my boys....
(might take a while to load - i added music to this one. 'sea of love' by cat power, for those of you that are interested.)
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
let there be video!
hee hee it seems like i've got this video camera thing sort of figured out. as long as there is no editing involved, that is. here's a video of milo and my dad back in the beginning of january. we have some things that are more current but I have to figure out the editing as they are a bit on the long side!
not much else new to report i suppose. although he's rolling over now! oooo i have video of that, too!
oh what fun this is. although now i'll bet you all get spoiled by video! :)
Dustin, Jessica, Miluse & Isis are here for a couple of weeks, which is awesome. It's so nice to have visitors! Miluse was so funny when she first saw Milo (she's 10 mos old) - huuuge smile and she started clapping like crazy.
Milo is getting better and better at sleeping - last night he went down around 9 or so and slept all the way until 4:30 - it was great! And then went back to sleep until about 7:30, when he decided he required bouncing.
We're somehow having some issues with our web conferencing - mostly skype-related. I was trying to talk to our friends in NZ the other day and she could see but not hear us, and today Nate's parents could see and hear us but we couldn't see them. Very odd. Hopefully we'll get it worked out soon!
I'm back to work on Tuesday so you'll probably see an increase in posting as I take breaks from the excitement of accounting. Although now that I think about it, I'm going to be all kinds of busy - most of the department is going to be gone anywhere from 2-4 weeks for the offseason to use up all of their vacation time before the end of the fiscal year. I, of course, have already used mine over these last twelve weeks. Thankfully Ingrid had her maternity leave this summer so she'll be there the whole time as well!
not much else new to report i suppose. although he's rolling over now! oooo i have video of that, too!
oh what fun this is. although now i'll bet you all get spoiled by video! :)
Dustin, Jessica, Miluse & Isis are here for a couple of weeks, which is awesome. It's so nice to have visitors! Miluse was so funny when she first saw Milo (she's 10 mos old) - huuuge smile and she started clapping like crazy.
Milo is getting better and better at sleeping - last night he went down around 9 or so and slept all the way until 4:30 - it was great! And then went back to sleep until about 7:30, when he decided he required bouncing.
We're somehow having some issues with our web conferencing - mostly skype-related. I was trying to talk to our friends in NZ the other day and she could see but not hear us, and today Nate's parents could see and hear us but we couldn't see them. Very odd. Hopefully we'll get it worked out soon!
I'm back to work on Tuesday so you'll probably see an increase in posting as I take breaks from the excitement of accounting. Although now that I think about it, I'm going to be all kinds of busy - most of the department is going to be gone anywhere from 2-4 weeks for the offseason to use up all of their vacation time before the end of the fiscal year. I, of course, have already used mine over these last twelve weeks. Thankfully Ingrid had her maternity leave this summer so she'll be there the whole time as well!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
finally!
roger is home, hooray!!! what does this mean for you? new pictures on the website, of course!
we've just been trucking along here...the front wheel for his fancy chariot stroller should get here today so I'm looking forward to our inaugural walk in it. He's been getting better about napping - once he's asleep I can put him down in his vibrate-y chair or on the bed and he will generally sleep on his own for about a half hour. Doesn't sound like a lot of time, I know, but you'd be amazed what you can get done in a half hour!
The bouncy ball is still the best way to calm him down. I don't get it.
Thanks to everyone for your advice on colicky and fussy babies - I think he is just fussy and will grow out of it. It does seem to be improving slowly - he hasn't made me cry in at least a week or two!
We took our first trip to the mall a few weeks ago with my friend Emily - she is about 14 weeks pregnant and needed to find some maternity jeans, stat. He did really well - we got a stroller frame for the carseat so I can just take him out of the car and snap the seat into the frame without having to muck about taking him out of his carseat or waking him up. He browsed Pier 1 and Target and Old Navy quite successfully and enjoyed picking out some new sleepers at Macy's.
Check out the new pictures; I just have January up for now but will try to make some progress on ones we've shot so far in February.
