Christmas and stuff.....

Hello to all! I hope everyone had a very blessed Christmas! I know we are so blessed to have Colin here with us this year. He did very well with everyone holding/passing him around. He went to see Santa and he did good, he really liked his fur coat!! He kept touching it!! our Christmas card is below along with lots of pictures! Colin is doing great he is growing way too fast. (I know I say that with every blog but it is so true) He can now hold his bottle as of today!!! He had been trying but hadn't yet been able to until today. He is holding his toys and chewing on everything! He loves the baby Guinness DVDs!!! he laughs at them and always smiles really big!!! I had to take him to the Dr. for what I thought was a cold but Dr. Ski said it was acid reflux. I was thinking no way, I was totally against him in the beginning. I did what the Dr. ordered decreasing food amount to 1/2 of what he is used to adding cereal to every bottle giving Zantac 2 x a day and what do you know snotty nose gone, spit up gone!!! I felt like a bad mother. I had no idea that he even had acid reflux. but he is better now and that is all that matters!!! anyway that is what is going on in our world. Matt and I are doing well. My last day at Baptist was today. It was very sad to leave, but I know it will be for the best. I start at the nursing home next week. Matt has been working a lot, but we aren't complaining we are just thankful we both have jobs right now with the economy the way it is!!! Hope everyone has a great new year and be safe!!!

Colin with Santa
Colin watching his DVD

Christmas Card

Matt, Colin and the deer Matt killed

I laid Colin down to play and I look up and he has his head turned watching TV

Aunt Verna Kay and Colin

Mary Clare, Landon and Colin (Colin's cousins)

Gang gang, nana and Colin not a very good pic but that is all I have. Oh I do look rather prego in this pic but I assure you I am not!

Forgot to turn the pic sorry! Our family!

My side of the family

Matt and I Christmas day

Matt's dads side of the family

Matt's g'parents and great grands!!!

My mom (miji) and Colin

Matt and Colin! Colin wrapped in a bow!

My family again!!!

This is what Colin did while we opened presents!!!

Glenda must have been telling Colin something funny!

This is what I call Colin's "matt face!!!"

not a great picture of me and Colin is looking I am sure at his daddy!

Daddy and Colin! Don't they look alike???

The big C

Our family!!!

long time no blog!!!

new duck tub, he loves it!!!
Matt and Big C as we like to call him!

Me and my love bug!

After a bath!

Just a smiling!

Well it has been a while since I have last blogged. So what has been going on??? Colin is growing way to fast....He is recognizing his name now, trying to roll over, knows Matt and myself when he sees us or hears us! laughs out loud, loves his bouncy seat now, loves to look at the TV also he love the Christmas tree, we look at it every night and talk about the ornaments!

I have started back to work. It was very hard to leave him at daycare, however, I know he is being taken care of well. He smiles at his teachers every morning when I drop him off. Work has been going good, just really busy lately. I have found it is very hard to keep everything in order the way it needs to be at home, work and spend time with Matt and Colin. Matt and I decided that It would be best for me to work PRN (as needed) only. So Starting at the beginning of the year I will be working only a few days a week at trinity and the hospital if they need me. I am very excited about this so I will be able to spend more time with the family. I really love my job at the hospital, and I hate I am having to leave but I think it will be best for us as a family. So that has been what is going on in our neck of the woods! I sure hope everyone has a great rest of the week!

Pictures from Dedication!!!

Baby Dedication...

We dedicated Colin Sunday at Church which was a very special and meaningful time for us as a family. Matt's parents came, and his sisters family came, my grandparents, brother and my parents. It was a very wonderful time for us to be able to announce publicly that we as Colin's parents are going to dedicate bringing him to church every week, as parents we will continue to be number one to God first of all, then to each other and then to Colin. I was really getting the last two mixed up. I always thought you were supposed to put your child after God then your marriage. Well it was explained to us last week that you need to continue to have a strong marriage for your children to look up to. If your marriage isn't strong how can you be good parents together???(I am not saying you can't be good parents separately, but together your marriage has to be strong enough to withstand anything especially parenting). So Matt and I both have taken this very serious in that we will be the very best people, be the best examples, and be the most loving parents we know how to be. Also we will continue to seek God for everything and in every situation. well I tried to upload the pictures we took Sunday before Church but the computer is acting strange. I will try again tomorrow!

Colin and Chip got their shots!!!

