Hey y'all!
Hope all of you are doing well and enjoying the last couple days of August! Can you believe we are almost into September??? I thought this time of year would never come. I say that as I sit here watching the first official college football game of the season. And, it's the SEC. Ahhh... love it. Now, I'm just ready for the weather to cool off a little into those crisp Fall days.
Anyway, all is well up here in NJ. We're just staying busy as always and living life! We've had our friend Kyle staying with us this week. He flies with Christian and is almost finished with his tour at this squadron. His wife and kids already moved to their next station so he's just finishing up his last couple weeks and we offered him a place to stay so he doesn't have to pay for a hotel every night. And, he gets homemade meals every night from yours truly. :) So, tonight is his last night here for a while but it's been nice for us to have some company and good conversation over dinner and wine the last couple nights! So, once this guest is outta here, we have more coming in! Dad and Rhonda get into town Saturday. We're pretty excited about their trip! I really can't wait for them to see Max! Then, they're leaving Monday and then Mom gets up here next Thursday!! So exciting!! This is a GREAT couple of weeks! Mom will be here Thursday through Sunday and then that following week, we're heading to Germany for about 10 days! Whew- busy, busy times!
Max is doing great. He melts my heart more and more each day and I'm sure if he really understood what I was saying, he'd get very annoyed with how many times I tell him I love him each day. I just can't help it. haha We have so much fun together during the days and he has such a personality. He's my best little friend. :) He had his six month check-up last week and weighed in at 17 lbs, 3 oz and is 27 1/2 inches tall. He's still 50th percentile for weight but 90th for height! Long and lean boy! He had a little cold last week but got over it pretty quickly so it wasn't too bad. Just a little congestion and runny nose. I never thought I'd say this but he's over six months old and still not sleeping all the way through the night. :-/ He wakes up around 4 a.m. for a feeding and then will go back to sleep until about 7 a.m. His pediatrician said we should probably start pushing him to make it all the way through the night. Honestly, it really doesn't bother me. I barely even remember waking. But, I know what she means and I don't want him to get used to this and do it forever so we probably should start pushing him a little bit. OH! Here's a funny story. So, this past weekend, we went to Christian's dad's house. Max has his own little room out there with his own crib and all that jazz. We take the monitor with us out there so we can hear/see him. So, Christian and I went to bed and had the monitor all set up and ready to go. Well, then I woke up 6:30 the next morning and looked at the monitor and Max is just playing around in his crib like he does every morning and I woke Christian up with excitement and said "Max slept through the night!!". Then, I looked a little closer to the monitor and realized the volume was all the way down. Whoops!!!! So, at that point, we were sure we would have heard him if he woke up. I mean, our bedroom is right next to his. But, as we later found out from my father-in-law, Max woke up twice that night! YIKES! Apparently, he woke up around 1 a.m. (which is really early for him and kind of out of the norm) and then again at around 3 a.m. and cried both times for about 15 minutes. Well, needless to say, Christian and I didn't hear a peep and that was the first full night of sleep I've had in over six months! It was nice! haha So, after that happened, Christian and I kind of figured it was a sign for us to continue with the cry-it-out like the doc recommended. So, the first two nights we were back home after that weekend, we let him cry (he cried/fussed for about 30 minutes both nights) and it just didn't get any better the third night so I gave in and felt like it wasn't working. Yes, I've heard that it can take up to a week to work but I'm a wimp and get more sleep if I'm up with him for 15 minutes than I do if I'm listening to him cry for 30! Oh well. Like I said, the one nighttime feeding doesn't bother me. Especially since I know what it's like to have a baby wake up every hour and a half until he was about 4 1/2 months old! Ugh!
