterday and I was walking down the steps of her back porch and almost fell. I don't know how I caught myself but Cole just looked at me with BIG BLUE eyes and smiled. My heart was on the ground. I just knew I feel with him! It was raining on top of that so it shook me up really bad. (Update sense I wrote the above paragraph: When I got him form the sitters today I tried something different. I did not sit him straight up In the seat. Doing this made his head sit back a good bit so he did not flop around. THANK GOODNESS i figured it out. I was so worried it would end up hurting his neck or something.)
We tried his exersaucer out the other night and he LOVED It. He was trying to take it all in and all he could do was look at me with his eyes wide open and smile. It was a whole different world lol. I put him in it last night and he was playing while I balanced my check book but one of the toys was right in his face and I did not see it. He got to bouncing around and it hit his eye. He cried and I grabbed him up. I felt bad but I know these things will happen. I just hated it. I'm glad it was not major and he did not get a bruise. THANK GOODNESS
*LIFE IN THE FAST LANE*
I dint know where to begin. Cole is almost 4 months old and things are just getting more chaotic by the day. I know, I know this is just the beginning. He has been sick for the second time since I came back to work and it just breaks my heart. I wish I could stay home and take care of him so he would not get sick. I know I cant protect him from everything but I guess that's the mother in me. I think he is going to have sinus' problems like me. The first time he got sick it was an Upper Respiratory Infection. Last Monday it was a cold and we had to let it run its course. He did not show signs of sickness you could hear the congestion thought and he was coughing and sneezing a lot. The pediatrician said there was nothing we could give him the was FDA approved. Everything had been recalled and it was not safe. The best thing was to let the cold do its thing. SO he is doing better. Hes still congested some but nothing like he was.
Cole is doing something new every day and its like I am missing everything while I am at work. This is hard to deal with because I want to see all of his "1st"!!! I will get over it, I have to bahahahaha. I love him so much.
When the weekends get here they go by so fast. During the week i cant wait till the weekend but then when it gets here its like i still have had no time with Cole. Its never ending. He loves his daddy. Greg can walk in the room and Cole is amazed. I think its the voice because all day he hears women voices and Greg's is so deep. Greg hates his hours cause he hardly gets to see Cole. he makes up for it on the weekend though and it is so nice too. He has gotten to where he will watch Cole so i can go and get groceries. I hate to take him because I worry someone will hit the buggy. people are so mean and will run you over these days.
*THIS AND THAT*
This blog is long and I am sorry. I have so much to catch up on. Those of you that know me really well know that I have a a bit of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) hahaha. WEll I keep a notebook that has all the bills that we owe for including doctor bills. I cant stand to owe someone money. I break it down into each month and set an allowed $ to pay on that bill. I noticed this week I had not gotten anything from the hospital on Cole's delivery. So I called and they told me that i owed Zero dollars. I was so shocked I still can't process it. Anyways, I decided to call my OB office cause I had paid them a $ amount when I was pregnant. They tell me I have a credit WAHOO! So i should get that sometime at the end of August. I will use that to pay the doctor bills on Cole. This was great news because I did not want to be paying those things when Christmas got here. I wanted to be able to spend on decorations and gifts!!! It is his FIRST CHRISTMAS! lol. God sure heard my prayers. :)
The above news was wonderful considering its been really hard lately for us. Life's unexpected has just been popping up all around us lol. I know it just gets worse but that was a wonderful day for me. I still can't process it bahahaha. Well I see that I am just rambling now so I will end this post. I am sure you are glad lol. I tried to edit this so if it is still rough please forgive me.
Very Tired,
Kristina
*MILESTONES*
Cole is growing soo fast. He is holding his head really good. He does not like to lay down unless its time to go to sleep. He is giggling randomly. Which by the way is soo cute! He loves his bumbo. He will sit up and look around, its so funny to watch him taking it all in. This week he has discovered his feet. He tries to get them to his mouth but he just cant figure it out. We were in the car this afternoon and I saw him trying to pull it to his mouth. In his new car seat he can see them better and he is soo amazed by it.
He just outgrew his infant seat. :( We decided to get a 3 in 1 seat. I love it BUT he cant hold is head good enough to keep if from flopping to one side while we are driving. SO i have blankets stuffed around him and I hold his head some while I am driving. I do that mostly when I am turning. It helps it from flopping side to side. It has been a big adjustment getting him in and out of the carseat. The infant seat/carrier spoiled me LOL. I picked Cole up from the baby sitters yesterday and I was walking down the steps of her back porch and almost fell. I don't know how I caught myself but Cole just looked at me with BIG BLUE eyes and smiled. My heart was on the ground. I just knew I feel with him! It was raining on top of that so it shook me up really bad. (Update sense I wrote the above paragraph: When I got him form the sitters today I tried something different. I did not sit him straight up In the seat. Doing this made his head sit back a good bit so he did not flop around. THANK GOODNESS i figured it out. I was so worried it would end up hurting his neck or something.)
