baby ole :: 7th week

 fist pump for being 7 weeks old!

 and showing off his ninja skills :)

wednesday we went up to the cities to celebrate mom/grama's birthday. her birthday was thursday but since she has darts on thursday nights we made her dinner and dessert on wednesday night. we played some wizard (our new game that's like estimate) and mom got lots of trevor holding time! thursday we hung out most of the day, went for a walk in the gorgeous weather, and then headed back to bloomer. trevor was gassy/fussy a lot of the time the last couple of days. we went back to trying the gas drops with every feeding.

he loves being outside! he instantly comes down.

and loves going for walks; this time in the sling.

thursday was nice enough weather that trevor didn't have to be in a fleece one piece (plus i was ready for him to be in some different clothes :]). he's ready for football season already!

touchdown

 

friday morning we rented catching fire and watched it! besides that we only accomplished some naps.:) saturday really felt like a monday after having been in the cities and starting al's work week. once we realized it was actually the weekend, we had to cope with the fact that mom was not coming down this weekend to keep us company. :( but she was off having a fun state bowling, birthday partying weekend and she deserved it! also saturday, trevor finally fell asleep on his own in the pack n play, which he was having trouble doing since we borrowed it from mom (since hers has the bassinet net on it which keeps him higher up and easier for me).  

 loving his musical giraffe! :)

saturday night trevor and i had our first adventure out just the 2 of us. i was extremely nervous, just for the car ride because he typically cries at least once and it's a hard cry which i hate. and since his carseat is behind the driver's side, i can't see him or help him. (we may have to switch that) we went to the risen's house for a usbourne (children's) book party. and he did so good. he slept the entire way there and for the first hour of the party. then i fed him, burped him, ordered him some adorable books, and we headed home. he cried once on the way home but was pretty quickly over it, so that made me feel better.

 

we also found out saturday that shane and jodi are having a boy as well!!! they're gonna be 6 months apart and gonna have so much fun playing together!! al was right, it really is the year of the boy. :)

 

overnight saturday i woke up and was dizzy; i think it was a combo of not eating enough for dinner (i thought i'd eat more at the party than i did and was doing too much when i got home to remember) and my neck really bothering me. i need to make sure to stretch it every day (still having issues from computer work and bad posture for so long...)

 

sunday was a tough day; trevor was really fussy and crying hard most of the morning. the only times he was not crying was in momma's arms but that didn't last long. he finally fell asleep at 230 on our bed in daddy's spot :) so we took a little family nap (sans al since he had to work) and when the sun came in our windows i had to rig up a fort of sorts to keep the sun from his face. i was not going to attempt to move him. he was still a little fussy after that but not nearly as bad and he slept great that night. i gave him some thawed breast milk in a bottle (which he's not used to anymore) at the party on saturday, so i'm wondering if that had an effect on his tummy? he did spit up a big portion sunday evening which he rarely does. i did a little bit of research and it sounds like it's normal for infants to cry while pooping and/or passing gas because they don't know how to do it exactly. they tend to tense up instead of relaxing to let it out, which sounds a lot like him. so i tried pumping his legs and trying to calm him down (he loves his nuk most of the time and doesn't keep/need it for long), and it seemed to work and help. hopefully he'll be over it soon.

 

monday trevor rolled over for the first time!! from stomach to back/side, to his right. i'm not sure if he intended to or if it was more he was tired so put his head down and then went with it. but still my baby is growing up...

 sleeping on daddy

 tummy time on daddy

 

baby ole :: 5th week

this week, it finally started warming up! spring may be coming after all! this was such a long, cold, snowy winter. the worst in 25 years or so, say some news channels. we got outside a little bit more.

3/11/14



wednesday we tried to catch up on sleep since we had a rough night tuesday night. i think because he's been so gassy he gets uncomfortable especially when laying flat. tuesday night i eventually had to put him on the chair in his boppy and he slept like a rock. ever since then he's done ok flat in his bassinet.

then wednesday night the risen's came over and brought papa murphys pizza. although it was short, it was a good time and the pizza was delicious!! their kids are so cute!!

thursday trevor had his 1 month appointment with dr sarumi; we really like her! she said he's still perfect and still a keeper. :) and he's a big, growing boy! last appt (3 weeks ago) he was 7 lbs 14 oz and 19.5 inches long. he is now 9 lbs 7 oz and 21 1/4 inches long!! that's about 1.5 lbs and almost 2 inches in 3 weeks! crazy! at least we know he's eating well! :]

friday was a rough day. trevor has come into a few day routine of being awake/fussy all morning then sleeping all afternoon and making me think he's not gonna sleep all night, but he has so far. he also is starting to eat every 4 hours now instead of every 3 hours; we like that!! (as long as he's getting enough food) saturday mom came down again and held trevor all morning while he was awake. then saturday afternoon when al went to work, mom, trevor & i went to shopko for diapers and to get out of the house. we also had dairy queen (surprise surprise with mom here :]) and then mom made supper.

sunday we hung out and mom stayed so i could nap in the afternoon. sunday night was a little rough for me after a not so good weekend; trevor was awake from 4-630a and so i got no sleep during that time. al could tell i was frustrated so he took trevor downstairs at 630a so i could get a little more sleep. i felt bad since al had to work but al was in a good mood about it, thankfully! then i had my follow up appointment with the midwife at 1030a. i decided to leave trevor home for this one since al didn't have to work until 3p, both for a little time away for me and to help give al some confidence in his baby watching ability. nothing big or new at my appointment, just questions asked on both ends; she didn't even check my bottom since i knew that i have a couple of stiches left and don't feel any pain/issues. i also ran some errands while in ec and when i returned, the boys were fine. trevor had gotten hungry so al fed him some of the formula we had gotten for free (samples) and trevor was asleep on al. i took him and put him in his crib and he slept there for almost 3 hours!! a first. i'm hoping it's not just because of the formula and his fussiness is not all from my milk. although i have no problem switching him to formula, it's just much cheaper and supposedly better for him to breastfeed. also easier since i'm not going back to work; plus al really wants me to breastfeed for a long time.

