Keeping track of all your many accomplishments and milestones regularly is hard work, kiddo! I've decided to keep it simple and list what I love about you as I have the time. :)
I love...
that you can sit up by yourself
that you figured out how to put your binkie in your mouth... the right way
the swirl at the top of your head
that you finally have your own room and sleep in your crib... so daddy can come back to his own bed!
the disgusted face you make each time you try a new food... and then continue to eat it
that your lower jaw quivers when you get cold
that you said da-da a while back, but knew to follow up with ma-ma the next day
the way your face lights up when I come to pick you up from day care
the "screaming conversations" we have
that you smile and make all sorts of weird faces when you first start sleeping... and that you've done that since week 3!
the way you laugh when we tickle you, make funny noises, or sometimes just because we look at you!
the blank stare you give us when we feed you
Friday, February 18, 2011
Monday, August 2, 2010
Smile!
Antoshka is getting better at holding his head up by himself. He can also sometimes flip himself on his back from on his tummy! While changing him tonight, he managed to smile with his eyes open! It was quick, and I'm sure he didn't know what he was doing, but it was nice to see him smile while awake... previously he'd only smiled while asleep (in the midst of his experimental facial expression rotations).
This guy has some powerful BMs! Today while changing him, Antoshka managed to poo while naked on the changing pad. The poo shot out about 6 feet to hit the side of our bed, and it looked like someone had over-squeezed a mustard bottle... amazing.
Similarly, he's an awesome urinator. He hadn't yet peed on me until tonight. Having showered the floor while being changed by Igor, I was on the floor cleaning up the pee, when I felt a warm liquid hit my back. For some reason, it doesn't feel so bad to be peed on... after all, I supplied him with the food.
It's been exciting... and hilarious... to see him develop everyday. :)
This guy has some powerful BMs! Today while changing him, Antoshka managed to poo while naked on the changing pad. The poo shot out about 6 feet to hit the side of our bed, and it looked like someone had over-squeezed a mustard bottle... amazing.
Similarly, he's an awesome urinator. He hadn't yet peed on me until tonight. Having showered the floor while being changed by Igor, I was on the floor cleaning up the pee, when I felt a warm liquid hit my back. For some reason, it doesn't feel so bad to be peed on... after all, I supplied him with the food.
It's been exciting... and hilarious... to see him develop everyday. :)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Circumcision!
Today our little guy lost a small part of his manhood. :(
...and then gained it back afterward with the best circumcision story ever. The doctor brings him back in the room and lets us know that it took so long because our son has a huge penis. Apparently the parts they needed to use only went up to 1.6, which they were having trouble fitting on Antoshka. They ended up using a different method (the ring). Antoshka did a great job with the actual snipping part, no fuss at all. While struggling to find the right size, apparently Antoshka got impatient and managed to pee twice and poo.
A funny story! Igor is super proud. :)
...and then gained it back afterward with the best circumcision story ever. The doctor brings him back in the room and lets us know that it took so long because our son has a huge penis. Apparently the parts they needed to use only went up to 1.6, which they were having trouble fitting on Antoshka. They ended up using a different method (the ring). Antoshka did a great job with the actual snipping part, no fuss at all. While struggling to find the right size, apparently Antoshka got impatient and managed to pee twice and poo.
A funny story! Igor is super proud. :)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Day 10
Today Antoshka's black disgusting umbilical stump finally came off, so we decided to give him a little washcloth bath. No sooner had we put a little hooded towel on the guy (and took a cute video), he spit up A TON of milk all over himself and the towel. It must've been at least a cup's worth of spit up projecting outward. It was amazing. He'd only spit up a little bit (like a teaspoon) previously, so it was a bit of a surprise. Wow. We couldn't stop laughing.
It's a good thing this guy is so cute. It makes it a lot more difficult to hate all the gross and inconsiderate things he's so good at. ;)
It's a good thing this guy is so cute. It makes it a lot more difficult to hate all the gross and inconsiderate things he's so good at. ;)
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Week 37 - Full term!
This week we've made it to full term! At the OB appointment, they hooked me up to a machine that tracked the little dude's heart rate and contractions - the same type of machine they use during labor. Apparently when they did the weekly heart rate check, his heart rate was a little slow. They tracked him for a while, and told me that he was fine (in fact an over achiever!), and that he's getting enough oxygen, which I guess was what they were worried about. They also found that I had a couple contractions while I was there! Exciting!
