Wednesday, September 15, 2010
YES!!!
So, to update on the "So Over It" post... YES, I have loaded the car with my crap! Plan is to take it over to Goodwill tomorrow. Whoop... Thanks... and Gig 'Em!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Make Ya Smile Mondays...
I have several friends that have a "Worldless Wednesdays" post where all they do is post a picture, usually an adorable one of their child. I love this idea! So, to copy, but not totally copy, I am starting a "Make Ya Smile Monday" post. Of course, I probably won't be able to limit myself to just one picture, so here's three. Enjoy the first installment...
Sunday, September 12, 2010
SO over it...
Okay, I admit it. I am a clutter queen. I hate clutter, but I also can't seem to get rid of it. We have too much stuff, or crap is probably a better word for it. I have bugged Andrew since we got married to have a garage sale. For some reason, I think that other people will find some value in our crap. There is some good crap, but is it really worth the hassle of a garage sale??? Andrew has always strongly said "NO"! Now that we have a little munchkin, I'm starting to agree with him. Old clothes and nick-nacks are not enough to warrant the time and effort for a garage sale, at least not now. If we had furniture or stuff that might actually bring a little money, okay, it's worth it. I know my parents have had a number of very successful garage sales in the past.
When we moved from Baytown, we took 2 pickup trucks full of crap to Purple Heart. I gave several bags of clothes to some girl and her mom that were walking down our street. Since moving here, I have taken a couple car loads of stuff to Goodwill. There were over 100 articles of clothing! Really?!?! Does one even need 100 articles of clothes (especially when you work at home)? Truth is... I'd been collecting these clothes for YEARS. I do not adhere to the "if you don't wear it in a year, get rid of it" rule. I have stuff I haven't worn since college, and unless I decide to start hitting up the college bar scene, won't be wearing again. I'm a sucker for something on sale or anything from Marshalls. I try to keep culling my clothes, but have been unsuccessful. Why am I attached to this stuff? I think it's the thought of wasting money. It's a sunk cost though. The money is already spent and I already don't wear it anymore.
So, the point of this post is that I am SO over it... I am so over the clutter and having all this extra crap that I don't need. Forget saving it for a garage sale. Forget the mentality that I might have something to wear it to some day. If I only wear it once just to wear it in order to justify keeping it, forget it. Forget the whole consignment store thing, I know I will never take it in. Plus, am I really going to get anything for my shirts and dresses from Target and Marshalls... NO, I am not.
SO... I'm clearing out the back of my car today to make room for all this crap! I WILL go to Goodwill this week and get some of this crap out of our house for good. I WILL tell Andrew that he has to hold me accountable as well. I know he won't mind! My dear readers, y'all hold me accountable as well... I NEED to declutter because it's really starting to drive me crazy.
Okay, that's all folks!
When we moved from Baytown, we took 2 pickup trucks full of crap to Purple Heart. I gave several bags of clothes to some girl and her mom that were walking down our street. Since moving here, I have taken a couple car loads of stuff to Goodwill. There were over 100 articles of clothing! Really?!?! Does one even need 100 articles of clothes (especially when you work at home)? Truth is... I'd been collecting these clothes for YEARS. I do not adhere to the "if you don't wear it in a year, get rid of it" rule. I have stuff I haven't worn since college, and unless I decide to start hitting up the college bar scene, won't be wearing again. I'm a sucker for something on sale or anything from Marshalls. I try to keep culling my clothes, but have been unsuccessful. Why am I attached to this stuff? I think it's the thought of wasting money. It's a sunk cost though. The money is already spent and I already don't wear it anymore.
So, the point of this post is that I am SO over it... I am so over the clutter and having all this extra crap that I don't need. Forget saving it for a garage sale. Forget the mentality that I might have something to wear it to some day. If I only wear it once just to wear it in order to justify keeping it, forget it. Forget the whole consignment store thing, I know I will never take it in. Plus, am I really going to get anything for my shirts and dresses from Target and Marshalls... NO, I am not.
SO... I'm clearing out the back of my car today to make room for all this crap! I WILL go to Goodwill this week and get some of this crap out of our house for good. I WILL tell Andrew that he has to hold me accountable as well. I know he won't mind! My dear readers, y'all hold me accountable as well... I NEED to declutter because it's really starting to drive me crazy.
Okay, that's all folks!
Saturday, September 11, 2010
The Latest (Month 1)... the short version
Okay, so I feel like I'm never going to catch up now. I want this blog to be "in the moment" and not an update of what's going on weeks later. I feel I can better describe this journey of parenthood if I write about it as it's happening versus trying to remember details after a week or so. So, here's the super-condensed version of Carson's first month. I apologize that this is somewhat in baby book, bullet format, but it's the quickest and easiest way for me to organize my thoughts.
1st Month
-Carson's sleeping habits were a little unpredictable. Generally, he slept for 2-3 hour stretches at night, which meant only 1-2 hour stretches for mom. It took a little while for him to figure out his nights and days. He wanted to take long naps during the day which equaled not so long sleep stretches at night.
