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Happy 1st Birthday Corbin!!!

2010-07-04T11:25:00.010-04:00

It's actually here baby boy- your 1st birthday and I couldn't be more excited! I can't help but think about what we were doing this time last year. I had laid in a labor bed (which are the most uncomfortable things on the planet) for two days straight. You were doing great-heartrate was good, you were tolerating labor well, but you just weren't moving down and I wasn't dilating. So it was my pleasure to meet you in the O.R. after my cesarean section. Although it wasn't how I had pictured it, it didn't matter once I saw your face. I was in love and I didn't care that I had to have surgery to see you. You were worth every bit of it and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Ok, enough about last year-let's talk about July 4, 2010!

Let's set the scene-we went to mamaw and pappaw's to celebrate at the Odon Park. Your cousins-Keagan, Hope and Haddie, Uncle Dennis and Aunt Shelby, Kurt , Jenny and Maric, Sue and mamaw and pappaw were all in attendence. Your pappaw grilled hamburgers and hotdogs. Your dad and I decorated the park shelter with balloons and everything Red, White & Blue!!! The weather was really great for the 4th of July-sunny and breezy! We had alot of fun watching you open presents (well-to be honest, I opened the presents for you-you were not in the mood!) But you were, however, in the mood to eat cake! Which was highly entertaining for us.

I just want you to always know that you bring more joy to you mama and daddy than you will ever know. We love you, we pray God's blessing over your life and we can't wait to experience another year with you, buddy.

1 year professional pics!

2010-07-01T17:39:00.006-04:00

Last weekend we had Indy Photography take Corbins' 1 year photos. They turned out sweet-even though he wasn't really in the mood to smile. :)
You can look at them here!

11 months and counting.......:)

2010-06-09T22:37:00.005-04:00

Last night, (6/8/10), you started to walk through the living room like you owned the place! You've been "dabbling" in walking for about 1 month now, but last night, my love, you took off!! You have such great balance and totally walked like you had been walking all of your life. It was so awesome to watch and you were soooo proud of yourself! You love the all the cheers and applause you get when you reach your destination. How on earth did you get so big! I'm grateful for every single minute I get to spend with you. Your smile and laugh is so contagious! You make me soooo proud!

Lately, you have a new love-the GRASS! You are hilarious and you crawl at record speeds everywhere in it. Its pretty entertaining. You try to pick up, tear it up, and eat it up. Luckily, for you, your parents intecept the latter. :) It is so fun to see the world through your eyes young man. Your mommy and daddy LOVE YOU!!!

Here are some pics from this week.............

I"m about to give up on the "sign" pictures. :) You are getting a little too busy for such "boring"things as that!

He's 10 months old, folks!

2010-05-29T00:49:00.006-04:00

The days of the "sitting" picture are over, I'm afraid!! :)

Life with a 10 month old might be my favorite thing ever! Corbin is so full of smiles, laughter and just plain excitement! Everything is so new and fun for him and its so cool to be able to see everything through his little eyes.

Lately, he's been trying to walk. At the beginning of the month he was still pretty apprenhensive about it. But now, its on! He will try to walk no matter if he is cracking up and totally falling the whole time. He doesn't wait until he has his balance, he just pulls up and off he goes, usually about 3-4 steps. But tonight (5/28) he took the most steps Dean and I had seen to date! It was hilarious because he was just soo proud of himself! Not any prouder than his mama though!

These are some pics we took outside our home on my birthday!:)

Aren't these two boys just SUPER handsome??? I ♥ them!

We went to our favorite local Mexican restaurant the other night for dinner and he ate beans and rice with a side of guacamole! He loves it! He also loves to go out and people watch. He scans the room until he finds just the right older lady to flirt with and then he smiles and "carrys on" (like my grandma would say) until she can resist no more and comes over to get her hands on him! Its pretty funny! I can't say that I blame them!

So, without further adue, more pictures of the "boy-boy". Yes, that's his nickname.......we don't really know why or how it stuck, but we've called him that since we brought him home from the hospital. We weren't very original -we were sleep deprived! ;) Oh well, it works!

Check out this head of hair!!:)

That grin through the paci-priceless.

Counting my blessings..............

9 months old!

2010-05-07T19:11:00.005-04:00

Well, better late than never, so here is the long awaited 9 month post on the happenings of

Mr. Corbin Dean

My baby boy is 9 months old, weighs 20 and 5/8 lbs and is busy busy busy. I say busy, but still cuddly! Which is my favorite part! He is such a cheerful, funny little guy that keeps us completely entertained. This month I have been working so many night shifts so daddy and Corbin have been spending some good quality time together.
Corbin, you are SO BLESSED to have such a wonderful daddy. He would do anything for you and loves you more than you'll ever know. I'm so glad that you get to have him for your role model, your comforter, your teacher,and most importantly, your "rocker-to-sleeper". :)

Here are some pictures of your latest professional photo shoot. :)

8 wonderful months in the life of Corbin

2010-03-22T10:06:00.006-04:00

Hey gorgeous boy!! You are 8 months old now! Mommy is officially behind in updating your blog-so the date at the top isn't right, but you get the picture. :) You are sooooo busy these days my darling son! Lets review your new skills!

*You basically refuse to go to bed or to take naps when mamaw and papaw are around. This is you and mamaw watching American Idol and you can barely keep your eyes open. You don't want to miss one minute of mamaw time!! :) Of course, mamaw LOVES IT!!:)

* You love to play with mommy's cell phone!

