Have a great Thanksgiving!

The pic of Clayton was one that my best friend Holly took of him at a a baby shower for our other good friend Morgan. The family picture was taken by Stewart Dedmon of Creative Images photography. Both are great professional photographers!! I love them both dearly!!

I am so thankful for my family. I love my parents they are great, wonderful, supportive and I appreciate them sooo much!!! I am thankful for my grandparents thank you for all that you do and taking care of Clayton!! Of course I love my husband! He is my best friend and puts up with me! He is always there and is a great dad! I couldn't ask for more!! ahhaha LOL! I am thankful Clayton he will never know how much happiness he brings to our family. We love him so much!

Stace

October-November 09

Oh geez so much has happened!! Sorry, it has been a while I do forget about my blog some times and I promise I will do better!!

Well a lot of firsts... Clayton is starting to sit up on his own while being on someone's lap. He is trying to start crawling. It is really cute he has the motion for it but no go! He is also trying out different stage 1 baby foods. He does not like green beans unless they are mixed with apple sauce. He likes carrots, sweet potatos, squash, bananas, peaches and pears.

He has a lot of personality and we just love it. He loves to laugh and of course is very curious. If he is sitting on your lap and there is something in front of him he will grab it and place into his mouth.

He has attended his first hockey game, went to the state fair, TCU game, Dallas Cowboy stadium tour. He has done a lot for a little boy!! I have poseted some pics from the past two months...

Our next holiday is Thanksgiving, there is so much going on that day. I will let you all know what happens!! Until then have a great Thanksgiving!!

Love, Stace, Mark and Clayton

4 months old and 4 month shots...

Well my baby is now 4 months! I can't believe how time has flown by.. He is getting bigger, voicing his opinion more, turning over..... Just getting to be a big boy.

On Sunday, September 27th we had his baptismal and he did such an amazing job. He smiled at the pastor and didn't freak out in his arms and he looked oh so cute! We had the entire family and close family friends there and what a treat that was Mark's grandparents came into town. Plus we have picked Clayton's Godparents drumroll................Godmother: Rebecca Betz and Godfather: Daniel Brietling... We are so excited that they will be his godparents and know that they will do an amazing job. All the baptism pics are on my facebook here is a pic of him on stage...

We have a lot planned this month.... My cousin Morgen is coming into town and I can't wait for him to see Clayton.. That is his Uncle Morgen since I don't have any siblings. We are planning on going to pumpkin patches, halloween parties, boo at the zoo! There is a lot going on!

Of course I will be more up to date on these postings!!


Mark, Stace and Clayton

We have done a lot!

I know it has been awhile since my last post!!

In August, Clayton has done a lot..... He went to the circus and he had such a blast he loved the lights in fact he couldn't stop looking a the lights...

He has been swimming a lot in his pool which he loves! He loves to kick his feet and splash around. He is now wearing 3 to 6 months clothes and is in stage 1-2 diapers... He is getting to be such a big boy I can't believe how big he is getting....

I got to show him off at the university's President's picnic and my sorority sisters fell in love with him of course! He smiled at them and got to see lots of ppl! I think he was overwhelmed by everything going on...

So far in September, he has attended a funeral which he did very well. Also, he had his second holiday with us! He celebrated Labor Day weekend in true style with football games! He paid attention to the college football games especially Penn State! Daddy was very proud of course!

That is all I know we have our first walk on the 12th... American Heart Association at 7am we are walking with the Athletic Training dept. It will be sooo much fun and hoping it doesn't rain!

That is all I know for right now! I promise I won't take too long to post on Clayton...


Stace

Back to work! and Updates!

Well I started back to work on Monday, August 3rd and it was hard at first.... I can say it was nice to be away for a few hours. Mark did a great job on taking care of him since it was his first full day of taking care of him. I go from taking a care of a two month to 18 year olds... Fun huh!

Well lets see what has been going on the little man! He can hold his head up and loves tummy time. When he is at Ma and Pa's house they read to him, play with him oh he even goes mall walking with them... LOL!

On July 30th, he had his shots and that was the sadest thing to witness. He did so well up until he received his shots and then the cries started... It broke my heart to hear him cry like that. Dr. Rhodes gave him an A+ for his two month visit. He weighs 12 lbs (as of July 30) and is 23 inches long. He is right where he needs to be as far as develop wise. Which we were not surprised! We knew he would be perfect! LOL!

