Explosion of Epic Proportion Part II: Not for a weak stomach

Well tonight I got poo-ed on again!

Sevyn was hanging out in her swing, and started to get fussy.  It was time for her to eat, so I went to pick her up and just as I sat down on the couch, I felt something wet drop on my arm.  At first I thought she drooled or spit-up, but it was brown.  Oh yes, it was POO!

I carried her into her bedroom, and laid a burp cloth on the changing pad, it was everywhere.  Then grabbed the camera and well . . . (see for yourself)

(notice the poo running down her leg)

(Finally got the onesie off)

After I stripped her and got the "chunks" off, Jim bathed her.

Personally, I think she blows up her diaper because she loves to take baths, and knows that is the best way to ensure she gets one. Ha!

Two Month Shots

Sevyn had her first round of shots on Tuesday morning.  Honestly, it was funny.  I can't remember the last time I saw blood rush to someone's face like that.  I think she was saying, "dang it woman, that hurts!"  They stuck her twice and did it simultaneously, one in each thigh.  

Sevyn weighed in at 10 pounds 3 ounces, and is 22 1/4" long.  She is in the 25t percentile in both height, weight and head circumference.  She is also doing really well with her development.  Apparently, there is a reflex that develops around 4 months that she is already doing (what can I say, my kids ahead of the class, ha!)  Something about bringing your hand into you line of vision from the side.  

They commented that she has exceptionally good head control, and that she is pretty close to rolling over.  It was nice to be reassured that tummy time, and the amount of time that she spends on the ground playing is actually the right thing to do.  Personally, I just put her on the ground because I have work to get done, and I can't do it unless she is out of my arms. 

Next doctor's appointment and round of shots comes at 4 months.

New Pictures!

Trying out my bumbo.  I am getting close to being able to sit up, and hold my head on my shoulders. 

I am getting a much bigger personality, and love it when mom plays peek-a-boo, or pretends to sneeze.

I have beautiful big baby blues. 

Practicing my left hand jump shot.  (She held it there for about 10 minutes while sleeping.)

Dad and Sevyn at the Southland Conference Tournament, enjoying some quality time together.

Sevyn's first JWP gig. 

Below: Rusty hangs out with Sevyn - he is one of our freelancers.  He had the magic touch and put her to sleep.

Laying on the stage, at the Katy Tournament.  She had a lot of fun at the basketball game, and was the talk of the media room.

It was a good game!

Two Months Old - Sevyn's Perspective

Wow, life has been so crazy for me my mom and dad are very busy people, but I am having a lot of fun.

In my two short months of life I have been super busy.

We have traveled to Houston twice.  Once because dad had to go to a Rockets game, and another time when mom had to work a basketball tournament.  (Boy they sure do love basketball.)  Houston is fun because I get to see my Aunt Melissa and Uncle Jerry, and their kids - they even have a little boy who is just a few weeks older than me.  Papaw and Mamaw come visit me too.   I can't wait to meet my Aunt Becky and Aunt Michelle (she is coming to visit in April!)

I have also been to three Mavs game, again lots of basketball in my family, (guess I better learn something about that game.)  Apparently, my dad likes to dress up like a blue horse, not sure why - something I will have to figure out later.  Mom and I spend most of our time in his dressing room, but  I like to be out on the floor where I can see and hear everything  that is going on.  Usually I scream until mom takes me out there - she's like putty in the palm of my hand!  

I have also been on TV twice, and my name has been mentioned on the Mavericks jumbotron once.  I was on TV the night I was born for the High School Edge, and then last week at the Southland Conference Tournament.  The Mavericks also said happy birthday to me, a couple days after I was born, they said "Champ had a filly - guess that's me!)  I'ld say I'm a superstar!

My dad had to be gone a lot when I was really young, but I am so glad that he is able to be home more often now.  I love smiling at him.  He even gives great baths!  Dad likes to put the bathtub on the coffee table in front of the TV, and we watch sports center together, while he rubs my feet.  When mom gives me a bath, she turns out the lights, lights candles, and rubs smelly body wash on me.  I like them both but I think Dad and I have more fun.

I like to "challenge" mom and see how she handles stress at the most difficult times.  I always spit-up full feedings on her (and no one else,) and most of the time I try to do it when I am in the car and were pulling out of the driveway, or she is dressed and ready to go, and she has to change her clothes.  The look on her face is  . . . priceless!