*Just a random cute pic!

*You're handsome, just like your daddy. This was one Sunday when you were still in your church clothes.

*This is you the very first time you stood up in your crib! As you can see, you were pretty proud of yourself! And so was mommy & daddy!

*This is you not being able to keep your eyes open for a picture! :) I tried like 20 times, and this is as close as we got! Oh well, you know you're still cute!

*This is you looking EXACTLY like your daddy!! :)

*This was after your first "guy" playdate! You were tuckered out from playing with some precious twin boys!

You also have 6 teeth, 2 out of the 4 are halfway through. You have your bottom 2, top 2 and 2 incisors on top. You have taken it very well! We have been so blessed that you have a high pain tolerance! Because man, those gums look sore!

You are such a happy guy and continue to be the joy of hearts! Your smile simply lights up your face and everyone in the room falls in love with you!

We love you and thank God for you everyday, sweet Corbin.

You've made the last 8 months the best months of your mommy and daddys life!

♥, Mommy

7 Months old! Are you kidding me?? :)

2010-02-15T22:16:00.006-05:00

Dear sweet Corbin,

Why do you insist on growing up so fast? Your daddy and I cannot believe you are 7 months old already! You have had a big month so far! You are doing lots of new things, so let's review what your up to in your 7th month of life!

First things first, you're mobile! You started out about 3 weeks ago, doing yoga. Well, it looked like yoga, anyway. Specifically, the downward dog pose. You would get up on your hands and feet, head down and swing your little bootie from side to side! It was hysterical! Then you would swing to a sitting position, and reach your hands over to the other side of you and do it all over again. You could navigate through the whole living room with this maneuver!

(i tried to upload a video of this, but it is not working.....darn it-it is sooo funny! i'll continue to try and figure it out.)

BUT, on Saturday Feb. 13, you crawled for the very first time!! I mean really crawled! It was so cute and mammaw and pappaw were here to witness the blessed event! You've never looked more proud of yourself!

You love bathtime! You usually try to eat all of your bath toys. And you smell so yummy after your bath and we slather your delicious homemade baby lotion all over you. (compliments of Aunt Ashly-THANK YOU!!)

You sit up perfectly all by yourself!
You are eating really well these days. Fruits, veggies, yogurt and puffs that you can feed yourself. I would say about 1/3 of them end up in your mouth, with the rest of them in your highchair. But you don't seem to mind-you love feeding yourself like a big boy! Plus you have 2 TEETH on the bottom! You never even got fussy over it. You took it like a champ!! :)

You love to wiggle. You have this little wiggly dance you do, your head moves back and forth, while you shake your bottom in the opposite direction. Sorta hard to explain, but no worries, we have video of you doing this little dance for future harrassment!

You smile all the time! You laugh, especially at your parents, it seems! And there is nothing either of us enjoy more than acting silly and watching you "belly"laugh over it.

You also love to cuddle, which is my favorite too! I am relishing every little bit of cuddle time I can get because i bet there will be a day when it won't be the "cool" thing to do. SO I'm soaking as much in now as I possibly can!

You are sleeping in your own room and through the night! You are an awesome little sleeper! And for this, we are grateful!

You say "ba-ba" when you are hungry! Actually you started doing that around Christmas time, but I think I had forgotten to write it down. But you are very consistent with it! You are very smart! Talking at 6 months old is a big deal, little man!

You continue to be the joy of your mama's heart and I fall more in love with you everyday, even though I never think its possible to love you more than I do at any particular moment. Your name is first out of my mouth to thank God for each day and the last thought in my head as I drift off to sleep, praying for God's protection over you as we sleep. Your daddy and I couldn't have been blessed with a sweeter, more wonderful little boy.

Thank you Jesus for the amazing gift of little Corbin.

Love,

Mom

GO BIG BLUE!!!!

2010-01-24T14:00:00.003-05:00

Colts vs Jets in Indy today at 3:00 p.m! AFC Championship game!

GO COLTS!!!

Your Half Year Birthday!

2010-01-10T01:13:00.002-05:00

Corbin-can you believe you are 6 months old?? This mama is sure in shock over the fact you are such a big boy now! SO, what are you up to these days? Let me jot a few things down so your old mom doesn't forget when you are wanting to know one day!
Your 6 month stats: wt: 17 lbs 6 oz, ht: 27 1/4 in., head size: 17 7/8 in.

You can sit by yourself for about 1 minute at a time!
You are going to be crawling very very soon-right now you get up on your hands and knees and rock back and forth with the biggest grin on your face! You are going places soon my dear little man!

You eat solid food now! (well, technically cereal since 4 months and you started fruits and veggies on month 5.) Your favorites include: applesauce, rice cereal mixed with a fruit, pears, sweet potatoes and green beans Your NOT favorites include: sweet peas and plain oatmeal/cereal. You gag when we try those. :(

You belly laugh when mommy tickles your belly. It is the cutest thing ever! You also laugh when you "fly" through the air. You are such a joyful, happy little boy!
You are very interested in people. When you meet someone new (or just someone you love, like your aunt Jenny)you give them a short and sweet little smile and then you stare at them so closely that they become convinced your looking into their soul! Its pretty funny! P.S. This is a picture of you staying up past midnight on your 1st New Years Eve! And checking out your future MIL, Jenny!We did everything trying to get you to look at the camera to no avail! :)

You sleep pretty good, usually about 4-6 hours at a time, unless you have a cold and then you wake up about every 2 hours. And unfortunately you spent half of November and half of December with a cold. It was sad for us to watch you be so congested, but you smiled all the way through it.

