Jumpin Jumpin...

The kid loves the jumperoo! He likes to turn himself around to look at talk to the bookshelves. Those are obviously more exciting than the cool bird and frog hanging in front of him. He does pretty well for about fifteen minutes! (In fifteen minutes, I can clean the bathroom, empty the dishwasher, wipe down the kitchen... this is precious time!)

Goodbye Swing...

Dear My Little Sung-a-Bunny Fisher Price Swing,

I have deeply appreciated the long naps you have given Luke. Your warm embrace is priceless. We moved you out of Luke's room yesterday. I almost cried. Mostly, I was fearful of not having you part of our everyday life. Our first day without you was actually really rough. I was a bit edgy all day, doubting whether or not we could nap without you. The first three naps were horrible. There were lots of tears (no, we did not let Luke cry it out, but he were upset after every nap!) In the late afternoon, the heavens opened, and Luke slept for TWO HOURS in his crib. I was praising God for this milestone. So, Snug-a-Bunny, we say farewell. You will not be in the closet for too long (but don't worry, long enough), because the next little one will most likely find you just as comfortable. Except, we probably won't let our next child sleep in you several hours a day...

Love,

Becca

4 Month Update

FOUR MONTHS!!!

Luke, you are getting so big! Here are your stats from your well check up on 7/29/11:

You weigh 14 lbs 4.5 oz and are 24.5 inches long.

You still nurse exclusively (except for the occasional bottle that daddy gives you so I can sleep!) every three hours during the day. You have gone through a bit of a bump in the road in regards to sleeping. You get up twice a night to eat... although you really are not that hungry the second time I come in so we will be trying to eliminate that feeding. You sleep 7pm-7am with two night wakings.

Just this last weekend we decided it was time for you to stop napping in your swing. (ouch!) Up until this point you have only taken a 45 minute nap in your crib (you wake up in between sleep cycles). Saturday, you took an hour and 15 minute nap in your crib and today you took an hour and a half nap in it!

We got the okay from Dr. M to start solids! We started with rice cereal... you were not that big of fan.

Even though you didn't love it, we still got a smile out of you!

After two nights of rice cereal, I decided to add in some avacado. You liked this a lot better. I will stick with avacado for 4 days or so to make sure you do not have a reaction. You look a little silly being only in a diaper in your highchair!

You still wear Fuzzi Bunz cloth diapers, but they are giving you diaper rash. I am trying to stick it out and continue them... We have resorted to a disposable at night.

BIG CHANGES THIS MONTH:

-you laughed for the first time... adorable!

-you are alert and notice everything around you.

-you think clapping is really funny!

-I started working from home (10 hours a week)

-I stopped napping all the time :-)

-You are now in a convertible car seat (Britax Advocate CS)

-You are working on rolling over; you get to your side pretty easily!

Honestly, as each month goes by I fall more and more in love with you. I am so grateful that God chose me to be your mama! You are such a joy!! We are in a good rhythm and I am getting back into the swing of things with working out, devotionals, cleaning, and cooking :-)

Charlie and Chicken

We have two adorable dogs, Hannah and Charlie. Hannah is quiet, sweet, well mannered, and not the brightest crayon in the box. Charlie is hyper, crazy, cuddly, and crazy. We adopted Hannah first and never needed to crate her while we were away. Charlie on the other hand, needs to be locked up every time we leave! We learned the hard way in the beginning when we came home to our laptop computer (while we were in college) and all the keys had been eaten off. Charlie has done a host of crazy things, but yesterday topped it off.

Yesterday morning, I put three frozen chicken breasts on the counter in a dish to defrost for a bit (I was trying to be super prepared and have dinner all ready when Erik came home). Usually we make sure all the food is off the counter because Charlie has the ability to JUMP on the barstools and UP on the counter. I was upstairs feeding Luke and we were on our way to run an errand. I noticed that the dish I left the chicken in was empty. I thought for a second that Erik had put them in the fridge or something (sleep deprived!) Then, I looked at Charlie, his wet beard, and his drooping tail and figured it out. HE ATE THREE FROZEN CHICKEN BREASTS!

I put the dogs in their crates and ran out the door to pick up Erik to go run an errand. As I told Erik, he suggested I called the vet, just in case. I called our vet and she said that dogs with digestive issues are prescribed a chicken diet and well... Charlie clearly had enough chicken (for a lifetime). She said to bring him in and they could induce vomiting. The $$$ in my head were flashing. Our vet is 20 minutes away... 1 tired baby during nap time + 1 sick dog=NO FUN. I called another vet (2 minutes from our house) and the receptionist was shocked that we had a 20 pound dog and not a lab! The vet she spoke with was cracking up. She said to just watch him throughout the day...

Good news is Charlie is doing much better than yesterday (view the video below), bad news is... he made a MESS in the office today from being sick.

Oh Charlie.

Am I Normal?

How much sleep do you all need? I feel a bit ridiculous... I have a three month old, who most nights only wakes up ONCE for a quick feed! Although I do have issues falling asleep (takes me a while), I go to bed at a reasonable time (Between 9 and 10) and wake up at 7. It is really hard for me to fall BACK asleep after I feed Luke. This SHOULD be enough sleep for your average person, right?? I have been taking TWO naps a day while Luke naps. Can I blame this on nursing? The interrupted sleep? Could I still just be REALLY behind from an exhausting birth experience? HELP!

How many of you mamas nap when you kids nap? I am not complaining, but it makes weekends so hard because I want to spend all my awake time with my dear hubby. I have always needed a lot of sleep... I just want to LIVE LIFE and not sleep it away!

Luke, two days old in the hospital... sleeping...

Strawberry Pizza (with NO picture!)

I am sorry, there is no picture of this... Maybe I will have to make it AGAIN just to take a picture :-) Honestly, it gets eaten so quickly there is no time for a picture!

Ingredients:

-a package of sugar cookie dough

-8 oz cream cheese

-1 cup powdered sugar

-8 oz cool whip

-1 T. vanilla

-a pint of strawberries

-strawberry glaze

Directions:

Spread out cookie dough on cookie sheet. (I like it a little thick so it is soft and NOT crunchy!) Mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar, cool whip and vanilla. Spread on cooled cookie crust. Slice up strawberries and add to a little bit of glaze. Spread the strawberries over the whipped topping evenly. YUMMY!!!

Commenting Challenge

I am doing a commenting challenge from Jenna's Journey... Link up!

I am fairly new to the blog world, so hopefully this way I can meet some fellow bloggers!

A little bit about me...

* I was born and raised in Central Oregon.

* I married my high school sweetheart in college, when I was 21. We just had our first baby, Luke, after struggling with infertility for a year.

*I am still on maternity leave; planning on dabbling in the work at home world...

*We have two sweet dogs, Charlie and Hannah.

* I LOVE Target and Starbucks.

* I have one sweet sister, Katy.

Hop on over to Jenna's Journey to participate!