the weather on monday was glorious!! sunny and 50 degrees! so once trevor got up from his nap, i put him in his moby wrap for the first time and we took tator on a walk. it was fabulous although there was a little wind so i mostly kept his face covered. also, i'm out of shape!! we only went a little ways and i was winded, guess we'll have to keep it up! :) i'm also hoping wearing him will help me use and develop my back muscles especially for posture, since while wearing him i notice very quickly if my posture is crap.

we also got a new cousin monday morning!! baby girl burge was born at 359am, just short of 5 weeks from trevor! they'll be so close in age; great for at the lake!!

tuesday was another nice day! and i think (hope) trevor is getting over his fussiness. he slept great monday night, was much less fussy during the day, and his poop changed back to yellow, mustardy, seedy (it had changed to funny green/gray which dr said is normal). hoping his tummy has gotten used to my milk and this continues! we went for another walk with al this time and trevor fell asleep almost instantly in the moby wrap. also, this morning i went to put one of his newborn fleece one piece outfits on, after putting his feet in, i couldn't get his arms in. as in i couldn't stretch it up enough to comfortably get it on him. thinking he grew in the last 2 days. :/ he's getting so big!

he's napped in his crib for the first time,
a couple of times this week. we try to put him in there at least once a day.

(although i don't know if i'm ready for him to be in there at night,
don't think i'll like not having him in our room with us...)

 we went outside for a little bit on wednesday when it was nice & sunny.

we had to document how high the snow piles are.

 first time in the snow in a snowsuit that's too big but adorable!!

big muscles :: gun show :)

 first time in skye's bouncy seat :]

 tator has to sit at my feet when i feed trevor, especially at night.

so cute & such a good protector!

 holding on to grama

 finally warm enough to not have to wear fleece,

big boy outfit (3month onsie, nb pants) complete with dinosaur slippers :)

 this little dinosaur attached to a nuk (wubbanub) has been a life saver.

he takes a nuk just fine but hasn't figured out how to keep it in his mouth yet.

he usually doesn't need the nuk for long but for the times he does,

this little guy keeps the nuk more in place. (gina gave it to us, i found it on amazon)

i love that trevor's hugging it here :)

 trevor was very active during playtime on his 5 week birthday!

it was fun watching him for tator, daddy and me!

 during our walk on tuesday,

al and tator went to investigate in the woods

but found some very deep snow :)

 

baby ole :: 3rd week

i can't believe we've had trevor for 3 weeks! he's so awesome!! and i finally remembered that we got blocks from the burge's to take his picture with so i hope to continue those now.

he had his first diaper/peeing little boy incident this week; and actually ended up having a couple of them. momma & daddy quickly learned to cover that thing up at all times :) the first time was when i was changing him on the couch. he peed on my hand, all over himself including his face, and on the couch a little bit. the second time was on daddy, himself & grama's couch.

we got a ton more snow this week (9-12 inches) on top of the ton of snow we already had. when we were at mom's over the weekend, the piles along the driveway and the amount in the backyard were more than i had seen since i was little. and my brother actually said the same thing. crazy. it's also still very cold!! and will be this next week too. the average temp is 32, we're in the single digits most days and colder if there's wind. :(

we took our first "road trip" as a family and headed up to the cities on saturday afternoon. the big snow storm was on thursday and the roads were still not great by the time we left. saturday night al and i went to akita for sushi for our valentine's & my birthday dinner. then trevor and i went to bed early. sunday we ran to target and old navy (daddy's still got his sympathy weight and needed new jeans :]). then we went to kunde (the johnson's) house for the daytona 500 party. always good to see my friends! sunday night we went to papa's house so trevor could meet his great grandpa; papa was so happy & excited & just kept saying "thanks for bringing him over." we also got a picture of the 4 generations of francis's (middle names). papa also told me that he gives more money for the 2nd baby :) i told him it might be a while for that, to which he said, "gives me reason to stick around then!" :] then monday, gina took trevor's new born pics at her studio in downtown st paul, and they're so cute! even tho someone would not sleep for gina :) although he is older than she likes to do for newborn pics.

tuesday, we headed into eau claire to have lunch with my coworkers and so they could see trevor. since i won't be going back to work there, i also grabbed all the rest of my stuff. kind of bittersweet. i'll miss the people but definitely not working for menards.

trevor had some issues with being gassy this week too. both at mom's and then at home; monday night, he was up every 10-15 minutes from 2-5 am fussing. no good. turns out i should have done some more research on food i should avoid while breastfeeding because i had eaten broccoli and cabbage multiple times that week, and these 2 are on the top of every list i've seen for gassy veggies to avoid. i will be avoiding those for a while now. i've been avoiding dairy for the most part already and will continue to do that (i do that normally anyway) with the exception of yogurt. after just 1 day of avoiding the broccoli and cabbage in our fridge made a world of difference. tuesday night he slept in 4 hour increments all night, which meant i only had to get up twice and then at 8 am! so nice! i think that's partly from him being so tired too but i'll take it!

he likes bath time a lot more now that i figured out to put

a warm wash cloth on his chest/tummy to keep him warmer.

he splays out his hands/fingers like that when he's cold or

shocked by noise :)

skinny little legs :]

 in the hood

 we tried on uncle tyler's tux onsie; so cute!

 we're loving the octupus sling manda made for us!!

 4 francis's and a happy papa (1st time great grandpa)

 pics by gina zeidler

 grama's little giraffe