You have decided you like to shop with mommy. Which makes me super happy! You love looking at all the people and things in stores and you love looking out the window during car rides.
Its getting harder to take our "monthly" picture of you! You have alot of energy, very curious and love grabbing the sign and trying to eat the paper. Here is an example of what I'm talking about!

Take #1

Take #2

And finally Take #3! :)

You, my dear Corbin, are the biggest blessing I've ever received from God (besides your daddy! he's pretty special too!) I love you more than I can say and I'm looking forward to another month of "firsts" with you!

Love ,

Mommy

Merry Christmas (late) and Happy New Year!

2009-12-27T17:22:00.001-05:00

Do you see the joy on this baby's face? It hurts me!! We loved spending this Christmas with our little bundle of joy! He was so fun and loved opening presents and trying to eat the paper! It was precious! We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Odon/Washington with the McDannalds' and all those little Mac Cousins who love Corby so much! (especially Haddie!) It makes my heart burst with love when I see my little neices and nephew who I have spent the last five years loving so much I could hardly breathe, love on my son. It makes this mama's heart truly happy. Of course, he loved hanging out with his mamaw, papaw, Uncle Dennis and Aunt Shelby too. We are so blessed and do not take one day with him for granted. He is the joy of our hearts!

Thankfully everyone was protected by the Red Power Ranger-aka Keagan that morning! Here are some pics from Corbins' first Christmas and the busy month of December! :)

Oh yeah, and did I mention that I graduated on Dec. 19th?

So as you can see, the month of December has flown by for us. We are looking forward to 2010-lots of changes coming our way for sure! I will have a new job as an RN, Corbin will start crawling, walking, talking(geez, he's got a lot to do next year, huh?). Happy New Year to everyone!

Love,

~The Booths~

Corb and his (almost)5 month mug shot!!! :)

2009-12-02T23:25:00.001-05:00

Trot on over to IndyPhotography to see little Mr. Corbin's latest pics! It is sure to put a smile on your face!

Love that baby boy!! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-24T15:33:00.001-05:00

What a difference a year makes-this time last year, I was told to "take it easy"over Thanksgiving because of a scary glitch in my pregnancy. And this year, I have the cutest sweetest little guy ever ~~drooling~~ loving all over us! We are both so grateful to God that Corbin is here with us this Thanksgiving! So I'll leave you with a picture of the little man.......... "Giving Thanks", it seems.............. :)

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Corbin-our 4 month old big boy!!! :)

2009-11-03T21:55:00.007-05:00

Today, Novemeber 4, 2009 is Corbins four month birthday! Oh how I love you sweet son. Here are some of the adorable things you are doing now-a-days. :)

♥You wake up in the mornings super sleepy and take the longest cutest stretches. Your dad and I rush to be the first one to greet you in the morning because its quite possibly the cutest thing we've ever seen! And then you start flashing the sweetest smiles! ♥You sleep anywhere from 6-8 hours at a time through the night! You like your sleep just like your mama! ♥You surprised both of us by not crying at your 4 month appt. for your immunizations! You seriously just sucked on your paci and chilled out. It was crazy-but I was so glad b/c the last two times you've cried like your little ♥ was broke. So this was a happy surprise for your parents and the nurse! ♥You smile all the time and have started giggling/laughing in the last week. We are trying to get it on video tape, but everytime we get the camera out, you stop laughing and stare at the camcorder like its a visitor from outer space. So, we'll keep working on it my love! ♥You do great at church. You either sleep or look around at all the people. ♥You did wonderful at your own baby dedication service on Oct. 24. Mamaw and Papaw came and so did Jenny and Maric. You looked adorable and of course, you mom couldn't get through the dedication part without crying. (not sobbing, just a few tears of joy) I am so proud of you little man and can't wait to see what God has in store for you. I am so blessed and grateful to get to help guide you and watch you grow into the man you will become.

4 month stats: 16lbs 7.oz , 25 inches long, and 17 inch head

Corbin "pre-visit" in the waiting room

Corbin AFTER his shot, with that same handsome smile! This kiddo is awesome! Hard to believe just a little over 2 months ago we were in this very office, both of us crying, trying to figure out what to do for our "colicky" baby! I guess time CAN heal some things!!! :) YAY for smiley babies!!!

Love,

Kristy

The Corbsters' first Halloween!

2009-11-02T20:36:00.002-05:00

This weekend was so fun with Corbin. It was, of course, his first halloween. So Dean and I introduced him to "Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". He didn't seem too impressed, but we loved watching it again. Then he tranformed into the cutest giraffe you ever did see! You don't believe me, huh? Here are some pics from his first trip to the pumpkin patch-Check it out for yourself! :)

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Ch-ch-changes! 3 months in the life of Corby! :)

2009-10-26T14:06:00.011-04:00

Changes is the word for things around the Booth household lately. Getting used to Corbin, Corbin getting used to us, this big ol' world and discovering the fact he has hands has been BIG stuff around here. I'm disappointed in myself for not blogging better, but for some reason, as each day went by it seemed like way too big of a task. And then school started back up and wheww......blogging was a thing of the past. :( SO, last night, I turned in a huge paper and hopefully November is going to be the month I get better at this! (it sounds like I'm starting a diet, "i will start eating better on monday!", lol!) But this little guy is way too cute and does way too many adorable things that to not blog, would be a shame.

