Babies JUST don’t get any cuter!!

An addiction that was bound to happen

I come from a long line of addicts; this was bound to happen at some point in my life.  I’ve fought tooth and nail to stay away from this addiction, but it’s in my blood.  I hit rock bottom the week after my Father-in-Law passed away and I just can’t get away from this drug of choice.

What drug is it you ask?  Coffee. 

I can not longer go a morning without it.  I guess it doesn’t help that I have a 4 month old who still wakes up once a night.  Something happened to me over the last few months and I am just SO tired, life really makes me tired lately and I just need help in the morning to get me going.  I always liked the taste of coffee, but I never relied on it.

So, I get to join the millions of American’s that have this unhealthy addiction to coffee.  I hope to phase it out as soon as Ebin is sleeping through the night.

JUST SAY THANKS! GEES

I just don’t get it.  This is the South!  Aren’t we supposed to be known for our hospitality??  That’s what I’ve always heard and been taught.  So, WHY is it that people JUST don’t wave or acknowledge their gratitude when you do something nice??

EVEN though pedestrians have the right of way you STILL wave thank you or SOMETHING if someone is nice to you.  Don’t just walk blatantly in front of someone and not wave thank you!  If someone lets you over in traffic wave thank you!  They don’t HAVE to be nice to you.  It takes 2 no 1 second to acknowledge your thanks, so start doing it people!!

My wife’s with Jody

This is the story of a lovely conversation I had the other day with a patient when I made reminder calls at my job.  You see, the day before a patient has an appointment, it is my job to call and remind them to come in.  Most of the time, I just leave a message, but that wasn’t the case this time ….

 

Me: Is this Mr. Smith, Timmy’s father?

Mr Smith: um, yeah – with a VERY red-neck draw

Me: Hello, this is Keren calling from you eye Dr.’s office, just calling to remind you of your child’s appointment tomorrow to get his eyes checked.

Mr. Smith: um, whaell, you will hefta talk to my whaife bout dat, she handles dat!

Me: Ok, ok sir, well do you think you could get the message to her and get her to call back up here to confirm?

Mr. Smith: Hell naw, my whaife’s na here, my whaife’s wit Jody!  You know who Jody is?!?  He’s her other dude.  He’s the dude doing her in the back door while I’ve got the front .. if ya know what I mean …

Me: silence…..

Mr. Smith: She tole me she was gonna go to work today, but I called her work and turns out she took the day off, I know where she is, she’s with Jody!!  She thinks I dunno what’s going on, but I do.

Me: ummmmm

Mr. Smith:  She’s been going out on me for at least 5 years!! She’s such a B*$(#, and I’m bout sick of it!!  So will I get her the message?!  Will I??  Does she even care she had a kid with me?!  I don’t know!

Me: Ok sir, I’m sorry for your trouble.  We will see you and Timmy tomorrow.

Mr. Smith: No, no, I won’t be there, but if she show’s up with Jody you best be callin me.

Me: Ok, have a good day

 

GEEEEEEEEES, How do I end up having conversations with these crazies!?

Month 3

Papa Bear went to be with Jesus at the beginning of this month.  The day that he passed away you were SUCH a good baby.  You are normally very vocal, but that morning you had this calmness about you.  It was almost like you knew you needed to be still and quiet.  You woke up that morning at 3am, just wanting to hang out.  Turns out, that was about when Papa Bear began to get sicker.  You did a lot of movin’ and groovin’ this month.  You continued to roll over from your back to your belly and you began to roll over from your belly to your back.  The first time you rolled over belly to back it really scared you, so you haven’t really done it a lot since.  You also began to try and hold your bottle this month.  But instead of pulling the bottle towards you, you always push it away.  You LOVE standing up and you have very strong legs!  When you lay on your belly, you start kicking and we really think you are going to take off crawling!  You got your first cold this month, it was pretty miserable for you and Mommy (we had it at the same time.)  You also began teething this month, which was equally as miserable as the cold!  You ‘talk’ a lot more.  You especially love ‘talking’ to your cousin Maci.  You love doing different things and going new places and we can really see how much you are learning!  You enjoy watching ESPN. You get ‘mad’ at toys if you can’t figure them out.  And, the last of your ‘newborn’ hair fell out and new hair is growing in.  I’m excited to see what month 4 has in store.

 

wearing Daddy’s hat on your head.  (taken by my camera phone, so it isn’t so clear)

 

On to Rice Cereal

Well, Ebin is 3.8 months old now and he is eating a lot more lately.  The normal 4 oz at mealtime isn’t cutting it anymore.  Mealtime gets stretched out.  I add another 1 or 2 oz at the end of each meal and he gets full for a little while, but then he is hungry again.

After talking to a few mom’s, I decided that Ebin is now ready for cereal once or twice a day.  The directions on the box say to start with a very soupy mixture of the rice cereal and milk.  But, after a few tries I realized the consistency is really throwing the little dude off.  So, I thickened it up a bit and he really likes it.  He grabs my arm with both his hands and helps guide the spoon to his mouth.  And, he seems to be a lot more satisfied after eating his cereal.

Ebin Talking

I still haven’t been able to figure out how to download a video and post it on my blog.  My sister has figured it out though (and I’m hoping she tells me how to so I can post some more)  But for now, visit her blog to see Ebin ‘talking’ to her a week ago when she baby-sat him.