First Sunday

Lets just say it has been awhile since we have been to church. Once Reid was born we did not take him out of the house (flu season) and so going to church was not possible. Not to mention the thought of leaving him with a stranger was something I just was not ready to do. Well, Reid is 5 months old and we thought it was time we got back into church. We have really missed it. Today was the day and I had so much anxiety about it. I was not ready to drop Reid off with a stranger especially since he now gets upset when strangers approach him. I was expecting this to be hard on Reid today. Well all of you mothers know out there that it is much harder on the parents (especially the mother) than it is on the baby. Reid did not have one single problem in the nursery today. I think he liked the fact that he was held and loved on the whole time we were gone. There were a total of 4 babies in the nursery, Reid being the oldest and the youngest is 3 months.

We arrived early to church so that I could take my time leaving him and once we did I was ok. It was nice seeing our friends from church and catching up with them. Church starts and we are singing "How Great Thou Art" and all of a sudden a big lump comes up in my throat and I thought I was going to really bust out crying if I tried to sing one more word. I just had to stop singing and just pray. I knew Reid was fine, but I was just really struggling with leaving him today. So I get over that and then Justin looks over at me and says. "You know we changed Reid's nipple size to level 3 yesterday (faster flowing nipple) and I hope that lady doesn't lay him down flat like she had that other baby and try to feed him; he will choke." Well there goes another whole set of worries for me. I had not thought about letting them know that when we feed Reid we keep him upright. I know its terrible, but I kept watching the clock and could not wait for 12 noon to get here. I was so ready to pick him up. Mrs. Barbara (the nursery worker) said he did great and never cried.

So all and all Reid had a much better Sunday morning than his mama did. I do believe this is a good transition and this will help me ease back into the work world. I just kept thinking what if I was leaving him for 9 hours today. I just don't think I could stand it. I am just not ready for that. Going back to work is going to be much harder than I ever expected.

Here are a few pictures of Reid before his First Sunday at Church







Here is Reid after his bath. He loves bath time and really enjoyed his bath toys tonight. We are now bathing him in his bath tub in the guest bath tub since he splashes so much. He has a great time splashing.


Here he is so happy after bath time.

His Mimi and Granddaddy will be here Thursday and we are so excited about seeing them. His Mimi sat on Skype and watched Reid for an hour today. She watched him roll over twice. She says she can sit all day and watch him. We are so thankful we have skype so his grandparents can watch and talk to Reid.

Reid continues to be the best baby. He is now napping (swaddled of course) for three hours each day in his crib. This has helped so much so that I now have time to get things done during the day. His bedtime is 5 o'clock each day and he continues to sleep through the night.

I hope everyone had a great weekend...

Ried's First Christmas

This is one of the few family pictures we got before Christmas. We were leaving to go to Church to watch a Christmas Concert and leaving Reid with Trina to babysit. I am finding it very hard to leave Reid. I want him with me at all times. I don't know how I will ever be able to go back to work.


O I know this post is so late, but having a 4 1/2 month old is keeping me much more busy these days. The days of him sleeping most of the day away has come and gone. Reid is up quite a bit during the day now and that means I am on the floor most of the day entertaining him. Our Christmas was spent in North Ms. and in Collierville Tn. We were very busy traveling back and forth, but it was very worth it since Reid was able to be with his Mimi and Granddaddy and his Kay-K and Pop.

We were gone for 10 days and it was much easier packing this time. I was not near as worried about making sure I had everything Reid would need because we had just packed for 10 days at Thanksgiving.

We had a very good time while we were gone. We spent three days with my parents Fri-Mon and then Mon-Thurs with Justin's parents. Monday when we got there Kay had an early Christmas present for Reid. Kay knows me all too well. I loved Reid's Christmas outfit. I think he looked mighty handsome.


Wed night Kay's side of the family came over to have Christmas with us since we would miss the Akin family Christmas. Reid received his first Christmas gifts. His Aunts and Uncles were so sweet to each get him a gift. We had a really good time visiting with them.

Christmas Eve was spent at Granny's house. We arrived early so that Reid could spend some time with his Granny. It was so nice to visit with her and she was so proud of Justin and what a great daddy he is. She had a great time visiting with Reid and kept asking us when we were going to have number 2. Slow down Granny ha ha...Reid did very good at Granny's this time. He never did get upset he just took it all in.




After Granny's we headed back to Mimi's house and that is when Reid decided to show out. He rolled over 5 times in a row on Christmas Eve. We were so proud of him. Unfortunately he has not rolled over since. Here are some random pictures while we waiting on Christmas day to get here.

Reid and Granddaddy


Reid and Mimi


Mimi loving on Reid




Christmas morning Santa came and Reid received so many nice gifts and alot of things that he was needing. We then left out to go to my brother's house and on the way we saw a few snow flurries. That is as close as we got to a white Christmas ha. My nephew Blake was so fun to be around Christmas; he was showing us how to ride his new horse. He was so proud and so much fun.

Christmas at my brothers







After visiting with them we headed home to load up again and head back to Justin's parents house to have Christmas with them. Of course we were all spoiled again with many presents and Reid got lots of things that he needed as well. We are so blessed to have such wonderful parents.

Here are some pictures of Reid at his Kay-k and Pop's

Reid is now going to bed each night about 6 and sleeps till 6 or 7 the next morning. He has been doing this for about a month now and it seems to be working very well for him.

When I gave Reid his cereal today with a spoon he was able to swallow the cereal. I think he is finally learning how to swallow and not make such a mess. He is getting so big. Everyone that sees him says hey Big Boy. I am afraid he is going to think his name is Big.