Tuesday, February 21, 2012

2 Months!


My little booger is 2 months old!  Oh my goodness!  Growing is such a bittersweet thing!  I love to see his personality grow and develop with each day, but I also don't want my little baby to grow up!  Nothing I can do about it though!  :)

Here is whats going on with Hunter at 2 months:  
-  He is wearing 3 month clothes (except he slept in 3-6 month pj's last night) 
-  The past few days he's slept 5-6 hours straight at night (except for last night where he woke up every 2.5 hours)
-  He's really starting to smile and giggle
-  He's starting to interact with his toys and even reach for some
-  He apparently has been around Bryer too long because he LOVES to lick your shoulder when your holding him and when he does tummy time he just licks the blanket he's laying on
-  I've finally taken him out to Target and to visit his Dad at work BY MYSELF
-  I sat in the front seat when Craig drove to dinner last weekend
-  He's made two trips to Roanoke and is getting ready to go to La Grange this weekend
-  His favorite things to stare at are lights and his other favorite activity is EATING.  Hunter thinks he's pulled up to an all you can eat buffet thats open 24/7!  

He goes to the doctor on Monday and I'm very anxious to see how much the little chunk weighs and how much he's grown.  The down side to the visit = 3 shots..

Monday, February 13, 2012

Roanoke Weekend

This weekend was a traveling weekend, again.  This time we left on Thursday and came back on Sunday - so it was a longer trip.  We left after lunch on Thursday, I know this will come as a shock to everyone, but Hunter slept the entire drive to Breezy Rock Stables.

After we got home Hunter had some visitors.  He met the Manillo family and Grumpy and Deedie also came by to say hello!

On a side note, I was also a bit nervous about coming in this weekend.  Lately, The Gray and I have had a bit of a track record.  Every time I see him he has to get sick, and the last time I was in he ended up having surgery at Tech.  Well, he came home the same day that I came in to visit.  I didn't touch him the entire time I was in just to be on the safe side - I meant to go visit him on Sunday right before we left but I completely forgot.

On Friday, Hunter went with Mom and Dad to get their teeth cleaned.  Grandma got to babysit a little bit while I got my teeth cleaned.  After that we went to visit some friends at Craig's work and then got to go meet everyone and Dad's (Kevin's) work.  We finally went home to rest for a bit and then had to go back out so I could go to the eye doctor.  All the grandparents came over for dinner on Friday night so they could have a little extra Hunter time.  They brought over 3 Little Pigs barebeque for us to eat.  I would soon find out that Hunter really does not like 3 Little Pigs - he was up all night Friday night and really grumpy on Saturday morning and I'm pretty sure it's because of what I ate for dinner!

On Saturday I FINALLY got my hair cut!  WHOOPIE!!  It hadn't been touched since October, needless to say I was WAY overdue.  After my haircut Craig and I took Hunter to go get our taxes done, then we went to lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Jarrell and then we went back home to rest for a little bit.  Finally we went to dinner at the amazing Homeplace.  After wrestling our way through about 500 people in the lobby we made it to our room in the basement.  Hunter got to meet some more family and friends and also met his future girlfriend Miss Gabby.  It was really fun to get together and see friends and family that we haven't seen in such a long time.  Hunter was so excited about it, he slept the whole time - what a shock!

On the way home Hunter actually stayed awake for the first hour of the drive!  I was totally shocked!

Since we've been back Hunter has been a complete grouch!  I guess he's just trying to get readjusted back to his "normal" schedule.  When I say he's been a grouch, the little guy isn't happy unless he has a bottle in his mouth.  I'm going to buy him one of those helmets and stick a bottle on each side and stick the straw in his mouth, that way he can just be drinking constantly and not have to worry about it!

Here are the pictures from this weekend:

Sleeping on the drive in.
Joey and Hunter
Juliana and Hunter
The Manello's with Hunter
Grumpy and Hunter
He sleeps a lot - sometimes!
Grandaddy Glass and Hunter 
Gogga and Hunter
Nan and Hunter are just about the same size!
Julius was very jealous of Hunter!
Jules wanted to wear Hunter's bib so he could fit in!
Bath time!
He loves taking a bath!
Play time with Grandaddy.
Dad is getting more and more comfortable with Hunter
We like to build towers and knock them over!
Hunter meeting his girlfriend Gabby
Keith and Kristi with Hunter
Kim and Jeff with Hunter
Grumpy and Deedie with Hunter
He looks Grumpy in this picture!
Deedie and Hunter
Diane and Hunter
Hunter loves Brandi
Hunter finally got to meet Heater!
Roy and Hunter
Grandma Rose said I had to climb over the table in order to get Hunter back!
Grandpa Randy and Hunter
So glad you guys came!

It's exhausting being so cute!
Hunter and Gabby 
Please notice that Hunter is giving you the thumbs up!
Heather joined in with her baby!
Grandpa is not so nervous anymore!
He's so stinkin cute!
They both passed out!
Uncle Brett had a turn!
Wide awake to start the trip home
Trying very hard to keep those eyes open
Hunter says "Go ahead, but a blanket over the car seat, I'm still not going to sleep!"
He lost the battle when the pacifier came into play!

Monday, February 6, 2012

My 25th

I'm 25.  What?  That means I'm half way to 50, holy-freakin-cow I'm getting old!  You know what though, 25 feels great!  I have an amazing husband who puts up with my craziness, a beyond amazing son - I can't even begin to explain how much I love that little guy, and I have a psycho dog - I could live without the psyconess though.  (I figured I would throw Bryer in there - Craig will appreciate that.)

For my birthday Craig and Hunter took me to the Cheesecake Factory!  It was absolutely delicious!  Hunter slept all the way there, slept through lunch, slept while I fed him a bottle and slept all the way home!  He's got the life!

I've had a great birthday so far and I'm sure the rest of the day will be just as fabulous!  Craig brought me lunch, Hunter sent me flowers and I've done nothing but snuggle Hunter all day!  It's an absolutely perfect birthday if you ask me!  I do think it is funny how things have changed though - I remember on my past birthdays being so excited the night before - almost like it was another Christmas.  Now I don't really think my birthday is that big of a deal - I do get excited, don't get me wrong, it's just not like it use to be!  This year for my birthday I got a grill and I got money to buy a video monitor for Hunter as opposed to clothes and money for things for me!  Having a child kind of gives you a different perspective about things!  On a side note - I also fit back into a pair of my old pants this weekend!  It may not have been pretty but I got them buttoned!  Wooo hoooo!  Now I need to stop eating like I'm still pregnant and start really working out and I'll be able to fit into them soon and not look like Vince Wilfork!

Sleeping on the way to Cheesecake.

Sleeping at Cheesecake.

He's starting to smile at me a lot and I LOVE it!  I'm just not great at taking a picture of his smile!

Men, taking care of man business!

Man time on the bed - I'm out numbered.



Craig made this picture for me for my birthday!  It's all of my men!

My beautiful flowers Hunter sent me.  I was trying to get a picture of my flowers and Hunter - someone else snuck in the picture!