JC Dancing

We ate dinner at Colton's Restaurant last nigh for Jim's birthday. This is a western kind of steakhouse so they play country music. Well JC REALLY likes music and wiggling around or what we call dancing to music. He does this a lot in the car when Drew is listening to the Cars soundtrack. He was dancing to the country music last night at the restaurant so I got him on video. Enjoy!

Pod Dweller

For those of you who do not know what that thing is my baby is sitting in, it is a Baby Pod. This is a tool I was completely unaware of because when I had Drew 5 years ago this was not a popular, cutting edge, baby must have. Well now it is. The one he is in belongs to my sister. Considering that he will just be 3 months old tomorrow I really did not think he was ready for sitting up in this seat, of course if you know anything about the pod it basically sits them up and teaches them how to get ready for sitting up on their own. Today when I arrived at the day care to pick him up I found him sitting in a pod. I was quite shocked to find him this way, because as I said I did not think he was ready for this! I managed to stay calm and was only mildly testy when I told one of the workers that we had not yet tried this at home! So as I pulled away from the day care I immediately whipped out my cell phone and promptly called my sister. I relayed the story to her and ask her opinion about it. She assured me that it is safe for him to be in it at his age. Now again I remind you that this is contraption that I am highly unfamiliar with, so I was not some over bearing, freak out over anything, mom. So I decided that since they had done it there at day care that I was going to try the thing out at home. So I cleaned it all up and put him in it. Well it turns out he really likes the thing! He can look around really good at all the activity around him, which mind you there is a lot of that around here! Never a dull moment with Drew! So I am giving my mom stamp of approval to the Baby Pod and now declare that my 3 month old is officially a Pod Dweller!!

Jim's Birthday

Today is Jim's 33rd Birthday! We celebrated a bit before we left home this morning.
Jim opening his card and present from the boys...


Yes, the present is a watergun! Drew picked it out on his own and it was totally his idea, I promise!! Jim's exact words after opening it were "somebody wants to get wet", directed at his son of course because if he even thinks about shooting me with the thing he will pay dearly for it! I mean it Jim!

Here is a pic of the three of them with the watergun. Looks like a good father/sons bonding time activity to me!


Seriously though, I want to wish my sweet husband a wonderful birthday! He is without a doubt the best husband and I would not trade him for anyone else, even if he does get me with the water gun! Tonight we are going to Colton's to eat birthday dinner and then home for a homemade Birthday Cake! It is a pretty simple celebration but hopefully it will express just how much we love him!

Jim and Drew at Colton's tonight


Jim's Birthday Cake

A Couple of Videos

Bath Time Last Night

After Bath Time

Where is the time going!

I am ashamed that I have not gotten an update on here for almost 2 weeks!!! I just do not have enough hours in the day! Let me catch you up to all the goings on of the Mayos.

On Saturday, August 15 Jim and I went on our churches annual canoe trip on the Buffalo River. It was a 10 mile trip down river and we survived it and only got mad at each other a handful of times! It went really good over all, we never fell out of the boat, and the only scary part was when Jim steered the boat directly into a tree and almost decapitated me! Seriously that was a scary few moments, I really thought I was about to get hurt bad but God was in control! We did have a wonderful time and plan to go again next year. We did take pics with a disposable water camera but I have not yet had the developed. When I do I will post some on here.

We are now in our 3rd week of school. Drew still loves it and we are seeing maturity in him already. He is doing really good at reading many words and sounding things out. He seems to be making friends. I have to say that I have been reminded many times already that we are in the "real" world now. No more church Pre-K program! Now is the time that our faith and home teaching will really have to kick in! Drew has really been asking many questions about Jesus and Heaven in the evenings when we have family devotion together. It is so awesome and humbling to think that he may soon be at the point that he will want to invite Jesus to be his Savior. That has been my prayer from the time he was born! I cannot wait for that day, oh what a proud mama I will be!

JC continues to grow a little each day. You will see from the pictures that he is changing so much. He is getting more and more active and vocal. He began sleeping in his own room on Saturday night. It was rather bitter sweet but it was time. He has done really well for his first 2 nights in there. He loves the waterfall toy that is in the crib. He is still doing great at the daycare. They tell me everyday how good he is and last week they said they took a poll of all the workers and decided that he is the best baby in the baby room. I sure hope he stays that sweet!! He is incredibly good, only cries when he is hungry or tired. I am not sure how we got so blessed but I am thanking God for it!!

Enjoy the picture show below.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Axle F

Drew has the movie Space Chimps on our Netflix rental right now. They play the song Axle F at a point during the movie and Drew found his groove with it! The band played this last year in the stands at the football game so now he is ready for football games and to hear them play it again. So here it is for all of you to enjoy!