Quick run down of his adorable milestones, thus far.

6 weeks, colic (or something that made him want to cry all the time) left!! Praise the LORD!!!

6 weeks, first smile and first time to go to church-slept straight thru it-can I get an AMen?!?Also, first trip to the mall-he did great!! And mom had tons of fun too!

8 weeks, first consistent smile and started sleeping anywhere from 5-7 hours at night! And can roll from his belly to his back12 weeks, ability to melt his parents heart by looking into their souls, smiling so big his face could barely contain it and almost giggling!

His 3rd month of life has been sooo much fun. Dean and I argue over who gets to hold him b/c he is so darn cuddly and scrumptious! He is truly the joy of our hearts! We are so blessed to get to be his parents! Thank you God for this amazing gift called Corbin....

Corby's first week-big conversations with daddy!

Then he got sleepy. :)

First trip to out-to the pediatrician

Getting dressed after his 1st checkup!
Thankfully everything went well!

And finally at the end of the week, we called in reinforcements....Mamaw came riding in her shiny red minivan to save us all from sleepiness, crankiness and general overwhelmedness (is that even a word?) What a true life saver she was and continues to be for all of us. I've always known she was the best mom and grandma, but to watch her be grandma to your own child is amazing. She is the best and I'm eternally grateful for her!

Thanks MOM-all the Booths love you soooo much!

Voila!! We got a new camera-Corb's first pics with it!

7 1/2 weeks........i know there is a 6 week gap in pics, but they are on my other camera and not downloaded yet. I 'll fill in the blanks later. :)

He looks like a different baby every day!

Tired lookin' mama and adorable baby boy!

Now papaw is here to join in on the fun! They have came up a lot to give Dean and I a night out! love it!

Mom, Corb and I before church (corbin's second time! still did great-slept right on through it!)

Bath time fun!

Ooh, sad Corbster face!

Don't worry-he recovers well!

I love this smile! He was cracking up with his cousins!

Ok, I'm sure your exhausted too after that major "catchup session"! So hopefully I can stay caught up with the daily adventures of Corbin! Love ya!!

Introducing our new love, Corbin Dean

2009-09-11T20:28:00.002-04:00

On July 4, 2009, we had the privilege of meeting our beautiful son, Corbin. He came into the world after two days of an induction by csection. He is worth every minute of all that waiting and our lives will never be the same. Our hearts have quadrupled in size and we are both so in love with this little boy that I tear up just thinking about it. Here are a few pics of that marvelous night!

Corbin Dean Booth

9 lbs 2 oz. 21 inches long

July 4, 2009

love at first sight

the first look at that gorgeous face
Daddy and Corby bonding time

Corb laying under that toasty warmer!

will post more later...........thanks for being so patient with me! :) (this mommy thing has taken time away from this blogging thing, plus blogger hates me! but i will catch you up shortly!)

More baby stuff...... :)

2009-06-17T15:45:00.004-04:00

Professional pictures from Joni Streit

My birthday cake from my darling husband

The cake spread at my shower at Courtny's house

Julie, me, Gina, Courtny and Debbie-all the girls (except me)who worked so hard on throwing such a fun and delicious shower for me and our sweet baby.

Here is a much needed update from the Booth household. I don't know why I can't seem to keep this thing updated. And I don't have any great excuses for it. Sorry blogging world, I'm a slacker.

So since we've last convened, we've had maternity pictures taken, two more baby showers (we have been so showered with love, I don't know if we'll ever recover from being so loved!!) and a birthday!

My fabulous friends out did themselves on throwing me an amazing baby shower on my birthday. It was sooo much fun and so many of my dearest friends were able to come on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I always feel like that is a gift in itself, when people give their time to come to a shower. Time is precious and its always overwhelming to me when people willingly give up time on the their day off to come to things like this.

So anyway, I don't have many pictures of it, (they are on my mom's camera)but it was so fun and we got so many amazing presents for the baby. Dean even made an appearance and enjoyed some food and watched some present-opening. (i love him-he's so darn cute)

After the shower, mom and I went shopping, sorta. After one lap around Hobby Lobby, we were both so tired that we came home and took naps. (i know, pathetic-but it had to be done). Then my darling mother took us to Bravo's for dinner! yumm-o!!!

Then last weekend, my extended family came up to our house and celebrated baby booth too! We had fun and the weather held out for us, since most of the festivities were outside. It was so good to see everyone. My cousin's baby Elijah was there and just as cute as he could be! And my cousin's wife Stephanie was there with her two girls and one on the way. It's always fun to commiserate with a a fellow preggo. :)

Anyway, they all showered us with amazing gifts as well. Thank you family peeps!!

So now, I am 2 weeks away from my "official due date" and 1 week away from "my" due date. And I think I am heading into the "miserable" stage. When I tell you my feet and ankles are the size of my thighs-I'm not exagerrating. It looks and feels ridiculous. I am definitely ready to meet this little baby boy! sooner, rather than later please!

I have an o.b. appt. tomorrow-so if anyone is reading this prior to 11:00 a.m on Monday, please prayer for progression! I know it might seem ackward at first to pray for someones' cervical dilation, but please please, do!! I will be eternally grateful!!!

So, that's all for now. Have a great week everyone!!

And Happy Fathers Day to the best Daddy to be that I've ever known! I love you Dean!

