Hey guys!
I am perusing Facebook while Max naps and there is a group on there called Moms2MomsNJ. Basically a bunch of NJ moms bouncing ideas and sharing tips with each other. Well, the creator of it posted this today:
Just got back from the cutest neighborhood thing ever and wanted to share: So we are new to the neighborhood, but for the last 5 years on the last day of school a bunch of the moms and dads gather at the end of the road and wait for the kids to get dropped off from the bus. They have water guns, water balloons and silly string and get the kids as they get off. Then it turns into a HUGE neighborhood water fight! Everyone brings a snack and they have balloons and Happy Summer signs all over. It is adorable and although my little guy just finished preschool, I can't wait to enjoy this tradition for years to come! Wanted to share so that maybe you and your neighbors could plan a similar fun day...what memories the kids were making! :) - Sandy
How AWESOME is that?!? I hope I can remember this on Max's last day of school each year! Such an amazing memory maker!
Thought I'd share. It put a smile on my face just knowing that there are such fun, wholesome things going on. :)
-Chrissi
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Happy Birthday to me!
Hey y'all!
Well, I'm officially in my late twenties as Christian decided to inform me this morning.... only three more years and I'll be THIRTY! What the heck....
Today probably won't be too exciting. Christian had to leave this morning for this three week det in Japan and Max is still a little fussy from his shots yesterday so we're just going to lay low and relax. So, no big birthday celebration in store for me. We went out to dinner last night to celebrate. If Max is feeling up to it later, we may make a little trip to the mall for a little b-day present for myself. :)
My big birthday present is going to come next Monday when I get to Florida though!!! I CAN'T WAIT! I'm so excited to be home and around family for two whole weeks! I wish it was 2 whole years! haha
As I mentioned, Max had shots yesterday at his four month well visit. He's a healthy boy and growing perfectly. He weighs 14 pounds, 2.5 ounces and is 25 inches long. He's in the 20th percentile for weight and 60th percentile for height. We have a long and lean boy! We talked with the doctor about his sleep issues and explained that Max is not sleeping well during the day and only goes about five hours at the MOST during the night before waking up (and that's rare these days). He asked if Max was fussy during the day or content and I told him he's getting more and more fussy... especially when he doesn't sleep well. So, he said it's probably time to get a little tough with him. He recommended the Ferber method which is a modified version of cry-it-out (you go in an reassure him at timed intervals while he's crying rather than just letting him cry alone). I told him that we are going out of town next week and he recommended that I wait until we get back in town to start anything so I can dedicate two weeks to it. He said prepare to be totally sleep deprived for two weeks because it may take that long for Max to get the hang of it. Hopefully, it works a LOT faster than the two weeks though! Dr. King also recommended we start him on solids once a day now. He said he's not a believer that it helps babies sleep any better but that it does work for some people. So, we tried a little bit of oatmeal last night and he spit most of it out. He'll get the hang of it. I'm going to try some carrots or sweet potatoes later this week to see if he likes it a little more. I'll take some pictures for sure. :)
Anyway, I hope you're all having a great week and I'll see a lot of you next week!!!!
xoxo,
Chrissi
Well, I'm officially in my late twenties as Christian decided to inform me this morning.... only three more years and I'll be THIRTY! What the heck....
