Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
* intheMINDofmommies *The first word that comes to my mind is fear. I think this is because of my current state of being a single parent. As if getting used to having a newborn isn't hard enough trying to do it without the support of your significant other is torture to put it mildly. No shoulder to cry on when you just can't figure out what's going on. No one to share the feedings, the diapers, the sleepless nights and the fear that you are or aren't doing what you need to do to support this little life. I know these are only the beginnings of fear and it will take on many meanings as D grows up but right now I ask the question will we make until Matt comes home? 4 days and 2 hours to go and as D works his way through the 6th week of his life I feel like we won't but deep down I know we'll get through this (never allowing Matt to leave us again....yeah right) and Saturday evening will come and for the first time this week I will get to shed tears of joy instead of tears, of desperation, fear, anxiety and hopelessness.
What's in the mind of my mommy friends? What one word comes to mind immediately when you think of your role as Mom, is it the same word you would have used a month ago?
Monday, July 30, 2007
WELCOMEpierce
Our friends Sheldon & Renee welcomed their little boy Pierce Thomas Sunday morning at 5:11 am he was a healthy 7 lbs 3 oz and 20 1/2 inch long boy with good lungs (Renee said)! I hate that we can't be there with you guys to share in your joy, I can't wait to meet him!
Our friends Sheldon & Renee welcomed their little boy Pierce Thomas Sunday morning at 5:11 am he was a healthy 7 lbs 3 oz and 20 1/2 inch long boy with good lungs (Renee said)! I hate that we can't be there with you guys to share in your joy, I can't wait to meet him!
CONGRATULATIONS! WE LOVE & MISS YOU TONS!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
This evening after a long day or rain I took a walk to my new favorite place, Silver Lake Park. It's this great park just a few blocks from our new home. It's so peaceful, lots of families spending time together it makes me excited about the days to come with Dealey. Matt is on a commercial shoot in Dallas and we miss him so much, me more than D, I must say as I haven't eaten or slept much in the last four days and I still have 7 days to go....aaahhhhh! Here's a few pics of the park and a special message for daddy!
ps. Daddy, Mommy says you have to come home soon before she goes insane! Personally I think she's one cookie short of a full jar already...hee, but come home soon anyways...The D-man
ps. Daddy, Mommy says you have to come home soon before she goes insane! Personally I think she's one cookie short of a full jar already...hee, but come home soon anyways...The D-manThursday, July 26, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
NEWfriends
The D man has his first friend, just tonight as we came back from Manhattan on the ferry I looked down and he was hugging Hank's leg. It was short lived but it was too cute. However when we first introduced them I wasn't sure how it was going to go, as you can see in the first pic D had some choice words for the maroon monkey invading his car seat and then threw out one of his gang signs knocking Hank over to the edge of the seat in pic 2. D and Hank are best of friends now spending almost all day together. Hank has been spit up on and nearly pooped on yet he hangs around, I think we've all found a friend for life!
On a different topic isn't the D man getting big? I think he's got to be near 8 lbs now (feels more like 20 lbs sometimes, especially at 6:00 in the morning). I can't believe it! He is still wearing new born size clothes and a few of the smaller sized 0-3 but he's definitely grown maybe by the time we're 2 months old we'll be wearing all our 0-3!
PS. Dealey had several first today...his first ferry ride, subway ride, trip to Times Square, stroll threw the M & M store, hang time in Central Park, meal at Juniors and a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty among other things....I can't believe we're getting the opportunity to give Dealey the chance to spend the first years of his life in such an amazing place!
The D man has his first friend, just tonight as we came back from Manhattan on the ferry I looked down and he was hugging Hank's leg. It was short lived but it was too cute. However when we first introduced them I wasn't sure how it was going to go, as you can see in the first pic D had some choice words for the maroon monkey invading his car seat and then threw out one of his gang signs knocking Hank over to the edge of the seat in pic 2. D and Hank are best of friends now spending almost all day together. Hank has been spit up on and nearly pooped on yet he hangs around, I think we've all found a friend for life!
On a different topic isn't the D man getting big? I think he's got to be near 8 lbs now (feels more like 20 lbs sometimes, especially at 6:00 in the morning). I can't believe it! He is still wearing new born size clothes and a few of the smaller sized 0-3 but he's definitely grown maybe by the time we're 2 months old we'll be wearing all our 0-3!PS. Dealey had several first today...his first ferry ride, subway ride, trip to Times Square, stroll threw the M & M store, hang time in Central Park, meal at Juniors and a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty among other things....I can't believe we're getting the opportunity to give Dealey the chance to spend the first years of his life in such an amazing place!
Monday, July 23, 2007
ROADtrip
We finally got internet access today and I'm so excited, however the lack of it did make me realize I might have a bit of an addiction, but oh well, I could have much worse addictions so I figure I won't obsess about it too much. I'll apologize now for the length of this post but wanted to cover the last few days of traveling and unpacking....
dayONE
Texas sent us off well this morning it was overcast and slightly cool, as if Texas was saying, “see I’m not too bad you don’t have to be so happy about leaving.” I started the day off driving with a sense of excitement I wanted to be the one that drove out of Texas, there was something thrilling and liberating about it. We’re driving into this new season of our life with so much fear, excitement, love and wonder. What does New York City hold for us, what adventures will we have besides the obvious watching Dealey grow and become the little person he’s meant to be. We can’t wait to find out.
It’s been an interesting week leading up to our departure we have some dear friends going through a really rough time in their life and I know Matt and I both have struggled with walking away from friends we’ve had all our lives but as my friend Rana said,” friends come in and out of your life but that doesn’t mean they’re aren’t always your friend...”and it’s so true. Life is full of so many seasons and I think it would be impossible and overwhelming to maintain ever friendship at high capacity through every season and I do believe that different friendships/relationships go through periods of growth when you need them most.
