New pics of our 20 lb 10 oz baby!

Swinging Giggles

Jumpy Jump

Mommy & Pod fall asleep on the couch & Daddy takes our picture!

Isn't this the most precious picture?

Hey Good Lookin' Whatcha Got Cookin'?

Look, Mom, No Hands!

Pod has had a jumpy for a few months now and never really cared too much about it. The other day I got it back out again to see what he thought of it. Now we can't keep him out of it! He absolutely LOVES it!

Pod is doing well. He's turning over to his belly and back to his back again. He is also gripping items. He shook his rattle the whole ride to school today! He is growing like a weed & goes for his six month check up next week. Time is flying by! Before you know it, we'll be having his one year birthday party... hmmmm I better get to planning!

Well, here's a video of him in his jumpy. It's funny to watch him in it. I love to watch him jumping. It looks like he's trying to do an Irish Riverdance or something. He just has a ball and is usually grinning ear to ear!

Talk to you all soon!

PS - Pod wants to type you all a message....

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More Pics and A Speedy Gonzales Video

Okay so here are some more pictures. The first few are Pod in his Steelers outfit that his Pap and Grandma Amy got for him. He was a real hit at the daycare and the super bowl party, too! Everyone loved his little Pittsburgh outfit!

The next picture was taken one day while Pod and I played in the kitchen. He loves to walk in his walker. I know he's only 4 months old. Well, in the picture above he's only 3 months old, just about to turn four months and he was already walking in the walker! He loves it!!

The next picture down was his first day of day care. I'm a blubbering mess.... I didn't want to leave him. However, he & I have both adjusted so well. I absolutely love that daycare and he does, too. He socializes with his little friends and the teachers all treat him well. He's learning a lot & has improved so much in just over a month. I'm amazed! I think that daycare, although I fought and fought not to have to send him, was a blessing afterall. I don't have to go out of my way to drop him off and I'm literally less than a minute up the road from him. I can stop in and see him whenever I want. I make unannounced visits and do not have one complaint yet. They treat him great and he loves the teachers! He's all smiles in the mornings when I drop him off. It's great, but then again, it breaks my heart! :)

The next two pictures down again are pictures of him in his walker.

The two pictures of Pod in his sunglasses were taken yesterday. It was in the 60's here and we took him for his first trip to the park. He wore the sunglasses so at some point during our walk, he fell asleep. I'm not sure when, because the glasses are dark, but nevertheless, he was at the park....

Last but not least is the video of him in his walker for all the non-believers... He is 4 months old in this video and going to town. Really, though, he's not going anywhere like he normally does. It seems like when I get the camera out, he's done "performing".... This is the best I could do!

Love you all!

It's been a while!

Wow! It has been so long since my last post! Before Christmas??? Goodness!!! I cannot believe it. Okay so here goes.....

On December 23rd, Joe and I took Jace to see Santa. We stood in line for a few hours while Jace slept. Then right before we got to the beginning of the line, we woke him up and got him ready. He wore a cute little snowman sweater and pants that Grandma Dana got for him. Jace really liked Santa. He didn't cry at all! Santa said he was honored to meet Jace and that he's been a very good boy. He said that he's a well behaved baby and truly a blessing. I told Santa I couldn't agree more! Jace really didn't smile for the picture with Santa, but he was holding on to his hand! LOL

On Christmas Eve we went to Machael and John's house for the annual Christmas Eve dinner. There was a ton of food. We did the dirty santa gift exchange in which I got a pan. I can't remember what Joe got. Jace got a hat.

On Christmas mornning Jace woke up at 5:30 for a bottle. We stayed up until Daddy got up at 6:00. We had our gift exchange & Jace played with toys from Santa. Then Jace & Daddy went back to sleep. I worked on getting some things ready for the Christmas brunch and then we all got ready to leave. We went to Joe's parents' house for Christmas Day. We had our gift exchange and brunch... well.... it was supposed to be a brunch, but ended up being a lot of work. We didn't eat until late afternoon by the time it was all ready to go.

New Years Eve we spent at home. Jace slept through the ball dropping but woke up shortly thereafter for a bottle. Joe and I watched the ball drop. It was a bittersweet thing for me as it usually always is. New Years is always a bittersweet time.

