Thankful

The Ehrhardt's-Thanksgiving 2010
Crazy Mama...

8 weeks old

I love how he's laughing at me...
Sorry I've been so slack but here it goes...
This year and every year we have so much to be thankful for. We are blessed beyond. We thank God everyday for all of our many blessings but most of all this year we are thankful for our 11+lb turkey. He brightens everyday when he stares at us with those big eyes and especially when he smiles at us. That being said...
We had an awesome week/weekend. Wednesday Davis and I had our date with the girls...he ate all of that attention up! He was a little fussy at first but after he had his bottle he was SO happy. He for the third time in a week only got up once that night. Thursday we got up and started cooking, hung out with Uncle Paul, watched the parade and headed to mom and dad's for lunch with the family. We had a great time hanging out with everyone and once again he enjoyed all of the attention (he may be a little rotten) we came home late afternoon and got him settled then a took a nap to get ready for my big shopping trip. Yes, I was one of those crazies who went shopping at 1am! I loved it, it just gets me in the Christmas spirit. Plus I got almost ALL of my shopping done. Which is good b/c we have a busy couple weeks coming up. I was a little sad about being away from my sweet boy for the first time though but I sucked it up. I came home let D stay with mom for a couple hours, took a 3 hour nap and B and I headed to pick out our Christmas tree. That night we had a few friends over to watch some football and hang out. Saturday we decorated our tree with all of my new stuff that I bought a few weeks back and then it happened....I did something to "trigger" my back and was in excruciating pain until 5:30 this morning when I finally gave in and let B take me to the ER. I've never been in so much pain in my life. I couldn't stand, sit or lay down. It all hurt. And walking...yeah it hurt to even put pressure on my feet. So mom came over to sit with d while we went to the er...a shot and some pain pills later and was feeling MUCH better...still in pain but nothing like it was. We have no idea what caused it or why it happened. The dr said it could have been from carrying him or delivery and something I did just aggravated it this weekend. Anyways..I've been on the couch since, taking the meds every four hours and hoping that I feel a lot better by the morning so that I can go to work and manage to take him with me. I really don't want to have to leave him AGAIN already.
Lastly, while I was what I thought dying of a slow painful death (ha-I laugh now but it wasn't even close to funny last night) my Gamecocks were kicking butt and taking names. Not only were they kicking butt and taking names but they were kicking the Clemson Tigers' butts-our rival...the battle of the state! I managed to watch it this morning after the er so that I could say I saw it. Now I really can't wait for the SEC Championship in ATL with my family...as long as my back gets straight.
Hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Back to work we go :(

Poor Baby or Poor Mama??

So today D had his 2 month check-up i.e. SHOTS! I'm not sure who cried harder Davis or his mama...good thing we took daddy for support. It seriously broke my heart. I've never heard him cry like that...so sad. We are getting ready for the long holiday weekend and starting off with a bang tomorrow night...some of the girls are getting together for dinner...well with the exception of one little man :) He's so lucky. I'll do his 8 week post tomorrow with his latest stats..he's growing way too fast! We have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I hope everyone has a safe and happy thanksgiving-and good luck if you're shopping-hope you get lots of deals :)

Party Time

Sad to see the weekend go but ready to get this three day work week out of the way for the long holiday weekend :)
Friday after work I laid down for a late nap and woke up two hours later ;) We had planned on going out for supper but since I was already in my pjs we decided to get takeout. B went to bed early and I finally got to watch Sex and the City 2. I loved it.
Saturday we (Davis and I) went shopping with Ashley. We got some Christmas shopping and I got a few deals for myself. We got home and got everything put up and I was asleep before 8...it was awesome to catch up.
Today we went to church, lunch at mom and dad's then headed to a superhero birthday party for a pretty cute 3 year old. It was Davis' first birthday party and slept through it..it's okay there will be 100s more.
Now on to tackle these few days of work.

