Growin boy

wow, Dylan has his next dr visit this morning and he was 9lbs, 11oz!! He was 8lbs, 10oz a few weeks ago. He's doing great!! He also got his second dose of his Hep B shot, poor baby cried so hard. Mean nurse lady! hehe.

He is also getting alittle spoiled I think. I can't put him down for a second these days without him fussing. He is up all day also, which is great for me at night but hard for me to do anythign for myself during the day. If I put him down on his play mat to clean the house or anything, if he can't see me at all times, he starts crying. So I either have to put him in his bouncer and carry him around in every room I go in, or just let him cry for a minute while I run to the other room to do something. I have a carry thing that goes on the front of me to carry him in but he's too small for it right now. I tried it and poor thing was so tiny in it that all he could see was the inside of the carrying thing. hehe. So we have to wait alittle bit longer on that. So anyways, I mean I'm not complaining too much, if thats the worst thing, I'll be O.K!! hehe. I have to hold my adorable baby all of the time, poor me. hehe. But we are working on it.

We miss daddy that's for sure too!! It is nice to have that break when Mike usually gets home and I don't get that right now since he's been gone all week. But we are doing ok. I have been putting him to bed alittle early so I can have atleast an hour to do some things for myself and have a moment to myself, so it's been ok. We are ready for him to come home though!! :) I know he is too.

Fun weekend..

4 weeks

Family pic...awww.

My mama and my daddy with baby D.

Mom, me and Dylan

Nana and Dylan

Paw Paw and Dylan

Daddy and Dylan

Wide eyed...hehe

awww so handsome.

So cute.

Well my parents came to visit this weekend, we had a great time. We took Dylan out more than usual just because we were so tired of being stuck inside 24/7. It's hard to do that. so we had a few visits to Target and then to dinner on Saturday night. Its' not like we were taking him around alot of people that will be touching him or anything, he slept in his car seat the whole time. It was nice to get out and about. Mike is going out of town most of the week so my mom made me a big casserole to eat on for a few days, so that will be nice not to have to worry about that. they were a big help! i was so thankful they came to visit. Dylan did great for them. It seems that everytime I leave the house though he goes crazy. I'm not sure why, but it does seem like everytime. He loves his mama. hehe.

Thursday night I was flossing and lost my crown on the tooth that has been bothering me. Lovely!! So i went to the dentist and they coudn't put it back on. So I have to wait until I have my rootcanal some time this week and then get another crown. I can't believe how much crowns costs! it's ridiculous and it kills me to have to pay that!! Plus, I have to figure out how I'm going to get a root canal and a crown with a baby?? no idea. and since Mike is gone most of the week, he can't watch him, so maybe i will take Dylan with me? I have no clue. bad week for all of these appointments.

Anyways, it was a great weekend overrall. I was sad to see my folks leave though. :(

Dylan update

just a cute pic I had to add. :)

Tiff, Parker and Dylan. Parker always wanted to hold and hug him, it was so cute!!

Parker giving him a kiss.

Parker hugging him again. :)

Everyone hanging out..

Just a random one, Parker at his first real Dr visit. He was 8lbs and 10oz!! Gaining weight like a champ!!

After a bath I gave him the other day, he did great!!

Another bath shot.

Mike likes this band called Psychostick. His sisters husband knows the band so he got him a cd signed by the band and then a onesie for Dylan. So cute.

Andrea playing with her new nephew.

Aunt Andrea and Dylan cuddling

Great Aunt Rachel and Dylan

Grandma and Dylan

Sorry I haven't updated in a long time, life is pretty busy with Dylan here. But it couldn't be more fun!! He is doing great! He's such a good baby, he really is. We have him on a schedule at night so I get a lot of sleep and feel great. We put him down at 11:30pm right after I feed him, then he doesn't wake up again until about 3:00 or 3:30, then I feed him and he doesn't wake up again until about 6:30. I am getting more sleep now then in my last few months of my pregnancy. He's awake a lot during the day which is great for me at night but makes it kinda hard during the day to really get anything done, hence why I haven't updated this blog in awhile. :)