When we stopped on day one we we’re 743 miles from the only life we’ve ever known in the only city we’ve ever lived together and apart. It definitely leaves an unsettling feeling in my stomach, but then I look over to D and he’s so calm, just sleeping the day away with no cares in the world, no stress, luck little guy! Wish we could look at and live life that way.
dayTWO
Well, day 2 started much like day one...TOO EARLY! However I must give props to my mom she took over taking care of Dealey so Matt and I could both get a little extra sleep. We expected this day to be shorter but contrary to our desires it was longer than day one. None of us could pin point exactly what made it so long we had some traffic, maybe stopped a few more times but nothing too crazy. However we ended up in the wonderful town of Haggerstown, Maryland, we got to drive through the historic downtown to get to our hotel and it was so cute and quaint. We can not wait to go back sometime and explore.
WHAT?: Hungry Mother State Park.....you probably have the same look we did on our face....what the crap?! If you haven’t been to Hungry Mother....well you just haven’t lived!
Nothing much else to say about day two of our road trip to NYC just lots of beautiful landscape as we traveled from Nashville, through the rest of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.....
dayTHREE
Sunday, we all woke up excited that our trip was almost over (it wouldn’t be until later that we remembered the end of driving meant that we had to unpack the truck). It was a short 4 1/2 hour drive from Haggerstown to Staten Island through Pennsylvania & New Jersey. We got in around 2:00 after getting lost and somewhat turned around in Jersey trying to get to a specific bridge to get over to Staten Island. We started unpacking the car and the truck into the first floor apartment......
That’s right I said first floor apartment, the crazy people on the second floor are causing all sorts of problems but they have finally agreed to get out of our apartment by the 31 of July so we’ll be moving again in a few weeks, probably on the 5th, but Carlos & Andy two strong guys, one is the landlords son (Carlos) and the other one is a family friends anyways Carlos has the muscles as his mom Maria put it so hopefully it will go quickly and I can finally after more than 4 months unpack our stuff and get back to a somewhat normal life. The hardest part about it is that Matt’s going to be gone on and off through the month of August so he won’t be here to help with much unpacking and after only spending a short time together here he will leave for a week and half and as soon as he gets back we have to move again so I am desperately looking forward to him being home and being able to spend the little time we have together playing with the Dealey Monster and exploring our new home.
We have to thank everyone for your prayers as we traveled a VERY special thanks to the Avants', Tammy helped us pack all day Thursday and then Thursday night we invaded their home for the night, all 6 of us! They have been such wonderful friends through the darkest and brightest moments of our lives since we’ve meet them and we will miss them and all our friends so much we talked about all our friends while driving and also talked about how we can only hope to find as many wonderful peeps here in NYC. Speaking of meeting people we had our first random meeting today and Dealey proved to be quite the conversation starter. We ate at a great pizza place called Cafe Milano (this one’s menu goes in the definite KEEP pile) we had an awesome NY style pizza with pepperoni and Italian sausage sliced not the ground up stuff, so freaking yummy. Anyways, sorry I got side tracked, this nice lady with a toddler just started talking to me, asked how old D was and it went on from there she said that we would love it here and there’s lots of families and kids, then she introduced herself as Karen and said she see us again, it was awesome hopefully I will see her again walking around or at the park!
We hope everyone is doing awesome, keep those blogs updated and I’ll do the same and seriously anytime you get the urge to take a trip NYC, do it! You get to hang with us and D so all around it’s just the best trip you’ll ever have! :o) The Maples B & L (because you all know I do not do mornings) is always open! Love, Hugs and Skittles all the way from NYC....
We finally got internet access today and I'm so excited, however the lack of it did make me realize I might have a bit of an addiction, but oh well, I could have much worse addictions so I figure I won't obsess about it too much. I'll apologize now for the length of this post but wanted to cover the last few days of traveling and unpacking....
dayONE
Texas sent us off well this morning it was overcast and slightly cool, as if Texas was saying, “see I’m not too bad you don’t have to be so happy about leaving.” I started the day off driving with a sense of excitement I wanted to be the one that drove out of Texas, there was something thrilling and liberating about it. We’re driving into this new season of our life with so much fear, excitement, love and wonder. What does New York City hold for us, what adventures will we have besides the obvious watching Dealey grow and become the little person he’s meant to be. We can’t wait to find out.
It’s been an interesting week leading up to our departure we have some dear friends going through a really rough time in their life and I know Matt and I both have struggled with walking away from friends we’ve had all our lives but as my friend Rana said,” friends come in and out of your life but that doesn’t mean they’re aren’t always your friend...”and it’s so true. Life is full of so many seasons and I think it would be impossible and overwhelming to maintain ever friendship at high capacity through every season and I do believe that different friendships/relationships go through periods of growth when you need them most.
When we stopped on day one we we’re 743 miles from the only life we’ve ever known in the only city we’ve ever lived together and apart. It definitely leaves an unsettling feeling in my stomach, but then I look over to D and he’s so calm, just sleeping the day away with no cares in the world, no stress, luck little guy! Wish we could look at and live life that way.
dayTWO
Well, day 2 started much like day one...TOO EARLY! However I must give props to my mom she took over taking care of Dealey so Matt and I could both get a little extra sleep. We expected this day to be shorter but contrary to our desires it was longer than day one. None of us could pin point exactly what made it so long we had some traffic, maybe stopped a few more times but nothing too crazy. However we ended up in the wonderful town of Haggerstown, Maryland, we got to drive through the historic downtown to get to our hotel and it was so cute and quaint. We can not wait to go back sometime and explore.
