Show Us Where You Live Friday

Today Kelly at www.kellyskornerblog.com is hosting Show Us Where You Live Friday Master bedrooms. Although I am new to this and we haven't moved into our new house yet I thought I would post about my Master bedroom now and the future (keep in mind that the future is not decorated yet).

These curtains are from my grandmother's house and I will always cherish them. The red and orange wall was an experiment that went kinda wrong (however it kinda grew on us).

This is a Queen size bed. My end table (on the right) was my grandmother's old TV stand. It is really old and scuffed up but I love it all the same. As you can see we have a VERY small bedroom. I loved this painting that I found at Wal-Mart and thought it brought the bright colors of the room together. Also, I thought that putting a lot of white colors tamed the walls. When I first started painting the red...it looked like I was painting blood on the wall. Scary!!!

The chest of drawers matches the bed. We got the bed at Big Lots furniture a few years ago when we were living in Ohio. Luckily the Big Lots down here in Miami carried the same set and we were able to get the matching chest. Pretty nice huh??

This is a view of our Master bathroom (nothing to exciting) we used the left over orange to paint in there. It was kinda bright but we like it now. Although we are moving out next week.

Here is the only picture I have of our new Master bedroom. I will post more next week when we move in.

Enjoy the pictures and tour of my bedroom!!!

In the Midst of a Storm

Does anyone else ever feel like the sermon is directed towards you personally? Yesterday that feeling happened to me. Rev. Laurie spoke about how Jesus calmed the sea for his disciples by saying "Peace Be Still". This phrase is translated from Greek which means "Muzzle it" and I really needed to hear that yesterday morning. I find that my frustrations with Matthew conjures up a storm in which I need to hear that phrase "Peace Be Still" or "Muzzle it" Katie!!! She also reminded me of something that I had completely forgotten about...God is in control. There are times that I feel so lonely but I have been forgetting to give my concerns to God. I have been trying to let go of my worries today and trust in God a little more. To know that he has a plan for Matthew and if he doesn't want him to weigh 18 pounds right now it is for a reason and I should "Muzzle It"!!!






This afternoon Matthew was in a GREAT mood so we put him on our bed and he rolled on his tummy and started posing for the camera so I took a few pictures. After seeing these pictures I feel ridicules for paying for the pictures we had took at JC Penny the other day. The only problem is...I am never in the picture if I am always taking them. I hope you enjoy them!!!

Happy Baby Daddy Day!!

This picture is from when Matthew was only 3 months old but I thought that it worked well as the main picture. I just love how Matthew is looking up at his daddy. What a beautiful moment they shared before bathtime.

Today was great. We went to church and put Matthew in the nursery for the first time. The lady was very nice and I felt comfortable leaving him with her. Honestly, it was weird walking into church only carrying my purse. It is good for Matthew to get used to other people taking care of him for a little while because in the fall he will have to stay with Ms. Cooky all day long. In any event, our service starts at 11 o'clock and goes until 12:15 or so. At 12 I left to go check on him (I thought he might be getting hungry) and as soon as I opened the door of the church to walk across the street to the nursery I heard WAHHHHH WAH WAH WAHHHHHH and thought O my. They assured me that he had been asleep until about 5 minutes before I got there...I hope they were not just saying that to make me feel better. He quickly calmed down and I went into another room to feed him. He ate OK but luckily I brought a bottle and he chugged that down pretty fast.

After church we went to California Pizza Kitchen and it was very good. Below is a picture of Seth and Matthew while we were eating. Again Matthew is looking up at his daddy that same way. Unfortunatly, I forgot the camera (duh!!!) and wasn't able to take any good pictures..I took this one with my crappy phone camera, but at least I have a picture to remember the day by.



After lunch we drove by to look at our house (yes again)...and it looked completed. They had re-painted the outside and it looked great. I can't wait to move in and take pictures of all the rooms decorated.

Matthew update...
I haven't mentioned this in a while but Matthew still has not cut his first tooth. Today he was drooling everywhere and shoving his fists in his mouth again so hopefully it will be soon. He actually stopped with the symptoms for a few weeks and just started back the last couple of days.

