first real trip
we went to visit jerry's parents yesterday. they got to see the baby for the first time. sorry we missed you carry...i hear that you think i'm lazy for not updating everyday...hmmmm....
anyway, it was a good trip and Elijah was a very good baby! jerry and i were exhausted upon arriving back home. our poor little guy still has a stuffy nose. today it was really bothering him. jerry gave him another dose of saline and gross yellow goop came out of his nose. this seemed to make him feel better at least! anyway, needless to say i got very little sleep last night (it was my night.) but i caught up today. i really slept when the munchkin slept from about 2:00 til about 6 today. tonight is jerry's night. i hope that it goes better for him.
maybe someone can help me out with the new MSN stuff. i'm so frustrated. we went through and made sure everything was marked public, but in internet explorer my profile will not show. if we go through netscape it will...not that i care that much, it's just frustrating.
now, back to our adorable little boy. we are really getting used to the cloth diaper thing. though i have never seen a baby that didn't care if his diaper was wet or not. unless we hear him poop or just change him after a feeding, we would never know that he is wet or dirty. he seems content to sit in whatever he has made...and he really hates getting his diaper changed. nevertheless, we are really pleased with the cloth diapers and will stick with it. jerry is so on top of getting things ready. he prepares a bag of cloth wipes and has them ready by the changing area and then we both try to have a diaper and wrap prepared for the next changing. it's a little extra work, but not too much. we are doing laundry about every other day. i think if we had a bigger diaper pail and more wraps it would be less often. water here is cheap though and eventually we will have a clothes line set up and we have a front loader, so it will get better, laundry wise.
okay, time to eat...
February 04
this is the life i would never give up!
so while breast feeding is going well, it's really hard and i am rather sore. we have a good supply started in storage so that maybe when my parents come back jerry and i can go out to dinner or something. our little guy is getting bigger by the minute it seems. i never thought i would care so much about laundry. doing diapers every other day is not as hard as i thought it would be. i am really glad we have a front loader. no matter how much elijah cries i can't help loving him more and more...of course it helps that his cries sound a little like daffy duck, which makes them kinda funny. i am constantly amazed at how much closer i feel to my husband. he works hard and is a fantastic father and partner. i can't believe there was a time that i thought i wanted twins --HAHAHAHAHA!!!! that would really test my sanity. to those out there with twins...my hat is off to you! this morning after jerry brought me elijah for something to eat, i didn't take him back to jerry. (it was his night) the little guy threw up in my bed as i was changing his clothes and so we came out to the living room and chilled together watching three men and a little lady. it's really hard to stop watching him. last night we went to a birthday party for our friend erin and his sister was there with her almost 1year old. it amazes me that in 11 months our little boy will be trying to walk and so interactive...wow! i know that there is no real complete thought in this and i am sorry, but i am tired. jerry's sister lisa got us this cute little robe and slippers for the baby and i just have to show them off....that's all for now...
February 08
home alone
jerry has gone back to work
and we are both sad about the whole thing. our little boy is getting so freaking big! i can't believe that he has grown so quick. i called the le leche people yesterday because i was so sore and all the books say that's not normal. but the lady was super nice and we decided that if he's going through a growth spurt and eating almost every hour (which he is) then it's no wonder i would be sore. i'm also completely exhausted. but what else do i have to do but take care of the sweetest boy ib the world? he's lying on my lap right now so it's making it a little hard to type. anyway, i think the growth spurt has passed and he is on his way back to every two-ish hours feeding. he's awake much more during the day now, which makes catching up on sleep for me a little harder, but jerry takes over the minute he comes home. i have got a GREAT hubby!anyway, that's really all for now...eat sleep and poop...they forgot to add spitting up in that...hehehehe...i'm off to change my shirt...again! but who can be mad a a cutie like we have?
