my big son

i'm getting nestalgic already at the fact how big my son is. yes, he's just barely two and a half weeks old, but i find myself looking at those 'day old' pictures of him and i get all soppy in my heart. i wish we could go back to those days, two weeks ago, and relive those tiny baby moments. but now, i just have my big old practically going to start kindergarten soon son who just gets bigger and bigger by the day. at the same time, i can't wait until he's bigger and can sit up and smile when tickled. there's that big old quandry of parenthood i guess.

well, right now he's dancing to nickel creek with his dad, and that makes me happy. but i still wish he'd go back to be little again....maybe some of those crazy after pregnancy hormones are kicking in and getting me all emotional. great.

also, we sorta weighed him at mimi's today. well, dave stood on the scale with him, then i took him and dad stood on the scale by himself. the difference was about 10 pounds, but we are figuring the clothing factor, the "the scale only measures in .5 increments factor," and the factor that dad just ate dinner that he's somewhere in the 9 pound range. wow! i'm so proud of him, gaining all this weight and everything. he's doing just what he's supposed to.

and i just can't stop thinking what a precious little boy he is....ahh...he's pretty great.

you should meet him, if you haven't already.

that's it for tonight, oh, and american idol too....

sorta in the swing of things...

well blog. here's the update:

we now have a 16 day old son! woot woot! he's still more precious then ever, even during those good 2 hour stretches at night where he decides its definetly party time, not sleep time. mom and dad, however, beg to differ. yet last night was an A+ sleep night for us. he fell asleep in time for us to watch a little bit of "Dave" (that presidential movie) before the new SNL (with a highlighted appearance by the one and only Mike Huckabee himself) and kept sleeping for a bit after that. we were very thankful. also, the rest of the night he just slept right in bed with us and when he was hungry he ate and when he was sleepy he slept. so all this long story of our past night basically means that there are a couple of happy parents living in apartment 1C today.

other milestones of his include:

- trying to suck his thumb and getting his fist to his mouth, however, he is unable to suck his thumb because his thumb is inside his fist, which is tightly clenched.
- laying on his tum and lifting his head up and subsequently turning it side to side. very advanced. we are expecting him to pass a football any day now.
- somewhat being able to calm himself down when he gets fussy. this is only somewhat though.
- we've also decided that he is, at this young age, brilliant. when reading such good reads as "Baby Cakes" or "Moo Baa La La La" he seems to know to look at the book and if you watch his eyes, you can see them dart around the page. i'm sure he's already reading...if we could just work on that whole speech thing.
- he likes james taylor, a lot. if you have a fussy james and put on some "Country Road" it's like a whole different baby.

other not so hot milestones:
- at least for dad, he's very advanced in the diaper region. meaning that 5 times out of 10 he thinks its fun to continue to have bowel movements and maybe even a little stream of pee once the old diaper has been removed and just as the new diaper was about to be placed on his bum. this equals a poopy mess all over the changing table, perhaps some wetness on the wall, and the use of three diapers (dirty one, was clean but now is dirty one, and clean one) when only two is needed. for mom however, he either has stage fright or understands that you don't do that kind of thing around a lady.
- the whole two hour up at night thing. we're workin' on it.

in other news but still related to the baby (it's gonna be like this for a while now...)

i picked up an infection which for two days put me outta commission. it was like a flu and i did not like having those fevers or chills. after some good antibiotics i'm feeling better. just if you come visit, don't expect to see a clean house. davey also has a coldish thing as well, so if you think of it, we are a fun bunch. ironically, our son who has the most immature immune system out of all of us is doing just fine.

that's about all for now. oh, and that we are out of milk and we ate dry honey nut cheerios. i'll try to have a more grownup update later. :)

it's a boy!

his name is james riley and i love him so! he was born on february 8th 2008 and is the best little boy the world has seen...

offically 39 weeks.

my hope for an early baby is slowly diminishing. i was certain this baby would be here by now. and actually, i am quite excited and hope it does come soon! but yet, i must be a good mom and making a nice home for this baby, for it seems to be in no hurry to meet anyone else. and i have been making plans (bible study, which is tonight, a super bowl party, etc...) and have not had to cancel any yet due to labor. rats. we will see what happens! i do have an appointment today at 4, so we will see if any progress has been made.

other than that, i am off to do thank yous from my last shower, which yes, was a month ago. i gladly and openly admit that i am the worlds worst thank you note writer and i can safely say that i heartily dislike doing them. not that i am ungrateful at all for what all the wonderful people blessed us with at the shower...i just think my whole life thank you notes have been one of my very least favorite things to do! anyways, i'd better get started....

oh and also, i'm dyeing our sheets today. cross your fingers for a pretty wine color! :)

quick new still pregnant post

important things:

1. still pregnant. only 10 more days until the due date! definitely feeling that little baby should come any day

2. i have the house clean, so all the more reason for h.b. to come now, as opposed to a week when our house might not be in good shape.

3. have his/her bags packed for the hospital. all i need now is to pack myself and my husband and we will be good to go!

4. have been sick all week, so hopefully, the baby decides to come after all this gross congestion decides to leave.

5. life basically revolves around getting ready for baby or waiting for baby. so i apologize if that is all posts will be about from here on until the baby comes, when after that, i'm sure that's all my posts will be about!

6. there were two snow days this week, so that means my hubby and i were able to spend two wonderful days together! but geez it's cold! karly, you'd better pack warmly.