7 wks

Rotten butt,
You are seven weeks young. Your looks have changed a lot since you were born yet you still manage to look just like your daddy! (Can mama please get some credit) I'm beginning to think that you are going to have my curls. (You haven't lost any of your hair yet-some may say it's b/c you aren't laying down enough for that to happen-HAHA)Every night after your bath your hair looks so kinky-it's too cute. Your eyelashes are to die for..that's one thing that I'm glad you got of your dad's-so long, thick and the perfect curl-girls die for eyelashes like that. Your eyes look like they are beginning to turn brown. They are blue on the outsides but brown on the insides. You are more and more alert everyday. Before you were following voices, now you are starting to follow me and daddy when we are walking around. Me and daddy fight over your sweet kisses every night. He loves to make me jealous by stealing your sugars when he's holding you and looking at me while he's doing it. Of course I can get them any time of day so we'll let him have his fun. You are still coming to work with me and it seems to be going well. Some days are harder than others when you refuse to nap b/c there is so much going on. Ms. Julie could eat you up on Thursdays. She loves to rock and sing to you. You just stare at her with those big eyes- it melts my heart. You were dedicated at church on Sunday. You did so great-not even a squeal the whole service. You go back to the doctor next week for your 2 month check up i.e. shots :( We can't wait to see how much you've grown. You have to weigh over 10lbs by now. (you sure feel like it anyways) You are in size 1 diapers and wearing your 0-3 and 3 month clothes. You wore jeans and a polo onesie for the first time over the weekend and you looked so handsome.
Mama loves you to the moon and back sweet boy!
Now on to this week in pictures...

What a weekend

What an awesome weekend! Friday I had a date with my two favorite guys. I had sushi and a glass of wine for the first time in a year and was in the bed by 9:30 :) Saturday we hung out around the house watching football and playing with Turner and Cole then went to watch the game with some friends. We ended up watching the second half with mom and dad. All I can say is GO COCKS!!! SEC East Champs!!!! Sunday we had Davis' dedication at church- he did awesome-did not make a peep the whole service! We also took a 3 hour nap-it was quite nice!
Date night+gamecock victory+Davis' dedication=great weekend!

What I've come to realize...
My hair is going to be in a ponytail for the next year or so,
Bags are a permanent thing under my eyes,
My new perfume smells like sour milk,
My shirt is probably going to have spit up stains,
Our weekends are extremely low key,
I have to wear studs in my ears so that I don't risk him ripping them out,
Heels seem to be slightly dangerous when I'm carrying precious cargo,and
I wouldn't trade all of this for anything in the world. He is the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me. I may get a little stressed when I don't get my sleep but it is all worth it b/c everyday I get to see his sweet face and get all of his sugar and when I'm holding him and he looks at me with those big eyes he just melts my heart!

I stole this quote from someone recently...
A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for. -Anonymous

Happy Friday :)

Handsome boy playing at work :)

6 wks

haha


My sweet boy,
You are getting so big, so fast! You have been quite the busy boy this week. You went shopping Saturday (and to your first bar..haha j/k it was Wild Wings), to church and to Wal-Mart on Sunday and started work with mama on Monday. You have been sleeping in your crib for a week now and we had our first "scare" Tuesday night when the monitor went off (it goes off when it doesn't sense movement i.e. breathing and since you sleep on your tummy we are pretty paranoid about you). Of course me and Daddy both jumped up from dead sleep...you little squirmy thing you...you had somehow managed to be on your side up against the side of the crib so it thought you weren't in there. You tricked that monitor...but PLEASE don't do that to us again. You have rolled over twice this week. Once I actually had a witness so your daddy can't say I'm imagining it. We have started a new routine this week..around 7:30 bath, jammies, bottle, rock..nite nite :) Which usually results to you getting in your crib around 9. You don't get near as mad at me as you used to when I'm giving you a bath. You used to scream the entire time and now you only do it every few days. You don't too much care for me putting lotion on you though. I don't really understand why I would think it would feel good...maybe it's too cold?? AND you haven't pee peed on me in a couple of weeks. (SCORE) We are slowly adjusting to having a "schedule" and not being able to stay in our pj's cuddling on the couch all day. However, I can't wait for the weekend so that we can do that :) Sometimes it's hard for me to get stuff done b/c you just want to be in my arms 24/7 but I've come to realize that I secretly love it. I was fussing about how rotten you are but then I realized that the past 6 weeks flew by and before I know it you won't be baby anymore so I'll hold you if I want to! ha Well you have a big weekend coming up. I'm trying to talk Daddy into taking us on a date Friday night since he doesn't have to work Sat, me and you may go shopping Saturday, watch our Gamecocks Saturday night with some friends who are going to be in town for the weekend and Sunday is your dedication at church.
Love you turkey!
First trip to church...