Long weekend almost over.

These past 4 days have been extra long and extra tiring.  I'm sure most of that is because I was missing my best friend and spouse to give me company and help care for our busy, busy little boy.  Eli has been missing his daddy too going to the front door several times, trying to turn the knob and saying "daddy" like he should be coming home already.  We've had fun mommy/son time, but are super glad to be getting him back today.  Here are a few random pictures from the past week.

Eli sure loves to find the smallest spaces.  Sportin' his Braves hat.

Striking a pose!

Excited about his new toy.

Pressing the music note to hear the "ABC's"

No fear...Lifeguard on duty here.

Spinning around in the kitchen.

Taking a stroll in the shopping cart on the patio.

While daddy was gone, Eli had to play ball with mommy.  This was his expression.  I think he was saying, "seriously mom?  You throw like a girl."

Muffin relaxing outside.

Coloring daddy a picture because he comes home today.

Hmm...I wonder if daddy likes red or purple better?

Eli's Surgery...

Well today was the dreaded day...the one where we envisioned our baby, who didn't understand, reaching out for us and we couldn't take him.  Although today wasn't completely easy at first, it wasn't that either.

We had to be at the surgery center at 6:30, which meant we needed to leave our place at 5:30, waking up at around 4:30.  So needless to say, it was a late night and a super early morning for all of us.  We got the bag packed and were on our way.

When we got there Eli was in a great mood, playing and we were the only ones in the waiting room which was nice.  Then all of a sudden, he started running wide open and ran right into the wall.  It was so quick I couldn't even catch him and I was standing right behind him. He only cried for a second, but he had quite the goosebump on his forehead.  This mommy, who was already extremely nervous about the surgery and emotional, felt like it was my fault and felt awful that he was getting ready to have surgery and he got hurt on my watch too.

When the nurse came out, I was sitting in the corner of the play area, in a kids chair, crying like crazy.  The nurse saw Kevin at first and was talking to Eli and I was trying to get it together and when she saw me she was like "oh my."  I'm sure she was thinking it's ok lady, he's fine!  but she was sweet about it.  I finally just looked at her and said I'm nervous, but I'm pregnant too so i can blame those hormones, right?  And she laughed.

Back we went to Eli's room where we got lots of questions, etc. and we changed him into the little kid gown with tigers on it.

 

He was such a good boy, but it felt like forever between the time he got put in that room and they took him back for surgery.  I think Kevin and I were both like please just get it over with already.  So after a while, they gave him his "happy medicine" as they called it to relax him and be able to separate him from us.  I have to say it was the funniest thing.  Within three minutes, Eli was laughing at himself and throwing his head back and touching our faces.  We had to take a video it was so funny, but you could tell he was feeling good!  Then the lady took him back and we went to the waiting room.  Within fifteen minutes ( I think), the doctor came into the waiting room.  It might have been longer, but it was so quick I thought oh no...something's wrong.  He said everything went perfectly, gave us information on Eli and what to do/expect and it was done!

 

 

Finally they took us back to see him and of course I picked him right up.  He nestled into me and cuddled, slept and snored for the next 20 minutes.  It was wonderful.

 

It felt like he was a baby again, just MUCH bigger. :)  After getting everything straight, we were on our way home.

He did so well and was such a big boy and he has been doing great ever since we got home.  He even got a surprise from Grandma & Granddaddy....

And he loved playing with the balloons.  He's a tough kid.  Who would have known he had surgery today because he is back to being our happy, sweet, loving little boy.

 

 



Surprise...What?!?

So I blogged about our Spring break trip to NC, but I left out one important detail...the big bombshell we dropped on our families. :)

Yep, Eli is going to be a big brother in November.  The due date is the 6th right now, but Eli's was the 3rd and he didn't come until the 11th...AND that was because he had to! So we shall see when this little one decides to arrive.

We knew when we saw our families that we couldn't hide it.  1- we had already known 2 weeks at this point and 2 - I was crazy sick so it would have been obvious.

