Pictures from Our Week with Mimi

Here are a few pictures from our week with Mimi (Andy's mom, Lee). We started the week with a visit from Shannon and baby George on Monday. It was good to visit with them again, and we were able to go on a little walk, since the weather was so nice.

Tuesday, Lee and I took Joshua to the doctor's, and he "won the weigh in". He weighed 7 lbs. 1.5 oz, so we passed his birth weight. We don't have to go back to the pediatrician's office until his two month checkup on May 13th! That was definitely a relief, and we appreciate the encouragement and patience of the doctors in giving us a little extra time to get there. Then, we headed over to Mom's house for the afternoon. After much delay (mostly our fault :)), we celebrated my uncle Johnny's, Lee's, and Grandpa's birthdays. The actual birthdays were March 6th, 7th and 8th respectively. It was Joshua's first official family gathering (though there was certainly a family party in the waiting room at Central Baptist when he arrived). He slept through the entire party. That certainly made it easier on us, but he didn't get quite as much time with his great-grandfathers and other family members.

Wednesday, we mostly hung around the house with Grammie and Mimi. But, we also were able to take a walk with Kristen Talley and Kayla (who just turned 9 months old). It was wonderful to get to visit with Kristen and get some advice from a mom who's just been through many of the same things we're going through right now...especially trying to convince Joshua what is night and what is day :) We finished the day with a delicious meal from Sharyl Burns and Sharon Berry. It was great to see them and enjoy the food as well.

Today we're hanging around the house again and looking forward to seeing Kenneth and Kristy later tonight.

Most importantly, we have so much appreciated Mimi being willing to help out in so many ways this week, including taking some of the night shifts and handling all the cooking and much of the laundry and cleaning (except when my mom beats her to it :). Lee also seems to have the magic touch for getting Joshua calmed down and asleep...when he'd prefer to fight it. We will certainly miss her when she leaves on Saturday!