Random Pics...

Another side by side. :) I love this outfit! (though Simon is wearing the other shirt that goes with it)



Just chillin' in the Bumbo... (look how much better he's doing with his head! Yay!)


Smiley Hungry Caterpillar! ;)

Yikes.

I'm exhausted.

Ben did not want to take a nap today. He kept taking little 10 minute catnaps... but those did neither of us any good. Well, I guess they did ME some good because I kept having to run up and down the stairs to go see why he was crying. Exercise. Yeah. Maybe after a few more weeks of this, my ex-pregnant tummy won't feel like play-dough anymore.

On the bright side. When he wasn't fighting sleep, he was very happy. See picture below.

Yep. I finally managed to catch his elusive little toothless smile on camera!

On days like today, when I can get absolutely NOTHING done, I try to think of taking care of Ben as my 9-5 (er... 7-6) job. If I were working at a job outside my house(see I've already learned the p.c. stay-at-home mommy lingo!) I wouldn't get any cleaning or grocery shopping done either. It helps me get through those frustrating days when I just have to drop everything and hold him, carry him, rock him, sing to him, feed him... and the list goes on. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another episode of EXTREME BABYSITTING!!!

The second shift has arrived home and has taken the little poop machine upstairs so I can have a break. It's so nice to just sit here in the quiet... except for the fact that my head feels like it's vibrating -- a well-known side effect of EXTREME BABYSITTING...

I'm off to do some mindless internet surfing...

Things Are Starting to Fit...

... both literally and figuratively. We're in a pretty good routine now with naps and feeding and sleeping at night. Yay! And only four more weeks until "magic" three-month point that everyone keeps telling me about. You know, the time when your life with the baby is supposed to go from a marathon of little sleep to an absolute utopia?
Yeah. Right. I'll believe it when it happens.

Anyway, Ben's cute clothes are also starting to fit... including some of his his little baseball hats. ALMOST.

Random Things...

Here's a picture I took yesterday of my little peanut monkey. :) He's such a cutie!

Last night, I got up to feed him at 2a.m. and he was so sleepy he could barely muster the energy to take half of the bottle. After awhile, I gave up and put him back in his crib. Figures, ten minutes later I hear little coos coming from the baby monitor. I go to investigate and guess who is WIDE awake in his crib talking his mobile? Yep. This would be fine if he'd be content doing this until he fell asleep. But eventually he gets annoyed and lonely and starts to cry. So trying to go back to sleep before he did would have been pointless. Grr... he was up until 3a.m.

I just have to laugh when I'm standing over his crib at that time of night/morning, barely conscious, staring at a baby that's just smiling and cooing like it's two in the afternoon. I almost took a picture last night but in my stupor, I couldn't remember where I put the camera. Maybe tonight...

On another topic, Tom is going to a dinner for work this evening. This means I will be left with the baby for something like 14 hours today. I can't even think about it that way or I start to feel like I'm going insane. I might have to take him to grandma's this evening for awhile...

8 Weeks Old Today!

Ben is eight weeks old today... I guess he's technically not two months old until the 24th, but I started a new photo album anyway. I finally captured a real smile! It's not the best -- he smiles much bigger smiles, but it's SO hard to catch them with the camera!

The Secret is in the Carseat...

Ben naps in his carseat. There, I admit it. He naps for hours upon hours during the afternoon as long as he's in his carseat ...and I LIKE it.

I gave up trying to get him to nap in his crib. He sleeps in his crib at night no problem, so I figure what can it hurt? When I nap, I don't like to nap in bed, I like to nap on the couch. Same concept, right?

The weird part though, is that he'll nap IN the carseat IN the crib. (see picture below) I know I know, there's probably some safety issue here that someone out there will feel the need to comment on. But in my defense, Ben isn't really what I would call "mobile" yet. The worst he can really do right now is turn his head from side to side, realize he's in the crib, and scream. So until he can pull himself up and hang from the mobile, I'm not particularly worried. Besides, during his carseat/crib nap, I'm usually right in the next room anyway.

And as for spoiling him by giving in and letting him sleep in the careseat: In the words of my very logical husband: "If we do something wrong now, we'll just fix it when he learns how to talk and we can reason with him." ;)

My Job...

I was watching Dr. Phil today and he quoted some study that said staying at home to raise a child is equivalent to having two full-time jobs. I tend to agree except that for these jobs, I can come to work in my pajamas, take my work outside, and sleep on the job. ;) Anyway, in honor of Dr. Phil's little statement, I present to you the following pictures I took at work today...

My new boss

My new office

My briefcase

Happy Mother's Day! :)

Happy Mother's Day everyone! Here are some pictures> from my visit with Benjamin to celebrate Mother's Day with my mom and Ben's aunt Debbie. My friend Phil also dropped by to meet Ben and tell us he got engaged! (you'll see him in the pictures) :)

Tom went to lunch with his mom and brothers and then later on we dropped Ben off with Tom's parents' while we went out alone. All in all, a wonderful first mother's day! :)

Ben's Hair...

My baby is balding. This has resulted in him having sort of a comb-over... or rather, a comb-forward. Reminds me of someone...

Donald


Ben

Getting an Early Start...

I heard the earlier you introduce children to computers, the better. ;) Here's Ben working on his blog this morning.

Non-stop Ben...

Benjamin stayed awake today from 6:30a.m. until the time this picture was taken. Mommy is tired. :(

Ben's Dark Side...

No further explanation needed. Let's just say he's been doing this for almost two hours straight.

Weezee and Aunt Dawnie's Visit...

Today Ben met his fourth and final great-grandmother... my Grandma Weezee. She came to visit from West Virginia with my Aunt Dawn. Ben really took to Aunt Dawn ... I'm not sure I've ever seen him smile so much! Anyway, here are a couple of pictures. There are more in the Month 2 Album which I updated. :)

Ben and my grandmother

Ben and Aunt Dawn

Mom playing with Ben like he's a baby doll...

Lights ... Camera ... Action...

A smile starts to take shape. ;)