-As previously mentioned, eating has never been a problem... probably why he's been growing like a weed! He regained his birth weight in 4 days! At his 2 week check up, he was up to 9lbs 6oz (70th%) and was 21 3/4" long (87th%). His head was 36 1/4cm (34th%). I still can't figure out the head measurement. When he was born, he had a big 'ole head, I guess his body is just catching up with it.
-Carson likes to pretend he's swimming or practicing his boxing. Those are his "reflexes" right now. He just gets those arms going. He also snorts like a pig. Not many cute baby noises yet, just these snorts. It's pretty funny.
-Carson's not too much a fan of the sponge bath. We tried the baby tub without the hammock... fail. We tried laying him on a towel on the counter... fail. We tried in the tub with dad... fail. We tried the hammock in the baby tub... least amount of fail. Still not a fan though. Since his lovely little umbilical cord took 25 DAYS to fall off, we had to do the sponge bath thing for quite a while. When it did finally fall off, he had a cute little "inney." Andrew's grandmother told us that if it was an "outey" to actually put a little button in it to force it in. Who knew! Luckily, we didn't have to try this.
1st Sponge Bath at Home
-Carson enjoys watching his sock monkey that his Uncle Dave gave him. He hates weekly picture time with it (mostly because he doesn't like being propped up in a sitting position). He also has discovered himself in the mirror and loves to lay on his play mat and stare up into the mirror. He's becoming so much more alert and aware of his surroundings. He follows objects with his eyes and also looks toward where voices are coming from. If I hand him off to someone, he follows me with his eyes as I walk off.
-We gave him his first bottle of breast milk at about 3 weeks. He took it with no problem. Like I said above, this boy likes to eat. He doesn't care where it comes from. I still feed him at the breast most of the time, but it is nice that other people can help out too.
-MAJOR MOMENT...1st outing was to Academy on August 15th. Is anyone surprised?!? Didn't think so. Dad also gave Carson his first bottle today.
-Our life changed on August 18th. Our precious little man had been extremely fussy (pretty much all the time he was awake) and we had discovered that the vacuum cleaner really calmed him down. Pretty much silenced him within seconds. We could only vacuum so much and leave it laying upside down on the floor for so long, so we went on iTunes and were able to buy a 60-minute CD of nothing but vacuum! I burned this bad boy immediately and our life has never been the same since.
-We discovered that the reason for (most of) the fussiness was because of acid reflux. I suspected this, and at our two week appointment I brought it up with the doctor. He prescribed liquid Zantac which didn't really do a darn thing. I gave it to him for a month and didn't see any change. If anything, it seemed worse. Initially, Carson wasn't a big spitter-upper. He had silent reflux. He arched his back, pulled his legs up, and just screamed in pain during and after feedings. The first few days at home, we could only get him to sleep in his car seat. The Zantac seemed to bother him more. He acted like it just burned going down. We have since switched medicines (thanks to experienced mom advice from DeeAnn!). More on all that later.
-We went on our first walk on August 20th. Carson must like off-roading because he did just fine in my car seat frame stroller on the horrible asphalt roads by our house. Yep, no sidewalks. I'll be investing in the "real" stroller soon for sure!
-Carson slept for 4 hours straight on the 21st! Whoop!
-At about 3 weeks, I thought Carson was developing baby acne, but then I noticed it was also on his chest and back. Turns out it was just that his sebaceous glands were producing too much oil. So, no biggie. Apparently this is common. It just wasn't pretty. I wanted his precious baby skin back. He's now 7 weeks old and it seems like it's run its course... thank goodness.
-On his 1 month birthday, we went on our first restaurant outing. Granted, we went on a Sunday at 2:00pm to avoid any crowds. We went around the corner to La Fiesta and there was NO ONE there but us. He got a little fussy while his car seat was in the upside-down high chair, but he did fine once we put the car seat on the ground and rocked it with our foot.
We continue to be amazed by this little blessing that God has given us. Even though it has been as hard as everyone said it would be, I wouldn't trade it for anything! Even when he is screaming his head off, he is still the absolute most precious, perfect thing I have ever seen. I LOVE wrapping him up and rocking him. Being able to calm an upset baby is so rewarding. I just LOVE rocking him and staring at his precious little face. There is NOTHING sweeter. I love nursing him. I don't know what it is, but I guess it's just that mother/nurturing thing. The fact that God has given me the ability to sustain this little life is pretty cool.
Weekly Growth Pictures...
1 Week
2 Weeks
3 Weeks
4 Weeks
In addition to meeting his grandparents, aunt, uncle, great-grandmother, and great aunt (in previous posts), Carson had several other special visitors this month...
"Auntie" Greta
Cousins Blake and Alexander
Aunt Vivi
A few more pictures of our precious little man...
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If that wasn't enough pictures for you or if you want your own coffee mug with Carson's picture, there are LOTS more on Shutterfly (because I am a picture taking fool)... http://thepeterspack.shutterfly.com
1st Month
-Carson's sleeping habits were a little unpredictable. Generally, he slept for 2-3 hour stretches at night, which meant only 1-2 hour stretches for mom. It took a little while for him to figure out his nights and days. He wanted to take long naps during the day which equaled not so long sleep stretches at night.
