Spiderman

For some reason Colby has become a huge Spiderman Fan. He has already told me he wants to be Spiderman for Halloween - It's March! He also wants Santa Clause to bring him a Spiderman costume for Christmas. Guess I need to show him a calendar.

If it were up to him, he'd wear his Spiderman shirt everyday. I forgot that it was picture day at school. ( Just another baby brain moment) Now we have a a forever memory of Colby and his favorite shirt.He convinced grandma to buy him a pair of Spiderman sunglasses. He looses them about 10X a day. I'm forever finding them and then asking him where his sunglasses are. He never remembers, (boy brain) and wants to go buy another pair. I've been trying to teach him to put them back in the same place each time but have since given up and just keep the sunglasses in the car.

He has a red shirt with a spider on it that he wore around Halloween. He had rediscovered it and has enjoyed wearing it again. This is the alternative to the black character one.
Spider-boy!

A day a the park with his buddies, Justin and Jacob

C & H Comparisons

I keep getting comments that Hayden looks like Colby when he was a baby.
What do you think?

Colby @ 1 week
Hayden @ 1 week
More Photo Comparisons
Colby@3weeks - bad case of baby acne
Hayden@3weeks - baby soft skin
Bath Shot Comparisons -very similar expressions!
Same round belly

Colby @8weeks
Hayden @6weeks

Personality Shots:
Colby at 7 weeks.
I think this looks like Colby here.
He's always had a cute smile from very early on.

Hayden was born with more hair. His scalp was getting flaky and I put some Vaseline on him, which gave him some crazy hair. Hayden has yet to really smile.
I will definitely be doing some more comparison shots. Now that I've gone back through Colby's pictures, I have ideas of similar poses with wearing the same outfits.


Here's Hayden's announcement I had printed up

Hayden's tiny Feet

St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

For St. Patrick's Day, Larry the Leprechaun visited our house. I created a scavenger hunt for Colby to follow the morning of March 17th but it didn't quite go as planned.

The scavenger hunt was to begin with him using the bathroom and discovering the toilet water was green. There was a clue taped to the back of the toilet.

As usual, Colby is up at 7 AM on the dot, he makes his way downstairs and into our bedroom. I greet him good morning from bed and ask him if he needs to go potty. Nope. After some encouraging, he makes his way to the bathroom. I lie waiting for him to discover the green water. Other than the sound of him tinkling, I don't hear any expected exclaims. I get out of bed and look for myself. Clear water - I accuse Jason of flushing but he swears he used the other bathroom. Turns out the Clorox toilet tab neutralized the water back to clear. Colby does notice the note from Larry and we begin our search for an animal that Moo's.

In the living room we find his cow hat with a note to go where cows eat. Outside in the grass, Colby finds a kite. His keen eagle eye looks across the other side of the yard and finds a pair of green crocodile crocs hanging on the shed. That's supposed to be where the scavenger hunt ends! I have to convince him to go back inside and look for the place when he's bad. He doesn't want to go to time-out. After some convincing he might find another treat, he goes inside to find a package of lime jello. He doesn't want to do the last two clues, and takes off back outside to check out the new crocs. Not sure if leprechauns bring treats, but it was fun - kind of.

We hadn't talked about leprechauns much but he got very excited when he saw a leprechaun graphic on the news later that morning when the meteorologist was giving the weather report. Then when daddy was reading the newspaper, he saw a leprechaun on the front page. He's convinced now leprechauns are real and occasionaly still asks random questions about these small Irish men.

Trying out the new kite

making some lime jello

Hayden wearing his green

the new crocodile crocs

Wednesdays = Hay's Days

On most days, Colby dominates 90% of my attention. I look forward to Wednesdays. On this day Colby goes to his daycare class and I get to focus some time on my new bundle of bliss, precious Hayden.

For the past 3 Wednesdays I've been going to a Mommy and Me Tea at the Orlando Health education center. It is for moms and their newborns up to 8 weeks of age. During the meeting you can weigh your baby, feed your baby, then weigh him again to see how many ounces he has taken. While everyone is feeding their babies, the facilitator goes around the room answering questions/concerns we may have with our newborns.

At this session, Hayden had a weigh difference of 5 ounces

The moms offer support and advice to one another. There's time to visit and get to know one another after the Q/A session too. Because Hayden is still so young, there's not many places I feel comfortable taking him yet. This is one of the few places I have been out with him. It's also great uninterrupted bonding time for Hayden and I.

Hayden is so far, the most easy going, happy baby. I feed him, he has some alert time, and then he sleeps for the next 3 hours straight. I can lay him down anywhere - play-mat, swing, bassinet, sling and he will sleep soundly. He will even sleep with a house full of noise and a big brother that wants to hug and kiss on him all the time. At night, he usually has a 5 to 6 hour stretch of sleep. However last night, he slept 7 hours straight - from 11-6. It was St. Patrick's Day, so it must have been my lucky night.

Sleeping beauty

When Colby was a newborn, I'd wait until he woke before going somewhere. With Hayden, my schedule is different and I have to just go sometimes. Luckily, he's so easy going he doesn't mind me interrupting his sleep to change his diaper and clothes and then strapping him into his car seat and running somewhere. Not once has he cried for more than a few minutes. He just grunts a lot.

On the go with Hayden

Bath time -
check out those rolls, he's really starting to fill out.

Every time I put Hayden down on his playmate for some exercise, I'll turn around and find Colby lying next time.