WHAT?: Hungry Mother State Park.....you probably have the same look we did on our face....what the crap?! If you haven’t been to Hungry Mother....well you just haven’t lived!
Nothing much else to say about day two of our road trip to NYC just lots of beautiful landscape as we traveled from Nashville, through the rest of Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.....
dayTHREE
Sunday, we all woke up excited that our trip was almost over (it wouldn’t be until later that we remembered the end of driving meant that we had to unpack the truck). It was a short 4 1/2 hour drive from Haggerstown to Staten Island through Pennsylvania & New Jersey. We got in around 2:00 after getting lost and somewhat turned around in Jersey trying to get to a specific bridge to get over to Staten Island. We started unpacking the car and the truck into the first floor apartment......
That’s right I said first floor apartment, the crazy people on the second floor are causing all sorts of problems but they have finally agreed to get out of our apartment by the 31 of July so we’ll be moving again in a few weeks, probably on the 5th, but Carlos & Andy two strong guys, one is the landlords son (Carlos) and the other one is a family friends anyways Carlos has the muscles as his mom Maria put it so hopefully it will go quickly and I can finally after more than 4 months unpack our stuff and get back to a somewhat normal life. The hardest part about it is that Matt’s going to be gone on and off through the month of August so he won’t be here to help with much unpacking and after only spending a short time together here he will leave for a week and half and as soon as he gets back we have to move again so I am desperately looking forward to him being home and being able to spend the little time we have together playing with the Dealey Monster and exploring our new home.
We have to thank everyone for your prayers as we traveled a VERY special thanks to the Avants', Tammy helped us pack all day Thursday and then Thursday night we invaded their home for the night, all 6 of us! They have been such wonderful friends through the darkest and brightest moments of our lives since we’ve meet them and we will miss them and all our friends so much we talked about all our friends while driving and also talked about how we can only hope to find as many wonderful peeps here in NYC. Speaking of meeting people we had our first random meeting today and Dealey proved to be quite the conversation starter. We ate at a great pizza place called Cafe Milano (this one’s menu goes in the definite KEEP pile) we had an awesome NY style pizza with pepperoni and Italian sausage sliced not the ground up stuff, so freaking yummy. Anyways, sorry I got side tracked, this nice lady with a toddler just started talking to me, asked how old D was and it went on from there she said that we would love it here and there’s lots of families and kids, then she introduced herself as Karen and said she see us again, it was awesome hopefully I will see her again walking around or at the park!
We hope everyone is doing awesome, keep those blogs updated and I’ll do the same and seriously anytime you get the urge to take a trip NYC, do it! You get to hang with us and D so all around it’s just the best trip you’ll ever have! :o) The Maples B & L (because you all know I do not do mornings) is always open! Love, Hugs and Skittles all the way from NYC....
Friday, July 20, 2007
HAPPYhour
Wednesday we went and meet a bunch of friends for happy hour, drank a good margarita....okay two good margarita's and said some wonderful goodbyes to some very dear friends. One of our friends Steve took these pictures and photoshoped them up a little...it's just too hilarious not to share, Dealey's first happy hour and definitely not his last. We're raising our little guy right! Updates from the road to come later, we're in Nashville and of course exhausted but the trip is going great!
Thanks Steve for the great pics and thanks Sharon for sending them to us, we love you guys, can't wait for happy hour in the fall!
Also the monkey is D's new favorite friend Hank! Post about Hank (and his evil twin Frank) to come soon!
Wednesday we went and meet a bunch of friends for happy hour, drank a good margarita....okay two good margarita's and said some wonderful goodbyes to some very dear friends. One of our friends Steve took these pictures and photoshoped them up a little...it's just too hilarious not to share, Dealey's first happy hour and definitely not his last. We're raising our little guy right! Updates from the road to come later, we're in Nashville and of course exhausted but the trip is going great!
Thanks Steve for the great pics and thanks Sharon for sending them to us, we love you guys, can't wait for happy hour in the fall!Also the monkey is D's new favorite friend Hank! Post about Hank (and his evil twin Frank) to come soon!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
I decided I had to do one more Wordless Wednesday from Texas and last night Matt and I took this picture, we wanted to see what D looked like in his bumbo chair. Needless to say laughter ensued he's so little the back of the bumbo is a great little headrest...hee...but his feet look huge, it was just too cute not to capture on camera!
LEAVINGtexas
Sorry I haven't blogged in several days, I have plenty of stuff to post but no time to post it, so just wanted to drop a quick not to say hi. We are crazy busy packing up the last of our stuff we leave Texas Friday morning for a 2 1/2 day trip to New York....I do have one comment about our current experience, if anyone is thinking about moving, with a newborn, DON'T, Dealey is fine, but there just isn't enough time between feedings to get crap done and it's down to the wire and stress is the name of the game.....got to run! We will write more from the road.
Sorry I haven't blogged in several days, I have plenty of stuff to post but no time to post it, so just wanted to drop a quick not to say hi. We are crazy busy packing up the last of our stuff we leave Texas Friday morning for a 2 1/2 day trip to New York....I do have one comment about our current experience, if anyone is thinking about moving, with a newborn, DON'T, Dealey is fine, but there just isn't enough time between feedings to get crap done and it's down to the wire and stress is the name of the game.....got to run! We will write more from the road.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Matt and I are so excited that Matt's sister is having a girl, she just found out TODAY! Secretly we were hoping for a boy so Dealey would have a playmate at holidays and stuff, but I am so excited to have a little girl to shower with all the cute girl stuff I'll be finding while shopping in New York. Matt and I are most sad about leaving our families especially with another little one on the way it would be much fun to raise our little ones together, however at least Ella can say her cousin Dealey lives in the coolest city IN THE WORLD!
