Happy Wednesday...Hump Day! Well, today little Emil is 23 days old! I can't believe that he's already almost a month old...as usual, time is flying! Since I last wrote we've just been trying to adjust to life as we now know it, PARENTS! Every day is a little different in regards to schedule and temperament (sp). Emil has been a pretty good baby for the most part but we have certainly had our moments. Around 2 weeks he was extremely fussy and it was pretty tough. Since then he's gotten better, or maybe we have?! Either way, things have calmed down a little bit (seriously, I'm knocking on wood right now!!). I am pretty sure last weekend he started a growth spurt because our "feeding schedule" (if you can really even call it that. I was feeding him about every 2-3 hours) went out the window. He seemed hungry ALL THE TIME so E.J. and I found that it's common for babies at that age to go through a growth spurt and want to eat often. SO, I quit trying to control when he ate and started feeding on demand. This was good and bad. Good because I had the easy, quick fix to him being fussy and bad because we were (and still kinda are) attached to each other...lol! Okay, so the feedings are slowing down a little bit and right now I'm back at every 2-3 hours. Night time is tough because I am a little sleep deprived at this point.
Okay, I'm back! I had to take a break to pump & make some popcorn! lol:) Things defintely take me a lot longer to do now:) So, we're good right now. Sweet baby Emil is sleeping next to me on the couch right now and it's about 10:15 so he's going to probably wake up soon to eat before it's bed time for the both of us! During the nights usually he wakes up about every 2-3 hours and sometimes it's every hour and a half...those nights are rough but usually it's not too bad:) Oh boy, this little booger is squirming around...he'll be up soon now and ready to eat!
So, I absolutely love being a mom. It's still so crazy that we're parents...I can't believe it. I feel like things come naturally for the most part and it's just so great having a little baby boy in our lives now. We're actually going out on Saturday night for dinner with a bunch of friends and we're leaving little Emil with my step-mom, his Nana. I keep thinking "maybe we'll just take him with us!" but just in case he decides to get fussy and since we're going to a nicer restuarant that will take a while to eat at (Japanese steakhouse) it's really best to leave him at home. But I'm already thinking about how much I'll miss him:) It'll be nice to have a date night though:)
We've had a couple of outings so far. I took Emil to eat at Tarasco's with Apryl last Friday night and that went really well. Then Sunday E.J. and I took him to lunch with one of his players and his mom then to Target and the entire time Emil was sleeping and so good! Ahhh....we're venturing out and it feels good! We also took Emil to Soup Sunday at my Dad's about a week and a half ago to meet all the Z family:) It was a lot of fun and everybody loved meeting him. It was great!
Well, I can't think of anything else at this time. My mind is pretty much going 1000mph and I have a hard time concentrating! Plus I need to get this baby up so he can eat:) I'll update again soon!
Okay, I'm back! I had to take a break to pump & make some popcorn! lol:) Things defintely take me a lot longer to do now:) So, we're good right now. Sweet baby Emil is sleeping next to me on the couch right now and it's about 10:15 so he's going to probably wake up soon to eat before it's bed time for the both of us! During the nights usually he wakes up about every 2-3 hours and sometimes it's every hour and a half...those nights are rough but usually it's not too bad:) Oh boy, this little booger is squirming around...he'll be up soon now and ready to eat!
So, I absolutely love being a mom. It's still so crazy that we're parents...I can't believe it. I feel like things come naturally for the most part and it's just so great having a little baby boy in our lives now. We're actually going out on Saturday night for dinner with a bunch of friends and we're leaving little Emil with my step-mom, his Nana. I keep thinking "maybe we'll just take him with us!" but just in case he decides to get fussy and since we're going to a nicer restuarant that will take a while to eat at (Japanese steakhouse) it's really best to leave him at home. But I'm already thinking about how much I'll miss him:) It'll be nice to have a date night though:)
We've had a couple of outings so far. I took Emil to eat at Tarasco's with Apryl last Friday night and that went really well. Then Sunday E.J. and I took him to lunch with one of his players and his mom then to Target and the entire time Emil was sleeping and so good! Ahhh....we're venturing out and it feels good! We also took Emil to Soup Sunday at my Dad's about a week and a half ago to meet all the Z family:) It was a lot of fun and everybody loved meeting him. It was great!
Well, I can't think of anything else at this time. My mind is pretty much going 1000mph and I have a hard time concentrating! Plus I need to get this baby up so he can eat:) I'll update again soon!
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