POOP Happens...

literally...and it was EVERYWHERE...so it all started like this...

I got home from work, and I was completely overjoyed to see my sweet little John Warren. After Mamaw left, I stripped off my dirty work clothes and got ready to nurse my little booger. He ate well, and when he was finished, he was quite content, so I decided to glance at my online classes before heading my visit my mamaw and papaw. While I'm reading some discussion board posts, I hear some noise...a very familiar sound...the sound of John Warren dirtying up his cloth diaper. I think to myself, "I'm so glad he is doing this now before we leave," and almost as quickly as the thought had come and gone, I feel a warm liquid on my leg. I glance down to find a pool of yellow, slimy liquid on my leg. I'm stunned for just one second before I realize that John Warren's BM is so monstrous that it is leaking out the side of his diaper onto not only my leg but all over him and on my sheet!!!! Startled, I exclaimed, "Oh no, John Warren," as I jump from my position and run to the guest bathroom. I grab a baby towel and wash cloth, and after removing John Warren's baby tub from the bathtub, I jump in the empty tub. I carefully unbutton his cover and place the dirty dipe into his baby tub.

I fill the tub with water and wash John Warren from the waist down and remove the excess stool from my leg. At this point, I start to drain the water, so that he can have a proper bath, and I realize that his soap is in the master bath where he took his bath with me last night!!! UGH! So I grab his towel and dry him enough to walk across the house where we finally arrive at my tub. At this point we are not too dirty anymore, so I run us some warm water and we both clean up with baby soap! We streaked across the house one more time to get some clothes for John Warren and then again to get some clothes for me.

John Warren sat in his Bumbo patiently waiting for me to put clean sheets on the bed.

After this ordeal, I deserved an award/reward:

Gotta love this boy! I can't believe how well I handled this situation. God sure does prepare you for motherhood in many more ways than you can even imagine. God is so, so very good!

John Warren is 5 months today!

What a change! This little man is growing like a weed!

4 months

5 months

You are five months today! You are getting bigger and bigger by the day! You need to be strapped in your nap nappy now if I'm not right by your side because you will wiggle your way right out of it! Your sweet little smile still melts my heart! And for some reason, I want to kiss your little toes uncontrollably.

You have learned how to jump in your jumperoo that we bought you when you turned 4 months. You love the lights and the songs that it plays--"on the farm." You wore yourself out so much today that you decided to take a little nap!

This face looks like the face of an angel. How can a person be so sweet? This is the most beautiful sight in the world!

Four days ago we went to meet your little friend Mackenzie, and I dressed you in my favorite onesie. It says, "Mommy's Little Guy." That's exactly what you are!

You are still looking like your dad...a lot!

You have found your feet now, and you love to pull them and play with them anytime you are on your back.

Just this week, you started practicing your push ups. You are getting those little arms ready to hold your weight when you crawl across the floor.

You are also pulling your knees under your body. If only you could get those arms to push up at the same time you pull under your knees. You are working hard on these skills, and I know you will figure it out soon enough! Daddy and I love watching you grow and get stronger!

Maybe the most exciting thing is this! You rolled from your back to your tummy for the first time when you were four months and two weeks old. Now you can do it whenever you choose!

You still do not have a tooth, but I know it will be here soon because you like to chew on everything.

Mommy has been working for two weeks now, and you have started staying with your mamaw during the day.

You have had a little sleep regression though and have been waking up every two hours for the past two weeks.

You are still only eating mommy's milk, but at the end of this month, you will be ready for babyfood.

You love to play now while you nurse and you will grab my hand and squeeze and then let go. We make it a game where I do the same to your hand.

You are interested in everything now, and you get easily distracted while eating, so I try to keep it as quiet as possible.

You are now and always will be the apple of my eye!

4th of July

Although it is late, I do believe it is better than never! I wanted to post some pictures from our baby's first 4th of July! We had a blessed time spending the day with our family. Mamaw and Papaw cooked a great meal, and we spent the day visiting with our aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandma and grandpa!

John Warren's First Camp Meeting

Last year at this time, John Warren was just the size of a poppy seed, but this year he is a 14 pound and 11 ounce bouncy baby boy who got to enjoy his first camp meeting! We arrived at the camp grounds just in time for the service. John Warren was content for most of it. I did have to take him back to the tent with about five minutes left in the sermon. He was getting hungry. What can I say? He loves to eat, and when he wants it, he wants it!

John Warren enjoyed putting his feet in the sawdust. If it weren't for the ants, mommy might have let him play in it a little more.

Daddy loved having John Warren at camp meeting this year. He had fun holding John Warren and letting him see the world from the front porch of our tent.

John Warren put on his smile for all of the friends and family that stopped by the tent to visit the newest addition to the McKay family!
I just could not stop taking pictures of this little boy because I think he is the most beautiful baby ever born! (What mommy doesn't say these things?)
I too had fun with John Warren! He and I both were not too happy about the heat, but we dealt with it the best we could...front porch and electric fan. Mommy sure does love her baby boy!
It was not too long before John Warren was pooped from all the excitement of camp meeting and decided to take a little nap! What an angel!