My Boys - A Comparison

Everyone thinks that Mark looks a lot like Michael when he was a baby.  I see it too, but sometimes, I see Matthew in Mark as well.  You decide...

Michael - 2 Months

Matthew - 2 Months

Mark - 2 Months

10 Weeks

Happy 10 weeks to my little Markey-Mark! I can’t believe that it’s been 10 whole weeks.  He’s growing and growing.  I’m hoping that he will sleep through the night by the time I go back to work in 3 weeks.  I’m not looking forward to that at all.  I’m scared.

His feeding schedule is still every 3 hours, but sometimes he’ll go to four hours in between feedings.  He will finish 4 oz. most of the time, especially at night so maybe it’s time to switch to the bigger bottles. Still not napping well.  If I want him to sleep for an extended period, I will have to hold him, which is not ideal.  It’s a pain in the you-know-what.  I can’t get anything done.

WIth Daddy...it took a lot of convincing to get him to take this picture

After his morning bath.  He LOVES his baths.

It’s been a very tough week. I rear-ended another van on Monday and now the van is in the shop to get work done.  I apparently messed it up pretty bad.  Needs a bunch of new things -don't remember what they were; some radiator thing-a-ma-jiggy.  The insurance will cover it, but we have to cover the deductible, which is $1k.  Big chunk of change.  I’m thankful that no one was hurt, but the $1k that I wasted makes my tummy hurt, especially since we’ve already spent $1k to fix M’s car when I back into it 2 month ago.  It’s been rough.

They boys have also been acting up this week.  They decided that it would be fun to pee on each other in the shower.  Michael apparently made a game out of it.  They got caught because they left pee on the seat in the shower.  M saw and was very upset. He felt that we were letting them get away with too much so certain privileges have been taken away from them for a week – no electronics, outside play with friends.  I think this will be harder on me than them.  They will be complaining of boredom every minute. Blah! I'm hoping that we will have a better week starting today.

Post-partem Obsessions?

I've discovered that I've developed a few OCD-like tendencies during and after my pregnancy with Mark.  These tendencies have not gone away and it drives me crazy sometimes.  I don't know how it came about but it would be less stressful on me if I can get rid of it. These are the things that really stress me out more than they should:

1. Unmade bed
2. I have to clean/pick up the nursery right when Mark wakes up in the morning
3. Dishes in the sink
4. Wet counter around the sink
5. Out of place cushions on the sofa
6. Clutter in general

I understand these things are not remarkable, but for me it is because these things have never bothered me this much before. Another symptom of post-partem?

Soccer Superstar

Michael is a great little soccer player.  I'm not just saying that because I'm his mama either. He's been playing for a few years and he's go the love for it.  All he wants to do is go outside and kick the ball around.  Even when he's inside, he's kicking the ball around-for which he will get in trouble for.

He's currently playing for 2 teams-a recreational team (Star Jets) and a more competitive academy team (Odyssey) and he still can't get enough soccer.  We love going to the game to watch him play.  The last game he scored 4 of the 6 goals his team had and the game before that, he scored another 4 goals.  I was so proud.  

Michael in his Odyssey uniform - Go #24!

Outdoor season will start again in a couple of weeks and he will continue to play for both teams so our week will be very hectic with practices.  Each team will have 2 days of practices each week so he will have 4 days of practice. Not to mention, Matthew will also have 1 practice day each week.  I'm hoping that none of the practices overlap. I also don't know how I will manage all this with going back to work full-time and with a brand new baby.  On top of that, M will still be traveling.  My stress level just shot up as I'm writing this. Yes, I can cut him to 1 team, but he loves to play so much that I feel I owe it to him to let him play and see where it takes him. 

I guess that's my rambling for the day.  I have not been inspired to post much because it's been pretty quiet after the Holidays.  I should enjoy the quiet before the storm, but it's making me restless and uninspired. I've been in a rut these past couple of days.  How can these sweet boys not be inspirational?

Mark is 2 Months Old

My little Mark, you are 2months old today! I’d like to say that it’s been a breeze, but I’d be lying.  You have not been as easy as Mommy and Daddy expected you to be, but you are getting better everyday.  We need to remember that time goes by too fast and you won’t be like this for much longer (we hope and hope).

You are going to your 2-month appointment today and I’ll will update this post with your current stats, but I wanted to write a few things down so that we remember this time in your life.

Schedule: (this differs from day to day, but in general this is the schedule you follow)

You usually wake you around 7am-8am and stay awake for a couple of hours.  I’ll usually give you a morning bath and then give you a bottle between 9am-11am.  After your bath and bottle, you’ll nap again for another couple of hours off and on. 

If I hold you the whole time, you will nap the whole time, but I’m trying to wean you off being held all the time, so I will put you in your bouncer for your nap or on your boppy pillow.  I sometimes get as much as an hour out of that which is a big improvement from a week ago.

You are ready for another bottle after you wake up and you will fall asleep again off and on.  You hit another awake period from 7pm-9pm and then all bets are off.  You will either be really fussy right before we put you down at about 10pm or you will stay content until we put you down for the night.

You’ll wake up every 3 hours for a bottle (if we are lucky).

Eating:

You are at 3.5-4oz at each feeding every three hours.  After trying a few different formulas, you’ve decided that you like Nutrimagen.  This will cost us $35 for a 19.9oz can instead of the typical $20 can. Daddy’s working on getting free cans for us.

Likes: 

Bath, being held, being talked to

Dislikes: 

Napping without being held, not much else that I can tell yet

Diaper Size:

2 Pampers Swaddler

2-Month Stats:

Weight- 11lbs. 9 oz. (50 percentile)

Length- 23 inches (25 percentile)

Head- 16.5 inches (95 percentile)

The Post That I Discovered That I Need to Take More Pictures

It was a great idea to start off with - I'll post pictures of the boys month by month to get a visual of how much they've changed through the course of 2011. The problem was I didn't have pictures of them together for a few months and no pictures of them at all for a couple of months.

Another goal this year - take at least a few pictures of the boys together EVERY month.

 January-Snow day

February-Another snow day

February

 

March -No pictures of Matthew

April-1st trip to Six Flags

May-Spring break at the JW Marriott in San Antonio

 June

June-Happy Birthday, Matthew!

June-Boating with the Hoppes at Lake Lewisville

 July-Summer vacation in St. Thomas 

Bowing my head in head in shame - no pictures for August or September

October-Halloween (obviously) 

November-1st meeting with Mark 

December-And then there are three

Welcome 2012!

It's another year and another opportunity for a fresh start.  I don't make resolutions because that's just way to much pressure on yourself.  I just want to be able to spend as much time as I can with my little men as  can.  They've been pretty difficult to handle these past few weeks probably because I'm running on caffeine. I've been doing a lot of yelling and screaming which I promise myself that I will cut down on.

With that being said, I'd like to not "sweat the small stuff" this year.  They grow up so fast that I don't want to spend too much time being upset with them.  After all, they are only 6 and 8.

January 9, 2011

January 1, 2012

I love my precious little men and can't wait to see what this year brings!