Jace started daycare on January 5th. He loves his school and his teachers. He is everyone's favorite! They all spoil him. He's the only boy in the infant room. The second week of being there, though, he got sick and contracted RSV. He was out of school for a quite a while with that. It's a viral respiratory infection, so he couldn't be around other babies.

Let's see what else.... oh yeah, he's actually "walking" in the walker, not jumping around. He makes it go all over the house. We've put him on rice cereal twice a day and he's also eatting sweet peas. He loves sweet peas!!!

The last time Jace was weighed (January 16th) he weighed just under 17 pounds.

He is still such a happy baby, full of life and smiles. What a blessing he is. I just love him to death!

Well, here are two video clips for your amusement.

Gigantic Cookies

Okay, so cooking and baking hasn't been my 'thing'. I get it honestly, I guess, just ask Mom. But anyway, I try because I enjoy doing it. I've told Joe many times that I wish I could cook. I can't just start baking or cooking without a recipe. I'm not one of those types, although I would love to be. I'm not very organized in the kitchen either. If I had to prepare a whole meal like my Aunt Darcy does at Thankgsiving, I'd go nuts. I wouldn't know what to make in advance, yada yada yada.

Well this year I offered to help out again with the candy cane cookies. Joe's mom always makes them. I made them last year and they were pretty awful. Anyway, Sue said it would be great if I could make a batch. I knew I could make cookies in advance. So, this morning I started making the candy cane cookies. They're not the easiest things in the whole world to make, but they're pretty interesting.

So I was rolling them out and twisting them up. They baked and came out looking like walking canes instead of candy canes! They're huge!! I called Sue and told her I was going to make peppermint sticks instead of candy canes becuase they keep falling apart. You can't tell in the picture but most all of them are broken! Well, the one you can tell it was broken, so I had to taste test.

So, we'll each get one cookie for Christmas... LOL oh well... at least I tried!!!

Who Is The Happiest Baby In All Of The USA?

Is he not the very cutest baby you've ever seen? Okay, okay... I'm a little biased... Anyway, the top picture of him in his hat and coat was from our shopping trip yesterday. It was bitter cold out and I had him bundled up like Randy on the movie "A Christmas Story". He looked so adorable in his little hat. He had a good time shopping with me. He stayed awake the whole trip (2 hours). When we got toward the house, I realized I needed to run to the bank. As soon as I passed our road, he started crying. I had to pull over in the Home Depot parking lot and feed him his bottle. He was fine after that. The top picture was taken while we were in Home Depot's parking lot.

The next three pictures were from Joe's birthday. In the top picture, check out the new microwave. It was a birthday present to Joe from his parents. Also, the shirt Joe is wearring is another birthday present.

Pod's clothes he had on were purchased for Christmas, but he needs them now. LOL The jeans, which are too long, are 12 months, the socks are 12-24 months, and the two T-shirts are 6-9 months. I also bought the jacket he is wearring in the first picture = 18 months. The boy is growing like a weed!

While we were out yesterday, I bought him some more of the formula. I didn't know what to do when I saw that it was only $14.49 before tax... WOW!! Anyway, I have been feeding him the straight milk-based formula without any of the old formula mixed in. He's doing great on it. He has had a few bowel movements and no blood in the diaper! Praise God!

Today I have start cooking for the Chistmas Eve & Christmas dinners. On Christmas Eve I'm taking meatballs, veggie tray, fruit tray, cheese balls with crackers, and yule logs. For Christmas brunch I'm fixing a ham, bacon, pancakes, candy cane cookies, 24 hour salad, and a cresent wreath. I've got a lot to get done and the baby is asleep, so I should go get started. I thought I would share the adorable pictures, though.

Love to you all!

This Weekend

Friday night Joe worked late. On his way home, he had a wreck. No need to worry, he's doing fine. He was sore in neck and back for most of the weekend, but he's feeling better today. Some woman hit him from behind and then while he was getting his insurance information out of the glove box, she took off. Hit & run.... Luckily he didn't have any severe injuries and the car only sustained a few scratches. I didn't see them, but I didn't look either.

