Thursday, September 27, 2012

HOORAY!

It finally happened, Leo slept ALL through the night. He's been a great sleeper from the start, but I have been waiting to wake up and have that "OMG is he alive" feeling because he didn't get up to eat. And that happened this morning. Tom's alarm went off at 5 AM and he's like, when did Leo eat last? And I'm like, woah he hasn't yet! We gave him his last bottle last night at 6:45 PM and he was sleeping about 7:30 or so. WHOOO HOOOOO. I'm sure he will be up the standard 1-2 times tonight (usually around 3 and then again at 5). But the light at the end of the tunnel keeps getting closer and closer and even if we are waking up a time or two at night, he has a bedtime and Tom and I have our nights back to ourselves and that feels AMAZING!!! Doing the whole bedtime routine for these three kids is pretty much impossible by ourselves. Once we don't have to rock Leo and whatnot it will be easier, but good Lord! And little Leo still loves his swaddle! He's so big for it, but he loves it. I am not using the velcro ones anymore, so usually his arms come out. I was too afraid of him flipping over and suffocating with the velcro straps. He will probably rolling soon! He is the smiliest baby of all my babies for SURE. I love it so much. He is SO happy in the mornings.

Here are some recent pics of the big brothers:




Part of his halloween costume, minus the Waldo glasses from Wendys. haha.



Wednesday, September 19, 2012

11 Weeks


Lucky Leo is 11 weeks old this week. Can you believe it?



Feed Me

 My two buddies while Thing 1 is at school

We had a breakthrough last night. Leo slept 8 hours straight! He went to bed at 8 PM and didn't wake up until 4 AM! I was holding my breath all night while it was just me and Tom downstairs, like is this too good to be true? Only time will tell, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for sure. We are still swaddling him in the sleep sack, which I am fine with until he starts to roll - then we need to stop. Hopefully he can get on a good sleeping kick and won't even mind when we take the swaddle away. He's still pretty young.

He's napping great, just not in his crib. When does that start? Seriously you'd think by number three I'd have this figured out - but I have forgotten EVERYTHING! Probably on purpose, but still. I couldn't remember when we gave the other boys' bedtimes or when I started naps in cribs.

Things are become less "survival" and more "typical" which I love. I hate being in survival mode. I like being able to clean the house, organize things, have a little me time, etc and not feel so overwhelmed all day long.

Our entire house besides me had the pukes this past weekend. We haven't been a fully functioning family since my surgery, which at that point I was still 6 weeks post baby. But I'm happy to report that Tom's surgery went great. I'm recovering slowly but surely. I'm still swollen, but it's going down and I went running once last week. Hopefully I can get back into that groove, blah.

I finally think I fixed my camera so maybe this afternoon I can get some good shots of the boys. I miss taking good pictures!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Pre-School 2012

Jack's first day of Pre-School was yesterday. He was SO excited. All summer he was telling everyone how this year he gets to go to school FIVE days a week. It also helped that his best friend, Preston, would be going five days with him. Jack is the type of kid who needs constant attention. He is in my face all. day. long. I don't have the time, energy, or patience to entertain him all flipping day. So this is going to be so good for him. The hard part of course is getting the whole crew out the door by 8:45 and then again around 11:15. But it's a much calmer environment around here when Jack is at school. Yesterday my Target trip with two kids was dare I say...peaceful? ha. It will be easier to get more errands done when Leo isn't eating so often too. So I think we will have a great school year. And if I can just get through this year, next year Jack will be in Kindergarten all day long and Finn will be in preschool two days a week! That will be CRAZY! Crazy awesome.

First Day of Pre-School 2012-2013


Love my boys!

I love that we are getting a routine back. I am SO happy that Leo was born in the summer and all of that newborn haze happened during a time when the only thing on the calendar was t-ball/soccer for 6 weeks. It would be SO hard to have to coordinate drop offs and pick ups with a newborn. I also am starting to feel back to normal with my stomach. It's still swollen and I still can't sleep on my stomach, but I am just feeling better. Tom's procedure went great too. ha. He's on his way to being sterile. Woop woop. Hopefully I can start running or working out at Lifetime again soon

Funny story - while we were in the car waiting for Tom to come out of the doctor's office Jack asked a really funny question. We were in the car facing a handicap parking sign. Jack goes: mommy, why is there a sign with a person sitting on the toilet? Is that the bathroom sign? HA! What an observation.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

2 Months!




Chubbs McGee



Leo turned two months on September 2. He had his doctor's appointment yesterday (although I thought it was on Tuesday, but they didn't have anything scheduled in the computers...annoying!!!). 

