marx - newborn

i snapped these pics the first week of marxs' life.

i had to do it over a span of 2 or 3 days because i would make him so upset trying different poses.

 i'd finally give up and comfort him.

he did not want to be naked, and he did not want to be in any unusual positions.

he wanted to be nice and snug in his blankie.

there's just nothing like a sweet little newborn.

i've been working on this post since tuesday morning...

that's how crazy my life has been the past 4 days!

adding an infant to our routine has thrown us off a bit, but i'm trying to get it all together.

i have survived it though.

4 days of me being alone with my children + one of those nights being alone without hubby...

i did it!!

my house is still standing (although not as spotless as it usually is) and we're all still breathing.

out of those 4 days, i only managed to get mascara on one day, and dressed another.

kids are so demanding...

i actually looked like a mom this week!

anyway, a little catch up..

the past month has been a blast, and we've been super busy with family and friends.

my mom arrived on april 28th, just in time for marx to arrive.

she stayed until may 21st and was an absolute angel sent from above.

she helped me out with soooo much, including getting our Layla potty trained.

(she's such a big girl now!)

i am so blessed to have such a wonderful mother.

she's beautiful too..

don't you think?



the day my mom left was rough.

i tried to keep it together because layla had a birthday party to be too,

and we had our nieces' graduation dinner along with her graduation.

i finally broke down and just cried, then felt much better.

actually i cried most of the morning.

the next day my sister arrived with her husband and 3 kids!

we had an excellent week.

monday-

we took the kids to dippy bops, a fun place for them to run, jump, and slide till they can't run, jump and slide anymore. then for dinner we headed over to a great burger joint called plaid rhino.

tuesday-

we got up early to take the kids to the zoo before it hit 100 degrees. we all still about died of heat stroke at 10:00 in the morning, but we still had fun.

wednesday-

we took the kids to lynn meadows discovery center. if you live in hattiesburg or surrounding areas, take your kids. you'll both love it. after that we went to the beach, ate lunch and let the kids play in the great gulf of mexico. (the water was so warm, makes me really nervous for hurricane season this year.) that evening we took them to the shed bbq joint. delicious!

thursday-

it stormed most of the morning so we stayed inside. when it cleared up we took a trip to the mall and did a little shopping. for dinner, i made them gumbo.

friday-

i took them to a yummy little cafe called newks. after lunch we met up with lance at the house, got the kids in their swim gear and took them swimming in cane break. when it finally cooled down a bit, we took them all fishing, every single person, including me, caught a fish. we then ended the night with cuevas fish house.

saturday-

lance and derrick got up early and went bass fishing. in the mean time i was able to talk sami into staying one more night. (i actually think they had planned to stay one more night anyway, cause we are that cool to hang out with.) when lance and derrick finally got back home, around 1:30, sami, zadie and i took off to get a frappucino and get our toes done. it was wonderful. we then took them to dinner at a yummy mexican joint called del sol with greg, amanda, denton, and kelly. it was a great night, ending with ice cream from bop's frozen custard.

sunday morning they took off around 8:30. me, lance, layla, and marx were exhausted and could barley move off the couch to get ready for church. actually lance was the only one that could. me and the kids stayed home and tried to relax UNTIL lance sends me a text that says, "hobgood and jenny are on their way, don't panic." ah...i panicked, big time. luckily i had 4 hours to get my house together, along with myself and the kids. they stayed sunday night. lance and hobgood went fishing monday morning while jenny and myself relaxed and watched say yes to the dress episodes with the kids.

so as you can see, may was quite the month. it was filled with so much excitement, that i don't even remember it passing us by. here's just a few pics, in no particular order. cause lets face it... i just don't have the time to sort them right now.

last few pics are taken with my phone, not the best quality..

