My first trip to the beach

I know people probably thought we were crazy having a 1 month old at the beach but I promise you he did not go out in the sun during the day. We did take him out a couple of times around 7 in the morning and in the evening. I just could not resist getting his picture in the water. He did well with me putting him in the baby carrier for the first time and usually fell asleep. I think he found comfort in me walking and brought back memories of when I was always bouncing him around in the womb. Our friends in Murfreesboro, Rick and Tonya, had bought Trey a bathing suit right after we found out he was a boy and we were able to have him model it for all of you! Enjoy!

Surprise we are headed to the beach!

MYRTLE BEACH HERE I COME!
So it is not often that David's father wants to leave his recliner but the family was lucky enough when Big Dave mentioned last week he wanted to go to the beach. To make a long story short Big David mentions this on a Monday or Tuesday, by Friday, June 27th we book a place in Myrtle Beach and on Saturday, June 28th we leave. It was crazy. I thought I can sit at home with Trey in Knoxville or I can sit in a condo on the beach with Trey. Let me think...Option 2 sounds pretty good. David and I drove back from Murfreesboro late Friday night from our QUICK visit and arrived in Knoxville around 2:30 a.m. I told David to go to sleep since he would be driving, I fed Trey and got him to sleep, and then I stayed up and started packing all night long. I was going to have to be up anyway for Trey's 1 month check up at 7:45 a.m. I am so glad I did that because otherwise we would have never made it to Myrtle Beach. Trey did excellent traveling as he loves riding in his car seat. We arrived at the beach around 7 p.m. Saturday night ready for a wonderful week.

Trey's 1 month check up

I cannot believe that David and I have a 1 month old. My how time flies but we feel so blessed and lucky to have Trey. He is such a joy and God has blessed up with a beautiful and healthy baby boy. Trey had a wondeful check up this morning. He weighs 9 lbs, 10 oz. and is 21 inches long. He is strong and everything looks great. Trey enjoys eating, pooping, crying (he is especially good at that), sleeping, traveling, and staring at lights. He really loves his mommy and lifting his head up!! Now I just have to get his 1 month pictures done!

Trey hangs out with Aunt KaKa and Uncle Joel and meets Aunt LiLi

The day David played in the golf tournament I had the opportunity to go and visit with David's Aunt Karen and Uncle Joel. Aunt KaKa as we call her because David used to call her that when he was little was so excited to see Trey. She had not seen him since the day she was born and when she held him again she said her heart just melted. I think because she looks at Trey and sees so much of David in him it brings back many wonderful memories. Aunt KaKa and Uncle Joel have 3 girls- Jodi, Amber and Morgan so David is like their little boy. They have followed him all throughout sports all the way to MTSU and love to cut up with little David. Also during the day I went to Target and bought Trey some sunglasses for our trip. He is absolutely adorable in them. And we had a visit from Aunt LiLi (Jena Gaines). She was a bridesmaid in our wedding and we are sorority sisters. She brought Trey a present of Ole Miss outfits (where she works) and a blue polo outfit for MTSU games!!

Trey visits The Alfonso's

David played in a golf tournament in Murfreesboro recently and David and I went and visited with Aunt Amber, Uncle James and cousin Karlee! This is the first time they have seen Trey since the day he was born. We had a wonderful dinner and fellowship and then Amber and James let David and I go to bed and they played with Trey and put him to sleep. That was so thoughtful and David and I appreciated it so much getting that little extra bit of sleep. Amber and James also remembered real quick what is was like in those early weeks with Karlee and not getting much sleep and having to be so attentive to a newborn. The next morning we were able to get some great pictures of Karlee and Trey!! Trey has had 3 girl cousins that have been born this past year so he has lots of protecting to do when it comes to his cousins!!

Trey makes a stop by Poppa Ken's house

After our visit with Uncle Chris and Aunt Adelaide David and I decided to go to my parents house for a quick visit before heading to Murfreesboro. We walked down to check out the pool and we walked to the garden with Poppa Ken to see sweet potatoes, corn, beans, cucumbers and cantalope. Enjoy the pictures of the mountains on our drive over and of Trey wearing Poppa Ken's sunglasses too!!

Trey meets Uncle Chris and Aunt Adelaide!

