Good Bye 2010

So long 2010, you've been good and bad!

Here's a look back at our year...

• January:
• We ended the 1st trimester of pregnancy and morning sickness ended
• We had issues with the placenta previa, but all would turn out well
• We had a massive freeze outside and the sprinkler popped
• Tommy set fire to the backyard - nearly burning down the culdesac
• Chinese sex predictor test tells us we're having a girl
• Grandpa Louis turns 60!!
• February:
• I turned 38, got in a wreck and had a crazy man attack me on my b/day
• We found out Erin was a girl
• Tommy won $1,000 in a Superbowl pot
• Tommy turned 36
• March
• Baby Luke was born - he had Mize toe!!
• We got furniture and bedding and set up Erin's room
• I felt the baby move for the first time
• Pawpaw built Erin a toy box
• April
• We set up the "Vintage Toy Room" for Erin/Mommy!
• 4D ultrasounds with our first real glimpse of Erin Grace
• May
• Our Baby Shower took place
• I got my Flip Camera for Mother's Day - lights, camera, action!
• We started Childbirth classes
• Erin's first Jimmy Buffett concert (complete with t-shirt)
• June
• State Farm Baby Shower
• The doc estimated Erin would be a big baby
• Our Anniversary (7 years) and a trip to Kemah
• We enter month 9 of the pregnancy
• Tommy's first Father's Day
• My Tahoe becomes a "mom" car - the carseat was installed
• 2nd trip to Kemah - one last hoorah
• July
• Baby Watch begins
• We have a Happy 4th
• We make a dry run to the hospital in the middle of the night
• Baby Watch continues
• More Baby Watch
• My water broke
• 27 hours later, Erin Grace Mize is born - 8.13 lbs, 21 inches long
• We have a broken collarbone
• August
• Pediatrician appointments and shots!
• Colic sets in
• At the one month mark, we start sleeping thru the night
• Referral to Texas Children's for her collarbone
• September
• More follow up with the pediatrician, all is good
• Tommy's lost ipod is located after being gone for one year
• Grandpa and Granny Mize celebrate 40 years together
• The nickname Uncle Baby Erin is born
• Roxie goes under for a teeth cleaning
• Erin goes to her first kid's birthday party
• October
• Halloween "cow" pictures are taken
• Erin turns 3 months old!
• We graduate to the Bumbo chair
• November
• I went back to work, Gram and Pawpaw start full-time babysitting
• One year ago we found out we were pregnant
• We start rice cereal
• We take our Mize Christmas card picture
• December
• Follow up and the all clear on the broken collarbone
• Tortacolis is diagnosed and physical therapy starts
• Christmas parties begin
• Gram has a stroke
• We celebrate Erin's first Christmas
• Gram gets to come home and her and Pawpaw move in for a while

We have had a great year and two huge Blessings come to mind.  Erin was born and our lives changed more then we ever thought possible.  Momma had a stroke and we are so blessed to still have her with us.

Thank you God for all the Blessings. 

May each of you have a great New Year!  Thanks 2010!!

Especially For Julia

This is a shout out and video especially for Julia Ramsey.  I got a text from Bridgette specifically requesting more video.  It turns out that Julia - aka- Erin's Best Friend, loves to watch Erin videos on the blog.

Warning, this is nothing exciting... just Erin in her exersaucer playing.  You can see our arms in the video.  One of the toys on exersaucer is a teether and any other time, she can't wait to gnaw on it.  Of course, with the camera on, Tommy and I just look like a pair of big looming arms trying to force the baby to eat a plastic toy.

A Good Report From The Mize Rehab Hospital

My Momma went to her PCP yesterday for a follow up.  The doctor had nothing but good things to say about the progress they (her and Daddy) have made.  Momma is coming along nicely.  Amy drove them to the appointment so we would have a third set of ears listening in.  With everything Momma has going on, it gets a bit confusing. 

