Football, Family and Fun

Football season is finally here!  We have been counting down to the first game for months..so it was a big day in our house.

Game day morning in their Roll Tide jammies..thanks, Gigi!!

 It just so happened that my dad and step-mom were planning to be at the beach for the week, so they decided to come over for the night to watch the game with us.  George was soo excited to see   Pop and Nana! Mimi, Poppy, Uncle Steve and Lily also came over..we had a packed house and G was so excited he didn't know what to do, lol! 

Dressed and ready for the game! Supporting our two favorite teams- Go Noles and Roll Tide!

the boys and Pop watching the game

Everyone had a wonderful time, especially since we won!  In the morning we got up and daddy made pancakes, our favorite! After breakfast we got out the sprinkler.  We found it at Target, and George LOVES to play with this! 

Our big boy eating breakfast next to Pop at the bar!

Enjoying lunch at the Yacht Club

We spent the rest of the day showing Pop and Nana around Panama City, had a wonderful lunch at the Yacht Club with Mimi, Poppy, Aunt C, Uncle Steve and Lily and enjoyed a boat ride.  We had such a fun visit!

Happy Birthday Megan!

Last weekend we packed everyone up and headed to Dothan for our cousin Megan's 2nd Birthday party.  M loves Winnie the Pooh so, she had a Pooh party! It was too cute.  My Sister-in-law did an awesome job putting everything together!  George refused to nap all day, so I was very worried that he would be over tired and these days that means tantrums! But, he did great! He had so much fun playing with all of the kids- especially big cousins L and M! Sam had fun too, he got lots of cuddles! :)

Baby Sam getting cuddles at the party

I love this picture- cousins playing together

Such a boy!! He almost took a dive into the baby pool

Brownies! Yum!

G loved the cupcakes! Can't you tell? :)

Starting to get sleepy here..

and he's out! He slept the whole way home!

Happy Birthday, Megan! We love you!

Welcome to P.C. & Gigi's Visit

This past weekend my sweet mother-in-law and two of her friends hosted a wonderful welcome to Panama City party for me. It was so much fun!   I met a wonderful group of girls, all with kids, so we had lots in common! We had a beautiful lunch and got to spend some time getting to know everyone. Thanks so much to my sweet and thoughtful MIL for putting so much time and effort into making me feel so special and welcome! :)

A group of girls from the party

Yum! The delicious lunch and beautiful place setting

Gigi and Mrs. Mizell with Baby Sam

My mom (aka Gigi) had been planning to come visit us (especially her favorite boys), so the weekend of the party was a perfect time!  It was so great having her here; George and Sam loved it too.  It was a perfect weekend!

George loves reading and cuddling with Gigi! 

The boys were not happy campers when it was time for Gigi to go

We love you Gigi and can't wait for you to come back soon!

Baby Love: Sam 7 Weeks

Our sweet baby boy is now 7 weeks old!  I cannot get over how quickly time flies.  We have been very busy lately with two little ones, visits with family and friends, surviving the heat in Panama City and trying to catch up on some sleep in between :)

Here is what Sam is up to lately:

• Smiling and cooing all the time!  He seems to love his mommy's voice and lights up when I start talking to him :)
• He is growing like a weed!  Sam weighed 11 pounds 9 ounces and measured 23.5 inches at his one month check up.  He is in the 50-75th percentile for weight and 95th for height.  What a big boy!
• Sleeping great but still not all the way through the night..still waking me up once around 4 am.  He loves to eat!
• We are on  a pretty good routine- following the Eat, Activity, Sleep method.  
• This baby loves to eat! He is nursing great-about every 3 hours during the day- I have started pumping and he also enjoys a bottle before bed
• He loves being swaddled.  If he starts to get fussy I swaddle him, give him his paci , rock him and he calms right down
• We have been in size 1 diapers, but just moved up to size 2!
• He likes: playing with George, his play mat, playing peek-a-boo, his bath, sleeping, eating, cuddling, being rocked and his swing.

We are so blessed with another wonderful baby!

