Wordless Wednesday (Or an excuse to post cute pics of Adam)

Some more sewing projects

I busted out the sewing machine last weekend to fix a pair of Tom's pants, and thanks to a wonderful husband and a semi-cooperative baby, I was able to work on another sewing project!

A couple of weeks ago we had a night where we went through both changing pad covers in a matter of 2 hours, so I decided it would be a good idea to make a third whenever I got a chance.  I think it's because I already made one, but this one seemed so easy.

Here are a few other projects I was able to make before Adam arrived.

Some burp cloths from some remnant fabric

Two  small wetbags for the diaper bag

I resized a regular sized Aden & Anais crib sheet from Salvation Army to fit our mini crib.

 Muslin is not fun to sew with. Lesson learned

Some embellished burp cloths

This one matches my DIY  nursing cover.

Wordless Wednesday - I just can't get enough!

Confession: I actually had to double check to make sure today is in fact Wednesday before I posted this ;)

One Month Old!

Well, one month and one day, technically!

• Loves to eat
• Only sleeps on Mom's chest
• Does great awake time with Dad
• Sometimes goes crosseyed during said awake time
• Beginning to smile more, sometimes it almost looks purposeful!
• Can burp like a champ

Currently

Excited about Fall!! Cooler weather.  Adam sleeping 2 hours in his bassinet last night!
Worried about Hmmm, oddly enough nothing is coming to my mind.  I guess I'm kind of worried about my work situation in 8 weeks but I just have a feeling it will all work out :)
Reading Baby message boards whenever Adam does something new/different to make sure it's normal
Creating A birth announcement....stay tuned
Loving This sweet little being sleeping on my chest, little breathing sounds, random baby smiles
Hating How attention-deprived Bailey looks sometimes
Wondering If Adam will end up being colicky or if the newborn fussies will just die down
Craving Everything fall related! Pumpkin Spice Lattes, pumpkin roll, zucchini bread
Hoping I can figure out how to get a baby, a stroller, and a dog down (and then back up) a flight of stairs by myself for a walk
Watching on TV Today Show, Will & Grace, HIMYM, House Hunters, Friends, Conan On Demand (Yes I'm watching a lot of tv these days. Don't judge, there is only so much I can do when Adam is nursing or sleeping on my chest)
Listening to Norah Jones Pandora Station, Mumford & Sons Pandora Station
Cooking Ha! If opening up a Chobani is considered cooking, then I guess a lot of greek yogurt. So thankful for freezer meals!
Looking forward to Purposeful baby smiles
Thankful for Adam

Some updates on our little family

Yes, we're still alive...barely (just kidding).  Adam will be 3 weeks old tomorrow and we are still adjusting to life with this adorable newborn and this *awesome* new level of sleep deprivation.  I'm kind of hoping a magic flip will switch at the 6 week mark and things will get better (just humor me and don't burst my bubble on this one, okay? ;)  We have our morning routine down pat, but the rest of the day is a free for all.  Tom's been back at work for a week, and I feel like he gets even less sleep than I do. We've had a few visitors and gotten out a little bit (mostly for appointments or walks around the neighborhood), but any little bit helps. 

Adam is a champion eater and has already passed the 10 pound mark.  I'm continuing to feel better but am not quite 100% yet. And this morning I picked up my little chunker the wrong way and hurt my back :(  I've been taking it easy (as easy as I can) and am really hoping it doesn't end up in an all out flare, because that would just be awful.  Bailey should win the dog of the year award.  She's so good around Adam, all she does is try to sniff his head (or butt). 

Here are a few more pics from the past couple of weeks. He's so darn cute (I know, I'm biased) I can't help but post a ton of pictures :)

First carrier experience: 11 days old

First walk: 12 days old

2 am at our house

First playdate with Ben who was born on the same day!

Wordless Wednesday

A Few Firsts

First car ride: 2 days old

First meeting Bailey: 2 days old

First Tummy Time: 3 days old

First Bath: 1 week old

First cloth diaper: 10 days old

Welcome to the World Adam Thomas!

Adam Thomas was born at 9:00 AM on Thursday, July 18th, 2013.  He weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces and was 22 inches long.  We are so in love! More details to follow!

 

Baby B's Due Date and No Baby B!

Welp, today is almost over so I feel pretty confident saying Baby B will not be born on his due date!  I tried my best today, I worked at inpatient all day so I was literally on my feet walking around the whole day and even made a point to climb several flights of stairs throughout the day!  No such luck.