Saturday Joe was on call for work. He went in on Saturday morning and then came home and took a nap. I cleaned the house because I knew his family was coming over on Sunday for his birthday. Anyway, when he woke up, his pager went off and he had to go back to work. He worked for a few hours and then finished his Christmas shopping. He didn't get home until later.

Sunday Joe woke up. Pod and I gave him the rest of his birthday presents. Yes, he got two of the three early. One from Pod (foot massager), one from me (boots), and one from both of us (gun book). He opened his gun book yesterday. After church (we didn't make it), Jerome & Sue came over. We all went for brunch for Joe's birthday at Lakeside Tavern. We all had the brunch buffet, which I thought was delicious. Then it was back to our house. Joe's sister, Machael, her husband, John, and their two girls came over, too. We had cake & ice cream, played with Pod, and visted for several hours. We all played Catch Phrase. Once it got dark, Machael and John left. Jerome and Sue stayed and the four of us played Phase 10 while Pod slept in his swing. He was so tired from visiting all day without a nap! He napped at the restaurant, but that was it.

I didn't get to bed until 1:11 a.m., because by the time I was ready to go to bed, Pod was waking up from his nap wanting his bottle. So I fed him and then off to sleep we went. He woke up again at 7:00 & wanted another bottle. So now, he's sitting here on my lap watching me catch up on this blog!

Today, Pod and I are going to make a run for forumla and bottle parts. A few of the bottle parts fell during the dishwashing cycle and then heating element burned them. So I have to get replacement parts, which they sell at Babies R Us. We also need more formula. He's now taking straight formula that I can buy at any old place. It's a milk based formula & he seems to be doing great with it. He's has a few bowl movements since we started him on the new formula & there haven't been any signs of blood in the diaper. Thank goodness!

So, other than that I've got to finish wrapping a few last minute presents today. I've got one more Christmas project I'm working on and I've got a lot of cooking to do. We have a Christmas Eve dinner at Joe's sister's house every year and then Christmas day food. This year I'm making miniature Yule Logs for Christmas Eve only because I couldn't find chocolate jelly roll. So I'm going to use Swiss Cakes..... hmmm I hope it works out well. LOL Then I'm also going to take a veggie tray and a fruit tray. For Christmas day, I'm fixing a ham (the very first one I've ever made), 24 hour salad, and candy cane cookies.

This year is the first year that I'm off for Christmas Eve and the day after Christmas. I'm ahead of the game in comparison to where I normally am at this time of the year! Joe, too, has the day after Christmas off, so we're going to be able to have a nice time together for Pod's first Christmas. Speaking of which, we're going to see Santa tonight.

Okay, Pod's tired of sitting here. We need to get ready to go do our running so I can get home and finish up the wrapping and my projects.

Love to you all!
Jaime

Christmas Tree Shopping

Our Christmas Tree - Pod's First Christmas Tree - 2008 Another view of Pod's first Christmas Tree - December 14, 2008
Pod's Presents - December 14, 2008

Another picture of our Christmas tree 2008 - December 14, 2008

Our Living Room - December 14, 2008

Pod is watching us decorate the tree - December 14, 2008

Pod is watching Daddy untangle Christmas lights - December 14, 2008

Daddy untangles Christmas lights - December 14, 2008

Pod on December 13, 2008 = 3 months old

Our Christmas Tree - December 13, 2008

Joe puts the Christmas Tree on the porch - December 13, 2008

Check out the rope going along the roof of the car! - December 13, 2008

Daddy & Pod waiting while the Christmas tree is being put on the Cruiser

December 13, 2008

Daddy waits while the tree is being put on the Cruiser

December 13, 2008

The Christmas Tree on top of the Cruiser!

December 13, 2008

Mommy & Pod standing next to a Christmas Tree - We didn't pick this one

December 13, 2008

Mommy & Pod standing next to our Christmas tree

December 13, 2008

Pod is out Christmas Tree Shopping on his 3 month birthday!

December 13, 2008

Well, it's that time of the year! Finally, as of today, I am done shopping with exception to Joe's neices, which his sister was supposed to call me tonight and didn't do. She must not have gotten any time alone.

