Put me in coach!

I'm ready to play!!

What you can't see in this picture is that the feet have laces on top....too cute!

Here he is trying to sit up...he pulls his head forward and tightens up his abs...He's not too good at it yet but you have to start somewhere! One of these days I will remember that videos do not turn sideways ;)

Head Control

I didn't realize he would be so STRONG...but he has been holding his head up since a couple of weeks after he was born. He is absolutely getting more endurance with it too. Here he is having a very important meeting with his friend, Amelia: He looks so serious!

Here he is watching TV....yes, we are terrible parents for letting him watch tv but he LOVES it....we are going to make a much better effort at reading to him from now on, I promise.

The lip....he learned early

I'm okay...

I'm not okay!

I'm really not okay!!

I love to smile!

Roll Tide!

Smiling at Daddy

This was a photo that Joey used to taunt me while I was on call at the hospital...not cool!

So cute!

My pretty baby!!

Halloween

Happy Halloween!

So I hate to break it to everyone, but we opted out of Halloween this year. We had NO plans for Halloween night (other than to turn off our lights and pretend we weren't home) and so we did not get Hayes a costume. These are the pictures of Hayes in a couple things that Aunt Sharon sent for him....isn't he adorable?! And he really looks happy :) He doesn't think we're bad parents!

Two Months!

My baby is two months old! It feels like the second month went by even faster than the first did. Every time I look at him I feel like I am missing so much and that I'm not taking NEAR enough pictures! He is such a good baby...he has had several nights where he slept for close to 8 hours and his Mommy was so happy! Actually one night Joey went and woke him up at 5am because it had been 7 hours since his last meal and he thought that was too long ;)

But contrary to what Joey might say, the boy is not short on nurishment. One day I looked at him while Ms. Darla was holding him and he all-of-a-sudden looked like he was HUGE. He is substantially bigger than when we brought him home for sure. We have his two month doctor's appointment on Monday so we will see how much our "Little Man" weighs.

What he likes to do now:
- To be held...this is still his favorite place to sleep which I love to give in to!
- Watch fans
- SMILE...I don't know if he's supposed to have a "social smile" already, but he does
- Have his diaper changed - Joey says this is strange, but I love to be clean too! He kicks and smiles while you're changing him
- sit in his bouncy chair (as long as he's not hungry) - he will sit there while we eat and be so happy
- swing - we set up the swing in his room to help us when we're trying to get ready in the morning and he doesn't want to be left lying on our bed and he LOVES it and is mesmerized by the mobile on it
- he still loves to sleep with us but doesn't do it as often as he used to
- And he eats 3 meals before he goes to sleep! I have started back to my call schedule and the first night his nanny fed him 4 ounces around 5pm and then from 6-9 while Joey had him he ate 9 more ounces of milk!! When I'm home he eats every hour until he crashes for the night (no wonder he can sleep...he packs it away for the long haul!)

He pretty much is happy all the time unless he's hungry which I cannot fault him for! We are SO happy that he is staying with his nanny and the other baby she keeps....we actually got a call today saying that we got into the hospital's day care but I think we are going to stick with this since it's working so well!

I love you all, sorry it's been so long since a post. Audra's B&B calendar is pretty empty now so if anyone is looking for a get-away, come on up!

I love fans!