Baby's First Outings

Three outings in one weekend! 

The night before I went into labor, Bo and I ate at Thursday's Too, so it was only fitting that we visited there again with McCord for his first official outing.  As you can see - Bo and I are giddy with excitement - so proud of ourselves for getting out of the house.  I'm sure we were the happiest customers at the restaurant.  All of the waitresses came by to visit their youngest customer who slept the entire time. 

Don't be fooled by our perky smiles..we are very sleep-deprived!

It took us all day Saturday to make it on our outing, but at 9 pm, we finally pulled up at Target.  Bo and I took McCord inside, and then we looked at each other like, "what do we do now?!"  We walked around in a total daze, enjoying being a part of the rest of America. 

Sunday evening, McCord made his first trip to Earth Fare to get a couple of burgers for grilling.  Each outing was a success, and we're so proud of our little monkey. 

McCord is Three Weeks Old

Here I am at 3 weeks old.  Looks like I'm "raising the roof."

McCord's Photoshoot

We had a great time on Saturday with McCord's photoshoot.  Nicole Rogers came to our house and took some great pictures of McCord.  Here's a link to a sneak peak slideshow on her blog.  You can check out the rest of her amazing photography here. 

The Handsome Monkey

Thank you Lacey for my oh-so-comfy outfit!

McCord is Two Weeks Old

...and a few days

McCord, before you were even born, your daddy dreamed up a wonderful idea to plant a tree in your honor.  So when you were just 2 weeks old, he did some research and found a tree that would suit our yard.  He has dreams of you climbing this tree one day and carving your initals in it when it grows really big.  This week, we planted your tree in a special place in our yard overlooking Surrey Lane, and we call it McCord's Maple.  We chose it especially for you because this variety is know for its brilliant color in the fall.  This tree will grow and change through the seasons.  It will weather many storms.  It will see many sunrises and sunsets. It will enjoy countless beautiful days.  Just like you.  We look forward to watching you grow with your Maple tree.  We love you McCord. 

Here I am at 2 weeks old pretending to stand next to my Maple tree.  Look how tiny I am!

They're Back!

If you missed my original post about prepregancy ankles, you can catch it here. 

McCord is One Week Old!

Today I celebrated my one week birthday.  Here are a few things I've experienced this week:

My first outing - a walk around the neighborhood on the 4th of July.  After our walk, my parents ate dinner on the screened porch and enjoyed the firework show put on by our neighbors.  Atleast that's what they tell me - I slept through the entire thing! 

My first trip to the pediatrician. 

Although I lost some weight after being discharged from the hospital, a weight check today showed that I'm now  6lbs. 11 oz., a full ounce over my birthweight!

Poppie and GeeGee came to visit on Monday and GeeGee will be coming back soon to stay for a week

And I've enjoyed having Aiya and DoeDoe stay with me this week to help my parents get adjusted to being new parents. 

Life is good. 

It's A Boy!

Welcome Robert McCord!  You are perfect in every way and a true blessing from God.

Born July 1st, 2010

6 lbs. 10 oz.

19 inches

Nesting part II

A few pictures of the nursery - 

Waiting through the Weekend

It's an unusual feeling waiting for your life to change forever. 

Bo and I know that the baby could come at any moment now, and as soon as that happens, nothing will ever be quite the same.  We're so ready to see what this new life will be like that God has prepared for us.  But for now, we are enjoying our remaining days as a family of 2.  Here are a couple of pictures we took of one of our last weekends with it just being the two of us.   

Pancake Saturday - one of my favorite pregnancy traditions (there have been close to 40 of these Saturdays now!)

Bo stained the deck...

...while I got a pedicure

We cooled off in our neighbor's pool

and an owl came to visit us (Bo got this great picture of a horned owl in our front yard!)

The next bird we hope to see is a stork!