10 Days Old

Today he is 10 days old and we've been home from the hospital for 8 days. Some things to remember later in life:

Likes:
Snuggling
His swing
His bouncy seat
Farting
Eating
Tummy Time
Getting dressed after getting changed or bathed
Sleeping in any place, any time, during daylight hours

Dislikes:
Pack 'n' Play/Crib
Being changed (#1 cause of screaming around here)
Bath time, even though it's only a sponge bath at this point
Sleeping without being held if it's night time
Having hands/arms inside a swaddle

Tidbits of Life:
Currently the inside front of his diaper has lots of vasoline to help with healing. We are hoping to get the ok to discontinue this practice at his doc appointment on Friday because vasoline keeps diapers from absorbing all the pee! We have all been peed on at this point. We tried a size up, but he's too tiny for them still so that didn't solve the problem.

He really thinks he has great head control. This leads to funny moments during tummy time and when he's ready to eat.

Knock on wood, but he isn't terribly fussy most of the time. He won't sleep all the time at night, but he will just lay in your arms and look around peacefully.

Walmart Brand "Faded Glory" size newborn clothing is smaller than the other newborn clothes we have. He is very very close to not fitting in his few outfits from there. That's sad, because the jungle outfit and blue argyle zipper-to-the-toe outfits are some of my favorites!

He has good hearing because he'll jump to sudden noises like pops. However you can talk in normal voices & have the TV on and it doesn't phase him if he's asleep.

Since he's 10 days old, I'm 10 days into my healing process. That has been the hardest part, because I'm not real mobile. I am ready to feel better in that department, for sure! Sleep deprivation is hard, pain is hard, but both combined is very hard. I'm the only one that can take care of food, but luckily Mike is taking care of pretty much everything else baby related and my mom is taking care of pretty much everything else life related so it's ok that I can't move much and take lots of medicine!

Year 2 - Day 248 - September 6

Tuesday night is class night. Even though the class is 3 hours a week, I'm definitely putting major hours into it. It's fun though, because I'm using my brain in a totally different way. It's exhausting getting home late though.

With this week being the 10 anniversary of 9/11, lots of people will be sharing "Where were you?" stories. However, today's September 6, a much happier day in our city's history.

I prefer to think, where were you on September 6, 1995? Sixteen years ago tonight, Cal broke Lou Gehrig's streak with 2131 consecutive games played. I wasn't there. I was working at Music & Arts until 9, and then raced home. Luckily, the excitement wasn't until the middle of the 5th inning (since the O's were winning, thank you pitcher Mike) and I made it with just a little time to spare. I taped the excitement on both our local sports channel (HTS at the time which has since morphed into MASN) and ESPN. What a wonderful night. I had goosebumps, and I still do when I see footage of Cal's victory lap. In addition to Cal's excitement, the Orioles were SO GOOD back then!

I was however at the game the night before, when he tied the record at 2130. That's one of my few tee shirts that survived the "cut them all up to make a quilt some day" massacre. My now husband was there too, just a couple sections over from where we were sitting!

Year 2 - Day 145 - May 26

This is our new SmartBoard game. The 1st graders use a puppet to "chew the gumball." When the puppet touches the picture, the gumball disappears and a word shows up. I have to have them practice dictionary skills and ABC order - forward, backwards, beginning, middle, end, etc., and it turns out that letting them wear a puppet (and high five said puppet when they find the word) can actually make them want to do the (boring, boring) skill. It was hilarious how excited they were. This is the power of a Smartboard... ;) (P.S. the word shadows show on my laptop screen so that I can see them, but they don't show up through the projector on the board)

Second picture of the day (Which I totally didn't take, seeing as how I'm in it, and totally isn't from today, but rather 10 years ago today):

My friend Eileen posted this on facebook today in honor of the 10th anniversary since she & Steve were married. I am sad he's not here for today, but glad that she is happy and remembering the happiness of that day. There I am in the back right corner, in a light colored dress. I loved that dress (It was from American Eagle) right up until Dawson's mother wore it to graduation on Dawson's Creek. The MOTHER! (AE used to do all the clothes for that show.)