The Beach, a Tooth, and a special anniversary

As everyone can tell I am horrible at blogging! The whole reason that I started this was so that our family could follow along with the pregnancy and everything else, well we are now living closer and getting to live life with our families BUT we still have our O town peeps we are missing like crazy so I am going to try to get better. My family got to go to the beach the week before the 4th. It was great except that Brian didn't get to go. That was sad but we had a good time. We had my dad (in a wheelchair), my stepmom, step brother and his friend, my sister, her husband, her 2 year old, Jagger and me!!! It was a sight to see us coming. Wheelchairs and highchairs everwhere! It was an odd looking group but it was our group and we had a great time. We took dad to the Flora Bama on the last night. He and I got out there and danced. It was great. What made it really great was that on the 3rd of July was the 1 year anniversary of the stroke. We never dreamed that a year later we would be at the beach with him. Thank you Lord for the gift!!! On our way home from the beach I was letting Jaggs suck on my finger and I felt a little sharp something and I looked and there was a tooth!!! I had no idea he was even cutting it. He was so great. He never fussed, ran a fever or anything. No he is already on his second tooth! It has now reached the surface. I can't believe my baby has a tooth. In other news: our house in Orlando is still for sale. We are praying daily that the Lord with bring along a buyer that will love the house as much as we did. Please join us in praying!!!! The pool house is still great but it will be nice to get a place of our own!!!

Dad the Sun Bunny!

Bless his Pea pickin' heart!!

Jagger had his 6 month appointment today. 6 months!! I can't even believe it. I told Brian that it REALLY just seems like the other day we brought him home from the hospital and I was like" Umm... What am I suppose to do with him???!!!!" :) Of course with today's appointment he had to get shots and that went over like a lead balloon. He was already ticked when we got to the doctor's office because he was tired and them they jabbed him 3 times for his shots and he lost it.

We also got his new stats and here they are:
Weight: 15.14 lb
height: 27 1/4 inch

He hasn't grown a whole lot since his last appointment but the doctor said that he is thriving!! YEAH! I was a little worried only because he doesn't really like formula any more. I have to put juice in it now for him to take it but the doctor said that was fine. It was a GREAT visit and she said that he was great!!! What a blessing. We have all been through a lot the last year but Jaggster has been so healthy and I am so grateful. It is amazing the feeling that you get when a doctor tells you that you child is healthy!!! Thank you Lord!

Fun Times

After about 5 months of living here we are finally starting to get connected. Last night we went to a cookout at one of Brian's fraternity buddies. It was crazy because just a few years ago we were all hanging out partying at 11 pm and then last night we were all hanging out with our children and come 8pm we all starting packing up to go home!!! My my how things change.

It was a great time to get connected with old friends. We didn't realize how many people lived in Huntsville. We definitely still miss Orlando but it was nice to be with old friends. Hopefully we will continue to hang out with them. I have also gotten connected with a friend of mine from high school. We weren't really close then but now she has a little boy that is 2 days younger then Jagger. She and I have been getting together and going to the park and sitting with the babies. We are also going to attempt to start working out this week together!!! We will see how that goes.

Trip to the Beach, Cousins and Mother's Day

As usual I haven't posted in a while. I am going to get better. I promise! We took our first trip to the beach with Jagger-Man. It was a great trip. He did so good in the car. We first went to Pensacola because Brian had a class to take so we took advantage of that and visited Brian's sister Melissa and family. It was so great to see them all. She has 3 boys if her own and they were into Jaggs until they realized that he is not that much fun for them at this point. They sat still long enough to snap a few pics and they were done-zo with that!! Melissa on the other hand really didn't want to give him back to us. I think she wanted to keep him for a while! I was thinking about it but realized that I would probably miss him too much!!! :)

The next day we headed to the beach and stayed at my grandparents condo. We never actually made it to the beach just to the pool which was good enough for us. The first day we got up and I fed Jagger, got his suit on him, lathered up with sun screen, got myself ready, blew up the float, packed our bag and got to the pool, we put him in the water and then 15 minutes later he was ready for his nap!!! AWESOME! We did go back a little later and he loved the water. It was a little cool but he still seemed to love it. I think he may be a little water baby! He did really well down there and actually took 3 hour naps. I guess he was relaxing and enjoying our little vacation.

We came back home on Saturday night before Mother's Day. Unfortunately we got caught in Birmingham by all the storms and tornado's so we ended up having to get a hotel room in Fultondale. It was a long weekend but we had a good time. We got home on Mother's Day and had a big shrimp boil with all the shrimp that we brought back from the beach. We had a great time and it was a fun first Mother's Day for me! It was especially nice being with my family and it was the first Mother's Day I actually got to spend with my step mom which was really great. Here are some pics from the weekend!!!

Jagger and Aunt Lissa

Little Man loving the water
Getting ready for the sun in his little tiny swim trunks!
First Mother's Day
Catchin' some rays!

Long Lean Model

Today I took Jagger for his 4 month check up and the dreaded shots. When we got there he was already a little fussy because he didn't get a morning nap because we went to see my aunt before the appointment. By the time I go to the check in area and waited (after a lady cut in front of me when I turned around to deal with Jagg) he was screaming like crazy. A drug rep that was there was even looking around the corner to see why he was screaming! Anyway we finally got back in the room and we was great. Here are his stats: Head size- 30 percentile, weight -14lbs 22 percentile, length- 26 inches 91 percentile!!! Hilarious! I asked if that was OK him being skinny and long and the nurse told me it is like having the " Long Lean Model instead of the Short Chunky one". I am not surprised because Brian is so tall and I am so lean! JK
The doctor did say this has nothing to do with how he will be in the future. After all the measuring then the shots. He started getting a little fussy before they came back with the shots. They gave him a little sugar water, THEN....... wham-o!!! 3 shots! YIKES! He was ticked and stayed ticked for a while. I finally got him calmed down and he fell fast asleep and has been asleep now for 2 hours! Bless him. He was so mad. It was the first time, that my knees felt week and I was really upset because he was hurting. Well the circumcision was a scary thing too but this time he actually looked at me and cried. My heart broke and I was reminded of how in love I am with him.

YUM RICE CEREAL!

Here is some video footage from the first rice cereal feeding!! FUNNY!

Shame on me!

I have not posted in so long! Little Jagger keeps me busy that is for sure. Nothing too exciting going on. I spent my first birthday in Huntsville in years. It was a lot of fun. My family had a party for me. The highlight was sitting on my dad's lap as he sang Happy Birthday to me!! The words were a little different but the tune was there!!! ha ha.

Jagger continues to grow like a little weed. He is really starting to show some personality that is for sure. He loves to be scared. It is so funny. I jump out in front of him and say "boo" and he laughs so hard!!! He has also discovered his thumb which he sucks often. It is good because it is always there when he wants to suck but it is bad because when he gets older it will always be there. Oh well, I guess I will have to get a part time job to pay for braces.

Jagger also had his first rice cereal feeding. It went really well. By the third time I fed it to him he ate it up!

I have posted a few new pics of him. I am thinking about venturing into the world of photography! We will see. Right now I have to prove to Brian and myself that I am serious about it.

Sweet Little Feet

jumping in the Sassy Seat!

Yum! Rice cereal.