Homeowner

Yes you read it right! If all goes according to plan, I will officially be a homeowner within the next 2 weeks!  Its something that I have been thinking about for a while and the opportunity arose so I decided to take it.  It is just a little 2 bedroom starter home but that is all I need.  I can't wait to start working on it! 

I will definitely being doing plenty of updates and of course Wish List Wednesday for the next couple of months!  I haven't take any pictures of it yet but as soon as I do, I will post them!  Hope everyone is having a good Memorial Day Weekend!

You are My Sunshine!

Growing up this was one of my favorite songs and it still is!  It completely sums up how I feel about River.  He brightens my days whenever I see him and of course his smile makes my heart want to explode. I seriously never knew that I could love a little guy as much as I love him.  I haven't gone a day without seeing him since he was born, I know I am a weirdo! 

His tummy issues seemed to be worked out for the time being so this is just allowing him to be the happy baby that he was meant to be.  He has been smiling and cooing so much more in the past week. And he is growing like a weed.  Callie and I measured him the other day and he is 24 inches long now!  He looks more like a 4 month old than just shy of 2 month old.  We have been working on tummy time with him a lot lately and he is starting to like it more and more. 

And of course I have some pictures of the little cutie to post!

He noticed that he could actually see the creatures on his mat.  Look at those eyes!

Sweetest picture ever!

 

He looks like such a little man!

Just Pictures!

Its been such a busy week so I haven't really had time to blog very much.  I found the time to take a few pictures of River though.   He seriously changes constantly and is such a happy baby, and his smile totally melts my heart!

Back to School

I have been planning on going back to school for a while but until February, I was not sure what I wanted to go back to school for.  I finally decided to go for a Nursing degree because it is something that I feel very passionate about and something I probably should have stuck with the first time I went to college! 

So as soon as I figured out that this is what I wanted to do, I went through the process of enrolling in school.  Unfortunately, I did not take a lot of the courses that they require so I have to take 7 prerequisites before being enrolled in the nursing program.  I started the first 2 of these classes on Monday! I am taking Biology 101 and Developmental Psychology.  I don't think these are going to be too hard or at least that is what I am hoping.

It feels pretty weird being a student again, especially since I already have a degree!  Right now I am just trying to find out the right balance for everything which is proving to be harder than I thought.  With work, school, and of course my precious nephew, I am finding little time to do anything else that I need to do.  But I will figure it out soon! 

Although, I am very glad that Brittany and I are doing this together, even though she did talk me into getting this adorable bag for school!  It really didn't take much persuading though :) 

6 Weeks

Just thought I would give a little River update since I haven't done one in a while!  He is doing well and growing so fast!  It feels like he changes every single day.  Just this week, he has started really moving a lot. We think he just discovered his arms because he moves them all the time and he loves to kick his legs.  He has been having a few issues with his tummy lately but Callie is working with his doctor to get them worked out.  Other than that he is a happy baby and he smiles and coos a lot now too.  I can't get enough of him because he is so precious! 

One of "THOSE" Days!

A couple of days ago, Callie and I decided to take River with us to Charlotte to do a little shopping. We figured since we had done it before with River that it would be fine, little did we know, it was not in his plans for the day! 

To start off, we were trying to find a Starbucks for a caffiene fix so we put it in the GPS to find.  Luckily there was one in the shopping area we were going to so we didn't have to go very far, except when we got there, there was no Starbucks in sight!  Fail #1!

Then we decide that we can wait and start off at Babies R Us.  We knew River would need a bottle which wasn't a big deal so Callie got him out of the stroller him.  He was fine but after he ate, he just could not get comfortable in his carseat (side note: he hates his carseat if he is awake!).  In the span that we were in Babies R Us, River had not 1 but 2 dirty diapers, we lost a wubbanubb (paci), River spit up on Callie, I was trying to push a cart and a stroller and we went down the same aisle about 6 different times while the employees stared at us!  We finally made it out of there and were now really in need of Starbucks! Oh and we left both the Moby and the Ergobaby which River highly prefers over his carseat!

We figure out that Starbucks is actually inside the Target in the shopping center so I head in there to get our drinks while Callie stays in the car with River.  When I get in there I learn that the worker had to take a break and will not be back for another 15 minutes.  Just a minor roadblock so I figured it was no big deal.  I walk back out to the car where Callie is changing dirty diaper #3 of the day and River is screaming.  Callie gets him calmed down and I head back in for Starbucks since it has been a while.  When I get back the girl that is working is moving a turtle speed to make our drinks but I wait patiently b/c at this point we cannot do without them! Finally I get back out to the car with our drinks and River is sleeping peacefully so we think we are in the clear. 

