Sad News

So, I got some sad news today.....

Got to daycare this morning and one of the directors pulled me aside and said do you remember Delonda, she watches the babies in the afternoon. I said yeah, sure, why?!?! She said well, she passed away on Christmas Eve. She got in a bad car wreck on her way home to her families house.

Here's the link to the article I found about it.

http://www.dailyworld.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008812260302

I haven't even been going to the daycare a whole month but I can honestly say my heart hurts. I really liked her. She got to spend a lot of alone time with Cooper b/c he for some reason always seemed to be the last baby (especially with the holidays). She was so YOUNG.....only 21. It just breaks my heart. Then to find out the person who caused it fled from the scene. That makes me MAD! Now this poor family, instead of being happy on Christmas Eve, they are going to be sad b/c their daughter, sister, cousin, etc. died on that day.

Just goes to show that life isn't always fair! And you are not always guarenteed tomorrow! So, live life to the fullest, never stay mad at someone, and always tell the people you care about you love them!!!!

A few more pictures from Christmas

Christmas

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! It's hard to believe this year is almost over. It's gonna be 2009! And my lil' boy is already 3 months old! WOW! I can't say this enough....TIME FLIES!

We had Christmas at my parents house and then later in the evening we went to Jeremy's Grandparents house. I had plans to go to mom and dads early and actually bring breakfast....I cooked, can you believe it?!?! But, things don't always work out as you plan. Moms refrigerator went out the day before Christmas so they were in a panic trying to figure out what to do with their food. Mom volunteered Jeremy to cook the ham. So, needless to say we didn't get to mom and dads till about 11:15ish. So much for breakfast. I still made it and Jeremy at least got to enjoy it. The food was all yummy. I made baked macaroni and cheese. It was quite yummy as well. (I think Jeremy would say differently) hahaha!

Julyen LOVED opening presents. Didn't matter if it was his or not. So cute! He opened a wallet that I got for mom and he carried the wallet around for a while. A PINK wallet!!

Too funny! Jeremy and I got him this blow up thing you put balls in. He thought that was pretty darn special. He'd throw the balls out of the blow up thing of course. Daddy put a blanket over the top of it to kinda make a fort. He thought that was great. Momma and Daddy got him a lil' 4-wheeler thing. He was so cute on it. For some reason he enjoyed pushing it rather than riding it. That thing says it goes 2 mph but wow, that sucker goes fast. Julyen kicks his lil' feet out when he rides it for some reason. He's so funny.

Early Christmas

We had Christmas with Jeremy's parents, his brothers and sister-n-law this past weekend. This year we had it at Ritchie and Sarah's. Last year it was at our house because Sarah and Ritchie were in the process of moving. Hopefully next year Jeremy and I will be in our new house. We've been looking but it's all up in the air right now. We'd still have to sell our house which could be easy but then again could be a pain in the butt. We have someone interested in it but no telling how that could go. It could go either way. But anyway, back to our early Christmas. My lil' man was sleeping by the time we were ready to open presents. He got lots of fun gifts from his MiMi & Pawpaw (Jeremy's parents). It'll be funner next year b/c he'll actually be interested in whats going on. During dinner I had him in the bouncy seat and Ava (his cousin) walked over to him and started to bounce him. Awww, cute huh, NOT SO CUTE. She then proceeded to pop him on the head several times. I know she didn't mean to hurt him but poor lil' Cooper started screaming. Already gettin' beat up by his cousins. Just wait....it's on NEXT YEAR! hahaha!

Alone

I sure feel like I'm blogging to myself. I sent out an email to my family to remind them about our family blog and that I now have my own blog. Did I get any responses....no. Does anyone even read this? Am I talking to myself? I sure feel like it.

Cooper & Santa

Cooper (12 weeks old) & Santa

We took Cooper to take pictures with Santa last night at the mall. Can I say....I'll never do that again. The line wasn't bad at all. It was the price. It's a total rip off. $28 for 1 - 5X7 and 4 - wallets. GEEZE FRICKIN' LOUISE! But, I had to do it this year....I mean come on....what kind of mother would I be if I didn't take my son to take pictures with Santa for the first time?!?! Oh well.....all in good fun!

As soon as we got done with pictures he woke up. Of course! He still looks cute, even with his eyes closed.

1st night without Cooper

Cooper spent his 1st night away from mommy & daddy this past weekend. I had my work Christmas Party and they pay for everyone to have a hotel room. So, Jeremy and I decided to take advantage of it. We haven't been away from him since he was born. It was a lil' hard but I knew he was in GREAT hands. Grandpa & Memaw watched him and they loved every minute of it. But, go figure at 7 a.m. Jeremy and I were up bright and early. You'd think we would sleep in but nooo..... We went to pick Cooper up at around 9:30. It was so good to see him! I missed his lil' smilin' face. He's so dang cute.

