T shows off his new tricks (splashing and pulling up) and flashes a little crack.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Chopped Locks
I decided to join my sister, Jill in donating hair to Locks of Love in honor of her Daughter - a cancer survivor. Jill's youngest daughter, Erin, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Lukemia in June 2010. Erin celebrated her second birthday in the hospital after starting chemotherapy. She completed her cancer treatments just before Christmas 2010 after spending 146 days in the hospital. You can read her story here: Little Air Bear.
June 10, 2011 - before the chopping
June 11, 2011 - After the chopping
Hair donation for Locks of Love. This is actually the result of two haircuts - one this morning (14") and one several years ago (12"). I'll be turning this over to my sister to mail it in with her own donation so it doesn't sit in my desk for another several years.
... and a few pictures of my darling T (the lovely accessory) and my new haircut. It's just hair it will grow back.
June 10, 2011 - before the chopping
June 11, 2011 - After the chopping
Hair donation for Locks of Love. This is actually the result of two haircuts - one this morning (14") and one several years ago (12"). I'll be turning this over to my sister to mail it in with her own donation so it doesn't sit in my desk for another several years.
... and a few pictures of my darling T (the lovely accessory) and my new haircut. It's just hair it will grow back.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Milestones and Thunder
We are literally being pounded by rain as I right this ... one of those rare cloud bursts that only happens a couple of times a year and if we were in Utah it would be accompanied by thunder. Oh wait! ... there's the thunder. It's like a monsoon! Scott is taking a few pictures right now, if I get time I'll post them. BUT, what I really hopped on here to post was the cute picture of Torin sleeping in the grass yesterday morning. The blankets are because it was mid morning and he was in the shade. It was a warm sunny weekend and frankly, I'm grateful for the surprise storm. Our house feels cooler already.
Torin slept very poorly last night. I don't know if it was because it was so warm or because he has a cold (we all do). He woke up at 10:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep (that has never happened before). I was already in bed at the time. I woke up again and 11:30 and realized he was still up so I fed him in our bed and took him back to his own when I woke up again at 1am. He slept in our bed again from 5-6:30. Can you tell I'm absolutely desperate for sleep? If he struggles again tonight, I'm not even going to bother with the rocking - he can just sleep in our bed. I really have to kick this cold! ... and so do Scott and Torin.
The "milestone" I refer to in the title is the mostly solid poop complete with swirl I found in the potty yesterday morning. Gross I know - and although I was proud, I didn't take a picture. Hopefully this is the first of many. On a related note - I've only changed one messy diaper in the last week thanks to Torin's current regularity. He graces us with potty surprise shortly after waking nearly every day. I really hope he stays on this schedule. I sure don't miss changing those diapers!
Torin slept very poorly last night. I don't know if it was because it was so warm or because he has a cold (we all do). He woke up at 10:30 and wouldn't go back to sleep (that has never happened before). I was already in bed at the time. I woke up again and 11:30 and realized he was still up so I fed him in our bed and took him back to his own when I woke up again at 1am. He slept in our bed again from 5-6:30. Can you tell I'm absolutely desperate for sleep? If he struggles again tonight, I'm not even going to bother with the rocking - he can just sleep in our bed. I really have to kick this cold! ... and so do Scott and Torin.
The "milestone" I refer to in the title is the mostly solid poop complete with swirl I found in the potty yesterday morning. Gross I know - and although I was proud, I didn't take a picture. Hopefully this is the first of many. On a related note - I've only changed one messy diaper in the last week thanks to Torin's current regularity. He graces us with potty surprise shortly after waking nearly every day. I really hope he stays on this schedule. I sure don't miss changing those diapers!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Stats 'n Stuff
T had his six month well baby checkup on Monday May 23rd. He got his immunization boosters: Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, HIB, Hepatitis B, Polio, Pneumococcal, and Rotavirus. He had a tiny fever, but didn't get cranky.
His growth stats:
Height: 27" (60th percentile)
Weight: 18.19 lbs (53rd, percentile)
Right now, we all have colds. Scott got sick first, then Torin, and now me. Torin's symptoms are very minor so he's at day care today and Scott and I are working from home. Torin's sleep habits really improved - briefly - he would sometimes sleep for four whole hours and only wake up 2-3 times overnight to eat. Now he's started going to bed later, waking up really early (like 5am) and waking up crying every 1.5-2 hours through the night. He is also not napping very well - only 1-1.5 hours a day sometimes. I don't see any signs of teeth and his congestion seems very minor. I have no idea why he's not sleeping, but it sure is wearing us out. When awake, he's generally in a good mood as long as someone is entertaining him. I think he's getting very anxious to be mobile and maybe when he becomes mobile he'll wear himself out and start sleeping. A mom can only hope.
Will he crawl or is he going to go straight to walking? Tummy time has been a struggle for him. He gives up really easily and rolls over. He doesn't like to push himself up with his arms. On the other hand his legs and back are very strong. He loves to "stand" and sit and reach. I just don't know how he's ever going to crawl if he doesn't start using his arms.
