Jeesh. I'm lame. I DO have an excuse, though! After I got sick and everything that happened in the last blog entry, my MacBook charger stopped working! YES. And I didn't get a chance to take it up to Best Buy to look at it until just this last Friday. They looked at it and said that since Macs rarely get problems, that when they do, they usually just replace the computer if it is within the return time frame. So I got a brand new Book. Sweet! So far, so good!
It's been a crazy couple of weeks. This past week alone I've had a lot to do. First and foremost though, Jake had his six month check up!! He is my big boy! He is 28 inches tall, and 19lbs 6oz, with a head circumference of 44.5cm! He is in the 90th, 75th and 75th percentiles in each category, respectively. I was excited because it seems he is getting his daddy's tall genes, and not the short Heden ones. None of the men on my side are all that tall. Not only that, but his head finally caught up in growth compared to his body! Woot! No peanut brain, here. lol. He also took a look in his mouth and said that Jake would have his two lower teeth within a month!! Low and behold, two days later...tooth number one breaks through on his lower left side!! My big boy!! Tooth #2 looks like it's not far behind!
Anyhoo... quick update, but I've got a lot to do. More later!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Quarter Century and then some...
Ok, I'm officially lame. It has been two friggin' weeks since I updated. I have an excuse though, I promise!! First of all, my computer access lately has been spotty. They are taking away our access to everything extracurricular at work... as in no internet whatsoever that isn't work related, except for our bank websites. (Yeah... WTF? Why should I have to be punished? I'm still 150% productive!!) Second, I've been busy as heck with work, and once I get home, getting online is honestly the last thing I think of. Third, I was away for four days and then I got sick!! Boo! Regardless, I'm determined to keep this up as this is supposed to be my new hobby!
So what has happened in the last two weeks? Other than the norm, not a ton. I can talk for days about what my blog is focused on... my monkey boy. He is officially six months old and SITTING like a big boy! :) He has been abnormally cranky (which, compared to most babies, still isn't cranky lol, but it's cranky for him). A lot of the time I can't figure out for the life of me what the heck his problem is. So my guess is that his teeth are pushing up, even though I can't see or feel anything in there yet. He eats solids two to three times daily and is showing less and less interest in nursing... which makes me sad, and I'm not sure that is supposed to happen yet. He only shows true interest in it when he first wakes up and when he goes to sleep at night. Hmm...
Other than monkey, I turned twenty five on 9/4/2010 :). I had an awesome birthday weekend up in Tahoe with some of my closest friends. I left Thursday with one of my friends and the baby boy. Mom and Corrie arrived in the early evening. We hung out and drank wine and relaxed in the hot tub. We were out there for a little while, and low and behold the neighborhood BEAR strolls by about one hundred feet away!! Holy double take!! I was out of that hot tub and into the house quicker than you could say, "Holy CRAP! That's a bear!" Haha. Even though it got out adrenaline running, it was really cool. I went to bed after that. Friday we took it easy in the morning, and then we spent the day walking around the shops in South Lake. We relaxed and drank LOTS of beer haha and waited for the rest of the clan to arrive Friday night, which, with traffic, took them until 11:00pm and 11:30pm respectively to arrive. No worries... we entertained our drunk selves with a dance party in the living room!! Everyone else arrived and we continued to drink and enjoy ourselves and make use of the awesomely gigantic stair case and the Pabst sleeping bag one of my friends brought along. Some of us sat in the hot tub for a bit, and yes, we saw Mr. Yogi Bear again, only this time, he was strolling down the street! It was just too funny because he walked by both nights without even acknowledging us, whatsoever. Like he was totally used to being around people or something. Hubby and I went to bed around 1am, knowing that Jake would wake us around 6, and everyone else stayed up until SIX AM!! Sheesh... if only I had that kind of stamina. If anything, this weekend just showed my age! Anyway, I was up pretty early feeding Jake his peaches and oatmeal on Saturday morning (my actual birthday)... but I woke up feeling like doodoo. I thought it was just a hangover from all the drinks the night before, and a sore throat from all the dry air up in the mountains. Boy was I wrong. The hangover feeling passed by 3pm or so, but the sore throat, aches, and chills persisted. I tried my hardest to ignore it by playing cornhole and wiffleball in the back yard, and drinking a couple of beers (which was fun, even though I felt like shitacka!). But, man, I just felt so crappy. I was in no mood to do anything, nor did I have the energy. Of COURSE this would happen on my birthday. :( We were all supposed to head out to the casinos for the night, but with the fever I was running and how crappy I was feeling, there was no way that was happening. So we just hung out again, but it was still fun. Everyone was exhausted from the night before. Sunday we were all up early so we could leave by 10am. I am so glad we left Sunday instead of Monday, though... we beat SO much traffic!!
