Memorial Day Weekend

We had a wonderful Memorial day weekend. Busy but fun. We had lots of cookouts and got to spend time with good friends. On Sunday night we had a cookout with our neighbors and good friends the Meyers. James got to go in a pool for the first time. I knew he would love it, cause he loves bath time. He didn't want to get out! We made beer can chicken on the grill that was AMAZING! It was a great weekend filled with fun memories!

Rhode Island

So last Friday afternoon we packed ourselves up and hopped on a plane to head to Rhode Island. (Manny's hometown) I was so nervous about our flight since it would be Buggy's first flight, but I must say he did remarkably well. He was a little fussy before take off but as soon as we were in the air he was out! I couldn't have asked for him to be any better. We spent almost a week there. Buggy got to spend lots of time with his cousins, Aunt and Grandparents. We miss being with all of them so much, so it was nice to get to spend lots of time together. We even managed to squeeze in some much needed time with our dear friends the Andrade's! While we were there Buggy got to go to the zoo for the first time. I'm not really sure he knew where he was, but it was fun watching him look at all the animals. One of the main reasons we made the trip was to get James Baptized in the church that Manny grew up in. It was pretty neat to baptize him the same place that Manny was baptized.
Other big news is that James has his 3rd tooth coming in. Poor little guy has had it rough with this one. He seems to have been in a bit of discomfort. I'm hoping for him that they aren't all this way.
Enjoy some of our pictures from the trip!

Race Day

For the past several months I have been training to run a 10k (6.21 miles) and today was the day! After having James I had to set a goal for myself in order to get myself running again. So this was it. I did the race with two wonderful friends. Heather who I had been training with and Liz my best friend who I used to run with all the time. You would have thought I was having my first day at school last night. I laid out what I was going to wear and then tossed and turned in my sleep anxiously awaiting my alarm going off. Bright an early we were off. We did the Ballantyne YMCA run. Silly me for thinking that it was going to be a flat race. This thing was a roller coaster of hills. But we ran the whole thing and crossed the finish line together. It was such a great feeling crossing the finish line. It was what we had been working towards. I have tried all kinds of sports and exercises and found that running is my thing. It's what I love and it's what my body loves. I can't wait to get the next race on the calendar. Who knows....maybe another half marathon is in my future?!?

Here is Manny and I after the race...can you tell how pooped I am?

Heather and I after the race! Hooray we did it!

8 Months

Seriously....how can it be? Do I really have an 8 month old? Life needs to slow down. I said to Manny the other night that sometimes I don't want James to grow up. I want him to stay right where he is. I LOVE the stage we are in right now. Buggy is such a sweet baby. I truly love being with him. I know it will come one day, but I have yet to really feel like I need a break. We certainly have our days, but I really enjoy spending time with him. I am thankful to have the opportunity to be with him everyday.

So here's what the munchkin is up to these days:

-You have both your bottom teeth and are working on the top ones still
- You drink your water our of your sippy cup all by yourself
- You LOVE mum mums...actually like them better than puffs
- You have started army crawling a bit
- You discovered that you can make high pitch sounds (aka...scream) and you do it all the time
- You still sleep 12-13 hours every night
- You still take two naps a day
- You love life without your helmet!
- You love being in the jog stroller and going on Mama's runs with her
- You like to pat...sometimes you are a little rough, you just don't know your own strength yet
- You blow and make rasberry sounds
- You love to jump
- You love to swing

I feel like I am going to blink and my baby is going to be one. For now I'm just going to try to soak it all up!

As you can see from the photos, it has become nearly impossible to take these photos.....

Thankful

I am so thankful to be a mother. Not a day goes by that I don't realize the gift that it is to be a mom. I am grateful that God has allowed me to raise His child. Motherhood is something I knew nothing about until I became one. It was definitely a shock to the system, but I honestly don't remember what life was like before being a mom.

Today I am delighted to be Mama to this sweet boy.....

Welcome Baby Fleming!

Late last night we welcomed our newest Nephew into the world.

Hunt Calhoun Fleming
Born at 10:44pm on April 28th
8lbs. 9oz. 21in.

Kelly did such an amazing job! I am so proud of her. Hunt is a DOLL! He has a good amount of hair and it's really light. Here are a few pictures. They aren't very good. I promise more soon!

On Tuesday James got his final measurement and the cranial band was removed!!! We are so proud of him. The folks at Cranial Technologies were absolutely amazing throughout this entire process. They made it so much smoother and enjoyable for us. We are very thankful for them. James was in the band a total of 7 1/2 weeks! Pretty nice compared to what we thought he would be in it for. (10 weeks) It was so cute, they actually gave him a little graduation certificate. We'll have to add that one to the baby book. Below are his before and after pictures side by side. It's pretty amazing to see the change. It's funny, cause I used to not think his head was that bad. I am so glad that we decided to get the band. If I had to do it again with another child I would do it in a heartbeat.