Mike's family came in last weekend and we had a good time with them here. They came in on Saturday morning and got to have lots of Dylan time while they were here. I think I only held him to feed him and that was about it, which is what I wanted, to give them lots of time with him. He was alittle spoiled after they left though and wanted to be held non stop, but he is better now. He really enjoyed spending time with them too though, he laughed and played and had a great time. Mike was going out of town for most of the week so his dad stayed after the rest of the family left and helped me out for the next few days, which was great!! I had a horrible tooth ache all weekend and had to go to the dentist Monday morning and I had an interview on Tuesday, so it was great to have him here so I could do both of those things. Then my sister and her husband and my nephew came up on Thursday. I was so excited to see them! Then Mike got home from out of town and brought home the flu!! I was so nervous all weekend with him here around Dylan but we were very good about it. We sanitized everything he touched and he slept on the couch away from Dylan. It was killing him that he couldn't snuggle or touch him for the last 4 or so days. I was so happy my family came in to help out, I really don't know if I could have done it without them. My sister held Dylan a lot and really helped me out!! My nephew Parker was soo sweet with Dylan too. He always wanted to hug and kiss him and hold him, it was so adorable! I got a few pics from this past weekend, I'll post below. It was a great time. We barely left the house, but we had fun. Oh and Mike and I got to go out to eat on Saturday night. It was nice to get out for an hour or so.

I have another interview tomorrow in downtown Dallas. I'm still trying to figure out how to go to it and have someone watch Dylan. A friend of mine who has 3 little boys has offered to watch him, so I may have to take her up on it. :) She is also someone who might be watching him when I go back to work. She is a stay at home mom and 2 of her boys are starting school, so she wants to start watching kids just to make some extra cash. We are thinking about that, so we will see.

Anyways, we are loving being parents so much, it is so rewarding. Dylan is just such a doll and we are having a blast with him!!! :) I think we are doing pretty good as parents too. It's tough at times, but sooo worth it!

Dylan baby

Well things are going great with baby D. He just gets more adorable everyday! I am SO excited because I think he has gotten his days and nights right. I have slept about 6 hours the last 2 nights (each night). It has been GREAT!! I feel great all day and he's awake ready to play and then he wakes up only one time to feed about 3am and that's it! Mike has been keeping him up until about 11:30 and then I feed him then and then not again until about 3 and then again at 6am. so it's not bad at all!! He is such a good baby (knock on wood). I am feeling great also (knock on wood). hehe. I have already dropped about 22 lbs of the 28, so that's good. All in about a week and a half! I was shocked when i weighed myself. Now if my pants will ever fit the same, I doubt it! hehe. But oh well, it was all worth it! I am still pretty sore and stuff, but I am ready to get out and about and start taking him places. We are going to wait as long as we can but we can only stay cooped up in the house for so long! Things have definitely been alittle more tough with Mike back at work, but as soon as he gets home, he takes him for alittle while so I can do some things for myself or go run any errands I wanted to just to get out. So it's going ok. I'm just ready to be able to take him out of the house. He has a dr apt next week, I"ll probably ask her when is a good time to start doing that then. Breastfeeding is going great. I have started pumping some bottles and freezing some also though. We are thinking of introducing the bottle to him maybe this weekend or something. We aren't sure yet though. I have heard that if he is nursing without any problems that it shouldn't hurt to introduce bottles, he is doing so great with it, we figured he should be ok. I already tried a pacifier, Mike doesn't want to use them, but I said you aren't home all day and up all night with him!! (this was when he wasn't sleeping at night). He didn't like it at all though. He pushed it out everytime, so Mike might get his wish! hehe. I think it's just too big for him right now or something. I might try again when he's alittle older, I don't see a problem with them.

What else?? MIke's family is coming in this weekend, that will be cool for his aunt and sister to finally meet Dylan, i"m sure they are excited. I hope he's a good boy for them. :) He's pretty good though as long as he's full. He's just like his daddy, when he's hungry he wants to eat NOW!!!! My back is killing me because everytime he starts crying when he's hungry I get alittle frazzled because i"m like ok I have to hurry and I end up in these awkward positions that I get stuck in the whole time he's feeding. They kept telling me bring the baby to you and I keep forgetting that! Oh and I applied for this job a few days ago that sounded like a pretty good job. I really just applied not expecting anything and they called me back!! I was like wait, I can't have a job now! hehe. I figured I would go along with it and maybe it will be 5 weeks before they decide anything anyways, so maybe I can do it. So I had a phone interview with this guy. He said he would call at 3pm. So I fed Dylan about 20 mins til then so he would be full and happy and sleeping maybe. Well the guy had a conference call that ran long so he didn't end up calling until 3:30 when Dylan was WIDE AWAKE and cranky. hehe. So I fed him again while I was on the phone interviewing and reading over my resume on the computer. I am such the multi tasker now! :) It was pretty funny. So I think it went ok. Except he asked me one question and I didn't understand what he meant so I kinda started to bs the answer and I guess he caught on because he then explained to me what he meant. oops. Oh well, I wasn't worried. If it works out, cool, if not, oh well. I know it's going to be SO hard to leave Dylan. I really wish I could just stay at home with him, that would make me happy, but we just can't do it. :(

Well, I guess that's it for now. I'll keep trying to post some pics and stuff to keep everyone posted on us.