Hooray for Roger!!!
we've just been trucking along here...the front wheel for his fancy chariot stroller should get here today so I'm looking forward to our inaugural walk in it. He's been getting better about napping - once he's asleep I can put him down in his vibrate-y chair or on the bed and he will generally sleep on his own for about a half hour. Doesn't sound like a lot of time, I know, but you'd be amazed what you can get done in a half hour!
The bouncy ball is still the best way to calm him down. I don't get it.
Thanks to everyone for your advice on colicky and fussy babies - I think he is just fussy and will grow out of it. It does seem to be improving slowly - he hasn't made me cry in at least a week or two!
We took our first trip to the mall a few weeks ago with my friend Emily - she is about 14 weeks pregnant and needed to find some maternity jeans, stat. He did really well - we got a stroller frame for the carseat so I can just take him out of the car and snap the seat into the frame without having to muck about taking him out of his carseat or waking him up. He browsed Pier 1 and Target and Old Navy quite successfully and enjoyed picking out some new sleepers at Macy's.
Check out the new pictures; I just have January up for now but will try to make some progress on ones we've shot so far in February.
Hooray for Roger!!!
Thursday, February 5, 2009
hooray!
an album of images from january (and a few strays from december) will be up soon on milo's website.
later:
i take it back. for some reason i can't browse to the images to upload them. curious!
later:
i take it back. for some reason i can't browse to the images to upload them. curious!
dawning of the age of fussiness
yup, it's official...we have a ridiculously fussy baby.
the only thing that will make him stop crying is sitting on the exercise ball and bouncing. this has the added bonus of putting him to sleep. the downside is even once he's asleep, you can't stop bouncing. and god forbid you try to put him in his playpen or crib for his nap...about 3 minutes after setting him down he will achieve max volume and ear-splittingness. i hope daycare has someone who likes to bounce!
on the upside i DO think it's getting slowly better. after eating he'll amuse himself in his playpen for up to 45 mins before deciding it's bouncy time, which gives me a chance to eat and shower and things of that nature.
i will not go into nights because it's just too depressing. let's just say he wakes up a lot and won't go back to a sound sleep without bouncing or eating. nate and i are both very tired. i *heart* coffee.
on the computer front, roger is in jackson as we speak, getting his third replacement power supply in 4 years. as soon as i get the rest of my deposits for my summer weddings i am going to order a tower, weeha!! not sure what i'm going to name it yet.
at our ped appt on the 29th milo was 10 lbs, 5 oz and had grown another inch! he's still on the small side for his age but is growing at a great rate. he had his first round of shots, which made everyone cry except the nurse. she was great though - lightning quick!
i hope to post january pics to the website today, we'll just have to see if the little bird cooperates. so far it's not looking great, but we'll see!
oh and pls forgive any typos etc. - it's hard to bounce and type!
the only thing that will make him stop crying is sitting on the exercise ball and bouncing. this has the added bonus of putting him to sleep. the downside is even once he's asleep, you can't stop bouncing. and god forbid you try to put him in his playpen or crib for his nap...about 3 minutes after setting him down he will achieve max volume and ear-splittingness. i hope daycare has someone who likes to bounce!
on the upside i DO think it's getting slowly better. after eating he'll amuse himself in his playpen for up to 45 mins before deciding it's bouncy time, which gives me a chance to eat and shower and things of that nature.
i will not go into nights because it's just too depressing. let's just say he wakes up a lot and won't go back to a sound sleep without bouncing or eating. nate and i are both very tired. i *heart* coffee.
on the computer front, roger is in jackson as we speak, getting his third replacement power supply in 4 years. as soon as i get the rest of my deposits for my summer weddings i am going to order a tower, weeha!! not sure what i'm going to name it yet.
at our ped appt on the 29th milo was 10 lbs, 5 oz and had grown another inch! he's still on the small side for his age but is growing at a great rate. he had his first round of shots, which made everyone cry except the nurse. she was great though - lightning quick!
i hope to post january pics to the website today, we'll just have to see if the little bird cooperates. so far it's not looking great, but we'll see!
oh and pls forgive any typos etc. - it's hard to bounce and type!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
poor roger
Roger = my computer.
