4 Months!

Can you even believe that our baby boy is four months old?

One year ago yesterday I learned that I was pregnant with him. The story is pretty cool.

It was my last day of work with a previous employer and it was "highly suggested" that I get the H1N1 flu shot. I really didn't want to so I thought I'll call my OB and see what they are recommending. First thing one of the nurses asks is could I possibly be pregnant. I say no since we had been trying for a while and was feeling down about it. She asks what day of my cycle it was and I said 35 or 36. She suggested I come in for blood work "just in case" since Dr. AJ didn't want his pregnant patients to have the flu shot in their first trimester. So I did. I was convinced that it would be negative. I had just put my fertility test sticks away that morning and had decided to leave it in someone else's hands.

About 2:30 that afternoon I get a phone call from my OBs office and low and behold the nurse says "I have good news for you, you're pregnant!" I was standing at my desk when I took the call and had to sit down immediately and I started to sob. I couldn't even respond to her! She asked if I was OK and I think I whispered yes and the rest...as they say...is history! I never did get the H1N1 flu shot.

Christopher has had a pretty big week here. We hit the big four month mark! WOW!! As previously mentioned, he recently started rolling from his stomach to his back. That is manageable for him as he just starts playing once the flip happens. Yesterday he took it a step further and has begun to roll from back to stomach! And then he cries! Poor guy! On top of all of that happiness he has been sleeping terribly the last week. He gets "stuck" in the middle of a roll and just cries. He's such a wiggly sleeper. I think I have gone in there a good ten to fifteen times a night to comfort him and put him back to sleep. It has made for a pretty long work week with about 4 - 5 hours of sleep a night. Zzzzz

Along with the four month marker came an attempt with rice cereal. He was quite uninterested the first time and spit 99% of it right back at me. This morning he maybe swallowed 50% of it. We'll keep trying! Maybe it will help him sleep a little.

Tomorrow is the dreaded 4 month MD appointment. I do NOT want to go through the whole shots thing again...but we managed last time so I'm sure we will again this time.

Have I told you lately...

Being a Mommy is the best thing in the whole world. I knew in my heart of hearts that I always wanted to be a Mom...I just never realized how ..."find good word to use and insert here"...amazing (not good enough but it will have to do) that it would be.

There isn't a day that goes by that Christopher doesn't do something that I find absolutely stunning. This past week he was taking his pacifier, pulling it out of his mouth, looking at it and putting it back in! Really? When did he learn that? Why can't he do it in the car? I know...baby steps!

He's such a ham. Loves loves loves to snuggle - I love this, eat it right up. Who wouldn't?

Jared, Christopher & I had our first family photo session last Friday. I am sooooo excited to see them. Lindsey does a fabulous job! We had a ton of fun. Christopher was drooling like a faucet and Lindsey found it hilarious. I'm kinda like...yuk...but it still was pretty cute! Did I tell you that I can't wait to see the pictures?

My conference last week went really well - learned lots of interesting stuff and should implement some of the ideas ...eventually. I survived one whole night away! I went to bed around 10:30 and slept straight through to 4:30. Awesome!

Christopher's cold seems to be letting up some...he still has that cough - day care hack? I don't know. He is still really schnuffly and I use that bulb sucker thing to clean out his nose. He puts up with it! But...it isn't like it was, thankfully!

They say time flies...

We've had a busy few days here again - I'm in Milwaukee at a conference and have been up since 4:30 since that seems to be my normal-ish wake-up time. I got 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep which was very refreshing. Hoping that this afternoon when it is time to get the heck out of dodge that I still feel refreshed! It was a long car ride yesterday morning on 3 hours of sleep due to doggy drama.

Christopher's cold is finally letting up. He doesn't cough/gag/sputter nearly as much as he was previously. I'm wondering if this hack is just a fact of day care. He seems perfectly happy otherwise.

We've taken to wearing bibs the past week. He is a total drool monster - so much that day care has even changed his clothes on a fairly regular basis. He also LOVES to eat his hands...every picture I take seems to have his hand in his mouth. I swear he'll get the whole fist in there eventually!