Anyway, we went Christmas Tree shopping on Pod's 3 month birthday (December 13th). We found the tree we wanted, which was $35, the two guys selling the Frazier Fir trees strapped it to the top of the PT Cruiser, and off we came back home. Joe unloaded the tree. Then we took Pod to Grandma Sue and Papa's house so Joe & I could go shopping. We found a few things. Joe bought me one of my Christmas presents... A 2008 Swarovski Christmas ornament. I decided that when we got married, I wanted a dated Swarovski Christmas ornament for every year.

By the time we were done shopping and had gotten back to Sue & Jerome's house, Machael & John had already left. We ate pizza & then brought the baby home.

The next day, December 14th, Pod, Daddy, & I went to church. It was Pod's first day at church. Everyone was happy to see us. When we got home, we put up our Christmas tree. Jerome and Sue came over. We finished decorating the house. Jerome & Sue played with Pod. Joe went to Home Depot and got a wreath for the front door and put white lights in it. He also got three flood lights (two red & one green). Our ouside of our house looks nice. I'll have to take picture and post it on here. We watched Christmas Vacation and part of Elf, ate hotdogs, macaroni & cheese, and green beans.

On Monday (December 15th) Pod, Sue, and I went to Pigeon Forge to do some Christmas shopping at the outlet stores. I got some Tommy Hilfiger clearance items for Pod and some sleepers from Carter's. Everything I bought was either 9 months or 12 months in size. The boy is growing like a weed!

This weekend is Joe's birthday, so we'll be busy this weekend. Oh yeah, and by the way, we got a notification on our cell phone tonight that Drew and Carol had their baby! Victor was born today. He weighed 6 lbs 3oz and was 53cm long! I told Pod that his buddy was born today. He looked at me like I was crazy!

Pod had his 3 month check-up today... NO shots! Yeah!! Anyway, he is 14 lbs. 10 oz. and is

24 1/2 inches long. He is doing great. The doctor told me to try Good Start formula, which is milk based. If I see blood in the diaper, I need to stop it immediately. Well, while I was shopping for the formula, I saw that they had a soy based formula, too, which was milk-free... All this time I've been paying out the hind end for formula, when I could have had him on a $13.00 can of formula.... Oh well, live and learn. At least I know that if the milk formula doesn't work, I can get the soy formula and not have to pay the crazy costs for what he has been taking.

Oh yeah, before I forget... I've got 10 more lbs to go to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight... I won't ever wear the same clothes again, but I'll weigh what I did. This jelly-belly is driving me crazy!

okay, enough for tonight...

I Can't Believe It's December

As most of you know, the family and I went to Ohio to see my family. Most of my family met Pod for the first time. This post is being added so that I can print it off and add it to Pod's book. So for those of you that we visited with in Ohio, this will be redunant to you since you were there!



Anyway, our trip to Ohio last Wednesday started as we left our driveway at 8:35 A.M. Pod slept most of the trip. We stopped in Kentucky at a Bob Evans for breakfast. When I ordered my breakfast (omlete), I asked them not to put cheese or dairy in it. So when the breakfast was served, they had put a cheese sauce on the top of it. I had to send it back. About an hour later I got my omlete the way it should have been cooked in the first place. The waitress blamed it on the kitchen staff. Of course neither Joe nor I were happy. But as we sat waiting for the breakfast, Pod sat contently in his car seat. I had put some rings (plastic chain links) on the carseat handle that would dangle and spark his interest. On one of them, I put a toy that hung low. Pod kept hitting it. I asked Joe if he thought it was accidental. But after watching Pod, we could see that he was reaching for it and intentionally hitting it!



We got back on the road. In Cincinnati, we ran into some traffic. By the time we made it to Daddy's house, it was about 7:00 - 7:30. Pod did excellent. He only woke up to eat his bottle and get his diaper changed. I was afraid he wouldn't sleep all night since he had slept all day. But, he ended up sleeping through the entire night! He didn't wake up one time!

Daddy met Pod for the first time. Pod had his funny Billy Bob pacifier in. Daddy laughed and thought it was funny. Daddy told me on the phone the day before we left that every baby he's ever held has cried. Pod didn't do it! Pod loves his Pap, that's for sure!!!

