Monthly Archives: July 2008
He's a planner.
I’m pretty sure Ijah plans his fussies. Late afternoon on Wednesdays. I think he’s wanting Dad to be around every night, instead of going to karate, or trying to get Grandma up to visit. Its not gonna work though, Ive been in fussie training, and I get Chelsea for back up tonight. He can try [...]
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Sleep
Sorry it’s been a while. I blink now and a week passes. I hear this is normal, but I wonder where the time goes. I feel like thinks are moving along all nice and slow and fun but BAM! I haven’t posted since Friday. Sleep has been the theme recently; we went from wondering if [...]
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Road Warrior
Ijah is only elevn days old and about to take his third car ride; this one to the farm in Iowa. That may not seem like a lot but it’s more than I’ve taken in the past month. Here we are preparing for his first ever – home from the hospital with Amanda’s parents in [...]
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Seventh inning stretch
I’ve had a few baseball references this week, which is easily explained by all the baseball I’ve been watching. There’s really no way around it. I don’t think Elijah cares, and Amanda says its fine. I assume she’ll change the channel if it stops being fine. Anyway – Another reference. A relief pitcher has arrived [...]
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Fussasaurus Rex or…
… Cryceratops, Elijahraptor, whatever; It was bound to happen. The idyllic life we’d been leading as new parents was bound to be crushed by a wailing wall at some point, but… well, we should have seen it coming. There were signs Monday morning and Tuesday evening, but we chalked those up to "First day without [...]
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Things I learned from the pediatrician
This blog may be a little end-loaded this week while we get caught up. We’ve discovered that actually taking care of a newborn (and ourselves) leaves very little time for writing about taking care of a newborn (and ourselves). We’re getting there. Ijah made it through his first doctor’s appointment relatively unscathed. He went there [...]
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Aaaaaaand We're off!!!!!!
Sorry we haven’t mentioned this here, but Baby Elijah was finally born on July the 14th at 1:30 in the afternoon. He was 7 lbs 14 oz, but dropped to around 7 – 2. As of yesterday he’s back up to 7 lbs 9, so things are going well there. He’s three inches away from [...]
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Let the bribing begin.
"Hi Comma, This is Auntie Mariah. You should come out and play now. I’ll buy you a kitty when you get older if you come out sometime today or tomorrow. Or if you live in a place where you can have a puppy, I’ll buy you a puppy. I’ll even let you pick it [...]
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July it Is
Happy birthday (month) to youHappy birthday (month) to youHappy birthday (month) to CommaHappy birthday (month) to you So it’s official, the baby will be a JULY baby unless something really, really unexpected happens. Having said that, some July fast facts to help pass the time.
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Fuss Hangover.