We recently taught him a new trick to help him use his arms and hands. When he's laying down (or he's fallen over) and starts to fuss we hold out our fingers or thumbs and say "handlebars." He grabs on with both hands so we can pull him to a sitting position - only recently he's been pulling into a standing position. Its surprising how strong he is. Now I just need to find some incentive for him to use his arms to push his chest off the floor. As soon as he decides to do that I'm confident he'll crawl. I know he can do it, he just doesn't want to.
T is a talker. Two weekends ago he learned to say 'b' and has been using it a lot ever since. So far he says a, b, d, e, g, h, i, l, o, u, w, and y. I've also hear the odd k, m, and n but not regularly. This morning he was sitting on the bed when the kitty jumped up and approached him. He looked right at Schodinger and I swear he said something that sounded very much like kitty (probably kiddy). I don't know if it was a coincidence or his first word, but I'm certain he loooooove the kittys. They even let him pet them sometimes. And in all seriousness 'Kitty' is probably one of the most frequently used words in our household. We are constantly reminding he that "The kitty says meow."
His growth stats:
Height: 27" (60th percentile)
Weight: 18.19 lbs (53rd, percentile)
Right now, we all have colds. Scott got sick first, then Torin, and now me. Torin's symptoms are very minor so he's at day care today and Scott and I are working from home. Torin's sleep habits really improved - briefly - he would sometimes sleep for four whole hours and only wake up 2-3 times overnight to eat. Now he's started going to bed later, waking up really early (like 5am) and waking up crying every 1.5-2 hours through the night. He is also not napping very well - only 1-1.5 hours a day sometimes. I don't see any signs of teeth and his congestion seems very minor. I have no idea why he's not sleeping, but it sure is wearing us out. When awake, he's generally in a good mood as long as someone is entertaining him. I think he's getting very anxious to be mobile and maybe when he becomes mobile he'll wear himself out and start sleeping. A mom can only hope.
Will he crawl or is he going to go straight to walking? Tummy time has been a struggle for him. He gives up really easily and rolls over. He doesn't like to push himself up with his arms. On the other hand his legs and back are very strong. He loves to "stand" and sit and reach. I just don't know how he's ever going to crawl if he doesn't start using his arms.
We recently taught him a new trick to help him use his arms and hands. When he's laying down (or he's fallen over) and starts to fuss we hold out our fingers or thumbs and say "handlebars." He grabs on with both hands so we can pull him to a sitting position - only recently he's been pulling into a standing position. Its surprising how strong he is. Now I just need to find some incentive for him to use his arms to push his chest off the floor. As soon as he decides to do that I'm confident he'll crawl. I know he can do it, he just doesn't want to.
T is a talker. Two weekends ago he learned to say 'b' and has been using it a lot ever since. So far he says a, b, d, e, g, h, i, l, o, u, w, and y. I've also hear the odd k, m, and n but not regularly. This morning he was sitting on the bed when the kitty jumped up and approached him. He looked right at Schodinger and I swear he said something that sounded very much like kitty (probably kiddy). I don't know if it was a coincidence or his first word, but I'm certain he loooooove the kittys. They even let him pet them sometimes. And in all seriousness 'Kitty' is probably one of the most frequently used words in our household. We are constantly reminding he that "The kitty says meow."
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Graduate
Hug, snuggle, smile, kiss, tickle, teach, and play!
Tomorrow he'll be bigger, older, and wiser than today.
Today T graduated from our Mom and Baby class at St. Vincent's. I'm so glad our neighbor Kelly talked me in to going to the class while she was attending with her son Cole. Through class we've met a whole bunch of fabulous Mom's and babies T's age and joined a weekend play group. I learned so much in class and it was so comforting to talk to and sometimes commiserate with other mothers going through the first six months with a first (or sometimes second) baby. The class really helped me let go expectations of what T "should" be doing and just let him do his thing. I know someday he'll sleep through the night, so for now I'll just enjoy snuggling his sleepy little body when he wakes me up to eat.
In honor of graduation, T is sporting his Baby Trogdor onsie, Gap jeans, orange Converse All Star high tops, and our teacher Mary's special baby graduation cap.
Tomorrow he'll be bigger, older, and wiser than today.
Today T graduated from our Mom and Baby class at St. Vincent's. I'm so glad our neighbor Kelly talked me in to going to the class while she was attending with her son Cole. Through class we've met a whole bunch of fabulous Mom's and babies T's age and joined a weekend play group. I learned so much in class and it was so comforting to talk to and sometimes commiserate with other mothers going through the first six months with a first (or sometimes second) baby. The class really helped me let go expectations of what T "should" be doing and just let him do his thing. I know someday he'll sleep through the night, so for now I'll just enjoy snuggling his sleepy little body when he wakes me up to eat.
