Be jealous. Be very jealous.

We are really settling into our place in the food industry. This pic was our New Years dinner. It was so yummy with a small side of our shop mac & cheese.

We did a filet and lobster tail special at the shop that went off really well. The winter slows down business with exception to the days leading up to a holiday. It was good to be happy with the last day of the year, then finish it off with a killer dinner, and a sweet sweet baby who is turning into a pretty good sleeper (knock on wood).

Soooooooo much happened in 2010. We have been so blessed with the hardest, and most rewarding year of our lives thus far. So good bye 2010. It's been real!

Hello 2011, we are really looking forward to you. Except for the year end book keeping. Yuck!

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Advice on this sleeping position???

Soooooo... Field started crawling crawling (well, army crawling at least) the day after Christmas. The day after that he discovered he could flip onto his tummy to do so. I know most babies have been doing that trick for a while, but Field was apparently not interested in it. Until he learned to scoot. Now I can hardly keep him on his back and he is insisting on sleeping on his face like this... EEK! I had just gotten over being insane about SIDS and now we are back to it! Any advice for a rook mommy?

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Finally filling out!

Since it is winter we rarely get a good pic sans clothing so here you go! He is finally getting some chunk on his legs. I didn't think he was that skinny before, but compared to now he really was! Thank you Gerber Infant Cereal for carb loading my skinny little boy.

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Happy Baby!

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View out our back window

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Puppy in the snow!

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Most awesomest boots EVER!

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Wiped out in his new chair

We had a very blessed holiday with lots of family in a very snowy GA. Thank you God for the birth of your Son! Field had a great first Christmas. He zonked out in his new chair when he tried to have his last bottle of the day. Merry Christmas Everyone! from Whit, Christina & Field!

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Baby's First Christmas

Sweetest. Thing. Ever. I felt like a kid again walking up to Santa. Field did great, of course and we went early figuring we would have to wait in line but Santa was there early and we literally walked up and went right to Santa. That never happens!!!

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Our (linear) Christmas tree

We put our tree up at the shop this year so we used the mantle as a non-tree shaped ornament hanger at home. It features 4 white and gold ornaments, 1 Ole Miss ornament, a guitar, and a new family picture in a "baby's first Christmas" ornament. I really like how it turned out and despite the most hectic Christmas I've ever had, I will not be doing any Christmas morning buying or wrapping because I am completely done! I was about 95% done by my birthday (Dec 13) and finished it up tonight. Big pat on my back!

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I think this boy is stealing my dog

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I has a new hat!!!

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Life is funny

Field is such a happy baby. It takes almost nothing to make him laugh and if you are lucky, you can get him laughing hysterically. Not sure why he thought this was so funny, but if you catch him in the right mood, say BOO! and he LOVES it. I think this was the third time I turned on the camera because I was laughing so hard you could hardly hear him. Oh yeah, sorry it is sideways.

If that wasn't enough for you, here is another one.
I took this one from the other angle so you can see what he is laughing about.

I love it!

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Holiday Orders

Our goal for Thanksgiving orders was 20, and we ended up with 24! Here
is our wall of completed orders wahoo!!

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I LOVE BLUEBERRIES!!!!!!!


I have been making Field's food with the Beaba Babycook. He eats oatmeal with fruit for breakfast and rice with veggies for dinner. Lunch depends on his mood, where we are and what I have available. I started giving him oatmeal when he was 4 months old hoping it would help him sleep better / longer (it didn't) and so that he could practice before it became a nutritional necessity. It worked out well because he is a great eater now that he definitely needs it. The pic with the blueberries is really the most mess he has ever made. In fact, I was brave enough to feed him in the car, in his church clothes on the way to church this past Sunday and it worked out beautifully. 
So far he has eaten and loved broccoli, cauliflour, zucchini, summer squash, carrots, sweet potato, spinach, apples, bananas, and blueberries. He LOATHES and will not eat white potatoes (weird?!?). I have used garlic and cinnamon to season the food, and I borrowed my mom's AeroGarden to grow fresh herbs to use as well (haven't actually started that yet). Putting so much effort into his food is making me very aware of how poorly Whit and I eat... EEK!!! I'll be working on that now too. Stay tuned for healthier and more fit Whit and Christina coming soon!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

This year we have more than ever to be thankful for. We have been
working hard with the blessings that God has bestowed upon us and
while we still have a long way to go, I am very proud of us.