We then go to another store b/c it is the only place that sells Wubbanubbs and we have to replace the one that we lost in the first store.  Things went pretty smoothly in this store b/c River was asleep. Then we head to Old Navy to get River a few things for summer time and all went well in there too. Oh and it was like 90 degrees outside and like 100% humidity so going in and out of places was pretty miserable, I guess that what we get for living in the south!

The last straw for the day was when we were getting ready to leave to go home for the day b/c we had had enough!  We had some minor issues with the stroller but to make a long story short, it was nothing that the nice people at Buy Buy Baby couldn't help us with! 

This day had just turned out to be a lot harder and more difficult than we had ever expected but I guess that comes with trying to take a 1 month old shopping!  We couldn't get home fast enough and once we did all was fine again! I don't think we will be trying that again for a very long time! 

And just because I talked so much here is a sweet picture!

Don't worry! River only sleeps on his tummy when we are in the room with him! They were both taking their morning naps :)

Birth Annoucement

I know it probably seems like I have forgotten to post the picture from the epic photoshoot fail! that Callie used for River's birth annoucement but I haven't.  I just did not want to post it until all the annoucements went out and had time to reach everyone.  The day we were taking the pictures, I really did not think we got 1 good photo and that we would have to do it again.  Well we got 2 and they actually turned out really great after some editing.  Callie decided to only use of them but I am going to post both because I love how they turned out!

Captured!

This morning I was finally able to capture River's adorable smile with my camera.  It almost makes me cry every time I see it because it is so precious.  His happiest time is in the morning so I will definitely be taking more pictures of him during that time.  I really have never seen a smile so cute but of course I am just a tad bit biased!

Mother's Day!

If you follow me on Twitter, you already know that I set out on a mission at about 9:00pm Saturday night to pull together the most awesome brunch ever for Mother's Day! I felt like I needed to make it special since it was Callie's 1st Mother's Day.  So I looked up recipes, went to the grocery store, arranged flowers, made a few decorations, wrapped presents, and prepared food.  If I must say so myself, it turned out absolutely wonderful!  We had Paula Deen's breakfast casserole, bananas foster french toast, fresh strawberries and pineapple, and grits!  I am hoping to make this a tradition and do it every year!

River and My Mom (His NahNah)

Happy Mother's Day Mommy!

                          My Mom's present and she loved it!

1 Month

Since I am doing this blog for somewhat of a scrapbook for River, I have decided to do monthly pictures and updates.  I have seen this done on other blogs that I follow and I really think it is a great idea! 

What River is up to this month!

- Weighs 11 lbs. now!

- Has started sleeping for approx. 4 hr stretches at night...which is good for Mom and Dad!

- Takes 4 oz bottles about every 3 hours.

- Is absolutely mesmerized by fans and shadows.

- Starting to become more alert and notice his surroundings.

- Just started smiling in response to things that we do.  Absolute cutest thing ever!

- Loves to be outside already!

1st Month in Pictures!

Already!

I seriously can't believe that it has already been a month since River was born!  He is growing and changing so fast!  This is just a quick post but I will do a detailed post later tonight or tomorrow with his 1 month picture and a full update on what he is up to this month!  But for now enjoy this precious picture...

Wish List Wednesday!

I have been wanting some accessories for my camera for a while now so I figured that would be a good topic for this week!

First I would like one of these bags to carry my camera around in.  I love the colors and the functionality of this one.  It can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/2u9c7tn

Of course I will need one of these also! This is one of many that I found that I like! I could always get a few and switch them out every once in a while ;) This one is found here: http://tinyurl.com/36xlx8a

I have also been thinking about getting an external hard drive or a subscription to an online backup service.  Anybody have any suggestions on these?  Which one is better in your opinion?

Lastly, I really want one of these and I also will need to learn how to use it!

So, what are you wishing for this week? Hop on over to The Foster Family to see what's on everyone elses wish list!

SMILE

Oh my goodness I think I quite possibly witnessed the most precious thing in the world this morning, River smiled at me for the first time.  He has kind of been smiling here and there but never in response to anything we are doing, just because and most of the time it has been in his sleep.  This morning it was in response to me talking to him and it absolutely melted my heart! It wasn't a fluke either b/c Callie said that he had been doing it for her this morning too.  I am going to try to capture it in a photo soon if I am able to so ya'll can see his sweet smile.  Here are just a few pictures of the little cutie taken with my phone!

In other River news he has started to find his thumb to suck on which is adorable in every way.  It only happens every once in a while but I have a feeling it might start to be a regular thing once he realizes that it is there!

P. S. I am in sort of a blog slump and I need help getting out.  Anybody have any ideas of some posts I can do.