3mos

Mr Ian you are 3mos. I'm going to protest to blinking or glue my eyes open as this is happening way to fast.

*No well visit this month so we're esmitating your weight. Last week I weighed myself and then weighed myself with you and there was a 15lbs difference so whether that is wrong or right you are for sure growing. And you are about 25in long. So since you have arrived into the world you have more than doubled your weight and grew about 6in.

*you've been sleeping 7-8hr stretches for the past 4wks or so. If you do wake up it's because you are cold or got your arms out of your swaddle and shook you

*you are a smiling, giggling, cooing little baby boy

*you like to look in the mirror (just like your momma)

*tummmy time is still not your favorite time but your tolerating it better

*you like the jogging stroller all you do is mostly sleep when I run but when you are awake you're busy taking in your surroundings and fresh air.

*you've committed to those 6oz of milk every 4hrs like a pro. It's amazing to look back and think we use to get excited if you ate a 1/2oz without falling asleep and now you can drink 6oz in your sleep.

*tears, that's right you started producing tears when you cry. (so sad)

*you sit in your bumbo like a big boy, looking around taking it all in

*we still don't have a set nap time or a real routine, aside from you eat every 4hrs during the day. And that is perfectly fine with me.

*you are able to fall asleep with our without your paci which makes me wonder if we will be losing all your pacis in the very near future.

*during bath time you no longer need the infant hammock and you sit in your tub like a big boy.

*you love to stand on our laps, were in the process of buying you a walker/exersaucer thingy so you can have you legs dangle on push on the ground.

*you're pretty much constantly moving, very rarely do you sit still. You squirm like a worm.

*You are an absolute joy and

Here's some pictures from the past month.

This is what happens when you hang out with Daddy while I go on a run alone:



3mos Buddy

this is all you get

Points, because I can't wrap my mind around any one thing at the moment.

*We swaddle Ian but in the middle of the night he'll wake up and I'll check on him and his head and face are cold. Poor baby, we are going to have crank the heat up for him.

*It's suppose to get into the high 60's this week and that excites me. We need some warmer temps although this means some people are going to breaking out the sandals without getting a pedi first.

*Ian gets to celebrate his 1st Easter and we're getting him a basket of breast milk actually scratch the basket he has a whole deep freezer full of milk just for him.

*Speaking of milk only 37 wks left of pumping which also excites but also saddens me because that means our lil guy will be 1. GAAH...I can't think like that so I won't.

*Aunt CiCi's coming to visit in June which means we will start swim lessons, so she'll only be here for a few days it will get us started and she can teach me what i need to do with him. I have given swim lessons to older kiddies but not ones who can't sit on there own yet or talk back,mmmm...I think I could like this.

*Only 10wks left till the 1/2 marathon that I have yet to register for.

*This week we have to tackle our childcare issue. Today Ian is spending the day with my grandma as my grandpa had to go work the corn fields. Although he did invite Ian to ride some piece of farm equipment and Ian's response was filling up a diaper for him:)

*I also have to go bra shopping once again, it seems I have leveled out. Dreading this again. Although I did try on all my swimsuits and we are good in that department.

There you go, a little glimpse into what is happening in my mind today. Which, ever since giving birth my mind is all over the place and you can completely toss the idea of having a memory or time mangement abilities out the window cause well I'm pretty sure I delivered that as well.

still happening

I have been doing this workout DVD for about 9wks and it still kicks my butt every time!!




I must admit I do get bored with it but I overcome the boredom and get a great workout. I've noticed my arms are trimmer, leg muscles are stronger, and if I get a magnifyingg glass out I bet I could see that my mid-section is a little (very little) more defined still no 6 pack but maybe if I look close enough I might have a mini 1 pack.

perfect situation???

Well we thought we had everything figured as far as childcare goes. And then today happened. I picked Ian up from the sitter and the phrase "I need to talk to you about something" came out of her mouth and my mind starts racing. She tells me that she has some health and personal problems and she doesn't feel as though Ian would be safe at her house and that we need to start looking into a different situation. So our search starts once again.

What we had arranged with her was that she would watch when we needed her to and we pay for what we need. This worked out perfectly as some weeks my mom would be available to watch 1 day and Marcus' parents another leaving us only needing her services once that week. Perfect, right?? Well it was for us, as we don't need someone 5 days a week and it seems that others in the baby business of watching require all 5 days.

We do have family but we don't want to wear them out. Marcus' parents are retired and apparently plan to do some traveling this summer and my parents well my dad is a working bee who I don't see retiring anytime soon and they love to travel when he's not working and with summer approaching they will be spending a lot more time at their summer place. I have 1 set great grandparents here in town and the other set are full time snow birds. My great grandma in town offered and again we don't want to wear family out and make them feel as though they can't enjoy being retired and doing whatever it is they want to do when they want to do it.

So, if your in the michiana area and A)know of a good sitter who is looking for a part-time kid or B)in the michiana area and need child care for your child 5 days a week let me know. I told Marcus maybe this is a sign that I'm suppose to be a stay at home momma?!?!

up and coming

*2mos shots (I know I'm late in getting these this is the soonest they could get us in)

*a trip to goodwill, I transitioned my clothes this weekend out with the sweaters and in with the tank tops, shorts and skirts. Which also means goodwill is getting some great outdated stuff. Is it bad that I still have clothes from highschool? I can still fit into them they just aren't very fashionable anymore.

*Easter which means a trip down to Indy

*we will have a 3mos old living with us

*flowers and plants which I know really nothing about will be popping up

*work in SB is moving locations (we've been kicked out of our current location as they are probably going to demo it)

*1/2 marathon is just 11 short weeks away

*budget, Marcus and I will soon be sitting down and working out a budget so our debt can disappear and we can start saving a down payment for our next house

*now that spring has arrived, home improvement projects will be put back on the to do list.


Just a few of things that will be happening in the coming weeks. Some I look forward too while others I could pass on.

you wore that

A few yrs ago for Christmas my mom got my dad a machine thingy that you can copy vhs tapes onto DVD which both my sister and I thought would be great. Well we are now retracting that statement as home videos are also being converted. Which in turns means we are seeing what we wore and how our hair was done. It seems the camcorder was released into stores when I started dressing myself, lovely. When my sister last visited we watched a DVD that my dad had converted and oh my we cloudn't wait to turn the thing off. It seems back in highschool I had this brillant idea to take clips from all our home videos and make 1 video with music behind it. Good golly it was awful. My sister and I made Marcus watch us and he too was embrassed of my school project and of my haircut. Not sure what was happening with the hair but it was pretty bad. Nothing like being a kid born in the 80's I guess.

I find myself with our camcorder thingy making sure to only use when Ian is dressed cute which is everyday but still. Although I'm sure when he's in his 20's and is watching home videos of himself he too will think "what were my parents thinking having me wear that?". But oh well it comes with the territory I guess.

pure bliss

This past 7 nights everyone is our house has slept through the night. The 1st night I think I still woke up around 2:30 and made sure his monitor was on. He has this fancy dancy monitor that will set an alarm off if he stops breathing. Downfall to the monitor if Ian does wake up in the middle night and I get him out of his crib and forget to turn the monitor off the alarm goes off and everyone is awake. I do enjoy a full night's sleep however in the morning my chest feels so heavy and when I sit down to pump I can get over 5oz from one side in a matter of 5min. There's some morning I wanna pump before I pee. But come on we all know one must pee first.

Thank you buddy for being such a good sleeper at night unlike your mother. The first night I ever slept through the night according to my Aunt J was when I was 18mos old and it was the night of my mom's accident. Which I will go into another time.