Here are my two very handsome men enjoying the weather while throwing
the ball for Maggie.

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I've gotcha!


Field's #1 obsession is Maggie. His #2 obsession is grabbing someone by the sides of the face and pulling stubbornly until your nose is in his mouth. Now that he is learning how to use his tongue you really have to watch out... Slobber City!

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The big kid seat

Field's first time in the big kid seat. I can't believe how fast he is
growing!

I did not get a free turkey. Just in case you were wondering.

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Article on our shop

Just wanted to share an article that was written about us on a prominent BBQ blog. Thanks again for all of  your support. This article really shows us that we are doing something special!!!
 
 
Much love,
Christina

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My sweetness

Field hangs out in a bouncy seat while we are getting ready in the mornings. If he is going to get in the shower with one of us he hangs out in his diaper waiting for his turn and playing with his feet. He can get them into his mouth now, woo-hoo!




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With Great Gma Jean

This is Field's first visit to his Great Grandma Jean's grave. Gma Jean has 6 kids, 26 grandkids and Field is her first great grandchild. It is so special that we live in Gma Jean's house and are glad her memory gets to be a part of our lives every day. They missed meeting each other by just a little while, but I know she is watching over her great grandbaby from heaven.



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Helping Daddy drive the voom voom

No laws were broken in the capturing of this moment.



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Helping Mommy at the shop

Field has been voted employee of the month for the last three months.
Our customers love to play with him, especially our regulars. I know
it's good for business to have him there with us. Great job Field,
keep up the good work!

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Loving tummy time on the krinkly paper at the doctor's office

Field's eye was super goopy when he woke up from a nap on Friday
afternoon (before Halloween), and not wanting to have to deal with the
emergency room on the weekend we decided it would be best to go to the
doctor just in case. They said it was pink eye and gave us drops
(antibiotics). We didn't think it was ponk eye (no other symptoms) so
we only put the drops in 1 time. I'm glad we didn't use them any more
than that because it turned out to be nothing and we would have given
him those antibiotics when he didn't need them. New mommies and
daddies: follow your instincts!!!

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Holding hands

If Field isn't holding something in his oh so dexterious little
fingers, they are grasped together like this. Always. Super cute, but
a little weird...

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Rawr!!!

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Happy Halloween!

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Field & Aunt Ashley

I'm pretty sure Field won't ever learn how to crawl because we are
terrible at enforcing mandatory tummy time. Thanks to Aunt Ashley he
had a great tummy time session this afternoon. Maybe there is hope for
him yet!

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Twins!

We have a bonus puppy this weekend. Maggie's sister Marley is staying with us while my Dad and Myra are out of town. Field could watch Maggie play all day long so 2 "Maggies" practically mezmorizes him! Marley is very gentle and sweet with Field. I think she would have made an excellent mama. Maggie is much more playful with him. Gentle enough, but playful still. Maggie is on the right with the camo collar and Marley is on the left. 




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Field and Marley

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Nom Nom Nom

Field is much more nimble all of a sudden! He is getting good at using his hands to grab things and pulling his weight around to put himself in different positions. He was sitting in my lap tonight (while I was working on blogs, of course) and this is the position he got himself into. He sucks on his socks but so far has had only a little luck actually getting his toes into his mouth so I'm sure he was excited when gravity was actually working in his favor this time. LOVE IT!!!

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Boo hoo!

Not happy with the game.

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Oatmeal cereal, yum.

Spoon, double yum.

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The cuteness

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Check out my cool Vans

Thanks Aunt Brady, they ROCK!

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Loves the water

Field used to cry when we took him out of the bath he loves the water
so much. Recently he started actually playing in the water and really
enjoying it. If he is crying, just walk over to the sink and turn on
the water.

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Ready to be a regular blogger!!!

I have been having trouble getting pics to post from my phone and
since I have negative time to sit down at the computer and blog, moble
blogs are the only option. I figured it out tonight though so check
back often!

I returned 3 containers of formula-yep the ones with beatle larvae in
them...- and picked up this awesome exersaucer for the shop. Field
loves any of the parts he can put in his mouth. I love that I can get
extended play time out if this station just by rotating him, meaning I
can cram a bunch of shop work into 30-40 consecutive minutes rather
than 10-20 minutes. Thank you Baby Einstein!

