PPD#002

We both woke up 10 times through the night. At around 4 am he decided to get up. He ate and now we are cuddling until he falls asleep.


...and he's out! Haha

We went to Rick's for breakfast, then my Moms bank, Signature Bank, did a bowling fundraiser event for Big Brother Big Sister. Then we went to the mall in search of something for my grandpa for his birthday (tomorrow) and to Sam's for formula and dog food. Needless to say Oliver is worn out!!




Time to watch the Texas/Kansas game and try to get rid of my headache and congestion.

PPD#001/Picture Per Day

Since I post so many pictures all of the time I have been asked by several to do a picture each day. I have been warned that it is quite the challenge but I think I can do it. :)

Today Oliver and I mailed Jeff groceries and some candy- difficult while carrying an infant!!







Oliver was tuckered out!!

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Oliver napping at work after a busy errand and doctor day.

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Valentines Day

So for Valentines Day Jeff and I got each other iPhone4s. boring, I know BUT the actual iPhone is exciting. My poor little iPhone3 just doesn't cut it anymore. There isn't anything wrong with it.. in fact it's actually in really good condition. Anyway, so since Jeff won't get his phone in Egypt until after Valentines day I decided to put together a little gift for him anyway. It included...

inside the care package for valentines day

candy.. in baggies in case of melting

small bedazzle to label it as the v-day box.

Jeff sent me some pretty flowers on top of the iPhone. Turns out the ones he sent me are not as nice as the ones he ordered and he also ordered a teddy bear and chocolates that were not delivered. SOOOO tomorrow I'm going to give them a piece of my mind.

2 months old!

So this is a little late but Oliver is now 2 months old! Time is seriously flying by. Everyone told me it would and I expected it but geez! Next thing I know he's going to be taller than me!

Oliver...

Is 11.5 pounds and 25 inches. (weight: 43rd%  height: 99th%) aka long and skinny!
Eats 4-5 ounces every 2.5-3 hours during the day. (about 30-35 ounces/day!!!)
Sleeps from 9 or 10pm until 8am every night (wakes up 1 or 2 times)
Wears size 0-3 month in clothes but is too tall/long for most of them so some is 3-6 month
Wears size 1 diapers (finally! skinny boy is finally chunking up a little)
Wears size 1-2 shoes
Has my exact toes.. poor kid.

Has Daddy's good looks and style

Can hold his head up for long periods of time- I'm slowly putting him in his Bumbo seat so he can sit up a little bit on his own.

The sun was too bright so neither would look at the camera. This was from the blizzard we had this week. 24" of snow!!!

Loves watching tv with Mom and Grammy at night. When it's on he stares at it. I'm going to look into getting him some Little Einstein DVDs for a little later on.
Is being spoiled by Grammy Tammie. She thinks he is going to be an OSU fan.

...but Dad won't have it since he will definitely be a Longhorn fan (and Dallas Cowboy)

Loves getting baths and Avenno Lavender lotion- yum!
Is a major cuddle bug.

Still falls asleep almost instantly in the car but stays awake occasionally if he's already had a nap. If I sing he coo's and smiles.
Stares at himself in the mirror in the car (and in the house too) and talks to himself while we're driving.

He loves his new bird toy too.

Doesn't need his paci all of the time- mostly just when he's tired (like exhausted but fighting it) or if he's getting hungry.

Enjoying a nice day in the middle of January- windows down, sunglasses on.. crazy!

Smiles when you tickle under his chin or play with his cheeks.
Loves his Lamb Swing and Lamb Seat.  Both are very much so recommended!!! The swing goes front to back and side to side. He likes side to side and hates front to back (like most swings do) He watches the lambs on the mobile and talks to the baby in the mirror on the mobile.

Doesn't seem to be super ticklish on his feet or tummy (yet)
Started sleeping on his tummy and loves it- I knew he would but waited until he could move his head from side to side easily.

Loves his Gloworm Seahorse that Daddy got him for Christmas.
Does really well going to work with me every day. Lately he sleeps most of the time I'm at work and wakes up just in time to eat, get changed, get in the car seat and take one of the kids to practice and then come home. Hopefully this nap schedule stays at this time!!!

Helping me put up laundry at work. (I can't carry him and the basket upstairs so I compromised)

Laying with Brooke's "Lammy" at work while I put up laundry.

7 weeks post pregnancy

So I took the picture at 6 weeks after but I'm just now getting around to post it.

The 6 week photo. Clearly I have a way to go tone wise.. but I'm down to my original weight. woo!

progression from 6.5 month until now.

6 weeks.. ALREADY??

