trevor :: 10th week

4/15/14

tuesday night we lost one of the very best people i know and gained the sweetest guardian angel, auntie diane. auntie diane was so kind, caring and loving. she also knew how to have a good time. she really listened when you talked to her and everyone who met her loved her. she will be very deeply missed and i will try my hardest to portray her kindness. she is a huge inspiration to me! i'm very happy that she got to see trevor.

thursday al had testing in hudson but was home with us during the evening. friday mom came down and we all went into eau claire. it was the big consignment sale in ec and we dropped off our clothes to platos (to sell) and goodwill (to donate) finally! so good to have that done and out of the house, and we made a pretty penny at platos. mom stayed all weekend and we got practically nothing done due to the gloomy weather but it was good to have her here, as always.

sunday night trevor was up at some point every hour midnight and after. he's spoiled me for a while sleeping 5-6 hours when i first put him down and then another 3-4 hours after the early morning feeding, so that night was a bit rough on me. the weather was back to cold monday and tuesday so we stayed inside and got some cleaning done.

he has been drooling and bubbling a little last week and more this week. hoping we aren't dealing with teething already (although dr said teeth won't come in for another 2 months at least, some babies can start teething this early).

friday was a gorgeous afternoon!

first stroller walk and first outdoor nap


 he loves looking at books,

especially his black & white books i got him from usbourne

 saturday's walk was much cooler

but we ventured off the road and found a cool tree path

this is how he is during and after every walk,

instantly out; he loves the fresh air & movement :)

 i made my big headed baby a top knot hat

so that it covers his ears :)

although on him it's more of a back knot than a top knot

 

trevor :: 9th week / 2 months

4/8/14

"daddy's little deputy"

thursday & friday we got another snow storm in the longest, snowiest, coldest winter ever. but friday was his 2 month birthday and 2 month checkup so we went into eau claire. the drive in was ok but the drive back, particularly in bloomer, was very snowy; hard to even get into our driveway.

2 months: trevor is now 11 lbs 7 oz and 24 inches long; that's a 2 pound gain and nearly 3 inches. dr sarumi said it's not very often babies grow more in length than in weight :) our long boy; no wonder he's almost too long for 3 month clothes. his head circumference has also grown an inch. dr sarumi said he's still perfect! also, she confirmed that the little spot on his back is a birth mark. she said we're lucky he's getting the 5-6 hour feeding stretch at night. trevor also got his first set of shots and was a champ and the tough guy we've known him to be. he cried for only a couple seconds but once i was able to pick him up, he stopped. and thank goodness, otherwise i would have likely cried as well.

4/4/14

he doesn't look so long in this pic with his scrunched up legs

but he was on the tired side and wasn't really into it

saturday we went up to the cities and grama got to babysit for the second time as al and i went to the annual softball beer bust for johnny's men's team. meg and the twins came to mom's just before we left for the beer bust to meet/see trevor. the beer bust was a good time with good friends as usual and the first time i had more than 1 beer. i didn't drink much and stopped drinking once the beer portion was done since i was missing my baby and wanted to be able to feed him once we got home. once we left the beer bust we went over to manda & johnny's house and played some cards against humanity, so much laughter! we were home by 10 but after leaving at 230 that was quite the long time away from my boy. momma missed him. oh how the thoughts change now that i'm a mom :)

sunday mom and i went baby shopping :) we went to savers, goodwill and once upon a child in woodbury. trevor got a couple new clothes, some sweet books and a rocking giraffe (much like the usual rocking horse). i've been itching to garage sale for months now so these stores helped feed that for now. with me not going back to work, hospital bills, and having spent so much on propane this winter, i'm trying to be very frugal and stick to our budget so that i don't stress out about money. (our one income household doesn't leave us much, if any, wiggle room in the money department)

then sunday afternoon, we all went over to shane and jodi's house so they could meet trevor and so the boys could watch wrestlemania... it was good to see them and we had good food! jodi and i went through a bunch of baby clothes. it was also good for their dogs to be around a baby for when baby L comes in july and also so we could see how tator would do with other dogs/people around the baby. they all did great. i didn't take a single picture all weekend :(

other randoms:

this week we started working on more of a sleeping schedule. i felt like i didn't know at all what he needed or wanted or when he'd sleep. so i read up on a few things and decided to start putting him down for a nap (we usually just hold him or leave him in the same, noisy room we're in to sleep) whenever he appeared tired. i also started writing down when he ate and slept in a notebook so i could start to see trends. it's working well so far. he takes 4 shorter naps during the day (although they're longer in his crib or playpen than they were in the living room) and hasn't had any issues sleeping at night (knock on wood). i still have to figure out how to get him to stick to a somewhat schedule and have good naps when we're not at home, but i'm sure that will come.

i also hit a point in the happiness project that i'm reading, that really struck home with me. and that is that time is fleeting and you have to soak in all the present moments, even the tiny ones that usually go unnoticed. that is throwing me for a bit of a loop as it makes me want to hold him every second and rock him to sleep every time and pick him up/soothe him every time he cries. but all i've read/researched kind of says the opposite. i want him to be on schedule and sleep well but i also know this time with him little will be gone before i know it. i'm trying to allow myself to do both, but i think i'm more focused on relishing in the time that i have with him as my little baby!