But, he's fine and I'm fine and we're all fine. He's doing really well with eating real food. I'm still making it and he had meat (turkey) for the first time this week and he likes it! I still have him mostly on just oatmeal for breakfast and then turkey, a veggie and sometimes a fruit if he's still hungry for dinner. I've done lunch a couple times but I'm (yes, me) just not ready yet. I'm still nursing Max and have grown to absolutely love it and now that he's eating more food, he's not nursing as much and I miss it!! Yes, I know... I'm nuts. I love how easy it is now and there really is a unexplained bond that comes from it. But, I definitely wasn't always in love with it. I had two phases where I almost gave up. First, when Max was six weeks and then again when he was three months. I vividly remember Google-ing "I HATE BREASTFEEDING"! hahahaha And, believe it or not, there was a LOT of stuff that came up. haha But, I never gave up. Christian was pretty helpful in getting me to stick to my guns with nursing and I'm so glad I kept it up. I can't imagine spending all that money on formula or washing all those bottles. I use two bottles daily to pump and I hate even washing those!! I definitely know breastfeeding isn't for everyone! It's definitely not fun or glamorous or easy or convenient for everyone. And, some people just don't like it. And may each momma choose what works best for her and her little one!
As you may have seen in my FB posts, Max is officially a full fledged crawler now! He's all over the place and into everything. The house is pretty much baby-proofed now except for the kitchen. Until I get around to moving cleaning supplies and securing things, I just try to keep him out of there. He's also pulling himself up every once and a while. He did it twice this past weekend while we were in MD but he hasn't done it since being back home. We lowered his crib just in case he gets a wild hair and wants to pull up in there! He has so much energy! He's definitely his father's child. haha
Well, anyway, I better head to bed! Y'all have a good week and enjoy all the college games this weekend! WAR EAGLE!!!! :)
xoxo,
Chrissi
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
It's been a month!
Hey y'all!
It's been over a month since my last post! We've been busy... or either this hasn't been a priority. Probably the latter. :) But, I'm back! So, where to start?
Everything is going really well with us. Max is so much fun and just growing and changing so much every day! He is ALMOST crawling! It's so funny to watch him. He sits like a little frog and kind of launches himself toward whatever he's trying to get. He can move about five feet at a time before he starts to get frustrated. I love watching him learn new things. It's so great. He'll be six months old this Saturday and I really can't believe it. On one hand, it seems like time has flown but on the other, I feel like it has taken forever to get to this point. I just get emotional thinking that each day that passes is gone and I'll never get these days back with my little man. I know I have a whole lifetime coming but watching a baby grow really makes you realize how fleeting life is. It's crazy. I get a little teary-eyed every night as I rock Max to sleep because it's one more day that is passing by. I just love him so much... it's crazy. I think about him growing up and not wanting to hug me or let me rock him, etc. Ugh, I'm tearing up now. haha As Christian would say, I'm a "basketcase". haha
So anyway, Christian is out of town for the week so Max and I are just trying to stay as busy. We go to the gym Monday, Wednesday and Friday and he plays in the daycare while I'm working out. On Thursdays, I take him to a little mommy-and-me play/music class that he really likes. It's pretty neat and the teacher has all kinds of ideas to help the babies learn and exercise their senses. I'm still a member of the Mom's Club here in our town and there is a playdate tomorrow at a park so we'll go to that. Today, I met a friend, Clarissa, and her little boy at a park and put Max in a swing for the first time and he really liked it! He had a smile on his face the whole time and was so content. :)
Well, summertime is coming to an end soon and we have quite a bit of stuff coming up in the next couple months. Dad and Rhonda are coming up for Labor Day weekend, Christian's running in a 10k mud run the second weekend of September and then we're heading to Germany around September 11th. I'm so excited to go to Germany but I'm also VERY nervous about the traveling part of it and how Max will handle it. We're taking a military flight so I'm very thankful that we won't have to be on a commercial flight! So, just say a little prayer that everything goes smoothly and it doesn't mess up his schedule too badly. :( I know it's going to be a little rough since it's a six hour time difference so we'll be exhausted. Oh well. It's only 10 days out of a lifetime so we can handle it! :) I'm just really excited for the family over there to meet Max! After we get back from Germany, we have our annual trip to New Hampshire for the Troop Family Clambake over Columbus Day weekend. We always have such an awesome time and it's SO beautiful up there! Then, before we know it, it will be the holidays! We're spending Thanksgiving up this way but we'll be down in Florida for Christmas!
