A Video!!

I've been playing with my new video camera, and while I'm not exactly efficient at operating it, I thought I would let Trevor make his video debut!

Here's Trevor at exactly 6 weeks old, practicing that wonderful smile and just doing baby things!



*Trevor is 1 month, 1 week and 5 days old*

A Poem

NOTE: I did NOT write this poem, and I don't know who did or I would credit the author. I found it a while ago and saved it to my word pad and I can't remember where I found it now. I think its beautiful though and wanted to share. :)


They say life would be easier
if I would just let him cry.
Part of life is learning
about being let down
and picking yourself back up.

But he's still just a baby.
Life can be rough, but
he doesn't need to learn
those hard lessons so soon.

There will come a time when
I cannot pick him up.
But he will have seen
that it can be done,
and have the strength
to do it himself.

They say life would be easier
if I just gave him a bottle
or pacifier.
Why tie myself down?
Nursing all day,
nursing all night.

Clearly they have never known
the joy of nursing
a warm cuddly baby
as he is comforted in a way
only mommy can.

Life is not meant to be easy.
It is meant to be a journey.
There are ups and downs,
but I plan to be there beside him.
And we will journey together
until our paths part.

Mommy's Big Day Out

Today I finally took Trevor out on my own for the very first time. I've been nervous about this, all I could imagine was him screaming from the minute we pulled out of the driveway. Since he easily goes from fussing to full-blown crying without sound this was just not an option. Most of the time, as long as we don't stop too long he is fine...so I just had to find a way to keep the truck moving and I thought I could at least handle that. I made sure he was fed, changed and a bit sleepy, strapped him in, took a deep breath and headed out the door.

We went to Wal-Mart first. We were doing fine until I had to wait at a stop sign for a couple of minutes, and he started to fuss. I quickly realized mashing the brakes repeatedly while sitting still is enough motion to keep him quiet. He did great through the store and I managed to get some things I needed. When I put him back in the car he was fine, but by the time I got around the truck and in the drivers seat, he was screaming. I turned on the radio, which did nothing so I hit the CD button and Nickelback started playing....the little face in my backseat mirror stopped screaming and he settled in. (We now know that he has his Daddy's taste in music...we'll have to dig out the Metallica CD's and try those next trip!)

Next we stopped at the movie store, which he enjoyed. Apparently rows and rows of DVDs are endlessly entertaining for a 6 week old. When I put him back in the car it was the same story as before--total meltdown by the time I could get my key in the ignition. I cranked up Nickelback and once again we were good to go. We got caught by a red-light and I thought I was in trouble, but was able to maneuver a right-on-red and avoided stopping for more than a second.

Now I was going to try something daring--going through the drive-through at Taco Hell. This could be tricky, especially since the idiots that work there take two hours at best to make a burrito. To my surprise, as long as the Nickelback CD didn't switch tracks, he was happy as a clam! He fell asleep by the time we got back to the house and napped in his car seat in the middle of the living room floor long enough for me to eat my quesadilla! BONUS!

So, if you happen to see a Ford pick-up driving through town with Nickelback blaring, making only right-hand turns and mashing the breaks at stop signs, smile and wave!!

Lack of Communication

To all of you who are wondering why you haven't heard from us since we've been home, I apologize. We're going through the monumental 6 week growth spurt that all the breastfeeding consultants warned me about. What that amounts to is having a very fussy little boy attached to the boob for 23 out of 24 hours in the day. He nurses more right before a growth spurt so that my supply rises to meet his new demands. We're both cranky and tired and I just honestly haven't felt much like company. He's sleeping now, and has been most of the day so I'm hoping maybe we're coming to the end of it. The experts think that growth happens in their sleep, so I hope he's finally putting all those extra calories to good use. Everything will hopefully be back to normal soon!

Today Trevor is officially six weeks old! Time is flying by, and it makes me sad.

Speaking of which, we finally got a video camera!! YAY!! So, hopefully in the next day or two I'll have a decent video to share with you all! I'll try to get some new pics up later too. If he wakes up before the mosquitoes do late this afternoon, I'd like to take him outside for a bit. I sure could use the sunshine!

*Trevor is 1 month, 1 week and 4 days old*

My Little Chunker!

