Please don't let this peaceful mask trick you ... he has a strong set of lungs, and he's not afraid to use them! Although these precious times make it all worth it.
Thursday, May 1
my boys
L-boy seems to settle into a routine for all of two or three days or so, and then it's starting from scratch again. One of those sweet episodes was his being happily alert at about 6:30am right before Ryan needed to start getting ready for school. I would lay him next to his dad in bed while I took a minute for myself. I would come back in the room to see them just looking at each other, and it melted my heart every time. Aren't my boys cute?!
it's all about perspective
It's funny how the 'first' anything will get you excited as a parent. This picture was taken to document L-boy's "first" blow-out ... and as I look back at it I wonder how on earth such a thing got me so excited. After many other episodes far worse than that pictured below, I now realize that a blow-out is nothing to be celebrated. But I guess sometimes ignorance is bliss, and for that brief moment in time, this was a happy occassion. At least it gives me perspective during those 3am changes when we go through four different diapers at once. :)
pampers commercial
So I am a big nerd. While Ry went to church on L-boy's second week birthday, I set up a little photo shoot in our living room. It is absolutely amazing for me to see how much he is growing, and to try to capture it with pictures. It's easy to overlook the smaller details in the day-to-day activities, so I had a lot of fun taking these! I was thinking about submitting them for a pamper's commercial ... what do you think? ;)
Monday, April 28
three weeks old!
Ryan and I voted on a very important matter today, and we have decided that we need to have all the family come back and stay with us again. While it's fun to finally be on our own and begin to feel like we actually are the real parents of this baby boy, we're also thinking that the fun is over and would like to have our moms/dads/siblings come out again to hang out. :) What do you say?
In all honesty, the past three weeks have gone by so quickly and we are so grateful for all the help that we received from family and friends! L-boy is growing like crazy, and definitely strengthening his vocal chords every day. After Ryan's mom left Ohio, we had a short weekend just the three of us, and then my brother, his wife, and their 10-month old daughter came for a visit on their way up to New Jersey. They ended up spending a little longer with us than expected, which was awesome! We had fun playing with the kids, going to parks, showing them around where I used to work on campus, and watching plenty of Seinfield and movies! :) Their little girl looks so big compared to L-boy - it's hard to imagine that he will be that size someday!
Now it's Sunday, L-boy is three weeks old, and we're on our own again. Just the three of us ... our own little family. Is it okay that we still get a little nervous? And that's an understatement? :) Ryan is amazingly wonderful at juggling school and being a dad, and I am still slowly recovering. Hopefully I'll be able to return to being a normal wife again soon, but in the mean time, the help from family and friends (especially Ryan!) has been amazing and so much appreciated. We are so blessed!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
I guess life will settle into some kind of routine now, and part of that will definitely include more frequent posts on our blog. :) Here are just some random pictures ... hope you enjoy!! More to come shortly!!
In all honesty, the past three weeks have gone by so quickly and we are so grateful for all the help that we received from family and friends! L-boy is growing like crazy, and definitely strengthening his vocal chords every day. After Ryan's mom left Ohio, we had a short weekend just the three of us, and then my brother, his wife, and their 10-month old daughter came for a visit on their way up to New Jersey. They ended up spending a little longer with us than expected, which was awesome! We had fun playing with the kids, going to parks, showing them around where I used to work on campus, and watching plenty of Seinfield and movies! :) Their little girl looks so big compared to L-boy - it's hard to imagine that he will be that size someday!
Now it's Sunday, L-boy is three weeks old, and we're on our own again. Just the three of us ... our own little family. Is it okay that we still get a little nervous? And that's an understatement? :) Ryan is amazingly wonderful at juggling school and being a dad, and I am still slowly recovering. Hopefully I'll be able to return to being a normal wife again soon, but in the mean time, the help from family and friends (especially Ryan!) has been amazing and so much appreciated. We are so blessed!! Thank you thank you thank you!!
I guess life will settle into some kind of routine now, and part of that will definitely include more frequent posts on our blog. :) Here are just some random pictures ... hope you enjoy!! More to come shortly!!
Sunday, April 27
test run
R & I took L-boy to the park for the first time last week, mostly to get out of the house and to test the new stroller combo. Pretty sweet ride if you ask me!
bath time fun
L-boy's first full-bath experience was a little less than ideal. Ry and I took a little longer than he would have liked, and he let us know that he was a little unhappy! But we still had fun, and have tried to speed things up a bit. He's so dang cute in the towel - I love it! :)
Monday, April 14
the little one
Here are the long awaited pictures of the little guy! Isn't he amazing? Of course we have to say that, being the parents and all, but we have it on good sources (grandparents) that he is way cute. This post is also monumental because it is my (Ryan) maiden blog post (shocking, I know). L-boy was born at 7:59am on April 6, 2008 - it's hard to believe that he's been with us for over a week! We're having so much fun with him already ... we just can't get enough (except those 3 am diaper changes, but he's cute then too)! Both mother and baby are doing well. Heather actually is one of those miracle stories where she woke up at 3:30 with contractions, we were at the hospital by 5:30 and the baby was out before 8 - all without the help of an epidural. Although that sounds nice and short, it was in no way easy, and she handled it incredibly well - she amazes me!
