ele-fun

we like sophie, but we also like ellie the elephant!

first day of school

oh my goodness...my little miss is starting school today!  part of me is happy because i have a feeling she's going to love school just as much as graham, and the socialization will be good for her.  and then part of me is so sad because it's proof that she's growing up...too fast!!

we've met hannah's teachers before today, and just like kindercare, they are awesome.  and everyone seems to be in love with her already! from what we hear, there hasn't been a little little girl in the nursery for awhile.

i know someone who is happy that baby hannah is starting school.  yup...graham!  the nursery is right diagonally across from his room, and he's able to go and see her if he's feeling like he needs some hannah time. 

but one thing that i haven't gotten used to yet, that i'm guessing will take awhile, is the 530 wake up call!  yikes...this is very early!  coffee is going to be my friend i see! but in order to get hannah and graham up and fed, pump, eat breakfast myself, drop the kids off at school by 715 and then home by 730 to log into work (yup...i'm back to work!)...530 it is!  here's to hoping it gets easier!

selfies

can't get enough of these two.....and those toes!!!

i loooooooove.....

....my jeggings!!!!

this is just how happy she is all the time.  i can't get over it!  so far, we have been VERY lucky!

yikes stripes!

this little lady is electric!

cheeky

graham: 'mom, can you take a picture of me and hannah'

me: 'okay, come on over'

me: 'okay, now say cheese'

cheeky, cheeky boy!

snuggle

this is what i'm going to miss when i start back at work.

a wave of calm

i've been thoroughly enjoying my last week of maternity leave with this little lady.  she's laughing and smiling so much more and i can't get enough.  she's gotten so big so quickly though and i often find myself looking at her feet and toes.  rubbing them somehow soothes me.

and not only does she soothe me...but she sends a wave of calm over someone else!  and he's so excited to tell hannah what he's done at school that day.  love how he loves her!

happy mothers day

we're getting there with unpacking things.  but we took a moment to enjoy my first mother's day as a mother of two!  and with this face looking at you all the time, how can you not stop and just kiss her all over!

i'm so lucky to have both hannah and graham in my life.  i really can't imagine not having them around.  sure there are some difficult days, but they're all worth it when out of the blue i get a hug from graham, an 'i love you' from graham, or just smiles and funny faces from this little miss.

love all of you!

2 months and a house closing!!

what a monumental milestone...

little miss, for your 2 month mark we got you the ultimate present....a HOUSE!  :)
yes, not only is it hannah's 2 month birthday, but our closing as well!!!

you had your 2-month well visit and everything looked great.  the doctor was very pleased with how you are growing and how you are such a happy baby!

weight: 10 lb. 3 oz (23%)
height: 21.8" (22%)
head: 15.8" (94%)
your eyes are still blue
your hair is definitely not blonde like your brothers, but i can't tell if it's going to be brownish or redish!
wearing 0-3 month clothes
still eating every 2 hours or so, and sleeping 2-3 hours at night
started sleeping on your back at the clays house, but still not a fan of sleeping on your back at night
took your first car road trip....to dallas!  :)
starting to smile more and more, especially when mommy is being funny
had your first bottle with no qualms!
figured out you have a little sensitivity to milk, so looks like mom is going to be cutting out all things dairy.  you're lucky you're so stinkin' cute!  mommy loves pizza and ice cream!  ;)
love lounging in your chair outside with all of us while we're in the pool

here's a link to see pictures of our new place
http://www.pinterest.com/katiemsanner/new-chapter/

workin 9-5

yup, i'm back to work (have been for the past two weeks)....hence the lack in posts and photos. sorry folks! i just need to get back in a routine and i'll get better. i promise!

work has actually been really great though. for those of you who haven't heard...i did not go back to the company i worked for when i was pregnant. i actually went back to the engineering firm i worked for back in 2005-2007. i received a promotion to marketing manager, which i was VERY happy about, and i'm loving being back in an office environment with people i already know. i now have a work family again. yeah!!!

i've been very busy already, which is a good thing. it keeps my mind off of graham during the day and it also makes the time go by very fast. needless to say though, when it hits about 515 i'm all packed up and ready to hit the road to see my boys! and i love when i see graham for the first time after work. he's all smiles and coos. love it!

the transition back to work hasn't been too bad either. it really is amazing how your body can work on such little (and broken) sleep and still be as productive as if you had the correct amount of sleep you need to be productive! i have started to have one small cup of coffee in the morning when i get to work though, just to get me going.

all in all, things are going well and both mommy and graham are adapting to our new schedules just fine. i'm looking forward to the day where graham starts sleeping through the night though and i don't have to wake up to feed him. the day will come!

reflux

so the little dude has recently had some coughing issues. it seems to only be when he's eating and an hour or two afterwards. the doctor seems to think it could be a mild case of acid reflux. poor guy, he strains to cough sometimes and it really breaks my heart to hear it. but at least it's not waking him up at night or anything. and he shows no other signs of being sick, so i'm agreeing with the doctor on the acid reflux diagnosis.