We had some home front drama again this week. I'm laughing now but I'm sure I'll have some frustration tonight when I get home. Tuesday night Jared and I were hanging out together after I put Christopher down for the night. We were actually having great conversation and enjoying each other's company. Kahlua was begging and begging to go outside - which is highly normal except she kept barking and growling. Finally, because I was sick of listening to her I just let her out (on leash thank goodness). She bolted out the door faster than I had ever seen her and returned within the minute. I let her in while saying "gosh it smells like skunk out there".

Yup, she got sprayed and then she came in the house. I have never experienced such YUK in my entire life! Jared got her in the bathtub within seconds and tried helping her - she was foaming at the mouth so it looks like she took a direct facial hit. In the meantime the smell is starting to permeate through our home. NOT GOOD.

We ended up putting her in the garage and evacuating to a hotel. Jared took her to a groomer on Wednesday but I don't know what the status of our house is. I "think" I can still smell it in some of the clothes that I brought to my conference but it might be my imagination. I was so paranoid yesterday hoping people didn't think I smelled - even after 2 showers. I am not looking forward to going home to the smell.

I am however looking forward to going home to see my little boy! I'm missing him like crazy! I'm sure the time apart is good for both of us - everyone seems to think I should "enjoy" this time apart. Easier said than done. How can you not miss them?

The OTHER good drama that happened on Tuesday was Christopher rolling over! I made him cry though because I got really excited. He did it two times from stomach to back rolling over on his right side. It was this perfect little choreographed roll. I am SO proud of him! Jared got to see it too which was great because I feel like he is missing out on some of this stuff. I forgot to ask day care about it yesterday when I dropped him off. So in my book unless I hear otherwise my baby boy rolled over for the first time!

We Have Giggles

Christopher has found his laughter! It is the most amazing special sound in the entire world.

I heard it one night around a 2:30 am feeding. I was changing him and he made this funny ADORABLE sound that I thought was a laugh but I was tired and uncertain and figured he'd do it again. A couple days later I got a little giggle and was ELATED. Ms. Ann at day care said he had been trying so hard and she finally got one on the changing table.

Well this last week he has just been cracking himself up and the first night I just bawled through my laughter - good tears! Makes all the rough stuff that we had to go through so worth it. Most of the time it takes some "provoking" from Jared or I with tickles and touch. Tonight Jared said Christopher was giggling without tickles!! So freaking cute!

Slow Down!

I went to Cranfest last weekend with a great friend. Got pulled over on the way down to Warrens. So I WAS going a little fast and my husband gave me a pretty hard time about it. - Hey I got a verbal warning! But it got me to thinking, what the heck am I always going so fast for? Not just literally but figuratively too. I'm set at 90 mph and can't get it done fast enough... Life is going so fast I don't want to miss a second with Christopher. I'm going to try to slow down as much as I can.

Last night was a little chaotic in our world. I got home about 6:00 and Kahlua had eaten dry wall spackling. We called the ER vet and they said bring her in and we'll look at her for $90.00. She's totally worth it but we decided to wait. Christopher, in the meantime, falls asleep on the living room floor - no fussing - just in the middle of playing. I make supper and Jared & I hang out for the rest of the night. I tried to wake him up around 9:00 to feed him as he hadn't eaten since 5:00. No dice so he fell back to sleep until 11:30.

He scared the crap out of me - He's been hacking and coughing and they've told us it is "just" an Upper Respiratory Infection so we've been going with it. Well the hacking and coughing turned into gagging and gasping for air for about ten minutes. I had intended on calling our Doctor this morning but we ended up taking him to the Emergency Room. He was HUNGRY but he couldn't drink and breathe at the same time so the shit hit the fan. They didn't do jack for us which I get and am thankful that we are still avoiding antibiotics but I felt like an ass for taking him in. I wasn't really thrilled with the ER Doctor. I totally got the "new parent" pain in the butt vibe from him.

I'm calling our regular physician today to see what she suggests. It was a scary 45 minutes or so before he was finally normal colored again and not gagging.

Get better little guy. We love you so very much.