Her mother was here with us for a week, and now Grandma #2 (well, they're both #1 in our book, but it's my mom this time) is here and they have been AMAZING at helping with some of the early morning wake up calls. My dad was also able to come and enjoy some Papa Gary/L-boy bonding - they are so good with him.
So he's feeding well and growing, holds his head up like a champ (already!), and went in for his first pediatrician check-up today - he already weighs 8 lbs 5 oz! And Heather was worried he wasn't eating enough ... whatever. We love him!
Her mother was here with us for a week, and now Grandma #2 (well, they're both #1 in our book, but it's my mom this time) is here and they have been AMAZING at helping with some of the early morning wake up calls. My dad was also able to come and enjoy some Papa Gary/L-boy bonding - they are so good with him.
So he's feeding well and growing, holds his head up like a champ (already!), and went in for his first pediatrician check-up today - he already weighs 8 lbs 5 oz! And Heather was worried he wasn't eating enough ... whatever. We love him!
Sunday, March 30
surprises!
For those of you who remember, I started an internship with The Ohio State University Department of Recreational Sports back in September last year. After the internship was over in December, they asked me stick around temporarily to help with some staff transitioning until the baby was born. So for the past three months I have worked with new people within the department and have really enjoyed it (especially since I actually got paid this time!).
My job is not that exciting, and it's actually pretty boring to describe to other people. I work with the membership services, and I help process the memberships (even students are required to pay for their membership, plus staff/faculty/affiliates/dependents/etc.). It's a little redundant some days as I literally enter memberships into the computers systems they use for hours. I help with intramurals every once in a while, and I help with a lot of filing as well. Basically, I'm a student employee who gets paid more than the students. Not that glamorous. But I absolutely love the people that I work with now, and we really have a good time! This past Wednesday, I walked into the office suite making my daily trip to my cubicle, and I saw this:
It was an early congratulations surprise! The Welcome Center desk employees (student staff who basically are the front lines for the entire building that I work in which is huge!) had decorated my cubicle, covered the little entry way with baby wrapping paper, and had filled the entire thing with balloons! It was such a fun surprise, and I loved it!
But the surprises didn't stop there! After I had eaten my lunch, a few of my co-workers met me in the staff kitchen with a HUGE dessert pie. But this is no ordinary dessert pie. It's official title is "Sharkfin Pie" and the Columbus Fish Market has it at the top of it's dessert menu. It is literally to die for - a double layer ice cream mound that is the tallest in the middle (hence when you cut it, it looks like a shark's fin), covered in peanuts, molded in an oreo crust, with a middle layer that is this divine chocolate/peanut butter concoction that makes you feel like you are in heaven. The middle layer, however, is about as hard as a rock - when we tried to cut it, it broke the electric knife! We ended up using this power tool saw, and even then it took three people to cut it! Talk about intense!! It's by far one of my favorite things in the world - and they bought a whole pie for me! It was a magical day. :)
Belly update: I'm still progressing, and we are expecting the baby any day now! My mom flies in on Wednesday, so I hope he decides to meet us all pretty soon! We can't wait! (As for the pictures - Ryan seems to think that I don't look that pregnant with the shirt buttoned ... so we took the second one for a better look. haha ... for posterity's sake, right?)
My job is not that exciting, and it's actually pretty boring to describe to other people. I work with the membership services, and I help process the memberships (even students are required to pay for their membership, plus staff/faculty/affiliates/dependents/etc.). It's a little redundant some days as I literally enter memberships into the computers systems they use for hours. I help with intramurals every once in a while, and I help with a lot of filing as well. Basically, I'm a student employee who gets paid more than the students. Not that glamorous. But I absolutely love the people that I work with now, and we really have a good time! This past Wednesday, I walked into the office suite making my daily trip to my cubicle, and I saw this:
It was an early congratulations surprise! The Welcome Center desk employees (student staff who basically are the front lines for the entire building that I work in which is huge!) had decorated my cubicle, covered the little entry way with baby wrapping paper, and had filled the entire thing with balloons! It was such a fun surprise, and I loved it!
But the surprises didn't stop there! After I had eaten my lunch, a few of my co-workers met me in the staff kitchen with a HUGE dessert pie. But this is no ordinary dessert pie. It's official title is "Sharkfin Pie" and the Columbus Fish Market has it at the top of it's dessert menu. It is literally to die for - a double layer ice cream mound that is the tallest in the middle (hence when you cut it, it looks like a shark's fin), covered in peanuts, molded in an oreo crust, with a middle layer that is this divine chocolate/peanut butter concoction that makes you feel like you are in heaven. The middle layer, however, is about as hard as a rock - when we tried to cut it, it broke the electric knife! We ended up using this power tool saw, and even then it took three people to cut it! Talk about intense!! It's by far one of my favorite things in the world - and they bought a whole pie for me! It was a magical day. :)Belly update: I'm still progressing, and we are expecting the baby any day now! My mom flies in on Wednesday, so I hope he decides to meet us all pretty soon! We can't wait! (As for the pictures - Ryan seems to think that I don't look that pregnant with the shirt buttoned ... so we took the second one for a better look. haha ... for posterity's sake, right?)
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