smiley boy!

he smiles at me just about every morning now :)

 wearing daddy's shirt.

the cutest alaskan king crab!

 i realized i don't have any pictures of his body out of clothes,

probly because it's been so cold.

 first time he's actually looked at the animals

trevor :: 8th week

a little comparison shot

lots of firsts this week:

smile: wednesday evening, while i was playing with trevor on the floor, he smiled in response to me. he had been looking at books then i pulled his head up straight and put my face in front of him and smiled. he smiled back! later in the week, he started smiling in the mornings too; more than usually which makes me hope those real smiles keep coming. that night i also tried putting him in a bumbo chair for the first time; he did pretty good with neck control but he got the hiccups right when i put him in there, so i took him out. he still gets the hiccups everyday.

blurry due to hiccups;

and he looks like a turtle :) 



poop: then thursday (al's first day off) i took tator outside to run and when i came back in, al & trevor were up in trevor's room on his changing table. al never takes him up there to change him, so i went up and trevor had his first blow out. right on daddy. :) it came out the diaper, all over his side/back, down his leg (inside his outfit). it was kinda funny but probly only because it wasn't on me. i thought he might be less gassy/fussy after that, but he wasn't; he was an unhappy boy until he crashed. speaking of that, i read that during weeks 6-8, infants typically go through a gassy/fussy phase where their tummys and insides are getting used to pushing out gas/poop when it needs to. so that made me feel much better about it.

sleep: trevor is getting better at self soothing at night and putting himself to sleep. at night, if it's bath night he gets a bath, then some play time including reading/singing, and then i feed him. i then typically put him in the playpen. before he'd usually be asleep when i did this but lately he's been awake. so he lays in there and looks around and does well until he's about to fall asleep. he then starts fussing a little bit, but i can now tell the difference between this tired fuss and an actual cry. so before i try the nuk, i let him fuss a bit and most nights this week, he's fussed himself right to sleep and stayed asleep! after this, he also goes 5 or 6 hours between feedings which mean we get a bunch of sleep (well, relative to what we were getting). it's glorious! i forgot what it felt like to wake up with sleep in my eyes :)

saturday morning trevor, tator and i headed up to mom's (our first time without al, which i was nervous about, but they both did really well and slept the whole time.) saturday afternoon was our shower thrown by the wednesday night ladies softball team at gaylene's house. it was a great shower and so nice to see my ladies!! then saturday evening, judie, angi and ruby came over to visit; they loved trevor and ruby is getting so big, she's walking already! trevor's routine was a bit off due to driving, meeting lots of people, and having to feed him before he wanted it a couple times (2 hours instead of 3-4 hours.) this meant that he didn't get a long nap like he usually does in the afternoons, so he took it from 6-8pm. not good for sleeping all night then; we were awake from 2 until 7ish. luckily mom got up at 7 and took him so that i could sleep. i need to be more aware that he needs to get in one good nap each day that is not after 6pm.

sunday we went to visit uncle jimmy, auntie diane and cousin kai with mom. when we got back the neighb's came over (steve & tina, and angie & anika) to meet trevor. then we went to target to pick up a few things. mom really makes us go, go, go. :) we also went for a walk sunday evening because it was so nice out; trevor really loves being outside! he got more sleep this day so he slept really good sunday night again.

monday morning early we headed back home to bloomer and daddy who was glad to see us! trevor had some hard cries monday during the day and i eventually figured out that it was because he was hungry (at least i think that's what is was) even though it had only been 2.5 hours. that night he only went 3 or 3.5 hours between feedings. possible growth spurt? can't wait to see his measurements on friday at his 2 month checkup. (holy crap, 2 months already!?!?)

i wanted to get a picture of his little blonde swirl

and mullet :) (hard to see but so cute!)

 getting so good at tummy time!

 wearing his first hoodie :)

 knocked out after our walk

 he's been into eating his fists,

even just after he's eaten

(not a sign of hunger)

 love when he sleeps on me!

also, crazy outta control mullet hair

and knuckle dimples!! :]

 

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 :: 6th week

i couldn't decide on a picture for this week (even tho i have him in the same outfit as last week, oops!); he was too cute and smiled! also the one on the right is some sweet air guitar! :) happy 6 weeks sweet, adorable boy!!






wednesday i looked out the window and saw a chicadee in our tree!! that's huge for a couple of reasons: 1. spring is hopefully actually coming. 2. we never have birds here, between the out door cats and tator, i hadn't seen any birds or wildlife . and 3. i love chicadee's! they remind me of my grama and really makes me want to get my tattoo!!

thursday trevor must have had a growth spurt. he slept well wednesday night and then slept ALL DAY thursday, mostly in his crib. he was awake a tiny bit in the morning, just enough for me to try my favorite outfit on him and then to eat. i was afraid he wouldn't sleep at night, but he did!!

