A day in the life...

of a six week old....

fussingeating (well, drinking)

bathing

snoozing

did i mention fussing?...

and that about wraps it up... ya gotta love 'em

Don't eat at IHOP

Well , we certainly had a morning to remember! Just yesterday Marty was saying "how will I get thru work today, I can't wait for Sat. HA!

We had plans to take our kids to IHOP - I had a coupon and we thought it would be fun to take the kids for pancakes. Then we were going to wander around Costco, picking out a b-day gift for Lee (marty's dad) and just dilly dally for a bit- maybe get some fun snacks and such (We love Costco). This is how our day plays out....

#1 Marty goes down to get Liam out of his crib and he had exploded out of his diaper in the night...poop everywhere.! So - rip off the sheets, wipe down Liam, start a load of laundry...

#2 I am trying to get Charlie nursed so we can head out the door for b-fast and I pick him up to burp him- splash! He purges everything he had just consumed. I don't mean a little spit up- I mean projectile vomiting. It went ALL over the front of me, Charlie, and our sheets. I quickly change and throw additional things into the load of laundry already started. I wipe myself down cuz I'm in a hurry and will shower later.

#3 We are at IHOP... a lady comes by our table making -fun balloons, we say- sure the kids would love one. I had no idea you tip these people. She goes on for a while humoring the kids making them 2 balloon characters each and giggles consistently. We tell her thanks and she stands their expectantly ...Marty pulls out the cash and hands her a 5 dollar tip! what the? (I guess it was the only cash he had) We then order our food and I hand her the coupon once the food arrives. She says "oh , that won't work with what you ordered." whoops. 40 buckaroos' on breakfast ...wow, we didn't plan on that!

#4 We are in Costco roaming around ...enjoying a minute of calmness and out of nowhere... spray! Liam pukes EVERYWHERE ...then he takes a deep breath and spews again! All over him, all down the cart, all over the floor below and all over a book we were letting him look at while we walked around the store. I didn't have any wipes in my purse so I grab Charlie's burp rag and start wiping Liam down. I go tell a store worker. No one shows up for minutes...Marty goes to tell another worker...again no one shows to clean it up. Marty decides to take Liam to the car (at this point Liam is balling) and takes Charlie with him too (Charlie has now decided he is starving and is crying that unnerving newborn cry.) Marty drags Liam out by the hand (he doesn't want to carry him since he's covered in smelly slime) and carrying a screaming car seat in the other. I am sure he got stares. Finally someone shows up with a mop. I apologize profusely and take the cart to the bathroom to wipe it down. I buy the items we had picked out thus far- and the book that was covered in throw up. On my way out I ask for some lysol spray to sterilize the cart and the worker sees me throw the book away...needless to say he replaced it with a new one for me (it's some dumb Bambi book that I would never buy otherwise). I think he felt really bad for the way I looked about now.

#4 Get home- start another load of laundry with Liams wet clothing, throw Liam into the tub and immediately plug Charlie in .... maybe things will calm down a bit...maybe we should have just stayed in bed today.

Conclusion: What we thought would be a fun/ relaxing sort of day has really started off wrongly. I gave Liam the book once we got home...(he well earned it I think) and Ruby asked "why didn't we get the princess book I was looking at?" my reply "well you didn't throw up on it", "maybe you'll think about that next time we're out shopping"...

I don't know if I can ever eat at IHOP again....my food wasn't bad -I got the stuffed frech toast (in your honor Jami) - but I have felt slightly nauseous since leaving Costco and I can't kick it.

FLASH

Snapshots of Charlie.... Thanks Heidi for snapping these with me in our little make-shift photo studio. he he

now don't start wondering who the father is...yes, it is Marty, not Edward. The sun hit his skin thru the window and I thought for a moment after looking at the photo that his skin was shimmering - if you look closely. That sparkle may have come from my lip gloss and the fact that I kept kissing him so much to make him happy.... but ya never know - maybe he does have a little vampire blood running thru his veins....

nothing cuter than baby feet...wouldn't you agree?