Then, hopefully at the beginning of next year, we'll be finding out where the Navy is sending us next. We're REALLY trying to get back down south somewhere. We're hoping for either New Orleans (my number one choice) or Jacksonville. So, please cross your fingers, eyes, toes, and any other appendage that we get one of our top picks. But, as we all know, we can never really get our hopes up with the Navy.... as Christian says, "they're ORDERS, not invitations". :-/ But, September marks one more year up here! I'm SO ready to leave New Jersey. I really liked it when we got up here and I still don't hate it but it's just really different and I miss the south. I miss being close to friends and family. I would just LOVE to be within driving distance of Pensacola. Since Christian is gone so much, it would be so nice to just be able to hop in the car and head to my mom or dad's for a few days. Man, that would be amazing. All you folks who live near family, NEVER take it for granted!!!!!
So anyway, Max is in bed and I'm about to head to bed too. I hope you guys have a great week! Love y'all!
Chrissi
It's been over a month since my last post! We've been busy... or either this hasn't been a priority. Probably the latter. :) But, I'm back! So, where to start?
Everything is going really well with us. Max is so much fun and just growing and changing so much every day! He is ALMOST crawling! It's so funny to watch him. He sits like a little frog and kind of launches himself toward whatever he's trying to get. He can move about five feet at a time before he starts to get frustrated. I love watching him learn new things. It's so great. He'll be six months old this Saturday and I really can't believe it. On one hand, it seems like time has flown but on the other, I feel like it has taken forever to get to this point. I just get emotional thinking that each day that passes is gone and I'll never get these days back with my little man. I know I have a whole lifetime coming but watching a baby grow really makes you realize how fleeting life is. It's crazy. I get a little teary-eyed every night as I rock Max to sleep because it's one more day that is passing by. I just love him so much... it's crazy. I think about him growing up and not wanting to hug me or let me rock him, etc. Ugh, I'm tearing up now. haha As Christian would say, I'm a "basketcase". haha
So anyway, Christian is out of town for the week so Max and I are just trying to stay as busy. We go to the gym Monday, Wednesday and Friday and he plays in the daycare while I'm working out. On Thursdays, I take him to a little mommy-and-me play/music class that he really likes. It's pretty neat and the teacher has all kinds of ideas to help the babies learn and exercise their senses. I'm still a member of the Mom's Club here in our town and there is a playdate tomorrow at a park so we'll go to that. Today, I met a friend, Clarissa, and her little boy at a park and put Max in a swing for the first time and he really liked it! He had a smile on his face the whole time and was so content. :)
Well, summertime is coming to an end soon and we have quite a bit of stuff coming up in the next couple months. Dad and Rhonda are coming up for Labor Day weekend, Christian's running in a 10k mud run the second weekend of September and then we're heading to Germany around September 11th. I'm so excited to go to Germany but I'm also VERY nervous about the traveling part of it and how Max will handle it. We're taking a military flight so I'm very thankful that we won't have to be on a commercial flight! So, just say a little prayer that everything goes smoothly and it doesn't mess up his schedule too badly. :( I know it's going to be a little rough since it's a six hour time difference so we'll be exhausted. Oh well. It's only 10 days out of a lifetime so we can handle it! :) I'm just really excited for the family over there to meet Max! After we get back from Germany, we have our annual trip to New Hampshire for the Troop Family Clambake over Columbus Day weekend. We always have such an awesome time and it's SO beautiful up there! Then, before we know it, it will be the holidays! We're spending Thanksgiving up this way but we'll be down in Florida for Christmas!
Then, hopefully at the beginning of next year, we'll be finding out where the Navy is sending us next. We're REALLY trying to get back down south somewhere. We're hoping for either New Orleans (my number one choice) or Jacksonville. So, please cross your fingers, eyes, toes, and any other appendage that we get one of our top picks. But, as we all know, we can never really get our hopes up with the Navy.... as Christian says, "they're ORDERS, not invitations". :-/ But, September marks one more year up here! I'm SO ready to leave New Jersey. I really liked it when we got up here and I still don't hate it but it's just really different and I miss the south. I miss being close to friends and family. I would just LOVE to be within driving distance of Pensacola. Since Christian is gone so much, it would be so nice to just be able to hop in the car and head to my mom or dad's for a few days. Man, that would be amazing. All you folks who live near family, NEVER take it for granted!!!!!
So anyway, Max is in bed and I'm about to head to bed too. I hope you guys have a great week! Love y'all!
Chrissi
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