Today probably won't be too exciting. Christian had to leave this morning for this three week det in Japan and Max is still a little fussy from his shots yesterday so we're just going to lay low and relax. So, no big birthday celebration in store for me. We went out to dinner last night to celebrate. If Max is feeling up to it later, we may make a little trip to the mall for a little b-day present for myself. :)
My big birthday present is going to come next Monday when I get to Florida though!!! I CAN'T WAIT! I'm so excited to be home and around family for two whole weeks! I wish it was 2 whole years! haha
As I mentioned, Max had shots yesterday at his four month well visit. He's a healthy boy and growing perfectly. He weighs 14 pounds, 2.5 ounces and is 25 inches long. He's in the 20th percentile for weight and 60th percentile for height. We have a long and lean boy! We talked with the doctor about his sleep issues and explained that Max is not sleeping well during the day and only goes about five hours at the MOST during the night before waking up (and that's rare these days). He asked if Max was fussy during the day or content and I told him he's getting more and more fussy... especially when he doesn't sleep well. So, he said it's probably time to get a little tough with him. He recommended the Ferber method which is a modified version of cry-it-out (you go in an reassure him at timed intervals while he's crying rather than just letting him cry alone). I told him that we are going out of town next week and he recommended that I wait until we get back in town to start anything so I can dedicate two weeks to it. He said prepare to be totally sleep deprived for two weeks because it may take that long for Max to get the hang of it. Hopefully, it works a LOT faster than the two weeks though! Dr. King also recommended we start him on solids once a day now. He said he's not a believer that it helps babies sleep any better but that it does work for some people. So, we tried a little bit of oatmeal last night and he spit most of it out. He'll get the hang of it. I'm going to try some carrots or sweet potatoes later this week to see if he likes it a little more. I'll take some pictures for sure. :)
Anyway, I hope you're all having a great week and I'll see a lot of you next week!!!!
xoxo,
Chrissi
Monday, June 4, 2012
Too funny (and tragic) not to share
So, as you all know, Max is 15 weeks old as of this past Saturday and, as I have written about many times, he's not a great sleeper. He's had a few nights where he's slept for about 7 hours straight but that's about all we can seem to get so far. One thing I haven't clearly stated is that I am the only one who has EVER gotten up with him in the middle of the night. For one, I'm nursing so unless I pump, I'm the only one who can feed him. Another reason is that Christian has to work and I don't so I can actually rest during the day if I need to. And, if I'm being totally honest, another reason is that I think I'm the only one who knows how to do everything the "right" way. ((Hi, my name is Chrissi and I'm a control freak))
Well, last night I decided to let Christian take Max duty when he woke up for the first time. I had a bottle all ready for him when we went to bed around 11 last night (which is very late for us). Max actually went to bed around 6:30. He's been falling asleep earlier and earlier lately. So anyway.... Max woke up at about midnight and his first little whimper wakes me up but Christian is always able to sleep right through anything. I guess it's a mother thing- I am such a light sleeper now. I had to practically shake Christian to death in order to wake him up to go in there and feed Max. Finally he wakes up and goes and gets Max and starts feeding him. I then hear Christian walking out of Max's room and into the bathroom. I'm laying in bed wondering what the hell he's doing. Then, I hear him peeing. Then.... I hear something drop. Then... I hear Max kind of start to fuss and Christian shushing him a little. Then.... I hear Christian walking back towards our bedroom and he says "you'll never guess what just happened". At that point I knew. My darling husband was trying to pee and feed Max as the same time. He was holding the bottle in Max's mouth with his chin while his other hand (the one that wasn't holding Max) was "occupied". Then, Max decided to move his head a little, like all babies do, and the whole damn bottle fell into the toilet.
Oh. My. God. I wanted to murder Christian. Six ounces of breastmilk (which is more valuable than gold in our house) was floating in a bowl of pee. Fabulous, freaking fabulous. So, obviously, I had to go in and finish that feeding.
I could tell Christian felt horrible and we ended up laughing about it but I hope he learned a lesson! And, I may have learned to stick with my control freak ways. haha
Anyway, I thought all of you would enjoy that. Hope you're having a great week!!