-As previously mentioned, eating has never been a problem... probably why he's been growing like a weed! He regained his birth weight in 4 days! At his 2 week check up, he was up to 9lbs 6oz (70th%) and was 21 3/4" long (87th%). His head was 36 1/4cm (34th%). I still can't figure out the head measurement. When he was born, he had a big 'ole head, I guess his body is just catching up with it.
-Carson likes to pretend he's swimming or practicing his boxing. Those are his "reflexes" right now. He just gets those arms going. He also snorts like a pig. Not many cute baby noises yet, just these snorts. It's pretty funny.
-Carson's not too much a fan of the sponge bath. We tried the baby tub without the hammock... fail. We tried laying him on a towel on the counter... fail. We tried in the tub with dad... fail. We tried the hammock in the baby tub... least amount of fail. Still not a fan though. Since his lovely little umbilical cord took 25 DAYS to fall off, we had to do the sponge bath thing for quite a while. When it did finally fall off, he had a cute little "inney." Andrew's grandmother told us that if it was an "outey" to actually put a little button in it to force it in. Who knew! Luckily, we didn't have to try this.
1st Sponge Bath at Home
-Carson enjoys watching his sock monkey that his Uncle Dave gave him. He hates weekly picture time with it (mostly because he doesn't like being propped up in a sitting position). He also has discovered himself in the mirror and loves to lay on his play mat and stare up into the mirror. He's becoming so much more alert and aware of his surroundings. He follows objects with his eyes and also looks toward where voices are coming from. If I hand him off to someone, he follows me with his eyes as I walk off.
-We gave him his first bottle of breast milk at about 3 weeks. He took it with no problem. Like I said above, this boy likes to eat. He doesn't care where it comes from. I still feed him at the breast most of the time, but it is nice that other people can help out too.
-MAJOR MOMENT...1st outing was to Academy on August 15th. Is anyone surprised?!? Didn't think so. Dad also gave Carson his first bottle today.
-Our life changed on August 18th. Our precious little man had been extremely fussy (pretty much all the time he was awake) and we had discovered that the vacuum cleaner really calmed him down. Pretty much silenced him within seconds. We could only vacuum so much and leave it laying upside down on the floor for so long, so we went on iTunes and were able to buy a 60-minute CD of nothing but vacuum! I burned this bad boy immediately and our life has never been the same since.
-We discovered that the reason for (most of) the fussiness was because of acid reflux. I suspected this, and at our two week appointment I brought it up with the doctor. He prescribed liquid Zantac which didn't really do a darn thing. I gave it to him for a month and didn't see any change. If anything, it seemed worse. Initially, Carson wasn't a big spitter-upper. He had silent reflux. He arched his back, pulled his legs up, and just screamed in pain during and after feedings. The first few days at home, we could only get him to sleep in his car seat. The Zantac seemed to bother him more. He acted like it just burned going down. We have since switched medicines (thanks to experienced mom advice from DeeAnn!). More on all that later.
-We went on our first walk on August 20th. Carson must like off-roading because he did just fine in my car seat frame stroller on the horrible asphalt roads by our house. Yep, no sidewalks. I'll be investing in the "real" stroller soon for sure!
-Carson slept for 4 hours straight on the 21st! Whoop!
-At about 3 weeks, I thought Carson was developing baby acne, but then I noticed it was also on his chest and back. Turns out it was just that his sebaceous glands were producing too much oil. So, no biggie. Apparently this is common. It just wasn't pretty. I wanted his precious baby skin back. He's now 7 weeks old and it seems like it's run its course... thank goodness.
-On his 1 month birthday, we went on our first restaurant outing. Granted, we went on a Sunday at 2:00pm to avoid any crowds. We went around the corner to La Fiesta and there was NO ONE there but us. He got a little fussy while his car seat was in the upside-down high chair, but he did fine once we put the car seat on the ground and rocked it with our foot.
We continue to be amazed by this little blessing that God has given us. Even though it has been as hard as everyone said it would be, I wouldn't trade it for anything! Even when he is screaming his head off, he is still the absolute most precious, perfect thing I have ever seen. I LOVE wrapping him up and rocking him. Being able to calm an upset baby is so rewarding. I just LOVE rocking him and staring at his precious little face. There is NOTHING sweeter. I love nursing him. I don't know what it is, but I guess it's just that mother/nurturing thing. The fact that God has given me the ability to sustain this little life is pretty cool.
Weekly Growth Pictures...
1 Week
2 Weeks
3 Weeks
4 Weeks
In addition to meeting his grandparents, aunt, uncle, great-grandmother, and great aunt (in previous posts), Carson had several other special visitors this month...
"Auntie" Greta
Cousins Blake and Alexander
Aunt Vivi
A few more pictures of our precious little man...
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If that wasn't enough pictures for you or if you want your own coffee mug with Carson's picture, there are LOTS more on Shutterfly (because I am a picture taking fool)... http://thepeterspack.shutterfly.com
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