I felt like complete crap Sunday. By the time I got home, I felt like I had been hit by a truck. :( I can't seem to understand why this kind of thing always tends to happen when I've got something going on. Karma? But for what??
Jake did not want to sleep last night. When we tried to put him down at his normal bed time (between 8 and 9) he just resisted and resisted. Boo. He finally went down around 10pm, but then woke up persistently between midnight and 2am. He would NOT go back to sleep when I went in at 2. So I brought him in and he slept on my chest, which meant no sleep for me. He still slept restless, so when he decided he was hungry at 4am (just in time for me to get up... with no sleep!), I fed him, and then he was OUT. COLD. He never falls back to sleep after his morning feeding. So I took advantage and called into work and told them I'd be in at 10. Luckily, my boss was totally cool about it. YAY! So I got a couple of hours of sleep and went in after that and had a pretty insane day. Oh well. It passed.
Now it's 9:20pm, and instead of being asleep like I could have been when Jake actually went down about an hour ago... I'm updating here. (I AM the idiot mother who doesn't sleep when her baby sleeps! :-P) I am absolutely BEAT and I am going to log off now.
Oh! Did I mention that Ryan got me a MacBook for my birthday?! Yeah... that's what I'm typing from now. I'm hoping now to set aside some time every night or two to sit down and write here... help me get some thoughts and / or feelings out before I turn in for the night. He definitely got some brownie points for this gift! :)
Good night for now... <3
So what has happened in the last two weeks? Other than the norm, not a ton. I can talk for days about what my blog is focused on... my monkey boy. He is officially six months old and SITTING like a big boy! :) He has been abnormally cranky (which, compared to most babies, still isn't cranky lol, but it's cranky for him). A lot of the time I can't figure out for the life of me what the heck his problem is. So my guess is that his teeth are pushing up, even though I can't see or feel anything in there yet. He eats solids two to three times daily and is showing less and less interest in nursing... which makes me sad, and I'm not sure that is supposed to happen yet. He only shows true interest in it when he first wakes up and when he goes to sleep at night. Hmm...