Here are some pictures of life lately:

Ten Fingers and Ten Toes

Samuel Robert Ramsey arrived on June 13, weighing 8 lbs 9 oz and 22 inches long.

He is now 7 weeks old and we are so in love!  This post is overdue, but since I am just beginning my blog I had to post his birth story. So the story goes..

Sam measured on the large side throughout my pregnancy.  So, since we knew we were going to have a big baby Dr. Favor thought it would be best for me to be induced at 39 weeks.  My induction was set for Wednesday, June 13. Drew and I were so excited and could hardly wait to meet our new addition. At my 38 week appointment Dr. Favor checked to see if I was dilated and I wasn't.  To help make sure the induction went smoothly she scheduled me to come in Tuesday night to get the process started.

Tuesday June 12th arrived before we knew it.  We had a really nice family day.  Spent the morning with George enjoying his favorites, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Barney.  Drew went and picked up Chick Fil A for lunch while I made sure we were all packed and ready to go.  We arrived at the hospital at 4:45 and I was so nervous.  I'm not sure why, since it was our second baby and I knew what to expect.  Both my mom dad as well as Drew's mom met us at the hospital as well.  Around 5:15 Dr. Favor came in to give me a drug called Cervadil.  This is where a balloon is inserted to help your body prepare for labor and start dilating.  This was the most painful part of labor and delivery!  I was so glad once it was over.  The rest of the evening we just hung out in the room, watched TV and tried to get as much rest as we could.  It was hard to sleep because I was so excited/nervous!

In the morning my night  nurse came in to wake me up before her shift ended.  She was so sweet and wanted to make sure I was able to take a shower and get ready before everything got started.  I was so happy to be able to do this!  Around 8:00 Dr. Favor came in to check me.  The Cervadil worked and I was 4 cm dilated!  At this point she broke my water and started the Pitocin.  This kicked in quickly!  In no time I was having strong contractions.  I knew that once you get an epidural there is the risk of it stopping your labor, so I wanted to hold out on meds. for as long as possible.  I only made it about a hour and a half.  By 9:30 the contractions had become more than I could handle and I requested an epidural.  At this point I was 5 cm dilated and moving right along!  After the epidural I felt much better!

This is where things get a little crazy.  Around 11:15 Drew decided he was hungry and wanted to leave and go grab something to eat.  He asked my nurse, Deb, how long she thought we had before baby Sam's arrival.  She said she wouldn't know until she checked to see how much progress I had made.  Since it had been about 2 hours she decided it was time to check.  Good thing she did!  I was fully dilated and we were ready to proceed with delivery!  I had no idea, and didn't feel a thing. Thing's are a little fuzzy from here because we moved so quickly.  Dr. Favor was paged and she rushed down for us to begin.  This all took place in about 10 min.  It was amazing how fast everything went, and how I didn't feel a thing! (which I am very thankful for) Samuel Robert was born at 11:33 a.m.  We could not have been more excited and thankful for our beautiful, healthy son. 

These pictures tell the story well:

                                         

             Here we are, the last picture of us before Sam was born.(not the best quality!)

and me and my mom (a very excited Gigi)

Happy Birthday, Baby Sam!

George meeting his new baby brother

Sam and my mom

Mimi and her grandsons

Aunt Linda and Sam

So ready to leave the hospital!

Daddy and his son

The boys with my dad

Sam and Aunt C

Cousins!

Sam with Aunt B

George loves to play with his baby brother

George and cousin Jack

Lauren holding Sam

For the past few weeks:

• We have had lots of visitors. I have been terrible at taking pictures so far, so I am sorry that I don't have many to post on here of our friends and family!
• Sam is such a wonderful baby.  For the most part he is very calm, until George starts running around which will stir him up. 
• He is a great little nurser! Sam eats every three hours during the day, and only wakes me up for one middle of the night feeding :)
• Sam is such a little chunk!  He was back to his birth weight by one week, and at 4 weeks weighed 11 and a half pounds
• He loves his bath!  Sam has never cried during bath time.  He is always so alert, and really enjoys splashing in the water.