Thanksgiving Day we had dinner at 2:00 with Daddy & Amy and the family. Then we went to Aunt Darcy's house to have dinner there at 4:00. Pod met G. Gma Cay-Cay, Aunt Darcy, Uncle Rex, cousins Brian and Clayton and Tiffany. He got to see Aunt Kelly and Jessica again. Grandma D was there and was amazed at how much Pod had grown. We had a four generation picture taken of G. Gma Cay Cay, Grandma D, Mommy, and Pod. I love how it turned out. After dinner, we looked at pictures my mom made using her computer program where you can put faces into a "Year Book". It was the funnies thing. We had a great time watching that. We also did a Springer family tree on Aunt Darcy's floor. She decided she wanted to do that because whenever a new owner moves into the house and pulls up the wood floor, they'll find the family tree on the floor.... It's sort of a "If-These-Walls-Could-Talk" thing. I thought it was a neat idea.

We went back to Daddy and Amy's and again, Pod slept through the night!

Friday we got ready & went to Jodi's house. Mom planned on going to Cabella's since Joe didn't get to go in July when we were last up there. So we went to Jodi's to pick up Mom. I realized that I forgot my camera charger and the camera was dead. So we decided to run by Dad's house. On the way there, Sheena called and said she and her mom were on the way over to see Pod. I told them we were going to Cabella's, but they couldn't stand it another minute knowing he was there. We all met at Dad's house. They loved Pod. They told us not to tell Kelsey that they met Pod without her (She was at work) because she would kill them. So Joe took blackmail pictures!

Joe, Mom, Pod, and I left and went the Highlands. We stopped at Wendy's and ate. I fet the baby and then we went to Cabellas. Mom, Pod, and I walked around and showed Pod the deer display and shopped around. Then Pod and Daddy spent a few minutes together.

Mom and I were at the opposite end of an aisle of Joe and Pod when I looked and Joe holding Pod. I said, "Oh Mom, isn't he the cutest little thing you've ever seen?" As I said that, a dwarf was walking by. I didn't see him. Mom told me that I said that as the little person walked by. I got so embarrassed that my face turned bright red! Mom had to take my picture. I couldn't control my laughter. I had tears rolling down my face. I was so embarrassed!

After Cabellas we went to Kroger's to get some lotion for Pod's face and then went to pick up Home Pizza and was off to Jodi's house. There we all had pizza with Jodi and Eric. I took Mom up to Grandma's to pickup her truck and then I left to go back to Daddy's house. Mom was going to go back to Cleveland on Saturday.

Saturday Dad & Amy went TV shopping. When they got home, Daddy, Joe, Pod, and I went to G.ma Jean's house to visit. Aunt Nancy came over. They both held the baby and looked through pictures. After we left there, we went to Daddy's house again. Aunt Tami, Uncle Sam, Kelsey, Sheena, Chris, The Coleman's, Derek, & Heather came over. Jodi came over, too. Eric was at a wedding. We ordered pizza & I went on the pizza run. After eatting, Jodi & Kelsey left to go to the wedding. They came back a few hours later. Eric sat in the car until Joe & Dad found out he was told by Jodi to stay in there. They got him to come into the basement and he was telling the story of how he "kicked the old lady". Joe came upstairs laughing telling me I had to go talk to Eric. So downstairs I went to hear the story of how Eric kicked the old lady. It was so funny I had tears rolling down my face. After they all left, Joe, Pod, Daddy, Amy, and I went to sleep.

Sunday morning Joe & I got up and started packing things up. Daddy and Amy got up, too, to visit with the baby and help Joe, too. Daddy and Amy got to say their good-bye and we were off on the road heading back home.

On the way home, we ran into three small fender-bender wrecks. They delayed us, so the trip home was much longer. We were all tired. By the time we made it to the outside of Knoxville, Pod decided he had had enough of traveling and screamed the entire way back home. We stopped for dinner take-out at Shane's Rib Shack and went on to the house. The baby didn't stop screaming. It was pretty miserable.

It's Been A While

Wow! It's been a while since I've been on here... Let's see what I need to update... Oh yeah... The dairy free pumpkin pie was terrible. It turned out green. It tasted good until the after taste of the tofu got to you. The dairy free whipped cream was a joke. I should have just poured soy milk over my not-so-good pumpkin pie! Oh well, you never know what a recipe will taste like until you try it. As for the oriental noodle salad... MMMMM I loved it. Joe didn't care for it, but I thought it was great. The mashed potatoes turned out great... FINALLY I got to eat some mashed potatoes, which I LOVE.... The cranberry sauce was way too tart and didn't have nearly enough sugar in them.

