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31
Jul

Mommy learns to post….

By Heather 0 Comments
Categories: Sam, random, Mimi and Grandy and Gigi and Gdaddy

Well, I’ve decided it isn’t fair to make Matt do all the posts and if one is going to get done anytime soon, I better do it. hehe Lots has happened since the last post. I’ll start with Sam’s new discovery of rolling over from back to front and from front to back. He is rolling all over the place. In this picture he had rolled off his blanket under the coffee table and was watching NFL network. This made his daddy very happy :)

He likes to sleep on his side now and he likes to sleep all night long :) He actually went 10 hours last night, which is amazing. I feel like a new woman. He takes great naps and goes down so easy. Last Saturday Matt and I went to his high school reunion in Franklin. Mimi was here visiting so she got to babysit. We spent the day in Franklin at Gdaddy and Gigi’s house before we left for the reunion. It was lots of fun meeting Matt’s high school buddies.

Today Sam went to his 4 month check up. He has become extremely vocal and he loves to yell. It’s really cute. He had to get shots today and he did great. The nurse stuck him with the first needle and he yelled once and that was it. No crying or anything. He is such a trooper. Today he ate cereal for the first time. It was kinda funny because he would take in a spoonful and then spit it right back out. I think he managed to get a little down. I guess we will have to work on the eating of solids.

He is such a happy little boy for the most part. He loves to laugh and smile…..

He also likes to make some goofy faces……

He loves spending lots of time with his daddy during the day while mommy is at work.

I guess that is about all that has happened since the last post. Now that I am posting maybe between the two of us it will be updated more often. Can’t make any promises though….

12
Jun

A Pretty Amazing 2 Years

By Matt 0 Comments
Categories: Sam, random, Mimi and Grandy and Gigi and Gdaddy

Well yesterday was mine and Heather’s 2 year anniversary. It almost seems cliche to say it, but it’s pretty amazing to look back and see how much my life has changed over the past 24 months. Marriage, bought our first place, sold our first place, had a baby, bought our second place, and those are just the major highlights. There have been countless more smaller and less notable things that may not seem to be significant but have all played a major role in making these past 2 years the best 2 years of my life. I can’t wait to look back when it’s been 4, 6, 8 years and see what’s developed then. There is a lot to look forward to.

It’s been a busy past week. And yes, I do realize that it’s been a week without an update, since the very update where I promised to post the next day. So I’ve learned not to promise such things. I really like posting here, and I’ve actually bought the domain themoosles.com where I plan to move this blog shortly, so look for that.

Since my last post Mimi has come to visit, we attended Michael Waggonner’s 16th bday party as well as the annual Skinner family picnic (the Skinners are Heather’s grandmothers side of the family). It’s been a very busy couple of weeks at work for me, but on Thursday we’re taking a long weekend to go hang out with my parents, my sister, her husband and Emma over at a lake near Gatlinburg. It will be really nice to relax for 4 days and get in some good family time, I know they’re all itching to see Sam. Here are a ton of pictures from the various events over the past week. I’ll start out with a series of pictures showing how Sam likes to try really hard to get out of his swaddle blanket. He is usually successful with at least one arm, and we’ve actually started to leave his upper body un-swaddled. We thought we’d try it one night and he did really well, he slept for 2 five hour increments that night, so Heather only had to get up once to feed him, and we were both stunned. He is still doing well so we’ll see if it continues. Talk to you later, sooner rather than later.

Kathleen Foutch and Sam chillin’ in the backyard at Michael’s bday party

Here is Aunt Andrea, Heather, Gigi and Mimi

Grant and Michael

Elise and Cameron

James and Kathleen

30
May

Memorial Day Weekend

By Matt 0 Comments
Categories: Sam, random and Mimi and Grandy

On a last minute change of plans, we decided to go down to Georgia to visit Mimi and Grandy this past weekend for the holiday. We were originally planning to go this coming weekend but neither of us were thinking about Memorial day and we thought we could spend the extra day down there by the pool. So Saturday morning we packed up, which by the way is not nearly as easy as it used to be, and headed for Carrollton, GA. This was Sam’s first time to lounge by the pool so we stopped by Target to pick up a swimsuit for him, but apparently they don’t make swimsuits that small, so he just got a pair of cool red shorts. He got to wear his super-cool shades too.

“yeah, i’m cool. yeah, i have a pacifier. you got a problem with it?”

We forgot to bring Sam’s bathtub with us so we had to get creative and Grandy had a good idea. They had a nice plastic dog kennel that had never been used so we took the top off and set it in the sink, and it worked perfectly. Sam loved it, he’s a fan of bathtime.

“careful there, lady. you’re walking on thin ice here.”

We were there until Tuesday morning, so we got to spend some good time with Mimi and Grandy, and we got to see Emily and John a couple of times too, so that was fun. It was a nice relaxing weekend and now we won’t need to travel this coming weekend, so I will plan on finishing off some projects around the house to get us completely settled. Nana and Papa are coming tomorrow for a couple of days, and they’re bringing Graham home. They will also have Emma with them so it should be a fun weekend. Talk to you more later.

“what’s the big deal about this sitting-up stuff? seems pretty easy to me.”

“tummy time is fun for a little while, but I’m about to let you know that I’m tired of it.”

06
May

Weekendo De Mayo

By Matt 0 Comments
Categories: Sam, random, Mimi and Grandy and house

This weekend was a good one. Mimi was in town and most of the day yesterday and today was spent with her and the rest of the Waggoner family. Yesterday Heather, Sam and Mimi all got up and went to Franklin to be with Heather’s Grandparents. I wanted to go but needed to do some work on a pressing deadline, so I let them go without me and did my best to knock out my work while they were gone. From what it sounds like, they had a good time without me.


G-Daddy and Michael playing Skip-Bo


Elise getting in some Sambo time


Michael, Aunt Pam and Mimi being entertained


Greta, secretly plotting something. What exactly, we’re not sure yet.

After they came back we went out to the house to show Mimi, and we are starting to think that we will be good to close on our contract date, which is May 17th. They keep telling us it might be early, but there is a lot left to do before it’s ready, so we’re not too optimistic. It’s less than 2 weeks away regardless, so we can handle it. From there we took Mimi to Miller’s Grocery, and for those who have never been, I urge you to make the trip to Christiana, TN ASAP. It’s so good. They had a live bluegrass band playing, and it was a lot of fun. Sam just chilled out and was overall unimpressed, but one day he will appreciate it for what it is. He hasn’t had his life changed by the squash cassarole yet, so I don’t blame him for his lack of enthusiasm.

 

Today was another busy day. I played at church this morning, and while I love doing it, it always wipes me out. Playing for 3 services in a row is more tiring than you would think, but it’s great to be involved with what the church is doing. Heather, Sam and Mimi came to the 9:30 service, then went out to Franklin, where I met up with them after the 11:00 service. We go to Heather’s Grandparents house every Sunday for lunch. After that we came home and the rest of the day was pretty relaxed. We ate some dinner and I finished up some work while Heather got Sam fed and put him down for bed. That leads us to here, me typing on the computer, Heather sleeping beside me, and Sam asleep in his room. Not a bad way to end a good weekend, if I do say so myself.