Road Trip!

Shad and I left Benton yesterday to go on a Spring Break trip to Dallas with my Mom, sister, Aunt Kathy and cousin Caroline.

Off we went!


Shad slept the entire way to Dallas!


We stopped at the first Jack in the Box we saw to get a greasy taco! It's a tradition that we get one as we enter and leave Texas.



Of course the main reason for the trip was for my grandmother and grandfather (Drewa & Poppa) to meet Shad.


They are in love with him! (who wouldn't be?!?!)



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Saturday Happenings

Shad, Kent's Mom and I went to visit Kent's grandmother in Fordyce today. We also hit up several flea markets.

He looked liked a little man dressed in his blue jeans!




Kento went fishing and had a good fishing day.




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One Month Chair Pictures

I plan on taking a picture of Shad in his chair each month birthday so that I can compare how much he changes.














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5 Weeks Old

I finally put together the swing and Shad LOVES it. The slow, steady rock is perfect for him.



We put him in front of the fireplace, turn it on the lowest setting and he is good to go.


I had my doctors appointment today and was told to wait another week to work out. He said I could start walking in one week. I decided not to tell him that this morning I had ran sprints with a medicine ball, did about 100 kettleball swings and jump squats.... Oops! It just felt SO good.

I've lost 28 lbs of the 44 lbs that I gained, so I've got a lot more grilled chicken and broccoli to eat. Yum! ��

Today our big guy is 5 weeks old! He's ready into 3-6mo clothes and size 2 diapers. He has gotten into a pretty good sleep pattern because I measure out his milk so that I KNOW his belly is full when he is ready for bed at night. He takes 5oz of milk, sleeps from 9:30pm-2:30 am, takes another 5oz and then sleeps from 3:00-7am each night. His best time of day is from
8-11 when he is wide awake and SO happy. He will take one long afternoon nap from 12-3pm then be awake until he goes to bed.


This is one of my favorite pictures of him so far, his eyes are so big, he's so alert!

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Little Rock Half Marathon

Shad and I went to cheer on my Dad and Spencer as they ran the Little Rock Half-Marathon this morning.

Dad actually pulled his hamstring and still finished at 2:19! I would have quit from the pain.


Spencer finished in 1:39 and got 16th place in his age division (25-30 yrs)!


This was my Mom's first race to attend. It was a beautiful day!


Shad was so content to hang out in the carrier.


I guess I looked like I had run because quite a few people asked if I had run with the baby!

Someone had taken a picture of me and put it up on the huge flat screen!



Then we all went to US Pizza for lunch (2 days in a row for me!) before my parents headed back to Fayetteville. It was such a fun weekend!

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Saturday Fun!

I started to re-do my entry way. This huge mirror was $15 at the Cosmopolitan Hotel sale in Fayetteville. They are remodeling it and were literally selling everything.


This is my version of "floral blocking". It's crazy how the time of the day affects the wall color.



My family is in town this weekend for the Little Rock marathon. Today Kent and I went on a day date to Academy, the fishing store and to US Pizza while my parents snuggled Shad.

KK and I got pedicures!


I made it back home to snuggle this big guy.



The runners are carbing up right now as we all watch Rocky IV. DadShad spending quality time with Baby Shad.



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Finished Projects

It's only 12:30 and I've already feed the baby twice, bathed him, ate a real breakfast and lunch and finished three projects for the guest room all while this big guy snoozed.


I had left over fabric from the curtains my Mom made to go with the retro vintage quilt. This whole room is bright and cheery!





Painted, distressed and recovered this $10 Goodwill chair.


Put the extra extra fabric in frames over the desk.



Painted, distressed and hung these old stained glass window frames over the bed.


Before:


After:


And I managed to update this blog!

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One Month Young

Happy one month, Shad! On this day you went to the hair salon with Momma for the first time.




I changed your diaper on the shampoo chair!
And now I feel like a new person with new hair!




Shad still sleeps like a newborn, with his hands by his face.








I know he weighs at least 11 pounds. He is such a good eater!
Uncle Clarkie and Uncle Spencer came for dinner last week.




They teased him some...




And loved on him lots!




I cooked dinner with this body swing since Shad wanted to be held.




Love you big guy!




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We are having a warm and cozy snow day.



Shad finally decided he would sleep on our chests so we are snuggling him like crazy!


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Due Date Has Come & Gone

Well, yesterday was supposed to be the big day. But NOTHING happened. The doctor won't induce me until February 3rd because the baby is really healthy and had a lot of room. He told me that I have a great body for having babies because of my long torso. I'm assuming he meant that as a compliment.


I finally quit going into work, mostly because the baby keeps moving onto my sciatic nerve and I can't walk. I also had to turn over my workout class to the sub, since I can't walk.

I got a little depressed leaving the Dr.'s office yesterday, I just knew I would have dilated at least to one cm. No such luck.

If you read this today please pray that my body would go into labor naturally. The Dr said if I'm induced I have a 1 in 4 chance of needing a c section... Which I do NOT want because you are limited to having 3 babies due to of all the scar tissue.



Come on baby Shad, we want to meet you!

~Marietta

10 More Days!

I just looked at "Days Until" app on my iphone - it says I have 10 days until baby McClure arrives! We so excited to meet him! 

Here is a sneak peak of him at a 4D ultra sound we had done at 30 weeks. He would not move his hand from his face, that's what the blur on the right side of his face is. Most of the time he had his thumb in his mouth, it was pretty cute. 

I showed this to my brother in law, who is a doctor and he immediately started telling Kent and I which features he got from me and which features he got from Kent. He said he has my ears since the lobes are connected, it looked like he got Kent's nose because mine has no curve - Kent's does. 

When the ultrasound tech first got his image up, I told her that he had a pug nose! She said that was doubtful because 4D ultra sounds always make the nose look bigger than it actually us because the nose is what is closest to the ultrasound wand.  

Can you see his little finger blocking his left eye? 

We also got a 30 minute DVD of 4D ultrasound session. It was amazing to see him sucking his thumb, getting a drink of amniotic fluid (yum!) and moving all around. I think that the DVD was even more special than the pictures. It really opened up my eyes to the fact that he is already functioning just like a newborn outside the womb. 

We can't wait to meet you!

I'm GOING to Remember!

Since there are some big things happening at the McClure home this year... well, just one big thing that we know of right now... I want to remember it all! I started this project on January 1st. Basically you write down the month and day on a card and then below write the year and what happened on that day. I'll add a picture or ticket stub here and there. I'm determined to write down the good, bad and ugly so that Kent and I will thankful in ALL things.

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Most of all I want to remember EVERYTHING that happens in our lives, especially the newest McClure, who should be here in less than 3 weeks!