xoxo,
Chrissi
Well, last night I decided to let Christian take Max duty when he woke up for the first time. I had a bottle all ready for him when we went to bed around 11 last night (which is very late for us). Max actually went to bed around 6:30. He's been falling asleep earlier and earlier lately. So anyway.... Max woke up at about midnight and his first little whimper wakes me up but Christian is always able to sleep right through anything. I guess it's a mother thing- I am such a light sleeper now. I had to practically shake Christian to death in order to wake him up to go in there and feed Max. Finally he wakes up and goes and gets Max and starts feeding him. I then hear Christian walking out of Max's room and into the bathroom. I'm laying in bed wondering what the hell he's doing. Then, I hear him peeing. Then.... I hear something drop. Then... I hear Max kind of start to fuss and Christian shushing him a little. Then.... I hear Christian walking back towards our bedroom and he says "you'll never guess what just happened". At that point I knew. My darling husband was trying to pee and feed Max as the same time. He was holding the bottle in Max's mouth with his chin while his other hand (the one that wasn't holding Max) was "occupied". Then, Max decided to move his head a little, like all babies do, and the whole damn bottle fell into the toilet.
Oh. My. God. I wanted to murder Christian. Six ounces of breastmilk (which is more valuable than gold in our house) was floating in a bowl of pee. Fabulous, freaking fabulous. So, obviously, I had to go in and finish that feeding.
I could tell Christian felt horrible and we ended up laughing about it but I hope he learned a lesson! And, I may have learned to stick with my control freak ways. haha
Anyway, I thought all of you would enjoy that. Hope you're having a great week!!
xoxo,
Chrissi
Saturday, June 2, 2012
How the heck is it JUNE?!
I'll repeat the title of this post- HOW THE HECK IS IT JUNE?! I can't believe this year is almost half over. That is craaaaazy. I guess time flies when you're having fun (and raising a baby). :)
I hope all of you are doing well and having a great weekend! Christian's squadron is having their annual picnic today so Max and I are about to head out to base to meet Christian for that. Christian is getting in the dunk tank so this should be fun! haha Apparently, he got the most votes within the squadron to be the person in the tank. I'm starting to wonder if people don't like him. haha Just kidding. :)
Last night we had our friend Scott come in town. He's checking out Christian's squadron as a potential squadron to drill with as a reservist. So, he got in around 5 and we all went out to Haddonfield's First Friday celebration. But, it wasn't as crowded as usual because of the threat of major weather that we had last night. It wasn't too bad around here but apparently areas south of us got it pretty hard. Hoping everyone that was affected is OK!
So, I have to fess up to something. :-/ Many of you may have seen on Facebook that Max and I went to the beach this week. We had such a great time with friends and he loves the beach. However, (and I cringe as I type this) he got his first little sunburn. We were under an umbrella the entire time and he was never in direct sunlight but the reflections off the sand got him. I feel AWFULLLLLLLL. Seriously, I've never felt worse about myself in my entire life. BUT, it doesn't seem to bother him AT ALL. He's happy as can be and sleeping just the same as always. It's on his forehead and he even had little tiny water blisters. Yeah, imagine having to look at your little angel with a red face and little bumps. AWFUL! I called his pediatrician yesterday morning (the morning after it happened) and asked if there is anything I should do and he said as long as Max doesn't seem bothered by it, don't worry about it. But, as the day went on yesterday, I couldn't get ANYTHING done because I couldn't stop looking up stuff online to help calm my nerves about it. Yeah, the internet sucks for that. So, I called the doctor's office again and asked if I could bring him in just to have it looked at. They said sure so I took him in. The doctor just gave me some pointers for the next time we're out at the beach (which isn't in my near future since I still feel horrible about it) to help block the reflections and all that jazz. He's still a little too young for sunscreen, she says, so I have to be super careful in just keeping him out of the sun. She suggested I just put Aquaphor (a thick healing cream for babies) on it to keep it moisturized and to nurse him more often to make sure he's staying super hydrated. But, like I said, he's totally fine and content and doesn't even flinch with I put the lotion on him. I also gave him a bath this morning and washed his hair and face and he just kept on splashing like always! haha I think it's way worse for me than it is for him. I HATE it and I've apologized to him about a thousand times. haha
Well, other than that debacle, we are just having a great time watching Max grow and become so much fun! He's so darn cute and he learns new things so quickly! I can't wait to get back down to Florida for the family to see him! Only about two more weeks until I'm there! I'm soooo excited! I'm flying out of Washington DC since they have direct flights. I'm going to stay with my father-in-law (Jurgen) in Baltimore the night before and he'll drive me and Max down to the airport for our flight out. It's about a two and a half hour flight so hopefully Max will do really well again. He's not as fussy as he used to be but he stays awake longer and wants to play so hopefully he won't get too antsy.
