Loving Life

I thought I'd add a few weekend pics! It's just so much fun to hold and love on this little dude. I have to admit, it's been really hard for me to get anything done around the house. We just love to snuggle and coo! He's definately a morning person and I'm not sure where he got that from!

Getting all daddy's sugar

Wearing Pops colors

My brother-in-law (Bob) graduated from Tech last Thursday and on Saturday all the family got together to celebrate and have lunch. Congratulations Bob, we're so proud of you! Enjoy some of our pics from Saturday.

The 4 Thomas Generations(Papaw, Ronnie, Chris & Noah)

Me and Kailee bird

I don't think he liked his hat too much!!

~"Chunk"~

Noah had his first Dr. visit on Monday at 3 weeks old. Just as a reminder...when we left the hospital he was down to 8 lbs. and 14 oz., he was 21.5 inches long, and his head was measurig 14 inches. He's now 10 lbs., 12 oz., 22.5 inches long and his head is now 15 inches. He's in the 90th percentile for his weight and height and 50th percentile for his head. He's going to be a big boy! Dr. Stanley said that he was doing extremely good, and that mommy must be feeding him good groceries. He also said that Coach Dooley's probably got his eye on him as a linebacker. He's had a nasty, gunky eye, but he said that it was alright that it's probably just his tear duct not draining correctly yet. So if he has a nasty eye boogie in any of his pics, that's why. He did so good at the Dr.'s office, he didn't cry one time. And afterwards we went shopping and tried on shoes..check them out. Mommy tries to keep it clean, but he hates me to touch it. Speaking of clean, he does really good taking a bath. He acts like he's freezing to death and gets a death grip on my hand, but besides that I think he likes it. He loves getting his hair washed, he will just lay there and chill. He's an excellent night sleeper, and an absolute day sleep fighter. I can't believe how sleepy he gets and instead of staying asleep and when he's put down, he cries and cries. It amazes me. At night, he eats and goes right to sleep. We've been trying to put him in his big boy bed to get him use to it. Today he laid there for a while listening to his mobile and chatting with me. He's been doing a lot of cooing!

This past Sunday we rode to Gigi and Pops to visit with them and Aunt Kay and Whitney. Aunt Jordan wanted to hold him (she hasn't held him too much) and not long after she gets him, he passed a little gas on her, and left her a surprise in his diaper. We told her that whoever was holding him had to change it! Needless to say, she refused and her friend Halley changed it instead and she did a good job. She even added a little Boudreauxs Butt Paste. We also took a few family pics since my face is almost back to normal.

Granny and Aunt Jack came up to see us on Tuesday. Granny brought fabric to make him valances for his bedroom that mommy never got done. She did a good job and they just finish the room. We love them, thanks! And thanks Jack for your help also.

More Noah....

Here are a few more pics of Noah since we've been at home. We just can't get enough of him!!

Oh yeah and by the way....the Sunday after we got home with Noah, I woke up with Bells Palsy. I don't have a bad case luckily!For those of you who haven't heard of this.....maybe this will hep explain......"Bell's palsy is a paralysis of the facial nerve resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. Several conditions can cause a facial paralysis, e.g., brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease. However, if no specific cause can be identified, the condition is known as Bell's Palsy. Named after Scottish anatomist Charles Bell, who first described it, Bell's palsy is the most common acute mononeuropathy (disease involving only one nerve), and is the most common cause of acute facial nerve paralysis.Doctors may prescribe anti-inflammatory and anti-viral drugs. Early treatment is necessary for the drug therapy to have effect. The effect of treatment is still controversial. Most people recover spontaneously and achieve near-normal functions. Many show signs of improvement as early as 10 days after the onset, even without treatment. Often the eye in the affected side cannot be closed. The eye must be protected from drying up, or the cornea may be permanently damaged resulting in impaired vision."

All I can do is make the best of it and wait for it to go away! Chris says that I look like Popeye when I smile.....thank goodness for a sense of humor!!

Our Prince Has Arrived....

Noah Christopher Thomas was born July 21, 2008 at 6:47 p.m., and weighing in at a whopping 9lbs. 8oz., and 21.5 inches long! And yes, I am still wondering how he possibly fit in my belly! It was such an amazing experience. I knew I loved this baby, but I had no clue how awesome being a "mommy" was going to be.

