Let the Madness Begin

• Thursday - Grandma babysits while Mommy & Daddy go to bachelor/bachelorette parties
• Friday - We all go to the Rehearsal Dinner
• Saturday - We all go to Kenny & Stephanie's Wedding & Reception
• Sunday - Aunt Stiney's Going Away Party :(
• Monday - **Take a breather**
• Tuesday - Mommy's first day back to work :( - Grandma babysits
• Wednesday - Aunt Stiney gets on a plane to move to Hawaii, we all attempt Josiah's first road trip up to Northern VA.
• Thursday & Friday - Visit friends in Northern VA
• Saturday - Head back home

Yikes!!! Josiah's not on a strict schedule or anything at this point, but this is definitely a lot of deviation from the normal routine... I just pray it's not too overstimulating for him! It might be a little much for me! :)

2 Great Years

Two years ago today... I married my best friend. I am one lucky girl to have a husband like Mike, and seeing him now as a dad only makes me fall more in love with him. Here are a few pictures from our wedding day 09-08-07.

7 Weeks Old?! Really??

I can't believe Josiah is really 7 weeks old today... pretty soon we'll be counting in months instead of weeks! :) He is continuing to do GREAT on his new soy formula, and is becoming quite the happy little boy. He has fun just laying next to us and looking at everything. He can really follow things with his eyes now. He will turn his head and watch us if we move around the room, and he smiles at us quite a bit! He's starting to fall into a more predictable routine... still not quite a "schedule" that I could plan around, but he's eating 5 oz. every 3 hours during the day and he sleeps from about 10pm - 6am with just one middle-of-the feeding around 2am.

Life has seemed so much more pleasant, normal and manageable this weekend. I've been able to cook several meals, bake a cake, clean the house, shower daily and spend quality time with family and friends. All of that was pretty impossible during the first 6 weeks... we made it through, but we're just glad he's finally feeling better and now so are we.

We See Things a Little Differently

Melissa's idea of beautiful yellow & blue in the Fall:






















Mike's idea of beautiful yellow (maize) & blue in the Fall:

My Chunky Monkey

I forgot to mention that Josiah weighed in at 11 lbs 13 oz. today! He's gained 2 lbs in the last 3 weeks and we can really see a difference in his cheeks and thighs! :) And here's a picture Daddy took tonight...

A Good Day!

Today was a great day. It started with a visit to the pediatrician to try to figure out formula/medicine options for Josiah to help his tummy (he has reflux and gets lots of trapped air/gas). I expected him to get really fussy (ie: scream like usual) but he was happy the whole time! He fell asleep on the way out and my mom and I got to have brunch at IHOP before heading home.

Then our good friends Suzanne, Aaron & Lily came to visit from Raleigh, NC. They spent the whole afternoon with us and we had a great time. Josiah did really well - he was happy pretty much all day and took a nice long nap. We had lots of fun with Lily - she's so cute!!

Now Josiah is sleeping again and we're hoping tonight will continue to go well. We've just switched him to a soy-formula to see if maybe it's a milk protein issue that's causing his digestive issues. The next step would be to try a hypoallergenic formula (= expensive & stinky) so we're hoping that we'll either see a good improvement with the soy, or that we can just eliminate the milk-issue altogether and just stick with a more basic formula.

We're happy to have Daddy home for a long weekend, and are hopeful that this new formula will help Josiah have a happy weekend too.

Anyone have Target Coupons??

Yesterday I got a pack of Target coupons in the mail for their store-brand items. There is one for $1 off the formula we just started Josiah on, so I'm wondering if anyone else got these coupons... and if you don't need the formula one, could you hang on to it for me? It's only $1, but every little bit helps... formula is definitely an extra expense we were hoping to avoid, but thankfully the Target brand is a much better deal than the other name brands! And Target rarely sends out coupons, so we'd definitely appreciate getting as many as we can! :)

Thanks!!