Great Grandmas in California

My Grandma and James' Grandma both are down in the Bay Area. They are so excited to have us down here visiting. Teagan loves all the attention too!

Here is Shelagh, James biological mom, with her grandson Teagan getting lots of kisses!

Ohhh...a necklace!

He loves peoples necklaces!

Grandma Kathleen and Grandma Shelagh.

Great Grandma Kathleen with Teagan.

Teagan loved Grandma Kathleen's shirt, it had sparkly sequins.

Teagan sitting up like a big boy at my Grandma's house.

Having a good time!

Aahhh, sweet boy.

Talking!

Woooo! Look at me!

Tacoma

We went up to Tacoma to visit family and friends.We also came up to help clean out Grammy Z's house (sad). Jim and Connie were up there and were able to see Teagan, and show him off! Connie's Aunt Billy was thrilled to hold a baby again. This last weekend is when we decided that Teagan's nose was getting worse. He had a small scratch on it that just was not healing. I brought him to the doctor Monday morning and it was determined that he has a Staph infection. Two antibiotics later...it is clearing up and thank God it is not MRSA, the multi drug resistant bacteria.

Billy giving Teagan loves.

Billy and Teagan

Grandma Connie, Teagan, and James at breakfast.

Teagan loves Grandma Connie's necklace.
(See Teagan's nose?)


This is Teagan's nose at its worst. Initially it was just a small cut on the tip of his nose, and then it just spread around his nostril and up inside his nose.
But it is practically cleared up now!

Laundry

I decided to put Teagan in his laundry basket while I was sorting the other clothes. The other week I had put him in the middle of a bunch of towels and sheets, of which he tipped over and bonked his little head on the spot that only had a thin pillow case(of course). So I thought this should do just fine. As you can see he loved it!

Happy Baby!

Something was pretty funny!

(Please excuse the dirty clothes)

Well he ended up tipping over anyway, but had a nice soft landing on his blankets.

4th of July

Our first 4th of July Parade, with Teagan! We went to town town Warrenton, that is just right outside Astoria, and met up with a group of friends. It ended up being a long parade, about an hour and a half, and Teagan did really well. It was a nice day, not too hot.

Teagan and I, dressed in our patriotic colors.

Ohhh, what's this....

Our nicely posed family photo....

James with Teagan, he ended up holding him most of the parade.

This was the Coast Guard water truck that sprayed us as it went by.

The Coast Guard helicopter started off the parade by flying over, very low!

Clowns! Actually, this is my friend Andy!

Who doesn't love a Harley ridding clown!

James' 1st Father's Day

So many pictures, so little time to keep up. I am getting around to Father's Day finally, and here is a few of James and Teagan. Happy Father's Day Babe, to a great and loving father to his baby boy Teagan! We love you very much!

Big blue eyes!

Teagan's shirt has a picture of a lion on it and it says,"Daddy's Mane Man"

(Get it? Lion, mane...haha)

Teagan is infatuated with the strings on James sweatshirt.

"Well, if Daddy has it in his mouth,I guess I'll try it out in mine."

"Here I go....."

Teagan is pretty good at holding himself upright for a little bit, then will topple over. His new thing is to stick his fingers in his mouth...teething perhaps.

A boy and his Dad!

Eating

Now that Teagan has reached 6 months, the doctor ok'd us to start Teagan out on "solid"foods. This means stage 1, basically very pried fruits and veggie. He said to continue to breastfeed as his main source of food and try out these foods for practice. So we now have been doing this for the last few weeks. It is funny to watch him with the first few bits, he make funny faces while he is trying to get the consistency down, since it is all thicker then breast milk! Teagan has tried rice cereal mixed up with breast milk, pears, peaches,(a little tart, I try them all too!),applesauce,(he loves them!)bananas, carrots, green beans, squash, and sweet potatoes. At 7 months (July 2) we can start him on stage 2, which means we can add two food together, and/or they would be as pried. Here are a few pictures of his with some of the stage 1 foods.

He has got the spoon going in the right direction, as Daddy is opening up something yummy!

"Now what is this?"

This bib says, "My first Dinner".

Hum, carrots.

This is the "after" shot of the bib.

James feeding Teagan some bananas.

Class of 2009

In late may I found out that I had enough credits to Graduate with an Associates Degree in General Studies. I graduated on Friday, June 12. I am pleased with myself, especially with having Teagan early. You may or may not remember my water broke the week before finals Fall term! I feel great that I have accomplished a goal, and that I am now a well rounded person, mentally, not physically! I brought Teagan to school with me to pick up my cap and gown, and he decided to try on my cap, and enjoyed playing with my tassel.

As it turns out my school's colors are green and gold, so he was dressed appropriately.

Here is Michelle with Teagan, she is the one who helped me out with all my classes and got me organized so I could graduate. Thank You!

I believe this is a picture of me walking down the aisle to go sit down with my class.

Sheryl caught me going across the stage, but I must have walked to fast, so it is a double, including my size! But you get the point.

My Mom and me.

My supported husband and me.


Here is my proud Dad, me, and my Aunt Jane!

My Dad and me.

Me and Teagan!

My family.

Here we are with my holding up my diploma cover.

Another family shot.

Another shot of me with Teagan!

Me and James

Poor Teagan, it got pretty late for him since the graduation started at 7pm and his bedtime is 8pm, and the graduation ceremony took an hour and a half. James brought along a bottle, but it was too cold for his liking and spit it out on James , so the ended up walking around most of the time. However, I did look out while I was walking across the stage and saw them standing up in the back, so I know they saw me too! As soon as we got Teagan to the car and in his car seat, we hadn't even left the parking lot, and he was out!

Thanks to all that supported me while going to school. Much love and thanks goes to you!

So what is my plan now, well keep going to school and try to get into the nursing program!