We went in Sunday, July 20 at midnight and got all of my IV's and other gadgets that had to be hooked up. As soon as I got there and saw my open back gown...my stomach started knotting up...it was really time! They started my pitocin really low and gradually pushed it up a little throught out the rest of the night. By the time 5:00 a.m. came, I had been having at least 3 contractions every 10 minutes. At first they weren't painful, just tightening...but come about 3:00 a.m. that morning....I was wanting to throw anything in reach at Chris while he was snoozing away on the couch over there. The pain was in my lower back and I thought I was dying. When the nurse came in about 5:30 a.m., I just knew that I was already at 8 centimeters and they were going to tell me to start pushing......Yeah Right!! I was only about 3 cm's! We decided to try some pain medication before the epidural (I was trying not to be too big of a whimp) and I can't remember exactly what they gave me, but before she was walking out the room, I couldn't see straight......whatever it was...it made me sleepy. My family had a lot of fun with it...I would be sitting straight up in my bed talking and all of a sudden, I would just go to sleep...then when I would wake up...EVERYONE would be staring at me and laughing! Needless to say, that medication WAS NOT doing the trick....I had already decided that Noah was going to be an only child! About 10:00 a.m., I decided that I didn't care that I was being a whimp or not, it was time for the epidural....CALL IN THE DOC!! This is where my worst fear with childbirth came from and it was by far the easiest! It was easier than putting in my IV! There was no pain at all, except for the contraction that was going on while he was doing it! He did a great job! After that, I was good to go and actually thinking about having a few more kids. Now you know I must have been feeling better! It was a breeze after that. The only problem I had was that I absolutely couldn't move anything below my waist. I thought it was funny! Everytime they came in to check me they would have to move my legs and then when they were done, I'd have to get Chris to come move them back for me... I think the nurses would forget about putting them back down. For a while there, every hour we would be another cm along, but then about 1 or 2 we slowed down. I just rememeber at 4:30 p.m. the nurses came in and said...."Everybody out, we're ready to start pushing and have a baby!!" Woo hoo I was so excited, and it was like a whirwind after that. It really still don't feel like I pushed for 2 hours, I guess time really does fly when you're having fun right! (If you want to call that fun) I had wonderful nurses and coaches. If it wasn't for my sweet nurses, I know I would've definately had to have had a C-section. They worked extremely hard. And then my other coaches consisted of....my wonderful husband (I 'm so glad he went in there with us) and all of our moms.....Glenda, Tink and Pam. And believe it or not, everyone was doing something. It's amazing how modesty goes right out the window in childbirth..but we had lots of fun! I'm so thankful they could all be a part of it somehow!

And after 2 hours of pushing and thinking that he was NEVER coming out....he did, and he was perfect. We didn't get to go home on Wednesday like we'd planned. The doctor came in that morning and said that he had a little bit of jaundice and wanted him to stay another night and see if they could get it to go down, once it starts going down we could go home. Well they gave us a courtesy room so that we wouldn't have to leave the hospital and come back and forth for feedings. The next morning we were told that it actually went up .1, so he was going to have to stay another night. By this time we were extremely tired and ready to be home...and luckily Friday morning he came in and said we were good to go and that he'd see us in 2 weeks. It was finally real, we were going home with OUR baby!

(It was hard working waiting on the little one)

~It's That Time, Baby Noah's On His Way!~

We made it to our due date...July 20, 2008! We decided to go to Gigi and Pops to hang out around the pool and keep our minds...well mine...off of being so nervous and just waiting it out. It was nice to be able to chill and know that I have everything done and ready to go. I woke up this morning telling Chris "This is our last Sunday ever without kids, we're gonna be mommy and daddy tomorrow!" I've been doing that all week...thinkin about all the "last things before kids"! We're so very excited and can't wait to see what he looks like! Hopefully soon we can add a few pics of our new little bundle of joy for all of you! We'll go in tonight a little after midnight to get set up and ready to go, and then in the morning they will turn everything up and get all the excitement going. Wish us luck and keep checking back for updates!

I had to add this pic...the crawfish was in the pool this morning!

The last time to wear my shirt that says..."can you tell me if my shoes match?"