39 weeks, 5 days

I'm ready to meet you sweet boy. Please come join us soon!

Wordless....Thursday?

Recipe

A (much more subdued) Birthday Week Recap: List Style

Due to being 9 months pregnant and having to work most of last week, Birthday Week was a little more low key this year, but I still tried to enjoy as much of it as possible.  Here's a recap!

• Bailey and I spent our mornings off (last weekend, 4th of July, this weekend) enjoying coffee on the back deck.  This weekend was a little more hot than usual but still very tolerable (especially compared to the heat wave we had last year)!  Well, I should say that I spent the mornings relaxing, Bailey spent the mornings stalking our next door neighbors until they let her in to give her treats.  She's lucky they love her as much as she loves them :)

• Tuesday was my actual birthday, and I had to work (booooo).  It was actually (thankfully) a pretty light day. I was able to go for a walk around my favorite area (North Pond Nature Sanctuary) at lunch and lately a day at work isn't complete without a trip to Yogurtland!  

Birthday Flowers

• We were off of work on the 4th so I tried to pretend that was my day off from my birthday.  I slept in, had coffee on the back deck, completed a few sewing projects and took a trip to JoAnn where I found some good deals on some fabric I've had my eye on for a while. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but I'm sure something will come to me :)  Since everyone in Chicago sets off their own fireworks every year (still getting used to this concept), we sat on the back deck for a little while that night to watch them.  Bailey is definitely NOT a fan of the fireworks. She's so good though, she doesn't whine or cry or bark or beg, she just goes to the door and not so subtly lets us know she is ready to go back inside :)

• Saturday night we decided to have a date night. Not a bad way to end Birthday Week!  We've had this gift card to the movies for a few years, and if you know us, you know that we don't really go to the movies that often. In fact, the last movie we saw was Star Trek in 2009 in Birmingham.  There wasn't really anything playing that we were super excited to see, so we figured we'd stick with tradition and saw Star Trek 2.  After the movie we went to dinner at Bonefish Grill.  Neither of us had ever been there, and we had some gift cards from a while back that just this week I realized we could use there.  It was delicious, and a perfect way to end Birthday Week. 

Happy Birthday Bailey! And Our Block Party

If you go off of the assumption that Bailey was 6 months old when we adopted her in December of 2008 (which we do), she turned 5 sometime in June.  Every year the local pet store sends her a "free toy" coupon so on Saturday we walked over and let her pick out her own birthday present.  She chose a Kong Wubba and couldn't be happier. 

Pant break

Thanks Mom!

Saturday evening we met up with our neighbors to check out our local block party.  Our block isn't the, ahem, nicest, block in Chicago, but aside from one unpleasant house, the whole street seemed to be having a good time. There were a TON of kids, one of which voluntarily informed us that he ate a lot of popsicles that day.  There was a band setting up at the end of the street, so we hung out for a while and listened to them.  Bailey and I took off early, she wasn't too fond of the loud noise and me, well, do I need an excuse? Just in case I do, my feet were KILLING me and I was tired and I had to pee about every 10 minutes.  Which stunk because normally I would have loved to pull out a chair and a cooler of beer and just chill all night.  Ah well, sacrifices ;) 

The band

Our neighbors - Bailey loves them so much!!

Some Baby B Updates

Forgive me for not updating since my last post! We've been busy trying to get things ready for Baby B's impending arrival and honestly after work I'm just kind of exhausted!  I've had two appointments since my last post, the first one everything was the same (BP still high, baby still low) but the OB I saw wasn't as concerned.  At my most recent appointment, my BP came back down again (thankfully) so I'm hoping it will sit pretty where it's at for the rest of this pregnancy.  I had an ultrasound and she actually had a difficult time measuring him because he is so low, but let's just say we're all 100% positive he's not going to be a tiny baby, regardless of when he makes his appearance! 

Yesterday a good friend from work hosted a small shower for us. It was so nice to just sit around and catch up with some close coworkers outside of work.  The weather was fairly cooperative, and everyone was so generous to Baby B.  We felt very loved even though we don't have a lot of friends and family in the Chicago area.

Me and Jen, the lovely hostess

Jen made everything herself - It was so delicious!

Cupcake Cake!

36.5 weeks!

Mmmmm sugary baby cookies

This weekend Tom also hung up the pictures that Aunt Judy got us for Baby B's nursery (or, his side of the nursery/office).  I love how they turned out and they are the perfect compliment to his little room!