Programming Note

Well hey, y'all.  I've been MIA for a while  for a couple of reasons.  The first is, I lost my camera.  I am constantly forgetting where I put electronics.  Somewhere in this house is an ipod that I haven't used or seen in 3 years.  But mostly, I didn't know how I wanted to continue the blog after Waylon was born.  Should it be a place to update everyone about him every so often?  Should it be a place where I discussed my experiences as a new mom?  Maybe a little of both?  Is that boring?  Doesn't every other mom do the same thing?

So yeah, this blog is in no way a unique idea but I miss doing it and I have Things to Say.  Let's start with the most interesting/pertinent:  Baby Way!

My little boy will be 3 months old this weekend!  My, how the time has flown.  I will give you all the stats on Saturday but let me tell you what we've been up to the last few weeks.  The little guy took his first road trip to Baltimore in December.  He did great, no incidents whatsoever on a 6 hour drive and it was a good warm up for our trip to Chicago a few weeks later.  Mama did great as well at her Jeopardy tryout, now I'm just waiting for the call telling me to come to L.A. for filming.  I'll keep you posted!

Celebrating Christmas as newlyweds with a brand new baby was pretty special too.  He was way too little to understand what was happening and Scott totally made fun of me for wrapping his presents.  It was still fun to sing Christmas songs to him (John Denver and the Muppets is the best!)  and dress him up.  Doesn't he look handsome in his Christmas outfit?

Way got to spend Christmas Eve with his brother and sister too.  How cute is this?

A few days after Christmas, we had Waylon's 2 month check up.  It was kind of a disaster.  See, the little boy had been really fussy for a couple of weeks.  It was next to impossible to calm him down and I had been getting pretty frustrated.  Well, it turns out he hadn't been getting enough to eat.  The poor little Sprout was hungry all the time!  I'd have been crying too.  I want to go into more detail about this in another post, so stay tuned for my thoughts on feeding.  He is a totally different baby.  He's really quite pleasant when he's not starving.

Right after his checkup, we headed to Chicago to celebrate Christmas with my family.  Waylon got to meet his great-grandparents, my aunts and uncles, a couple of close friends, and even a couple potential lady-friends.  I have to say, the kid knows when to turn on the charm.  He seems to save his best smiles for meeting new people.  I like your style, Way.

So now it's a New Year and I've been focused on getting in shape (separate post!) and trying to find activities that Waylon and I can do together so we can both meet some new people.  He really is a delightful child.  He smiles all the time all the time and even laughed at me yesterday.  It made me totally forget the days he projectile poops all over me.  He used to look just like Scott, but lately people say that he is starting to look more like me.  I just hope his eyes stay the pretty blue color they are now.  They're to die for people.

Here is sleepy Way:

And here is one from this morning.

More coming soon!