The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Part 2)

The afternoon of Christmas Day, my brother and his family arrived at my mom and dad's and we all opened gifts. For dinner that night, we went to my Mamaw's house where ALL of my mom's family gets together every Christmas (27 of us in all). I've done this every year since I was one year old (my first Christmas I was one day old and still in the hospital).

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Here's a look at our Christmas and my birthday in pictures!

Ford performing in his first Christmas program at church. They played the bells:

The conductor held up cards that had a color on them. When the card showed the color of their bell, that's how the kids knew when to ring their bell. Ford took his job very seriously:


I set the nativity out perfectly and this is how it ended up. Of course this is how it SHOULD look. They all came to see Baby Jesus:

Our stockings (four for us and three for the pets):

Our fat little reindeer:

Our Christmas tree.

My sweet boys:

On December 23rd, the girls came over to my house and surprised me with a birthday gift and yummy cupcakes. Abby couldn't join us, so we Skyped with her. It was so fun...like she was here was us. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these girls!

YUM!

The morning of the 24th before we left to go to Kentucky.

Opening birthday gifts with Ford and Miles.

I got a lot of amusement out of these antlers.


Trying to get the perfect Christmas picture. What you can't see in the picture is my mom trying to keep Miles from falling out of the chair.


Choke hold.

Putting out reindeer food for Santa's reindeer (oats and glitter).

Waking up on Christmas morning at my mom and dad's.

Checking out the loot.

December, 2009

Here is a quick run down of what Ford has been up to this month.

Birthday party at friend Emma's:

"Reading" a Christmas book he made at school to Daddy (or Dada as Ford still calls him sometimes):

Lovin on his baby brother:


Not wanting his picture taken:

Bundled up:

Making a gingerbread house with Granny:

Can you tell how proud he is?

Hooprama birthday party for friend Noelle:

Ford in his first official performance ever. His class at school sang Star of Bethlehem in English AND French. Ford is behind the guy in the snowflake sweater:

My boys and me at the Christmas program:

Ford sticking his foot in front of the camera while I'm trying to get a cute shot of my boys:

Him thinking it's very funny to stick his foot in front of the camera:

Hanging Christmas lights with Daddy:

These are pictures of everything in December except for our actual Christmas with Santa and family. I'll end with a few cute ones of Miles.
Showing his love for the Titans:

How reflux babies play on activity mats:

Sitting in his Bumbo seat:

What is that black thing?

Have you ever seen cuter thunder thighs?

Miles is Four Months Old (and Almost Five!)

I see a trend with my blog happening. It seems that I am always apologizing for not posting often enough. I've decided that I sound like a broken record, so I'm going to stop apologizing. Please don't give up on me and please continue to check in on my blog. Who knows, maybe I'll take the time to blog more frequently!

Miles turned four months old on December 2nd. He got a great well check up at our visit to the pediatrician. He continues to be on two medications for reflux and special (expensive and stinky) formula. It's pretty obvious that he still has reflux issues and needs to be on the medication for now. He recently outgrew his dose and was spitting up and crying in pain. The doctor said we will try and take him off of one of the medications at six months and see how he does. We can also try and switch formula then. He also has a blocked tear duct. If it doesn't correct itself by nine months, he'll have to have a minor sugery/procedure. Other than those two things, he is extremely healthy! Praise the Lord!

Scott and I are amazed at what a good baby he is. He is so content and really only cries when he is hungry or really tired. He always has a smile to offer us! He has started baby talking and it is the cutest thing. He just squeals and laughs all the time. He is such a blessing! Here are some pictures of our sweet, sweet four month old. These are almost a month old, so I'll need to post five month pictures soon!


In other cute baby news, Miles is grabbing his feet now and putting them in his mouth:

We found out about a new bed you can get for reflux babies. It's called a Nap Nanny and this is what it looks like. Miles is able to sleep comfortably in the Nap Nanny IN his crib:

Since I do have another child, here is a picture of Ford with Papa, Granny and Miles on a recent trip to Kentucky:

Ford is getting ready to celebrate another birthday in January...the big "4". We had a wonderful Christmas and Ford got lots and lots of new toys. We've had a very busy December and I really will be posting pictures so you can see what Ford has been up to!

Sweet Baby Miles

My, oh my! Time just flies and I can't seem to make myself sit down to create a post. It requires too much thought and I can't seem to keep my thoughts straight since Miles came along!

Miles turned three months old on November 2nd. It also marked colic being over. His evening crying started to taper off as he was nearing three months old. And, darn if it didn't just stop by November 2nd. Praise God! He has also turned into the sweetest little baby. I will hear him waking up in the morning and I'll look in on him and he'll just give me the BIGGEST smile. He does cry when he's overly tired or when his reflux is bothering him, but unlike his older brother was, he's consolable. And, we've been putting him to bed between 7:00 and 7:30 and he goes to sleep! He wakes up to eat during the night, but will go back to sleep afterward. Now I see why all these people swear by the book Babywise.

Ford is doing great and we have been really busy this fall. Hopefully, I'll post some of our fall pictures before it's time to post Christmas pictures!