Roger will no longer turn on.
This may put a damper on photos and blog posts for a while.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
Roger will no longer turn on.
This may put a damper on photos and blog posts for a while.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
babies fart
A lot. Who knew?
He actually seems to have most of the general bodily functions pretty well dialed - peeing, pooping, farting, burping, and throwing up are all well within his grasp. Sadly, cleaning up after himself is not.
My mom and dad are here for two weeks and it's been just great! My mom is cleaning the house - getting to all the stuff that Nate and I would never ever have done like cleaning the woodwork and actually pulling the knobs off of the stove to clean behind them. My dad has been doing projects that we also have not gotten to - on the agenda are shelves for my bathroom, taking the ski rack off of the Jeep and he and Nate have already weather-stripped the windows. It's warmer in here already. Plus they're putting in a ton of baby time, which is just great as well.
Speaking of great, Nate took Milo on his own all night last night while I slept. I went to lay down in Milo's room around 9 and didn't wake up again until 7 AM. It was amazing. I was so confused when I woke up - I couldn't figure out why it was light out or why the baby wasn't crying for his breakfast.
Milo and I got a lot done yesterday - pediatrician's appt and we stopped by my friend Johanna's house to visit her and her new baby, Desi. Too cute! Maybe she'll email me the pic of Milo and Desi so I can post it here...hint hint nudge nudge. :) The ped appt went great, he is up to 8 lbs 9 1/2 oz - 21.5 oz in 18 days so he's still excelling in the eating dept. He is about 20 3/4" tall, so he's grown about an inch and three quarters since he was born.
We also stopped by my office and picked up his ski pass and visited with people at work for a while. I think I'm going to go in on Thursday for a while to help out with some stuff and possibly even pick up some work to bring home. I don't know though, I don't want to get ahead of myself. If nothing else I'll take a few runs while I'm out there, that should be hilarious. Fat, weak, out of shape, bad knees...sounds like a GREAT combo for snowboarding.
I've posted some new pictures to the website and soon will be making a 'best of December' slideshow for those of you that don't want to look at hundreds of pictures of someone else's baby.
He actually seems to have most of the general bodily functions pretty well dialed - peeing, pooping, farting, burping, and throwing up are all well within his grasp. Sadly, cleaning up after himself is not.
My mom and dad are here for two weeks and it's been just great! My mom is cleaning the house - getting to all the stuff that Nate and I would never ever have done like cleaning the woodwork and actually pulling the knobs off of the stove to clean behind them. My dad has been doing projects that we also have not gotten to - on the agenda are shelves for my bathroom, taking the ski rack off of the Jeep and he and Nate have already weather-stripped the windows. It's warmer in here already. Plus they're putting in a ton of baby time, which is just great as well.
Speaking of great, Nate took Milo on his own all night last night while I slept. I went to lay down in Milo's room around 9 and didn't wake up again until 7 AM. It was amazing. I was so confused when I woke up - I couldn't figure out why it was light out or why the baby wasn't crying for his breakfast.
Milo and I got a lot done yesterday - pediatrician's appt and we stopped by my friend Johanna's house to visit her and her new baby, Desi. Too cute! Maybe she'll email me the pic of Milo and Desi so I can post it here...hint hint nudge nudge. :) The ped appt went great, he is up to 8 lbs 9 1/2 oz - 21.5 oz in 18 days so he's still excelling in the eating dept. He is about 20 3/4" tall, so he's grown about an inch and three quarters since he was born.
We also stopped by my office and picked up his ski pass and visited with people at work for a while. I think I'm going to go in on Thursday for a while to help out with some stuff and possibly even pick up some work to bring home. I don't know though, I don't want to get ahead of myself. If nothing else I'll take a few runs while I'm out there, that should be hilarious. Fat, weak, out of shape, bad knees...sounds like a GREAT combo for snowboarding.
I've posted some new pictures to the website and soon will be making a 'best of December' slideshow for those of you that don't want to look at hundreds of pictures of someone else's baby.
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