wisdom teeth, and their many ways to cause pain

So I got my wisdom teeth pulled yesterday, and the whole experience was extremely painful, and even today I'm still in a lot of pain.  I was lucky enough to have my sister and Shane to help me out yesterday, but I'm all alone today.  We will see how it goes.

Double fisting it

Max has recently discovered his fists and how much fun it is to try to shove both of them in his mouth.  Its actually really funny to watch, because he looks like he is concentrating so hard.  

well-baby checks always turn into baby not so well

Well-baby checks....who invented them?  And while we are on that subject, who invented giving more tiny little helpless babies shots?  It's the most horrible thing in the world to watch, and I stood there, utterly useless, nothing in my mommy powers could make the shots not hurt my poor little chunkers.  He was just lying there, happy as can be, until the nurse shoved not one, not two, but three large needles into his tiny little thighs.  The first thing he did was to look at me completely shocked, like "why are you letting them do this to me, mommy?"  And then burst into tears.   I felt horrible.  But it was over just as fast as it started, and I'm sure by now the only reminder he has of the horrific event is a sore muscle in his leg from the tetanus shot. My poor, little pumpkin :(

The good news from the appointment is that he is now 24 inches long and weighs 13 pounds.  He is in the 75th percentile for his height, weight, and head circumference.  And I did manage to remember all the questions I had for the doctor,  and I left there feeling reassured.  I just hope that my colicky little guy doesn't have a rough night tonight.

spending time with my little one

As much as I love having two kids, I also love the moments when I get to have one-on-one time with my boys.  When Wyatt is taking his nap, I love just holding Max and staring into his beautiful big blue eyes.  I know I need to cherish these moments because before I know it, he is going to be a little terror just like his brother.  It's sad to think he will never be this small again, just like Wyatt will never be two again (I think I am less sad about that).  What's even sadder to me is the fact that I will never have a newborn of my own to take care of again.  Shane and I have both decided that as of right now, we are more than happy with our two little boys.  Maybe someday, ten years down the line, we might decide to adopt a little girl, but as for our own biological children, this is it.   But I couldn't be happier right now.  I love the new addition to our family, he already fits right in.  Now I just have to figure out some way to stop time so he doesn't get any bigger.

Mornings

Ok, keeping up with my goal to blog every day, here's what we did today.  First of all, there is nothing better in the world than waking up in my bed with both of my boys next to me.  Lately, Wyatt has been coming into bed when Shane leaves for work in the morning, and then I usually pull Max into bed with us around 7am.  They are both such mommies boys and I love spending that morning time with both of them.  I feel so bonded with both of them, and it's hard to look at them and not feel so much love for both of them, even if I didn't get any sleep the night before.

As for the rest of the day, my Grandpa Ted came over and we all went out to lunch and then took the boys to the playground to play.  Then we came home and the boys both went down for a nap, and I got some time to have a heart-to-heart talk with my Grandpa, which was really nice.  My mom brought over pizza on her way home from work, and then Grandpa left with her.

It was also Shane and I's 2 year wedding anniversary, but since we are currently broke and since my grandpa was in town, we have decided to celebrate it this weekend.  My lovely hubby did bring me home some beautiful flowers and a pepsi (he knows me too well).   I love you, honey!!

My newest goal

So I started doing this blog as more of a journal for me to look back on and remember things, and I've been really bad about keeping up on it.  So my new goal is to atleast blog something little about my day every night.  I think it will be really cool to look back in a couple of months and read through what happened.  Anyways, that's my new goal.

4th of July

The 4th of July out in Corbett was a blast.  It's a tradition of ours to go up to Corbett Highschool every year and watch their big fireworks show, which I swear gets better every year.  So we packed up the van with all of our stuff and my entire family, mom, dad, sister and her boyfriend, and then my little family.  We set up camp, got a perfect spot facing the fireworks, and then just hung out and waited for it to get dark.

Max was really good the whole time.  He loves being outside, I think it really helps his colic.  He fell asleep on me at first and then woke up a little later all alert and smiling at everybody.

I got to spend some time with just Wyatt, which I miss doing.  He is still my little boy, and I can't believe how much he is growing and changing.  He is definitely going through his terrible two's right now, which has been difficult with a new baby that is colicky, but he has his good moments still.  He also loves being outside and just being able to run and be a little boy.

My Daddy and Mommy

The whole Mckenzie crew

My sister, Carly and her boyfriend, David

Wyatt right before the fireworks started, which he loved!

Almost the whole crew, minus myself who, as usual, was taking the picture, and Wyatt who was too busy playing