Some Christmas and Charlie highlights....

love the facials on these guys...

monkey bread and hot chocolate for breakfast...talk about a sugar high on christmas morning...maybe thats why Charlie had his problem with low blood glucose the next morning when he was born!

the morning of Dec. 26th...I was dilated to about an 8 in this picture...hence the grimaced smile...and the hard grip on the countertop...

The night we got home from the hospital...our house was a complete wreck! All of Christmas was EVERYWHERE and our house is small anyway ...let a bomb go off and then bring home a new baby with all the additional baby things and you know it's time to move into something bigger. Before I had a break-down and cried...I quickly got busy cleaning/organizing and put all of Christmas decor and tree AWAY!

it's not a great picture of all three of them...(wow-3 is alot!) but it's amazing to see how BIG Liam is all of a sudden ....he is huge to me with Charlie next to him...

Who says you can't kiss your baby's mouth! Ah well...if he gets my oral bacteria...I can't help it, they're just so kissable.

Grandpa Lee- doing the baby dance.!

Ruby is this guy's second Mom and on some occasions his first...she is SUCH a big help, esp. when I am sitting helpless in my 'nursing seat' and can't move to get anything or help Liam.

Natural Childbirth = CHECK

So he is here! Yes, a BOY, born on Dec. 26th. We are so excited / shocked. Marty and myself had totally banked on it being a girl for some reason and we even had it narrowed down to 2 good girl names. We really didn't have many boy names running around in our head...so we took a little extra time to determine his.

Meet Charles Henry Wright...Charlie weighed in at 8 lbs. 11 oz.! Our biggest baby yet.Doing a natural birth was the most excruciating thing I've have EVER experienced and I don't know if I'll do it again...well that's what I thought immediately following his delivery. But now that it's been a couple of days and I see the way I feel and have healed and look back to how neat the whole experience was....I may just do it that way again for our next child. The contractions weren't the hard part really. I was a 9 when I arrived at the hospital. The 'burning ring of fire' really hit when I was pushing him out. That is when I screamed and cried out and felt an anxiety attack coming on. But I got thru it - I only had to push thru 3 contractions- which at the time seemed like eternity. It was so special when he came out though. My mom, Marty and I were all emotionally drained/involved and it was really awesome to get him here after all that hard work.

Secrets with a 4 year old....

So, Marty took Ruby shopping for my christmas presents...not a good idea I thought. But he insisted it would be fun and that she could keep the secret of where they went and what he bought. When they got home she didn't say anything and Marty reminded her that it is a SECRET. The next day after her shower I pulled out the blowdryer to do her hair and she exclaimed with big wide eyes...."YOU SHOULD USE YOUR NEW ONE!" Ha, I couldn't stop laughing, and instead of just acting surprised on xmas morning I had to tell Marty cuz it was such an innocent and funny moment. She realized right after that she'd slipped up. There are still other gifts that I can get surprised about and luckily this was my "need" gift from our categories...so I'm not too bummed about finding out. So even if there are good intentions...4 year olds can still get excited about something and lose all sense of obligation/duty.!

Smiles

Amiss the 'waiting for baby anxiety' and feeling really uncomfortable and BIG, there have been some things that have made me smile lately...

Getting together with these great 'old' friends is such a blessing and treat. I am so glad we stay in touch...it is rejuvenating to be with these girls!I love this dear little boy...he will soon be a 'big brother' and I hope he can handle it well, he's such a snuggle bug and I hope he copes!

I love girls days out with my sisters...we all went to New Moon and lunch afterwards.

I love this cheesy little face...Ruby is such a great girl; I'm so proud of her in the relationship she has with Liam. It is the most precious thing to watch them play together.

I love love love that my mom-in-law came out for Thanksgiving. She was here a whole week and we had such a great time. The kids gobbled her up and couldn't get enough of 'Gramma DIane'.

giving loves to Liam...

making pies ...

chillin...with knitting in hand, a movie for the kids and cheddar cheese slices to munch on...

Thanksgiving day....

Twas delicious!

We went on 'opening night' to the Temple Square lights...bad idea...but it was so pretty. Thanks for coming here to 'coldville' Diane...we miss and love you! Thanks for making us ALL smile.