At work, everyone was asking me this week "Are you ready?". The answer has been, yes. Let's do it already. He's full term, how about coming a little early? Sounds good to me! I just can't wait to not be pregnant anymore. I managed to write all the work shower thank you notes this week, which was quite a feat! I'm not sure I even finished all the wedding thank yous. :( I've mainly been working on "how to be Andrea while she's gone" documents. I'm going to be training people how to do all the technology-related stuff I do at work, so I'm making a lot of "How To's".
This weekend Igor and I went on an adventure to get the rest of the baby stuff we hadn't gotten yet. We got to use gift cards from Target and Babies R Us, so we hardly spent anything, but we got a lot of stuff. :) A lot of stuff that now we need to wash before we can actually use. Good training for the massive amounts of laundry I'm going to need to do soon once he comes. :)
This week was also full of more hemorrhoids and a mysterious pain in my jaw. Not sure if the pain in the jaw was from grinding my teeth or, as my OB suggested, possibly allergies. Well, it's subsiding, but it was annoying.
Our kid this week:
He weighs about 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches!
This week's funnies!
I can't eat, I can't sleep, but I can do a great imitation of a beached whale. Seriously, are we almost done with this?
How you'll know you're in labor
• It suddenly looks like somebody coughed up a big loogie into your undies.
• Your lower back feels like someone is pressing gently on it with a jackhammer.
• The movie version of your underwear would be called A River Runs Through It.
• You have a sudden desire to clean the house despite being doubled over in pain from contractions.
At work, everyone was asking me this week "Are you ready?". The answer has been, yes. Let's do it already. He's full term, how about coming a little early? Sounds good to me! I just can't wait to not be pregnant anymore. I managed to write all the work shower thank you notes this week, which was quite a feat! I'm not sure I even finished all the wedding thank yous. :( I've mainly been working on "how to be Andrea while she's gone" documents. I'm going to be training people how to do all the technology-related stuff I do at work, so I'm making a lot of "How To's".
This weekend Igor and I went on an adventure to get the rest of the baby stuff we hadn't gotten yet. We got to use gift cards from Target and Babies R Us, so we hardly spent anything, but we got a lot of stuff. :) A lot of stuff that now we need to wash before we can actually use. Good training for the massive amounts of laundry I'm going to need to do soon once he comes. :)
This week was also full of more hemorrhoids and a mysterious pain in my jaw. Not sure if the pain in the jaw was from grinding my teeth or, as my OB suggested, possibly allergies. Well, it's subsiding, but it was annoying.
Our kid this week:
He weighs about 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches!
This week's funnies!
I can't eat, I can't sleep, but I can do a great imitation of a beached whale. Seriously, are we almost done with this?
How you'll know you're in labor
• It suddenly looks like somebody coughed up a big loogie into your undies.
• Your lower back feels like someone is pressing gently on it with a jackhammer.
• The movie version of your underwear would be called A River Runs Through It.
• You have a sudden desire to clean the house despite being doubled over in pain from contractions.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Week 36 - Less than a month left!
OK, the amount of sleep my body is seeming to want is crazy. Getting up before 7am does not seem like an option anymore. Two more weeks of work, and then I can sleep all I want. We had our last furlough day this week. I'm going to miss having those days off. How are we ever going to get used to 5 day weeks again??
My coworkers also threw an awesome baby shower at work this week. It turned out really well! There were a ton of people that showed up (even a few guys!), and everyone was so generous in gift giving! Lael was a life saver, and made a list of all the gifts everyone gave for easy thank you note writing. It's like she's done this all before or something. :) Anyway, I am taking this idea for every other gift giving event I go through. So smart! I felt very lucky and loved to have so many people show up for my shower at work (including some people who are pretty high on the totem pole!), and we all had a great time. Cindy (my supervisor) even got this AWESOME carrot cake, which was HEAVEN!
I started washing all the baby clothes this weekend in preparation of getting to play dress up (several times a day). This Dreft detergent actually smells pretty nice, but it's really expensive. In other news, we attended two evening classes this week: Becoming a new parent, and infant/child CPR. The new parent class was really helpful, we got a pretty pissed off looking doll to practice correctly dressing, diapering, holding and swaddling. The CPR class was helpful as well, but possibly a little longer than it needed to be. But hey! That's it for classes! It feels good being done, and I'm looking forward to not having to wake up early, or stay up late to attend them. It was also nice that we got a ton of handouts to remind us of all the content.
