His FIRST piece of mail :)

Anderson got his first piece of mail today- His Social Security Card! Congrats!

Time to start some new things...

I've decided we need to make a few adjustments with Anderson in order to eventually get him sleeping thru the night and not in my bed. I'm also working towards leaving him with a babysitter at some point so we need to get him used to a bottle.

I figured why not start him napping a few times a day in his crib! He's never even seen it until today. So I fed him and then put him in (he looks so small in there!) and he was asleep in it for a few minutes while I showered- but woke himself up and was SCREAMING. I got him out and then tried again for his next nap. This time he was probably in there for 30 minutes or so. It's a start!


The next thing we need to do is getting him used to taking a bottle. We originally had Avent bottles, but Anderson has never been a big fan of them. He was taking a bottle from my mom while she was here, but then really hasn't like them since. So, yesterday I went and bought 4 different types of bottles ( I am amazed at how many there are to choose from!) I decided he's going to do one bottle during the day and one at night. We started out using the Playtex Drop In's and so far that's the one he'll take... To be continued I'm sure.

Story Time

I was sitting in the nursery this morning feeding Anderson and figured now was a good time to start reading to the little guy. So, I decided to pick up Love You Forever from his bookshelf. It was so sweet; I was reading, he was looking up at me- like we had a connection. I loved it!

So, I get a few pages in and I'm reading "I'll love you forever" and all the sudden pppfffft!!! A HUGE fart comes from this little body laying on me! I like to think he was saying he'll love me forever too :) I continue on reading and a few more pages in "As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be" BELCH!!! Yes, at that point, he gave me a nice burp.. He obviously loves me so much :) I couldn't help but just laugh and laugh. What a nice way to start the morning.

Weight Watchers

I decided today to join Weight Watchers. The reason is that I've lost all but 2 pounds of my baby weight, but the last few pounds isn't coming off. It could be that I can eat a whole box of Graham Crackers or Wheat Thins in one sitting- I don't know? Not to mention my clothes do NOT fit like they used to. I'm wearing clothes 2 sizes bigge- not happy about that! So, I've officially joined their online program (no meetings for me) I know 2 lbs isn't anything, but I actually want to lose about 15lbs total. The great thing is I can eat a TON of points since I'm nursing! YA ME! And once I lose the weight, I am gonna SHOP TILL I DROP!

The reason I'm even writing this is that I think if everyone who reads my blog knows about it, I may get people asking me how it's going, which in turn will motivate me. Unless I quit and then I'll be pissed that people are still asking :) hahha! I'm delirious, can ya tell?

Last night was rough...

I was sitting on Anderson's rocker last night (or early this morning- who knows?) trying to feed him while he was completely fussy, thinking about this blog. Why you ask? Cause what else is there to do? All I wanted to do was sleep, but that wasn't happening. Here's a recap of my night (as closely as I can remember, because once again I've lost my mind)

9pm- I leave a sleeping baby with Jason who's watching TV with his dad, so I can get some sleep

10:30- Jason comes up to bed with Anderson who's not taking his bottle (this has become a nightly routine) and needs to be fed again. Keep in mind I'm in a nice deep sleep so I'm not thrilled by this, but I understand

11pm- I put AJ into his bassinet- he's sleeping finally

1am- Fussy baby- Mommy wakes up, Jason is sound asleep

1:30am- But AJ back in bassinet

1:35am- Get AJ out of bassinet and bring him to bed as he's too fussy to listen to and I THINK this may get me some sleep

3am- Anderson wakes up again- can he seriously eat this much??? Then he goes back to sleep in my bed

4:15am- He's awake AGAIN! Not only is he awake, he's grunting, making loud noises (always seems so much louder at this hour). I take him to the nursery, change him, feed him on the rocker (feels like I'm feeding a Hoover Vacuum!), then take him to my bed again. He starts kicking me in my stomach, punching me in the face, scratching my chest with his LONG ASS nails (I swear I cut them every 2 days- I need to file them tho) and I'm about to freak out. Then he pukes all down my shirt into my bra and as I'm cleaning it up, Harley comes into the nursery and pukes on the carpet! WTH??? So, I take the baby downstairs thinking he may like his bouncy- nope- didn't like that at all.

5:15am- I put him in his bassinet- I let him cry cause I can't deal with it anymore. I HOPE it wakes Jason up- BINGO- it does! I tell Jason "I can't do it anymore right now" so he gets up with AJ and takes him out of the room. I finally fall asleep listening to him cry in the other room with Jason.

6:30- I hear him crying in the bassinet. I'm up for the day.

It's a REALLY good thing he is cute! :)

Papa Hernandez is in town

Jason's dad, Tom came to town this weekend for a visit. Tom has 2 grand kids already from his other son Tommy, but it's so cute to see him with Anderson. He already loves him so much! (How could you not?:) He loves to hold him, is always taking pictures and talks to him so sweetly. It's amazing to see Jason with his dad and Anderson together. I know that they are both so proud.

On another note, Anderson showed me how far he can puke today! He's never really spit up too much before; he typically just drools a little milk, but today I was feeding him on the glider in his room and I sat him up to burp him and he had PROJECTILE puke 3 times! I actually had to catch it! (and then yell down to Jason to bring me a burp cloth) So, needless to say, we had a bath and new outfits for both of us. Fun times!

Happy 3rd Birthday!

3 weeks that is! Part of me cannot believe it's been 3 weeks since having Anderson. He seems to be a perfect fit into our lives; we have been enjoying every minute with him (well, most anyway- the 2am freak outs aren't terribly fun) and he seems pretty good at going along with our lives too. Then, the other part of me feels like he has been with us so much longer than 3 weeks. He's gained almost 2 pounds and you can see it with the chub on his arms and legs; he is finally outgrowing most of his newborn clothes which is great because we have a TON of 0-3 and 3-6 month outfits!

Things that used to be really hard to do are getting easier; he's enjoying his baths, not hating his diaper changes as much and we MAY have figured out how to get a little more sleep- he cuddles with me all night in bed. (Hope I didn't just jinx myself)

We have also found some kind of routine..sorta.. He wakes up around 7:30am and is ready for the day. Eats and then lets me shower (however not always dry my hair) as he stares at the ceiling fan and then he naps for a few hours while I get a few things done around the house or walk the dogs with him in tow. Then we run a few errands- we're regulars at Target these days- and then by about dinner time he pretends to sleep until just when the food is served and he's awake and pissed off until maybe 10pm when he falls asleep. This is our life right now.

I keep thinking any day now we're going to see a real smile, but we still just see gassy smiles- I love them anyway. He is really responding when we talk to him and we are so pleased at how strong he is! He's holding his head up longer and longer each day.

I realized about an hour ago that it's a little strange to be sitting around on a Friday night not doing anything. I guess we really haven't done a whole lot on weekend nights in a while but it just seems strange - like this is our new life for a long time. I guess it's ok though since it's 8:30pm and I'm ready for bed!