The visit with everyone was great.

I'm getting so excited to go to Ohio I can't stand it. Every day I tell Pod, "We're one day closer to going to Ohio." Then I rattle off all the names of the people he's going to meet. I know he doesn't know what I'm saying, but when he smiles it makes me excited that he could be happy that he's going to Ohio.... One day he will be old enough to know what I'm talking about and then I'll know if he's truly happy.... Of course he will be.

I sat yesterday and spent all day putting together a list of items we have for the baby. My cousin, Sheena, is expecting a baby in April. She said she didn't know what to register for. I told her that when you go to Babies R Us or Target or Walmart, they will give you a list of items you'll need. The problem is that "I" think they have too many items on there. Of course, they're in it to sell you things, too. The wedding (uh hum....) and the baby industries are both "rope you in" kind of "Got You, Sucker" businesses. So, I thought I would put toghether what we have and so she could get an idea of what it is that she will need. I didn't figure it would take nearly as long, but it literally took me pretty much all day. I had Pod on my lap and talked to him and played with him while typing one handed! LOL

Joe is hard at work tonight. He's putting in overtime so that he can take the day off on Wednesday in order for us to travel during the day rather than at night. His job is one where the work has to be done not only right, but on time, otherwise the company will get a huge fine. So he's trying to work several days in advance so that when he takes the day off, he won't put the company behind. He's a loyal employee..

As for me, well, I was playing with Pod and I must have been boring because he fell asleep. So I'm catching up on everyone's blogs and cooking dinner.

Tomorrow Joe is having his friends over to play paint ball. Then they're going to one of the other guy's house for his birthday and the on to another friend's house for a housewarming party. It'll be a busy day tomorrow for Joe!

Well, I better get off of here and go get started on the sides. The pork chops are done and are just staying warm in the oven. I need to fix whatever it is that we're going to have with them. I'll talk to you all later!

Thanksgiving & The Special Diet

Okay, so this year, eating Thanksgiving dinner is going to be quite interesting. This weekend the in-laws are having their Thanksgiving dinner. They wanted to know what they could fix that I could eat as most casseroles and dessert recipes have dairy or eggs in them. I asked them what I could fix to bring. I was told to fix food I could eat. So I'm on the hunt this morning for dairy-free / egg-free recipes. While searching, I've come across some information that I wasn't aware of & just thought I would pass it along....(thanks to dairyfreeliving.com and godairyfree.org)

Lactose free does not mean dairy free.... Lactose is a sugar in the dairy. Most people with dairy allergies are allergic to the protein not the lactose.... Many people have asked me if I could substitute goats milk for cow's milk.... problem is that goats still have casein in their milk, which is the protein that causes most of the allergy problems

If a product sold on the market is marked "Pareve" or "Parve" that means it is dairy/meat free.

I have been asked if I could substitute margarine for butter. Well, margarine is not only high in trans fat & hydrogenated oils, many brands contain buttermilk, whey, and casein, which prompt the allergies. Margarine is okay to use as a butter substitute only if the package is marked "Parve" or "Pareve". The website (godairyfree.org) has some helpful information on baking and using butter substitutes.

For some time now I've been avoiding mashed potatoes because of the milk & butter in them. I started doing some research and found a recipe for mashed potatoes that called for soy milk. Why didn't I think of that??? I love mashed potatoes and I think I'll make enough for me using soy milk.

Also, guess what?? I found a recipe for dairy free pumpkin pie! YUM!! I'm excited... now for the whipped cream... Any suggestions??? LOL Well, fret not... I have found a recipe. What in the world did we do before the Internet???? I know, I know.... Library.... I can't imagine how much time I would have to spend in the library trying to find recipes for this diet. ha ha ha

Pod Goes For A Drive - Low Rider Style

I really don't need to say too much about this....LOL He's so funny! Anyway, tomorrow is his 2 month birthday. Last night we started talking about his 1 year birthday party. I asked him what kind of cake he wanted Mommy to make him. He wouldn't answer me.... So, I'll have to wait a little while longer to figure out who he likes. We know he likes Veggie Tales and Elmo.

