Friday, May 07, 2010
Ian at 4 weeks old!!!
So I finally had some time to do a mini photoshoot with my little newbie. Those little cheeks are sure filling out nicely! Enjoy the pics!
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Is anybody in there?
So after 4 weeks of very little sleep, it is finally catching up with me. I think I am also getting sick (poo). Doesn't help the immune system to lose out on sleep, either. Sigh. Oh well. At least I made it through my pregnancy w/o getting super sick! Anyways, I feel like I have been drugged with some sort of drowsy, cloudy, sleeping pill. Only problem is, I can't just lay down and SLEEP! Pffff...it's like a robot is controlling me. I have plenty more videos/pics to post, but it'll have to wait until I can think straight. :) Yet somehow I am still functioning...barely. And wow, Jase is sure getting away with a lot these days...
P.S. Ian is 4 weeks old this Thursday! That went by way too quickly!
P.S. Ian is 4 weeks old this Thursday! That went by way too quickly!
Monday, May 03, 2010
The House that Built Me
Not sure if I've been feeling a bit nostalgic lately or what, but the first time I heard this song on country radio I started bawling. What a great song! Makes me miss my childhood like crazy. Especially my teen years...
http://www.cmt.com/videos/miranda-lambert/500805/the-house-that-built-me.jhtml
http://www.cmt.com/videos/miranda-lambert/500805/the-house-that-built-me.jhtml
Sunday, May 02, 2010
It's Getting Harder
So it's a MIRACLE that I actually have more than 1 minute to sit here and blog. Seriously. When we first brought Ian home, he seemed to sleep a lot. Not really the case any longer. Guess that is what happens as they become more and more alert. Right now I'm in that phase of "problem solving," constantly trying to discern what each cry means. Tricky, to say the least.
I'm also one blink away from getting rid of my dogs. Right now one of them is whining at me like he wants something but he has food and water--so ya got me. And I am done getting up out of this chair after the crazy day I have had. Anyways..
It seems Ian is fairly gassy from time to time. Those cries sound painful to me and his tummy will get all tight and hard. Plus he either eventually toots or poos (haha), so I get it. I just am not sure what's causing it, or if there is anything I can do to fix it. There's no rhyme or reason to it at all. ARgh. And who likes to hear their baby cry? Yeah, me either. So anyways, it's been a bit challenging. And today was tough. Reuben has some kind of crappy chest congestion/cough and felt terrible today. So starting like midnight last night, he basically set up "sick camp" in the basement so he wouldn't cough his germs on any of us. He slept MOST of the day today, too. We barely saw him! I hope the rest did him some good, bc both he and I have been functioning on probably 6 hours or less (per night) of broken sleep for the past 3 weeks. It starts to take its toll on a person. Work for him has also been pretty busy & stressful, so he'll come home at like 5pm, eat dinner, then disappear upstairs to do layouts till like 10 or 11pm. ARGH!!!! We both hate it. At least he has a job. I keep telling myself that.
Anyways, I'm getting sidetracked. So back to today--man, it was a long one. It seemed that no matter what time of the day it was either Jase needed me for something or Ian did. As soon as I'd feed the baby and put him down, I'd try to walk into the kitchen and he'd start crying. The kind of crying that basically won't stop until I either pick him up or feed him. So at one point I just gave up trying to clean ANYTHING (I should post a picture of what my house looks like right now--yikes) and just sat with him on the couch. Of course this is while Jase was getting into lots of naughty things. Climbing into the fridge, drawing on the table with a pen, pushing buttons on my laptop, throwing toys all over the house, sticking the toilet plunger into the toilet (eew), etc etc. He did have a few entertained moments throughout the day--I successfully got him to play with his playdoh and also his watercolors for a while...and I think he watched "The Incredibles" about 5 times. I have it memorized by now :)
Anyways, it's 10:35pm and I have never been MORE thankful for silence in my life. I just needed to vent a bit and have some "me" time. I'm glad everyday is not this challenging! Makes ya appreciate the good days!!!!! I was even able to FINALLY shower with Jase at about 9:30pm tonight. Poor Jase is completely on Ian's schedule now...he's up way too late and sleeps late in the morning. But I guess for now it'll have to do bc that is the only way I can catch an extra hour or two of sleep.
Well, I better log off. I need to feed the little eating machine and then get us both to bed ASAP. I need all the Z's I can get!
I'm also one blink away from getting rid of my dogs. Right now one of them is whining at me like he wants something but he has food and water--so ya got me. And I am done getting up out of this chair after the crazy day I have had. Anyways..
It seems Ian is fairly gassy from time to time. Those cries sound painful to me and his tummy will get all tight and hard. Plus he either eventually toots or poos (haha), so I get it. I just am not sure what's causing it, or if there is anything I can do to fix it. There's no rhyme or reason to it at all. ARgh. And who likes to hear their baby cry? Yeah, me either. So anyways, it's been a bit challenging. And today was tough. Reuben has some kind of crappy chest congestion/cough and felt terrible today. So starting like midnight last night, he basically set up "sick camp" in the basement so he wouldn't cough his germs on any of us. He slept MOST of the day today, too. We barely saw him! I hope the rest did him some good, bc both he and I have been functioning on probably 6 hours or less (per night) of broken sleep for the past 3 weeks. It starts to take its toll on a person. Work for him has also been pretty busy & stressful, so he'll come home at like 5pm, eat dinner, then disappear upstairs to do layouts till like 10 or 11pm. ARGH!!!! We both hate it. At least he has a job. I keep telling myself that.
Anyways, I'm getting sidetracked. So back to today--man, it was a long one. It seemed that no matter what time of the day it was either Jase needed me for something or Ian did. As soon as I'd feed the baby and put him down, I'd try to walk into the kitchen and he'd start crying. The kind of crying that basically won't stop until I either pick him up or feed him. So at one point I just gave up trying to clean ANYTHING (I should post a picture of what my house looks like right now--yikes) and just sat with him on the couch. Of course this is while Jase was getting into lots of naughty things. Climbing into the fridge, drawing on the table with a pen, pushing buttons on my laptop, throwing toys all over the house, sticking the toilet plunger into the toilet (eew), etc etc. He did have a few entertained moments throughout the day--I successfully got him to play with his playdoh and also his watercolors for a while...and I think he watched "The Incredibles" about 5 times. I have it memorized by now :)
Anyways, it's 10:35pm and I have never been MORE thankful for silence in my life. I just needed to vent a bit and have some "me" time. I'm glad everyday is not this challenging! Makes ya appreciate the good days!!!!! I was even able to FINALLY shower with Jase at about 9:30pm tonight. Poor Jase is completely on Ian's schedule now...he's up way too late and sleeps late in the morning. But I guess for now it'll have to do bc that is the only way I can catch an extra hour or two of sleep.
Well, I better log off. I need to feed the little eating machine and then get us both to bed ASAP. I need all the Z's I can get!
Saturday, May 01, 2010
Ian at 3 weeks old
Just took a quick video of him so y'all could get a better feel for what he really looks like (so cute so cute!). However, wasn't very smart of me to do it at night! The lighting could be better! Oh well, I'll try to get some more posted in the future. Uploading videos is a bit of a pain...ok, just realized that once again the video is being clipped on the right side. SO annoying! Oh well, I guess you can see what half of his face looks like! Heh.
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