Korbyn At The Beach

I decided Wednesday that I wanted to take Korbyn to the beach and take some pictures of him, and his first look at the ocean.... So I wanted to share with you a few of my favorites. He needs a haircut...I know. He will have it cut on his birthday..but not short. I love his hair the way it is now. I will probably just get it out of his eyes. He has perfect beach hair. So as far as him liking the beach goes, he loved it, until the water hit him...then he couldn't get out quick enough. Of couse I was standing 2 feet away incase of any falls. It was alot of fun. Hopefully when the water warms up this summer he will like it better.

Let's start from the beginning.....

I just wanted to take everyone back to the beginning, and share with you the happiness that we have with our precious little boy. I would also like to share some pictures from the happiest day of my life, to now, which still make me happy. I can't help but smile every time I look into Korbyn's sweet face.

Korbyn at about 2 days old.....3lbs 14oz...So tiny, so fragile. I was scared to death. The Dr. made a quick decision to go ahead and have Korbyn born 5 weeks early, because he just wasn't growing anymore inside me. At first I was so ready, and then all these questions start to set in when I realized it was really going to happen. I was really going to be a mommy and Curtis was really going to be a daddy. WOW! Will my baby be okay? Will I be a good mother? Am I really ready to take on all the challenges that motherhood brings? And then I laid, shaking as the doctor's cut me open, at that point more worried about how my baby would be when he came out. That he would breathe okay, and wouldn't have to be put on any kind of support. Praying that God would make every single thing okay and give me the strength to deal with anything that would come up. About 5 or 10 minutes after they started, I was looking at Curtis, and he looked down at me and start to cry, I knew Korbyn was here. I couldn't see him and didn't even know he was out. Then I looked over to my left and saw this tiny baby with his hands and feet in the air, crying, and I couldn't help but tear up because he was MY baby! They wrapped him up and brought him over to me. I just kissed him with tears in my eyes. I can't explain that feeling. I still get that feeling when I look at him. Those of you who are parents know what I'm talking about. For those of you who aren't parents....look forward to it, it is the best feeling in the world. God answered my prayers and Korbyn was never on any type of Oxygen, feeding tubes, etc. Even after the Dr. told us Korbyn would be in the hospital for 5 weeks. (till his due date) he was out in 10 days. God is awesome! Babies are such a blessing. I have been so blessed to have a healthy baby who is growing and developing perfectly.

1 month old...about 5lbs 14oz Still little and still in preemie clothes. I am adding a little video so you can hear his cry. It was so soft. I could barely hear him. It seems loud because my sister was filming right in his face!

Korbyn at 2 months.....around 8lbs 3 months.... around 10 or 11 lbs 4 months...around 12lbs 5 months..... Happy Halloween! I did his pictures at home...

For all of you wondering where I got these done....It is by my Canon Rebel XTI that Curtis bought me for Christmas '07 when he was overseas. 6 Months...This was the first time he ever used a sippie cup, and he did really good. He also started sitting up this month. 7 months.... Merry Christmas! 8 months.....This month Daddy had to get his eye surgery. PRK. So he doesn't have to wear glasses or contacts anymore. The surgery was a complete success and now his vision is 20/15. We spent a week with Aunt B and Uncle Tom in San Antonio. Visited the Rainforest Cafe (which was a blast--after Korbyn realized the animals weren't real and stopped crying.) Walked the Riverwalk and went to the San Antonio Zoo. 9 months... He is 19lbs exactly right now, 29.5 inches tall. Korbyn is now a pro-crawler. He waves and says "hi". Claps constantly and tries to say "yay" when he does. He has said "dada" twice and "mama" once. Stands up by holding on to the trail in his crib (today he got brave and let go--only to fall down). He is extremely tickilish (expecially on his sides). He has the cutest laugh I have ever heard in my entire lifetime. He shakes his head no at everything when he is sitting in his high chair and in a shopping cart. But will also do that when I say something to him. I think he has a great understanding of what "no" means...but thinks it is funny, cause he laughs at me everytime I say it to him. He is into absolutely EVERYTHING he shouldn't be... Don't worry, we have child-proofed the apartment. If you can't calm him down, give him a spoon..doesn't matter what kind, he will shut up instantly. Plastic ones are preferrable for mommy! He is a stinker! But I love him more and more everyday!

BBQ

I know I haven't been keeping everyone updated that well this last week. Lots has been going on. Korbyn is keeping me pretty busy crawling EVERYWHERE now. He is quick! He stood up for the first time by himself on Wednesday morning. Curtis woke up and was sitting on the side of our bed talking to Korbyn and he just popped right up. I didn't get a picture. It was too quick and he fell down before we got the camera. Of Course! Monday, Curtis and Travis (our roommate) were off work and decided to have a BBQ for all their close friends. Don't think Korbyn didn't get a BBQ Chicken wing. Cause he did and LOVED IT! It was fun to watch him eat like a big boy till he bit off a piece as big as my entire thumb and I jumped off the couch and dug it out so fast it scared Korbyn, then it hurt his feelings. Curtis got some cute pictures of his new experience of eating chicken.

For those of you who do not know Travis here is a picture of him with Korbyn.