Getting Back into Shape

Nothing like postpartum to motivate you to get back into shape! During pregnancy, it is crazy to see your weight climb week after week and not have any control over it. First trimester I craved comfort foods. I'd want Bubaloo's Bodacious BBQ in the late evening. I remember wondering if they were still open at 10:30 PM. I also loved burritos from Tijuana Flats. I actually added their # to my cell phone contacts because I'd drive past one on my way home from work. I'd call ahead and place my to-go order and run in with Colby to pick it up.

My first 8 weeks I gained 10 pounds - which is not good, because you should only gain about 3-5 in the first trimester. The last trimester is when you gain a pound a week. In the end it all worked out and I gained about 30 pounds, about the same as the first pregnancy. A combination of working full time and keeping up with a 3 year old, I'm sure helped me from packing on anymore.

8 months pregnant with Colby

8 months pregnant with Hayden

The day Hayden was born, my doctor told me he guaranteed a 10 pound weight loss, as I lied on the operating table. After the surgery, when they were moving me onto a gurney to leave the OR, I accidentally saw a 5 gallon bucket full of birth slop. Not sure how much that weighed but it was overwhelmingly a lot. Thankfully the good drugs kept me in check, otherwise my normal reaction would have been to pass out. Between removing a 7.5 pound baby and a ton of slop, I felt/looked about 4 months pregnant when I arrived to my hospital room. Followed by 12 hours of a liquid diet and then 24 hours of a soft diet. Oh, and I wasn't allowed to eat anything 12 hours before the surgery, no water or even gum.

When we arrived home, 4 days later, I couldn't wait to step on the scale and see my new weight. I was baffled that I weighed only one pound less than the day I went to the hospital! The same thing happened with Colby, It is crazy that I shouldn't weigh less. Water retention from the IV was the cause. The first two weeks home, I was loosing more than a pound a day just from peeing. After loosing 20 pounds with no effort at all, I've hit a wall. So now I've been working at loosing the remaining weight so I can fit back into my pre-pregnancy clothes and be ready for Summer.

The day we came home from the hospital.

About 5 times a week, I walk to the park with both boys. Hayden is worn on me in a Moby Wrap (thanks Michelle). It is exactly .75 miles. I know this because Run Keeper has been helping me to keep track of my distance, pace and calories burned. Over the past 3 weeks I've walked 22 miles at an average pace of 19 min/per mile. (Remember I'm wearing a 10 lb. baby and encouraging a 3 year old to keep peddling his bike.) We meet up with either our friends or introduce ourselves to new ones. Colby is very social, he will talk to anyone. When you are wearing a baby, people are naturally friendly towards you. Every trip is an adventure.

Biking to the park

Another reason for our walks, is that it helps to tire Colby out so when we return home he is ready for a nap. I'm hoping to step-up my exercise soon with jogging. I want to really make use of my Run Keeper ap., after I'm all cleared at my postpartum check up next week.

Return to Blogging/Click, Clack, Moo

I love to read others' blogs but I haven't posted on mine since Christmas 2009! Now that life has slowed down a little, after having another baby 5 weeks ago, I'd like to make an attempt to return to blogging. Since I'm temporarily a SAHM (stay at home mom), I want to make the most of my time off and remember the day to day events while I'm home with both boys.

Ever since little Hayden has entered our lives, to say that Colby has become a little difficult is an understatement. He easily gets jealous, acts out more, is stubborn and wants our attention all the time. I don't know where my sweet boy has gone. "The Terrible 2's" have nothing on the 3's!

An example of his new naughty behavior occurred last week while I was busy feeding Hayden. Colby got into the kitchen drawer to get the scissors and cut the fish off of his fishing pole. When I asked him what happened he said the fish had fallen off. Then he explained to me that he didn't want the toy to be a fishing pole anymore, he wanted it to be a "weapon" and proceeded to make shooting sounds as he aimed the pole at me.

Another first, he peed his pants while sitting in his high chair! He was being stubborn and refusing to eat what I had made for dinner, baked zitti. Granted it was left over, but he had loved it the day before. I bribed him with a popsicle if he would finish his dinner, which usually works. I told him he was staying put until he ate his dinner. That's when he purposely peed his pants so he could get down.

We've enrolled Colby back into daycare 2 days a week, which benefits everyone - it keeps some stability in his week and saves my sanity. However, the other morning after I had him all dressed, fed, and packed for school, he walks into the bedroom as I'm changing Hayden's diaper and I had to do a double take. Colby's cute face and hands were covered in orange marker. He is continually trying my patience!

To give Colby some undivided attention, Jason and I try to give him as much one on one time. He and daddy spent time working in the yard this weekend trimming the bushes. I've taken him to several birthday parties over the past few weeks.
Yesterday, Colby and I had a special date. We went to see "Click Clack Moo - the Moosical" at the Orlando Repertory Theatre. My copy of the book is probably somewhere at school but I found a video of the story on You Tube and we watched it several times last week. He was so excited about seeing a play - which I had to explain was a story told on stage by actors in costumes. He thought we were going to play I think. He had lots of questions on the way. "Where's Farmer Brown?" "Will the cows eat me?" and "Where is the farm?" When we arrived, he held my hand as we walked into the theater. During the performance, he kept looking at me and would lean in for some snuggles. He loved the play and I loved having some one on one time with my sweet Colby. I ordered a copy of the book from Amazon. It's a board book with animal play pieces that are stored in the the back of the barn book. This will be used as a bribe for good behavior later this week!