Pod has started to actually smile now. He's not smiling just because he has gas. So his whole face is involved in the smile. He's just a cute boy. He's pretty much healed from his surgery he had a week ago.

Other things he's doing are holding his head up, getting up on his knees when he's on his belly, holding his head up (for a few seconds) while on his belly, making different intentional noises that doesn't involve crying, and smiles and talks to himself in the mirror on his swing. He's noticed his own voice.

Tomorrow I go for my final doctor appointment (follow-up check-up) and Friday Pod goes for his 2 month check up. Poor little guy will have his first set of immunization shots this doctor visit. He's not going to be too happy with me for taking him there.

Everyone in our household is doing great. There's really not anything else new going on. Talk to you all soon. Enjoy the video! It's a hoot!

Another Cute Video

Okay, okay, okay...... so I'm a proud Momma! I don't go anywhere without the camera and have a million pictures and videos to put on here. Fortunately for you all, though, I don't post every time I really want to. So much happens as Pod discovers new things or makes a funny face or learns something new. I just want to capture every moment on film to cherish forever.... I wish I could, but I know I can't.

Anyway, here's another funny little video clip. This is a pacifier that was given to me by the staff at Children's Hospital. Jace didn't use it while in the hospital. Anyway, it is vanilla scented & is supposed to be soothing to babies. The other night after Jace's little surgery I couldn't pacify him & remembered having this. So I offered it to him. He seems to love it, but it just makes me laugh to watch him with it in his mouth.

1 new video inserts & 1 adorable picture

Isn't this a cute picture? I just love it. My mom is doing some project for Thanksgiving and needs a picture of Jace looking straight-on into the camera. I have tried and tried to get a picture like that. During the process this picture showed up and I fell in love with it and decided to post it. Doesn't he just look so happy? He truly is a very happy baby.

One thing Pod loves to do is swing in his swing. There is a mobile & a mirror at the top that he looks at. I think he's recently noticed his voice because he'll look up in the mirror and just "talk" and smile ( I think he's laughing, but it's not a normal laugh like ours).

Every morning after he eats (& burps), I put him in the swing while I have my coffee and breakfast. Today he was just cooing and laughing, so I thought I would get the camera out to show you all. He is laughing and talking to me in this video.

Last night I introduced wheat back into my diet. It was one week and one day yesterday that I introduced the soy. He doesn't seem to have any problems/reactions whatsoever. I hope that he'll do just as well with the wheat. The allergens I have left to introduce back after the wheat are eggs, peanuts, and milk. The doctor didn't tell me what order to introduce items back, but did say to do the milk last. So I saved the three most common allergens for last.

I just got done giving Pod his bath. He loves to take baths! Lucky for me! Anyway, today I think we'll go to Target. The only diapers we have left are Huggies brand. They don't work good for Pod; they leak. We used the newborn diapers when he first came home from the hospital. They leaked all over the place, so we switched to Pampers. I've run out of Pampers and only have Stage 1 Huggies left. These are for 8-14 lbs. Well I started using them yesterday and the Huggies kept leaking. In fact, I was up at 3:00 this morning changing the crib sheets because his diaper leaked all over his bed. Poor thing was soaked on his back. I wiped him down and decided we're going to go get some Pampers and leave the Huggies for emergency use only. Target is having a special this week only that if you buy two cases of Swaddlers Pampers, then they'll give you a $10.00 Target gift card. So that basically makes each diaper about $0.18 (tax included) when you consider that Target is giving you $10.00 back in a gift card. That's not too bad considering they usually average around $0.29 each (tax included).

I've got to order a couple of cases of formula today, too, before I forget so I better get off of here. The baby is sleeping so it's a prime time to go get my shower & get my internet order to Neocate.

Talk to you all soon... enjoy the video!!

SOY...It Does A Pod Good!

It will be a week ago tomorrow that I re-introduced soy into my diet. Pod has been nursing every day. He doesn't seem to be having any reaction to it at all. Yay!!! So far so good. I'm not quite sure allergen I'll introduce next.

Tomorrow he goes for his surgery. I feel so bad for him, but I think we'll both get over it. I hope it is harder on me than it is on him!