On July 31st, he stayed with my parents it was our first official night away from him and we only called 3 times okay maybe 4 times.. He loves his Grammie and Pawpaw TC. In fact, on Saturday he was so content with being over there that we stayed over there all day together while Mark went to work.

On Sunday, August 9 we had him in the pool and he loved it! Which we were thankful that he did not freak out. He loves his bath time so I do believe that helped. Here are some pics of that day that are posted above:

That is all I know for right now... We just love him sooo much.

OMG I am going to be 29

Well I am about to be 29 years old on the 20th and my son will be 2 months on the 29th! Here are his one month pics taken by my bf Holly Gray...

We have been doing really great and love our son! He has been amazing to watch... He makes the funniest faces when is awake and of course when he is asleep. Bedtime has been an adjustment he is doing really well with sleeping 4 - 5hours some nights. I now understand all moms who had babies before us when they told me oh you won't eat or shower after 2pm... It is true!

Mark is amazing and loves his son in fact it is a battle sometimes of who gets to hold him! hahahah I thought I would never see the day when a baby has Mark in the palm of his hands and has his finger wrapped around him!!

Hope everyone is staying cool in this wonderful Texas HEAT!!!

Love,

Stace and Clayton

May 29th changed our lives!!

I am sorry to be a month late on blogging so much has happened since my last entry! This is kinda funny considering I had talked to my cousin Alison the night before about labor/delivery and all the fun prego stuff!

On May 28th, I went in for my regular one week appt. little did I know what was about to happen. I did my normal weigh in, urine cup all the stuff that you do once a week at the DR. Well, I knew when she tested my urine that something was up bc the nurse took a little longer looking at the strip. She then checked my bp ( which I thought I was fine I wasn't swollen yet) well my bp was 133/93 NOT GOOD apparently! The nurse then said well you have a 2 plus protein in your urine and your bp is way high. You might be staying after she sees you. SAY WHAT! I turned to my momma and in tears.... She told me to relax and wait for official news from the Dr. Alexis. I waited for her to come in and she came in and checked to see if I was dilated which I was not. She told me since my BP was high and that my protein level was a 2 plus that I had........ Preclampsia (SP?) I was told that I would be checking into the hospital and that would be delivered sometime today hopefully. Again, I was in shock, nervous and started shaking..... Everything was happening so fast... She said that Clayton was fine it was my body that was preventing him to come out.

I checked into the hospital thankfully just down the hall and was checked into a very nice room! Well it was the pre labor/delivery room.. I was so nervous that I couldn't even call Mark my momma had to call. I then got ready into the lovely hospital gown and was settled into the bed. I was hooked up to an IV and then had blood drawn. Needless to say they checked on me constantly and was watching my bp and of course his heart rate.

I was induced and poticin was placed into my IV and the contractions started! Those are not fun they are like intense cramps. Dr. Alexis continued to check on me and I was still not dilated fully maybe like a two... This continued all day and into the night about 9pm 0r 10 I had an epidural and that was great love that drug! I went from a 2 to a 4 then Dr. Alexis broke my water that was uncomfortable by the way even though I really couldn't feel it. I was then at 7 and stayed there for a while. At 5:45 am on May 29th Dr. Alexis came in and said the or team on the way and that she is delivering by c-section his heart rate was going up and down way too much. My eyes started tearing up and in shock. At 6:12 am Clayton Landry was here and he is perfect and wonderful... He was 7 pounds 2 ounces and 20 inches long.

Now he is a month tomorrow and I can't believe how fast a month went even though it did not feel like it! He is holding his head up more and more and now is trying to turn over! He is our little wiggle worm! He is precious and we just love him! I will say this it was so hard that first 2 weeks and once we started getting a schedule down it was good to go!

Also, Mark has done a great job and a fanstatic dad!! He is amazing to watch with Clayton and he is just wonderful! He took care of everything while I was out of commission and couldn't really get around. I fall in love with him more and more every day!

I will get pics up as soon as I get them on CD....

I hope everyone is doing great! I know we are doing great!

Love,
Mark, Stace and Clayton