Other than monkey, I turned twenty five on 9/4/2010 :). I had an awesome birthday weekend up in Tahoe with some of my closest friends. I left Thursday with one of my friends and the baby boy. Mom and Corrie arrived in the early evening. We hung out and drank wine and relaxed in the hot tub. We were out there for a little while, and low and behold the neighborhood BEAR strolls by about one hundred feet away!! Holy double take!! I was out of that hot tub and into the house quicker than you could say, "Holy CRAP! That's a bear!" Haha. Even though it got out adrenaline running, it was really cool. I went to bed after that. Friday we took it easy in the morning, and then we spent the day walking around the shops in South Lake. We relaxed and drank LOTS of beer haha and waited for the rest of the clan to arrive Friday night, which, with traffic, took them until 11:00pm and 11:30pm respectively to arrive. No worries... we entertained our drunk selves with a dance party in the living room!! Everyone else arrived and we continued to drink and enjoy ourselves and make use of the awesomely gigantic stair case and the Pabst sleeping bag one of my friends brought along. Some of us sat in the hot tub for a bit, and yes, we saw Mr. Yogi Bear again, only this time, he was strolling down the street! It was just too funny because he walked by both nights without even acknowledging us, whatsoever. Like he was totally used to being around people or something. Hubby and I went to bed around 1am, knowing that Jake would wake us around 6, and everyone else stayed up until SIX AM!! Sheesh... if only I had that kind of stamina. If anything, this weekend just showed my age! Anyway, I was up pretty early feeding Jake his peaches and oatmeal on Saturday morning (my actual birthday)... but I woke up feeling like doodoo. I thought it was just a hangover from all the drinks the night before, and a sore throat from all the dry air up in the mountains. Boy was I wrong. The hangover feeling passed by 3pm or so, but the sore throat, aches, and chills persisted. I tried my hardest to ignore it by playing cornhole and wiffleball in the back yard, and drinking a couple of beers (which was fun, even though I felt like shitacka!). But, man, I just felt so crappy. I was in no mood to do anything, nor did I have the energy. Of COURSE this would happen on my birthday. :( We were all supposed to head out to the casinos for the night, but with the fever I was running and how crappy I was feeling, there was no way that was happening. So we just hung out again, but it was still fun. Everyone was exhausted from the night before. Sunday we were all up early so we could leave by 10am. I am so glad we left Sunday instead of Monday, though... we beat SO much traffic!!
I felt like complete crap Sunday. By the time I got home, I felt like I had been hit by a truck. :( I can't seem to understand why this kind of thing always tends to happen when I've got something going on. Karma? But for what??
Jake did not want to sleep last night. When we tried to put him down at his normal bed time (between 8 and 9) he just resisted and resisted. Boo. He finally went down around 10pm, but then woke up persistently between midnight and 2am. He would NOT go back to sleep when I went in at 2. So I brought him in and he slept on my chest, which meant no sleep for me. He still slept restless, so when he decided he was hungry at 4am (just in time for me to get up... with no sleep!), I fed him, and then he was OUT. COLD. He never falls back to sleep after his morning feeding. So I took advantage and called into work and told them I'd be in at 10. Luckily, my boss was totally cool about it. YAY! So I got a couple of hours of sleep and went in after that and had a pretty insane day. Oh well. It passed.
Now it's 9:20pm, and instead of being asleep like I could have been when Jake actually went down about an hour ago... I'm updating here. (I AM the idiot mother who doesn't sleep when her baby sleeps! :-P) I am absolutely BEAT and I am going to log off now.
Oh! Did I mention that Ryan got me a MacBook for my birthday?! Yeah... that's what I'm typing from now. I'm hoping now to set aside some time every night or two to sit down and write here... help me get some thoughts and / or feelings out before I turn in for the night. He definitely got some brownie points for this gift! :)
Good night for now... <3
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Discovering the World
Wow… I can’t believe it’s been a week since I updated last. I really need a new laptop so I can have computer access from home.
It’s been really hot here the past couple of days. We’re talking high 90’s on Monday, and yesterday when I drove home from work, the digital thermometer in my car read 106 degrees outside. Yeah! This is after our entire summer going by without the temperature breaking much higher than 80 most days. Basically this means that it doesn’t cool off AT ALL before we go to bed, since we’re in bed between 8 and 9, and the sun sets at about 8. Since it is so warm, I’ve taken Jake outside for little walks with me the past couple of nights at dusk. He absolutely LOVES being outside. He loves looking around, looking at the sky, the plants, the trees, etc. Everything is just so new and wondrous to him, and he loves to touch everything. So, I walk around and name things off as he touches different plants and things. He grabbed one of the branches of leaves on the tree in our front yard and of course looks at it, feels it, then immediately tries to put it in his mouth. I grabbed his hand and he looked at me, and I said “No, baby. We do not eat trees.” And he literally looked like he understood, and he let go! Of course a couple of minutes later he had lost it, and tried again to eat the leaves lol. But amazing that he really seemed to understand what I was saying. I took this picture of his little hand reaching out to touch the tree leaves, which I love, because it just makes me think of him learning about his environment and surroundings, everything being new and interesting.