ONE MONTH
Height: 22 inches - 75%
Weight: 11 lbs 3 ounces - 75-90%
Head: 35.5 cm - 75%

TWO MONTHS
Height: 23 3/4 inches - 75-85%
Weight - 13 lbs 11.6 ounces - 75-90%
Head - 41 cm - 95%

What a chunkaroo! Both Jack and Finn weighed lower 12 pounds at 2 months. They don't really start to show their true colors in height and weight until 9 months (that's when Finn dropped to the 5th% and Jack to the 25%) so only time will tell.

Leo has gotten better in his carseat and doesn't scream bloody murder every time we go somewhere. He's eating about 5 ounces every 3 hours. We don't put him to bed until about 10 or so, but he's sleeping consistently until 3-4. And then he will get up around 7:15-7:30. His naps are very irregular and will vary in the amount of time. It's also hard for him to get a good sleep with his older brothers constantly waking him up. He is happiest in his bouncy, we took down the swing I bought because he didn't like that. Which just floors me because both Jack and Finn lived in their swings until like 3-4 months old. 

He's got some bad cradle cap around his eyebrows and his ears. The doctor recommended putting oil on it (baby oil, olive oil, etc) so I tried that this morning. We shall see if it works. 

We start our regular school routine next Monday. I'm ready to get back in the swing of things and hope that it's not too terribly challenging for me to get out of the house for drop off and pick up five days a week. It will be SO good for Jack, he needs constant attention! I keep telling myself, if I can just get through this year, I will be golden. 

Swimming lessons for Jack and Finn start on Monday too. And skating lessons resume for Jack on Wednesdays. Busy bees we are, wouldn't have it any other way. 

Off to Target later on today with the whole crew to prepare for Tom's surgery this weekend. (snip snip snip snip snip). Main thing on the list: bags of frozen peas. 


Saturday, September 1, 2012

Recovery

It's been one week and two days since I had my surgery. I am slowly starting to feel "normal" again. I was pretty nervous and scared Thursday morning. Just because I've never had surgery before. It was a long process getting prepped for surgery and answering questions about my health history. And let me just say that I will never take my health for granted. I'm so lucky how healthy I am, and how healthy my family is, cripes. Anyway, when Tom and I were sitting in the pre-op area, my surgeon came over to talk with me about the procedure again and I got to ask more questions. I definitely felt much more calm about everything. So I said my goodbyes to Tom and they started wheeling me to my OR. As we got in the room, I was spinning. I asked them if they had already given me meds through the IV and they had. I remember scooting over onto the table and seeing the huge circle lights and that's IT! The next thing I remember is waking up in the recovery room. I was so sleepy, but it wasn't scary like I thought it might be.

The surgeon said my muscle separation was a lot worse than what they thought. It was separated a good two inches and went up to right below my boobs. I have six tiny pokes that are holding the mesh to my muscles. And my incision scar starts below my belly button, goes around it, and up 2 inches or so. Fricken HOT. ughhhhh. I still have steri-strips on so I can't tell how awful the scar really looks. And they sewed my muscles together. Anyway, I won't go into anymore detail. I'm still in quite a bit of pain. I got discharged the next day on Friday but I stayed at my parent's house Saturday and Sunday to get some good rest. I quit taking the Percocet on Sunday because I hate taking drugs (anyone want to buy them?). ha. I still have the huge white velcro wrap I wear around me, because most of the time it feels better having the support. I'm still swollen quite a bit. And honestly what hurts the most is to cough, laugh, or sneeze. I didn't realize how much Tom and I laugh, and it's way worse when you know you can't laugh. Or trying to hold in a laugh, yeah pretty much impossible in my world. It's weird, but I actually do feel more put together than I did before. I suppose having your muscles separated two inches will make you feel a little "off."

Tom has been absolutely amazing throughout all of this. He was basically living the life of a single dad of three young children for a good 5 days. I was worthless. And it hurts to hold and feed Leo, because he's so squirmy. Especially in the rocking chair in his room since it's so tiny. So Tom has also been getting up with Leo at night. Luckily, Leo has been only waking up once now to eat around 3-4, praise the Lord! But still - I feel bad. Tom's got his surgery this coming Friday (snippy, snippy). So we are really just taking care of business over here.

I'm excited to get back into the groove of a routine around here. My life is better with structure. I feel like a better mom. I feel like I get more done when I am forced to get out of the house and get ready for the day before 9. It will also be good to separate Jack and Finn every day too. They are driving me bonkers with their fighting and Jack being all bossy to Finn.

Ok I'm now going to enjoy the rest of my Saturday night with my husband. I can't wait until Leo has a bedtime before 10 PM! He's so cute though, we don't mind hanging out with him without his older brothers constantly in his face.

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

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