February 10
big yawn
the other night i was so tired when i went to change elijah that i put his onesie on inside out...and then didn't notice it until half way through the next day.
while sleeping is getting easier ironically breast feeding is getting harder. i have an e-mail out to the le leche people and i think i will go to a meeting at the end of the month. he's making this clicking noise and when ever he does that he slides farther off the breast. i unlatch him (which makes for a grumpy baby let me tell you!) and then re-latch, but he doesn't seem to get it. i don't know. i refuse to give up, but my boobs are sore! ANYWAY, because i am sure you all care so much about my boobs...i will simply talk about how strong this little guy is. he has got some powerful little legs that fly about and the strongest little arms ever. we had tummy time today and he pushed himself up off the floor to turn his head to the other side. of course i am now convinced our baby is a genius. if he had something to push off off i think he would crawl...but i don't want to rush that. i hear once they become mobile, there is no stopping them. right now i am perfectly content taking naps on the couch while we're waiting for dad to come home from work!
i need to go try to eat before he starts crying to be held... he's just to cute to refuse!
February 13
the best boy ever!
so i went to the doc today to get my boobs checked out. they think maybe bacterial infection...eewww! but they've given me meds so hopefully feedings will not hurt as much now. my friend rachel and i are going to a le leche meeting at the end of the month and i will make sure little dude's latch is okay.rachel and i went to the mall today and i took elijah with us. it takes me off guard how many people want to look at the baby and talk to you. i don't think i would ever go up to a complete stranger and talk to them about their baby. i might looka t someone else's baby, but that's about it. anyway, it was weird. but i felt good about being out in public with him. it, of course, helped to have someone with me. rachel's baby is due in march and i can't wait! our little one's will grow up together. then there's our friends cora and bill with their one year old and then bonnie and dean are due in may! i am so happy that elijah has built in friends!
we got lots of stuff in the mail today. mom and dad sent us a valentine's day yummy pack. our friends karen and chris who just moved away from here sent us a huge package of baby stuff! it was fun to come home to all this stuff on the porch! all very nice to open ...i left the cable bill for jerry
anyway, that's bout all the excitement and our little man was so good through the whole thing! he's such a good baby! okay, off to fold clothes while he's napping! lata!
February 20
sorry
i've just been adding pics. it's rather hard to type with one hand...the other one is holding the sleepin' boy. anyway, we're all good. i can't believe that elijah is over 5 weeks now. it's simply amazing to me...it's even more amazing that we haven't screwed him up yet!that's really all for now. hopefully i'll write more later...
February 23
while he sleeps
i thought i would update while the little guy sleeps. jerry had the baby last night and i freaked out this morning because elijah slept for 6 hours straight. of course i was very rested upon waking this morning and have gotten so much done! i made dinner for tonight, have done 2 loads of laundry, put up the clean clothes (from three days ago) and unloaded/reloaded the dishwasher! last night before elijah went to bed was crazy. he wanted to eat every 45 minutes and nothing would calm him until he ate. he would fall asleep while he was eating and we would let him chill out on my lap for a bit and then try to move him and he'd wake up and want to eat again.of course this morning, my boobs were so full they hurt, but i have become a master at expelling mil so HA!
anyway, this morning he ate and went back to sleep. he was awake yesterday for the longest period of time yet. this is all well and good, but the night before last i had gotten all of 2 hours of sleep... ahh motherhood! i still wouldn't trade it for anything.
Tracey brought up a good point about the pictures. i've just been adding them to one file. S I think I will delete some from the current album or start another one. I can't believe that our little guy is going to be six weeks old tomorrow! it doesn't seem that long. we measured him the other night...he's 23 inches long!!! i can't believe it! we think he's probably about 11 pounds. he's already outgrown clothes!
my parents are coming next saturday and bringing my aunt mavis with them! very exciting. i hope the weather is good and we can go out and do stuff. i have asked jerry to get us a clothes line. i want one for two reasons. 1 because now we are doing laundry every other day because of the cloth diapers and while water is super cheap, electricity...not so much. and 2 becaseu ti will force me to get outside. since elijah likes the snuggli carrier so much i can put him in that and go out and hang out clothes. and now that spring is around the corner...
i must say that breast feeding...albeit trying...really is good for the weight loss! we don't own a scale, but at the doctors last week i had already lost about 23 pounds. granted about 16 were baby, placenta, fluid and what not, but my tummy is getting smaller. i go back to the doctor in two weeks to hopefully get the oaky to go back to normal stuff...like exercise. i have never missed my ab muscles so much as i have in the passed few weeks. it really is rather difficult to sit up from a lying down position without using hands when you have no muscles. but i am starting to feel then back to their normal place in my tummy, so as soon as i get the go ahead i can start really working on strengthening them again. i must say though that carrying the little guy so much has totally buffed out my arms! i guess if you carry around two bags of sugar all day you would have good muscles... (this is how i weigh our little one...compare him to 5 pound bags of sugar...hehehe!)
well, i think i will go read for a bit before elijah wakes up...sorry this is so random...but you know how it is...