Catch-up Time :)

2009-05-25T00:11:00.000-04:00

Hello all! I have not blogged in forever and we have alot of catching up to do! 3 baby showers and a fun vacay! :) So buckle up, here we go! On our last day of school, we always (my nursing buds and I) go out for a celebratory lunch. But little did I know we were going to a surprise baby shower at the L.S. Ayres Tea Room! They are soo sneaky! I see these girls every day of the week and they somehow managed to keep it from me!

All my girls at my Tea Room Baby Shower!! :)

Tiffany, aka Martha Stewart, and the fabulous diaper cake she made!

This is me delighted with the cutest baby swing ever! Thanks girls! (just picture in your head, that my eyes are blue, instead of scary red)

Adorable outfits from Sarah!

Precious baby blanket that Rachel's mom made us!

Then, before we left for vacation, Dean painted the nursery!! It looks so adorable and baby-ish! We both are thrilled with the way it turned out. It somehow made everything more real. There is really going to be a baby hanging out in that room in approx. 6 weeks! Crazy!! I am getting so so excited! He rolls around so much in my belly. He's getting to the point that he will stick his elbow or his foot out and I can totally tell what body part it is. Its so amazing! He loves to get all fired up at night. Dean and I just lay in bed and laugh about how hard he kicks. Its funny how with every little kick, I fall more in love with this little guy. I can't imagine how it will be when I get to see his little face!

Actually I took this picture tonight after we scored this floor sample chenillerug at Pottery Barn Kids for a killer deal! But you can see the walls, right?

Balloons from my work shower, new hamper and new sailboat blankie!

Props to Dean for the awesome paint job! love you babe!

Gorgeous quilt I received at my work shower-more details later on in this post. :)

Two weeks ago, we went on a"babymoon"! :) Or in other words, our last road trip before the little bambino gets here. Our first stop was Ashly and Joey's house in North Carolina. She is one of my bestest friends going all the way back to IU Bloomington college days. :) She is precious and has always been there for me even though we live 12 hours apart. If you click on her blog, you can see more pics of the baby shower she threw for us! :) She's so sweet & creative. By shower, I mean her family of 4 our ours of 2! :) We had the best food and the decorations were out of this world.

Look at all this food and gorgeous decorations! She spoiled us to death and we loved every minute of it!

The sweetest and prettiest girl there, Miss Josey, who was kind enough to bring all the presents from the other room to the very pregnant chic!

The cutest couple-Ashly and Joey! We had sooo much fun with these guys!!

The goofiest couple pretending to lick the wash cloth lollipop! It is actually made from a baby spoon and 3 baby washclothes configured to look like a lollipop! I told you she was creative, folks!!

Her completely blinged out chandelier with blue ribbon, pacifiers and pregnant chic cardboard cutouts! How does she think of all this?

Dean and I with the cutest kids in North Carolina- Josey and Ashton!

Then we were off to Hilton Head for a little beach vacay! It was very relaxing and low key, which is exactly what we needed after finishing up this semester and Dean working his butt off at work. The weather wasn't exactly the best, but we still had fun. We also went to Savannah, Georgia and took a tour of the city. It is absolutely gorgeous! You should definitely go there and stay in a little bed and breakfast. It is one of the prettiest cities I've ever seen and sooo much history has taken place there that its unreal. It also is the backdrop for tons of movies. Like the bench that Forrest Gump sits on and tells all his "stories". We drove right past it. Its really a neat neat place. We wish we would've stayed there instead of Hilton Head. But we were really glad we got to see it.

Dean lookin' fine on the beach! :) This of course, was our last day, and the prettiest day outside.

Us and our famous vacation picture of ourselves taken by
ourselves!

Super pregnant chic on the beach! @ 32.5 weeks

One of about 50 little parks inside their city blocks.

Could this town be any quainter?? (is that a word? well, you know what I mean) Its' darling and I want to go back and stay in Savannah next time.

Then, just this week, the girls I work with at the hospital threw me an incredible shower at Sarah's house (one of the R.N's) poolside. It was soo much fun. The cake was in the shape of a rocking horse made by Becky (another R.N.) and everyone brought yummy food to eat. Plus more presents than you can imagine! This baby is completely spoiled already! I felt very overwhelmed and blessed at the end of the night, for sure!

Me trying to display this awesome blanket, but its upside down.

I love the picture on this gift bag!

Sarah, the hostess and me. And yes, apparently this is my "shower outfit" since I've managed to wear it 2/3 times. I was around different people both times though, to my credit! But it does look funny when you put it all on one blog. I do have other clothes, I promise. :)

Heather, Kim, Lori, me and Tracy- ready to dig in to some yummy food! Let the party begin!

Becky and her amazing rocking horse cake creation! It was delicious!

Ok, that was a lot of catching up, hope you all are feeling very well informed now! :) Thanks for hanging in there with me! I am about 34/35 weeks (their is a slight discrepancy with the due date) and so time is just flying by! I can't believe its almost June! EEEK! It's a little scary but we are both so excited and cannot wait to meet this little baby boy! Thank you to everyone for your continued prayers for our baby's health and safety in meeting this great big world! And thank you to all my dear friends who have literally showered us with so many gifts, so much love and happiness! You guys rock! The Booth's love you!!!

He's Here! (*Elijah McCrary)!!

