CORBIN (Weeks 1-3)

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3 Weeks Old

Corbin Man, I don't seem to remember this very short newborn phase with your Big Brother.  AND China had some pretty crazy internet laws so I couldn't blog much.  So I don't have much of a memory to compare but this is about you!

You weigh 9.9 lbs!  You've gained 2 lbs in the past 3 weeks!

You are sleeping a ton.

Crying quite a bit.  Poor guy.

Have the LOUDEST toots/poops ever heard from such a tiny bottom.  (Totally embarrassed me in the nursing room at the mall. All the other mamas laughed and commented.  True story.)

With those loud toots come an upset tummy.  Or the other way around. Which makes you cry at night.

You are sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bed, snuggled with mommy, which makes it easier to tend to you several times a night.  AND considering you are 3 Weeks Old, I'd have to say, I'm seeing improvements in sleeping.  Or maybe I'm getting used to this??

Your big brother, Carter, is in LOVE with you!  He loves to kiss you and hold you.  However, he does not like it when you cry.  Who does?  It makes him very sad he tells me.  He also tells me that he thinks you are so cute.  AND finally, he tells EVERYONE else, that he has a brother named "Gorman."  He's very proud of you.

I forgot how demanding this time is.  I somehow remember it as just a tiny baby sleeping all the time.  Which is partly true.  BUT know this, we are so beyond excited that you are here!!  We've been waiting for you for a long time.  We are enjoying your sweet new baby smell, tiny, yet changing, features and look forward to learning more about you!

Welcome to our family sweet boy!

Apple Tea

Let's take a break from the craziness that IS our current life for a little tea.

Recipe:  Apple Juice, in a mug, heated.

P.S. Why did I post this randomness while all of this new baby/big brother/starting over in motherhood  stuff is going on?  Because I'm deliriously tired and was having tea, with the camera and computer near by.  It just happened.

John "Corbin" McCoy

John Corbin McCoy

arrived on August 13th

at 1:16 pm.

Weighing 7 lbs and 8 ounces.

We are beyond thrilled to have him here with us!

Life is a bit crazy at the moment.  I'm still trying to figure this all out.  Certain things for both children seem to be happening at the same time...sleeping, eating and pooping.  And those three things also happen when Carter needs his bath and bedtime routine.  Hmm...I'm sure it will all work itself out.  Right?

Looking back to his arrival, I have to say it was very different than the last time.  We had an "old fashioned" delivery.  No C-Section this time around!  1 Hour of pushing and out came this sweet baby boy.

Everyone seems to be curious if you accepted drugs or not.  Here was my thought process during labor:

  Light contractions:  "I didn't need drugs with Carter...until the emergency C-Section came into play.  I can do this."

Heavy Contractions:  "D***, I remember how horrible it was with Carter for 13 hours.  I'm not doing that this time.  I've got a toddler at home and I've been up the entire night.  I know what the next 3 months are going to bring starting in just FOUR more hours.  NURSE, I WOULD LIKE THE EPIDURAL!!"

Great choice.  Because just as my thoughts reminded me, your new job starts IMMEDIATELY!

More pictures coming soon!  

Deep Thoughts by: Carter McCoy

I ask Carter "What are you thinking about?" quite a bit.  For the longest time his response didn't make much sense.  Like, he'd just make something up. Or say that he saw something.  Because let's be honest, if you really shared what you were thinking about when someone randomly asks you that, it be a really strange answer.

But lately, there've been some good ones:

"Finking bout Mommy's hair."

"Finking bout pooping."

"Finking bout zwork."  (Daddy's work.)

The best is when he presents what he's been thinking about all on his own.  2 Year Old logic, is probably my favorite thing all day long.  He'll be quite for a while, you can tell he's thinking.  Then he uses a "sometimes" or "Some people" statement.  BEST EVER:

• While riding his bike, he stopped to share:  "Sometimes rocks are broken.  Sometimes rocks are okay!" 
• While fetching our laundry from the cleaners:  "Some people say ESS.  Some people say Ugh."  The second is how he responds positively to a question.  I have to encourage him to say "yes" so people can understand him.
• While looking at a picture of the Queen with a scowl and Michelle Obama with a smile:  "Some people are nice.  Some people are mean." 
• "Sometimes it rains.  Sometimes it's dry."
• "Sometimes nastics swing on bars.  Sometimes NOT."  (Gymnastics??  Really?  He hasn't even seen much?  Not sure where that came from?!)

It takes like 3 minutes to get these out and for me to completely understand what he said.

