SO GLAD TO BE HOME! AND MINNIE CAME WITH US!

Okay, first trip with Little E..... and oh my!
Jay and I traveled to Orlando for the annual Funeral Directors Convention. When we planned the trip I am not sure what I was thinking! Sure we can travel with Little E and it will be no big deal! We had it all planned out, my mom and step dad will meet us in Orlando and keep "E" while we do our thing. WRONG!
We found a great townhouse close to Disney and the convention site, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, great price... and we were set... eager to travel and get back to our old traveling routine. Little did we think that our wonderful little baby would once again remind us that she is part of the family now! We all arrived on last Saturday and decided to go to Disney- Magical Kingdom- on Sunday. So we woke up, fed "E" and headed out... only to be called about 2 hours later by my mother who was frantically saying that "E" had been crying.... well more than crying for 45 minutes... and she didn't know what to do! So, Jay and I headed out of the park to go and see what was up... we get almost to the car and Mom calls to say she is now asleep... passed out from crying for so long. So we head back into the park to try and enjoy some time together. I'm sure all of you who know me, know that I am not enjoying myself at all at this point. Well, about 4 hours later mom calls, says that "E" is awake and doing okay... then about an hour later she calls and says "E" has been crying frantically for 15 minutes now..... okay, so Jay and I head out of the park again.... and of course by the time we get to the townhouse she is passed out. My mother had been crying and my step dad had been pacing the floor, wringing his hands! I felt horrible and my mother felt like she failed me. I told her I loved her and called my baby a toot pot and kissed her little cheeks! From that point on... which was the entire week I didn't leave the baby with my mom.... she just will have to learn to travel with mom and dad! What a Carnes....

BEDTIME

BIRDS EYE VIEW AT BEDTIME
Elizabeth sleeps in her bassinet right next to my side of the bed. This is the precious view that I get to look at. What a sleeping beauty! I keep thinking that it's time for her to start sleeping in her big girl bed but I just can't seem to want to let her go. I know that she and I would both probaly sleep better. I wake up about each hour just to make sure that she is okay~ is she too hot? too cold? still wrapped up? head buried in the covers? is she breathing? is she starting to wake up because she wants to eat? O ALL THE THINGS ABOUT MOTHERHOOD!!!
Then I just stare at her for about a minute, rub her sweet cheek, maybe a soft kiss, and thank GOD for my beautiful daughter. So maybe it is okay for her to continue to sleep so close to her mommy. Thank you God for our sweet blessing.

CUTIE PATOOTIE

HOW CUTE IS THIS!!!

(and check out that neck fat!!)

I bought this cute dress on ebay for 2 dollars! I'm sure she will be a bargain hunter just like her mother!

Bottle Update: Going VERY well! She took the bottle 3 times today! Woo Hoo!! Like a very good friend told me.... its all in GOD'S timing! I should have know he would work all of this out for me! I seem to forget that I can't control everything.... even when I think that I can. Now I just have to let GOD take care of her being a perfect girl on the airplane flight on Saturday!

SUNDAY GO TO MEETIN'

Our beautiful Elizabeth dressed for her first day at church. FBC Galveston has some MAJOR damage from IKE but we are now having church there on Sundays. I did not take Elizabeth to church for the first 2 months of her life, then IKE hit so she didn't get to go until this past Sunday. Everyone loved her! She is so big now! 13 pounds, loves to stand up, has great head control- as you can see from the picture, and coo's up a storm!

Update on MD appt ~ she does not have ANYTHING wrong with her ears.. or any other part of her body! She is just a toot! AND some good news............... she took a bottle 2 times today!

Praise the LORD!

Love to you all!

Me and E

SHE'S NEVER LEFT OUT!

As you can see Diva makes sure that she gets her play time in also!

It's been a while since my last blog. Motherhood is OMG so overwhelming! I am still trying to figure out how those of you with more than one of these humanoids does it!

We went last week for her recheck on her hospitalization issues- to check for urine reflux into the kidneys. All went well and all tests are negative! God is so good!

Now I think that we are dealing with a ear infection! We go to see Dr. Hay in the morning!

Jay and I leave next Saturday with Elizabeth for Orlando. We are going to the annual Funeral Directors Convention! My mother and father will be meeting us there to take care of "E" for the week! We only have one MAJOR problem~ "E" will NOT take a bottle!!! Does anyone have any suggestions? I am thinking that maybe if she has an ear infection that maybe that is why she won't take one! Right now when she takes the breast she will eat for about 4-5 minutes then start crying like she is in pain! Then she might try to suck then stop, suck then stop and cry.

It's heart breaking for me! If I try to put her on the other breast she just cries and cries.

SUGGESTIONS?????

Other than that motherhood is wonderful. I am still exhausted. This is harder than any thing I have ever done! But o so rewarding! I will upload some new pics later on!

In Christ ALONE

Me and E

HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW?

How cute is this little puppy!

JAYS TWIN

Okay, so if Jay was a girl this is what he would look like! Elizabeth looks more and more like her daddy every day! Thats not a bad thing! The other day Nina (my mother in law) said 'Lori, I think she has your feet...." ah.... no, she has her daddys feet also! Maybe, just maybe she has my eyes, and as her hair lightens up maybe she will be a blonde of some type.

She has done great since she got out of the hospital 2 weeks ago. As I look back on the week before she went in, I can see that she was not feeling well. It's a total learning process all the way around! She is so much more alive, cooing and trying to talk when she is awake! Her

neck control is getting so good and she attempts to stand when you hold her up! It's amazing!

She goes to bed at about 11 PM and only wakes up once during the night to eat and that's only for about 7-10 minutes and then she is right back to sleep.

Jay and I are still trying to adjust to not being able to pick up and go at a moments notice. I am still trying to figure out how all of you with KIDS do it! I feel like I am packing to

go on a camping trip everytime that we leave! I guess this will get easier. She has still

not gone out to what I call "General Population." Once she gets her immunizations- which is in about 10 days we will be traveling bugs! She has not yet been to church, and everyone is so anxious to see our precious girl! I am ready to be able to show her off.... because she is just so

cute! Guess that's what all mommies think!

I went to my last ob/gyn appt on Wednesday and was cleared! I have lost all of the weight that I gained and then some! I now understand what they mean about breast feeding! Man, the weight just fell off! I am now also able to get back to my running... which I have really been missing! Jay and I walk the Seawall about 4 days a week but some running will be nice.

For all of you that moved away from Galveston I want to tell you that the weather has been

AWESOME! Not too hot, a nice breeze and the water is beautiful! I miss all of you that moved away... especially those that took off to start life in the country.... ( and to be a PTA mother!)

Well, its time to find some lunch for me before I am needed to be lunch for her!

I love you all!

Lori