We started at my parents house and got settled in, let them visit with Eli for a few and then kevin got something out of the car.  I told mom & dad that I had been thinking and that because they lived so far away they never got "art" from Eli to hang on the fridge and they do alot of that at daycare now.  So I handed my mom a picture of a cute Leprecaun (however you spell it) that Eli had finger painted and said, "this can be from your grandson to put on the fridge." and then I said and you might want a picture from your other grandbaby to put on the fridge too and handed her the ultrasound. :)  My mom , before even looking at the picture, looked at me and said , "what?"  I don't think it sank in.  So I repeated and said here is a picture from grandbaby # 2...it's an ultrasound.  And she again said "What?"  I said mom we're pregnant! and her and dad were both like oh my gosh! With the biggest eyes I've ever seen.  They said they had no idea because since we had already planned a visit it didn't even dawn on them that we would be surprising them with this good news.  They of course were very happy. :)

For Kevin's family, we left my parents house and actually went to the Photography studio so Eli could have a few pictures taken while we were there.  When we got to the studio, they had picked up some lunch and were waiting on us to eat.  Kevin's family has an easter egg hunt sometimes and they had planned one with both sides of the family since we were coming home.  His family has a tradition of having a lucky egg and the kid that finds it, gets a prize.  SO...to tell them, we sat down to eat and I said , "oh wait a second...can you guys (Kelly, Mrs. Marlene & Mr. Wayne) please look at these lucky eggs and tell me if what we put in them in fine?"  They all got an egg and looked at me like I was crazy...so I was fumbling for words and said, "Kevin was telling me something about a lucky egg and we had to put something in it and so I want to see if this is ok, because if not we need to run to the store while we are out."  At this point I was ready to just say OPEN THE EGG because I couldn't believe I had held a straight face this long! So they all opened the eggs, and we heard gasps and saw huge smiles.  They were very excited!  Mrs. Marlene says she had a feeling that we were going to tell them that when we came home.... I think she was just hoping. :)

It was so much fun telling our parents in person instead of having to tell them over the phone.  I am thankful for God's timing.  So far, everything is going great with baby #2 and we keep praying it stays that way.  Have I mentioned I love being pregnant? :)  I really do!

Spring Break 2013

I am so amazed at the number of people that have told me they were sad that I hadn't been updating my blog lately.  I had no idea that many people read it! :)  Makes me happy and makes me feel guilty too,  SOOOO I'll try to do better.

Over spring break, we went to NC and got to see lots of family and friends.  I am always in awe of how many people love us enough to drive to visit when we are there.  We started out visiting with my family.  Sometimes I feel bad they always have to come to us, but hopefully they understand.  Eli did wonderful on the trip there and back, crying a total of 5 minutes.  We had lots of time with Uncle Cory & Aunt Chelly and he got spoiled like crazy by everyone.  Eli loved all of the people and wasn't shy one bit.  I think he danced for every single person as they came in the door.  He greeted them with a short "hey" and then went straight to the tv to show off his dance moves.

I think the highlight of the trip for me ,was when there were about 20 people sitting in my mom and dad's living room and the wiggles was on.  Eli's favorite song is "everybody clap (they clap three times) everybody sing (la,la,la,la,la) hands in the air, rock-a-bye your bear, bear is now asleep (shh, shh, shh).  When the singing part came on, he had done it so many times for everyone that the entire living room broke out in LA,LA,LA,LA,LA.  It was hilarious.  A true memory to share with Eli as he gets older.  I wish I had that moment on video.

Eli loved sitting in mommy's rocking chair from when she was little.

Having a blast.

Playing on Uncle Cory's horse from when he was little, "bucky."

Somehow he let Uncle Cory get him to sleep like a baby.  He never lets us do that.

And you can bet he will find every small space there is to sit in.

Nana & Papa always spoil him rotten and he never goes lacking when they are around.  We had a wonderful time and hated to leave.  Eli got to finally spend time with his Nanny & Granny and they just loved it and went on and on about how much he had grown and how much they missed him.

 

Next stop was Kevin's family where Eli got to participate in his first Easter Egg Hunt with both sides of Kevin's family.  He went along with it, carrying his baseball easter basket, but then ended up trying to fill it with rocks.  Walker, his cousin, was so sweet finding himself an egg and then putting one in Eli's basket, but Eli would just take it out and put it on the ground.  He didn't quite understand the process yet.  He just loved running around outside with all of the kids.

 

Then he got lots of time with Will & Walker while we visited there.  It's always so much fun watching the 3 boys play together and his cousins sure do love playing with him.  They played inside and outside, they danced and ran, they laughed and clapped.  They even did a photo session together.  Here are a few photos from it.

 

Eli also got to ride a tractor with his granddaddy for the first time and boy did he love it!  He liked it so much that he threw a fit when we tried to take him off of it, so Granddaddy had to keep going for quite a while.  He was so at peace on that tractor and if I'm not mistaken, I think Granddaddy might have enjoyed that time too...just a little bit. 

 

It was a wonderful visit and like usual, we love to visit but hate to leave. 

However, there is no place like home. :)