My Big Guy!

My Big Guy! :-)
Just wanted to post these pics for Meme to see one of the many outfits she bought! :-)
Thanks Meme! Love you!

Kainaan's School Work 5

This week: The letter 'U'

Kainaan made King Somebody's shield...the king is from the bible and his name starts with a U.


His shield.


They also learned the #4.


He painted a picture with bingo dobbers.


When I dropped him off the other morning, his teacher was letting them make this picture. He told me to sit in the chair next to him to help him! So I helped cut the grass and he glued it on. Then we glued on our worm..."because worms live u-u-Under the ground!"


He colored the umbrella...


Its the Uppity Umbrella Bird!! He did a good job coloring in the U's on the page! :-)


To introduce the letter U, she let them crawl Under the table to color. How fun!

Chattanooga Fun Day with Meme!

Kainaan and I went to Chattanooga to go see Meme & Mr. 'Nard...They flew to Atlanta to go to the LSU/GA game and mom didn't even realize how close she actually was to me!!! Hellooooo??? Atlanta is like 3 hours from us! So Mom came up with the idea to meet halfway in Chattanooga! And because I love my Mommy sooooo much and I have missed her terribly, I got up really early and drove to meet her...on my 1 day off in my 11 day stretch! :-) We were only together for about 5 hours, but it was better than nothing! :-)

Scrubba Dub In Da Tub!

Tonight was bathtime fun! Kainaan loves playing in our tub...he thinks its a swimming pool!

Kainaan's School Work 4

Kainaan had his first week in his new class with kids his age...its been a rough start every morning, but everyday there were fewer tears eventually. They worked on the Letter A.

A is for Apple.

He glued these pieces of paper and foil on all by himself to make the letter A.


How cute!

He did a pretty good job coloring his apple! He stayed in the lines for the most part.

A is for Ark...he glued the ark and the letter A on the paper.

His Johnny Appleseed coloring paper.

Kainaan Is Johnny Appleseed

My Little Johnny Appleseed!!! His class is celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday (9-26-1774!) and he needed to wear a plaid shirt and a pot on his head! Since my pots are too heavy...Tim & I made 1! :-) I was going to try using cardboard and foil, but Mom thought about the plastic top hats at party supply stores. It would be dangerous if we lived in the same town! :-) I cut the rim off and covered it with foil, then Tim cut a paint stirring stick in half and hot glued it on. Not a bad job for our 1st official school project, huh?
I took these 2 pics last night because I was scared I wouldn't get him to take one before school. He is not adjusting to his new class very well this week... :-(

LOOK! I DID get a picture this morning! He was excited to have Daddy taking him to school! Mommy was too, it meant I didn't have to get up and get dressed on my 1 day off in 6 days!! :-)

*This pic is bright...I used my old little camera instead of my good one...I was tired and they needed to get going! :-)

Be Thankful For Your Healthy Babies!

I had to go to NICU today to take pictures of a baby that was getting to go home, it was a great day for everyone involved...but while I was there, I had to take a few minutes to take it all in. I was surrounded by endless rows of baby incubators. They had babies of all sizes, and the nurses were soooo wonderful to actually take the time to talk to me and let me see a little bit of what they do everyday. All I can say is...WOW! All nurses are special, but these ladies are out of this world! Check out the diaper below...its what they use for the tiniest babies. It weighs 8 grams and the only way they know how much a baby is expelling is to weigh the diaper and subtract 8 grams from it. Isn't that so sad? My NICU experience was bittersweet today!



Look how tiny!?!? The Newborn diaper looks so big, which is usually so small.
The NICU diaper measures 4 inches! it literally fit into the palm of my hand!