Sam's Fam: March 2015

Friday, March 20, 2015

Baseball, Jama, and a Hospital Stay!

Wow, I had not planned to go almost three weeks without posting, but it has just been a busy month so far! Let's see if I can condense everything down enough for people to actually read it all. ;) The first week of March was filled with the kids starting school and t-ball practices. They both absolutely love school, and Bryant loves t-ball. He actually gets upset when practices are cancelled due to weather. Josh also took Bryant to the golf course for the first time and he got to hit some range balls. Of course Bryant was sooo happy!!! I went to my first MOPS meeting on that Wednesday. It was really good! I can't wait to have the opportunity to get to know some of the other moms better. That weekend Jama came into town to stay the next week with me. The reason was 1. Of course she wanted to meet Thomas and see the other kids, but 2. Josh was out of town all week in the Dominican Republic with the other coaches and their wives. It was Spring Break at UGA, and they go on a trip each year. I unfortunately missed out due to having a newborn. :( I'll be ready for next year though! ;) Before Josh left he took Bryant and Jama to a baseball game and they also visited the stadium and other facilities. I think Bryant thought it was awesome! Anyway, while Josh was on his trip he had a great time and was able to relax and I stayed busy busy. Thanks to Jama being here I was able to get a ton of errands done, and things such as getting a new drivers license, etc. It was so helpful! And of course she was a big help with the kids…actually more so than Josh is. I should of just kept her around instead of Josh! ;) jk Love you Josh. :) While Josh was gone Taylor had what I think was a cold and decided to share it with Thomas. And unfortunately by this past Saturday Thomas was pretty sick and congested. He was having to labor to breath and ended up with almost a 101 fever…which is too high for a baby his age. So at the doctor's orders I took him to the ER on Saturday night. We ended up being there until Monday. :( They ran all sorts of tests, did a chest xray, and even ended up doing a spinal tap (which is the worst thing in the world by the way) all to have everything come back negative. So they kept us for a couple of days and ended up doing some antibiotics to be safe and we had some breathing treatments to try to help him with that. And of course they came in monitoring him every 30 minutes it seemed! When we followed up with the doctor on Wednesday he was doing really good. My unprofessional diagnosis is that he had a cold, that because of his age, affected him worse than an older child…hence the hospital admittance. The only other noteworthy thing from this past week was that Wednesday night we had a Baby Shower for one of the coaches wives' and I actually got to go! (Of course I had to take Thomas with me, but still!) I had met a handful of the other wives, but this was my chance to really meet pretty much all of them. It was lots of fun and they all seemed super sweet!! Whew, I guess that's all for now. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I will try not to go as long before my next post. :) Enjoy the pics!

Sweet boy

T-ball practice

He can really hit it!

Ready for the ball

Bubble time!

Straight chillin'

She loves her baby.

GOLF!!!

My girl :)

Sleepy sleepy

UGA Baseball Game

In the dog house :)

That's a big G!

Swingin'

Climbing at the park

Watching the ducks

They had fun feeding them.

Fun with Jama!

A girl and her dog.

When did she get so big?

I love his sleep poses.

Playground time at our house.

Seriously…I love her in pigtails.

My big boy!

Playing tennis

Dreaming of warmer days when the pool is open.

Picnic lunch outside.

Sleeping…again. ;)

Poor Thomas really never gets a break. They love him. A lot.

Sleepy baby girl.

Building a tower as tall as him!

Poor baby in the ER.

Sleeping with mommy in his hospital room.

Hospital gown…who knew they made them for babies.

SO happy to be back home.

All of my precious babies!!

Taylor is so silly.

Playing in Thomas's crib…I had wondered why they were being quiet.

My heart.

Wide-eyed!

Until next time…

Heather

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Home Sweet Athens!!

Well, it is safe to say it has been a crazy couple of weeks for us!! Last time I posted I was introducing our sweet new addition. Now, 2 weeks later, I'm posting about our moving and settling into Athens, GA. Crazy!?!? So the week before we moved I luckily had my mom helping me some. She was a lifesaver. The movers came and packed up the house on Wednesday and then loaded everything into the truck on Thursday. So my mom took the two older kiddos home with her on Thursday. Thomas and I stayed in Birmingham because I had to go to the closing of our house on Friday. Emily was of course sweet enough to put us up for the night! :) Then I closed on our house Friday morning…which was so bittersweet…and afterwards Thomas and I left and started our drive to Athens! We stayed with Josh at the house he had been staying at on Friday night, and then Saturday the movers came and unloaded at our new house. And yes…I am directing and handling all of this with a newborn while Josh worked. ;) Anyway, this first week in Athens has actually been pretty great! We have been quite busy and already started making friends. :) On Sunday my parents brought Taylor and Bryant up to us, and then spent the night so they could help watch the kids while I got the house put together some. Oh, I forgot to mention that poor Taylor was diagnosed with strep throat the Friday she was in Opelika. Poor thing was pitiful for almost a week!! Thank goodness she has been back to herself since about Wednesday or Thursday… So, Sunday and Monday were spent adjusting all three kids to the new house and hanging pictures, organizing the house, etc. Monday afternoon we went up to Josh's office so that the kids could see where daddy works. They had lots of fun! On Tuesday I had to take Thomas to the doctor for his 2 week checkup. All went well and he weighed in at 9 lbs 7 oz. So not back to his birth weight yet, but getting there! We have to go for a weight check this week, and then the next week he'll go back for his one month checkup. On Wednesday we visited the preschool that Bryant and Taylor will be attending starting tomorrow. It went great and Bryant and Taylor did amazing. They both just walked into their classrooms and joined in with what everyone was doing. I am SO lucky to have such well-adjusting, independent kids. And Bryant is so excited about starting his new school tomorrow, and the fact that he gets to go 4 days instead of 2 like at his Alabama school. Taylor will still just be going 2 days. On Thursday I took the kids to Pump it Up. There just so happens to be one here in Athens that is less than 5 minutes from our house. How great is that!?! Anyway, they of course had a blast and got to run off some energy. Then on Friday it was FINALLY not raining or snowing or icing. So we went to the park that afternoon. We actually met some friends there. A friend from Bham connected me with a girl she went to high school with, and we met them at the park. She has a 4 year old girl and 2 year old boy. The kids played great together and it was so nice to talk with another adult. :) And she is also a member of the MOPS group here, which I am going to be a part of. On Saturday we ran errands and spent time with Josh since he was off. That night we had three other coaches and their families over for dinner. It was great to meet some of the other coaches wives and to hang out as families. It was a little crazy though because we had a total of 10 kids, all 5 & under!!! But I think everyone had fun! :) Lastly, last Sunday we visited Athens Church and this Sunday I braved taking all 3 kids by myself to check out Grace Fellowship. I don't know if either are for us, I know we'll visit a few more before deciding. After having the best church ever, it's hard to find a new one. Too bad Church of the Highlands can't come here… :( Well, whew, I guess that is it for now. Sorry for the LONG post, but a lot has happened! Below are tons of pictures.