Froggies and Fingers

So the little one has become attached to a certain toy. I bought a little frog rattle that has a blanket attached to it. X has started grabbing on to it when you put it close to him. Earlier today, he was sucking on the frog's face and hugging the blanket. It was so cute. His face lights up when you give it to him and he smiles. X has also found his hands and fingers. He likes sucking on his knuckles. Sometimes we'll catch him sitting in his bouncer trying to put his fingers in his nose. I am going to just giggle if X gets older and still loves his froggie blankie. I can just picture myself pulling it out at his high school graduation or doing some other cheesy nostalgic thing like that when I'm older. ahhhh....babies...

'Lil Bear and the Great Pumpkin Patch

Today A and I took X to visit a pumpkin patch/petting zoo with his cousins. I think the kiddos had fun. X just looked around sorta confused, but I think he enjoyed being outside and seeing the animals. We saw some pigs, some exotic ring-tail creature, a toucan, a baby kangaroo, llamas, and some shetland ponies. We picked out some pumpkins to carve. Now that we have it inside, I have to figure out how I want to carve it up. I'm excited to make toasted pumpkins seeds with my mom's recipe. yummy!

I can't wait until next Halloween. X will be toddling around and he might actually understand pumpkins and Halloween. We still want to dress him up and take him trick-or-treating. We may go over to my parent's neighborhood and walk around for a bit. Show him off and get a load of candy. hehhe.

So many memories to make...

Helloooo Pre-Pregnancy jeans!!....goodbyeprepregnancy jeans.... :(

Well, it is getting cold outside and I realized that I can't wear my maternity capri pants anymore. Not only is it not weather-appropriate, but they don't fit and after a while the crotch ends up down by my knees. Not only that but people look at me funny when I try to hike my pants back up.

I dug through my drawers and closet this morning and finally found my pre-pregnancy jeans. I was so excited. Naively, I thought I could fit right back into them. Anxious, I jumped into them and then got stuck on the posterior/waist region. UUUUUUUGH! I was able to get them buttoned and zipped, but not without forming a gigantic muffin top and cutting off my circulation.

I am still wearing them, but now unzipped and unbuttoned with the assistance of my trusty Bella Band. I had put the Band away around month 5 when my pre-pregnancy pants just wouldn't fit anymore regardless of what I did. Now, it's helping me hold my pants up and hide the pudge that I have now. I was surprised that it still has any elastic in it. I wore that thing out. It has holes in it, the edges are rolled and ragged....It will do in the interim I suppose.

I need to suck it up and go shopping ......

The sound no mother wants to hear....

The room was quiet and X was sleeping pretty soundly. All of the sudden he started screeching out in pain from his sleep and then wailing. That sound just made my heart drop to my stomach. I started tearing up and had to stop and calm myself before I went over to X. All I could do was just hold him and rock him in the rocker. X has been so fussy this evening. I think his reflux is particularly bad tonight.

We went to the gastroenterologist today. He said that I need to thicken X's milk with rice cereal and give him Children's Mylanta and increase the frequency of his medication. I hope it works. I need SOMETHING to work. The doctor also said X should grow out of it around 6 months and that this is the normal course for reflux babies. 4 more months of this? Ugh. Torture for all of us. If it doesn't work, then they will have to do x-rays and a scope.

I can only hope things get better.....

No way!!! Did he??....No!...Really?

I was beside myself this morning. X slept in his crib for the second night in a row. Granted, he still woke up often to feed, BUT he slept in his crib. Not in his swing, not in his bassinet....but in his crib!!! making headway to this whole sleeping through the night thing.

WEEEEE!!! I FIXED IT!!!

Soooo, I thought I would be creative and change my background template.... please bear with me while I try to fix the jumbled mess it has become!

Good Morning Sunshine....

I watched X wake up this morning. He squirmed and stretched and made the cutest little squeaks and grunts. He always arches his back and puts the bottoms of his feet together when he stretches. He opened his sleepy little eyes and immediately gave me a huge, sleepy smile. I think I laid in bed and watched him wiggle around for about 30 minutes and wake up. Gosh he's cute....my lil sunshine...

X's first TX/OU Road Trip of many....hopefully... :)

This past weekend we drove up to Dallas to visit friends and watch the TX/OU game. We brought X along. I had some apprehensions about bringing him because he had been sick earlier in the week. Also, I was just certain he would fuss and cry the whole weekend. 

On the way out of Houston we got stuck in two hours of traffic, and of course, someone started wailing from the back seat. After stopping to feed X a few times and getting lost up in Lewisville trying to find our friend's house, we arrived at 1 am in the morning. snoooooooore....

It turned out to be an awesome weekend! Texas pulled out a 45-35 win over OU. X slept through the majority of the game. 

Later Saturday evening we drove up to Southlake and went to a wedding reception for one of A's friend's from high school. My biggest fear happened at the party. I had brought a bottle of formula to feed X while we were eating outside. He didn't like it and spit everything out, then started crying. So, I ended up having to ask the guest of honor where I could nurse. That to me was so embarrassing. About an hour later I rejoined the party and passed X off to A to hold. X stole everyone's hearts. He got so many complements. A and I were just beaming. We make cute babies. 

The next day we met up with all of our Dallas friends at Mi Cocina and had lunch. I got to see JM which was so exciting! X surprisingly was asleep during lunch and only started to fuss right as we were getting up to leave. If only he could continue to do that all the time when we go out in public. 

It was a great weekend. We saw some friends, the weather was amazing, X got to meet everyone and handled the trip rather well, oh yeah and Texas BEAT THE HELL OUTTA OU....just awesome...

The Colic Beast has attacked!

This week has been hell. X cries all day long. When he's not crying, he is projectile vomiting, feeding, or being changed. Well, come to think of it, he cries during that, too. Oooooh if only I could find the cure for what ails him. 

My dad came over the other day while I had my interview and babysat. When I got in he said, "Did you know that X has colic?" I said, "I was starting to think so, but I wasn't sure." I was a colic baby. Just what I was afraid of. Heredity has reared it's ugly head. Grampa knows best. 

So, now I have a little one with acid reflux and colic. So he is just miserable 24/7.

There was a slight turning point last night. X slept for 4 and a half hours straight before his feeding. He only woke twice to feed instead of the 4 or 5 he had been doing. That was wonderful. I didn't enjoy it much because I started worrying that he just wasn't interested in eating because something was hurting him. 

Maybe his tummy is starting to grow and he doesn't need multiple middle of the night feeds. Gosh, I hope I get a repeat of that tonight.  

Now he is being all angelic like and sleeping beside me on the couch for the first time today. That's another thing. He doesn't like sleeping in his crib in the nursery or even on the other side of the room from me.  He freaks out if I leave the room or his line of sight. I don't know if he really knows that mom has left, or if he can just sense that no one is within a foot of him anymore. I don't mind holding him and cuddling with him. I think he still needs that right now. A gets mad at me and is afraid we are raising a whiny, clingy child. While that thought scares me, I just can't let X "cry it out." Mommies were meant to comfort, and that's what I do. Make everything better.