It’s been really hot here the past couple of days. We’re talking high 90’s on Monday, and yesterday when I drove home from work, the digital thermometer in my car read 106 degrees outside. Yeah! This is after our entire summer going by without the temperature breaking much higher than 80 most days. Basically this means that it doesn’t cool off AT ALL before we go to bed, since we’re in bed between 8 and 9, and the sun sets at about 8. Since it is so warm, I’ve taken Jake outside for little walks with me the past couple of nights at dusk. He absolutely LOVES being outside. He loves looking around, looking at the sky, the plants, the trees, etc. Everything is just so new and wondrous to him, and he loves to touch everything. So, I walk around and name things off as he touches different plants and things. He grabbed one of the branches of leaves on the tree in our front yard and of course looks at it, feels it, then immediately tries to put it in his mouth. I grabbed his hand and he looked at me, and I said “No, baby. We do not eat trees.” And he literally looked like he understood, and he let go! Of course a couple of minutes later he had lost it, and tried again to eat the leaves lol. But amazing that he really seemed to understand what I was saying. I took this picture of his little hand reaching out to touch the tree leaves, which I love, because it just makes me think of him learning about his environment and surroundings, everything being new and interesting.
If only we could all look at everything as if it was brand new and interesting. :)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
This is What I Live For!
Speaking of internal cameras, I was able to get a video of part of an awesome conversation between Jake and his daddy the other day, and I finally figured out how to post it here!
As I said above, we had a couple of or best friends over for dinner. All I hear from her is how much she loves Jake, how smart he is in comparison to other kids his age that she knows, how interactive he is etc. It makes me SO proud, and he's not even talking yet! I can't wait to see what this kid is going to be like as he gets older. Every day it's something new and exciting. He is literally like a sponge, and everything he does shows just how smart he is. Anyway, I woke up this morning to this post on my Facebook from her:
"I love this person! She is Amazing!! She is one of my Best Friends and a person who I deeply admire. Allie~ You made a perfect little tiny person and he fits right in to our lives like a piece of a puzzle. You have done an extraordinary job in your Mothering Jake and he is growing to be such a wonderfully happy and well adjusted baby!! Congrats to you for conquering the most challenging times of all… Motherhood! You are a wonder and an inspiration to me. I love you deeply and your son is proof that you are one of a kind. It seems you were made to do this… be a mother to Jake! Xoxo Always, you are the best!"
That is another thing I live for. Knowing that I'm admired as a mother by others just makes my day. It helps to know that others think I'm doing a good job. Obviously my day started with me in tears, but for a good reason.
Happy Hump-Day!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Back to the Grind
If there was one thing I learned this weekend, it is that this momma is OUT.OF.SHAPE and needs to work out!! (Not that I didn’t already know that… I think I’ve just been in denial.)
Even though it had been two years since I’ve tried to get up on a wakeboard, I should have been able to as I was able to get up the very first time I ever tried. But out of four tries on Saturday afternoon, I got up once. It could have been the combination of a two year break, a few beers, and choppy water at 4pm, but it was definitely a fail. And I am SORE as hell now. All I can think of is how easy it used to be for me to do stuff like that, as I’ve always been fairly athletic. I guess having a baby, not being down to your pre-pregnancy weight, and not exercising would make a difference. Having a baby must have totally aged me. Haha! I really need to start getting on the exercising ball, especially with winter already right around the corner. By spring I’ll be unrecognizable if I don’t do something about this “little extra”!! I also want to be back to my solid self before we TTC again towards the end of next year.