CONGRATULATIONS CHAD & MEGAN, WE LOVE YOU!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
in • som • ni • a n. The chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of time.
For years Matt has told me I have insomnia, but by this definition I just don't know. It's not that I'm not completely exhausted and believe me once asleep I can sleep and sleep and sleep. I don't know that I have an inability to fall asleep either, I do fall asleep every night, but here's my problem (okay well, one of my problems...hee) I get the overwhelming urge to DO at night, whether that's catch up on emails I need to respond to, clean (that's a big one), get organized, work on freelance work, or do something off my long "to do" list and sometimes I even have the urge to just make list of stuff. Stuff to do, to see, to make and the list goes on. So what is this? Insomnia? HELP!!!!!!!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Saturday, July 07, 2007
THEpark
On July 4th Matt and I took Dealey to the park, in hopes of getting the perfect birth announcement picture, for those of you who know me you know that I'm, let's say, slightly "obsessive" when it comes to pictures, graphics and anything pertaining to the perfection of print media. Well, Mr. D thought it would be fun to torture me and sleep almost the entire time we did get a few great shots of him with his eyes open when he was in his stroller (which made for the intro to D's first photo/video montage) Anyways, regardless of his stubbornness that day (not sure who he gets that from...hee) we did get some great pics!
On July 4th Matt and I took Dealey to the park, in hopes of getting the perfect birth announcement picture, for those of you who know me you know that I'm, let's say, slightly "obsessive" when it comes to pictures, graphics and anything pertaining to the perfection of print media. Well, Mr. D thought it would be fun to torture me and sleep almost the entire time we did get a few great shots of him with his eyes open when he was in his stroller (which made for the intro to D's first photo/video montage) Anyways, regardless of his stubbornness that day (not sure who he gets that from...hee) we did get some great pics!
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007
GOODfriends
Tonight we had some good friends come over and bring dinner and hang out for a few hours. After they left Matt and I sat across from each other and talked about the last few years of our lives, the friends we've said hello to and the friends we've had to say goodbye to. As excited as we are about this new season in our life, we are sad to have to say goodbye to so many amazing friends. Friends we've spent hours eating with and laughing with, drinking with and just "doing life" with. It's hard to imagine walking away from all that into a huge city full of more people than you can imagine and no friends. No one to eat with, laugh with, drink with or do life with.
So I wanted to take a moment to say thank you and we love you to all our wonderful, beautiful friends. Each of you has made a difference in our lives, some of you since preschool, other's since middle school and some for the last two years. Regardless of how long you've been apart of our lives you have enhanced and enriched the person we are and inspired us to be better people. We love that life has given us an amazing opportunity and hope that instead of goodbye we can look in the rear view mirror and see each of you joining us in this adventure.
Life is one crazy ride and each of you have made that much more incredible. Know that you each hold a place in our hearts, you and your friendship is appreciated, wanted, needed and loved. We can't wait to show each of you our new home....New York City!
Tonight we had some good friends come over and bring dinner and hang out for a few hours. After they left Matt and I sat across from each other and talked about the last few years of our lives, the friends we've said hello to and the friends we've had to say goodbye to. As excited as we are about this new season in our life, we are sad to have to say goodbye to so many amazing friends. Friends we've spent hours eating with and laughing with, drinking with and just "doing life" with. It's hard to imagine walking away from all that into a huge city full of more people than you can imagine and no friends. No one to eat with, laugh with, drink with or do life with.
So I wanted to take a moment to say thank you and we love you to all our wonderful, beautiful friends. Each of you has made a difference in our lives, some of you since preschool, other's since middle school and some for the last two years. Regardless of how long you've been apart of our lives you have enhanced and enriched the person we are and inspired us to be better people. We love that life has given us an amazing opportunity and hope that instead of goodbye we can look in the rear view mirror and see each of you joining us in this adventure.
Life is one crazy ride and each of you have made that much more incredible. Know that you each hold a place in our hearts, you and your friendship is appreciated, wanted, needed and loved. We can't wait to show each of you our new home....New York City!
Friday, June 29, 2007
DEALEYupdate
Mr. d went in for his two week check up today and he weighed in at 6lbs 7oz and 20 inches long, our little guy is a growin' fool! He got a perfect check up and is as healthy as a little boy could possible be. I don't think I've said it enough but we feel so blessed to have Dealey. He completes us in ways we never imagined....dreams do come true!
Mr. d went in for his two week check up today and he weighed in at 6lbs 7oz and 20 inches long, our little guy is a growin' fool! He got a perfect check up and is as healthy as a little boy could possible be. I don't think I've said it enough but we feel so blessed to have Dealey. He completes us in ways we never imagined....dreams do come true!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
FATrolls
I'm so excited to see Dealey's first little fat roll forming on his arm! The lines on his wrist are just extra skin, but hopefully they'll fill in a bit too as he puts on some much needed weight! He has his two week doctors appointment tomorrow morning and I'm anxious to see how much weight he's gained! I'll be sure to post an update on Mr. D tomorrow when we get home.
I'm so excited to see Dealey's first little fat roll forming on his arm! The lines on his wrist are just extra skin, but hopefully they'll fill in a bit too as he puts on some much needed weight! He has his two week doctors appointment tomorrow morning and I'm anxious to see how much weight he's gained! I'll be sure to post an update on Mr. D tomorrow when we get home.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
SWEETspirit
Those are two words I'd use to describe my sweet Dealey. We've been home for almost 5 days and while I'm completely exhausted I've never been happier to be so tired. However I think we have the sweetest baby ever he's so mild mannered and laid back like his daddy. He's sleeping good waking up every 3 hours for some yummy food and then dozing right back off for another three hours. It's seems so funny to me that eating could be so tiresome...