2009-04-22T16:53:00.001-04:00

The precious little guy made his appearance sometime in the 3:00 hour this afternoon! I got a text message from his daddy and a phone call from his very excited aunt! (my cousin)

So if I remember correctly he weighs 6 lbs, 12 oz and is 20 in. long. Congrats Todd and Angel on your new little miracle!! Can't wait to meet him. I'll let you rest today- but the Booth's are invading tomorrow!!!! love ya!
Thanks for your prayers everyone!

Waiting for Elijah!! :)

2009-04-21T21:41:00.000-04:00

Good news everyone!! My cousin Todd and his wife Angel are at the hospital in labor with little Elijah! I am so excited and can't wait to meet this sweet little boy! They've been there since 9:00 a.m. and she's only dilated to 3 cm so far. So please keep her in your prayers tonight and hopefully he will make his debut sooner than later!!
We love you Angel and Todd!! :)

Baby Bump Pic :)

2009-04-10T12:57:00.000-04:00

Ok, you've asked for it, and now you have it! Quite a jump from the last pic, huh? I told you that other outfit hid alot! This lovely little number displays baby booth for all the world to see! Sorry about the goofy pose. Every pic that we took where I was just standing with my hands to my side looked dumb. So we ended up with random "mantle posing". :)(plus it was the end of the day and any hint of makeup is long gone!)

Currently I am 28 weeks now! Yipee! I have been feeling pretty good. My only complaint this week is heartburn unaffected by Tums. Not a good combo. But overall, it could be way worse, so I'm not officially complaining-just stating the facts! :)

I have been so busy with school that I feel like this pregnancy is just flying by. The nursery is at a standstill, until at least the middle of next week. That makes me a little sad. But its my fault because I've been so indecisive about things that it totally stresses me out to try and pick stuff out. I really think the cure will be school winding down.

Let's see, what else have I been doing?? Um, I started water aerobics and let me tell you-Hallelujah! It is the best thing. It is the best hour of my day! love it love it! You totally feel weightless and you can maneuver like a champ without all the little moany noises that accompany movement on land. It's the best. Plus, your legs look super thin when you look down at them in the water! I highly recommend them to anyone, preggers or not. :)

And today is Good Friday! Can I get another Hallelujah?? I am so grateful for what Jesus did for us on the cross. Since I am completley blog challenged with all the technical videos and such, I encourage you to visit Kelly's Korner on the right side of my page. She has been posting praise songs all week and they have been so uplifting. So check it out my friends!

Tonight we're going to find a Good Friday Service (our church doesn't have one? weird huh?).

And then tomorrow, Dean's mom is coming over for a visit. That should be fun since she hasn't seen me since November. (i wasn't showing at all back then) She's gonna flip when she sees us! (me and the baby)Then we will be heading down to Odon to celebrate Easter with the McDannald clan! Super excited to see my neices and nephew!

So, I guess that is all for now. I hope everyone has a blessed Easter weekend!

Love

Kristy

Week #26!

2009-03-27T19:44:00.000-04:00

Whoo- Hooo! We technically only have 14 weeks left until Baby Booth will make his grand entrance. Can you believe it? I sure can't-its went really fast so far! Well, for me, anyway. Poor Dean may be feeling every agonizing hormonal minute of it. If he is, he's covering well. :) Unfortunately, lately my hormones are all over the place. One day is kind of a weepy day( not that I cry all day, but little things that normally would not affect me at all send me into uncontrollable tears). The next, I 'm irritated just by the sound of certain people's voices. It's really sad, I hope I'm not turning into a monster just in time to become a mother. Dean reassures me I'll be back to "my old self" sometime around August. (thanks babe!!) I guess he's figuring in the postpartum hormones!!! Anyway, I really do love being pregnant. I don't want to sound ungrateful or just "waiting for it to be over" b/c that is truly not the case. I just never anticipated this kind of hormonal surge at this point in the game. But I have really been praying that I could be just a tad more stable so that I can be a halfway fun person to be around. Ya'll need to be praising God for Dean and keeping him in your prayers. That man is a saint and I'm not kiddin!!! When I'm in my "nicer" moods I tell him how grateful I am to him for being so consistently nice to me and how am I ever going to make this up to him? I really am not sure, but I guess I have the rest of my life to try!
Anyway, enough mushy stuff, right? :)
Little Baby Booth is just kicking up a storm these days. It is so much fun to feel it! Dean can feel it almost at will now and sometimes we can even see it! So amazing! I think its starting to sink in that a little baby is actually in there now. ( i know, i'm kind of a slow learner!)
We (the baby and I) had our o.b. appt this past week. (monday) Everything is going "great" per the doc and measuring right on schedule, which is unfortunately her schedule and not mine. :(
She thinks the baby is coming in July and I think June. So far, the uterine measurements have her winning the bet. But we'll just have to see, right? :)

So Deans eyes are all better and he's home now. Last week he was out on business the whole week. (which I think catapulted my hormones to an alltime high.....or low-whichever way is really not cool!)

Right now, I'm starting to wonder why I am posting all this "not so good stuff" about me. But I've decided that I've never heard this stuff about pregnancy. Usually all I hear is how amazing
and lovely, etc that it is. And I'm super happy for those people who have a lovely time with it. But if writing about my cranky, irritating mood swings will help someother cranky preggo out there know that she's not alone, than it is worth it. I really think we need to be "real" with each other more and less superficial. Ya know, the "how are you feeling?" followed by sickening sweet, "oh, i'm feeling great!" That doesn't help anyone! The person you are lying straight to their face may be the one person who has experienced something similar and can help you out. Now, I don't mean to go around being negative and gripey all the time. But everyone knows the people in the their life that they can confide in and I think it behooves us all to get all the "junk" out in the open and try to rise above it with a little help from a friend. SO today, you all are my friends and consider all of my "junk" out in the open! Thanks for listening!! I feel so much better!!!
Love ya'll!

