Exersaucer

Dr. is on nights for the rest of the month so it was just me and little bit today. He is growing so fast! Next week we have our four month check up and shots! Just today he started grabbing things and his little bathtub is getting too small because all he wants to do is push his legs on the end and try to get up!

It was great being home with him today so I could understand his napping schedule that he was doing at daycare. He takes his naps around 12 to 2 and then wants to go back to sleep at 4 for about and hour or two. That is why he has been going to sleep the second I pick him up from daycare. Last night he only woke up once at 2 am so we will see how tonight goes.

I decided I would pull the exer-saucer out today. I saw a little girl in one at daycare and she is only a few weeks older than Chuckster. He absolutely loved it. I didn't know if he was going to be able to hold himself up since his back muscles aren't strong enough yet. At first he just stood/sat there and then after a couple of minutes he was absolutely out of control. Loved every minute of it! Sometimes he would lean forward and play with the toys and sometimes he would lean back to relax. He was putting his feet flat on the floor and even turning his chair a little bit!

The movie is a little fuzzy because he was so excited he couldn't stop moving.

Exhausted

Both of us.

Daycare just wears Chuck out. I am not sure if he trusts taking a nap at daycare yet. The second I put him in his car seat he is asleep. He has been asleep since he got in the car. That means he has skipped eating, skipped bath time, skipped diaper changes. He must be so tired from listening to all the other babies and watching the crawl around. He has been asleep for about 7 hours now. We will see what the rest of the night has in store. I know once I go to sleep he will begin his ritual of waking up three times a night.

Dr. has a cold and fever ( probably the one I had last week) so I had to mow the yard today. Our house looked like it had been foreclosed on and I was scared the neighbors were going to vote us off of the street. It looked like no one lived in our house. So I took my big self out there and mowed the yard and used the weed eater for the big hill. It was actually tons of fun ( i did it without the bag so it was not hard to push). It really did something for my OCD.... maybe the designs I can make in the grass, or seeing the grass get shorter and shorter. Not to mention, it was great exercise too. I do have to say that I hate the weed eating part, and have always been scared of the weed eater. Besides grass flying in my face and all over me, it was really heavy. I will take responsibility for all the divots on the side of our hill. I just couldn't control that dang thing. Anyways, I am proud of myself. No lost toes, pant legs, or (unfortunately) love handles. So I am beat, going to veg in bed since my baby won't wake up and spend time snuggling with me.

Came across this quote and liked it:

Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders & says... 'Oh shit...she's awake!!'

Sweet Home Alabama

Since Dr. was working the past three days, I thought it would be a great opportunity to take little man to see Mobile for the first time! We had a wonderful trip. He slept the whole way there and the whole way back and we did not have to stop for one bottle!

Chuck got to meet his other great grandmother and also visit Miss Penny and Mr. John. He hung out with his cousins and did a little swimming in their pool!

Sitting in the pool

( ATTN: do not use bumbo is water... it floats.... so that means the kid floats too!)

Being a good boy while mama drives.

Laney plays with cousin Chuck while Abby plays with cousin Chuck's

swing, which used to be hers... i think she wants it back!

Chuck is going to have a lot of babysitters!

Getting out of Jackson

We took Chuck on his first road trip! He got to drive through the great state of Louisiana and visit Arkansas! He did so great! I was worried how much screaming there would be but he really slept the whole way. The way there we had to stop twice to eat and the way back we stopped once ( because we were driving late night.) Chuck was very good about getting hungry when there was a place to stop. On the way back we had just been through a town and he started yelling for a bottle. Luckily, there was still a hospital that we could pull over in ( we were about to do 54 miles of trees and corn fields). Unfortunately, we must have also stopped in a mosquito nest because I got out to get into the diaper bag and by the time I got back in the car we had about 30 mosquitos in the car. So the 30 minutes it took to kill all of them added a little bit of time to our trip! I think the most entertaining thing I have ever seen is Dr. on a mission to kill insects that are 1 million times smaller than he is. I think I took the brunt of the mosquito contact. Here are some pics from our trip.

Stopping for Chuck's snack. Dr. was going on 24 hours with no sleep.

Chuck decided to drive us there!

We went to Fayetteville for the day to see if it was a place we would like to move. We went to eat at a place called Tim's Pizza.

Chuck loves to be rocked and Two Mommy said this is the first great grandchild that likes it. She's always wanted one she could rock.

Every morning we got up about 4 hours before everyone else so Chuck and I just sat on the screened in porch. One day we had a photo shoot!

Chuck loves spending time with his cousins!

Chuck swimming with daddy. Look at those little feet in the water. It was a little chilly but Chuckers had no complaints.

Psuedo First Day

Today was a big day for Chuckers, or it was supposed to be. Today was his first day of daycare! Apparently, daycare was closed for the fourth though! Earlier we had talked to the director and said that we would start in two weeks. We weren't looking at a calendar though so I guess she did not realize that Monday was the 5th. At least we got a practice run though. There is not a specific time that I have to drop him off. Today, I was on my way to drop him off at 9 and leave him for a few hours. I wasn't sad about it because I had a lot of errands to run since we had been out of town for a week ( no food in the house!). Turns out the little rug rat is with me today after all. He went to Kroger with me and an employee had to walk around and help me shop and unload my buggy and then load my car for me because Chuckman was crying. I think he got spoiled over the past week because we were out of routine and he pretty much had to be held the whole time since we couldn't take all of his different chairs with us! He did get to spend some time with children and he really enjoyed that. It was a great preparation for daycare.

First day of school!

(We will try again tomorrow!)

Children's Choice

Sitting here filling out the daycare papers, I thought you might want to see Chuck's school. It is nationwide and caters to medical professionals. Since this is a smaller city, we do not have overnight care or the sick room. He does have a curriculum and two teachers. I think he is really going to like it here.

Check it out by clicking here.

3 months old!

I just couldn't wait to show you! Today, Chuckers and I went to Akisha's house and got some pictures taken. She is the one that took pictures of Chuck when he was first born. She agreed with Chuck's crazy mama and took his 3 month old pictures. Here are a few of my favorites, and yes, I do have copies. I am going to pick them up tomorrow! Enjoy this cutie patootie.