Daddy has put her on an eating/sleeping/glucose testing schedule and has been cooking all her meals.  This was praised work.  The doc gave Momma the green light to start her exercising.  She wants her to build up to 30 minutes a day.  So, they compromised at 15 minutes twice a day until Momma gets some strength back.  She already "hit the gym" this morning.  She pushed Erin's stroller around the house for 15 minutes.  I was still in bed - enjoying a little sleeping in on my week off - and I think Erin was doing her therapy with Pawpaw while Gram cruised around the house.

The doctor also told Momma that she can have one "cheat" meal a week.  She can get up on Sunday mornings and eat anything she wants from 8:00 to 8:30 am.  After that, she has to exercise and get back on schedule.  Anyone who knows my Momma, knows she is absolutely the world's slowest eater.  It takes her FOREVER to eat the smallest of anything.  Something tells me that she'll dig deep on those Sunday mornings, and find the strength to shovel her snacks in!  I know I would!

The funny part is that the doctor told her once a week on Sundays for her cheats.  Daddy on the other hand, changed it to once a month because my mom has a tendency to "negotiate" for more privileges.  Amy changed it to once every 2 weeks.  I'll be curious to know who will win in the end.  I'll keep you posted.

Mom has 3 more appointments coming up.  She'll see the Cardiologist and the Opthamologist this coming week and will see the Gastroenteritis doc the week after that.  Since they aren't the kind of doctors that would have waiting rooms full of sick people, Erin and I will be going with them.  Will report more on them later.

Tommy is enjoying his Wii.  It's funny, the thing has fantastic graphics and Erin bought some high dollar games for it, and we have it hooked up to our big screen LCD TV in the living room, yet he ends up finding a way to download some old school Nintendo games and has been playing Bases Loaded non-stop.  The old games have the worst graphics ever!!  It's video/graphics from the early 80's used on the very first Nintendo games.  But, it's his game and he's happy so who am I do question it? Ryder, Becker, Paste anyone? (You have to be a true Bases Loaded fan to get that joke.)

Roxie is cool.  She's wondering when all the excitement around here will die down.  She goes in and out all day and night.  Max, Gram and Pawpaw's dog, is here too.  He loves to go outside, so he stands at the door and barks.  Rox doesn't go out as often as Max, and never barks at the door, so this is a change of pace for her.  I think she enjoys Max being here until it's food time.  We have regular tussles over the food bowls.  Max is a very enthusiastic eater and tends to finish his then want Roxie's.  She is very slow to eat and prefers to graze all day.  This is not an option with Max in the house, so she has to spend hours guarding her bowl and putting Max to the floor.

If you're bored, come on by.  It's never dull here! :) 

Wii Love!

Erin bought Daddy a Wii for Christmas.  With everything that's been going on, we didn't get it set up until this afternoon. 

As you can see, Aunt Mimi and Daddy are having a very good time.

(You can see Gram's head in this video too.  She was up and at 'em this afternoon.  Gram sat there holding Erin while these two went at it.  You can hear me laughing the loudest with my running commentary.)

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

We caught it on tape!!  And it took us long enough!!!

Erin is rolling like a freight train now.  She's decided that tummy time is way over rated.  She rolled over for the first time on Halloween, but has since not really done it much.  That ended today.

Aunt Mimi was here for a visit and was playing with Erin on the floor.  She put her on her tummy and said she immediately rolled over.  We all gathered around and sure enough, she did it again.  Tonight after we got home from Aunt Mimi's birthday party, we gave Erin a bath and I layed her down on the floor again to see if she was still on her anti-tummy time campaign.  She was.  The following short little video is what happened right after we put her on her tummy again.  (Yes, those are I love Santa pjs.  Give me a break, it's still technically Christmas vacation!!)  You can hear the dogs in the background on the video.  They are not impressed.  This means Erin is one step closer to figuring out where the food bowls are and becoming mobile enough to get to them!