New Diapers

Receiving new diapers is exciting! When you’re down to two pre-folds and one cover on laundry day, you certainly are very excited to receive a package containing 5 new diapers!

Yay! It’s here!!

Paxton and his package of diapers, which is just about as big as he is! (He could have cared less but it was like Christmas for mama…I won a $100 Cotton Babies gift card 2 weeks ago and was so excited to receive the diapers! I only spent $12.50 out of pocket and that included insuring my package!)

His diaper loot!!

5-Bum Genius 3.0 One-Size diapers

1-Planet Wise Medium Wet Bag

2-Indian Pre-Folds

His new diapers Twilight, Butternut, Grasshopper, Clementine and Twilight! I am excited to have the Butternut (yellow) and Twilight (blue) diapers…we didn’t have either of those colors!

And of course I washed a load of new diapers and hung them on the line! (Fun!)

And I had a cute little stinker in my laundry basket full of diapers when it was time to stuff!!

My First Mother’s Day

I had a wonderful first Mother’s Day! I woke to find a framed picture of me and Paxton lying in the Pack N Play beside him that said “Happy First Mother’s Day, Thanks for being my Mommy -Paxton.” Precious! I even wore my baby blue cardigan in honor of being a mama to a baby boy!

Paxton and I went to church early with daddy this morning! It went well, I fed him once we arrived at church and John David was able to hold him for awhile before the first service began. I went to small group this morning (for the first time in almost 2 years since I taught pre-school Sunday School before Paxton!) Since I had Paxton with me, I spent about half the time trying to keep him from being a distraction since he was a little fussy. After small group I fed him and then he was still a little fussy so I sat out in the hallway and watched the rest of the sermon on the hall TV.

As soon as we arrived home from church we took a few pictures outside.

I love this baby! And look at Paxton’s hair…it’s brown but looks reddish in the sun, just like mine! He is his daddy made over but he gets his hair from me!!

I could kiss him all day…on his forehead, his sweet nose, his chubby cheeks!

Our beautiful rose bushes that my Grandpa and Grandmother Clark gave me in honor of Paxton’s birth! They are beautiful and smell so good!

We had a lovely lunch of grilled hamburgers and fries followed by ice cream! Yum!

After lunch we watched some TV and Paxton was fussy. His daddy could not soothe him, only me. I think he is realizing that I am his mama! I held him for about 2 hours and then after his feeding he was still fussy so I wrapped him in the Moby Wrap.

Loving on Paxton in the Moby!

He fell asleep in the Moby and slept about 2 hours! I was able to snuggle my baby close, eat dinner, talk to my mom and blog while he was snoozing! I really love babywearing!

And then we had a fabulous dinner! John David grilled hot wings! Oh my goodness…they were not only gorgeous, they were delicious (slightly spicy but still good!) I joked that he fixed me “man food” on Mother’s Day (hamburgers and hot wings.) Of course I am the mother of a boy so I suppose the “man food” is fitting.

Handmade Baby Gifts

We have received several handmade baby gifts for Paxton that are beautiful and special!

This baby blue crochet blanket is from Sharon…it’s beautiful!

Sharlene made us this baby blue and white crochet blanket! It’s gorgeous too!

Lori embroidered Paxton’s name on this blanket that her mother-in-law made! And the lace is homemade too!

Adorable bibs from Lori!

Burp cloths from Lori! I just love seeing Paxton’s name embroidered on his baby things!

Receiving these gifts have been special because these wonderful ladies took time to create something for our son! I plan to begin giving more handmade items as baby gifts because they are so special!

Church Baby Shower

March 21st we were given a baby shower at church. This shower was hosted by 12 wonderful ladies who work in the church office, pastor’s wives and ladies who are on the library committee (the library is one of my favorite places at church!) The shower was farm themed which was so cute!

The cake! Adorable and yummy!

They decorated the table with the Little People Farm that was on my registry! Not only was it cute, I was very excited about having the Little People Farm! (It’s now sitting on Paxton’s dresser as a nursery decoration until he is old enough to play with it and “farm” with his daddy!)

Since John David works at church and some of the ladies who hosted are his co-workers, he came to this shower and helped me open gifts!

Baby Wrangler’s for Paxton! They are definitely daddy approved!

Look at these tiny little pants! They are newborn pants, I just couldn’t get over the preciousness of the tiny pants! (And see all of those sleepers…Sharlene blessed us with these, we needed sleepers!)

One of our favorites…it says, “Daddy Loves Me!” So precious!

All of our gifts! We have been so blessed with gifts for our son! God has abundantly taken care of our needs!

Baby Shower in East Tennessee

On March 20th we had a baby shower in East Tennessee with John David’s family, friends and church family! My wonderful mother-in-law coordinated this shower with the help of John David’s Aunt Pam, his Nana, and family friends Sharon and Joyce (they’re really more like family than friends!)

These ladies hosted a beautiful spring themed baby shower and we were so blessed with gifts for Paxton!

These tulips were the centerpiece of the food table…they are beautiful! The shower began at 10 and was a brunch shower which was lovely! There was breakfast casserole, croissants, muffins, blueberry coffee cake, fruit, chocolate covered strawberries and jelly beans!!

Yummy! (Sharon took these amazing pictures too!)

I loved this little table! That is John David as a baby…he was absolutely precious, I sure hope Paxton gets his looks from his handsome daddy! The Peter Rabbit figurine was given to Annette when John David was born, the shoes belonged to John David, the rubber duckie is for our spring baby and Sharon made the adorable bottle decoration…filled with blue m&ms!!

Here I am enjoying my brunch! (Unfortunately we forgot to take pictures with me and the hostesses!)

Opening Paxton’s yellow bumbo from his grandmother! I’m excited about the bumbo! And my wonderful sister-in-law Jill wrote down the details of who gave me what gifts which was essential for writing thank-yous!

John David’s Mamaw and Papaw, Aunt Pam, Uncle Forrest and Aunt Sharon gave us a Radio Flyer wagon! We are thrilled about Paxton’s wagon and look forward to pulling him around in it!! (And there is the proud daddy off to the right!)

Aunt Pam gave us a few books and one of them was “Love You Forever.” Since I had never read it, Sharon read it out loud. I don’t think there was a dry eye after she was done!

All of our gifts we received! We really have been so blessed with the things we need for our sweet boy!