An Adventure!

Ever have one of those days where you just want to get out of the house, out of town, but not know where you want to go? That was me yesterday afternoon. So, I finally talk Jud into going somewhere. I told him that he could pick where as long as it was away from Center, so he chooses Lufkin. And, of course we decide to take Wesley (now 10 months old) with us.

This should not have been a problem, except for the fact that we had just gotten Wesley a new carseat. It's a convertible rear facing that will rear face until he's 35 lbs, if we choose. And, it sits him straight up.

Getting gas before leaving Center. Notice how happy he looks?

Just as we turn off the loop in Nacogdoches (on our way to Lufkin), I hear what sounds like him gagging. What's a mom to do? I take my seatbelt off and crawl through the seats with Jud driving down the road! And, it looks like an orange gusher has gone off! Okay, so the good news? We had towels and his swim trunks in a bag in the floor board from where we were going swimming last Sunday and didn't. Bad news? I had four wipes in his wipe container! By this time, he's gushed two more times. So, I start cleaning up as best as I could while Jud turns around and heads to Wal-Mart in Nacogdoches. So, by the time he gets us there, Wesley is shirtless (a feat when I couldn't unfasten his seat) and cleaned up minus his shorts (couldn't get those off without unfastening his seat belt). We take him out, Jud takes the dirty shorts off, and puts his swim trunks on him. During this, I try to finish cleaning his car seat the best that I can and, then, try to unravel myself from the back seat.

Then, we head into Wal-Mart. Another adventure all it's own. They have renovated this WalMart, so it no longer looks like ours. It no longer has the dash between Wal and Mart, and most everything is in a completely different place! First part of the adventure? You try walking into WalMart with a ten-month-old boy with no shirt on. Imagine the looks a mom receives from women walking around. I wanted to ask them had their child never got sick on the only full outfit they had. I didn't ask. Then, Jud decides he wants to go look to see if this WalMart has any golf stuff that our Wal-Mart doesn't have. Needless to say, it did not. As we are leaving the golf aisle, I almost run over three hispanic children who come running full speed around the corner. I tell them to stop running in the store before they get hurt or end up hurting someone else. For the good that did me. We cross paths with these same children THREE more times, still running and with not a parent in sight. This is when I remind my husband of the wonderful blog of a friend of ours, Morgan. Then, I proceed to go into a rant (a quiet rant, but a rant non the less) about how letting your child run in a store is disrespecting other shoppers, other parents who have their children controlled, and how I would pop Wesley's (again, ten months old, at the present time) butt right in the store if he acted like that. So, finally we make it back to the baby stuff to get Wesley a clean outfit and a container of wipes for the car. This is all we went into Wal-Mart for and spent $57 by the time we came out.

Have I mentioned that I hate Wal-Mart or WalMart??

So, then we decide to go through a drive-thru to get something to eat. I LOVE Chick-fil-a and it makes Jud sick. So, he goes through Chick-fil-a for me and then goes through Jack-in-the-box for him. Well, we don't do Chick-fil-A a lot due to this. So, I chose to get a milkshake with my meal and propped it in the floor board while I ate my meal. Asking for disaster, you say? Yep! Before we could get out of Nacogdoches on the way home, it tipped over and spilled EVERYWHERE!

Then, after getting that cleaned up the best that I could, Wesley started screaming. Picture 30 minutes of a ten-month-old child screaming. And, yes, he did scream the WHOLE way home. We get home and he is still screaming as I take him into the house. Needless to say, by the time I got him into the kitchen to eat, he was so worked up, he could barely eat his dinner. He, then, fell asleep watching his Daddy playing Xbox.

A quiet end to a very eventful evening!

Love,

Jud, Amanda, and Wesley

A New Light Comes to Shine in Our Lives- August 14, 2008

Jud and I had dated for over three years and were married July 21, 2007. I married my best friend and the love of my life. I didn't think our life could get any better. At least, until I found out that we were going to have a baby! We found out that I was pregnant November 30, 2007. I first felt our baby move at about 19 weeks. It was just a small flutter at first and continued to get stronger. We found out that we were having a little boy on March 27, 2008. By then, we already had the name picked out for our little Wesley Neal. The estimated due date was August 5 and was later moved to August 3. Wesley's 3rd Ultrasound

The doctor allowed me to go 10 days past due. He had me come in on the 13th to start tablets, with plans to induce the next morning. By the next morning, there was no need. The doctor came in at 7 A.M. and said that we would have a baby by lunch. It was about an hour and a half later that the nurses had to call him to come back from his office.

Our perfect little boy was born August 14, 2008 at 8:56 A.M. Wesley Neal was 7 lbs, 7-3/4 oz. and 21 inches long. He had a head full of dark hair. He was so much more than the perfect angel that I dreamed of.

Our very first family picture. August 14, 2008

Wesley Neal and Mommy

Wesley and Daddy

Three Generations- Wesley, Daddy, and PopPop

Wesley and PopPop (Mommy's Daddy)

Wesley and NaNa

Wesley and Aunt Ashley

Wesley and Aunt Jamye

A very tired, but happy family!

It was a very exhausting day! But, it was more than I could have ever hoped for. Out little guy is amazing and such a wonderful blessing! My heart is fuller than it has ever been.

Love,

Jud, Amanda, and Wesley

Did I really start one of these things??

Okay. To start out with, I have stayed away from blogs for a reason. I'm not creative and I'm not funny! I tell it like it is and use too many words to do it. Anyone that knows me, knows this. But, a good friend (Thank you, Morgan!) talked me into creating one as a way for family and friends that we don't get to catch up with often, to know what's going on.


A lot of our beginning posts will be catch up from the time Wesley was born until now. For these catch up posts, we'll include the date that it's from in the title. Recent ones will not have a date. (Figures, huh?)

Let me start with how complicated these things are to get started! Or, maybe it was just me! As many know, Jud's the computer person in this marriage! The actual starting of it is very simple. It's the backgrounds that are so complicated! Like I said, maybe it's just me!

Jud is working for a local school as their campus police officer. I stay at home with Wesley and have started "Matthews Photography." Wesley is a happy (for the most part!), healthy 9-month old baby boy!

This is our little family.
December 2008

Well, there will be more to come! Hopefully, you'll find that more interesting!
Love
~Jud, Amanda, and Wesley