Happy Easter!

If you didn't know already--Easter is one on my favorite holidays. Every year, Jack puts together an easter basket for me, and hides it in the house. Who wouldn't love a secret treasure of chocolate and presents?! Well, this year, Jack surprised Colin with his first Easter basket! Colin didn't get any chocolate--but he did get much needed diapers and tylenol!!! hahaha.

New Toys and Bedtime

Colin has moved up a stage in toys---he's now in his exersaucer! With a little help from blankets to prop him up in the back, he's loves to stare at toys and squeal in delight. No lie--he squeals. And please ignore the mess in the background--I already know that my mom will tell me how messy it looks!



Here we are! Colin is teething--so he continues to chomp on his hand on a daily basis. He's also started to play with his hair, and grab at his teething toys.

Also, happy to report that Colin has a bedtime...8:00pm. We're in week 2 now, and he's doing pretty well. Nights when he cries himself to sleep are especially hard for me. I prefer nights like tonight, he closes his eyes and that's it for the night! He'll sleep for about 11-12 hours a night, with 2 feedings in the middle. Pretty good!


2 more working days before we leave for San Francisco!!! And Jack leaves for Phoenix on Friday. We are so excited for this trip!

It's a blizzard!

It's a blizzard--and Jack's digging us out! Yep, they predict about a foot of snow after this storm is all said and done! Jack's using this year's present to himself--a snowblower! =)

And lucky me! Natalie came over and cooked dinner with Colin.

I've experienced a handful of heavy snowstorms here in Ohio--but this was a first. I looked outside our window, and a man was going down the street on his cross country skis!

3 months old and growing!

Okay, it's been about 3 months, and the kid is growing. He likes to eat his hand, and as you can see, he's busting the buttons on his sleepers. I unofficially weighed him at 3 months, and he was 18 pounds. I'm no baby expert, but he doubled his weight in 3 months! Like I keep saying, "that crazy, growing baby!"

Colin's alive and kicking, but are Jack and Jamie? Barely. We've never experienced this type of exhaustion before. Enough said. On the other hand, Colin's episodes of laughter and giggles get longer and longer--and that makes all of the exhaustion worth it. Amazing babies.

Colin's first fight OR bad parenting?

Colin's first fight or is it bad parenting? It's bad parenting. Colin gouged his face with his super long fingernails! I just cut/filed them, and we should be safe for another 48 hours, until they grow again. Crazy, growing baby.

No worries--Colin is not taking after my dad and going bald already! But he is losing his hair in the back and his hair is thinning out all over. We can't wait to see what color his hair will be when the new stuff grows in. =)

What's Jack been up to, you ask? He's working on the house next door. It's a rental property that we bought at the end of January, and it needs a fair share of remodeling before we can rent it out. Jack is pulling triple duty--full time job, remodeling expert, and dad. Jack and Colin still do bathtime together, and when Jack's around at just the right time, he also does the dirty diapers! ha!

What have I been up to, you ask? Trying to manage working and breastfeeding. Sorry if that's TMI for some of you. It's exhausting, and I'm not sure if I can keep it up much longer. At home, I spend most of my time trying to figure out this whole mom/parenting gig. and...I'm also keeping up with home cooked meals during the week, keeping up with the bottles and dishes, managing to give us all clean clothes, and making the random runs to stores--look at how domesticated I am. (I'm still not in charge of the plants. I'd kill them.)

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday!

I cried yesterday.

Yep, yesterday was the first day I cried after daycare. Colin and I had a great morning together--he was laughing and playing all morning, and it didn't stop! We were at daycare, and I just couldn't leave. I stayed there for a half an hour playing with him and trying to get more laughs out of him. I hated the thought of leaving him to go to work. After 30 minutes, I finally left for work--and cried all the way into work! In the beginning, I thought it would be easier for me to leave him at daycare if he was happy. But now, I hate missing those moments, and it's so hard for me to leave him. People say it doesn't get any easier as they get older. I need to pack kleenex for the car.

And on another note, I just put a 6 month sleeper on Colin this morning, and it fit perfectly. He's only 2.5 months old!!!!!!