My thumb

It's official! Trace has found his thumb. I have caught him sucking on it a few times. We think it's cute right now but I know it will be hard to get him to stop. But what do you do? It's his thumb... It's not like I can take it away from him. : )

Also, he has started sleeping though the night. He slept all night Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and only got up once to eat last night then fell back asleep. It's great! Thank you Trace.

Belated Mothers Day

I know. It's been awhile. But, better late than never. : ) Where do I start?
Mother's Day weekend was really nice. We spent all day Friday showing that baby boy off all over town. We went to my great Aunt Wanda's and to a couple of my Dad's friends home. Saturday we spent all day at my mom's with my sisters and nieces. Needless to say they loved Trace. I don't think he went 2 minutes without being held. He loved them just as much. It's too bad we couldn't stay longer. We went to church on Sunday and then back to Mom's for brunch. We hung out till about noon with every one and then headed back to Nashville. He did great in the car. Of course it was awesome to have Aunt Kristen in the car to help stick that passy back in place! We stopped once both ways to feed him, but that didn't take too long and we were back on the road. When I got home Sunday, John let me relax and he took care of the little man. He missed us! He grilled out and made me a nice dinner in.
Trace did great at his second week of school. Tuesday he had his two month check up. He weighed in at 11.11 pounds and is 24 inches tall!!!! He is in the 80th percentile for his height! : )
He did fine with his shots. He cried of course. Daddy held him and he fell asleep shortly after. He didn't run a fever but was a little sore in the legs the next day so I gave him a little Tylenol and that seemed to help. He got 4 Shots. Two in each leg.
Yesterday John had his company picnic at Nashville Shores (a local water park) The weather was a little cool but it was a pretty nice day. Trace and I hung out on a blanket under a big shade tree. He did his first outside tummy time!

Trace has REALLY discovered his thumb... He has gotten it in there pretty good in the last couple of days....

That's about it for now. Hope you are all doing well!

Daddy bought me a bumbo.... Whats a bumbo?
Tummy time at the park

Chillin in my swim trunks!

What?

Grandpa and Trace

Trace's Great, Great Aunt Wanda, Trace, Me and Grandpa

Grandma and Trace

Aunt Michelle, Trace and Half of Samantha....

Smiling baby! : )

Oh... So many girls!

Aunt Kristen... I'm sleepy

Trace and Mommy on Mothers Day!!!!

Trace and the girls

Laura and Trace

Leah and Trace

Samantha and Trace... (I had about 120 pictures of Samantha and Trace to pick from)

Samantha, Trace and Mommy!

First day of school!

Can you tell that I am back to work? The post are few and far between this week. It has been a busy week for all of us. We had a nice weekend last week. We went to a little spring festival on Sunday. The weather was perfect. Trace had his first day at school on Monday. He did really well. They let us call to check in on him. I think daddy has called more than mommy. :) He has done really well. He has been so busy during the day that he really wants to sleep when he gets home. He only got up once each night this week. Last night he slept from 5:00 in the evening till 12:00. He ate 6 oz of milk and slept till 7:00 this morning. I think he will be sleeping through the night before long! Yeah Trace! He, like his mommy, needs his beauty rest. :) I came home from work not feeling well yesterday so I stayed home today. I think I had a 24 hour bug. I am starting to feel a little better. Tonight, Aunt Kristen is coming to spend the night because she, Trace and I are headed to Mississippi in the morning. Going to Grandma's!!!!! We will see Grandma, Grandpa Ed, Grandpa, Aunt Michelle, Uncle Chuck, and the girls (Leah, Laura & Sami), along with a few other visits that we will try to make. Grandma is SO excited to have all of her girls and grandchildren coming home for mothers day. Trace sent mommy flowers to work yesterday for an early Mothers day present. They are so pretty. Tulips, my favorite! Better get packing!

Ready to go to the park!
Yes, there is a baby in there...

See there he is!

First day of school!

getting big

Our little man is getting big. At least he thinks he is. He is really holding up his head. He still loves tummy time and thinks he can crawl but he cant.... Mommy and Trace had a great time with April and Mckinley (her daughter) on Monday. We spent some time walking around the mall and caught up over a nice lunch on the patio at Bistro 215. It was such a nice day and the babies were great through our long lunch. I'm so sad that I didn't get any photos... I haven't done very well in that area this week. I will do better. My friends Veronica and Amy came to visit one night this week. And again... no photos... : ( John was off on Thursday so we went to lunch and spent the day with him. We took Trace's supplies to his school so he will be ready to go on Monday. I start back work full time on Monday. I'm sure he will do great! It's me I'm worried about. Look forward to some teary eyed pictures of his first day (me not him)...

Trace has discovered his thumb. He keeps trying to put it in his mouth. So far he just rubs it across his mouth. He has managed to get it in there once or twice but hasn't really sucked on it yet...

Tilly thought resting on her brother would be an easy way to keep up with him.

Still working those neck muscles