Coming Back

He's here! Mason Grant Lassiter was born on April 20th at 8:26 pm by emergency C-section.  He weighed 6 pounds and 10 ounces and he was 21 inches long.    

  

I honestly don't know where to start with this blogging thing because there is just so much to tell!  Mason is 9 weeks old now and our lives have changed drastically. 

In these past two months we have experienced Mason's birth, his first Easter, my first Mother's Day, our 3rd wedding anniversary, and Ben's first Father's Day.  It has been a whirlwind, but a wonderful one at that!  

I believe I mentioned in my previous post, many months ago, that I was praying for a happy, healthy, laid back baby.  Well, that is exactly what God gave me! I couldn't ask for anything more!  Mason is so sweet and loves to cuddle.  He rarely cries and he is a good sleeper!  

Since Mason was born we have been to Auburn, Atlanta, Florence, Birmingham, Panama City, and Nashville.  We are crazy but Mason has been an angel! After our last trip (to Nashville) I think he was fed up with all the traveling and I decided that we would be staying here for a while with no more road trips.  I love being at home with him and we enjoy our routine of eating, sleeping, pooping, and doing it all over again! 

Mason has already changed so much since these pictures from his first week of life.  It almost hurts me to look at these because those days are already gone, but at the same time, I love seeing him grow and change and learn new things!  I have already become one of those psycho obsessive moms who takes pictures of her child's every move and facial expression. I can't help it. Sorry. 

So, once again I am going to try to keep up with this blogging thing.  If you are still around to read this, thanks for keeping up with us!  I will try to pull us up to date on pictures now that I think I have things figured out and then we will go from there! My problem is figuring out which of the four hundred million pictures to post! Ah! 

Oh Baby and Baby Belly

Too. Lazy. That's what I am. I have a few pictures to put up of my ever-expanding belly but my computer isn't cooperating and if I don't just post this then I may never post again. Why is my font blue? I got on here to write something and couldn't remember my own url. Then I couldn't remember which password I use to sign in.

So... on to the blog....

(This is more for me to document so that I remember details. It may bore you and will definitely bore you if you don't know me personally.)

For the most part my pregnancy has been awesome! I have been soooo lucky because I have felt pretty great and I have only been sick (as in thrown up) one time during the whole seven months. Now, I have experienced some other pregnancy symptoms, namely forgetfulness (as you can see from the first paragraph) and clumsiness. It. Is. So. Weird. At work I drop things. I drop medicine bottles, baskets, leaflets of paper, pens, you name it. I cannot hold on to anything. I forget a lot. I forget what I am saying or thinking (more than I normally did before) and things just slip my mind. I also have heartburn a lot. Randomly. I can't blame it on certain foods because water can even cause it which is odd to me. I sleep with 4 pillows now. Four.

However, the strangest thing is the belly. I can't get used to it. It came out of nowhere. I will walk by a mirror and and be like, "Whoa. That is me." haha! I keep bumping the belly on things because I am not used to it being there. I can no longer turn sideways to squeeze past something or someone. Turning sideways does not make me smaller. It is so funny! Feeling Mason move is the coolest thing ever. He seems to be all over the place and I can't pinpoint how he is positioned. We have a 4D ultrasound scheduled for next Tuesday and hopefully it will work out that Ben can come and we can actually get it done! I can't wait to see his little face! (If he cooperates.)

I haven't had too many weird cravings. I do crave random stuff for different meals, but the only things I have consistently craved are mocha ice cream with snickers from Marble Slab and mochas and iced mochas from Starbucks. Not. Cheap. Cravings. The weird thing is that while I am craving mocha stuff, I pretty much stopped making coffee at home. It kind of grossed me out at first. I have gradually come around to it and drink a cup every now and then but when I am home by myself I drink Tazo tea instead. It is strange because I have pretty much had coffee every morning since my 4th year of pharmacy school when my roommate, Shelley, and I would take turns making it before we left for our rotation.

The nursery is well underway! Mom and Dad came down these past 2 weekends to help us get it ready and it is now painted a pretty light blue/gray color. One-half Sea Spray to be exact. It only took me a couple of emotional breakdowns to get to this point. After attempting to order not one, but two cribs that turned out to be "no longer available," we finally picked out and ordered a set that was actually available and it should be here in a week or so! I will post pictures when things come together a little more. Now I just have to figure out what to do with all of the junk we were storing in what is now Mason's room.

Oh, I am also proud to announce that I passed my glucose test by 2 points!!! Whew! I was so nervous that I would fail and have to go through the 3 hour screening. Lucky me. It is so hard for me to believe that I am already 29 weeks along! The time is absolutely flying by and Mason is going to be here before I know it! I am so excited!

So, yesterday was Valentine's Day. Ben sent me a dozen red roses to work which was a complete surprise! They are so beautiful and I was so excited to get them! The hard part was getting them home. I put them in my passenger floor board and they tipped over with the first hard turn I made (in the Wal Mart parking lot) and it was kind of like a flood with little waves. Not to self: dump out water from flower vase before attempting to transport. The flowers escaped unharmed and are sitting beautifully on my dresser.

I couldn't help but think about how this was mine and Ben's last V-day alone. Next year it will be celebrating with a baby or hiring a sitter! We are trying to savor all of our time together and our sleep (as everyone advises).

Ok, next time I will post pictures. Hopefully I won't forget I have a blog in the mean time.