Life with a new baby...

His first minutes of life. :)

Me waiting for things to start going!! :)

Our first moment together. awww my sweet baby...

Mike and I right when we got to the hospital, I was terrified but excited to get things started.

He's here finally!!! After 19 hours of labor, he's finally here and we couldn't be more excited. It was a long and hard night and day but it was totally worth it. He is perfect in every way! I have talked to most of you about all of the fun labor stuff so I don't know if I want to tell that whole story, hehe. But it was hard!! :) Breast feeding has been great. He latched on IMMEDIATELY after delivery, I couldn't believe it. He's a champ. Mike says, I knew my boy wouldnt' have any problem with breast feeding! hehe. Such a Mike thing to say. Our first night home was actually pretty good. I have heard the first few nights are pretty tough trying to get used to everything and it was tough but not as bad as I thought, now the second night is a different story. :) The first night he slept alittle here and there and I ended up getting about 5 hours of sleep, not all at once, but total, which was enough for me. I slept about 2 hours up until 4:00, then I put him in bed with us and he slept for another 3 hours which was awesome! I know they say not to put them in bed with you but at that point, I just wanted some sleep. I was alittle nervous knowing he was there and not wanting to roll over on him or anything but I slept VERY lightly. I woke up to his every sound, but went back to sleep fast. He slept like an angel in between us. We both woke up so refreshed. Mike was on diaper duty, which was enough. THis boy is a poopin machine! :) The next day he slept way too much, I knew it was going to come back and bite me but I tried to wake him up several times and it wasn't happenin. He was out. I got a lot of stuff done though. We napped a few times and just picked up the house. I have been trying not to be a freak about my house being clean. It's tough, but I'm doing my best to be a slob. hehe. I have had a few hormonal moments so far. Nothing crazy but I just feel like I love him so much it hurts me! hehe. Sounds weird I'm sure but it's true. I just want him always to be happy. We had to give him sortof a sponge bath to clean his circumcision area and it was like we were torturing him. He cried SOOOO hard, he was red and shaking. I had to leave the bathroom because I was crying just as hard. I also cried the first time we got home and had to change him and clean up the explosive poo. He cried so hard and I just lost it. So I'm still dealing with the hormone thing and getting used to him crying. I just feel so bad and want to always make him smile, not cry. Luckily Mike is usually on diaper duty and he's the bad guy. hehe. I'm getting better though, I did the cleaning of the area today and he cried just as hard, oh and peed ALL over me! hehe. I just tried to laugh though and calm him instead of lose it and cry with him. It went better, so I"m getting there. So then last night he didn't sleep AT ALL. I mean he was wide eyed and bushy tailed all night long!! I was up until 4:30am, I read him a story in his room and he just listened the whole time with his eyes open. He was not going to sleep that's for sure. Well about 4:30, I said Mike I need help, I'm so tired and don't know what else to do. So Mike took him and rocked him in the living room and he just started crying soo hard. And me being the mom, there was no way I was going to just sit there and let that happen, hehe. So I went and took him back and tried one of the 5 S's, Swaying or whatever it is. I rocked him from side to side, kinda like the friends episode where Rachel sways Emma really fast back and forth. Well it does work! He was out like a light. So I put him in between us again, I know I know probably shouldn't but I did, and we slept about 3 hours. It was only 3 hours but hey, it was better than nothing.

Then we woke up and Mike took him so I could sleep another hour. Then my friend Kristie came over, she is doing professional photography right now sortof as a side job and said she would take his newborn pics for us. Which was really sweet, that can get pretty expensive. So it took a few hours and a few feedings and poopy diapers but we got all the pics. I will post some when I get them, they are just too adorable. He really is such a pretty baby. Him and his Angelina Jolie lips and his dimples... :) He has been awake more today but he's passed out right now. I'm hoping to get some sleep tonight though. I have realized I am great on atleast 4 or 5 hours, so if I can atleast get that, I'll be good to go for the 4th. Anyways, that's where we are as of today. We just ordered pizza and about to watch a movie. I probably should be sleeping right now, I'm sure I'll pay later but this is my only time for me to catch up on things. I'll keep everyone posted on our daily new life of Dylan as much as I can and post new pics and things. So far, motherhood is hard but so rewarding!! I'm so excited for him to be in our lives and the fun we will have with him in the future.