We've been to the doctor twice this week for weight checks and I am happy to report that Dealey is only an ounce off his birth weight which is wonderful. He's still small and we have to work hard to get some junk in his trunk over the coming months but I'm confident everything will be fine. Some of the funniest pics we have are of D sleeping he sleeps just like I do, all over the place and he loves to dangle his arms over the side of his wedge or the boppy pillow however here he is soaking up some zzz's in daddy's lap....so precious I can't stand it :o)
Those are two words I'd use to describe my sweet Dealey. We've been home for almost 5 days and while I'm completely exhausted I've never been happier to be so tired. However I think we have the sweetest baby ever he's so mild mannered and laid back like his daddy. He's sleeping good waking up every 3 hours for some yummy food and then dozing right back off for another three hours. It's seems so funny to me that eating could be so tiresome...
We've been to the doctor twice this week for weight checks and I am happy to report that Dealey is only an ounce off his birth weight which is wonderful. He's still small and we have to work hard to get some junk in his trunk over the coming months but I'm confident everything will be fine. Some of the funniest pics we have are of D sleeping he sleeps just like I do, all over the place and he loves to dangle his arms over the side of his wedge or the boppy pillow however here he is soaking up some zzz's in daddy's lap....so precious I can't stand it :o)
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
COMINGhome
Okay I have to admit it's been hard to want to do a new post I just want to keep looking at the pics of my D but we have so many pics to share and thoughts so here we go....coming home, what a rush that was. When Matt and I were driving away from the hospital we looked at each other and thought "are they really letting us leave with him" we both kept expecting someone to run out of the hospital and say "oh, just kidding" you don't get to keep him. It's been amazing since the moment we walked in the door sure we haven't slept much and we find ourselves in tears just starring at him while he sleeps just realizing how perfect he is.
This morning was especially perfect as I woke up on my 28th birthday I can't imagine a sweeter gift. For me it has been a life long dream come true and for over 8 years it's been a dream of ours to have a family. It's still just seems so surreal that Dealey is here.
Okay I have to admit it's been hard to want to do a new post I just want to keep looking at the pics of my D but we have so many pics to share and thoughts so here we go....coming home, what a rush that was. When Matt and I were driving away from the hospital we looked at each other and thought "are they really letting us leave with him" we both kept expecting someone to run out of the hospital and say "oh, just kidding" you don't get to keep him. It's been amazing since the moment we walked in the door sure we haven't slept much and we find ourselves in tears just starring at him while he sleeps just realizing how perfect he is. This morning was especially perfect as I woke up on my 28th birthday I can't imagine a sweeter gift. For me it has been a life long dream come true and for over 8 years it's been a dream of ours to have a family. It's still just seems so surreal that Dealey is here.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
NEWlife
We brought our precious Dealey into the world Saturday June, 16 2007 @ 4:48 pm. With such an "interesting" pregnancy we expected labor & delivery to be nothing short of CRAZY! However we were pleasantly surprised I went into labor and my water broke on Friday night at 11:30 and by noon on Saturday I had my patosin (sp?) drip and my epidural and just shy of 5 hours later he was here. I only had to push for about an hour and 15 minutes and it was surprising pleasant and much easier than I expected it to be. Our Dealey is as cute as can be with a good amount of hair, it looked dark at first but after his bath we looked again and it's more a light brown with blonde highlights....Anyways, I feel like I could ramble on for hours about sweet D but I'll stop for now and share some of his first pics........Dealey weighed in at 5lbs 15 oz & 19 1/4" long!
Me and Dealey stealing away a few moments to gaze at each other...
Dealey bright eyed and alert....he's got some big eyes, I suppose that's my doing but they're going to gorgeous these big blue eyes are going to melt hearts...
Dealey has huge feet and long toes just like his Dad....
Dealey holding Matt's finger....
Sweet D sleeping and hanging with me....
There will be billions more pictures as we enter into this new life so check back often to stay up to date with how Dealey is growing into an amazing little dude, our move to NY and many more adventures! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEALEY JAMES!
We brought our precious Dealey into the world Saturday June, 16 2007 @ 4:48 pm. With such an "interesting" pregnancy we expected labor & delivery to be nothing short of CRAZY! However we were pleasantly surprised I went into labor and my water broke on Friday night at 11:30 and by noon on Saturday I had my patosin (sp?) drip and my epidural and just shy of 5 hours later he was here. I only had to push for about an hour and 15 minutes and it was surprising pleasant and much easier than I expected it to be. Our Dealey is as cute as can be with a good amount of hair, it looked dark at first but after his bath we looked again and it's more a light brown with blonde highlights....Anyways, I feel like I could ramble on for hours about sweet D but I'll stop for now and share some of his first pics........Dealey weighed in at 5lbs 15 oz & 19 1/4" long!
Matt and I just before we started pushing...
Me and Dealey stealing away a few moments to gaze at each other...
Matt loving up on Dealey, he was so happy and such a great coach, I couldn't have done this without him by my side...
Dealey bright eyed and alert....he's got some big eyes, I suppose that's my doing but they're going to gorgeous these big blue eyes are going to melt hearts...
Dealey has huge feet and long toes just like his Dad....
Dealey holding Matt's finger....
Sweet D sleeping and hanging with me....
There will be billions more pictures as we enter into this new life so check back often to stay up to date with how Dealey is growing into an amazing little dude, our move to NY and many more adventures! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEALEY JAMES!