David and I had the opportunity to meet up with my brother and sister in law recently and visit together for a few hours. Trey had a great time as did David and I. We were able to stroll down memory lane with Chris and Adelaide about when Madison and Mary Ellis were born. The girls were at camp so they have not had the chance to meet Trey yet!! Hopefully that will be able to happen soon. Aunt Adelaide had fun changing Trey's diaper- it has been a long time since she done that!!

Trey is a traveling man!

I have to say that Trey has had is fair share of riding in the car and he absolutely loves it. He loves it so much it worries me that is the only way we will eventually be able to calm him down when he gets fussy!! David and I were busy doing all kinds of stuff. Our next few posts will document alot of his recent travels.

Happy Father's Day David!

David celebrated his first Father's Day waking up with Trey and I. Unfortunately Saturday night was not uniterrupted but David was just fine with that. We woke up and David opened his cards from Trey, myself and my Mom and Dad. We ate breakfast and then David had to jump in the shower and get ready to head back to Kingsport for some more football with SCHS. Trey and I hung out with Nana Honey and Papaw until David returned. I was able to take some wonderful pictures of David and Trey and even took the first pictures of DAVID I, II, AND III!! Enjoy! And Happy Father's Day to all the men out there and the men in my life!

Trey's first road trip!! Oh my!

On Thursday, June 18th Trey and I left for Memommy and Poppa's house in Rock Island and let me just say I was so glad to arrive. Who knew how stressful it would be making sure I had everything. David had left super early that morning for Tri-cities so that meant I had to pack the car all by myself. I had almost packed our bags the night before so I just needed to time everything between his feedings and naps. We woke up, I fed him, burped him, changed him, dressed him, put him to sleep. I then was able to get dressed and start loading the car. By the way you can't put much in car with a stroller that takes up the whole trunk. David and I know are discussing the possibility of an SUV!! Stay tuned for that one. So by the time I was worn out walking up and down the stairs and making sure I had everything, Trey was up and ready to eat again. I paused to feed him, burp him, change him, and put him back to sleep. He gets a small nap first thing in the morning and then will sleep a decent amount on his 2nd nap. This time I put him in his car seat to sleep so I could break down the pack n play and put it in the car. That was a project as I did not put the thing together. After finally getting on the road (had to make a few detours along the way) I was not even out of Knoxville and he was crying ready to eat AGAIN. I fed him in the back seat of the car while I ate my Wendy's chicken nuggets and fries. I burped him, changed him and put him back in the car seat. On the road again we went only to hit a down pour and severe thunderstorm. It was so bad I could not see the road. I was so nervous with him in the car I pulled off in Kingston to wait for the storm to pass. My 2 hour trip seem to take forever and when I arrived to Mom and Dad's house, Mom took Trey and I slept for 2 hours with a killer headache!! Thursday night Trey was up for a decent amount of time but was good to go on Friday. We went out for a ride to Cookeville. It was so stinking hot I went in to Belk's to the restroom to feed him. On our way back to Mom's house, I stopped in Sparta to go pick up some things at Walmart. By the time I had come back out to the car, Mom had changed Trey's diaper twice, his outfit once and his umbilical cord had finally come off. It was an eventful trip. Uncle Kipper is obsessed with Trey and wants to hold him all the time. He can't quite figure out why Trey has to eat so often and sleeps so much. He will understand one day when he has children of his own. Our trip back on Saturday was much easier as I had help loading the car and did not have to do it all by myself. Trey and I did have to make one stop on our way from Rock Island to Sevierville and that was by the house in Knoxville. I thought I was going to be able to make it all the way to Nana Honey's house and then Trey starts screaming right before our exit so I stopped by the house and fed the little man, burped him, changed him, and on the road we went. David was there to greet us and unpack the car with all our belongings. I was so glad to see David and our little family be back together again!! It was a nice ending to the Saturday before Father's Day!!

