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Weekend Fun!!

This past weekend DeDe and Nanna came for a visit. It was so much fun! They arrived Friday afternoon and left Saturday afternoon. Saturday we went out for brunch and ran a few errands. James Bradford was a superstar and such a trooper at the restaurant. Here are a few pictures from this weekend.

It was such a nice visit. Thank you so much for coming to visit!! Cant wait for the next one!

Mommy's Super Star

Grandma found this onsie for James Bradford. It was so fitting as he has been our little super star sleeper!!!

Thanks Grandma!!

4 Month Check Up

Today we went for James Bradford's 4 Month Dr. Appointment. I was so excited about going and seeing how much he had grown since his 2 Month Appointment. Sure enough he has grown (as if we had doubted!!)

James Bradford weighed in today at 16 lbs 4 oz!! (75% percentile) and measured 25.5 inches long (75% percentile).

He had a great checkup! Dr. Wilson said he looks great and seems to be doing well.

I was so proud to be able to tell her that he is sleeping through the night and that he is still nursing. Although the nursing has gotten harder. Unfortunately he seems to prefer the bottle most feedings.
She said we could start him on rice cereal and baby food at any time we want now. But we have decided to wait a little bit longer.

It broke Mommy and Daddy's heart when he had to get his vaccines today. He was not very happy. He cried - he cried hard, and it made mommy want to cry! When we got home he got a bottle and some Tylenol. He fell asleep in his mamas arms. Instead of moving him after a rough morning, I decided we would take a nap together. He slept for about an hour - and I even slept some!



We were so proud of our super star patient. I still cant believe how fast these first 4 months have flown!

4 Months!

Happy 4 Month Birthday James Bradford!!!

It is so hard to believe that our sweet baby boy is 4 months old today! It literally feels just like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. With the blink of the eye is already 4 months old!!

He is such a happy baby. Here are some things that he is doing these days:

-He loves to play on his play mat. His favorite toy is his duck (pictured at the bottom of the pic)

-he is sleeping through the night - woohoo. Most nights sleeps consecutively from 7:30pm - 6am

-sometimes while bottle feeding he sucks his thumb at the same time

-He loves playing in the bath. (And loves it that Daddy is now the bath giver since Mommy cant do it right now)

-His bedtime routine begins at 6:30 pm with his bath and is then followed by lotion and getting in his pjs. Then Mommy reads him a story from the Bible and a book. He then gets his bottle and mommy sings and prays with him. His favorite song is "Hushabye"

-He loves music. Pandora has become one of mommy's best friends.

-He loves to talk and smile.

-He is so patient with his mommy. He loves wheel chair rides!

Monday we have his 4 month check up and I'll update you on his stats. But here is a picture from today. He was playing on his play mat with his Mama and Grandma. He had on his snowflake outfit, because its been so cold here. MDO was even cancelled at the beginning of the week, so he only got to go today!

Hope y'all have a nice weekend!

Top 10 in 2010

Several blogs that I read did a post called "Top 10 in 2010", I thought I should copy! So here it is, my list:

Top 10 Most Memorable Memories in 2010 (in no particular order, other then number 1!)

10. Finding out I was pregnant - January 4th
9. Traveling to Pasadena to see the Tide win their 13th National Championship! Roll Tide! - January 7
8. Going to NYC to see one of my besties from high school. - January 14
7. Celebrating my Grandmother's 80th Birthday at the Lake. - May
6. Date with the Grinnell girls to see the Sound of Music - August
5. Breaking my leg at work - December 21
4. 4 Fabulous Baby showers! June, July, August, September
3. Trying to sell our house, didn't sell - making it work for a family of 3
2. Celebrating our 3rd anniversary
And the the #1 memory of 2010 . . .
1. Having James Bradford!!! - September 14

Doctor Update

I was getting tired of writing about my injury so I had to do a couple posts not really related to my injury. But I could not, not journal about some of the hospital stuff!!

**Warning, there is a picture of my leg, if you get wheezy you may want to skip this post**
My all time favorite visitor was of course my baby!! I went 24 hours without seeing this little guy. I am so thankful he was able to come see me. Definitely by far the best medicine. - See that leg all wrapped up . . .

. . . well this is what the inside now looks like. 8 screws and a plate later.(Reminds me of those 'Erector Sets' my brother had growing up) I will forever beep as I go through metal detectors - guess Ill be going for the pat down at the airport from now on!

And here it is - my leg. Count them if you want - or I can just tell you - 17 staples and 3 stitches (one hiding) Unfortunately, I'm going to have one nice scar=( (please, excuse the hairy leg!)

Monday we went to the Doctor and received a grand report. Everything is looking good, although it will be at least another 6 weeks until I can put any type of weight on it. But that sounded better then the original additional 8-10. They removed my staples and my stitches. The guy that removed them all actually went to high school and Samford with me, so that actually calmed my nerves some while they were being removed. It actually didn't hurt! - Just a little pinch each time, not to bad!

The Dr. cleared me to start outpatient therapy, rather then in home. Woohoo! So I start Physical Therapy out of the home next week. Which will be nice to get out and get fresh air at least 3 times a week.

If you ever need an orthopedic doctor, I have a great recommendation! (hopefully you won't ever need one, but let me know if you do!) The Dr. did a fabulous job - plus he is young and handsome! (Sorry single friends, he is married else I would try to work my magic!) He understood my want and need to nurse James Bradford again and to be able to get around and care for him - as he has a wife and they are expecting their 3rd child. Also, he told us that he thought about us over Christmas and wondered how we were doing, adjusting and where we were living. I just thought that was so nice and showed concern for his patients.

Well that's all for now. Hope I didn't gross you out! Over all I was happy with our Dr. appointment! It made for a good start to the week!