Friday, June 08, 2007
OURhome
Well in the midst of all the craziness I am happy to finally be able to post pictures of our new home in Staten Island, we are so excited about what this next season of our life will hold! It's a great old home on a quiet street where D and I can walk and enjoy the seasons of New York! Our home is always open and we look forward to lots of visitors, now all we need is our baby Dealey and we'll be ready to go! Enjoy the pics I'll post more when we get there and get settled!
NOTE: Several people have asked when the house was built. We're not sure of th exact date but we know it was built in the late 1800's.
Well in the midst of all the craziness I am happy to finally be able to post pictures of our new home in Staten Island, we are so excited about what this next season of our life will hold! It's a great old home on a quiet street where D and I can walk and enjoy the seasons of New York! Our home is always open and we look forward to lots of visitors, now all we need is our baby Dealey and we'll be ready to go! Enjoy the pics I'll post more when we get there and get settled!
NOTE: Several people have asked when the house was built. We're not sure of th exact date but we know it was built in the late 1800's.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
CRAZYpregnancy
This morning started off a little stressful I woke up in a lot of abdominal pain (which I later found out were contractions) this morning but decided not to call the doctor as I had an appointment at 2:00 for my sonogram. I let them know as soon as we got there that I was hurting and not feeling well they monitored Dealey for about 15 minutes and he was doing good, then we went ahead with my appointment which was great Dealey looked great as he has each time he weighed in at 5lbs 90z which is a good weight.
Dr. Patton then felt the need to violate me to check my cervix which is never a pleasant experience he then decided that because of the contractions I was having that my circlage needed to come out today so I went to see my doctor they monitored me for about 20 minutes and I was definitely still having sporadic contractions so she removed my circlage (very violating and PAINFUL) however not as painful as the contractions....I'm back at home now resting and looking forward to a yummy dinner as ready as I am for baby D to come I really don't want Matt to miss anything so we need to keep him in there until next Saturday....what a crazy pregnancy this has been and it's looking like it'll be throwing us for loops until the end!
My blood pressure is still high but not okay it was obviously high today with the pain of contractions and the circlage coming out and worrying about D being okay but it seems to be staying under control for now so that's a great thing for me and Mr. Dealey!
This morning started off a little stressful I woke up in a lot of abdominal pain (which I later found out were contractions) this morning but decided not to call the doctor as I had an appointment at 2:00 for my sonogram. I let them know as soon as we got there that I was hurting and not feeling well they monitored Dealey for about 15 minutes and he was doing good, then we went ahead with my appointment which was great Dealey looked great as he has each time he weighed in at 5lbs 90z which is a good weight.
Dr. Patton then felt the need to violate me to check my cervix which is never a pleasant experience he then decided that because of the contractions I was having that my circlage needed to come out today so I went to see my doctor they monitored me for about 20 minutes and I was definitely still having sporadic contractions so she removed my circlage (very violating and PAINFUL) however not as painful as the contractions....I'm back at home now resting and looking forward to a yummy dinner as ready as I am for baby D to come I really don't want Matt to miss anything so we need to keep him in there until next Saturday....what a crazy pregnancy this has been and it's looking like it'll be throwing us for loops until the end!
My blood pressure is still high but not okay it was obviously high today with the pain of contractions and the circlage coming out and worrying about D being okay but it seems to be staying under control for now so that's a great thing for me and Mr. Dealey!
Saturday, June 02, 2007
SOCKmolester
Upon Matt's arrival to Texas from Canada last week, his suit case exploded, okay not really but that's what it looked like. This was not an odd or strange occurrence but what happened next was well, just odd. For hours our sweet Abby molested Matt's poor socks, (not in a perverted way but in just this intense couldn't pull her away obsessed sort of way) it was just weird so we grabbed the camera knowing this was a moment we would laugh about for years...Then I thought it might fun to share on the blog, so here's a few shots of the "sock molester" just for giggles....
Upon Matt's arrival to Texas from Canada last week, his suit case exploded, okay not really but that's what it looked like. This was not an odd or strange occurrence but what happened next was well, just odd. For hours our sweet Abby molested Matt's poor socks, (not in a perverted way but in just this intense couldn't pull her away obsessed sort of way) it was just weird so we grabbed the camera knowing this was a moment we would laugh about for years...Then I thought it might fun to share on the blog, so here's a few shots of the "sock molester" just for giggles....
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
BABYfeet
I have to say there is nothing cuter than baby feet, I know I can't wait to see Dealey's tiny little feet and just think about all the amazing places those feet will tread, around New York City and the beaches of Long Island, the Vineyards of upstate New York and the streets of Little Italy in Boston and with his friend Mags in Chicago and Colin on the beautiful California beaches and who knows were else. He'll definitely be taking long strolls on the streets of Vancouver & Whistler Canada when we go on shoots with Daddy! So with all these amazing thoughts in my mind I was so excited to get the coolest gift from Matt, he got it on his first trip to Vancouver, our little sapling will look so cute in these huh?!
On a different note I just want to give a quick update after my appointment today. Dealey is still doing amazing he's a trooper poor thing being cooped up in my messed up body. The circlage surgery is finally scheduled and is a few days later than I thought, but it's okay, it's scheduled for the 18th and I can't wait. But then in an unexpected turn, at least unexpected to me, she wanted blood work and some other stuff I won't go in to detail about they are testing me to see if I have preclampsie so after all this waiting and scare of the circlage it would really suck for it to end this way. It will all be okay and I'm just happy that Dealey is so strong and healthy so no matter what my crazy body decides to do we can take comfort in knowing born now or a month from now D will be happy and healthy! I now have appointments weekly and another sonogram with the specialist next week, so I'll definitely keep everybody posted! Hugs & Skittles....
