Mr. Sandman...bring me a dream....

Spencer doing the 'father Abraham' song with Seth
About to go outside

not quite sure about that purple bird

He loves to stick his foot in the running water

I got this picture idea from a girl at our church- Mandy Moots

Good news! Seth can now soothe himself to sleep at night as well as at naptime if I put him down awake but sleepy. I still hold him and soothe him for awhile before I put him in his crib to help him wind down. But he's pretty much put himself on a schedule of bedtime between 6-6:30pm, sleep for 5-6 hours, eat, sleep for 3-4 hours, eat, sleep for 3-4 hours usually for a total of 12-13 hours a night with 3 naps a day all while in the comfort of his 'miracle blanket.' The scariest part of all is that Seth absolutely WILL NOT sleep on his back or his side but his stomach! He is a stomach sleeper which scares me so much, but I also keep a fan running in his room to keep the air circulating. But he is able to successfully turn is head back and forth easily so that makes us feel a little bit better. He has become such a good sleeper now that we ventured to put him on his stomach. I know it goes against everything that they say now days, but my mom put us on our stomachs along with the rest of the moms of that generation. This is what works best for him, so we are going with it.

At our last Dr. appointment he weighed in at 12 lbs. 7 oz and was 24 in. long! So he's a growing boy! Even though he has been out of newborn clothes for a few weeks, I finally put them away and it made me sad to think how fast he is growing right before our eyes! He is now 0-3 month clothes and can also fit in some 3-6 month clothes as well!

Spencer is in the final home stretch of his actual classes for his PhD at seminary. He will offically be finished with classes in Dec 2010 and will then move on to taking his comprehensives and writing his dissertation! The college ministry is amazing! We have average about 100 every Sunday and we took 60 leaders to Great Wolf Lodge for a leadership conference last weekend which was incredible! I definitely recommend Great Wolf Lodge if you have kids, you can go on a vacation there and never have to leave the hotel, there's just so much to do!

In a few short weeks Spencer will be taking a group of about 30 college students to Domincan Republic on a mission trip. While our other adult leaders David and Lynn will be taking a group of about 60 to Panama City, FL to Beach Reach. Keep these groups in your prayers over the next couple of months as God prepares their hearts!

Coo-Coo Ca Choo....

Enjoy some recent pictures of our family as well as some updates!

sitting in our bumbo seathe loves playing with his toys!

he like sticking out his tongue

doing a little tummy time

with his beautiful aunt K

getting some time with uncle stew

with his (2nd) cousin nicole

being spoiled by his Gran

loving Christmas

with his great aunt Malissa

in one of his Christmas outfits!

playing with aunt k and uncle stew

with Gran-Gran

first Christmas in TX

aunt Julie and uncle Steve

Christmas in TX

Ready for TCU to play in the Fiesta Bowl!

...these are the noises that are now filling our house...the "coos" of our sweet little 2 month old Seth. Unfortunately we rang in the new year with a sick little boy. I took him to the dr on new years day to find out that he had something called RSV...which is code for some kind of cold virus. Since he is so young and it was a virus all we could to was give him breathing treatments. Most of the time he did really well with them, and it relaxed him a lot. He is still coughing every once in a while but nothing like he was. He is also getting his appetite back slowly but surely...which will also help him sleep too. The one night Spencer took him all night was the night Seth decided to break his all-time sleep record of 6 hours straight! Usually he wakes up every 3-4 hours or so. We also invested in something called a miracle blanket which is like a super swaddler that he can't wiggle out of so he can't wake himself up! We've also established a pretty good bathtime/nighttime routine...he loves the warm water and also his head being washed! Here are some of the 2 month milestones of Seth Plumlee:

-cooing more and more

-smiling more

-sleeping longer

-staring more intently at faces

-better head control

-playing with his mobile and rattles on his baby einstein mat

-he loves playing on his changing table by looking up at the pictutres on the wall...one is a pic of spencers family!

-he hates being in his swing....for now hopefully

-he stares intently when Dora the explorer is on

Christmas was especially fun this year...esp. with a baby!! He had perfect timing while trying to take a picture...right before my mom took it, he decided to spit up all over his cute outfit! We wiped him off and took it anyway. His uncle steve and aunt julie loved seeing him again! We also braved an 8hour trip to Tennessee...which turned out to be pretty good. We only stopped 3 times on the way, each time was to feed him, eat and gas up!! Everybody loved seeing him!! He def. got passed around alot which was good for us to have some free hands! Spencers mom was really good with him and helped out alot esp. at night!! His ncle stew and aunt K def. loved playing with him and holding him whenever she could....she was so good with him! Pop (spencers dad) one morning made him smile more than I had ever seen before! He also got to visit with his great grandparents too, gran-gran and pawcaw--they absolutely fell in love with him!

1 month

trying to get in a little tummy time

he love his little lion!

he loves to look around!

our morning playtime after breakfast

these are the pants that swallowed him just 6 wks ago

sleeping in the crib---success!!!

he looks kinda scared- you can tell his size because spencers shorts are the black things right next to him

at Gammies house

going for a walk with Gran, Pop, uncle Stew and aunt K

Well its hard to believe that Seth is already one month old. The individual days can sometimes drag on, but overall the time is flying by. We have had a few 'hiccups' over the past few weeks. Spencer had to take me to the ER a few weeks ago where I was told I had 2 kidney stones! Our sweet neighbor Melinda (who is a nurse) watched Seth until my parents could get there. When we walked into the ER we saw our pastor sitting there... the last person I was expecting to see there. He was visiting someone b/c he was obviously not in any type of pain. After I was released they put me on pain meds and Seth and I headed to my parents house so they could help me take care of him while I was heavily medicated. My mom (Gammie) and my dad (papaw) were a little spoiled after seeing him for such a long time. And I got spoiled having so much help 24/7. I ended up staying for about a week which was killer for Spencer and I to be apart. But he was so good, he came to see us every day after he got off work. I am feeling much better and have discovered so much about seth over the past few weeks, here's what has been happening:

-we have switched bottles, we now use the playtex drop-ins which have really helped with his gas

-he loves to be in the sling- mommy loves it too so she can have both hands free

-he has made great strides in the sleeping dept! he now sleeps in his crib--swaddled of course.

