There has been a lot of this going on these days




I can hardly believe he is all ready a month old. Time sure does fly when you are changing diapers, washing bottles and trying to get a baby on anything that resembles a schedule! The latter has not happened as of yet , but we are still working on it. He has his own time frame in mind ..I think.

I did manage to craft a little bit during one of his cat naps last week. Cant share what I made , it is for a friend who I have not mailed it off to yet!

Speaking of friends , one of my besties is hosting a NEW SWAP for all you interested. Hop on over to Marias at the Junkkdrawer and check out this fun

MARIE SWAP


Well hubby will be home in just a few to go and drop off his car at the shop, its leaking some kind of fluid ..lol , so I have to drag myself and the baby out in the rain (did I mention it has rained for 2 weeks!)
Hope everyone is having a fab Monday!

I cant stop kissing these little cheeks!

Where does the time go? I can not believe he is all ready 2 weeks old! I just love snuggling him and I think that has become a problem ... you see he will no longer go in his bassinet or anywhere for that matter when he is still awake. So in the middle of the night when I can barely keep my eyes open and his little eyes are WIDE awake staring at me , I have to hold him until he is asleep.
Guess I need to work on putting him down some more.
The good news is he has decided he can be a bottle baby and has drank 3 ounces every feeding for the last 24 hours which = him sleeping 3 to 4 hours at a time ...WOHOO!!
Oh the things you forget about these wee little ones.

I received the cutest package in the mail this week from my sweet Bloggie friend Sarah at Gypsy Mermaid


I adore this card and envelope!

She sent some handmade burp clothes and an adorable onesie for Preston that match his room with monkeys, so thoughtful.
She also sent something for me , which made me feel very special! The cute little Easter pail decoration with adorable little chicks! This was one of the few things she had that survived the horrific hurricane that they experienced. How sweet is that?
If your reading this girlie , I truly appreciate it all!


So pretty I didn't want to open it!


(burp cloths)


(top of the onesie)


Oh and before I forget my hubby , who I have to dote on for a minute . I am so thankful for him, he has been home with Preston and I since he was born and I couldn't be more thankful. He is such a huge help , tackling the dirty diapers even. He let me sleep until noon one day this past week, when he took the baby downstairs and that was heaven . He is such a good daddy and a great husband!
We just celebrated our 13th anniversary a few weeks ago and I was so consumed with having the baby , I forgot to post my new bracelet he surprised me with

I love it of course , thanks babe!


Time to go get ready to try and find some newborn diapers on this island. I didn't buy a ton of them seeings how my DR. kept saying he was going to be a BIG BABY and now we are almost out of that size and cant find them here on our base..they have every size BUT newborn ...CRAZY!
Have a great weekend everyone!

Good changes

Wow its been a long time since we have had a baby in the house and I forgot how functioning on very little sleep actually is! For the most part Preston is a very calm and happy baby , we have a slight difference of opinion though...he thinks he needs to eat every hour or 2 ! I tell him you are a bottle baby not a boob baby !!! You are supposed to go longer than an hour and you are supposed to actually drink the bottle not fall asleep ! Poor thing such a rough life..lol

Austin just adores his new baby brother and he loves to hold and even feed him. Ask him if he wants to change his diaper and he's outta here! haha
He loves for Preston to wake him up for school in the morning and tuck him into bed at night, so sweet!

I have decided I really need to get with it and start scrap booking again , I only have 1000 pics and hes just a little over a week old ..hah


well its that time again ...its been a little over an hour and hes demanding a bottle!
Thanks to everyone for all the sweet comments and well wishes!

Preston Shane

February 20 th ,2009
2:21 am
7 pounds 5 ounces
20 inches long

Thanks for all the well wishes , we are doing great and will post again soon!

Still waiting...

So we have walked and walked until me and the hubby cant walk anymore!
I have my 37 week appt in the morning and I am hoping for some good news.. Why is the end the longest???
I am so ready to meet our new little guy and starting to get a bit impatient ..lol
Since I have cleaned and RE CLEANED every nook and cranny possible , I decided to sit down for a few and change the blog. I love how it turned out! Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom to see my cute baby tidbits...