No pics just a few words......

2009-03-18T22:40:00.000-04:00

This blog is for prayer requests. I'm gonna give you a few of mine and feel free to comment back with yours and I will pray for you. That's a fair swap don't ya think?? ;)

Well, first of all, my husbands eyes are both blood shot red, for some unknown reason. He says its painless and it doesn't hurt but its worrying me like crazy. I think my worry factor (especially when it comes to him) has gone up since I've been pregnant. So, I'm just trying to pray instead of worry. But if you all could help with that, I'd be very grateful! (praying that is) (unless one of you just happen to be an optometrist- JOEY!!! )

And then, most importantly for the family of Andrea Boes. I did not have the privelage of meeting this young lady (29 years old). But I do know that she had fought malignant brain tumors for the last 3-4 years and was called home last night to be with our Heavenly Father. Which is awesome for her-now she is no longer in pain and gets to party with the Saints. But its so sad for her husband Jeff, her son Ethan and the rest of her wonderful family. (I went to high school with her husband and sister-in-law Brooke.) My heart aches for them and I just pray that they can be filled with peace during this difficult time of grieving and loss. That they can grieve like a people with hope b/c I know they know where she is now. I love you Brooke and Jeff. (even if its from a distance)Please keep these guys in your prayers.

Weekend happenings :)

2009-03-16T10:25:00.000-04:00

This picture is a little deceptive! :) It think this shirt hides alot of what is going on in the midsection area! But that's probably why I like it!

This is Dean's joyous, happy face as he puts the crib together! He's still a cutie though!

Deep thoughts over the crib building situation! P.S. The room is not the color that it looks in this picture- I don't know what is going on with our camera. The walls are khaki but they look puke green here. I promise they are not. :)

I would love to make you guys read all of this before you can see the pics, but I can't get my pics to move after they upload, so this has to be the way it is! :(

But, I had such a fun weekend! First of all, the weather was gorgeous, which helps almost any weekend be better! Then, I got to go shopping with a friend who is 22 weeks pregnant. We had the best time and had more bathroom breaks than I thought was humanly possible! It was great. Neither one of us had to feel guilty about all our potty breaks and we both got that instant, ravenous, "i'm going to pass out if someone doesn't bring me some flippin food" hungry at the same time. It was hilarious! We were checking out at Babies R Us, telling the cashier they should have a cafe here b/c when preggos need to eat- they NEED to eat! She was laughing at us and agreed with us-probably just b/c she was frightened!

Anyway, Jenny found her bedding (which is a big deal!) and it was on sale(even bigger deal!). Then I found the crib that matches our existing furniture! Woo-Hoo!! I am so so pumped! So after the shopping extravaganza, I came home and got Dean and we went to buy the crib! (with a coupon!!!) SUPER! Then we came home and Dean put up the crib! I love that man! So at the top of the page (arghh!!) are some pics of the process. :) And one of me and my belly. I should've worn a more form fitting top b/c its kinda hard to see the baby in this one. But I promise, he is there and large and in charge!

So, now my Spring Break is officially here and I'm supposed to be writing 3 papers for school. ugh. One of my dearest friends is getting married Friday in Vegas! I am so happy for them but sooo bummed that I cannot go. Love you Scott and Steph!!!

Wanna see something cute?? :)

2009-03-01T08:52:00.000-05:00

"I have big square feet, just like my daddy!"

"Look how I can almost touch my foot to my head! I have mad skills!!"

"My mom can't resist this profile shot. It gets her every time!"

Well, regardless if you want to or not (see something cute-that is), here is our sweet little boy's latest snapshots. :) Isn't he darling?! I sure think so! We both had so much fun at the last appointment. It was his big ultrasound where they check out everything and we had a fabulous report! They showed us all four chambers of his heart, the ventricles in his brain, his little kidneys-all of which were so cute!! But seriously, we are so thankful to God that everything is there and where its supposed to be!

Check out the little foot picture! Can you even stand the cuteness? I can't. It's funny because Dean has the squarest feet I've ever seen. And don't you think the baby's footprint is kinda square? Dean is so proud! :)

And we did get another confirmation that he had all of his boy parts! I have a picture, but its not up here. I was starting to get freaked out b/c I kept having these labor dreams and he would come out a girl. Which would be ok, but I have all the boy stuff here and ready to go. So it put this momma's mind at peace to continue shopping on the boy side of Babies R US. :)

Oh and one more fun and exciting thing. A new baby store called Buy Buy Baby opened this week in Greenwood! It's so fun and has alot of cute cute things! Dean can barely contain himself on this one! (ha-not true-he's a wonderful man but the worst whiniest shopper I've ever been exposed to!) Love you Dean!! !:)

P.S. Can someone who is good at blogging tell me how the heck to get my pictures where I want them? I have spent countless hours trying to make these pictures move to the end of the writing. IT WON'T HAPPEN FOR ME!! UGh!! It's making me crazy! So please help me-any tips??

The good and the sad, not necessarily in that order...

