Already Thursday

I can't believe how quickly this week has gone by.  Samuel is now 12 weeks.  I am going to take some pictures over the weekend and then post some.  

I will be going to Tulsa on Sunday and staying for a week, so I highly doubt I will do any posting.  

I am trying to clean the house and do all the laundry before I leave so I won't have to come back to tons of stuff to do.  Plus I don't want Dave to have to do anything while I am gone.  I have a feeling he will be playing a lot of golf next week, since he won't have to worry about getting home right after work.  

I am off to do some stuff around the house while Samuel is sleeping.  

Weekend Flew By

I can't believe it is already Tuesday.  This Memorial Day weekend fly by.  Oma came in town on Saturday night and just left this afternoon.  It was a wonderful weekend, but it went too fast.

Dave and I went out for about 3 or 4 hours on Monday.  We went to the gym to work out and then ran some errands.  

How long does it take to lose the baby weight? I am getting so disgusted with my body.  I am flabby everywhere.  I really don't understand how my arms could get so flabby, when the baby was in my belly.  I have got to get on a good work out schedule because I can barely stand it any longer.  Anyone have any good advice? Help!

Samuel is waking up, so I am off.  

Pictures from the week

These are some funny pictures I took this past week.  Check out Samuel's hair!

This was taken on Tuesday.  I think I may have over-stimulated him a little bit.  He passed about about 5 minutes after this picture.

This picture was taken yesterday.  He was just chillin' on the couch.  Like father, like son! (He has also really found his hands and he sucks on them like crazy.)

Samuel will get to almost all the grandparents this weekend.  Savta and Papa are coming in town today and spending the night, but then they are leaving for Mexico with Aunt Laura and Uncle Jonathan.  (So jealous, by the way.  I would love to be in the sun, but I would not want to scare anyone with my disgusting, not back to normal, baby body).

Then on Sunday, Oma is coming in town in the evening and staying until Tuesday.  Samuel is going to be very busy and get lots of cuddle time with the grandparents.  

The first week of June I am going to Tulsa.  I haven't been to Tulsa since I think Labor Day of last year.  We don't make the trip that often because it seems like the family always comes to us.  But I am going to relax for the week.  Dave is going to meet me on Friday and then we will drive back on Sunday.  Soon we will be going to Michigan as well.  Samuel will get some nice road trips in this summer.

Have a nice long weekend everyone.

Weekend Picture

We finally got to meet Vaughn McFarland this past weekend.  She was so cute and so tiny.  I don't remember Samuel being that small.  I tried to get a picture of Samuel and Vance, but Samuel wasn't cooperating at all.  It is a funny picture though, so I decided to post it.  

I think I have a pinched nerve in my lower back.  I am in a lot of pain.  I think I just need to stretch it out.  We will see.  

Samuel is finally taking a nap, so I am going to run and do some house stuff.  

So sad it is Monday

Well, Monday is almost over thank goodness.  I am really tired and I hate Mondays.  

I have nothing exciting to talk about.  Samuel didn't really nap at all today and so I am exhausted.  Dave and I just gave him a bath and Dave is walking around upstairs trying to calm him down.  Samuel is being a big pain now because he barely slept all day.  We are trying to hold out for another hour before we put him down for the night.  

We did go to Target and Trader Joe's today.  It is very strange to go to Target around 9:30.  It seems like there were only moms and babies.  I felt strange being part of that group.  I went to buy some sleep shirts for Samuel and I left with no shirts for Samuel and a really cute skirt for me.  I felt like it was a successful trip!

Tomorrow I have another day of boot camp and a meeting at night.  Should be exciting.  

I finally got over my soreness from the kick-my-butt workout.  I went for a walk today and hopefully tomorrow I will find some time to go for a run.  

Opa came to visit for a few days.  Samuel was in rare form.  He was super cranky on Friday and would not be happy at all.  I think the week of no sleep finally caught up to him by Friday.  I was wondering when it would effect him.  I was ready to pull my hair out and jab my eye balls out by Friday morning because of the lack of sleep.  I think he is finally over his growing and eating stage for the week and is now getting back to normal.   

I always wondered how long you had to swaddle your baby.  The pediatrician and Parents-as-Teachers lady told us that we would know when to stop.  I proceeded to tell them that that answer did not help me in the slightest bit.  Well, now I think I know what they mean.  (A little brief history, we have been swaddling Samuel every night since he was born.  We found a really cool swaddling wrap and he loved, which helped with his sleeping a lot.  We were so stupid at the beginning to try to wrap him ourselves in receiving blankets, when there are the amazing blankets that require 3 steps in order to securely wrap a baby).  Anyway, on Thursday night I heard Samuel making lots of noises in his crib, but he wasn't crying.  I figured I should check on him anyway.  I went in his room and look in his crib and he was on his stomach.  Now, explain to me how the hell a baby swaddled really tightly can flip himself on his stomach.  Well, Samuel did it and it totally freaked me out because he had no way to lift himself up to move his head, so he face planted himself in the crib sheets.  By the way, he has never rolled himself over from his back to his stomach during the day.  It is only a night thing, so I have never really seen it happening with my own eyes.  He must have super powers at night!

Anyway, the light bulb finally went off...I guess he shouldn't be swaddled anymore.  Last night I put him in just a sleep sack and again at midnight he made some noises with a few screams, so I went in and checked on him and he was on his stomach again, but this time because his arms were not plastered to his sides he was able to lift himself up and scream.  After I flipped him back over, he slept the rest of the night on his back perfectly fine.  We will see how tonight goes.  It is about 9:30 pm so I guess I will be checking in on him before we go to bed.  Hopefully he won't be flipping himself over anymore.  

I am off to read a little before I go to bed.  I am so excited to be able to have some downtime.  

So sore

Here are some pictures form Mother's Day.

Dave made an awesome champagne brunch.  It was yummy!

This is me and Samuel right before he went to bed on Mother's Day.  

This was George this morning.  I had played with Samuel and did a little tummy time.  I picked him up to change him and I turned around and there was George, she wanted to do some tummy time too on the blanket.  

I went to baby boot camp yesterday.  It rained in the morning so she held the class indoors.  I showed up and only one other mom showed up.  Oh my goodness, she worked us so hard.  We did tons of sit-ups, push ups, weights, lunges and squats.  I am in soooo much pain today.  I haven't worked out like that in so long.  I do feel a lot healthier.  Samuel and I went on a walk today, but he screamed for the first 10-15 minutes and I held him, while pushing the stroller, but then he fell asleep and I walked for another 20 minutes.  It was a short walk, but at least I got some exercise today.

  

Today Samuel is 10 weeks.  I can't believe how time is flying by.  It is crazy.  He is getting really big.  He is becoming really cuddly.  He wants to be held a lot lately, which is really tiring for me. 

 

He is starting to cry upstairs.  He has only been asleep for 20 minutes.  I really wish he would take longer naps.  I better go get him.