Birthday Party Excitement

Bennett is now a little over 10 months old.  Where does the time go?  Recently I've started thinking about his first birthday and the party that we'll have.  At first I didn't want to have a theme as I think that theme parties can get a bit silly and overboard.  But then I came up with an idea for his party- and I'm going overboard.  But I love it!

I'm working with someone on Etsy to design his invitations and hope they'll be ready soon.  Although after all the work that I put into the invitations, I almost could have made them myself.  Oh well. A t least it's one less thing to have to worry about.

I can't wait until I can share pictures here, but for now I'm keeping it a surprise.

This Moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

This Moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

This Moment

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

3 - 6 Months- in photos

Here's a look at Bennett from 3 - 6 months.  Hard to believe how quickly time flies!

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Week 17: Jan 13th - 19th

Jan 13^th

It’s official- you’ll be starting daycare next week.  Daddy dropped over the paperwork today.  You were a little bit fussier today than yesterday, but you’re doing so much better than you were last week.  And this evening you rolled over again- and Daddy was able to see it.

Jan 14^th

You had a good day today with Daddy.  Looks like the new meds for your reflux are working.  You ran a few errands- stopped at Dr. D’s to pick up some forms for daycare, Babies R Us, Target, Lowes and then you spent most of the day at home.  When Mumma came home from work we all went out to dinner.

Jan 15^th

Mumma had skating in the morning so you hung out with Daddy.  She then ran a couple of errands and then went to have her hair done.  Andrea, her hairdresser asked to see pictures of you, and loved your chubby cheeks.  When she got home, you hung out with Mumma for a bit while Daddy spent some time in the basement.

Jan 16^th

Today was another quiet day at home.  You and Mumma slept in while Daddy worked on a model.  Over the past few days you seem to have started to notice your hand- staring at it as you move it around.  Interestingly, it seems to be only your left hand that you notice.  Daddy thinks that you may end up left handed.

Jan 17^th

Because it was a holiday (MLK Day) Daddy had the day off from work.  Your new daycare was open, but we decided to wait until tomorrow to have you start in order to save some money.  You had a pretty good day with Daddy, but when Mumma came home you decided to get a bit fussy.

Jan 18^th

Well we all survived your first day of daycare.  It was very snowy today, so when we dropped you off, you were the first kid to arrive.  It sounds as if you had a good day.  You ate well and only had a couple of fussy periods.  Apparently you had one spit-up incident so bad that you got the teacher’s back pocket.  When we got home you were pretty tired.

Jan 19^th

Happy 17 weeks old!  It’s hard to believe that you’re almost 4 months old.  You were supped to get a Synagis injection this morning, but it’s been delayed due to an insurance snafu.  However, because of this you were able to spend all day with Nana and Granpa.  You also got to see a few of Nana’s friends.  She sure does love to show you off!

A few random things...

Because I have a bladder of steel (I think I just went about 7 hours) I sometimes forget that Bennett's diaper might need to be changed more regularly.

Chris and I like to try to guess who will come closest to a certain number.  Usually this is at restaurants as to what the total of the check will be.  In this case, it was how many stuffed animals Bennett was going to get for Christmas.  (He also got a couple of other stuffed items that due to other features of them we classified them as "toys".)  Daddy won.

Bennett has now rolled over from front to back a few times.  Daddy didn't want to believe that this had happened since he didn't see it.  I took video one time and he claims that I photoshopped it.  Last night Daddy saw Bennett roll over, but no luck today.  Now Daddy thinks that Bennett only rolls when I'm around.  :)

Because we are Anglophiles, we want to teach Bennett British English.

I make milk.  What's your superpower?  Because of this, we had to get a new fridge/freezer.  It's full and we're out of space again.  When I transferred milk to the new freezer I had 489 ounces, or 3.8 gallons.  At this point I have even more.

Bennett will finally be starting daycare on Tuesday.  We had planned for him to start on Jan 3rd, but we procrastinated a lot with our daycare search.  However, I think we'll be happy with where he's going.  (And if he had been born on his due date, this might have been when he would start anyway.)

I had great intentions of updating this blog every week.  Obviously that didn't happen.  I'm still planning on playing catch-up though.

I still plan on writing thank you notes for shower gifts.  The envelopes have all been addresses since early October, maybe even September, and I think I put stamps on the envelopes in November or December.  So if you don't have yours yet, your gift(s) are appreciated and the notes are coming.  Eventually.

I miss my pregnancy hair.  Now I'm back to shedding.  A lot.

I generally don't read the books about when your baby should hit certain milestones because I don't want to be upset if he's late (which is pretty much a guarantee that he will be due to his preemie status).  However, because of this I don't really know what to look out for or know what I should be helping him to do.