{the shed}

{del sol}

marx::1 month old

i can't believe our little man in already a month old.

he's such a great baby.

he's eating every 2-3 hours during the day.

i bathe him around 9 every night, feed him, put him down by 10ish.

he wakes at 4, eats, then sleeps until about 7:30-8 in the morning.

at his 2 week he was back to his birth weight + 1 oz.

so he was 7 lbs 13 oz.

he had grown to be 21 1/2 inches long.

he'll be checked again at 6 weeks.

he's still a skinny little fella.

i can't wait till he starts to fill out and i can squeeze on him.

who do yall think he looks like?

i still can't tell.

but he sure is a handsome fella!

the past two weeks...

..have actually been pretty good.

considering having a newborn and all.

our little princess wasn't quite a princess the first week.

she was very very good to her little brother, smothering him with kisses all day every day,

but not so sweet to lance and me.

she even started getting a little sassy toward her grandma.

now, she did give marx a couple battle wounds, when we weren't watching,

but her whole world has changed because of him, so we try not to be to hard on her.

i'm constantly reminding myself that she isn't all grown up just because we have a newborn now.

she is only 2, she still needs our love and attention

and she still isn't going to listen to everything we tell her to do.

that's where the big deep breaths come in for me!

but in all, she's been a great big sister.

now our little man is a great newborn.

i don't know how i've been blessed with 2 great sleepers,

and i hope i'm not jinxing myself writing about it.

he's actually pretty alert during the day, of course taking occasional little naps,

and only wakes up once a night to eat.

usually around 3.

then he sleeps till about 7:30.

i have to give my big sis credit for it though.

 she stressed for me to put layla on a schedule when she was a newborn,

and i've done the same with marx.

 i do believe it has a lot to do with them being such great sleepers.

and i can't believe he's already 2 weeks old today.

lance had to go back to work yesterday.

i LOVE when he's home with us. am i a normal wife? normal that i hated having him go back to work?

we had so much fun with him, specially Layla.

now i just need to cherish this last week with my mom here...

{sigh}

we have beautiful little blessings

Happy Mother's Day

to my wonderful mother.

I don't know what I'd do without her.

She's been amazing with Layla and Marx this past week.

What will I do when she has to leave?

4.29.2011

Here's how it all went down:
5:00AM- Lance and I arrived at the hospital, I was admitted, and then relaxed as I watched the royal wedding. My contractions were coming about every 5 minutes, but weren't to bad.
7:00AM- Started me on the Pitocin. Yowza!
10:00AM- I was checked and only at a 3.
12:00PM- The doctor broke my water.
12:30- I recieved my epidural.
1:00PM- I learned what a "hot spot" was. My legs, toes, and bum were completely numb. But the spot where it really needed to be numb...my pelvic area and all, were not numb. The doctor called it a "hot spot," where sometimes the nerves just aren't hit right, therefore it won't numb. OMG! I then realized I was going to feel everything. The next three hours were the worst!
1:15-3:00- Let's just say I was in a lot of pain. Thank goodness for my husband that was on my right and my mother that was on my left. They both held my hand, and my mother would look me in the eye and tell me to focus, relax, and let my body do what it needed to do. I kept telling her that I couldn't do it. With her encouragement, I somehow made it through each contraction, that by the way, were right on top of each other.
3:30PM- I was checked again and at a 7. I knew then that it would go fast. When I got to a 7 with Layla, I was ready to push in no time.
3:59PM- I told the nurse that I HAD to push. HAD TOO!
4:04PM- The doctor told me to stop pushing, but I could not stop, I had to get that little guy out. So the doc gave me the go ahead, and out he came! Pushing only lasted 5 minutes, and our little, adorable guy entered this world. I cried and cried and cried. Although I am totally for an epidural, it was an amazing experience that I wouldn't trade for a very numb delivery. I could not believe that I did it.

Since then, we've enjoyed every second he's been here. He's got the sweetest little cry and the longest little toes. We were able to come home last night. I put him down at 11:00PM, he woke up at 2:00AM to eat, and then didn't wake up again until 7:30AM to eat again. Awesome!