I have to say there is nothing cuter than baby feet, I know I can't wait to see Dealey's tiny little feet and just think about all the amazing places those feet will tread, around New York City and the beaches of Long Island, the Vineyards of upstate New York and the streets of Little Italy in Boston and with his friend Mags in Chicago and Colin on the beautiful California beaches and who knows were else. He'll definitely be taking long strolls on the streets of Vancouver & Whistler Canada when we go on shoots with Daddy! So with all these amazing thoughts in my mind I was so excited to get the coolest gift from Matt, he got it on his first trip to Vancouver, our little sapling will look so cute in these huh?!
On a different note I just want to give a quick update after my appointment today. Dealey is still doing amazing he's a trooper poor thing being cooped up in my messed up body. The circlage surgery is finally scheduled and is a few days later than I thought, but it's okay, it's scheduled for the 18th and I can't wait. But then in an unexpected turn, at least unexpected to me, she wanted blood work and some other stuff I won't go in to detail about they are testing me to see if I have preclampsie so after all this waiting and scare of the circlage it would really suck for it to end this way. It will all be okay and I'm just happy that Dealey is so strong and healthy so no matter what my crazy body decides to do we can take comfort in knowing born now or a month from now D will be happy and healthy! I now have appointments weekly and another sonogram with the specialist next week, so I'll definitely keep everybody posted! Hugs & Skittles....
Monday, May 21, 2007
ROCKIN'chair
I just had to show off our rocking chair (or "rockin' chair" as Matt keeps calling it) for D's room! The rocking chair is one my parents bought 30 years ago when they were preparing for my brother's arrival. My mom stripped the old (and very dated) finish off and we stained the dark espresso to match the crib my dad built for D. I found this fabric over a year ago and loved it for all it's quarkiness (imagine that :o) but didn't know what to use it for. I was so excited to find it matched D's bedding. We just picked it up today from the upholstery place! I love it, it makes my heart ache to get moved to NY so I can finally set D's room up for the first time and see it all come together!
I just had to show off our rocking chair (or "rockin' chair" as Matt keeps calling it) for D's room! The rocking chair is one my parents bought 30 years ago when they were preparing for my brother's arrival. My mom stripped the old (and very dated) finish off and we stained the dark espresso to match the crib my dad built for D. I found this fabric over a year ago and loved it for all it's quarkiness (imagine that :o) but didn't know what to use it for. I was so excited to find it matched D's bedding. We just picked it up today from the upholstery place! I love it, it makes my heart ache to get moved to NY so I can finally set D's room up for the first time and see it all come together!
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
BIGbaby
Well, today went just as I expected. Dr. Reinhart graduated me which is great for the situation and for the financial aspect of it! He said D looked absolutely perfect in every way and is growing like crazy. He weighed in at a well above average 4lb 8oz! If I were to carry to 40 weeks I could possibly be delivering an 8lb 8oz baby....the thought of that makes me clinch my legs together in pain! But hopefully, in 4 weeks when the circlage comes out because he's on the bigger side gravity will aid in Dealey coming a few weeks early as they expect him too. I am still on bed rest mostly just to make sure I get to 36 weeks without any problems but also for my every climbing blood pressure. So I'm hoping to move around a little more than I have been just watching those numbers to make sure they don't creep up too high.
I'm feeling excited though nothing about this pregnancy has been what I or the doctors expected which is great. I'm so happy that it looks like we've made it through this, not without some big sacrifices but of course Matt and I always knew it was worth any sacrifice to have this dream come true. But we are definitely ready to be together again and get moved and settled in the greatest city ever, NY! Here's a picture of our big 'ol baby he's got his fist up by his forehead and he's blowing a bubble! I feel like his movements are warning me we've got quite a character on our hands, but hey what else would I expect considering D's daddy?!
Well, today went just as I expected. Dr. Reinhart graduated me which is great for the situation and for the financial aspect of it! He said D looked absolutely perfect in every way and is growing like crazy. He weighed in at a well above average 4lb 8oz! If I were to carry to 40 weeks I could possibly be delivering an 8lb 8oz baby....the thought of that makes me clinch my legs together in pain! But hopefully, in 4 weeks when the circlage comes out because he's on the bigger side gravity will aid in Dealey coming a few weeks early as they expect him too. I am still on bed rest mostly just to make sure I get to 36 weeks without any problems but also for my every climbing blood pressure. So I'm hoping to move around a little more than I have been just watching those numbers to make sure they don't creep up too high.
I'm feeling excited though nothing about this pregnancy has been what I or the doctors expected which is great. I'm so happy that it looks like we've made it through this, not without some big sacrifices but of course Matt and I always knew it was worth any sacrifice to have this dream come true. But we are definitely ready to be together again and get moved and settled in the greatest city ever, NY! Here's a picture of our big 'ol baby he's got his fist up by his forehead and he's blowing a bubble! I feel like his movements are warning me we've got quite a character on our hands, but hey what else would I expect considering D's daddy?!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
THEhorror
Okay well as promised here's a prego pic of me....of course I don't do tight clothes so you can't see my belly as well as you might like....Matt may get to stay a night in a couple of weeks as he passes back through Dallas on the way to NY if he does I'll get him to take some more artistic shots in something tighter or maybe in a button down shirt that I can open some to show the belly....I am completely horrified that I'm putting this up for the world to see but whatever.
But before I post the pic a quick update....this week I have what will probably be my last appointment with the specialist as I am sure my cervix will look fine and D will look amazing. So be sure to check back I hope to have a new and probably the last sono pic of D and updates on weight and length. D has continued to get more and more active especially at night, I'm hoping that means he's going to be a night owl like his mom and dad and enjoy sleeping in in the mornings but who knows. I have started to have a lot more painless contractions and braxton hicks contractions but with no sort of regularity except that it's usually at night time and early morning it's exciting and scary as hell to think we're only weeks away...the list of things I still need to get and do is crazy and I'm desperately trying to get myself organized while my mind can still function on some normal level.