So Monday Oliver went to the doctor for his 6 week check-up and got his shots. It worked out that he got hungry right as we got to the waiting room so I was hoping that he would be able to eat right after his shots and that would soothe him but then they took FOREVER to get us back for the appointment so he started getting grumpy about 1/2 way through our appointments. Luckily my nurse is awesome and she rushed our shots paperwork to the nurse that does them and we got to skip ahead in the line (a lot of people were getting flu shots.) He was angry for about 30 seconds and then I pulled out his bottle and he was happy as could be. He was more angry that he was hungry than he was about the pinch of the needles!! :)


So, the news from the appointment:
I'm perfectly healed up and healthy. I've lost all of the pregnancy weight plus some. Now I just need to keep losing and toning up and we will be good to go. I'm starting my diet and work out on Sunday so this should be good! I've got to look good for my hubby when he comes home in September/October!!!!

Oliver now weighs 10lb 6oz (4.71kg) and is 23 inches (58.42cm) long. He's super healthy and all checked out to be a tall, healthy boy. 
weight for age: 32nd%
length for age: 97th%
weight for length: 10th%


I'm majorly slacking on blogging but I will try to do better.. 2 more weeks until he is 2 months old.. OMG

Wait? It's New Years Eve!?

I was going to slowly write this and actually post it on New Years Eve but I finished it early so I'm posting it on the 30th instead..

So this year has flown by and it's been majorly crazy but I definitely wouldn't trade it. Let's recap..
Jeff moved from Tulsa.
I moved from Fayetteville.
We got our first apartment together in Rogers.
We put down the payment for our wedding--
1 week later found out we were going to have a baby.
Got married in June and went to the Bahamas for a week.
Moved back in with my Mom in September for a year.
Jeff gets deployed to Egypt in October.
Oliver is born December 4th.
Jeff comes home December 10th-26th.
Now he is back in Egypt until at least September.

Good news is starting Saturday I can say "Jeff will be home this year."
Bad news is it's still another 250+ days (8 months just sounds better though.) 

So on to the New Years Resolutions..
Normally I don't really set any that are serious. I know most people set ridiculous expectations and then don't achieve them so I tend to make funny resolutions. This year I'm setting realistic resolutions with high hopes. With my pregnancy with Oliver I managed to only gain 19 lbs and now at 4 weeks postpartum I have lost all but 2lbs. Sadly I don't look anything like what I did before Oliver. I know that the skin on my stomach still has to shrink back up and that will take 6 months to a year but I would really like to lose the extra weight I have gained over the last 3 or 4 years and get back to my comfortable weight. I'm not going to post the actual but I'm planning on keeping track of the weight loss along the side of the blog. So anyway..

My New Years Resolutions are:
lose weight (goal: 45 lbs by September 1st)
remember to take meds every day to help with the anemia
get a good job before Jeff gets home (40 hr/week entry level desk job.. do you know of anything for me??)

Well.. that's that! An update on Oliver. He's still eating a ton and plumping up a little more so I'm sure he's gained weight again. We don't have another appointment for 2 more weeks but there's no doubt that he has. He's sleeping pretty good once he gets to sleep but the last couple of days he has been fighting it and getting cranky. Hopefully this isn't something that sticks.. I know you don't want to read anymore so here's the fun stuff. 

Oliver has this terrible rash right now. The doctor thinks its just a combination of newborn rash/acne and a reaction to detergent, soap or lotion. I have tried everything and he still has it though.. Hopefully it's just newborn rash and it goes away asap.

He got a bath, a fresh diaper and then ooh'd and ahh'd in his lamb seat while I got a shower. He's just too dang cute!

My mom and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings with Oliver to watch OSU play in the Alamo Bowl. Oliver was even dressed up. (picture below)

The shirt is huge on him (it's a 6-9 month and he's barely in 0-3 month), the paci is too big and he spits it out quickly, and the sunglasses probably wont fit until this summer at the earliest BUT he was a trooper and let me take a picture of him in his OSU gear.

My mom with Oliver in front of his crib with the new dots I put up that match his bedding exactly! :)

Back up to birthweight!

Oliver has been taking his sweet little time gaining weight lately so my doctor has asked us to come back every week since he was born to get weighed. Today he was weighed and gained quite a bit! Here's how his weight has gone so far:
Birth weight: 8lb 8oz
3 days old: 7lb 15oz (lost 9oz)
1 week old: 8lb 1oz (gained 2oz)
2 weeks old: 8lb 3oz (gained 2oz)
3 weeks old: 8lb 11oz (gained 8oz!!)
Since he has finally gained a significant amount my doctor said as long as he is eating, peeing and pooping regularly that we don't have to come back until our 6 week appointment in mid-January- woohoo!!! He has a pretty gnarly rash right now that my doctor thinks is just a reaction to something he wore or he just has sensitive skin but we are watching it pretty closely just to be on the safe side and I'm checking his temperature at least every 2 bottles just to make sure he didn't get something.