Julyen was there. When I walked in he got this big smile on his face! He got off his toy and wanted me to pick him up. That lil' terd still won't say "Nanny". I think he's doing it on purpose. He'll say "papa" (that's what my Dad wants to be called), Allie (one of the dogs), turtle, puppies, baby, etc. BUT NO Nanny. : (

Snow in Baton Rouge....SAY WHAT?!?!

Cooper's FIRST snow!

Our House

The front of my work.

Woke up this morning and went outside around 6:15 and they actually had snow. I was in total shock. I knew on the news they were saying it was possible but come on....how often has it snowed in Louisiana? Not very often! I ran back inside to tell Jeremy about the snow. He got out of bed....slowly....half asleep. He said, they'd better have a lot of snow on the ground! Sure enough he gets outside and he's amazed at all the snow.

Driving to work was pretty interesting. I was so worried about sliding. And stupid me....hahaa, I just had to take some video while driving. You can find the videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/chelynne02

Daycare was like a ghost town. Hardly anyone was there. There is a chance I might get a phone call to come get Cooper b/c a few of their teachers were having a hard time getting to work.

Well, I'm at work....so, I guess I should do some work.

My sweet baby boy!

What can I say....he's getting so big! It's hard to believe he'll be 3 months old in a few weeks. Seems like just yesterday I had him.

He loves laying in his crib looking at his mobile. He'll talk and talk and talk. It's so cute!

Already making faces at his mommy! He cracks me up.

I love that smile!

10 weeks old

I'm so proud of my lil' man. He slept through the night last night. I fed him around 10:00 p.m. and put him in the playard next to our bed and he didn't get up till 6:15. I had to check to see if he was still breathing b/c I hadn't gotten up in the middle of the night to feed him. Usually I can't wait that late to go to bed but Jeremy and I watched a movie so we were up a little later. But, I might start trying to stay up that late if he'll sleep the whole entire night.

I hadn't taken any pictures of him lately since going back to work so I tried last night and he would not smile for his momma. Well, I take that back. I'd get a few here and there but everytime I went to take the picture he'd quit. Lil' terd. He's still cute though even when he doesn't smile.

Everytime I go pick him up from daycare all the ladies ooooooo and awwww over him. They say he likes to lay in the crib and talk to his mobile. I might have to start letting him sleep in his crib....yeah right. I'm not ready for that. I like him being right next to my bed.

I just have to share this story.....I talked to Erika the other day and she said ya wanna hear a gross story. I said, sure why not!?! She said the other day Julyen sneezed like 4 times in a row and noodle came out of his nose. Eeewwwwww....... hahahaha! Hope you got a giggle, cause I sure did!

Back to work

Today is my first day back at work full-time and Cooper's first day at daycare. I'd have to say we had a pretty smooth morning. I bathed the night before so that was one less thing I'd have to do so I got up at 5:45 so I could curl my hair. Cooper started fussing around 6:15 so Jeremy got up with him. I continued to get ready while he fed/changed Cooper and got him ready. That was a huge help. We were out the door by 7:00. As soon as I arrived at his daycare I started to get tears in my eyes. I walked in the door and guess what....the tears started to flow. The owner greeted me with a hug and told me everything was going to be fine. She walked me back to the babies room and got us all situated. She told me I could call 10 times a day if that made me feel better. She even said I could stop by to check on him. So, that's what I'm gonna do for lunch. I'm gonna go get me some Cooper lovin' for a good 35-40 minutes and when I get back I'll eat and work. I'm going to try to not make that (going visit him for lunch) a habit b/c it's only going to be hard on me.

Well, it's almost 11 and I'm so ready to go see him. I've been keeping myself busy at work so hopefully the day will go by fast.

Tomorrow

So, tomorrow is the day.....that dreaded day I go back to work and Cooper goes to daycare for the first time. I'm sad. I'm really trying hard not to think about it b/c otherwise I'll cry. I spent the day labeling bottles/clothes/noopies and washing clothes. I have his things and my things ready by the door so hopefully tomorrow morning will go smoothly.

I read to him today and he seemed to enjoy it. I think he was more amused by my voice than the books but it was a sweet moment and I loved every minute of it.

I'll write again tomorrow to update on how my day went without my son.

Hard time

I've really been having a hard time dealing with the fact that I'm going to have to drop Cooper off at daycare on Monday. I could hardly sleep last night thinking about how it's gonna go and what questions I needed to ask before I brought him.

I called the daycare this morning to ask those few questions. Yes, prepare the bottles and yes you can bring him in the carseat and leave it there. Might be stupid questions but heck, I don't know. This is my first time! I also have to go by there at some point before Thursday to pick up a packet to fill out. Emergency info, eating/sleeping habits, blah blah blah.....