We tried his exersaucer out the other night and he LOVED It. He was trying to take it all in and all he could do was look at me with his eyes wide open and smile. It was a whole different world lol. I put him in it last night and he was playing while I balanced my check book but one of the toys was right in his face and I did not see it. He got to bouncing around and it hit his eye. He cried and I grabbed him up. I felt bad but I know these things will happen. I just hated it. I'm glad it was not major and he did not get a bruise. THANK GOODNESS
*LIFE IN THE FAST LANE*
I dint know where to begin. Cole is almost 4 months old and things are just getting more chaotic by the day. I know, I know this is just the beginning. He has been sick for the second time since I came back to work and it just breaks my heart. I wish I could stay home and take care of him so he would not get sick. I know I cant protect him from everything but I guess that's the mother in me. I think he is going to have sinus' problems like me. The first time he got sick it was an Upper Respiratory Infection. Last Monday it was a cold and we had to let it run its course. He did not show signs of sickness you could hear the congestion thought and he was coughing and sneezing a lot. The pediatrician said there was nothing we could give him the was FDA approved. Everything had been recalled and it was not safe. The best thing was to let the cold do its thing. SO he is doing better. Hes still congested some but nothing like he was.
Cole is doing something new every day and its like I am missing everything while I am at work. This is hard to deal with because I want to see all of his "1st"!!! I will get over it, I have to bahahahaha. I love him so much.
When the weekends get here they go by so fast. During the week i cant wait till the weekend but then when it gets here its like i still have had no time with Cole. Its never ending. He loves his daddy. Greg can walk in the room and Cole is amazed. I think its the voice because all day he hears women voices and Greg's is so deep. Greg hates his hours cause he hardly gets to see Cole. he makes up for it on the weekend though and it is so nice too. He has gotten to where he will watch Cole so i can go and get groceries. I hate to take him because I worry someone will hit the buggy. people are so mean and will run you over these days.
*THIS AND THAT*
This blog is long and I am sorry. I have so much to catch up on. Those of you that know me really well know that I have a a bit of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) hahaha. WEll I keep a notebook that has all the bills that we owe for including doctor bills. I cant stand to owe someone money. I break it down into each month and set an allowed $ to pay on that bill. I noticed this week I had not gotten anything from the hospital on Cole's delivery. So I called and they told me that i owed Zero dollars. I was so shocked I still can't process it. Anyways, I decided to call my OB office cause I had paid them a $ amount when I was pregnant. They tell me I have a credit WAHOO! So i should get that sometime at the end of August. I will use that to pay the doctor bills on Cole. This was great news because I did not want to be paying those things when Christmas got here. I wanted to be able to spend on decorations and gifts!!! It is his FIRST CHRISTMAS! lol. God sure heard my prayers. :)
The above news was wonderful considering its been really hard lately for us. Life's unexpected has just been popping up all around us lol. I know it just gets worse but that was a wonderful day for me. I still can't process it bahahaha. Well I see that I am just rambling now so I will end this post. I am sure you are glad lol. I tried to edit this so if it is still rough please forgive me.
Very Tired,
Kristina
Monday, June 21, 2010
Post Partum Depression (PPD)
Most of you that know me know that I have had some issues with PPD. I was not for sure what was going on until I went to see my OBGYN after we came home from the hospital. I was never violent. I was just so emotional and was not for sure why I even wanted to have a baby to begin with. It was probably all the emotions of being a new parent plus other things.
So when I went to the doctor I was put on Zoloft. I could tell by the end of the week that I was feeling better. Much better! Well, i decided a week ago that I wanted to see if I was able to get off the Zoloft. The nurse told me how to ween myself off it. So I just finished week one and let me tell you I have had a headache every day. I hope this week is much better.
I can tell that I feel fine. Other than the headache that is non stop. I am more comfortable with motherhood. I am able to get up and get the day started. I thought it would be so hard but after a day or two its just habit. I love Cole with all my heart and would not change a thing. I had a wonderful experience with my pregnancy and birth. I just could not believe that I was having these thoughts and feelings. I am so glad now that I am better. I love coming home to a face that is so full of sunshine. He brightens my day no matter what is going on!