mom came down again this weekend and it's always so nice and needed. just to have a couple extra hands especially in the mornings when he's awake and fussy. it helps that she also helps clean and cook :) she was essential in my ability to get a bunch of nagging tasks on my to-do list done. i was able to organize all our donate/sell stuff (7 bags & 1 large box full!), clean the floor around our entrance door really well (it was full of sand and salt), and organize 2 large closets! feels SO good to get things like that done; especially while reading the happiness project where she's doing the same thing.

trevor's starting to be able to see things and loves to spend some time on his playmat with all the fancy colors, whereas before he'd just lay on it. now he's very active and can even kick some of the toys. he's also getting good at tummy time; he's never hated it but would only hold his head up for a second or two.

he's really getting too long for his bassinet but neither al nor i are ready for him to be out of our room, so we're trying to figure out if we should put a playpen in our room or just bite the bullet and put him in his room/crib. he naps in his crib pretty well but we have seperation anxiety :) plus he makes a lot of noise at night so i'm afraid i'd be going in there a bunch instead of just being able to stand up and have him right there. we'll see...

on sunday night i had my first semi-traumatic momma moment. i was clipping his finger nails and i got a portion of the skin on his middle finger. he cried and was bleeding a lot, everywhere. and of course he was wearing a white outfit. lucky for me, trevor is a tough guy! he only cried for a little bit and was pretty patient with me while i figured out what to do to get it to stop bleeding. i took him up into the bathroom and held a kleenex on it but he kept wiggling and it kept bleeding. i considered putting liquid bandaid on it since i didn't think we had a bandaid small enough nor that one would stay on his tiny finger, but i also knew how much that stings. i eventually found a small bandaid and was able to get it on his finger. it only stayed on for about an hour or so but it was long enough to stop the bleeding. i apologized to him many times and kissed his boo-boo, hopefully he forgave me. i than finished the rest of his nails so that both us would immediately get over any nail clipper fears we might have.

knock on wood, but trevor slept really well all nights this week! he's getting about a 4-5 hour feeding/sleeping in right when i lay him down and then usually up just one other time about 4-5ish in the morning. hopefully he's gotten used to it and this will continue and his sleep stretches will get longer. we only have a little ways to go for him to be getting up only once a night.

i am feeling good although i still feel so flabby; i suppose 6 weeks out isn't all that long for skin and muscles to readjust but i really dislike the back rolls i can feel touching. i've been doing a little bit of working out: dumbbell work along with core and pushups, also some stretching. i'm hoping to hit the batting cages soon and to get out and attempt some runs/sprints if the spring weather will come back. i am still really really thirsty when breast feeding; it's on cue. he starts eating, i get immediately thirsty, like "gotta have water NOW" thirsty. i haven't been too hungry except if i'm up feeding him at the 4 o'clock hour, then i'm starving. any other hour during the night i'm fine.

fits in my favorite outfit now!! :)

 hanging out with daddy

 an attempt to photograph his little blonde mullet :)

playing a little air guitar

 from this angle, his nose looks just like al's

 you probly can't see him cuz he's camouflaged,

but there's a cute little baby sleeping on me :)

 

pregnancy overview

this post is mostly for myself so that i have one place to look back for time of when things happened.

-knew i was pregnant: had an inclination right away due to cramping and upset stomach, but not sure until the test was taken after 3 days of missing my period. first try.

-first heartbeat: heard at 10 weeks (the midwives don't see you until 10 weeks); it was very fast, 170

-first movement: week 17

-started showing: 23 weeks, but seemed to "pop" at 25 weeks.

-first stretch marks: week 30 (also coincides with the start of christmas cookies :])

-gained 34 lbs

-1st trimester: lots of nausea, esp in the mornings at work, needed to eat every 1-2 hours until about 2 pm after which i would feel full/icky from eating too much, ate a lot of carbs and crap that i hadn't wanted to but needed to get something in me. hip ache/pain esp on right side started at the end of the day esp after/during softball (sacrioliac). started noticing getting out of breath much easier.

-2nd trimester: felt much better, little to no nausea right from the start/turn of the trimester. still hip aches/pain esp with fall ball being double headers. tried out chiro to help but with so much softball hard to say if it helped or not. attempted a crossfit workout and did well but took me 4 days to recover.

-3rd trimester: heartburn! hip ache/pain almost every night esp when getting into bed, waves of tired but not too bad, his movements were startling and not predictable, felt large, got more stretch marks right at the end, only pregnant to 38.5 weeks, got lots of sleep usually 9-10 hours a night, he would get the hiccups often

-birth: water broke (possibly because body didn't want to deal with having influenza/being sick and being pregnant especially since labor progressed slowly) at 38w2d, didn't feel contractions until 7ish hours later, got pitocin at 9 am (at an 8 level, low), progressed really fast after that, back labor/contractions which were HORRIBLE, got epidural (amazing!), napped, got another fever & then started pushing, an hour of pushing and he was out! almost 2 hours of skin to skin