My 30th Birthday

So I turned 30 over a month ago! My sweet husband and sister threw me a great party! It was a little crazier than I had envisioned my 30th birthday to be, with Walker still in the NICU at that time.  All in all it was SO fun though, and Savannah loved it too.  We had the party at my favorite restaurant, Izzy's, and had a really yummy cake.  All of my favorite people were there.  It was hard to get to talk to everyone, cause I wanted to visit with everyone but I would run out of time.  Thank you to everyone who came and a special thank you to my husband and sister and parents for making it such a special day.  I love you guys and feel so blessed!  [My coworkers also took me out to eat for lunch, which was fun as usual-thanks you guys!]

Coworker Lunch and flowers from Birc!

30 is turning out to be great! I love my life and am so thankful for each person and pet and blessing in my life. 

Pictures from the past few weeks

Just a few pictures I want to share.  We've got a super busy week with a little princess turning 2 on Friday!

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I did for sure.  Seeing both our families and spending time with my babies was just what I needed.  I feel blessed just looking at these photos.  :)

family photo FAIL. hah!

My mama made that dress last year and we turned it into a shirt this year.  Adorable still.  

I have no pictures of you, Anna! I don't know how that happened…but Anna was there too.  I also don't have a picture of Hank but he was there too at Birc's parent's house.  

Walker at 2 months

Walker turned two months old on Saturday! How the time has flown, I cannot believe he is 2 months already!

He weighs about 8 pounds (8 lb, 2 oz on Monday!) and is eating about 80 ml of breast milk every 3-4 hours.  In the evening he is usually eating every 2 hours for a 6, 8, and 10 feeding and then going about 5 hour stretches in the night. Which we love. He's staying awake for maybe 3-4 hours total per day.  Which is newborn-style, which is what stage he's technically in.  We go for his follow-up eye exam this week so I am hoping to hear that his retinas have matured and we don't have to go back for a while, but I know God is taking care of him whatever they say.  (he has to go every 2 weeks and get his eyes dilated and stay for a 3-4 hour appointment until his retinas mature or he unfortunately could possibly develop a vision problem but we are praying that doesn't happen.) He's wearing newborn clothes and fitting in them perfectly.  He's wearing size newborn diapers but will be moving to size 1 sometime this week (mainly because we're out of newborn after this bag and we don't want to buy more and not be able to use them).  Walker is a generally happy baby and just wants to eat, sleep, and be warm. He takes a "soothie" pacifier sometimes but isn't really crazy about it just yet.  I wish he'd take the Nuk ones so I could hook it onto more paci clips but oh well. The 'soothie' kind are what they used in the NICU.  

Now for pictures, in his own room to boot!

Nope, don't want to take pictures on this huge day bed!

Ok, this is better at least I have a companion

I will look right at you.  but I will not smile yet.

hey teddy, are you smiling? I'm not, don't give in!

mama.  I told you, I'm not ready to smile while I'm awake yet.  You'll have to settle for my sleepy dreamy smiles for now.

Ok, the rocker is fine. But this pillow is huge!

Now we're lying down, teddy? What's the deal-i-o?

Ok I am just going to eat my hands until you give up, mama. I'm all done.  

PS I forgot to mention that CC also made his curtains in his room.  See next post about his room to see how great they turned out!

Walker's Room

Here are some pictures of Walker's room! I think he loves it already :) (the few minutes he's been in there-he is still sleeping in a bassinet in our room)

Before as our guest room: (we already had his crib put together)

Here's Walker's room!

The bookcase my daddy built for me when I was little

 My Grandmother's dresser without the mirror attached

Thanks for helping me hang the artwork, CC.

Day bed with a trundle underneath.  Still needs some navy pillows by CC and me.  Someday...

Look at all of his gifts and books he was given!

Thanks CC for making the bumpers!

And the adorable monogrammed pillow!

That's it!