So when I went to the doctor I was put on Zoloft. I could tell by the end of the week that I was feeling better. Much better! Well, i decided a week ago that I wanted to see if I was able to get off the Zoloft. The nurse told me how to ween myself off it. So I just finished week one and let me tell you I have had a headache every day. I hope this week is much better.
I can tell that I feel fine. Other than the headache that is non stop. I am more comfortable with motherhood. I am able to get up and get the day started. I thought it would be so hard but after a day or two its just habit. I love Cole with all my heart and would not change a thing. I had a wonderful experience with my pregnancy and birth. I just could not believe that I was having these thoughts and feelings. I am so glad now that I am better. I love coming home to a face that is so full of sunshine. He brightens my day no matter what is going on!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Cole's First Day at Church
We went to Church for the first time since I had Cole. I was so excited to take him. we got a few pictures of us. I was nervous because we had not been in a while and I was not familiar with the ladies that work in the nursery. He did good though. He got a little fussy but he took his bottle and they put him in a bouncy that had lights...he loved it. So, we have to get him one like that lol.
As soon as big church was over I almost ran to check on him. All I could thing about during church was how he was doing. He was fine and I was glad. Everyone just loved him. :)
As soon as big church was over I almost ran to check on him. All I could thing about during church was how he was doing. He was fine and I was glad. Everyone just loved him. :)
Life and the unexpected
I know I am behind on blogging. Lets just say that LIFE as been crazy! June 9th Greg came home and started cutting the grass. I have always asked him to move my car when he cuts grass. He did not this time. So the next morning I go out to crank my car and put Cole's bags in my car. I shut the passenger front door and I hear glass falling. I then realize that my window is SHATTERED! So I calmly go back in the house and get Cole and put him in his car seat. I called Greg and asked him if he realized he did it. He said no that he would have said something if he did. We said a few words and then got off the phone. I was upset but not really mad because I knew that he did not do it on purpose or mean to do it at all. So there was no reason to be mad and argue about it.
So I was gonna take his truck BUT our lawn mower is a piece of crap and he had taken his truck battery off to put on the mower...lol. He did not put it back on his truck so I ended up having to drive my car. The window was still in my car, thank GOD I have tinted windows. So I had to drive slow and the baby sitter lives on a really rough road(s). We made it and I got it replaced that day. I am glad that is all that happened. It could have been worse. Here are some pics of the window in my car:
So I was gonna take his truck BUT our lawn mower is a piece of crap and he had taken his truck battery off to put on the mower...lol. He did not put it back on his truck so I ended up having to drive my car. The window was still in my car, thank GOD I have tinted windows. So I had to drive slow and the baby sitter lives on a really rough road(s). We made it and I got it replaced that day. I am glad that is all that happened. It could have been worse. Here are some pics of the window in my car:
Sunday, June 6, 2010
~Milestones~
Cole has become so alert these last few days. He is awake more and smiles more. It is so amazing to look back over the last two months and see how far he has come. I just can't believe how much he has grown. I can see it now that i have been back at work for two weeks. Greg kept telling me before I went back to work that he is bigger but because I was with him all the time I could not see it. I do now. He's not FAT just long and heavy. He can still wear some newborn clothes but they are getting short on him. We are gonn have to go to size 2 diapers before long. I am trying to finish the size 1 bag we are on now.
He is still eating 4 to 6 ounces with cereal. He is not a fussy baby and if he does get fussy it usually means he is sleepy. I have been able to tell his cries for a while now but Greg is able to tune in most of the time and be able to tell what's wrong with him. Its so funny. Greg still gets so nervous with him. I know he's not here much but he does try to make up for it on the weekends. This morning he got Cole and let me sleep in. It was so nice. They had Daddy and Son time for several hours. Greg even got to change Cole's MESSY diaper, I was suprised he did not wake me up LOL!
I love when I pick him up from the sitters. I hold him and he just smiles so big. He is so excited to see me. It is the high light of my day every day!!!
Kristina
He is still eating 4 to 6 ounces with cereal. He is not a fussy baby and if he does get fussy it usually means he is sleepy. I have been able to tell his cries for a while now but Greg is able to tune in most of the time and be able to tell what's wrong with him. Its so funny. Greg still gets so nervous with him. I know he's not here much but he does try to make up for it on the weekends. This morning he got Cole and let me sleep in. It was so nice. They had Daddy and Son time for several hours. Greg even got to change Cole's MESSY diaper, I was suprised he did not wake me up LOL!
I love when I pick him up from the sitters. I hold him and he just smiles so big. He is so excited to see me. It is the high light of my day every day!!!
Kristina
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