Something I am excited about though… I’m finally going to get my Jake tattoo, and my sister tattoo! Thursday is the day. I think I’ve decided that I’m going to get my sister one (ACK<3) on the inner part of my right ankle, going vertical. The Jake tattoo is going to go on my left shoulder blade. It’s going to be a wide-set heart with his name in beautiful cursive with his birth date in roman numerals. (III.III.MMX) That way, when we have baby #2, I can get the same tattoo replicated on my right shoulder blade, with name and birth date. If we ever decide to have a third, which won’t happen, I can always center it on my back or neck somewhere.
Anyway, the rest of our weekend was good. Did some shopping yesterday, and had some chicken fajitas over at my mom’s house. Jake got to try squash, the last stage one veggie! Wednesday we get to start fruits and I know it will not be a problem. Haha!
Happy Monday!
Even though it had been two years since I’ve tried to get up on a wakeboard, I should have been able to as I was able to get up the very first time I ever tried. But out of four tries on Saturday afternoon, I got up once. It could have been the combination of a two year break, a few beers, and choppy water at 4pm, but it was definitely a fail. And I am SORE as hell now. All I can think of is how easy it used to be for me to do stuff like that, as I’ve always been fairly athletic. I guess having a baby, not being down to your pre-pregnancy weight, and not exercising would make a difference. Having a baby must have totally aged me. Haha! I really need to start getting on the exercising ball, especially with winter already right around the corner. By spring I’ll be unrecognizable if I don’t do something about this “little extra”!! I also want to be back to my solid self before we TTC again towards the end of next year.
Something I am excited about though… I’m finally going to get my Jake tattoo, and my sister tattoo! Thursday is the day. I think I’ve decided that I’m going to get my sister one (ACK<3) on the inner part of my right ankle, going vertical. The Jake tattoo is going to go on my left shoulder blade. It’s going to be a wide-set heart with his name in beautiful cursive with his birth date in roman numerals. (III.III.MMX) That way, when we have baby #2, I can get the same tattoo replicated on my right shoulder blade, with name and birth date. If we ever decide to have a third, which won’t happen, I can always center it on my back or neck somewhere.
Anyway, the rest of our weekend was good. Did some shopping yesterday, and had some chicken fajitas over at my mom’s house. Jake got to try squash, the last stage one veggie! Wednesday we get to start fruits and I know it will not be a problem. Haha!
Happy Monday!
Friday, August 13, 2010
TGIF
Friday afternoon. I have nothing witty to say today as I’m an absolute zombie already, and it’s only 3:20pm. On top of being exhausted from waking up five times per night with Jake, who is waking up because he’s recently learned how to roll over, I also had a beer at the company picnic. Haha! (Nice way to start the weekend… it’s five o’clock somewhere!) Anyway, I figure I’ll just write about my upcoming weekend, considering my laptop died and won’t be able to update again until Monday.
I’m out of here in about five minutes, and again, get to sit in traffic. The upside is that I don’t have to pick up the baby today. He’s already at home hanging out with his auntie. :) One of my BFFs, Gill, is going to come over, and we’re going to make a trip to Target and find a place with yummy burritos for dinner. I’ll make it to bed early tonight because we’ll be up early for a day trip to Lake Mendocino.
Other than the lake, I literally have nothing planned this weekend, and it feels so GOOD! It’s literally the first time in over a month that I’ve had a semi-free weekend. Amazing. Maybe I’ll finally be able to clean the bathrooms and plan our meals for a week.
Oh the life of a mommy and wife. :)
I’m out of here in about five minutes, and again, get to sit in traffic. The upside is that I don’t have to pick up the baby today. He’s already at home hanging out with his auntie. :) One of my BFFs, Gill, is going to come over, and we’re going to make a trip to Target and find a place with yummy burritos for dinner. I’ll make it to bed early tonight because we’ll be up early for a day trip to Lake Mendocino.