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Rolling over!

Just a quick post to show Field's new ability!


I will post about whats going on with Field asap, but here is a link to his 2 months+ pics

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2028913&id=53300283&l=a75d3126a1

He is so awesome!!!!

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In case there was any doubt

I was going to find a baby pictures of Whit and I to compare to Field's pictures, but after we found Whit's newborn pictures, I figure it is pretty clear who he looks like! I will find one of me to post at some point for funsies but here is this one for now.

Field  - 2010                          Whit - 1980


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It's a boy!

I can’t believe 4 weeks have gone by since baby boy Noble was born! I would apologize for the lack of posting during this time, but it turns out having a newborn AND opening a business takes up pretty much every second of the day!

John Whitfield Noble III, or Field, for short was born on Wednesday, May 26th at 5:47 am at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA. He weighed 7 lbs and 13 oz and was 20 -1/2 inches long. When his heart rate dropped after many hours of labor, he was delivered by c-section. He missed being born on his due date by a mere 5 hours and 47 minutes (his Daddy and Aunt Brady were both born on their due dates).

He was healthy and happy but the doctors felt he was a little “grunty” in his cries, so they wanted to keep him to get some chest x-rays. It turns out that when his lungs inflated some air leaked into the space between his lungs and chest wall, called pneumothorax, so they decided to keep him in the NICU for a few days. He was so healthy otherwise, the doctors were confident it would resolve itself otherwise a chest tube would be needed. It was a little scary, and really sad not to be able to have him with us and do all that bonding right away.

Even though I couldn’t get out of bed to go see him until that evening, Whit spent a lot of time with Field in the NICU, feeding, changing and bonding with him since I was stuck in bed. While it was really hard to not get to be with Field myself, I was so very thankful Whit got to spend those first few critical hours with him. Whit taught me how to change his diaper and feed him, etc. once I finally got to go visit him.

The air pockets had almost completely dissolved by Friday morning and Field graduated out of the NICU Friday afternoon. It tied for best moment of my life (it ties with saying our wedding vows). He was finally ours. It was so amazing.

He is a very happy and has a very pleasant disposition. Even when he gets upset his cry isn’t too bad. It has a very low pitch, so it sounds kind of like a goose honking (LOL). He loves to listen to Whit play the guitar, and just like when he was in my belly, he likes the songs that Whit and I both sing the best. He is a great sleeper so far. We usually have to wake him up to feed him in the middle of the night, and if he gets hungry before the alarm goes off he really just whimpers a little, still asleep until we pick him up to feed him. He eats A LOT!!! In the NICU he was bottle fed a few times before I could try nursing, so it was a pretty big challenge for us to get the hang of it. It took a good week before we were sure he was nursing enough to stop giving him formula, but now we are pros at it.

He spends a good bit of time during the day being awake and alert. He loves to be carried around the house so he can see things. Supposedly he can only see about 12” away from his face, but he looks around a lot and is very happy doing it, so he must be able to make out something.

By his 2 week visit he weighed 8 lbs. 7 oz and if he has continued to gain an ounce per day, he should weigh a little over 9 lbs now. His newborn clothes are getting a little small, but the 0-3s are still a little big. He had grown 1-1/2 inches by his 2 week visit also. We don’t go back until 2 months but we will try and measure him before then.

Here is a a link to the Facebook album containing the pictures from the first few weks of his life.

John Whitfield Noble III

Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes. God has blessed our new little family so much!

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23 hours and 3 centimeters... Enough said

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6 more days... but who's counting?!?!

Not that we have ANY control over when the baby comes, but we are no doubt closing in on the finish line! I figure even if I have to be induced 2 weeks late, no matter what, our little Peanut will be in our arms in no more than 3 weeks. For something so amazing, I can be patient for 3 more weeks if that is what it takes.

We decided I should take these last few weeks off of work, so I have been getting our house organized and ready, and doing all of the little projects that I have  wanting to do but have had no time to. I am so thankful I am able to take the time off to really enjoy the end of this chapter in my life. I must thank Dave Ramsey for teaching us to be gazel intense so we can afford to take the time to get ourselves going in the direction we want for ourselves. Thanks be to God! Life is such a blessing!

