noah is almost 1 year old. what is going on?!

So. 20 days till noah's first birthday.

I am Excited

Sad

Proud

Happy.

My little boy!

I cant believe it. really. I know, I know.. everyone always says "enjoy it, time will fly by.." and i believed them, but, wow.

My big man,

My Foof

My monkey butt

My big mea-han.

My lubb

My smush

My Foofy

My No-No bean

My handsome handsome

My fooferooni

My pooper

Hes getting so big now. he can stand up on his own. he waves hello and goodbye. he drinks from Snapple bottles (we have to hold them), and he eats everything we eat (except peanut butter and honey).

He charms everyone we see. starbucks baristas, bunger employees and customers, anywhere we go hes smiling and melting the hearts of everyone.

He cracks me up with his sense of humor, the little faces he makes, and the happy screams he can belt out at a pitch I didn't know was humanly possible.

I think most people look at little babies and think "Ohh I miss when ___ was that little, I want another little baby!!"

but Im not like that. at least not yet.

Yes, I do miss his little onesies and how he was so small; but I love that he can vocalize some things he wants, he interacts with me, plays games, and is more rough-and-tumble than a fragile little baby now.

I dont want another baby just cause my baby is getting a little bigger. I want to watch him grow and love every second of it (which i am), not wish he was back to the small baby he once was.

I cant even begin to describe how proud I am of my little man. He has grown SO much in the past year. I loved being with him every day of his life so far, giving him hug and kisses whenever I could.

He truly is my sunshine and the light of my life, he brightens my day and makes me so proud to call myself his mama.

10 month schedule

10 MONTHS ALREADY!!!!!

heres his schedule.

8:20am- wake up

9am- breakfast (yogurt with fruit, or sometimes oatmeal with fruit)

11am-1230pm- Nap

2pm- Lunch (carrots, apples and cucumber puree with mashed bananas. or more yogurt with fruit if he wont eat puee)

330-5pm- Nap

6pm- Dinner (whatever he didnt really eat the rest of the day)

930pm(ish)- Bedtime!

noahs 3 month "schedule"

630 am- eat, go back to sleep

930 am- eat, play

12 noon- eat, sleep

2 pm- eat, play

4pm- eat, sleep

6pm- eat, play

830pm- sleep

930 pm- eat, play

12 midnight- sleep for the night.

this is pretty much noah's schedule. every 2 hours or so he needs to eat, then usually naps afterwards.

cant wait for his 3-month old growth spurt to hit. :/

weight loss

So its been 2 months since I had Noah and ive already lost 32 lbs and have 8 lbs to go till im back down to my pre pregnancy weight. But, to hit my goal I have 25 lbs to go.. so we'll see how that goes. If i start to notice things creeping back up or stalling ill continue the 30-day shred workout (it was hell, haha). When noah starts crawling and walking ill be dropping the lbs so fast; hes so damn active! haha

Life with Noah: 6 weeks old!

So, noah is an awesome little man. he is smiling all the time now, especially when i smile at him and stroke his cheek, that almost always makes him have a big gummy smile. he is so amazing. every morning hes so happy and alert, afternoons are a different story, but all in all hes a relly good baby.

so i wanted to list the things i love to use, and the things that are pretty useless.

LOVE:

1. Carter's Terry Footed Sleeper

These things are awesome. They are so soft, and he looks so adorable in them.

2. Gerber Sleep and Play onesies

Once again, soft and adorable

3. Reusable velour wipes- they save so much money, especially if you own a washer and dryer.

HATE:

Gerber Onesies

They are such a pain to get over his head. Yeah, theyre good for under outfits that have pants and shirt separated, but other than that, weve never used them. So we only used them maybe twice. maybe having a spring/summer baby things would have been different.

2. Sleepsacks

These things suck. They bunch up on his throat and they get way too warm for him.. even in the fall.

alright gotta go, hes waking up.. its his second breakfast time, haha.

Life with Noah: 1 month old!

so the little guy has definitely grown and changed since day 1. looking back at pictures he looks so little and not as "meaty", haha. He is doing so good at nursing, and were both getting the hang out doing it at other peoples houses, and in the car for emergencies (like my extra long shopping trip at tanger outlets yesterday, poor jay). He broke out with baby acne a few days ago, and I have a feeling he has a little acid reflux or something. He always spits up, and he always chokes and gags on my milk. Sleep has been getting better. we were going to try to do a bedtime routine, but theres no way to time everything. if he takes an extra long nap at say, 7pm, then we'll be up extra late (go figure). so its hard to gauge what he'll do from day to day. he wakes up twice a night on average. like last night, we went to bed around 1 after I fed him, then he was up around 5 (amazing!!), then again around 9. I love when hes like this. some nights he has "the witching hour" and is up till around 3-4am crying and fussing. Its pretty hard considering Jay has to work usually the next morning, so Im up with noah trying to soothe him. then who knows if ill get any sleep the next day, it all depends on what the little guy wants to do. its rough sometimes, but its all so totally worth it. he really is my sunshine, and when he smiles it makes every problem or worry I have go away instantly.

Life with Noah: 2 weeks and 6 days old

So noah has been sleeping pretty good lately. we go to bed around 1am, even though hes alseep by 8, and he wakes up around 6. of course theres about 2 feedings during the night and a diaper change, but its been a lot easier than the first week home. hes got a pretty bad diaper rash, like his butt is raw.im trying to air him out a lot and use wipes very sparingly. his gas has reduced a lot, and his poops are little and often, instead of the one huge one we were getting for a few days. now about me. I weight 146, woo hoo! I have 14 lbs to go till im back to what i was when I got pregnant and 31 lbs to go till i hit my goal! not too shabby. alright, well it looks like its noahs second lunch time, he eats sooo often now. he barely latches onto my left breast so he gets probably so little out of it.. but im feeding him whenever he seems hungry (which is every 30 mins or so) so hopefully he's doing good weight/nutrition wise.