8 Months!

Wesley Kristofer,

You are now eight months old! Time is flying by way too fast. Just stay little please. We love you so much. You're the sweetest, happiest little baby. You love your dad so much, you bust into tears every time he leaves a room. It's pretty sad. You're still a great sleeper. Although, you are becoming kind of shy. You get this kind of freaked out look when a stranger picks you up. Hopefully that phase doesn't last long. You're getting pretty big too, eighteen month clothes seem to be fit you pretty well these days. Any thing that is smaller than 12 months, forget about it.

Some firsts-
1. His first tooth popped through on your eight month birthday!!
2. Attended your first wedding reception-Aunt Carrie got married to Uncle Lee.
3. Stayed your first night away from your parents with Grandma Thurgood
4. You like to stand up holding onto furniture now.
5. Tried baby yogurt, table food, bread, sherbet ice cream, different pastas, string cheese, fruit loops, meatballs, and many others I am sure.
6. You babble constantly, and like to say dada a lot. You will only say mama if you are in your crib crying.
7. You can get up on your hand and knees and move backwards pretty well, now you need to move forward.
8. You giggle out loud at some of the funniest things, and everyone else can't help but laugh when you let your little chuckle.
9. You like to feed yourself finger foods now. It is very messy though.

We love you little guy. You are the best thing that has ever happened to us. We can't wait to see what the next month brings! hopefully some crawling and more teeth.

Love,
Mom and Dad

Storms, Storms Go Away

As many of you know, storms hit the state pretty bad almost a month ago. April 27th to be exact.

Words can't describe. I don't even know where to start. Tornadoes hit all across the state, lives were lost, homes gone, and power was out.

I was with my mom the day it happened. We were caught out in the storm heading to her house. We couldn't get home, there were trees down everywhere. It was only 11 o'clock in the morning and we still had the rest of the day ahead of us. We were shaking with fear. We didn't know where to go, we headed to Kroger, sat in the back dripping wet, shaking, freezing, with 100 of our closest friends it seemed like at that moment. Some publix lady was holding wesley, trying to keep him warm. How kind was she. People screamed updates. Tornado here, one is heading this way. The worst was yet to come though.

Mom, Wesley and I made it home a short while later. We ate our cold lunch, and stayed glued to the tv. More tornadoes came through. I had everything we would need in the hallway and bathroom. Kris was stuck at work, and couldn't come home. Then about four o'clock more storms came. The worst thing you can hear from the weather man, Monrovia you have FOUR MINUTES to take cover! I was mess. We did that for the next two hours. In and out of the bathroom. I cried. We laughed. We were in a daze really. My sister made it home right before the last storm. We huddled there together. Ready for the worst.

We went outside at a break. I found hail the size of a golf ball in the front yard.

The next storms came. Kris made it home. We had no power, no tv, no cell phone service. We were in shock. We had a weather radio that was our lifeline to the outside world for the next five days.

That night came. It was eerily dark. No lights anywhere to be seen. It can get pretty dark without any light whatsoever. Kris and I drove to our apartment to collect items and make sure it was okay. We talked to some friends from tuscaloosa, they lost everything. You can read her story here. You will need a tissue or two.

The next five days we had no power. We volunteered. Helped friends that were worse off than us. My mom got a generator the next day from clarksville tn. We survived pretty well. Others were not so lucky. We went to one of the neighborhoods that got hit horrible. It was unbelievable. Nothing left of houses. Pictures of people everywhere. We helped what we could. Talked to people cleaning up what was left of their houses. There is still tons to be done. But we were lucky.




That's our clothes line, where we ate. and how we cooked at night. We could hook up things to the generator. Laundry was a must with a baby. and its amazing how one little lamp can make you feel so much better.

Now every time a storm is coming we get uneasy. I think i might get ulcer or something from worry. At one point during that Wednesday i took my blood pressure and it was something outrageous like 140 over 87. Usually it's around 110-120 over 60-70.

SEVEN MONTHS!

Wesley turned seven months April 29th. No pictures were taken. Sorry. We were in the aftermath of the tornadoes. We made it but were without power for five days! I'll post about that after.

But Dear Wesley,

I can't believe you are seven months old. Time is flying by so fast! You are so much fun, and I love every day I get to spend with him! He's got so many tricks up his sleeves, he always keeps Kristofer and I Laughing so much.

Some new things:
-Eats table food. If you are eating, he thinks he should be eating.
-He loves baby mums mums from target. They are rice rusks.
-He loves his Grandma Thurgood. She makes him laugh so much. We spent about nine days with them during the tornadoes. I think he was in heaven.
-He rolls constantly, and now he gets up oh his hands and knees. He wants to crawl so bad!
-He's is a momma and dada's boy.
-He says dada occasionally.
-Loves to scream
-Loves to put his paci in and out of his mouth.
-We've discovered he "talks" in his sleep sometimes.
-Survived his first tornadoes, as well as lasted without power for five days
-Loves baby einstien dvd's
-likes to play the piano
-if you pick him up and are carrying him. he likes to hold onto your ear.

He's the sweetest baby ever. We love every minute we get to spend with him.