So I'm sure by now your like okay already shut up and show us the pic....fine here you go....
Okay well as promised here's a prego pic of me....of course I don't do tight clothes so you can't see my belly as well as you might like....Matt may get to stay a night in a couple of weeks as he passes back through Dallas on the way to NY if he does I'll get him to take some more artistic shots in something tighter or maybe in a button down shirt that I can open some to show the belly....I am completely horrified that I'm putting this up for the world to see but whatever.
But before I post the pic a quick update....this week I have what will probably be my last appointment with the specialist as I am sure my cervix will look fine and D will look amazing. So be sure to check back I hope to have a new and probably the last sono pic of D and updates on weight and length. D has continued to get more and more active especially at night, I'm hoping that means he's going to be a night owl like his mom and dad and enjoy sleeping in in the mornings but who knows. I have started to have a lot more painless contractions and braxton hicks contractions but with no sort of regularity except that it's usually at night time and early morning it's exciting and scary as hell to think we're only weeks away...the list of things I still need to get and do is crazy and I'm desperately trying to get myself organized while my mind can still function on some normal level.
So I'm sure by now your like okay already shut up and show us the pic....fine here you go....
Friday, May 11, 2007
MOTHER'Sday
I received my first mother's day card ever on today and it brought tears to my eyes. For so many years I never thought I'd get the joy of celebrating Mother's Day I've always hated the holiday and usually just hid away from the public eye on that day wishing I could just sleep through it thinking about my friends that had kids and loving and hating them all in the same breath. I never understood why God chose to bless so many people around me and just, I don't know forgot about me. I still don't understand why the years of pain were necessary, but I am so amazingly glad those years are over. Words cannot express the joy Matt and I feel inside about all the amazing changes to come in the next several weeks. Yeah for Mother's Day it's no longer the worst holiday in the world!
And on that note, I want to wish all my beautiful friends who are wonderful moms and amazing moms-to-be a wonderful and joy filled Mother's Day. I love you guys!
P.S. Sunday I'm getting to escape briefly for a lunch with my brother and his wife and my parents and I'm going to have my dad take some pictures of me an my pregnant belly if by some random miracle one of them turns out good I'll be shocking you all with the first and only full prego shot of Rachel, so be sure to check back Monday!
I received my first mother's day card ever on today and it brought tears to my eyes. For so many years I never thought I'd get the joy of celebrating Mother's Day I've always hated the holiday and usually just hid away from the public eye on that day wishing I could just sleep through it thinking about my friends that had kids and loving and hating them all in the same breath. I never understood why God chose to bless so many people around me and just, I don't know forgot about me. I still don't understand why the years of pain were necessary, but I am so amazingly glad those years are over. Words cannot express the joy Matt and I feel inside about all the amazing changes to come in the next several weeks. Yeah for Mother's Day it's no longer the worst holiday in the world!
And on that note, I want to wish all my beautiful friends who are wonderful moms and amazing moms-to-be a wonderful and joy filled Mother's Day. I love you guys!
P.S. Sunday I'm getting to escape briefly for a lunch with my brother and his wife and my parents and I'm going to have my dad take some pictures of me an my pregnant belly if by some random miracle one of them turns out good I'll be shocking you all with the first and only full prego shot of Rachel, so be sure to check back Monday!
Thursday, May 03, 2007
BABYupdates
Well, another two weeks has gone by and so I got to have a little visit with Dr. Speight. Dealey is growing really well, I'm still not gaining any weight which is nice but I didn't lose any this time, just stayed the same....The only new news is that my blood pressure is creeping up and up. I'm already on bed rest so if it gets too crazy Dr. Speight said she'd have me in the hospital so fast. So I'm relaxing and resting which is needed anyways since I picked up some crazy sickness from somewhere....But I'm feeling good otherwise and Dealey is still perfect! I have another sonogram in two weeks which if everything looks good it will be my last! It's bittersweet thought, I'm totally spoiled getting to see him every two weeks, but I know no more sono's means that we're getting close and circlage has done everything it was supposed to do and more. The house stuff I mentioned in the last post is still moving forward and I'm so excited I can't stand it. I can just see us making amazing memories in our new NY home with a balcony that stares at the Manhattan skyline. I can tell you there will be many glasses of wine drank on that balcony!!!! Here's a few new pics from NY one my sweetness Matt and the statue of liberty in the background and two just very cool ones taken on one of his ferry rides out to Staten Island! Love, Hugs & Skittles to everyone......
Well, another two weeks has gone by and so I got to have a little visit with Dr. Speight. Dealey is growing really well, I'm still not gaining any weight which is nice but I didn't lose any this time, just stayed the same....The only new news is that my blood pressure is creeping up and up. I'm already on bed rest so if it gets too crazy Dr. Speight said she'd have me in the hospital so fast. So I'm relaxing and resting which is needed anyways since I picked up some crazy sickness from somewhere....But I'm feeling good otherwise and Dealey is still perfect! I have another sonogram in two weeks which if everything looks good it will be my last! It's bittersweet thought, I'm totally spoiled getting to see him every two weeks, but I know no more sono's means that we're getting close and circlage has done everything it was supposed to do and more. The house stuff I mentioned in the last post is still moving forward and I'm so excited I can't stand it. I can just see us making amazing memories in our new NY home with a balcony that stares at the Manhattan skyline. I can tell you there will be many glasses of wine drank on that balcony!!!! Here's a few new pics from NY one my sweetness Matt and the statue of liberty in the background and two just very cool ones taken on one of his ferry rides out to Staten Island! Love, Hugs & Skittles to everyone......
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