Time Flies....

Our baby boy turned 7 weeks old today.  He also took his first bottle of breast milk from daddy.  I was even in the same room and even spoke a couple of times.  He has changed so much from even two weeks ago.  He has started rewarding me with beautiful *real* smiles and cooing that sends me to cloud 9 instantly.  He is more alert more often during the day and sleeping longer and more soundly at night.  He has also started sleeping in his crib and we have stopped swaddling him.  I know here before too long he'll be six months old.  I can't believe in one week he'll be two months old.  Oh how time flies!

When we were still in the hospital they came around to do newborn pictures.  We thought they'd just take one little picture so we left him in his hospital onesie.  It was pretty neat how they took a white sheet and hospital onesie and created such beautiful pictures.  They also set them to music and created a little video that makes me cry every time I watch it.  The song is just beautiful.  And that little boy in those pictures?? Well, in my opinion, he's just beautiful too.

Happy Fall!

We're a few days early but it's almost officially fall!

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Country Life

I enjoy living in the country with the wildlife, beautiful sunsets and so forth.  Today, however, I saw something disturbing.  I was going to take a picture but I couldn't even bring myself to do that.  And, honestly, it probably isn't that big of a deal but it is still bothering me.

I was outside with the dogs.  I turned around and there was a grasshopper crawling on a tree I was standing by.  Being the "sciency" person I am, I always examine bugs and so forth a little more than the normal person. This grasshopper wasn't okay.  The grasshopper looked "different" but upon closer examination this grasshopper was missing all legs but the front two on the left and the very front one on the right.  The only portion of the grasshopper left below the thorax was the abdomen.  No wings, no back legs.........it was just not right.

What I saw when I looked at this grasshopper was torture.  What I saw was mutilation.  Now I imagine there wasn't something out there that set out to "torture" or "mutilate" this creature but for some reason that's where my mind led me to.  I sit here now and ponder why.  Subconsciously, why?

I have told myself that a bird had tried to feast on this unlucky grasshopper and he somehow escaped his final demise but that has not erased the image from my mind nor this uneasy, disturbing feeling I continue to have nearly 9 hours later.

Why?

September 7th

Today is a most important day.  It's our anniversary (9 years!!) and our little Ryne is one month old!  Two great reasons to be so very thankful.  Here's a picture of our little family.  Of course Ryne isn't one to hold completely still for a picture!  I am really happy to report that I've now lost a total of 36 pounds.....which is about 5 or so less than I started out at.  I am looking forward to being released so I can start a little bit of exercising too.  Of course I have tons more pictures but not for tonight.  I'm gonna catch some z's while my beautiful baby boy does too!