In honor of graduation, T is sporting his Baby Trogdor onsie, Gap jeans, orange Converse All Star high tops, and our teacher Mary's special baby graduation cap.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Yo Baby!
Attempting to counteract the less desirable effects of Amoxicillin with some probiotics. Dunno how much he actually ate, but he sure had fun doing it. Blueberry YoBaby was a hit! He also munched yogurt covered green bean, orange slice, and Mum Mum.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
The day of a Mother
The best part of Mother's Day was receiving this amazing picture that T painted for me at day school. Before having my own kid I never understood how parents could continuously post "ridiculous" Jackson Pollock style little kid art in places of honor. I actually teared up when I unwrapped this amazing representation of infant creativity and motor skill development. Seriously, it's so cute I want to frame it and put it up somewhere or maybe I'll take it to work with me.
I love this painting...
... almost as much as I love the look of concentration on T's face.
Mother's Day didn't get off to a great start - at 3:30am - when T woke up crying just 1 hour after a feeding and wouldn't stop. He's had a cold for several weeks, but despite the coughing and congestion, he's mostly been his normal cheerful self. We found out that even though he wasn't showing any signs of discomfort he has an infection in his right ear. I'm guessing the antibiotics haven't fully kicked in yet and that he's just feeling lousy. He's been uncharacteristically cranky since that early waking.
The Scoot has this favorite stuffed toy that he used to sleep with as a kid. It's a bee with a music box inside that plays the first few bars of Brahm's Lullaby. It usually calms T down when he's fussy and it worked last night too. However, instead of messing with trying to get our sad son to go back down in his crib we just brought T and the Bee to bed with us which was good because there were a few more tearful wakings before I was willing to call it morning.
T shows off the Lullaby Bee and his killer smile!
The Scoot finds T a distraction while we both get ready to go out for breakfast. I had to include the full size image for full effect. So, which item here looks a little out of place?
Wow, these drawer handles make cool noises!
It's amazing what household items can occupy a 6-month-old for minutes ... until he falls over.
Breakfast turned into Brunch as it took us 45 minutes to get to Longbottom's. Almost all of the access roads to our destination were closed due to some sort of Women's walk/run. I couldn't read the T-shirts to figure out what was going on.
We're planning our garden for this summer, so after brunch at Longbottom's we went to a local nursery to look at garden plants and other landscaping options. We enjoyed a long sunny walk around the nursery before it started raining HARD. We strolled among the tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and pots under the canopy while waiting for the rain to die down. By the time we got home the rain had stopped again, and we were able to enjoy the yard for a few minutes before it picked up again.
T examines the lilacs
and gives them his smile of approval
While roaming the yard, I caught a little more Spring in bloom!
A pink flowering tree and a maple with new leaves in our back yard.
Flowering ground cover in the rose garden.
Flowers in the front yard.
More flowers in the front yard.
And thus ends the first half of my first Mother's Day, 2011.
I love this painting...
... almost as much as I love the look of concentration on T's face.
Mother's Day didn't get off to a great start - at 3:30am - when T woke up crying just 1 hour after a feeding and wouldn't stop. He's had a cold for several weeks, but despite the coughing and congestion, he's mostly been his normal cheerful self. We found out that even though he wasn't showing any signs of discomfort he has an infection in his right ear. I'm guessing the antibiotics haven't fully kicked in yet and that he's just feeling lousy. He's been uncharacteristically cranky since that early waking.
The Scoot has this favorite stuffed toy that he used to sleep with as a kid. It's a bee with a music box inside that plays the first few bars of Brahm's Lullaby. It usually calms T down when he's fussy and it worked last night too. However, instead of messing with trying to get our sad son to go back down in his crib we just brought T and the Bee to bed with us which was good because there were a few more tearful wakings before I was willing to call it morning.
T shows off the Lullaby Bee and his killer smile!
The Scoot finds T a distraction while we both get ready to go out for breakfast. I had to include the full size image for full effect. So, which item here looks a little out of place?
Wow, these drawer handles make cool noises!
It's amazing what household items can occupy a 6-month-old for minutes ... until he falls over.
Breakfast turned into Brunch as it took us 45 minutes to get to Longbottom's. Almost all of the access roads to our destination were closed due to some sort of Women's walk/run. I couldn't read the T-shirts to figure out what was going on.
We're planning our garden for this summer, so after brunch at Longbottom's we went to a local nursery to look at garden plants and other landscaping options. We enjoyed a long sunny walk around the nursery before it started raining HARD. We strolled among the tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and pots under the canopy while waiting for the rain to die down. By the time we got home the rain had stopped again, and we were able to enjoy the yard for a few minutes before it picked up again.
T examines the lilacs
and gives them his smile of approval
While roaming the yard, I caught a little more Spring in bloom!
A pink flowering tree and a maple with new leaves in our back yard.
Flowering ground cover in the rose garden.
Flowers in the front yard.
More flowers in the front yard.
And thus ends the first half of my first Mother's Day, 2011.
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