We had an appointment at WIC today and Trevor now weighs a little over 12 pounds!! Yay for breastmilk! He's growing like a weed!

Speaking of breastmilk, when I was pregnant and decided to breastfeed, I said that I would do it for the first 6 weeks. I wasn't sure it was something I really wanted to do long term but now that six weeks have come and gone, I can't imagine stopping anytime soon! Breastfeeding is more than I ever imagined it would be. Its really amazing how our bodies are designed. Not to mention feeding him in the bed at night while dozing on and off is much easier than fixing a bottle of formula! LOL

For anyone that is interested, you can look at a small list of the benefits of breastfeeding here.

And with that I leave you with a couple of my new favorite pictures!



*Trevor is 1 month, 1 week and 1 day old*

Where has all the time gone?

I can't believe that Trevor is already almost six weeks old. The time has flown by! Its amazing how much he has grown, and how much we have changed since he was born. He weighed 9lbs 8oz at his two week check up and I'm guessing that he's around 11lbs right now. He's smiling all the time, making all kinds of little cooing noises and growing out of his clothes like nobody's business. His umbilical cord stump fell off when he was exactly 3 weeks old and now he has the cutest belly button in the entire world! He holds his head up all the time now, thinks he's big enough to try to sit up when you lay him back and rolled from his tummy to his back the other night! We are endlessly amazed by him.

Trevor absolutely LOVES bathtime now. He hated it in the first couple of weeks, but who can blame him? Its impossible to keep someone warm when you're giving them a sponge bath. Now I put him in the bathtub with me most nights and he loves the water! Those big blue eyes watch the water like its the most amazing thing in the world and he just kicks his little feet the entire time! He loves it when I hold his shoulders and let his legs float in the water and he doesn't even mind getting his hair washed. I think he's going to be a little water baby for sure! Doesn't the YMCA start baby swimming classes at like six months? I'll have to check.

He still doesn't like to nap during the day, but I can't really complain-he sleeps like a champ at night. For example, last night he went to sleep at midnight, slept until 4:30, was awake long enough to eat and then went back to sleep until 7:30ish this morning. He's never had a problem with getting his days and nights mixed up (looks around for wood to knock on). Napping during the day is apparently boring and he sees absolutely no point in it, no matter how tired he is. There is too much going on and he might miss something! My little man is too smart for his own good sometimes. I did find yesterday that I have better luck getting him to take a nap if he's on his belly. Now before you all yell at me, I know its bad and I HATE putting him on his belly-it makes me a nervous wreck, but it is during the day while I'm awake and I keep a close eye on him. (Besides, he's MY baby and I don't care what you think!! lol) By doing this he took THREE decent naps yesterday! YAY!


Anyway, life is good. Moving way too fast for my taste, but good-wonderful even.

*Trevor is 1 month and 6 days old*

Toothless Smiles

I woke up this morning to the sweetest sight in the whole entire world--a gorgeous baby boy looking me right in the eye. I gave my usual "good morning baby boy" greeting and was rewarded with the most precious baby smile I have ever seen! If there were a Cutest-Baby-Smile Olympics, Trevor would be the gold medalist, I'm sure of it. He's been practicing this great new milestone for a couple of days now, but today has been the best yet. I've been greeted with a smile at waking, every diaper change, every meal and at some points in between-I think he's got it mastered.

He's also been napping today (hence I was able to work on putting up this blog) which is an absolute God-send. Smiling so much must make a baby very tired. We're quickly learning that he doesn't want to miss a thing by sleeping during the day, which makes for a very cranky baby at night. Today has been nice, and he's obviously much happier for it.

I've been thinking of putting up a blog for a week or two now, but haven't found the time. There is so much going on day to day that I feel like I need to write it all down. Time is precious lately though and I can definately type faster than I can write so blogging seemed to be the obvious answer. And if I'm going to spend time typing it all out, I might as well share it with everyone right? SO here I am. Enjoy!

I managed to catch one of Trevor's very first bonafide (as in not gas) smiles on my phone. Yes I know the noise I'm making is incredibly annoying (you might want to turn your speakers down) but I'd make that noise all day if it got the same response!



The quality of this video has also reminded me that we desperately need to get a video camera!

*Trevor is 1 month and 5 days old*