So I haven't posted much lately because Jeff and I were so busy while he was here and over Christmas. Sadly, Jeff had to go back to his deployment yesterday (my birthday) but he will be back in 8 1/2 months or so and then he will be done with deployments for good!! We had a good time while he was here though. We were able to take Oliver to get his picture with Santa. He was out the whole time but the picture is precious either way. We also took him to see my sister at work at Twin Peaks so she could show him off and I could get a picture with him and all of the Santa's helpers. Jeff's stepmom, Vanessa, and 2 of his siblings were able to come up from Texas for the weekend to see Oliver and my mom made a big Christmasy dinner for them. And of course, we did all of the usual Christmas stuff with my side of the family- Christmas eve with my Dad's side and Christmas morning with my mom's side. I think Oliver is still tired from being passed around so much. He has been slightly cranky but sleeps pretty good still! Ok, well.. enough of me blabing, here are a few of the pictures..

My sister is slightly obsessed with Oliver.

All dressed up to go see Santa!

Oliver with the Twin Peaks girls and his Aunt Malibu/Sarah.

His outfit for going to Twin Peaks. I thought it was only appropriate that he was with 8 girls that were dressed up as Santa so he must be Santa's little helper.

Meme and Oliver were all festively dressed.

Our cute little family including Big Brother Oscar :) (No, I did not cut my hair. It just looks short here)

Oliver had a little accident in his first outfit so changed into this one and matched my sister so they "had" to get a picture together.. I'm telling you, she's obsessed!

Oliver was pooped when we got home from Oklahoma so we snuggled while Jeff and Jason went to see a movie on his last night in the states. 

Jeff holding Oliver at the airport before we said goodbye one last time. :(

Just in case you haven't seen his birth announcement, here is a picture of it. Picture by Kelsey Gaithe.

Yesterday, after seeing Jeff off at the airport, Oliver and I went shopping. I got a new digital camera and a few little goodies at Baby Gap and exchanged a few things. Jeff gave me strict instructions to get a nice camera with a decent lens so I did. :) Yay for decent pictures of Oliver (once I figure out how to use it..) I tried to test it out earlier on Oliver.. my skills are not so great yet.

Yes, he is sleeping in his Lamb Seat that is in his crib. He fell asleep in the seat and she didn't want to wake him up but put it up in the crib so the dogs couldn't get to him.

Oliver has plenty of clothes!!! the top rack is up to size 3 months and the bottom rack is 3-9 months his pants are in piles on the shelf and then he has all the bigger sizes in buckets/boxes. Spoiled. Rotten.

Looks like Oliver and I start back to work sometime this week or at the latest a week from today so I'm sure we will have plenty to post about next week if not before then. Have a good one!

2 weeks old!!

HOLY COW!! Time is really flying! In this time I have learned and discovered...
1. I hate Huggies diapers. Oliver's legs are much too skinny for their newborn diapers and so everything leaks no matter what. I'm officially a Pampers Momma now. I love the swaddlers- they are perfect for my skinny little man!
2. Oliver is the gassiest baby I have ever met-- and I have taken care of well over 50 newborns and infants in the last 3 years in the nursery at the church that I work at. Luckily, he is still very happy 95% of the time when he's gassy.
3. Going by what the books recommend is not recommended. You have to do what works for your baby, not what the books say. As long as he is happy and healthy I'm perfectly content. i.e.) breastfeeding v. bottle feeding, giving him a pacifier too early, letting him sleep in his baby seat for the first week instead of his crib, etc.
4. I'm not sure how other mothers do it.. I'm blessed to have a baby that is so calm (knock on wood!!) and sleeps so well. I'm having to wake him up through the night to feed him (to be fed every 3 hours due to his initial weight loss) and as long as he has a full belly, clean diaper and he's warm he will just sit there in his baby seat and let me take a shower, dry & straighten my hair, and do my makeup!!! He's such a good baby. I couldn't imagine how I would get anything done with a normal baby...

So here are a few pictures for those that haven't seen them on Facebook already..

Oliver in his baby seat

Oliver and Oscar's first meeting-- brotherly love!!

Oliver at the doctor for his check up-- all healthy!

Sweet cuddly baby at the doctor again to get weighed

Jeff's friend, Jason, bought Oliver another Cowboys shirt since his is too big still. They didn't win but oh well..

He has super chunky cheeks but he's super long and skinny. These newborn size "skinny" jeans are too big on him. hahaha

I'm so glad Jeff was able to come home on leave to meet Oliver and spend Christmas at home. How sweet is this??