Also, we FINALLY ordered the pictures that we had taken when Max was two weeks old. They're so precious! I'll post them on Facebook ASAP so y'all can take a look. The files are too big and take too long to upload on here. :)
Well, enjoy your weekend and have a happy day!
xoxo,
Chrissi
I hope all of you are doing well and having a great weekend! Christian's squadron is having their annual picnic today so Max and I are about to head out to base to meet Christian for that. Christian is getting in the dunk tank so this should be fun! haha Apparently, he got the most votes within the squadron to be the person in the tank. I'm starting to wonder if people don't like him. haha Just kidding. :)
Last night we had our friend Scott come in town. He's checking out Christian's squadron as a potential squadron to drill with as a reservist. So, he got in around 5 and we all went out to Haddonfield's First Friday celebration. But, it wasn't as crowded as usual because of the threat of major weather that we had last night. It wasn't too bad around here but apparently areas south of us got it pretty hard. Hoping everyone that was affected is OK!
So, I have to fess up to something. :-/ Many of you may have seen on Facebook that Max and I went to the beach this week. We had such a great time with friends and he loves the beach. However, (and I cringe as I type this) he got his first little sunburn. We were under an umbrella the entire time and he was never in direct sunlight but the reflections off the sand got him. I feel AWFULLLLLLLL. Seriously, I've never felt worse about myself in my entire life. BUT, it doesn't seem to bother him AT ALL. He's happy as can be and sleeping just the same as always. It's on his forehead and he even had little tiny water blisters. Yeah, imagine having to look at your little angel with a red face and little bumps. AWFUL! I called his pediatrician yesterday morning (the morning after it happened) and asked if there is anything I should do and he said as long as Max doesn't seem bothered by it, don't worry about it. But, as the day went on yesterday, I couldn't get ANYTHING done because I couldn't stop looking up stuff online to help calm my nerves about it. Yeah, the internet sucks for that. So, I called the doctor's office again and asked if I could bring him in just to have it looked at. They said sure so I took him in. The doctor just gave me some pointers for the next time we're out at the beach (which isn't in my near future since I still feel horrible about it) to help block the reflections and all that jazz. He's still a little too young for sunscreen, she says, so I have to be super careful in just keeping him out of the sun. She suggested I just put Aquaphor (a thick healing cream for babies) on it to keep it moisturized and to nurse him more often to make sure he's staying super hydrated. But, like I said, he's totally fine and content and doesn't even flinch with I put the lotion on him. I also gave him a bath this morning and washed his hair and face and he just kept on splashing like always! haha I think it's way worse for me than it is for him. I HATE it and I've apologized to him about a thousand times. haha
Well, other than that debacle, we are just having a great time watching Max grow and become so much fun! He's so darn cute and he learns new things so quickly! I can't wait to get back down to Florida for the family to see him! Only about two more weeks until I'm there! I'm soooo excited! I'm flying out of Washington DC since they have direct flights. I'm going to stay with my father-in-law (Jurgen) in Baltimore the night before and he'll drive me and Max down to the airport for our flight out. It's about a two and a half hour flight so hopefully Max will do really well again. He's not as fussy as he used to be but he stays awake longer and wants to play so hopefully he won't get too antsy.
Also, we FINALLY ordered the pictures that we had taken when Max was two weeks old. They're so precious! I'll post them on Facebook ASAP so y'all can take a look. The files are too big and take too long to upload on here. :)
Well, enjoy your weekend and have a happy day!
xoxo,
Chrissi
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