Vacuum Nightmare

Last night Korbyn was playing in the floor with his Pooh bear that crawls and he was so content. Curtis decided to scare him with the vacuum and so he rolled the vacuum up right behind Korbyn and started it. Korbyn dove for cover! Ha! That is seriously something we should send to America's Funniest Videos! We laughed so hard we cried. Korbyn never cried. I think he was too scared to do anything but save himself! Curtis felt bad afterward. Like, what kind of parents are we? Korbyn will be having vacuum nightmares. Poor baby. I am trying to figure out my video camera so I can let you see the video. I am going to mess with it today, as much as I can and figure how to get them over to my computer so that I can share more vidoes with you all.

Also, Korbyn had his first taste of real green beans yesterday. He has been eating baby food since he was 3 months old. But I finally got brave enough to give him some finger foods. He just played in them. I put one in his mouth and he swallowed it. So, I am going to try again until he can get it himself. He still doesn't have teeth yet, so I was kinda reluctant to try it, but now that I see he isn't going to choke I will keep giving them too him until he has it down.

Another milestone we have reached is pulling himself up. He will pull himself up onto his knees, not quite his feet yet. He is getting into EVERYTHING! Especially Curt's Playstation! It's his favorite. He can turn it on and eject the games now. About 2 days ago I walked out of the room and came back to Korbyn holding a CD in his hands and chewing on it. Slobber EVERYWHERE! He didn't scratch it. Thank God.

Korbyn is one COOL dude!

I would like to start off by saying, Korbyn is the coolest little dude around! He loves pulling Curt's hat off of him and chewing on it. And when he wears it he looks so darn cute! What can I say, the kids got style! HA! By the way, he pulled it over to the side by himself!

We had an Ice Cream Night (as I like to call it) at Marble Slab Creamery! UMMM!!!! We went with Mike & Leah, our good friends and neighbors. Korbyn absolutely loves ice cream! I was feeding it to him by spoon, but then I decided to let him just lick it off. Which was cute BUT messy. He had it all over his shirt when we left. Mike and Leah are in the picture with Korbyn! I love that we are making some good friends :), but hate that we are going to have to leave them all soon! :(

The past few days....

I just wanted to share some pictures I have taken over the last few days...


This shirt says "I don't have to take this, I'M GOING TO MY GRANDMA'S" It is just so cute! Of course, it came from my mom! She is always sending him outfits. Thanks mom! I can't believe he is a few days from 9 months old and is already wearing size 12 month clothes and he has been for a few months.









This shirt says "Grandpa's Little Man"---->

My dad got this one for Korbyn for Christmas. I really wanted him to wear it yesterday, but he slobbered ALL over it before we left to go eat lunch with Amber! I'm just wondering if I will ever be able to buy any clothes for him?? He has sooo many that he doesn't really need anything, and his closet is already packed full of his clothes..just 6 to 12 months. I have already had to pack all the rest of his clothes away as he grows out of them, because he has too many! Korbyn and I enjoyed a lunch with Amber at CiCi's Pizza! (I spelled it right now Amber--HAHA!) Korbyn was a little fussy for the lunch, but probably because he was sitting in a high chair that we pulled close to the table and he kept leaning down to chew on the buckle, and hit his head on the table... lol! It wasn't hard, but he gets his feelings hurt easily! Amber came over to hang out with us after lunch for a little bit, and Korbyn was in a better mood! We are thankful to have Amber, she is a great friend, and she is also the Assistant Children's Pastor at our church!

Last night I decided that we should try the mohawk again. But his hair is sooo long now that it was extremely difficult to get it to stay up with just water, and I didn't want to put gel in it before he went to bed. He had already had his bath. So I twisted it to keep it up with just water and it finally stayed! I love it! His hair has really grown. He will get it cut on his birthday!

This picture was taken this morning! I love mornings with Korbyn! He is so full of energy and is always in a good mood! If only it were like that all day(the good mood part). I love this picture because he just looks so sweet! He is a sweet boy! I love him more than he will ever know!

Korbyn Loves Mariah

I have started babysitting a 5 week old little girl, Mariah, who Korbyn adores. He always wants to hold her and touch her. And believe it or not, he is very soft with her, and not too jealous to see his mommy holding another baby instead of him. Since he is so good and soft with her, I decided to take a picture of them. He put his hand around her and held her head and leaned up against her and gave the biggest smile. It was the perfect picture. He didn't have a shirt on, because he was eating his teething cookie and got it ALL OVER HIMSELF! So i just took it off.

When she started Crying he looked at her and started talking to her..soo cute! Like he was trying to tell her not to cry or something.

Some more exciting news: Korbyn crawled for the first time yesterday! I was in the floor with him and he was on his hands and knees rocking (like always) and so I got in a crawling position too and started moving away from him and he followed. It was only for a few seconds. But it is definately progress.

New Cats

Today we got 2 cats for Korbyn. I am not a big fan of cats, but these seem to be pretty calm. Curtis has a co-worker who is being transferred to Japan, and so we took the cats so they wouldn't have to go to a shelter. Korbyn doesn't seem to care too much about them. They're names are Gimpy/the tiger stripped cat on the top (he is 4 years old) and Kirra/the calico cat on the bottom (who is 9 months old). They had their names already, so we aren't going to change them. Gimpy is definately more friendly than Kirra, she seems to be really shy, and scared right now. She hasn't even came out to play, she is hiding in our room...but hopefully she will come around. We will see how it goes.