One of my other favorite past times is to hold my poop in until I am about explode, and then I let it all go.  The look on mom's face when she found my major explosion in the parking lot of Joe's Pizza was great.  My dad stood around and took pictures.  I laughed the whole time they were cleaning me up.  It was sooooooo funny!

I get to spend a lot of time at Grandma and Papa's house too.  Mom goes up stairs to work on the computer, and Grandma plays with me.  She has EVERYTHING at her house, a bouncy seat, a swing, bottles, diapers, even a pack-n-play.  I love my new swing she bought, it has lights, sound and swings really fast, its GREAT!

When my cousin's Brady and Emily come over we play together too.  Emily is fun, she asks a lot of questions though.  She is good at throwing my diapers away in the trash, although papa doesn't like them to be thrown away in his bathroom trash because they stink!

Brady and I are having fun too.  He covers me up when he thinks I am cold, puts my passie back in when it falls out, and writes me post-it notes that say things like "Sevyn you are so nice!"  I think he is pretty cool.  

I am having a great time in my new life.  I am seeing new things everyday, and I think this is going to be a fun place to live.  My mom and dad are cool people, and I think they are FINALLY getting the hang of this parenting thing, but I have a few more things in store that will totally rock their world!

Love you all

~Sevyn

(Sorry for the tardiness in my posting, Sevyn is just over two months now, but I thought it was important to me to write this one though.  ~Tif)

An Explosion of Epic Proportions!

Jim and I went to go look at houses today, and Sevyn did really well.  She slept most of the time, until the very end when we were looking at other properties online at our realtors home.  Sevyn woke up and in typical fashion, screamed her head off.  I picked her up out of her car seat and tried to console her, but she was having none of it.  She wanted to eat!

Jim and I decided we were going to go have dinner at Joe's Pizza just around the corner, and before we went in I would feed her in the parking lot.  I had to buckle her back into her car seat so we could go from our realtor's house to Joe's.  That ticked her off even more.  

To shorten the details, I picked her up out of the car seat, got her feeding and then started to smell something.  I looked around in her diaper (she had a onesie on and pants) and when I started to examine if it was poo or toots I saw the mess.  She had exploded her diaper all the way, and I mean ALL THE WAY!  Not just a little bit that got smeared, it was as much poo as I have ever seen come out of a baby.  Let's not forget that she just now got into her size one diapers, so she shouldn't be filling them just yet.

It was on her stomach almost to her chest.  It was on her back, down her legs, it had soaked into her onesie.  It was GROSS!!!!

After she was done eating, which couldn't have come any sooner, Jim and I decided we would clean her up in the trunk of my car (probably not the most sanitary of places but it worked.)  I laid her down in the back with a lap pad underneath and started to clean her up.  I first tried to get the poo that was all over her stomach so that I could eventually get her onesie off.  Then after I got the onesie off (which got tossed in the trash) I opened her diaper and it was disgusting.  I think I used about 20 wipes.  It was so bad that we took a plastic bag and hung it on the trunk of my car for easy "throw-away" access.  

Meanwhile, Sevyn laid there smiling and cooing the entire time.  It was as if she was saying, "serves you right for making me wait for my dinner."  Anyways, that was her first time she had pooped in 2.5 days, and lets just say she got it all out.  

I am sure you parents can sympathize with us on infant explosions, this was the worst one we have had by far!  

Sevyn's 1st Bachelorette Party

Don't fault me for taking her . . . it was very classy and tasteful, plus Jim had a Mavs game  . . . . and isn't the result of a Bachelorette/Lingerie Party a baby most often, at least in the long term?  Ha!

Sevyn had fun.  There were plenty of girls to ooh and ahh over her.  She did throw up a feeding in her car seat prior to our arrival, so she had to change into her Pj's early.  

Anyways, we had a lot of fun . . . loved the cupcakes (at least I did) and are super excited about Tera and Lee's upcoming wedding!  Congrats you two!

Aunt Bethe looking snazzy in her new dress!  We look like cotton candy bubblegum together!

The bride . . . you'll have one of me someday! (P.S. can I borrow your crown?)

Our Sweet Baby Girl!

We call this one, Sweet Angel!

(P.S. Thanks Dawn for taking the pic!)

New Pics of Sevyn

My first car!  See the wind blowing in my hair?

Tif and Sevyn during nap time.

Photo shoot gone wrong, again!  I think she hates the big pink bow (that's my girl, where's the baseball hat!)