Trey's 3rd week of life

June 14-21, 2009

I cannot believe Trey is in his 3rd week of life. Time truly does fly. My days have definitely been running together being at home all the time. Many of you know that I am a go getter and always doing something. This is all very new to me and before I know it it is 6 p.m. and the day is gone. Eat, sleep, pee, poop, cry- that is the routine David and I experience!! But I must say we love it and would not change it for the world. Trey is absolutely precious and God had blessed us in so many ways. I can really tell this week Trey has started feeling out. I notice it the most at night when I am just staring into those eyes and chubby cheeks how much he has grown. It is crazy. He has really long legs and arms and big feet!! I could just eat him up!! HAHA. So this week I spent my first full day all by myself with Trey on Monday. We did really well and I actually did alot around the house. When David came home though, I was so tired. I did not eat lunch til 2:30 and finally took a shower about 4 p.m- I had the shower curtain half open to listen for the little guy. Let me just say it does a number to your nerves as you want everything to be just perfect. On Tuesday we drove up to Sevierville to pick up our car we were having some work done on. We stopped by Sykes and Wynn to show off Trey to all the people Nana works with. They were so excited to meet him. On Wednesday I took Trey over to my office to see our secretary, Miss Penny, and our building staff, Eddie and Loretta. They were so excited to see Trey and just fell in love with him. I am glad they will be around to play with our little guy as he grows up! On Thursday, David had to go to Tri- cities to do some stuff and was then helping out with Sevier County High School football on Friday and Saturday. Since I did not want to be home by myself I decided to take Trey over to my Mom and Dad's house for a couple of days. We had a wonderful time but I was exhausted by the time I arrived. That trip needs a whole post by itself!!! We ended the weekend by driving to Sevierville on Saturday to meet Daddy who had been in Kingsport for football stuff. Daddy was in the driveway to greet us as he had had 2 whole night of uninterrupted sleep- lucky David!!

Trey's 2nd week of life

June 7-14th

I can't believe that Trey is already 1 week old and we are home!! We had an eventful 1st week of life and his 2nd week of life is no different. This week we decided to get out a little bit and ride around. No we did not go into stores and all that but we did get out and ride around with Trey in the car. On Monday, June 8th Trey and I rode with Daddy to Sevierville to get Daddy's suits altered again. Trey did so good and slept most of the time. I fed him in the car while David was in the store. It is amazing how much longer it takes to go anywhere now since we have to wait and finish feeding him before you can start driving again. Memommy came back up here for a few days to help out so on Tuesday we went out for a ride to Townsend to look at cabin rentals for my sister Laura who will be coming to visit in August with her husband and children. We are so excited for them to visit and see Trey!! Tuesday evening Rachie Rach came by to visit and meet Trey. Rachel was one on our bridesmaid in the wedding and she can't wait to take Trey for a run in his jogging stroller! On Wednesday all the Panhellenic Recruitment team and Kristina came by to meet Trey and have pizza. He slept most of the time and they were so excited to see him! We hung out at the house the rest of the week and I had the opportunity to run to the grocery store to pick up a few things and then to Babies R Us. It was super nice to get out of the house and luckily Trey slept with Daddy the whole time I was gone! I was worried I was going to get a phone call that a little boy was having a screaming fit! On Friday I left David again to run over to campus to say goodbye to my supervisor, Ron Laffitte. He is leaving UT to take a new posistion in South Carolina as the Dean of Students. UT is surely going to miss him as he was so wonderful to meuand our students. After returning back from campus David and I decided to drive to Sevierville for dinner at Nana Honey's and Papaw house. This was Trey's first trip to their house and we were greatly anticipating the arrival of Jodi, Chad, and little Sophie Jo that evening. Dinner was great and Trey did well. We came back home late Friday night and Trey had a pretty rough night Friday. He was up quite a bit and David and I were tired!! We made it through the night, hung out at the house, had Jodi and Chad come by with Sophie and ate dinner. Our neighbors brought us by dinner which was extremely nice and we are so appreciative to have that perk in our condo building!! So Sunday morning we wake up and anticipate the clock reaching 8:09 a.m. at which point Trey is officially 2 weeks old!! We decided to drive back to Sevierville that afternoon for lunch with the family (typical Sunday) and grilled out burgers and hotdogs. Trey also had his first walk in the neighborhood with the jogging stroller. It is so hot right now so we have to be careful of when we have him out. I unfortunately was roasting in my denim shorts. I have to go buy some workout shorts that FIT!!! Enjoy the pictures as we love taking them!!