Finally, he's given us some insight into what he imagines being a brother to be like:

While walking UP a slide:  "Gorman (Corbin) say, wow Cager, so cool walking up slide!"

While playing Diggers and Dumpers:  "Gorman will say, Cager playing backhoe is so AWESOME!"

I hope he's as big of a hero to this guy as he imagines.  Ha ha!

First Soccer Practice (Video Added)

Carter attended his first, EVER, soccer practice!  This seriously makes me so excited, not for myself, of course.  I know the "childhood sport routine"  it sucks parents in and spits them out 18 years later a different person.  BUT Carter is a HUGE sport fan, I was excited for him.  He legitimately loves learning and playing them.  He has a desire to be good, or do what goal should be accomplished.  And major meltdowns occur if they don't .  He may give himself like 3 misses or so, but after that, watch out.  Redhead temper.

Here is the deal, and I recommend this to anyone willing to start this in their own neighborhood:

Parents in our neighborhood started a "Drop In Soccer Practice."  No real age limits...but around 3 years old and up.  It's a donation of $5-$20 bucks.  We meet at a park.  They set up the goals.  Pass out green or yellow shirts.  Split up and "practice" then "scrimmage."  (Notice the amount of quotes in this paragraph?)  There is also a playground at this park, great for when your child gets bored.  Ha!  OH and there is usually a snack, when the practice isn't hailed-out.

Carter LOVED this.  He has been looking forward to it for weeks.  And now wants to go back.  After his nap, I told him what we'd be doing and he told me he needed to wear a jersey.  He doesn't have a soccer jersey so he chose his Texas Ranger's jersey.  (Pretty cute!!)  The coach told him he needed a (yellow or green) shirt, but Carter told him he already had one on.  Ha ha.  Which is true, he did already have a shirt on!

He keeps saying "I'm so proud" in the most giddy voice ever.  I ask "why?" and he explains "Soccer.  I kick soccer ball in goal." Everyone got a turn.  Ha ha.  Proud??  Didn't know he a. knew that word and b. could use it properly.  But I'm glad he's proud and happy he had a blast.

I couldn't take out the camera during practice because of the weather but interviewed him after his game:

Diggers and Dumpers

Carter's latest favorite game has been named Diggers and Dumpers, by himself, after one of his many truck books.

We have a very tiny (compared to Texas) yard, but he doesn't know that.  In the corner of our flowerbed, we intentionally left dirt and a shady tree for the purpose of boy-destruction.  

I cannot tell you how amazing it is.  

First of all, it's cute:

Check out the manly bod!!  This picture just cracks me up for so many reasons.

(Excuse the long and patchy grass.)

(Aww, much better.  Short and patchy.)

Let's see, we've got a "fwont-end loader," "dump tuck," and a "mota-gwader."

This is a long, slow video.  Don't feel like you need to watch it.  Grandparents will enjoy though!  In the video he calls this machine a Backhoe.  We now know that it's called an excavator.  He knows all these random truck names.  It's crazy!

Other reason this game amazing?!

Mommy is REQUIRED to "Sit down Mom!" and "Watch this Mama!"  "See dat??"

Umm...Okay!

Love that so many of his games require this now!

P.S.  If your child like trucks and you allow them to watch video clips.  Go to www.twentytrucks.com, they have music videos about construction trucks.  The songs are ridiculous, yet informative.  

The Running Man

These are from May, but I was having a hard time getting our pictures off the camera!  

When John's parents came to town one of the To-Do's was the Calgary Half-Marathon.

John's Dad, also known as Ba these days,  runs several of these a year!  What a stud!!  

This was John's official First!  I think he's hooked!

The runners, bright and early, about to go to the race!

Nana and Carter waiting for Daddy and Ba to run past!

Little did we know, we had missed John, by literally 2 minutes.  

Carter spotted him!

This was seriously a movie moment!  Daddy is always pretty cool to Carter, but this was a defining moment.  He was so PROUD of his Daddy.  I wouldn't have thought twice if he had chilled in his stroller eating Daddy's goodies but he was really looking for his Daddy who ran the Big Race!  

WOWZER!

Coolest Man Alive.

The winners!

Both won first place in their categories of AWESOMENESS!!

Love you guys!

Also, this weekend, Nana seriously, landscaped our entire backyard.  No lie.  We've got veggies growing all over the place!  They are just now starting to bloom (is that the right word for a veggie?)  Another post on this soon!!  I know, really hit the jackpot in the in-law department.