I will be back soon with some good news hopefully! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend :)

The sweetest...

I am a lucky girl , truly I have some of the sweetest friends and family ever! Maria organized an online baby shower through a blog for me . It was so fun to be online with everyone chatting and playing GAMES. She really thought of everything , sending out little party packs with BINGO cards, water bottle labels , cute little stroller pins for us to wear and even a party favor with candy. Here are just a few pics she had posted on the blog for the shower...
How pretty, huh?







It was such a fun morning for me and really made me feel like I was at home with all of them , but I cried a lot because it made me miss all of them even more!

Here is the photo I took of my belly during the shower so they could do the toilet paper game..lol
I told you it was fun and just like a real shower :)



Now up until that day I kept receiving sweet gifts in the mail from everyone and sending out thank yous , but no one was responding to me which I thought was quite odd, but then I was like Ok so not everyone is 36 weeks preggo and stuck at home like you , they will eventually write you back.... only really no one did , because they didn't want to ruin the surprise!


I just want to say THANKS again to all of you for my special day , It really meant a lot to me!!!
Love you all!!!

Here are a couple of quick pics of his new room that is finally coming together , as things arrive in the mail everyday ..lol
So hard to have to order everything you want and WAIT ..I am not very patient!!!



It took a few days but I have finally managed to get all the clothes out of the crib and hung up or put away nicely in the drawers ..lol


His changing table is being re stained as we speak , his daddy was not happy that we could not find one to match his furniture exactly (in color) so he sanded it down and we got a stain in the same color..hes a good daddy:)



And I found a neat store here in Okinawa called NOTORI where I actually found a nice wicker laundry basket and some larger baskets with matching liners for the changing table. I had ordered some from target but decided I like these ones better. Once its all finished I will post a few more photos.



Last one is the quote I custom ordered from a fun Etsy shop called SINGLE STONE STUDIOS
I highly recommend them for all your vinyl needs ..lol
Such sweet people and wonderful communication , fast shipping ..cant say enough about them!

I wanted this quote to hang in his room because of this book, it is one of my faves



This photo makes it look tiny , but its not the letters are about 6 inches tall and 36 inches long , fits really nice above his bed....


So that's pretty much all I have been up too .
We did celebrate our 13 year anniversary this week and that was nice. I couldn't have picked a better husband , he truly is the best ..love you BABE even more after all these years...lol

I had an appt yesterday , I am now 36 weeks and 5 days WOHOO , there is light at the end of this tunnel ,haha. I didn't see my normal Dr. , he decided to take a 3 week vacay when I am about to have a baby! Anyhow she said I am on my way hopefully , dialated to 1 and 50% thinned , but he is still rather high . So we'll see...

Anyhoo hope all of you are having a fabulous week :)
Hugs

Quick post to remember our sweetie

So this weekend was supposed to be a happy one . Austin turns 9 on Sunday and we are having his party this afternoon (Its saturday here in Okinawa all ready)

I received an email 2 days ago with some not so good news about our sweet Mocha kitty we left with our dear neighbors when we moved over here . As if that wasnt hard enough.....
I now have to tell our son who still cries to this day when he looks at pics of his kitty that he has passed away.
It seems that Mocha became ill very suddenly , was unable to use his hind legs to even stand up and had been spraying the house (so they thought) they brought him into the vet that day where he stayed for 2 days and only got worse. It turns out he had a tumor on his bladder that was cancer.
My heart goes out to our sweet friends Erika and Brad for having to go through this and there 4 children who love Mocha and will miss him dearly.

I still haven't told Austin as of yet.. I figure I would wait till his FUN weekend was over. I know it will be rough , he has never LOST a pet so to speak , other than having to give up his pets to move to this island.....

Sometimes being a mommy just sucks .... having to break your wittle ones heart!