Spring has sprung!

Hello all,

Well, spring is in full bloom in Savannah- literally! Bradley has two gardens in our yard- one in our immediate backyard (the site of last year's garden) and one huge one in our back lot. In our smaller garden, we've planted blueberry bushes and cabbage (and a few other things, though I can't remember what). In our back lot, we have every type of pepper you can imagine, onions, corn, peas, beans (including green beans- yum!), tomatoes (we had a LOT of success growing beautiful toms last year), sunflowers....and I'm sure I'm leaving a couple of other things out!

Here are some pictures of the flowers blooming around our house:

It has taken FOREVER go get these foxgloves to bloom, but it was definitely worth the wait (and Dooley agrees!).

Cabell also celebrated his four-month birthday on Saturday. We spent it attending my friend Lauren's son Nolan's first birthday party. Cabell loved watching the other kids and I know he can't wait until he's big enough to run around like they were! Here are a few pictures of Cab at four months. No real big updates on him, other than the fact that he's getting MUCH better at taking objects that are in his hand and putting them in his mouth. Other than his hands (which are still his favorite things to put in his mouth), Cabell really enjoys taking mommy and daddy's fingers and putting them in his mouth as well. We're gearing up for the appearance of his first tooth any day now!

Cabby in mommy's favorite outfit

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Rock 'n roll forever!!!

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'Til next time...rock on!

Chub-chub

Hi all,
Not too much new to report with Cabell, but it's been over a week since I've posted. Don't want to get lazy on you!
Cabell's appetite continues to improve. He ate four big bottles at daycare yesterday and two more after he got home, so we're feeling much better about his eating. WAIT....did I just say that he ate bottles at HOME? Yes...that is the downside. Unfortunately, he has not been nursing well since he started daycare and he's nursing less and less. He'll nurse for maybe a minute or two, then roll on his back and realize what he's doing and wail and wail until I move him or give him a bottle. It's breaking my heart. So we're seeing a lacatation consultant this weekend in the hopes that they can come up with a solution. We're still aiming for at least a year of nursing and I'm not going to let this get in the way!
In other news, Cabell's hand explorations continue. He has now identified just his thumb and decided that he loves thumb-sucking as well as fist-sucking, so he alternates between the two. He's also beginning to be able to grasp toys and bring them to his mouth to chew on. He did so last night with one of his teethers and he really likes doing it with our fingers!
Cabell is also starting to enjoy being pulled up into a sitting or standing position. He can sit up (with us holding him by the arms) for a few seconds at a time and his neck strength seems to get better and better every day. This morning, I also heard him making some squealing noises and realized they were happy (laughing) squeals. Hopefully I can get some video of this soon.
Daycare has been going pretty well so far. We're still not happy with the place that he's at (we don't feel that it's too safe and I don't like how they let the toddlers get so close to the babies...that makes me VERY nervous), so hopefully we'll get the call soon that there's a spot open at the Children's House for him. Please keep your fingers crossed!
That's about it from Cab-world. I'll try to get some pictures and fun videos up soon!

Cabell's First Easter

Happy (late) Easter everyone!

Well, Cabell continues to improve (health-wise) and grow by leaps and bounds. He is such a happy little boy and loves to "talk" and laugh and laugh and laugh. His favorite thing in the world is when you call him a "siiiiiiiiiiiiiiilly billy!" He thinks it's hilarious.

He also loves to put things (mostly his hands) in his mouth. On Saturday, I gave him his seahorse rattle to see if he'd figure out how to put it in his mouth and we had success!

He also (finally) enjoys riding in his swing. Everyone tells me how much their babies LOVED riding in swings. Well, Cabell certainly isn't like most babies as he is just now starting to enjoy his swing at 3.5 months, but better late than never! If only we could get him to take a nap in it...

Yesterday was Cabell's first Easter. I got him all dressed up in the outfit that grandma bought him and took him to church at Asbury Memorial UMC. I thought bringing him into the church for the sermon was a bad idea (After all, that's what church nurseries are for, right??), but grandma said he'd be fine in church. Well, you know how there's always that ONE baby that won't be quiet during church? That's my Cabell! He started fussing early on and was alternately noisy and talkative for the first hour. After trying my best to take him out and calm him down, we eventually had to leave church early as he was a bit too "animated" for the people of God. His daddy joked that Cabell enjoyed being in church about as much as he does (which is not at all!). We didn't escape without taking a few pictures, though.

Cabell napping as we arrived in church. Too bad that didn't last long!!

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Beneath the "living cross" in the Asbury courtyard.

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After church, we met up with daddy and went to his Meme's house, where they do a big (and very yummy) lunch for the whole family. All of the grandkids were there and Cabell watched as Mary-Cass, Gatlin, and Bradley hunted for Easter eggs, knowing that next year he'd get his turn as well. We had a great time until Cabell started to get very fussy. That's what happens when 3p.m. rolls around and he hasn't napped yet! The really neat thing about this day is that Cabell got to spend time with BOTH of his great-grandmothers. Lucky baby!

<---Cabell and his first Easter basket! (He got several that day!)

Cabell and his Gigi (great grandmother)

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<----All smiles for cousin Lacey (he loved her!)

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<---Dooley inspecting the swing that Meme and Papa bought for Cabell. He has to make sure that "his" baby will be safe in it!

Today Cabell started back at daycare after an almost three-week hiatus. We kept him out an extra two weeks after his hospital stays in order to get him healthy again. Let's hope and PRAY that he stays healthy and doesn't pick up any more awful cruds at daycare!

The Easter Bunny and my pretty little...GIRL???

Hi all.

Cabell's health has improved by leaps and bounds! Gone is that raspy chest breathing, though we are continuing nebulizer treatments a bit longer. His appetite is back (with a vengance!) and so are his cute little "biscuit cheeks." Below is a picture of him getting his first nebulizer treatment at home the FIRST time we returned from the hospital. As you can tell from the picture, he had lost quite a bit of weight when he was sick and it really shows in his face:

Last Saturday, I took Cabell to have his picture taken with the Easter Bunny at the mall. We practiced smiling all morning and Cabell did a great job of smiling and laughing on cue...until he got on the Easter Bunny's lap of course! While he didn't fall apart into hysterics or even get upset at all, he didn't give mommy a smile either, the stinker! He was cute nonetheless and here is a picture of the Cab-Man in the precious Easter outfit that Grandma bought him:

Since Cabell has been recuperating from bronchitis, we were not eager to put him back into the lion's den (AKA daycare) right away. So Grandma and Daddy took turns taking care of him last week and Grandma, Meme, and Daddy all took turns this week. On Tuesday, Cabell was at Grandma's and apparently had a LOT to eat because he pooped through both the outfit he went over in AND his backup outfit. So, mom had to dig around and find something suitable for him to wear as it was very cold that day. Well, she managed to find an old 3-6 month outfit...of mine. I warned Bradley when he went to pick him up that he may want to bring a change of clothes or risk having his little boy out in public dressed like a little girl. Well, Bradley couldn't get the outfit off fast enough, but not before Grandma snapped a picture of him dressed in his mommy's old outfit. The following is what I call baby blackmail GOLD:

Here is a picture of him taken earlier in the day at Grandma's, looking much more like a little boy, albeit an unamused little boy:

Well, I'm off like a dirty diaper. Until next time!