I'm going to try and give it a good week or so before talking to my bosses about possibly changing my schedule. I was thinking last night (ya know when I couldn't go to sleep).... Daycare will get him for about 10 hours. He sleeps at night for about 8 hours (not all at once of course). So, that means I'll get him for about 6 hours and that time includes travel time to and from daycare. Daycare gets more time with him than I do. How is that fair?

A few pics

Just a thought...

So, Erika and I were talking today......
What if WE opened a photography studio out of one of our homes? We could so do it. Erika has a degree in photography and her and I both worked at Glamour Shots. I LOVE taking pictures and we have 2 adorable kids to practice on. Jeremy even said possibly he could redo our shed to turn it into a studio for us. How awesome would that be?!? It wouldn't be a full-time thing but something fun for us to do on weekends. It's just a thought right now but I'm seriously going to look into it.
I just don't even know where to begin....
Where do you buy lights?
What about backgrounds?
How much should we charge?

Sick Mommy

Yesterday started out a pretty good day until around 4:00. I started to get the chills and feel queasy. Next thing ya know I'm running to the toilet. Throwing up is the absolute worst. Then about an hour later I got the flyin' craps. I felt absolutely horrible. I couldn't love on Cooper and that broke my heart. As soon as Jeremy got home from work he took over. He had a somewhat rough night with him. He didn't want to go back to sleep. All I could do is lay there. My whole body hurts. I just hope and pray he doesn't get what I have.

Those mean ol' shots!

Cooper had his 2 month check up today. My lil' booga bear weighs 11 lbs. 4 oz. Hard to believe he started out at 6 lbs. 4.6 oz. He's getting so big so fast. After weighing him came the shots. Poor baby had 3 shots (one in one leg and two in the other) and then he got some medicine by mouth. As soon as the nurse stuck him he screamed. Talk about BREAK your heart. I got teary-eyed. If I could have gotten those shots instead of him I would have. I hated to see him cry, but as soon as it was all over I got to cuddle him and love him and he relaxed. He was safe in his mommy's arms.

After the doctors I had to run by work for a bit to talk to one of the project managers about a report I needed to format. Next thing ya know it's 5:30 and I'm finally leaving work. Cooper does quite well when I'm at work. Doesn't hurt to have people there who are willing to hold him while I try and get some work done.

Getting home at 6:20 really made me realize how much I'm going to NOT enjoy going back to work full time. I'll get off of work at 5:30, go pick up Cooper before 6, and then head for home. Traffic sucks around Baton Rouge so I'll probably get home around 6:30-7....if I'm lucky. Then it'll be time for him to eat and also time for Jeremy and I to eat. Then bath time and bed time. Where's MY time with MY child? I know plenty of women do it but I don't wanna do it. I'm not saying I don't wanna drop him off at daycare. I'm just saying I don't want to do it for the whole day. I'd really like to talk to my work into changing my hours to 7:30-3:30 or something like that rather than 8-5:30. I'm scared daycare is going to get to see a lot of his "firsts". I don't wanna miss a thing!

Fun day with Aunt Erika & Cousin Julyen

Today we met up with Aunt Erika & Cousin Julyen at Jeremy/Erika's work to have lunch with Jeremy. It's CAD (Customer Appreciation Day) so Jeremy cooked a big pot of pastalaya and baby armadillo's. YUMMY!

After lunch with Jeremy we went shopping at Kohls. Of course as soon as we get there my lil' man decides it's time to eat. Try pushing a stroller, feeding a baby, and shopping all at the same time. That's talent! Cooper was actually pretty good in the dressing room. He slept for the most part. Where as Julyen....he was all over the place. He was getting sleepy and Erika says that's when he starts to act up is when he's tired. He made it hard for her to try on clothes. At one point I took him for a walk (actually he did NOT wanna go with me). I brought him to the toys and that made it all better. He totally forgot he was missing his mommy. He pointed out every truck! He LOVES trucks! We finally got our shopping done and headed for home. Cooper was fussy the whole way home. I think he had enough of being in the carseat.

Tomorrow he goes in for his 2 month shots. They say he can run a fever and become cranky from the shots so I'll keep everyone posted on how he does.

Meet my Mini Cooper!

Jeremy and I were blessed with an amazing little boy on September 22, 2008. He is really a GREAT baby. In this picture he was 4 weeks old. It's hard to believe he's 8 weeks old today. My lil' boy is growing up so fast. Before ya know it he'll be walking and talking. He's really starting to get a personality now. When he looks at me and smiles it melts my heart. I can't wait to watch him grow into an amazing person!

Keep checking back.... I'll try to post at least once a day.