Lions and Tigers and Angry Little Bear. Oh My!!

It seems like Romeo already knows that home is a nice place to be. He was very fussy the whole time we were in Ohio. I got NO sleep and I caught a cold. He demanded VIGOROUS bouncing non-stop at night until like 3 or 4 am and then woke up every two hours. Bear had to wake up at 7 and I usually stayed up too. It was nuts... As soon as we got home he was back to his lovely self. He slept the entire first night home.

Romeo has been to the zoo already!! He can never say that we never take him anywhere :) The Columbus zoo was only 3 minutes from where we were, Bear got out early his last day and I thought it would be a shame if we left with out going. My camera was dead before I could take any pictures, unfortunately, but we had a lot of fun. It was our first stroller endeavor (that thing is a smooth ride!!). Well, early that day I had taken Romeo for a walk in the cute downtown area of Dublin.

It's good to be home!!

Good baby? Good mommy? I'll go with both :)

Romeo is a very good baby in my opinion. He seems to only cry when he needs something and a lot of his awake time he is content to just sit and look around. But what I found out is that I think he is such a good baby because I hold him 24/7.

Mom got me this book, "The Happiest Baby on the Block," where this PHD guy spent his life figuring out how to help newborns calm themselves. I have really enjoyed reading it and I think the man is a genius. He says that newborns are looking for the 'fourth trimester.' This means we need to mock their life in the womb as much as possible until they learn to calm themselves on their own. His advice REALLY works. One of the things he says is that, in the womb a baby is 'held' ALL the time. If you hold them 12 hours out of the day after they are born, even though that seems like a ton to you, the baby feels like he's getting ripped off. Anyway so I hold him every second I can and I snuggle with him all night.

Yesterday was the first day when I didn't hold him very long. Bear has training for work in Ohio from Tuesday until Thursday so yesterday we took off on the 5ish hour drive to the training. This means the baby was strapped in the car seat for a long time. He did NOT like it. He did fine until the trip was just about over and he was crying non-stop. Once we got into our hotel room he would not stop loudly wailing unless I was VIGOROUSLY bouncing him (basically tossing him in the air). I had to do this literally non-stop until about 3:30 am..............................

Then we had to get up at 7:30................................ Poor Bear, he has to be tired in a boring training at least I get to chill in the hotel room............wifi.......cable.....Romeo's happier today :)

Romeo!!

I have to say I LOVE being a mom. I really didn't know if I would.... Everyone said oh the mother instinct will kick in and you'll love your newborn so much blah blah blah. I was skeptical.

The truth is the mother thing was not instant. After a lifetime of thinking newborns were ugly I did not magically see my child as a beauty. I did not instantly love him more than I have ever loved anyone... BUT I do now. It took me a couple of days and my love for him really hit me. I think he is so ugly he is adorable and I have never seen anything cuter. He's a tiny human.

I love taking care of him. I love holding him every second of the day. I just love being around him. He even sleeps in our bed next to me. I am SO happy that we decided to start a family as soon as we did. Wow what a little miracle!

Happy Due Date!

We finally got a crib from a resale shop. It looks sooo cute with the bed set. We put another dresser and a swing in there since the pictures. We also have a curtain rod with a safari curtain to put up (so cute!).

Today is my estimated due date. Well it is tomorrow according to my last doctor. I walked all around with the fam earlier today and then I played some hardcore games of lightning and ultimate PIG (basketball) with the boys at youth group tonight. That was fun :) It seemed to bring on the contractions because I've been having a lot of them, or whatever you want to call them, tonight so hopefully they are doing something. I can't wait to meet Romeo!!

These are pictures of all Romeo's stuff set up at the house...

Bear's Grandparents came over yesterday and they started us a garden! They rototilled a pretty decent sized spot now I just have to go out and get the seeds or bulbs or whatever you call them to start it up. Pretty exciting I just hope I'm up for it :)

As of today work has gotten crazy busy for Bear. I've already cleaned the house top to bottom and got everything ready to go for delivery and having the baby so I have...nothing to do! So I'm trying to take mom's advice and take it easy before the baby. I'm mostly bored though. It would be better if the weather was nice. Tonight I go to Hurley to learn how to do CPR on a baby, well tonight will be on a dummy but..

Waiting on You Baby

38 and a half weeks... I washed all of Romeo's clothes. Everything seems to be ready to go.

I laid out in the back yard and read all afternoon while Berto mowed the lawn. That was nice :)

Cash has a nasty gash in his front leg so we have been watching him closely. He seems to be OK. He got it having way too much fun playing in the creek at Grandma's house. Boo got her first doggy period and I have to say it is one of the grossest things... I had no idea dogs actually got those! So she has been spending a lot of time outside. Hopefully that goes away soon.

I have been having all the pre-labor symptoms and am very ready to have this baby. My contractions (before painless) are now starting to hurt to where I have to stop what I'm doing while they are going on. I'm hoping this means the baby is coming soon. I have another appt. with the doctor on Thursday so we'll see if I am dilated or anything yet. It definitely is hard to not be antsy in the last couple weeks.

Healthy Baby Boy!

Congrats to Max and Sarah on their new phase of life!!!

We had another ultra sound today!! My doctor wanted to check his growth (since I'm small) to make sure everything is going good. He looked beautiful. Cute nose, toes and everything he needs :) He's 5 lbs. 6 ounces. I'm really hoping he will decide to come out very soon or at least on time but it's allll up to him.
Katie and I put the wallpaper up in his room and organized everything the other day. I put together his stroller yesterday and am working on getting our hospital bag packed. Mom and I are going to a big mom to mom sale on Saturday so I hope I'll get a crib, some clothes, and other last minutes there. I am SO excited!! I also really hope he's on time so I can go to graduation after he's born!
Bear is going to a Men's Retreat with our church at a camp this weekend. He is a little apprehensive about being away all weekend but I think once he's there he'll have a great time. I'm going to spend the weekend in Lapeer and shop for baby stuff with mom.

Yay!