Sorry I haven't posted in so long! Here is what has been happening over the last month or so:

Tiffany and Jackie threw me a shower with my old gymnastics teammates and coaches. It was such a blast to catch up with everyone! Thank you so much for coming to celebrate with me and for all of the wonderful gifts. Thank you Tiffany and Jackie for a wonderful shower.

Our 4th amigo, Laura, couldn't be there since she is finishing up her 3rd year in med school, but we left a spot for her in this picture. We missed you Lo!


We also had a shower at my Dad and Myra's house. I got to catch up with so many family friends I haven't seen in a long time, and Whit got to meet some of them for the first time. We had a great time and really appreciate everyone's generosity.

This is us with my parents and Tony and Marilyn. They brought pictures of their son, Anthony and I as babies playing together.


We got a little boy outfit that I LOVE so much just like the shirts Whit wears. If Peanut is a boy he can wear it and look just like Daddy. If it is a girl I will probabally just put it with a skirt :-) and she can match her Daddy too.
I loved the cake so much. It was so creative and tasted absolutely amazing!

Thank you so much Myra and Dad, the shower was amazing and we really appreciate it.

We have accumulated all of the necessary baby gear, and of course, a few (haha) extra things. We use baby stand-ins to be sure all straps were assembled correctly. Everything seems to be right so far.
 

My sister Christy did a maternity photo shoot for us. Here are 2 sneak peak shots she sent to me while she works on the rest of the pictures. Thank you so much Cty! She is such a talented photographer, and has really captured how unbelieveably happy I am. I can't wait to see the rest. 
 

The nursery is just about finished. All that is left to do is get some art on the walls. I made a painting with a bible verse on it to hang over the crib and have had everyone at the showers trace their hand onto it. I love that Peanut will have something from everyone to keep forever.


I feel great, Peanut is perfect, and Whit is very anxious to know if it is a boy or girl. Maybe next time you hear from me it will be from the hospital!




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Getting there...

We are 34 weeks now and starting to get pretty anxious! I just want to hold our little Peanut and see its little nose and hands and feet. I'm so glad we didn't find out the sex. I am beyond excited about the biggest surprise we will ever get, not to mention its something to focus on through labor!

Peanut is such a strong mover! Even right now my abdomen is waving and jumping all around. I can't believe there is a whole baby in there that started out from the size of a poppy seed. God is so amazing.

Speaking of baby, here's what is going on with Peanut:

The Bump.com says "Baby can recognize and react to simple songs...time to start practicing your lullabies! In fact, baby will recognize frequently sung tunes after birth and probably find them soothing. " Peanut really reacts to Whit playing guitar and singing!!! Actually, I think Peanut likes it best when Whit plays and we both sing. I took a video of my belly movement the other day while Whit played, but it is long so it needs some editing before I put it on the blog.

We go to the doctor every 2 weeks and listen to the heart beat and measure my baby bump. Fun fact: the measurement of the bump should be the same as the number of weeks pregnant. So, when we go to the doctor tomorrow, I should measure 34 cm (vertically) across the top of my belly :-)

Here is how big Peanut probabally is:












and I have been told that I look like I am smuggling a melon under my shirt so I think this fruit is very appropriate for me.

Speaking of me, here is a comparison of bump shots I put together last week. It is 5 weeks, then 17 weeks, then 33 weeks:


I can't believe how big the baby is all of a sudden! How can another 6 weeks of growth fit in there?!?!

I'm low on energy most everyday, but feeling really good otherwise. Really happy and excited. Whit just wants to get his hands on this baby and is busting with excitment too. We are so blessed.

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Nursery

Peanut has a bedroom! We decided that "Gram's room" would make a great nursery with the amazing view out the back windows.

A great big thank you to my step-mom Myra for painting. It looks AMAZING!

I am absolutely in love the furniture and bedding

The changing table on the right has a special history. My grandfather on my mom's side made it when my older brother was born, and I used it as a baby as well. I am so excited to get to use such a special piece of furniture for our baby. There is a cradle we have set up in the living room he made also. I can't believe how perfectly it matches with the new furniture! Thank you Granddaddy Q. We love it so much!
  

Thank you to everyone who has helped us get the nursery together. It still needs to be decorated and has a long way to go before it is ready to bring home baby, but it's getting there!

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