Author: eaumaison (Page 95 of 210)

I can’t believe I neglected to post about this for so long.  Last month we had the pleasure of entertaining our good friends the Walkers while Nate had business in Golden!  Oh, how I miss having them around all the time.  We mostly ate, shopped, and talked.  We to the Alamo Drafthouse too.  It was splendid.  Azalea stayed in Idaho, but Jack was all over playing with Cedar – shocking to me.

Gah, the pictures I took are horrible and few.  But I’ll share them anyway.   Guys, come back anytime.  Please.

Let’s check in on this pregnancy thing.  Little boy is growing bigger and doing well, as far as we can tell on this side of the uterus.  I’m 31 weeks pregnant now, which is firmly in the third trimester (40 is the goal).  My friend posted her itty bitty bump so I was inspired to post my belly too. It’s quite a bit bigger, even considering I have a few weeks head start on her.

Thoughts at this point:

• It’s hot.
• I still suffer from chronic nerve pain on the right side of my groin.  Nothing helps.  The intensity of the pain depends on where he is settled at the moment. Usually it’s a dull ache while sitting or standing.  Sometimes when I turn over in bed it’s sharp and makes me wince and cry.  Sometimes it’s burning pain.  I really hope the SI problems I had with Jack don’t stack on top of this in the last few weeks. 
• I’m having some serious heartburn this time around.  I don’t remember much of any with Jack.  Zantac is awesome.
• I dropped a bobby pin today.  I stared at it for 4 seconds, said “Meh,” and walked away.  Some things aren’t worth bending down for anymore. 
• It’s hot.  
• McDonalds will give you a giant bag of ice for $1.  I can go through a bag in 5 days.  
• I’ve pretty much given up on pants.  I have a couple maternity pairs that fit, but what’s the point when there are cotton jersey skirts in the world?  Did I mention how hot I am?
• We have three top names.  One has a solid middle name choice, but the first name is our least favorite.  The other two first names are great, but we haven’t settled on good middle names for them.  Our favorite first name is the trickiest to match with a middle.  More so than with Jack, I think we will need to see the new baby and spend a little time trying them out before deciding. 
• I wake up about 2-4 times per night for nerve pain or bathroom breaks.  I’m trying to remember the first couple months of waking with a newborn.  That makes me grateful for the sleep that I am managing to get.  
• Many more Braxton Hicks contractions this time around.  
• I miss bacon.  
• I miss runny eggs.
• Jack is totally on board with the idea of a new brother.  He gets that he is growing in my tummy now.  He asks to see the ultrasound and feel kicking.  He tells me how excited he is to give him a bottle.  I think this is going to be another good transition.  For good measure, we should make sure baby brother brings Jack a new Transformer from the hospital. 
• The nursery needs a lot of work to get ready for the baby.  Decorations, clothes sorted, diapers purchased, rocking chair, and bottles/pump cleaned.  I have zero nesting urge.  Hopefully that changes sometime soon.  
• It’s really nice not having to be a full time RN this summer.  I regret nothing.  I love being Jack’s mom.  

(Ponchos are awesome too.  Thanks Miranda for lending this one!) (Who doesn’t take selfies while supervising their child’s hand washing?  Isn’t that the norm?)

Jack and I descended on my parents abode for the holiday week.  I had three goals:
1) Pick up baby things I had stored at their house
2) Do more work training
3) Put Jack in the pool

Happily, I accomplished all three!  Amanda was able to come down too.  Ben had a quiet week back in Arvada while we brought the non-stop questions and playing to Grand Junction.  I think we swam every morning and evening, about 3 hours a day at least.  It was great fun.

As usual, more pictures and video are on my flickr photostream.  

Pre-trip, dancing with stars at Story Time.

On the evening we arrived Jack was ready to swim.  He was so zonked by the end of the day, I found him in this position at bedtime and he hadn’t moved by morning. 

Legos

Periscopes and Parachutes

We found that the best flotation tool was a noodle.  He could stay afloat and move around better than with the vest or the water wings.   

The slide was a big hit.

He didn’t expect to go underwater again.  But he was really brave about it every time!

On the Fourth, we went with pool glowing toys instead of fireworks. 

Grandpa juggling

Glowstick balls

The fire pit had a little gas leak or we would have made s’mores on it.

Sad to leave on Friday, but excited to see Dad in Arvada. 

I love knitting things for babies.

We sold our house!

Our house has been listed for only a few days and we’ve had ten showings and three offers.  Wow! 

Not much to say.  Just thought I’d post a few pics.  Jack and I are back in the glorious swing of routine.  I’ve stalled on unpacking as we reached that stage where enough is out of boxes to live.  Eventually, a certain box in my view will grate on me enough that I unpack it, but for now I’m taking a break.  Also, someday I need to, you know, put together a baby room.  For a baby.  Now only 3 months away.  But I have time, right?  I also finished getting the old house ready for sale.  It will be listed at midnight.  Does anyone out there need a townhouse?

Anyway, here are some snapshots from the last week.  Dang.  I can’t believe I was walking around in a sweater just then.  I’ve had our swamp cooler on all day today (verdict – not as good as A/C but pretty dang helpful and a lot cheaper).   The heat continues for the rest of the week. 

Jack got two capes for his birthday, Superman/reversible Batman from April, and this one from Amanda with the sign for Danger.  He’s pretty into them.

Matching tats

Jack LOVES to help me in the kitchen.  Maybe it’s because now there’s a stool for him in the kitchen all the time, because he pulls it up to the counter with every meal, insisting “I help you! I help you!”  Saturday morning we made crepes.  He asked for peas after gagging them down with dinner the night before, saying “I like peas!”  See, Dr. Nagel told him at his check-up that he should try to eat more superfoods, like superheroes do, so he can be super strong and fast.  I can’t believe that’s working.  He’s eaten a handful peas, a bite of broccoli, and half a slice of avocado since then.  Not much, but that’s infinitely more than the amount of green he would eat before = big fat zero.  Anyway, on this particular morning he ate only two peas because the crepes introduced him to Nutella.  Seriously mom?  You want me to eat peas when this brown stuff exists??

White Fence Farm with my family right before they left for Europe. 

Oh my gosh.

Seriously? 

Jack is going to make this new baby WORK IT to beat his cuteness. 

More help in the kitchen.  He can wash, stem, and pit cherries all by himself.

This week’s story time made me proud because he sat up front with the other kids the whole time.  Normally he makes me sit with him in the middle on the floor, so he can be on and off my lap.  This way, I got to sit in a comfy chair in the back.  He did great!

Welllll…

Mostly great.  In terms of bravery.  Not so much in front row etiquette. 

Random today shots

My whole photo set is up on Flickr.  Here are my favorites.  Not a bad little party considering we had moved the day before and half the invited friends were out of town on holiday. The important thing is that there were balloons, cake, presents, and Jack had a great time.

(Thank you, Amanda, for taking these!

Jack likes to play Lego Star Wars on the Xbox.  He’s getting really into it now. 

Later he paused to game to drink some water from his sippy cup.  Hilarious.

UPDATE:
Ben took video too and sent it to me.  See facial twitching and aforementioned sippy cup break.

Today the Masons went visiting, so Jack and I had a kind of normal day together.  We did our breakfast routine. I swept and vacuumed for the first time.  We got new library books.  We got yogurt at the grocery store.  We have lunch at home.  We walked Jem down the street.  We got mail for the first time.  When Ben got home we tried out the new lawn equipment.

We have no idea what we are doing 😉

But isn’t this nice?