Flashback Friday

4 weeks

Finn is 4 weeks old today. I feel like he's been around for longer than 4 weeks. It's gone by fast and slow all at the same time. He's kind of started to smile, nothing huge - but little smirks here and there. He's also somewhat content to lay on the floor or in his bouncy after he eats for maybe 5 minutes. ha. Last night he went about 5 1/2 hours before needing to eat, that was awesome. Let's hope that trend continues. Here are some pics from earlier this morning.

Come on, smile for mommy

Awe

Enough with the camera, mom.

Jack begging to watch Dora at 9 AM. I didn't give in until after lunch.

Close up, he's getting so big. Doesn't he look like Tom in this picture? Disregard the peanut butter on his face from breakfast. ha ha.

Facts

• It's 11:20 AM and I'm still in my pajamas
• Jack has figured out how to go to my youtube app and watch Elmo on my iPhone
• Apparently he knows how to play music too, because Britney Spears was blaring from the phone a while ago. He's got good taste already....oh wait
• The only way to get my phone away from Jack is to tell him the batteries have died and we have to recharge them. It works like a charm, until my phone rings...
• I signed up for a half marathon yesterday
• I'm freaking out a bit, considering the longest distance I've ever ran is 6 miles.
• Tom is going to Vegas Monday - Wednesday next week for "work." The only thing I'm dreading is the night time and not having my partner in crime to deal with Finn!
• Anyone else who is up for the challenge of the half marathon, let me know and I'll give you the details!

I just ordered this...

When will I begin? That is still TBD, but I will be sure to blog about it so you all can hold me accountable. Anyone out there tried this workout before? Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?

Slowly but Surely

So on Wednesday I woke up with the worst sore throat ever, which of course was accompanied by a stuffed up nose and a pounding head. Thursday morning the sore throat was gone, but the head stuff was not. Thursday was not a good day or night. Tom didn't get home until 9:30 because he had a hockey game, and I was just so worn out. Tom let me go to bed while he fed Finn his last bottle of the day, but it took him a long time to get him to go to sleep (we've been putting the bouncy in the pack n play at the end of our bed, since Finn is still a little congested). So anyway, he woke up at 2 to eat - I fed him, he fell asleep, I transfered him to his "bed" at 2:45 and bam, he was up - fussing. He never was crying or screaming, just fussy every 10-15 min until 4 am. Then he fell asleep until 5 and Tom fed him and then he slept until 8. Annoying. Ok so anyway, along with this - he's been a little constipated. So I called my dr to see if I should consider switching formula. She said no, and to try prune juice when he's one month if his poop is still hard. A week ago I bought some mylicon because I thought maybe he had gas. Well I only got around to using it once, because I spilt the entire bottle on Finn's floor during one of the midnight feedings. ARGH. So yesterday, we bought some more of it. And last night we decided to try to have Finn sleep in his crib with the sound machine. OMG! I don't know if it was the gas relief medicine I gave to him at every feeding or if it was the sound machine, or just being on a mattress - but it was like we had a new baby. Tom put him to bed at 11:30, and he was up at 12:30, but I think it's because he got out of his swaddle. I fed him just a little and he dozed right to sleep. Then he woke up at 3, and I just had him finish what I made at 12:30, and badda bing - again, went right to sleep after eating and burping and swaddling. But he only ate like 1.5 oz, so he was up again at 4 - and then Tom fed him and he fell right back asleep for Tom too. Then he was up at 7, but didn't eat again until 8. And now he's just sleeping comfy in his bouncy upstairs while Jack and I hang out downstairs. Oh and he had a normal poop this morning! So all in all, it's been a good day. I still feel crappy and have a hard time going to sleep, but it will pass.

OK sorry if that was just really boring or annoying to read. This is kind of like my journal, and I will like to look back at the details of these trying times someday. So bare with me....In other news - Jack is talking up a storm lately. It's so funny what comes out of his mouth. haha. When he's eating a snack and some of it falls on the floor he goes "Boo (which means Bailey) get it." What he is saying is that Bailey will get it, so he doesn't have to pick it up. ha ha. Also, Tom is playing in the pond hockey tournament this weekend, they are 4-0 going into the play-off games tomorrow.

I pray that this calmness that has become of Finn is here to last, because I was seriously at my witts end last week. Hope everyone has a great weekend. GO VIKES!!

Catch Up

So this past weekend, Tom took Jack skating for the first time. Tom said he thinks the skates we bought are too small. Jack really didn't know what to do and wasn't moving his legs. But he also said it was a success because Jack didn't totally hate it and go crazy. So - we'll see if that happens again this year...

Other than that - I still pretty much feel like I'm in survival mode. Finn is doing good. He's got a stuffed up nose, so I've been putting him in his bouncy again at night so he doesn't have to be flat on his back. I'm waking up still about two to three times at night - the first time being around 1:30. I don't feel like I'm not getting enough sleep though, but that's probably because I'm drinking caffeine constantly throughout the day. I heart coffee.

It's amazing how much you forget about newborns. I forgot that they just want to be held constantly, which wasn't a problem when it was just the baby - but playing with Jack and cooking meals is so much more work when you are lugging around 9 extra pounds of a crying human. Hello baby bjorn and sling....I need to whip those out of my closet asap.

Tom and I sit and stare at Finn when he is alert and we cannot figure out who he looks like. With Jack, I totally saw myself in him, but with Finn - it's like - who are you? and who are your parents? No, I'm just kidding. I definitely think Finn has more Starkey in him though.

Alright, that's all for now. Both boys are sleeping, maybe I will try to rest my eyes too. I've been up since 5 am, since Finn decided he didn't want to go back to bed after that feeding. What a stinker! Enjoy the pics of Jack skating and some random ones I took of Finn earlier today.

Don't forget to watch AI tonight! Oh and for those of you watching the bachelor...tell me you did not fall off your couch laughing at Vienna's dive into the pool last night. I wish I could find it on youtube, it was so funny we had to rewind it and watch it again. She also said after her one on one date with Jake, today was the best day of my life...really???? You've known this guy a week or something and you went on one date. haha.

Tom and Jack out on the ice together for the first time!

'sliding' on the ice

More sliding

Jack would rather just eat snow

Finn making the perfect Zoolander face...blue steel or magnum?

almost 3 weeks

This blanket was made for us by the parents of the Wayzata JV hockey team...we love it! Finn is still getting used to it, as you can see.

Small Successes

1. I did 3 loads of laundry twice this week. I even folded and put the clothes away! I read somewhere that if you just use cold water for every cycle you can save money, so I thought - why not? That way I can also wash Jack and Finn's clothes in one load (usually) without having to separate the colors. Woot woot.

2. I ventured out of the house with the boys alone to someplace other than my parent's house (Jack's school). I think my next trip out alone will be to Costco. The carts are bigger and I'm running low on formula.

3. I've survived two weeks of being a mother of two without going completely mental. This isn't a small success, this is a HUGE success.