Mikey's first playgroup

Today we had a great time at Melissa's house. It was the first time Mikey had been around other babies. Even though he's asleep in these pictures, he did have a great time. Well, actually I had a great time. I thought I was beginning to lose my mind, but I learned that I'm not the only parent that makes up the songs they sing to their baby.

We are so hip and modern, we even have our own stay-at-home dad!

Look at how small Mikey really is!

"Photo Shoot" Gone Bad

This is our attempt at getting some fabulous pictures of Mikey surrounded by the bluebonnets. As you can see, he wanted no part of it. Oh well, there's always next year!

I'm sure the whole time he was thinking, "Come on, mom, this is so stupid. I just want to take a nap!"

Macho Man

Look at how well Mikey is holding on! We are so proud of our little man!

What's for dinner?

One of the best things about having a baby has been having meals delivered to us. Well, tonight is our last meal delivery. Oh, how I have absolutely LOVED not having to cook. I so appreciate our friends and family taking care of us. I must say that before Mikey I did enjoy cooking. I would try new recipes all the time. Ryan is not a picky eater, so he would eat anything I would put in front of him. That gave me the freedom to try out all sorts of recipes. I would bring the left overs to work, and I would often get compliments on my lunch. Now, I don't know how to manage getting dinner on the table plus taking care of a one month old. I realize that we could order out, but that can get so expensive. Not to mention the fact that I'm trying to lose the baby weight and restaurant food is not exactly healthy.

So, help me out moms. What are some of your easy/fast recipes? How do you manage to find time in your day to cook the meal?

Couch Potato Day

Before we had Mikey, Ryan and I used to love to hang out on the couch and watch tv (exciting, huh?). We haven't had much time to do that since Mikey arrived. But, today after a nice family lunch out we came back home and had a relaxing afternoon on the couch. Now there are 3 couch potatoes in this family!

Notice his shirt says, "Hi, I'm new here." Isn't that too cute?!

A picture is worth a thousand words

We took this picture on Easter, but I just had to share it. Every time I see it I just crack up! Mikey is always making funny facial expressions and I'm glad we were able to capture this one.

What a night!

I may totally jinks myself by saying this, but I just have to brag on my little man. Last night he went 4 hours between feedings 2 times in a row! I fed him at 10:15 and put him down. He cried a little and I was totally thinking it was going to be a long night. But with the help of the pacifier he was able to go to sleep. Then at 2:15 I woke up to his crying. I knew he must be hungry, so I ran in his room to feed him. He went right back to sleep and woke up at 6:15 ready to eat again. I was able to get some good sound sleep myself. I hope this boy loves to sleep as much as I do! Doesn't he just look precious in his pjs?!

Our story

My husband Ryan and I were married in 2003. Soon afterwards, we wanted to have children. But, for us having children was not easy. We tried various treatments for 2 years and finally I became pregnant last summer with the help of in-vetro fertalization. They say that every baby is a miracle, but in our case our little Mikey really is a miracle! He was born on March 14 of this year and our lives will never be the same.

Joining the Blogging Bandwagon

Hi friends!
It seems that everybody has a blog, so I certainly don't want to be left out! So, here we go.