J Squared: 2010

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Monday, May 31, 2010

Memorial Day Fun

We went and played at Cousin Daniley's house for Memorial Day and boy did we have fun! We went swimming then tried the slide...although James was not a big fan of that!

Then we went inside for some snacks and a dance competition! I think Aunt Danica won with her Brittany Spears inspired moves!

Monday, May 10, 2010

For Mother's Day we met my parents for lunch at the Olive Garden and had some good food. James loves Italian food of all kinds so he really enjoyed himself and Eli slept the whole time. James ended up going home with Honey and we met them the next morning on our way to Cullman to see Jeff's parents. We ate lunch then it was time to play.

James and me

Eli looking all cute

Eli loves looking at his big brother

Eli looks so big here!

James looking silly

Then it was time to play with Daddy...and it was exciting! James had a ball being thrown around.

Worn out!

"No No Daddy"

One of my favorite pictures!

All in all I had a great second mother's day and first with two boys. I love them all to pieces!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

I decided to pull James out of school and have a fun day at the zoo with him. We had a great time and the weather was perfect!

Looking at the gorilla. This was his favorite. James was just talking to him and waving and saying "rilla, rilla" It was really cute!

Riding the train

Big Brother

James love to hold Eli and give him kisses!

1 1/2 Weeks old

Family of Four

Eli did very well in the hospital and continued to do so once he got home. He is a very sweet baby, extremely laid back. He hardly ever cries and likes to sleep the days away...nights are a different story though! He loves to eat all night long and it's tiring me out but it won't be long before he is sleeping through the night like his big brother.

James has done good with him...he wanted to hit him at first but now he wants to love on him. I honestly don't know what's worse...hitting or loving him to death. When Eli cries James gives him a hug and tries to put his papi (paci) in his mouth. If he continues to cry James will say "Momma, momma..." it's really cute.

If we can make James understand that Eli doesn't have teeth so he can't eat goldfish I will feel much better...

1 Week Old

Eli Lawrence

Well the big day finally got here and I was ready...as you can tell in the pictures below. I was HUGE. Being a week late with him was no fun at all. When my doctor told me he was going to wait until a week after his due date before he would induce I actually cried.

We started the morning with a family picture then headed to the hospital while Honey took James to school. Things got started really quick and me being already 4cm dilated the whole process went pretty fast.

I got my first epidural around 7 am and I kept waiting on it to kick in...all the while the contractions were getting stronger and closer together. Around noon or so it wasn't working at all so they came in and gave me a boost...nothing. They tried another boost and nothing again. The doctor asked if I could move my feet and I started moving my leg around and said "I can get up and walk if you need me to...it's not working!" so they finally put another one in. Come to find out I was already a full 10cm when the second one went in. It finally kicked in once I started pushing. I tell you what, it's called labor for a reason. It was very intense pain and unrelenting. I think I did pretty well with it though but am glad to say I won't be doing that again!

I pushed for about an hour and then baby Eli finally decided it was time to make his grand appearance!

Here are some pictures...pardon the largeness of myself...this kid was HUGE!