baby sweater

this sweater was my mother's when she was a little baby...it was alittle snug on mccoy but i thought he looked awlfully cute in it!

big boy crib!

this weekend, mccoy started sleeping in his crib! burt and i were going to wait until he was sleeping through the night but that day seemed far away...he was doing good in our room in his pack-n-play, waking up only once a night, then he went back to his younger days where he was up at least three times a night...so we decided he might just need to be in his own room with no distractions...he's doing so good! we're still waking up about once a night, but we have somewhat of a routine...and we started swaddling! mccoy hated being swaddled, but when he wasn't sleeping well, i brought the miracle blanket back out...at first, he was unsure of it, then he hated it and now he just knows this is how it's going to be...this is how i find him every morning-crooked!


in his room, we replaced all the windows because they were old and single paned...even though, the new ones were beautiful, especially with all the natural light, babies don't do well at nap time with all that 'natural light'...so we put up these curtains that have the blackout liner in them and they are awesome! no light in there during the day...it's now our little nursery cave!

poor baby...

last thursday...i got a call at work from our babysitter, lindsay, that mccoy had been vomiting but he wasn't running a fever...so i rushed home and called the doctor to make an appointment for the evening...when i got home to see him, he was kind of out of it but not nearly as bad as i had anticipated...so burt and i went to the doctor's office, and he had a little stomach bug but they said it had probably already passed...when we got home, of course, he was all giggles...he was probably laughing at us...we're such new parents! this is our first little video, and i was trying to get his giggles...i think i got more spitting!

sorry about the video quality!

razorback weekend

this weekend, the hogs played south carolina up here with such beautiful weather...my parents came up to see the game but mainly to hold mccoy...my aunt vicki came over saturday morning to watch him, and she did such a wonderful job...he was so happy when we got home...i know most fans don't like early games, but they are so nice when you have a little guy...we get up and go to the game and get to come home and play with him...oh, and we were really excited that the hogs won!

getting tickled before we left...it's so hard to leave him...we just want to keep hugging him and making him smile!

before we headed off to the game

my parents playing with mccoy

double fistin'

on sunday, just hanging out at the house...notice mccoy working real hard to see the television.

our little man a.k.a. mobster

happy halloween! after combing through catalog after catalog and one website after another looking for a halloween costume for mccoy, we came up with one on our own! so this friday, we went up to the fayetteville square to go trick or treating to debut him as our..."little man"! here he is getting suited up...this little outfit made him look so grown up (maybe all of 12 months old)...in this picture he starts looking like a mobster...and everyone on the square thought that was what we were going for...oh well!
it was such a beautiful day, little windy but just gorgeous!
we also met up with brad, becca and kenzie kloss...

kenzie was dressed as this fabulous southern belle with this great big hat, but the wind kept blowing it off.

mccoy checking out all of the kiddos...

when we are out with him, he never smiles too much because he is always looking around...he's very quiet and observant...as soon as we're home, the smiles come out...this one is kind of a smirk with his half wiped off mustache!

we had so much fun this weekend...sometimes it's surreal to realize that we are the parents taking our child to a family event...it's so worth every second!

happy halloween

burt and i were testing out the crib...mccoy's not in it quite yet...but we're hoping soon

he seems to like it so far!

tulsa road trip

mccoy and i headed to tulsa last week to visit auntie b and check out her new digs...this was our first road trip together as the two of us...he did so good going over and coming back...alittle fussy during the day when we took a lunch break, but he really was the best little trooper...as you can see the wind was a tad bit overwhelming...
mccoy didn't know what to think of the wind...he thinks he likes it but is not quite sure...
hanging out in the backseat...(we were parked!)


this is baxter's halloween costume...he is definitely the cutest turtle i've ever seen!

all of our goodies that we found! auntie b got so excited about all the xmas outfits that she picked out for mccoy

okay...so i don't know how it happened, but somehow i failed to take any pictures of her new house...but it is seriously the cutest house and it fits her personality so well...i'll just have to wait until she gets it all decorated to take pictures...i promise, bridget, i'm not a bad sister, and i really do love your house!

early morning pictures

four months old

mccoy is 4 months old today and we had so much fun...last month, we went to dairy queen, but this month we decided to bake a cake and mccoy helped out in the kitchen...i'm sure the makers of the "Bumbo" did not intend for it to be used on the kitchen counter, but he can see me better up there and the dogs are not all up in his face...(see below for measurements)

this is mccoy after i told him he couldn't have any cake

he sure is proud of all his hard work!

mccoy's measurements are in...
weight...15 lbs 14 ozs...75th percentile (see first picture)
height...24 1/2 inches...40th percentile (burt's waiting for him to catch up on height)
head...50th percentile

a very healthy and happy baby...priceless!

attempt at date night

burt and i tried to go out to eat last friday night with mccoy...we haven't been in over a month and a half, so we went to see what would happen...at first, mccoy was an angel, then he started to scream out of nowhere...when we were about to pack up everything and head out, he decided to pass out...he's so big in this picture...and he still has his tongue sticking out.


mccoy and i hanging out before his bedtime.

i know i am a week behind, but i'm trying to keep up...later, i'll have pictures of mccoy and my trip to tulsa to see autie b and her new house...and also today is his 4 month check up, so we will have stats from that!