We made it
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Trips
Well as you all know Mykal took his first trip out of state. We went over to see Aunt Sherri and to see the damage from the hurricane's. It is great to see people with such good spirits considering all of the damage. I have never and hope to never see anything like I did there. Everything was is such a state of devastation but they are starting to rebuild and each day there hopes get that much higher. The communities pulled together and helped one another. But on to a happier note Mykal did great the entire time. The drive over was great and it was nice and sunny as well as the trip back. He is one tired little man now and sleeping soundly.

Boo Boo
Mood:  sad
Topic: Announcements
My poor little man got his first boo boo tonight. I sat him up to burp him and he scratched his face. Now I know most baby's do it when they are first born but he didn't and I was so proud because I didn't even use those mittens. All this time and nothing and now he has a cut across his cheek and it even bled a little.

Ok I hope not......
Mood:  d'oh
Now Playing: Toy Story
Topic: Night Time
Well I am hoping that Mykal is not doing what some baby's do and get the day and nights mixed up. Well lets just say he might be off a little bit. Our night goes as follows, at 7ish we get a bath. Then Mommy feeds him till he goes to sleep which is usually around 8ish. Then around 1 he wakes up to be fed at which time Mommy brings him out to the living room and falls asleep with Mykal feeding. At around 2 Mommy wakes up and tries to put Mykal down and of course he wakes up so Mykal gets to eat again but he goes to sleep pretty quick. Finally Mommy gets to put Mykal down and she goes in to bed. At 5 Mykal wakes up to play. Woo hoo. So Mommy gets up and feeds him and changes his wet diaper then puts him in the swing, then turns on one of his Cd's's. Mommy then has to lay down on the couch and she gets to go to sleep. Mykal finally goes to sleep and then wakes up at around 7:30. Mommy then gets up and brings Mykal to the couch with her and feeds him while they both slip off to sleep for just a little while longer. Finally at around 9ish he wakes up to be fed and then changed for the day. Its not that he is getting his times messed up but that 5 o'clock play time is killin Mommy.

Nanny and Mykal
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: Toy Story
Topic: Pictures


Now we have Nanny and Mykal. When Nanny was down here she was a bunch of help. Helped Mommy lots and got her feeling comfortable to be alone with a new baby. Mykal sure does miss her...hehe.

Nap Time
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Pictures


Awwww ain't he soo sweet just sleeping away. He really likes to sleep on mommy. Sometimes I think too much because I have a hard time putting him down without him waking up and then the process starts all over again. But I will let him every once in a while. Can't really resist.

Tiny Man
Mood:  special
Topic: Pictures


This is my tiny man. I still think it is crazy that he came out of me. He is just soo sweet. He barely looks like he would fit in my one hand.

Mmmmm......
Mood:  cheeky
Topic: Pictures


MMMMMM Boy this tastes good.....

Daddy's Turn
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: Pictures


This is at the hospital which I am sure you all can tell but anyways I was busy getting stitched up so Daddy got the pleasure of putting Mykal's first diaper on him. Good thing someone got the picture, hehe.

1st Time Mommy Held Me
Mood:  happy
Topic: Pictures


Well I will be giving descriptions for each picture. This one is of when I first held Mykal for the first time. Just look at how tiny he is. I remember thinking wow this is what has been inside of me. Just was hard to believe that I created this precious little baby boy. Of course I had to pull the blanket off and count to make sure he had all ten toes and figures for myself, not that I didn't believe my doctor.

Poor Little (Big) Man
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Little House on the Prairie (TV)
Topic: Checkups
Ok well the check up went fine. Mykal cried all the way there and all the while we were waiting to go into the room. Once we got into the room he quieted down while the doctor was checking him over then he started to cry so she said go a head and feed him, which I did. Then when the nurse came in with the two shots I pulled him off at that time he started to cry again and cried so hard that you couldn't hear him and by the time the nurse was pulling out the second shot out of his leg he had stopped. Now he was supposed to have 5 different shots total but they combine them into three different shots to ease the pain I guess but they had run out of the third shot so I have to call on Monday to see when we can go get the last one. The Dr. told me it could have three different reactions to him, one it could make him hyper, two it could make him sleepy, and three it could give him a low grade fever. She told me to give him Tylenol every 4 hours for a 24 hour time span. The Dr.s office is on the second floor of the hospital and by the time I got him dressed and got out of the room and got checked out which consisted of the nurse telling me to call on Monday because she didn't have April's schedule yet, which I then said I would be calling anyways, and got to the elevator Mykal was already sleeping. He weighs in at 10 lbs and is (OMG) 23 1/2 inches long. The Dr. couldn't believe how big he has gotten and neither can I. This little man is going to be one tall little man. She also said that he is doing great otherwise. Which i was glad to hear. So there you have it we both made it through it.