Memorial Weekend

We had a nice relaxing Memorial weekend. We just hung around the house and did nothing. Here are some pictures of Zach. His 2.5 month growth picture and a few of him smiling. He is geting so big. We weighed him unofficially on our scale and he is 11 plus pounds.


Smiling


Smiling Bigger


Loving outside


Trying out my Sundome before the beach


2.5 months with my sheep (see Amber, I like it)


Don't wake me, I'll wake you

Busy weekend

We had a busy weekend. Friday night we went to a Japanese cook in front of you restaurant. Zach did really well and slept almost the whole time. Saturday we went up to the scuba shop. Saturday night we went to Mandy's and Zach met Harrison and saw Jack again. I can't wait until he is a little older and can participate in all the play. He was a little fussy but did pretty well. Then today we went to Caroline's birthday party and saw family. It was a big weekend for Zach and he slept for a 6 hour stretch both nights. Hopefully he will continue this trend. I think school and getting on a routine is helping.

First Week

I got through my first week back to work. All in all it was a good week. It was nice to get back in the swing of things. Zach did really well at school. He had his moments but they said he is a good boy and is usually happy. That makes me feel good because that is how he is at home. Everyone is great and knows who he is and who I am when I am there. I picked him up early everyday and brought him over to the office. He worked late with Sharon and me on Thursday. I bought him a play gym for work so he has something to do while he is there and I can get some work done. He seems to really like it.

In other news, Zach pretty much slept through the night last night!!!! He is only napping 2-3 hours during the day so I know he is tired at night. Well, we went to dinner and he was up the whole time. When we got home we fed him at 8:00 and he was up until 10:00. He slept from 10:00 until 4:30 then again until 7:30! We woke up and Ryan said "did you get up?" and I said no, and he said he didn't either. So we turned on the video monitor and he was sleeping peacefully, I heard him make a noise so I knew he was ok. We have a busy weekend so hopefully he will sleep all night tonight too :)

First Day back at work

Yesterday was my first day back at work and Zach's first day at daycare. I got up at the butt crack of dawn to get both of us ready which took about an hour and a half. I am used to getting up staying in my pj's until 10 or 11 and then showering and getting him ready at my leisure. Since I actually had to be somewhere early in the morning and on time I no longer get that luxury. We drove through rush hour and Zach did really well in the car in stop and go traffic. The only thing that made him upset was the sun was in his eyes half the time from the back window. I am going to have to buy a shade for that window so he does not suffer every morning. We got to daycare at about 8:15 (which is across the street from my office). I took him in and got his bottles in the fridge and took him out of his carseat. He fussed a little bit but then he calmed down. I was reluctant about putting him down and just leaving so I stayed for about 10 minutes then one of the girls took him from me. I was glad to see he was being held and loved on when I left. I pretty much cried the whole way out the door and when I got to the office and sporadically throughout the day. It was nice to be back at the office and to be in the adult world again. I missed it and jumped right back into where I left off. It was kind of strange at first and I felt a bit lost but after the first few hours I got the hang of it again. I am not totally back in the swing of things but I know that will take time. I went and picked Zach up at 2:00 (I couldn't take it anymore) and brought him over to the office. It was nice having him here but kind of a pain. Once I put him in his bouncy seat he was happy and just sat there and kicked his legs until the end of the day. All in all my first day went well.

Today was much easier dropping him off. I only cried when I got in the car after dropping him off and when I first got to the office. So much better. I am sure my hormones are still all out of whack so that does not help :) When I left he was in the bouncy seat over there and happy. The teachers over there are great and really seem to care. Which makes it a whole lot easier. When I was leaving today they told me I could call anytime or just drop by to check on him. They were surprised I didn't call yesterday. I might try and call today or go over during lunch just to see him.

Who knew leaving your child would be so hard. But it had to happen sometime :)

Smiles

As promised, here are 2 smiling pictures of Zach. He is so cute, he sticks his tongue out when he smiles. It was the only way I could get a picture. He does smile without doing this but it is hard to get pictures because he wants to smile for me but not the camera.

2 months

Zach is 2 months next Tuesday. I can not believe how fast it has gone by. He is growing like a weed and getting much more alert. We had his 2 month doctor appointment today. He is 9 pounds 8 ounces and 22 1/2 inches long. The doctor said he looked good. He got his first shots. He did really well. He cried when he got them but calmed down pretty well afterwards. He has slept most of the day since then. He had a rough hour when we got home but is passed out again.
My little baby is starting to look like a little boy. He is getting so much better about holding his head and can turn over onto his side from his back. He has really started to smile over the last two days (he started a few weeks ago but when he got sick he stopped). I will get a picture of it soon. I was looking at him in the mirror in the car and I could see him practicing in the backseat. It was so cute. He has started to look more like me over the last few weeks. I will post some of our baby pictures to compare next week when I am at work and can scan the pictures in.

I start back to work on Monday. I am excited and nervous. It has been 10 weeks since I have been at work. I am worried I will have forgotten things or that lack of sleep will make me forget things and I am sad to leave Zach at daycare. I am looking forward to being back in the adult world and I have missed the girls I work with. I know he will be fine and my boss is being great about it. She has offered for him to come to the office instead of daycare. I might bring him a day or two if we are not busy but I think I will get more done if he is not there a majority of the time.
Zach has been doing really well at night. Since he is less congested he has been sleeping for about 5 hours and then again for about 3. It is very nice to just get up once a night. I know his tummy is getting bigger so he can sleep for longer stretches. It was rough for the last few weeks when he was sick. He was getting up every hour or so. Ryan has been so great and we have been sharing the nighttime feedings.

Here are a few updated pictures.

Ryan, Zach & Ava sleeping


First time sitting like a big boy in the stroller


Trying to eat my fingers


Half smile