February 24
six weeks old
and we haven't screwed him up too bad. i have started a new photo album that will be Elijah at six weeks and on. Maybe another will start at two months. i am sure there are some who are over looking at the baby pics, but this is a great way for family and friends to see him as he grows. i can't believe how freaking big he is now!tonight is jerry's night with the little guy, so hopefully i will get some shut eye. i slept a bit last night, but i just don't sleep as well when it's my night...i am sure this will pass eventually. tomorrow i am going to my friend rachel's baby shower. there are supposed to be lots of kids there, i am sure it will be fun. i am so excited that rachel's baby is going to be so close in age to our little elijah. the rest of the weekend is unplanned. maybe i will have a chance to clean some and get the garage cleaned out/organized...this may be very wishful thinking!
okay, i'm off to the showers while jerry's playing with our strong little guy... when he fights me at feeding time i swear i get a crazy workout with my arms...
February 25
most expensive baby shower gift ever
So we went out this morning so I could buy this book for Rachel. On the way home we decided on the spur of the moment to stop by the Toyota store to see what they had. We knew we were going to buy a car in the next year...probably within the next few months (when you start thinking about renting a car to go 250 miles, it's time...) and we thought that it couldn't hurt to see what was available. So we saw a Camry we liked. We knew the car seat could fit in the back and someone could still sit in the front seat without eating their knees. So Jerry drove it while I fed the little guy and we ended up buying the car! I can't believe it! We just checked out the Kelly Blue Book value and we only paid 1500 more than that. So we feel good about the whole thing. We are keeping that Saturn as no one in their right mind would give us anything for it. The Saturn will be Jerry's drive to work car and I will have the Camry here with me...not that we go that many places.So anyway, this happens often when we buy a car. Last time we bought a car we had originally gone to buy a gecko at the pet store and ended up with the station wagon...
Oh well...
The shower was really nice. Rachel got lots of very nice gifts for her baby. Their were a lot of people there. I decided I didn't know that many people on a first name basis that well...
But it was really nice! Very interesting day to say the least...
February 28
le leche meeting
Rachel and I went to Le Leche yesterday. It was really nice. I decided it was a little bit of organized chaos because everyone there had children except one of the leaders. Elijah was the youngest (unless you count Rachel's unborn baby) and the kids went up to three years of age. I felt it was a good meeting. We talked about trouble shooting problems (which was perfect!) I really wish I had gone to a meeting before he was born. I think I would have felt better about things...but maybe not. I am just glad we are sticking with it. I was in Target the other day and formula is like 20 bucks for a can. There is no way! Anyway, we talked about over production of milk, which helped a lot. I definitely want to go back. Elijah was really good (as usual) and so alert.All the women were impressed that I fed him in public the other day. We were at Lowe's and he was screaming and so I just sat down on a swinging chair and fed him. Jerry was there to help and cover his head and stuff, but it worked fine...much more comfortable than squeezing into the back seat of the car. Not that I'm a pro by any means...he was really cooperative, for once. Anyway, it was a good meeting and I'm thinking about going back.
After the meeting I hung out with Rachel for a bit and she is letting me test drive a baby gym before we buy one. Elijah really likes it. I put several rattles and this morning a toy on it and he was smiling and laughing as he kicked away. It's nice to be able to put him down for a few minutes while he's awake. Normally he just wants to be held (or fed) if he's awake, which makes it hard for me to do anything else.
We are loving the car. It's hard to get used something that isn't constantly rattling...
The weather here is supposed to really nice until Sunday, so hopefully we'll get outside some!
Okay, I think the little guy is done with work out....