-he loves singing and playing with mommy and daddy in the morning and doing hand motions to different songs

-when being held, he somehow knows when you try to sit down---and politely tells you to stand back up by doing his tyridactile screech!

-when riding in the car, once we hit 60mph all scream ceases...oh but we hate sitting at red lights

-he is a good eater--4 oz every 2.5-3 hours

-he is losing the hair on the top of his head but still has a small patch on top--looks kinda funny

-the 3-6 month onsies fit him perfectly with a little room to spare

-he now has those cute arm and leg rolls---when do those stop being so cute

-the greatest milestone of all is that last night he slept for 3 hours straight in his crib, then 2, then 2 again---it was a glorious night for us all!

Spencer has been the model husband and dad and has been so helpful with Seth and with stuff around the house---I couldn't have asked for better. Seth also has about 50 or 60 new admirers--aka all the girls in the college ministry just love him. He was passed around all night at the Christmas party.

Seth loved getting to see his Gran and Pop (spencers parents) and his uncle stew and aunt K from Tennessee a few weeks ago and stayed up all night with seth so mom and dad could sleep!!!! He can't wait to see great Gran and pawcaw and other family in just a few days! Pray for our car ride to Memphis---it could get a little crazy!

Labor of Love

Here's the birth story of Seth and lots of pics below:

He was born Wed. November 4th at 5:38pm

Spencer and I and pretty much the whole college ministry was praying the Seth did not come the weekend of Nov. 6-7 because we had a fall retreat in Glen Rose that weekend! However, on Monday the 2nd, I got some early indications that it could be sooner rather than later. I didn't freak out too much because I had a dr.'s appt wed. the 4th anyway. Tues and Wed. my braxton hicks contractions were getting more frequent and somewhat more painful and I was carrying my watch everywhere to time them. Anyway, Spencer and I went to my dr.'s appt nov. 4th at around 9am (by then I was 37 weeks and 1 day....technically full term) and my dr. said, 'well i think you're in early labor and you'll probably have a baby today!' She said you can check into the hospital now or you can go for a walk (it was absolutely beautiful that day) and grab lunch. Spencer and I were beyond excited, it was surreal, like this was actually gonna happen today...we were having a baby TODAY! So we ran home really quick to grab last minute things, ran to wal-mart to get a memory card for the video camera we just bought the day before....then we went to walk on Trinity Trails by TCU (spencer videoed us walking and was talking to Seth on the video :) and then went to eat at Panera Bread (one of our fav spots)....I just had a smoothie and was busy timing my contractions...by now it was about 11:30am. We went to the hospital...to triage first, to make sure that I was far enough along to be checked in...I was (I was at a 5 by now, and not really in that much pain) and the process of getting me all hooked up to machines began. I was now about 12:30pm. We got into our delivery room...which looked more like a hotel room...it had 2 flat screen TVs! (Everybody loves Raymond was on while i was giving birth haha) We had great nurses...especially Ms. Jackson (she was a big black lady that was pretty funny and really knew what she was doing). Got my epidural around 1pm...honestly that was the worst part...I mean really a needle into your spine...didn't hurt, just stressful. But it worked...really well. I would bottle it and sell it if I could! Another hard part was just waiting for me to progress. I eventually got petocin...which sped things up so fast. Oh and Spencer was giving video updates about every hour (he kept it all G-rated). Well about 5:20-ish pm I was ready to push. I did about 3 sets of 3 pushes and that was it! He was born at 5:38pm! I didn't expect it to go that fast! But I was so excited to see his face...I couldn't believe he was here..our little boy! 6lbs 2oz. 19.25in long....and growing!

Our first walk around SeminaryThis is where he sleeps for now


haha he looks bored here



still a little small for his swing

just cuddling with my little boy

getting some daddy love

he obviously does not like going to the Dr....but who does

he love his daddy!

Our little boy is here!

close up shot

proud dad!

me holding Seth for the first time...he was obviously happy to see me, he just couldn't contain himself!

me in the middle of a contraction and waiting for the epidural to kick in

my last day to be pregnant...on the way to have Panera Bread to eat lunch and then head to the hospital

Hospital Info...

Here's the place where our Seth will make his big debut...Baylor All-Saints downtown on 8th and Magnolia in Fort Worth,Tx

Showers of Blessing!

Over the past few weeks our family has been so blessed by our friends and church family! The first baby shower was hosted by my sister in law Julie, and my good friends Amber Edwards and Jana Eaves (who is due to have a little boy in Feb!). Alot of our college girls, and Gateway friends came to this one! It consisted of cute decorations, yummy cake, and fun games! The second baby shower was given by the Southcliff ministers and their wives! Rolanda Hairston did a great job with the sports theme...spencer and I entered the baby shower by running through a banner like football teams do...so fun! We are so thankful to everyone who is making this time so special! I am scheduled for another dr. visit tomorrow so she can start checking for dialation--and will start going every week! I am officially 9 months pregnant today! Soon we will be holding our little boy!! 35 weeks...and still wearing heels!
1st baby shower given by Julie, Amber and Jana!

all the goodies from 1st baby shower

more goodies for Seth from the 2nd baby shower given by the minister's and their wives at Southcliff!