Our kid this week:
He's gaining about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. We're all waiting for this kid to drop, but apparently it still hasn't happened yet. My OB told me this week that he's still floating around, happy as a clam. Let's move it kid!
More funnies!
Five things you never thought you'd say:
• "Let me just finish this can of frosting."
• "Would you mind tying my shoes?"
• "Does my stomach look too small to you?"
• "Can you please massage my perineum again?"
• "Help, I can't get out of bed."
My coworkers also threw an awesome baby shower at work this week. It turned out really well! There were a ton of people that showed up (even a few guys!), and everyone was so generous in gift giving! Lael was a life saver, and made a list of all the gifts everyone gave for easy thank you note writing. It's like she's done this all before or something. :) Anyway, I am taking this idea for every other gift giving event I go through. So smart! I felt very lucky and loved to have so many people show up for my shower at work (including some people who are pretty high on the totem pole!), and we all had a great time. Cindy (my supervisor) even got this AWESOME carrot cake, which was HEAVEN!
I started washing all the baby clothes this weekend in preparation of getting to play dress up (several times a day). This Dreft detergent actually smells pretty nice, but it's really expensive. In other news, we attended two evening classes this week: Becoming a new parent, and infant/child CPR. The new parent class was really helpful, we got a pretty pissed off looking doll to practice correctly dressing, diapering, holding and swaddling. The CPR class was helpful as well, but possibly a little longer than it needed to be. But hey! That's it for classes! It feels good being done, and I'm looking forward to not having to wake up early, or stay up late to attend them. It was also nice that we got a ton of handouts to remind us of all the content.
Our kid this week:
He's gaining about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. We're all waiting for this kid to drop, but apparently it still hasn't happened yet. My OB told me this week that he's still floating around, happy as a clam. Let's move it kid!
More funnies!
Five things you never thought you'd say:
• "Let me just finish this can of frosting."
• "Would you mind tying my shoes?"
• "Does my stomach look too small to you?"
• "Can you please massage my perineum again?"
• "Help, I can't get out of bed."
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Week 35 - Swelling and more classes!
This week starts the weekly (instead of the previous monthly and then bi-weekly) OB appointments. Same old stuff, the baby's just still in a massive growth spurt. My hands and feet are swelling like crazy, I basically have one pair of shoes that (after I loosened the straps) still fit. How annoying. I had another one of those sciatic nerve pinches at 5am one morning this week. Sitting up seems to help, but getting back to sleep is not an option. Boo.
We went to a breastfeeding class this week, and also took a tour of the birthing center at the hospital where we'll be having our kid. Who knew breastfeeding could be so... difficult? So many new terms and techniques- I kind of thought it was a natural process. Well, let's hope I (or at least Igor) remember what we learned when it comes time. The birthing tour was fine. The rooms look pretty nice, but the hospital definitely has the hospital smell. It was good to be acquainted with the place I'll be spending some quality scream time. :)
Our kid this week:
He's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew)-
about the size of a large sheet cake. Yum, sounds good!
Some funnies!
Useful comebacks to rude pregnancy comments
• "At least I made somebody's heart and brain today. What did you do?"
• "You're huge too — and you don't have the excuse of another person living inside you."
• "Go ahead, but I'm not touching yours."
We went to a breastfeeding class this week, and also took a tour of the birthing center at the hospital where we'll be having our kid. Who knew breastfeeding could be so... difficult? So many new terms and techniques- I kind of thought it was a natural process. Well, let's hope I (or at least Igor) remember what we learned when it comes time. The birthing tour was fine. The rooms look pretty nice, but the hospital definitely has the hospital smell. It was good to be acquainted with the place I'll be spending some quality scream time. :)
Our kid this week:
He's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew)-
about the size of a large sheet cake. Yum, sounds good!
Some funnies!
Useful comebacks to rude pregnancy comments
• "At least I made somebody's heart and brain today. What did you do?"
• "You're huge too — and you don't have the excuse of another person living inside you."
• "Go ahead, but I'm not touching yours."
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