First Christmas

Gosh life is moving so fast. I feel like I just can't keep up anymore. I remember the days of pedicures and magazines and evenings of highlights and cocktails.... now, if I can find the time to read one article out of a magazine I'm doing good and usually it's when August is in the bathtub and I look up and I see the magazine sitting on the backside of the toliet and I think the thought briefly passes through my head that I wanted to read an article in that magazine so I start to read it only to get distracted again by a splash of water. I'm enjoying these days so much, but gosh they sure are moving fast so freaking fast I can hardly catch my freaking breath.

Christmas came and went today and I by that I mean, I feel like I blinked and it was here and gone. I know he is only 5.5 month's old and he truly doesn't appreciate it, but geeze... I just expected a little bit of magic. It did snow a crap load, maybe that was the magic this year? Who the heck knows.


So, the little guy is grabbing stuff with his hands, eating oatmeal, cereal, 6 month foods and is typically eating an 8 oz bottle. The only thing that is concerning me is that he HATES the highchair or anytype of chair when he eats his food. For the life of me I can not figure this out. I just don't know why he hates it so much. He screams, he cries and he yells... So, he goes back to the doctor next month for his 6 month shots and of course we wil ask why and what we can do about this fear of the chair problem. Ugh.

We has some holiday pictures taken and I think they turned out pretty good. He's turned out to be a pretty photogenic little dude. The day we had these taken he wasn't feeling too great, but I still think they turned out pretty good. I think he will be getting tooth any day now... between the drool and the runny nose I'm guessing that's what is about to happen.

Merry Christmas!

Thanksgiving and more

I have so much to be thankful for this year. What an incredible year it has been. I was certianly blessed this year. I was given a healthy, happy and beautiful little boy, I've reconciled with my biological father, my family has stayed healthy, I've stayed healthy and we've all kept our jobs.

My son has grown so much in the past 5 months. He is 17 pounds of all boy. I just have to look at him lovingly and he smiles at me - which is so freaking awesome. He doesn't giggle for me, but he does giggle for Chris. He apparently loves Chris' facial hair and he thinks it's pretty funny when Chris rubs his facial hair on his neck. Chris gets almost a belly laugh out of him.

He is eating his rice cereal like a champ and we have tried a variety of veggies and fruits. He seems to like everything but squash. We will try the squash again later, he didn't spit it out at me, he just gave me a very strange look and then didn't open his mouth.

We are still working on rolling over. He is just about ready to roll from back to belly, but he nowhere near ready to roll from belly to back. He is doing much better at tummy time, but he still fights it a bit. I wish that we could get him to stay on his belly more. I'm hoping the older that he gets the more he will realize that he needs to be on his belly in order to go places!

4 months old, a little late.

Sorry! I'm a little late on this post. I've been so busy with work and family that I just haven't had time to make this update! AJ turned 4 months old on 11/6 and we went to the doctor on the 9th for his check up and his vaccinations. His stats from his appt. are: weight - 16 pounds, 75%, height - 25 1/2 inches, 75%, head - 16 inches, 75%. He received 3 shots and drank a yummy drink - he screamed, I cried and Chris turned away. This time when we got home he was fine for a while, but he spiked a fever later in the evening and it carried through out most of the next day. Ugh.

He started cereal. If anything, it's helped with the sleeping situation - his belly is full and he can sleep when his belly is full! For the last few nights he is sleeping all the way through. The funny this is - I'm not yet :) I'm so use to getting up with him at his regular "times" that I actually wake up at those times still. I'm sure that I will start sleeping through those times evetually....

So, the little dude is growing, eating and just hanging out. Oh and I'm sure he's heading for rolling over next.

Busy...

I think I'm going to have to evaluate exactly what type of activities August is going to be involved in. So far, he's in Kindermusik and Parents As Teachers, however every time I get offered to do something I think we should join. My mom was never a "joiner" so I think I'm trying to compensate for that. I've also joined the Parents As Teachers PTA. I'm not sure what that's all about, but I just want to be involved and meet other mom's. So, I'm sure I will have more to blog about on that topic later... good or bad :)

So, the little guy is smiling, giggling and just growing. We go back to the doctor next week for his 4 month check-up and we are hoping he can start eating cereal. Not sure why that seems so exiciting to me other than it just seems like the natural progression of life that he will start to eat... however I'm sure it's going to be messy and I hate a mess!

3 Months Old!

Time is flying! My baby is 3 months old! He's smiling, giggling a little bit (it's kinda a backwards deep breath). He's growing like a weed - just over 14 pounds. I can't wait to see what the next 3 months will bring!

His sleep pattern is suffering... we thought he was headed to sleeping through the night -which he did for a few nights, but we are now back to sleeping until about 2:30a and then waking again at 4a. Not so much fun. I'm not too sure what the problem is. We've tried adjusting his naps, adjusting the time he goes to bed, adjusting the temperature in his room, changed what he sleeps in - you name it, we've tried it. Nothing is working. Further more, we are exhausted.

Back to work

Since this week is coming to a close I thought I would post about going back to work. The week started out bad. The nanny we hired came on Monday and I had second thoughts about her once she arrived. She just seemed too old and actually Chris thought the same thing. Normally Chris is my level headed voice, so I knew when he thought the same thing we had to do something about it. So, by Tuesday I had already lined up 5 interviews.... but by Tuesday night Chris had called his mom and offered her the option of watching the little 5 days a week. We couldn't be happier that she said yes. So, grandma is now watching him and we feel so much better. The worst part of this whole thing was that I had to call the nanny today and tell her we didn't need her services anymore. Ugh. That wasn't easy.

August is growing like a weed. He weighs a little over 13 pounds, but just today we think he is getting a bit longer. He still has chubby little cheeks, which I love. I think we need to work on laying on his belly more - he loves to lay on his back and look at toys and stuff, but he's not a big fan of laying on his belly at all. His best friend is the fan in our room. He LOVES to lay on our bed and look up at the ceiling fan. Every morning while Chris and I are getting ready for work he lays on the bed and talks to his friend the fan. He seems to have grown tired of the swing... not sure what that is all about.

It's getting a little bit cooler out, so I've pulled out a few of his cooler weather clothes - which makes me happy. I have to say I love to dress him. :)

Heathy Little Boy

Everything went well at August's 2 month check-up. The Dr. called him a healthy and chunky little boy. Both Chris and I were very happy about that considering how very small he was when we brought him home from the hospital. He was given 3 shots and an oral and screamed bloody murder. It was the first time we had ever seen his little tongue quiver like that - I shed a few tears and Chris even got a little misty eyed. It was pretty uneventful though. Below are the stats....

Weight - 12 lbs. 10 oz, 75%
Height - 22 1/4 inches, 20%
Head - 15 1/4 inches, 25%

We go back again in 2 months and at that point we should be able to add a little cereal to his diet - so looking forward to that!

Other news... He FINALLY met his Aunt Kelly and Uncle Andrew. That was super exciting for him. They are moving from NYC to Denver and they are driving - so they stopped in KC for a short visit on there drive out there.