JC Update

Today JC is 11 weeks old on the 11th of August! He is getting bigger all the time. He gets more and more active everyday and likes to smile and laugh and coo at us. He is in his second week of going to daycare. He has done great with this, no problems at all. They all seem to love him there and think he is a great and sweet baby. Here is a video I shot of him last night after bath time.

First Day Down!

Well the first day is over and it seemed to go great! I only waited in the car rider line for about 20 minutes, those were definitely a hot 20 minutes!! He was in a great mood when I got him but very tired! He managed to be silly for a picture, imagine that!

He had his first "homework" assignment tonight. He had a white paper sack that he had to decorate, he drew cars all over it! After decorating the bag they had to put some small items in it that are some of their favorite things. He decided to put several varieties of his cars, his soccer medal, a plastic bug and a picture of he and JC. The one that I am placing below is the one we are taking. And before you say awww, how sweet, he did not think of this on his own, it was mom's idea! All he wanted to put in the bag was more and more race cars! Oh well!


So for Drew's education we have 1 day down and about 17 more years to go!

First Day of Kindergarten

Well here we are outside the school this morning. He was very excited and did so good, mom did not do so well! I was crying last night before we went to bed, woke up with a migraine, and cried the whole way to Hernando! I am feeling better now and he was ready to stay and excited about his knew school.
He wanted me to take one of the new back pack.
And that about sums up the morning. I will post more later on about how the first day went.

For now that is what is going on with the Mayos!

Catching Up

Well I had every intention of posting to the blog last week and just never got the time to do it. It was an incredibly busy week! Jim had something at work on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday night so I was doing the mom and dad roles on those nights. Friday we had friends over, Saturday we went out and today I hosted a baby shower at the house. So I am exhausted and ready for bed but highly emotional in anticipation of dropping Drew off for his first day of kindergarten tomorrow! But before I get weepy again I will catch you up on the week behind us.

Last Monday was JC's first day at Daycare.

I really did good with this. I did not cry until I had left him and managed to pull it together before I even got to the office. He had an incredibly good week and I am so pleased with the place that he is staying. They told me everyday as I picked him up just how good of a baby he is. We do realize that we are incredibly blessed to have such an easy baby. We have actually had 2 incredibly easy babies. We certainly do not deserve it but are so thankful for it. Back to Monday, after I dropped him off and regained my composure I had such an incredible peace. It has just started raining lightly and it was still very sunny out. Just as I got parked and ready to get out of my car I looked up and saw a rainbow. It gave me chills, it was like God telling me that it was all okay and that He is there with JC each day just as He is with me.


Thursday was a special day for me and Drew. I took the day off of work to spend some time with him and to take him to the open house for school to meet his teacher. We ended up taking my nephew Ben along with us for the fun stuff! We went and ate lunch at Chick-Fil-A and the boys played for a little while. Then we went to the movies to see G-Force in 3D. It was fun and a cute movie. Drew has not gotten to see very many movies in the theater so it is always a very special treat when we do. Here are some shots of Ben and Drew in their 3D glasses.
Ben
Drew

After the movie we took Ben home and then went to meet the teacher. We will be in Mrs. Jo Nicholson's class. She is actually a member at The Point where I work so I am excited to have that connection with her. Of course Drew would not talk to her and completely clammed up while we were there! I know it will only take him a few days to warm up. I will not go on and on about it here because I plan to post a whole post on the first day and week of school.


And now I have one last pic to share! This is JC in his outfit he wore to church this morning!


I absolutely love this outfit! It was one that Elizabeth gave me to use that she had bought for Matthew. He was so happy after I had dressed him and when I put the hat on his head he laughed out loud! That is the first real laugh that he has done! I think he looked adorable in it. We have a wedding to go to this coming Friday and I think we will be wearing this outfit again for that!

Well until next time, that is what is going on with the Mayos! Stay tuned for much more info on the beginning of kindergarten for Drew!

2 Month Doctor Checkup

Yesterday JC had his 2 month check up with the doctor. Here are the stats:

13lbs 5 oz (85 percentile)
23 inches long (50 percentile)
15.75 inch head circumference (50 percentile)

He got 3 shots and 1 oral vaccine. He did really good getting all of that done. He did not really run any fever but slept most of the day away and has pretty much done the same today as well. He seems to be having a little tummy reaction to all those shots, but other than that it has been no real big deal.

It is a rather difficult day for me as tomorrow I will be taking him to daycare for the first time. Also I will begin my new work schedule, 7:30-2:30 Mon-Fri. I am very excited about getting off work earlier but am anxious about the getting up so much earlier in the morning. It is going to be interesting to see how we adjust. Drew only has this last week and then he will begin kindergarten. This week is extremely busy with band stuff and church stuff. The busy schedule for the week is not helping with all the emotions I am feeling! I know that God will be my strength through it all. I ask for your prayers as we spend the next several weeks making major adjustments to our daily routines.

Until next time, that is what is going on with the Mayos!