to try and treat it, we're now adding one teaspoon of rice cereal to his bottles. we'll see if this does the trick...if not then we'll have to add gas drops in addition to the rice cereal and see if that works. i'm really hoping the cereal clears things up. i'm trying to avoid giving him medicine as long as i can. i'm also hoping that he outgrows this reflux business soon.

sleepy head

we love sleepy babies!! and we love sleeping babies at night even more!!

daycare day one

graham had his first day of daycare today. i can't believe 10 weeks flew by so quickly! and i'd be lying if i said i wasn't dreading the day that i had to drop him off and not see him all day. i knew he would be in good hands with jodi at kindercare, but it was still hard to leave him. i did really well though. i got to daycare at 7:45am and walked back to the infant room. two of his teachers were there and they were very excited to see him. i had a little surprise for them under his hoodie (thanks isa for the onesie...see picture below) and got a good laugh out of them! they let me give him a couple extra kisses, and before i could start to cry i had to walk out of the room. i thought the waterworks would start in the car, but i think because i was too busy thinking about my first day of work that i thoroughly distracted myself.



i also thought i would be counting the hours to when i would see the dude again, but i was so busy at work that i didn't even have time to think about the time. the day flew by and soon it was time for me to pick the dude up. it was so awesome to see him, scoop him up and give him more kisses. apparently he doesn't like driving home in the dark though. he cried the whole way home...which didn't help mommy's headache!

all in all, the day was a success. graham survived his first day and seemed to enjoy himself while he was at daycare...and mommy survived her first day back at work, and at a new (old) job. this week will definitely be an adjustment, but i'm sure we'll make our schedules work.

new chapeau

the dude has a fairly large melon, so the cotton skull caps weren't cutting it anymore. that, and it's getting rather cold up here....so we got him this adorable fleece hat. mommy loves when he has it on!

happy new year!

wow, where did 2010 go! i guess being pregnant and having a baby will make the time go by in warp speed! what a year it was though:

found out we were pregnant

celebrated my last birthday in my 20's!

celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary

got the house ready for a new baby

HAD A BABY!!

took our first road trip with graham at thanksgiving to grana and grampa's

hosted graham and mason's first christmas at our house with the whole fam!

and celebrated new years eve with graham's newest friends kiera, derek, dawn and ej!

what will 2011 bring?! guess we'll have to wait and see. i guess it's time to make some new years resolutions too, huh?!

two month stats

today graham had his two month well baby visit. thankfully grana and grampa stuck around this morning to lend some moral support for the visit since there were shots involved. he did such a great job though. he did cry when he got his vaccines, but i was able to soothe him and calm him down in an instant once the nurse was done and handed him to me (thank you mother nature!!).



well and i'm happy to report that my little dude is growing into a big dude!!!

weight - 11 pounds 3 ounces (29%) (increase of 2.6 pounds since one month visit)
height - 22.5 inches (24%) (increase of 2 inches since one month visit)
head circumference - 15.75 inches (42%) (increase of 0.75 inches since one month visit)

it looks like he might have a herniated umbilical cord, but it's nothing to worry about. once he starts walking his ab muscles should be able to pull everything together and he'll have his innie belly button back. he also might have a very small case of cradle cap, so we picked up some baby oil and are looking for a shampoo brush so we can start massaging his scalp with that at bathtime.

and just for future reference we found out three interesting remedies:

1 - malox! graham has a slight little cough that the doctor thinks might be a little bit of reflux and said to give him a teaspoon of malox after he eats if we wanted to. never would have thought of that!!
2- pedialyte or dark karo syrup! the little 'rasinet' looking pieces (that's what i think they look like) in his poop, combined with him straining to poop sometimes could be a sign of constipation. so a teaspoon of the karo syrup or 2 ounces of pedialyte once or twice a day should get rid of it!

who would have thunk it!! we're going to let him try to work things out naturally, but if anything gets any worse we might give one of these a try.

visit from gg

today we had to say goodbye to gg as she flew back home to massachusettes.
we had such a good time with her and graham loved being held and loved by her.



thank you so much for coming and celebrating the holidays with us!!

love my dad

i love my dad. he's so silly!!



and mom thinks we're two pretty good looking dudes!!

first christmas

what a wonderful first christmas it was indeed!



graham got tons of toys and clothes from santa this year and he got some good cuddling time in with grana and grampa as well. he didn't really know what to think of the whole day, but he definitely enjoyed playing with his stacking blocks and stacking rings later in the evening. they're very fun to look at! the rest of the day was spent eating and hanging out with family and it was perfect.

and graham has been giving mommy the best christmas gift yet recently....sleep!!! the past couple nights he has been sleeping for 5.5-6 hours for the first stretch and then 3 hours the second stretch! hopefully this trend will continue and he'll be officially sleeping through the night every night now. (keeping my fingers crossed!)

we hope everyone had a wonderful christmas and that santa was good to all the other kiddos!
here's to a safe and happy new year!