L-S-Who????

Yes, we are those obnoxious die-hard fans who will rub in the face of anyone who will listen that we are having an excellent season while SOME teams have a loss or two under their belt. We DO NOT cheer for Alabama when they are not playing Auburn, and we are almost just as happy when our rivals lose as when we win. It is wrong and poor sportsmanship, but what can I say, "I believe in Auburn, and love it!"

Now that's out of the way, here are some glorious pictures of our win against "The Hat" and his purple tigers.

Chief & John are Number 1!!

Corndog anyone?

As usual, John and Chief are on the same eating and napping schedule

Baby Tigers need their rest too

Thanks Chief for the AU Superman cape - Mommy has a feeling it will be worn everyday to preschool in a few years...

Touchdown Auburn!

Taking a stroll with Kaki



Tell "The Grove" to eat it's heart out - it's got nothin' on Samford Lawn



My precious little man

Motherhood Whoas

The good, the bad and the crazies.

Ear infections are a bummer. Just because they make the medicine pink and smell like bubble gum does not make it any easier to inject into a screaming baby's mouth. The day I had been waiting for/dreading finally arrived last Sunday - I felt John's head like I neurotically do about 25 times a day and it was warm. I have been preparing for this for 6+ months, so I calmly and efficiently took John's temperature...5 times using 5 different tools. After scanning his head, using the pacifier thermometer, sticking another thermo under the arm and then two others in his little fanny (not at the same time, don't worry mom), I determined that John did in fact have fever, though actual temps were hard to figure out since you have to add or subtract degrees depending on which region you are checking. At this point John was very tired and just wanted to go back to sleep, so I shot him up with Infant Tylenol and put him in our bed. I then cracked open a Diet Coke, chugged it down in less than a minute, curled up next to my babe, placed my hand on his tummy to make sure he was breathing and stared at him for 3 hours until the sun came up. Protective Momma Bear in Action.

Poor little buddy

I am learning a lot of wonderful and very hard things as a mother. Every day John shows me that he is his own little person - so independent and dependent at the same time. Getting sick is just one of the many things he will do by himself. But I plan to always be right there with my hand on his stomach checking his breathing.

Feeling much better & helping Mommy write her blog

Well I've Never Been To England...

But I Kinda Like the Beatles.

Lil' John Dancin to the Music. He's got alot of rhythm for such a little guy.

6 months!!!

or how long it's been since I blogged.

Happy 6th month birthday to my baby John! I can't believe how fast the time has flown by. Since it's been so long since I've written (no excuses, just very little spare time in September), I thought I would share the latest pictures of my sweet boy so you can see for yourself how much he has grown. But first, here's a few things about John at 6 months:

Favorite Food: Bananas
Favorite Animal: Monkeys
Favorite Thing to Grab: Mommy's Hair
Favorite Thing to Do: Bounce
Best Friend: Tie between Daddy and Shug
Hairstyle: Mohawk
Favorite Thing to Wear: Preferably nothing, but overalls when clothing is required

And now for the latest pics - Enjoy!




First Auburn Tailgate with Grandad and BB King - War Eagle!!




Hangin' with my awesome cousin Ben - Just one of the boys!





Hangin with Daddy




Lila the Protector




Nana's are yummy!




Just working at my laptop with my bear hat on - Wassup.




Shug the Otter-Dog




Right in the Kisser!




Me and Grandmama




4 Generations of Christians




Reading with Chief




Working hard at Swingin!




Fun!




I love Shug soooo much




Pouty Face - this will get me anything I want!



Playdates, Root Canals, and Road Trips Oh My!

Last Friday John had his first playdate with S and D and had a lovely time. Playdates really are more for the mommies at this age though. But we did our best to prop them up next to each other - here is the result:

Our first attempt at the group photo. D on the left let us know from the beginning that he was there to socialize, not sit still for pictures

D getting a closer look at S's other man

D goes in for the kill...

D gets a good grip on S's cheeks (They're so cute,I want to grab them too D!)

D is so silly!

This is the best group photo we got of the babes

 For some reason, John looks sad in most of the pictures, but I assure you he is a very happy child. For example, right now he is laughing and jumping so hard that the Excersaucer is about to tump right over.

After the playdate last Friday, I prepared for my dreaded root canal on Monday morning - but as everyone assured me, it was not as bad as I thought it would be (side note - the first thing Dr. W asked me when I told him I had a 4 month old was.... you guessed it - "Is He Sleeping Through The Night?"), and all is well now.

John ans I are headed on our first solo road trip together down to Mobile this afternoon so I'm sure I'll have much to report after the weekend. Until then!

Virginia

Johnny Jump Up

I realize this video is much more exciting to immediate family and may be boring to all others, but it's my blog and I'll post if I want to (plus I really want to make sure I know how to upload video).

Things we have learned...

in the past four months.

10. Swaddling should be it's own art form. However, in emergency situations rolling your baby quickly up like a turkey wrap works just as well.

9. Towel hoodies really are as cute as they look in the packages.

8. During the first few months, 95% of conversations between spouses and doctors are about poop. They even make charts for you to record information about your baby's poop - poop progress reports.

7. The first question out of anyone's mouth when you say you have an infant is ALWAYS, "Is he sleeping through the night?" I'm not sure why everyone cares so much, but for some reason they do.

6. There's a reason they make a product called 'PeePee Teepee'

5. Babies are 100% honest with their emotions. They cry when they are sad and laugh when they are happy. If we could all be as real with ourselves as they are we would save lots of money spent on therapy.

4. If you can make it through the process of checking out of the hospital and putting your baby in the carseat for the first time without have a full-on panic attack then you should be very proud of yourself.

3. People and doctors like to talk about babies in terms of percentiles. For example, "My baby is in the 80th percentile for weight but only the 25th percentile for height and I'm scared she's too chubby!" In the end, Americans love ranking anything, so why not have a system for ranking babies.

2. Almost every woman wants to hold your baby but is scared to ask you because they don't know how you are about germs - it's like asking to borrow lipstick from someone you are "kinda" friends with. Do the lady a favor and ask her if she would like to hold him (unless of course you are a germaphobe).

1. Having a baby is scary, wonderful, fun, frustrating, beautiful, enlightening, hard, lovely and amazing.

Til Next Time,

Virginia