Other than the lake, I literally have nothing planned this weekend, and it feels so GOOD! It’s literally the first time in over a month that I’ve had a semi-free weekend. Amazing. Maybe I’ll finally be able to clean the bathrooms and plan our meals for a week.
Oh the life of a mommy and wife. :)
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Adventures in Trying New Foods!
The day your baby starts trying solid foods is SO much fun. Then every time you introduce a new one every few days, it becomes even more fun because you get to see that they literally already have their tastes for things. What they don’t have down is the coordination, or really realize that they can be fed not only from a breast or a bottle, but from a spoon as well. (What IS this thing with all this goop on it going in my mouth?) You can see when they learn that spoons feed them too, because they start opening their mouths when you present them with the spoon, like little baby birds. I just love it!
Anyway, we started Jake on rice cereal right after we got the go ahead from his pediatrician (July 15th) because had been displaying the “readiness signs” for a couple of weeks already. He sits with support, chews on EVERYTHING, and seems interested in our food when Ryan and I are eating. The first few times were so funny… he would just twist his face into this little yucky grin, almost as if it was sour, he’d swallow a couple of drops, then the rest would just dribble down his chin. (I mean, think of when you try a new food. You analyze the taste and texture. Imagine how that would be if EVERYTHING you ate was foreign and unfamiliar! I’m pretty sure that we’d want to do the same thing a lot of the time, although we as adults have developed manners and tact, so our reactions are a little different!) Anyway, as I thickened it over those next few days, he did much better. Once he was eating cereal like a champ (pretty dang quickly!), we decided that veggies should come first so that he doesn’t get used to the sweetness of fruits, and prefer those all the time. So, first we tried sweet potatoes (pass), then peas (major FAIL, he gagged), then carrots (pass), and then last night we tried green beans (pass). So far, we know that he doesn’t seem to be very picky. I mean, what kid likes peas anyway? The sweet potatoes he’s not super into, but he will eat them. The carrots and the green beans, on the other hand, he LOVES. It’s obvious because between bites he beats on his tray with his hands, keeps his mouth open as if to say “More, mommy! More!”, and smiles after he swallows. So cute. Next on the list to try is squash. Then next week I can start introducing fruits, and then he can be eating a more “normal” diet every day of breast milk, rice cereal, fruits and veggies. Oh, and small amounts of water of course!
Bon Appetit!
Anyway, we started Jake on rice cereal right after we got the go ahead from his pediatrician (July 15th) because had been displaying the “readiness signs” for a couple of weeks already. He sits with support, chews on EVERYTHING, and seems interested in our food when Ryan and I are eating. The first few times were so funny… he would just twist his face into this little yucky grin, almost as if it was sour, he’d swallow a couple of drops, then the rest would just dribble down his chin. (I mean, think of when you try a new food. You analyze the taste and texture. Imagine how that would be if EVERYTHING you ate was foreign and unfamiliar! I’m pretty sure that we’d want to do the same thing a lot of the time, although we as adults have developed manners and tact, so our reactions are a little different!) Anyway, as I thickened it over those next few days, he did much better. Once he was eating cereal like a champ (pretty dang quickly!), we decided that veggies should come first so that he doesn’t get used to the sweetness of fruits, and prefer those all the time. So, first we tried sweet potatoes (pass), then peas (major FAIL, he gagged), then carrots (pass), and then last night we tried green beans (pass). So far, we know that he doesn’t seem to be very picky. I mean, what kid likes peas anyway? The sweet potatoes he’s not super into, but he will eat them. The carrots and the green beans, on the other hand, he LOVES. It’s obvious because between bites he beats on his tray with his hands, keeps his mouth open as if to say “More, mommy! More!”, and smiles after he swallows. So cute. Next on the list to try is squash. Then next week I can start introducing fruits, and then he can be eating a more “normal” diet every day of breast milk, rice cereal, fruits and veggies. Oh, and small amounts of water of course!
Bon Appetit!
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