Well, Well, I will start out by telling about chips shots b/c he went first! Chip is our dog for those who don't know. He is a 5 lb chihuahua which was our child before Colin was born. Well he doesn't take to well to shots, last year when he got them, I had to take him back b/c of an allergic reaction. So this year our vet said she would give him a steroid shot first so he would not break out like last time. She also instructed us to go ahead and start giving him benadryl every 4 hours. So I was thinking surly after all of this he will not react this year. Well it wasn't but about 1 1/2 hours after we got home and our little one looked like a bull dog. His face/snout was so huge and his eyes were almost shut they were so swollen. So I called the vets office back and they said to wait a little longer and see if it wouldn't go down. We had to go and get Colin's shots and 1:30 so I gave him another dose of benadryl before we left and prayed he would not be dead when we got home. He wasn't and he was a little better when we came home to check on him.... He did throw up approximately 5 times and it was sooo gross. Colin did very good with his shots, he of coarse screamed when the nurse gave them to him, but afterwards he was fine. He never got a fever and he didn't even act like his legs were sore. (he is a tough little rascal)!!! anyway glad those are over for now! Colin weighed in at 13 lbs and 5 ozs at 9weeks old. He doesn't miss a meal that is for sure. He is now on a great schedule sleeping until 5:30 every morning! He usually goes down between 9:00-10:30. I couldn't ask for more. The time is approaching for me to return to work:( I am already sad thinking about it. Oh and thanks to all who have been praying for us about a daycare. St. Paul's called today and said they had someone to leave or not come so they could take Colin now! Praise the Lord! God sure does answer prayers! I was totally happy with just making do until Jan. But I think this will be good for him to get into a good schedule. So thanks again for the prayers! That is about all that is going on around here. Matt is about to go back on for his week of working:( How sad, but I have enjoyed him being off with us for a week! I went to B'ham on Sat to a show that my mom and dad were working!Matt kept Colin here(he couldn't miss the Alabama game) ROLL TIDE!!! I had so much fun! I went with a lady that works with my mom and her two daughters. It was a blast! I sure did miss my two favorite men though! I got Colin a couple of things to wear around the Christmas season! That is about all! It was fun to look though!

Random pictures.....

Matt trying to make the little guy happy...Not happening, he is ready to get this vest off. But he looked so cute in it!

Colin Smiling

Bout to smile

Big smile!!!

profile picture while in the bath

Halloween pictures!!!

Colin was truly enjoying being bounced up and down on his Paw Paw!!!
Paw Paw, Colin and Maw Maw-Matt's parents for those of you who don't know!

Colin in is Halloween outfit.



Not to good of a picture, but it shows his whole outfit!


He was smiling at Matt here!!

Colin on Uncle Keith's shoulder... he was happy here for a moment....

very upset:( My mom (mimi) seems to think it is funny too!

Pop and Colin....trying to dry it up....

This is Matt's Grandma Wozniak and cousin Nick. Colin was also very happy here

This was the first place we went. This is Matt's grandma Whitaker. She is so sweet and Colin just loved her to death.

P.S. my grandparents were not pictured but they did get to see him. They were at my parents house, but left to quick for me to get a picture:(

For Halloween we went and saw all the relatives!!! It was so much fun! Colin was so good until he got to my parents house, then he decided to cut up! I think he was just tired of the riding a bit, getting out of a car seat, being held by new people etc.... But Matt and I had a blast taking him to see his great-grandparents and grandparents! Oh and I have kind of a funny/very embarrassing story. I was so excited about Halloween night, our neighbors Nick and Michelle were coming over for a min. to give Colin a little happy!!! and He was sleeping, but it was time for him to wake up, so I went ahead and woke him up so Michelle could hold him a min. well as soon as I gave him to her, she says uh Blair is he leaking??? I was thinking surely not, well he was and he peed all over her. To top it off they were just about to go out to eat because they had company over from out of town. Colin did have a different diaper on than normal, but never the less, I was still very embarrassed. So they left quickly:( and I got Colin out of his pee clothes and gave him a bath, put him in his pumpkin outfit and finished making supper, Stacy, Randy, Tommy and Bailey came over to trick of treat!!! How fun both of them looked so cute! I swear Tommy changes every time I see him and Bailey is getting so big!! Time sure does fly. Anyway, I was so very embarrassed about the pee situation and Nick and Michelle if you are reading this, again I apologize and please come back to see us!!! I will def. change his diaper before you hold him again!!! Some pictures of Halloween night!

pictures of Colin.......

he loves his toys. Matt and I will catch him smilling at them all the time!
just about to smile!

Pumkin Patch!!! It was very bright outside!

Colin Smilling at his daddy after a bath! He loves a bath!

Me holding Colin after his bath!