2009-02-23T13:50:00.000-05:00

Well, we have had a very sad weekend here at the Booth household. (and McDannald/McCrary/Holland). Our family matriarch, my grandma, Betty McCrary went to be with Jesus on Saturday afternoon. We are so sad for ourselves, but so happy for her. She is dancing with my grandpa now and living it up on the streets of gold and I know she wouldn't want to come back to this ol' world for nothing. But it still hurts my heart.

So many memories have been flooding over me since Saturday afternoon. We used to have so much fun with her. We (my bro. and i) would go over for the day, or the night, or for a weekend trip. We would cook with grandma in the kitchen, help grandpa smash cans in the driveway or go for rides on the wagon attached to grandpas tractor. Way fun! They (my grandparents)along with my mom were the first people to take us to the beach and Disney World. We drove our van to Florida and stopped at every McDonalds for a "coffee break" per my grandpas request while grandma would explain in so many words how we were never going to get there if we kept stopping! They were a constant source of entertainment, those two! And now they are reunited at last. :) Getting old is not for weinies and my grandma may have been the toughest lady I've known. She has withstood so many health obstacles, losing the love of her life, losing sisters & brothers and parents. I suppose the more years we live the greater the chance of all that happening. But still she always pulled through and sometimes came out on the other side even sassier! Dean always said she reminded him of Mama off of the show Mama's Family. This made me smile. I think he told her this not too long after meeting her. She just grinned and slapped him around a little bit.

About a month ago, I went home (to Odon) for an overnight trip. Dean was on call in Indy and Dad was working nights, so it was just us girls, me, mom and grandma. We truly had such a good time. Grandma seemed so happy and she wanted to talk about baby booth, which I loved! So we did! We drove to Loogootee and had dinner. She smiled and made conversation, which is awesome b/c since her surgery she has been really quiet. So it was so nice to see her happy and seemingly content. We walked through the Dollar General store together, (not a lot of shopping options in Loogootee after 8:00p.m)and we were all commenting on the random finds/good deals we were finding. We went home and the next morning all three of us went to Dennis and Shelby's house to watch the kids. We had fun playing with the kids and Haddie or Hope would come over and sit by Ya-Yang(what they call her) and she would read them a story. So precious. I am so glad that I took that random trip home and got to spend quality time with her. I am missing her so bad and I am so sad that she won't get to meet our baby boy. But I know she'll be looking down on us in that delivery room and won't miss a beat or a "push" i guess I should say.

So please join in me in celebrating her life by spending some extra time with the people that you know are most dear to your heart. You will not regret it.

Oh Happy Day!

2009-02-16T08:45:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I haven't blogged for quite some time and I'd like to think its because of school. But really its probably because I "misplaced" the cord the attaches to the camera to the computer. And let's face it, who wants to read a blog with no pictures? Not me!! ;)
So, let the blogging begin!

We had a great Valentine's Day. We started the day off with me getting my hair done. (just regularly scheduled hair-not special Valentines hair) Then we went to lunch at Maggiano's, which was good and Dean was very pleased to have beat the Vday crowd. :)
So then his present to me was shopping. He hates shopping and I love it. That's how I know my hubby loves me! We went to the fashion mall on the north side of town and I got my favorite perfume, Amazing Grace, by Philopsophy.

This is where is gets super fun!! Baby Gap and Gap Maternity!! We walked in and there it was staring right at me! The perfect diaper bag!!! I was so excited because I was starting to think I would never find a reasonably priced diaper bag that I loved that was suitable for a little boy baby and a mom that wanted to carry a cute bag. All I had been finding was girly ones, for girl babies or just plain jane ones for boys. Didn't like those options! But now my problem was solved and I could tell by the look on Deans face that I had just gotten 2 Valentines presents!! I think he was tired of hearing about the diaper bag controversy as well!
So with no further adu, here it is.....

My favorite part is the magnetic closure with the big green bow to make it look pretty!

And its super comfortable and fits on my shoulder perfect!

This was my favorite Valentines ever!! My darling husband, my baby that is starting to kick alot more regularly, and this bag. Awww, heaven!! :)

Baby Boy Booth

2009-02-04T14:00:00.000-05:00

It was on January 26, 2009 that we learned the little life growing inside me is a baby boy! We are so excited! We both really had these strong feelings that it was going to be a boy and we were right! I'm not one to want to always be right, but it was very cool to be right in this case. I felt like we had good parental intuition already. I feel like I already know him a little. Its so surreal and cool and amazing and a miracle all at once. For me, finding out the sex has totally made this journey more real.

Yesterday, February 3, 2009, I felt him kick (for sure, this time) off and on for a whole hour. It was so much fun. I was sitting in our Ethics class, having way more fun that my classmates, because I was concentrating on feeling my son wiggle around. SO STINKIN CUTE! I am really enjoying being pregnant and spending alot of time with God. Why God, you say? Well, because without Him orchestrating this whole journey, none of this would be possible. I am constantly in a prayer of thankfulness to my God who is forming our son in my womb as I type this. It brings tears of joy to my eyes everytime I think about it. And I'm spending time with God, because I have already started that "mom" worry and I'm trying just to give it all to Him who can actually do something about it. It is so comforting to know that God loves and knows this little baby already and chose him to be in our family. I am so grateful for all the blessings that he has given me in my life, but this one is taking the cake!!

So back to the picture......isn't he so cute?? I love these pictures. If you are looking at the first pic, his head is on the right and his hand is up to his mouth.

The second pic, well, what can I say, but the arrow is pointing to his "boy parts" between his legs. :)