He is eating much better (although not back to 100%). Tonight he had about an hour long fit where he wouldn't eat, play, sleep or need a diaper change. Honestly after about 15 minutes of him crying non-stop it just got funny. (I didn't know how to react anymore so I laughed...does that make me a bad parent) Finally about an hour after I first started trying to feed him he ate for about 10 minutes and started crying again. So...I tried to give him a bottle of formula (I didn't want to thaw out a bottle of breastmilk if he was just going to refuse the bottle too). He tasted the formula and started spitting it out. Secretly I thought.....good boy Matthew--you know what your milk is supposed to taste like...spit it out. But in reality I am still worried about his weight gain and the fact that he missed a complete feeding is not a good thing. On the other hand he did eat very well at the last feeding and a few others throughout the day. Please keep praying that he will be OK and gain lots and lots of weight by his next appointment on the 29th.

I better go for tonight. Thanks for all of your prayers because they seem to be working.

Piano Music

I think I have found yet another trick to help Matthew stay latched on and eating. Piano music!!! We have moved to the bedroom for our feedings now and listen to the classical radio station. When they play some kind of piano music Matthew calms down and listens and eats for his normal 30-40 minutes. Today he only had a couple of uncomfortable minutes in one or two feedings and, for the most part, seemed to enjoy eating again. Tonight he had some gassy fussiness but other than that he did great.

An update on our house...The other day we did not get to do the official walk-through. The foreman had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago and no one called us to tell us that the house would be delayed a couple of days. Now our offical walk-through is this coming Tuesday. Since Opa and Mimi were here from Naples we were able to walk through the house and see what it looked like and it was beautiful!!! I can't even imagine how we are ever going to fill that house up with furniture. So now we are waiting a few more days and hopefully will get to move in by July 1. Matthew seemed to be mesmerized by the place...it was very cute.



Below is a video of Matthew taking a bath...Enjoy!!!

I just started the "Show Us Where You Live Friday" today and don't really have a house to show yet. We are in the process of buying a new home and got to do the walk through today. I hope you all don't mind if I post the pictures even though I don't have one of the laundry or bonus room. These pictures are of a house that is obviously not moved in yet.











Thanks and I hope to continue with the Friday blog ideas throughout September.

In Perspective

Sorry Aunt Casey...no picture today.

Speaking of Aunt Casey...I would like to thank her for helping me to put all of my worries and concerns into perspective tonight. Here I am acting like a crazy person when Matthew decides he isn't hungry or is fighting at me trying to not eat when moms everywhere have similar or comparable problems with their babies. I forget to take into account that Matthew is sooooo happy and playing and laughing most of the time and if he is a little small for his age then WHO CARES!!! Then the mom in me takes back over and worries all over again. Remember lactation consultant #5 (last week) who told me that Matthew was ready to 'move on' from breastfeeding...I think she was wrong even more today. Matthew is still showing the classic signs of reflux and if I had went to formula last week that might have made it worse. Now Matthew is back spitting up more so I am at a loss of what to do. I emailed his doctor tonight so we will see what he says when he emails me back. Honestly, even though I truly do not want this...We might have to go ahead with the upper GI procedure just to make sure that Matthew's upper GI is working properly. I hate to make him go through something like that but I also want to help him feel better while he is eating.

Another way that I have put all of these 'struggles' into perspective is reading Noah's Road and Kayleigh's Story (on my blog list). Matthew could be suffering through being shook like Noah or no longer with us like Kayleigh. We actually have it pretty good compared to their struggles. After reading about little Noah tonight I actually feel kinda selfish for being so upset about Matthew and his eating problems. It could be much worse. On the other hand, there are several people that I am thinking of tonight that are having 'minor' struggles (that seem very major) and finding out that when your baby is sick no matter how severe it is still the biggest worry in the world at that moment.

~~completely changing the subject~~

Tomorrow is the BIG day!!! We get to see our house for the first time. Opa and Mimi (Seth's Dad and Step-Mom) are coming over to do the walk through with us. Afterwards we are going to get Father's Day pictures made at JC Penny's. Matthew is turning 6 months old on the 29th of this month so we will get some of him alone as well for that milestone. Let's hope that he gives the camera a huge smile!!!

Have a great night!!!

Its A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood

OK!!! Only one more day until we get to tour our house!!!!!! We drove by (yes, again) today and they had the driveway complete. It looks like all they have left is landscaping. I saw the palm trees ready to be planted in the yard next door to ours. YEA!!!! I am so excited.

Matthew had an OK today with his eating. He seemed really gassy all day (I am sure that one day he will look back on this and read it embarrassed). He had a great night tonight though and we had fun playing on the floor. He was very hyper kicking around with all of his baby talk. I hope he always is that happy.


Thank God for our family!!!!