Tommy's first restaurant experience

Since tomorrow is my birthday, we decided we would go out tonight for my birthday dinner! (Today is also Tommy's official "due date") We all love mexican food and since the first restaurant I ever went to was El Fenix, we decided to keep tradition with Tommy. It's fast, easy and close! I must admit I'm more nervous about how he reacts to the spicy mexican food than how he will act in public! I will keep my fingers crossed and the Mylicon close by. Tomorrow Aunt Melanie will be in town and I will be sure to take lots of pics!

BFF's forever

Today, Mindy (my BFF of almost 29 years) came over with her kiddos, Hayden and Jack. Since our parents took a picture of Mindy feeding me a bottle when I was a newborn, we decided we HAVE to get some pics of Jack with Tommy. They turned out really cute.I am so glad that we have babies the exact same age difference as Mindy and I. Almost to the date. While Hayden was here. she was saying that Tommy is her friend that he's cute. When T would cry, she would say that Tommy was sad. TOO CUTE!! We never would have thought that Jack would be bigger than Tommy!! Guess we'll see if T catches up to him. I hope they grow up to be BFF's as well! Mindy and I talk about how crazy it's going to be when they spend the night at each others houses and we hope and pray they don't do the things we did together. haha Now we must get a 4 generation, double family picture! How awesome is that?! Tonight, Mimi and PawPaw will be stopping by with Dee and Janet (PawPaw's sister and brother in law) and hopefully I can figure out how to post pics on this blog. This might take a while. HA!

July 12, 2010 - Happy Birthday Thomas Ryder!!

On July 12, 2010 at 4:45pm, Thomas Ryder Young made his debut into this world. We could not believe the 38 weeks flew by so fast. That morning I had my 38 week checkup with Dr. Walters and since my blood pressure was out of control, she wanted me to go to Baylor ASAP for delivery! Thankfully I had a bowl of Cheerios that morning and it bought us a few more hours for this to sink in. Both of us were very nervous and excited. We could not believe that shortly, we would be holding our baby boy. Everything was pretty fast and easy. They did my spinal to assure I was numb and went to town on getting him out. John didn't even pass out AND took some pretty awesome pics of the scene. Not too long after, they told us Tommy would have to be put in the NICU nursery until his breathing was better. Since he was a c-section baby, the fluid on his lungs didn't get pushed out like normal so they were waiting for that to naturally occur. SCARY!! I never imagined that our child would end up in the NICU. That entire night, John went back and forth to visit our little man as much as he could. He was in love. I, on the other hand, could not see him and felt horrible that I had a child I couldn't even hold yet. Luckily, the next day my nurse said it would be perfectly okay for John to wheel me down there as much as I wanted. The first time I saw him, I was in tears. He is so precious and looks so much like his Daddy. I was in love. After a nightmare of an extended hospital visit, we finally were released and we headed home! We both talked about how crazy it seemed that we are taking this baby home where he has his own room and it's now up to us to teach him about the world. Since things were a little chaotic at Baylor, we decided we wanted to lay low for a little bit and get adjusted to being at home. John had to work the next day so Mimi and Nonny came over to help me out with everything. Thanks a million!! That was also the first time Nonny actually got to hold Tommy since they have "holding times" in NICU. It's now been almost a week since we've been home and things are falling into place. Tommy definitely rules this house as of now. We do things on his time, whatever and whenever he wants.