tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38462952024-03-04T23:03:11.671-05:00and so it goeslife is one big crazy ride and we're strapped in loosely.christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.comBlogger276125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-73870973474210248872009-03-31T13:50:00.002-04:002009-03-31T13:54:41.168-04:00time gets away from yousince my last post much has happened.i've had a -somewhat- difficult pregancy, in comparison to last time. nothing terrible but all of the "textbook" issues a pregnant woman can face i've had. which had recently culminated into two hospital stays in pre-term labor.this wasn't unexpected since i dilated so quickly and easily with wesley. i was 4cm by the time they checked me at 36 weeks and he christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-16212422008572050472008-11-03T15:30:00.002-05:002008-11-03T15:34:30.613-05:00picures from todaythis is always the surreal time, when you don't really feel like you're pregnant (well, except for the nausea and the tiredness and the protruding belly, and then poof. there's a little baby!christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-32112884431005492932008-10-16T10:31:00.002-04:002008-10-16T10:34:28.203-04:00sweet momentwe have a routine at night and it works pretty well. when wes is getting tired we ask if it's bath time and he heads straight for the stairs and his room to get undressed. we proceed to the bath, and then i put on his jammies. dad hold him and gives him his nightly bottle (something alex really wants him to give up but i don't see the point of forcing it) and we read him stories. after a few, we christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-41314267070745816782008-10-01T16:12:00.002-04:002008-10-01T16:21:16.141-04:00i just love trips to the ERthough it has been awhile, so i guess we're due.we took wes in yesterday with his first actual injury. an injury that was - of all things - our fault.here's the stage. wes loves doors and opening and closing them. he'll do it for hours. every morning we play a game with him while we get ready. it involves one of us getting in or out of the bathroom before wes tries to get in. lame, yes, but he christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-78198532368484972232008-09-12T14:09:00.002-04:002008-09-12T14:15:01.850-04:00so it begins againi was looking through my old posts from last time with wes. it seems i've forgotten what the early days are like. i feel... normal. i don't feel any different at all. well, maybe more hungry. and sometimes a little queasy. i remember last time i was so exhausted and run down. and sick. well, i've been battling a cold so that's no different. but i don't feel the same overbearing fatigue this time.christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-76985087701879484972008-09-09T14:38:00.003-04:002008-09-09T14:42:50.169-04:00let's see who's paying attentionnow for the weird part. i had made alex promise awhile back if we ever had a girl we'd name her after my dear, dear friend t (see a few posts back). when am i due? her birthday.i know it's early, but it's hard not to be excited.christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-21414475783014299352008-06-16T22:25:00.006-04:002008-06-16T22:32:36.912-04:00happy birthday babychristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-49787971867207525372008-05-22T15:08:00.002-04:002008-05-22T15:10:33.172-04:00birthday boycan't believe it's been a year already.trying to prepare for the birthday extravaganza weekend. and all i wanted was a little party. no such luck.christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-8492051520598994792008-05-19T19:21:00.006-04:002008-05-19T19:41:29.799-04:00todaytoday is a hard day for me. today my dear dear friend would have turned 39. would have. passed tense. i still can't believe she's gone.t was one of those people who just exuded goodness and kindness. the minute you met her you instantly loved her. she was like a sister to me.august 2006 she got engaged to the man of her dreams. her whole life was ahead of her. they planned to get married the nextchristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-40439132915598783992008-02-11T13:14:00.001-05:002008-02-11T13:26:27.745-05:00but was it REALLY a promotion?a few months back my entire company went through reviews. it was strange this year because my new boss was my peer last year until our old boss left. then there was maternity leave (in which my group doubled in size from 3 to 6). when i returned i began shifting towards the job that my old boss did. a departure from what i was hired for, different than what i had done before, but interesting.pluschristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-43290583264135670962008-02-05T15:58:00.000-05:002008-02-05T16:03:11.049-05:00we have teeth (finally)it seems that wes has been teething forever. all the drool, all the rubbing of the gums, all the chewing on EVERYTHING. this started at about 2 months. we figured he'd be early with the teeth. even at the 4 month appointment his ped was convinced any day now. well over 4 months later, he finally sprouted those bottom two. barely, they are just poking out. and one is so crooked (like sideways christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-89976224287452597202008-01-28T15:55:00.000-05:002008-01-28T16:15:12.780-05:00two in one day? can't be!well a meme hardly counts.When you walk in your front door, which room do you enter?Foyer/Hallway/Living/Dining RoomDo you have a dishwasher?Yes, and thank goodness. I can dirty up some dished fast.Is your living room carpeted or does it have hardwood floors?It's all bamboo everywhere in the house except for where it's ceramic tile. But the living room is definitely bamboo with this giant rug christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-65661876312245283022008-01-28T15:49:00.000-05:002008-01-28T15:53:56.948-05:00well hello there.my i've been a bad blogger as of late, but that's totally ok since no one reads this but me anyway.so what's new... since christmas wes sleeps through the night. my parents were only here 3 times. i turned 31 and wesley got his first haircut!i am proud to say that my child is now sans mullet, thank you very much. my SIL did the honors yesterday before a bunch of us got together for game night. christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-31629278755908390602007-12-07T10:45:00.000-05:002007-12-07T10:49:29.982-05:00tis the seasonwe decided the best thing to do for the grandparents this year was to finally go get some professional photos taken of their favorite little man. alex's mom has been giving me jc penney portrait coupons every time i see her. you think they want some?so this past weekend we were luck enough to set up a time with my friend who is an amazing photgrapher. she shot our wedding and i cherish all of christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-57278776034510925842007-11-22T16:39:00.000-05:002007-12-06T16:45:29.277-05:00thankfulwhen i think about how far i've come from the awful life i lived before moving to michigan (this time) i am so thankful. i am thankful for meeting alex, for the life we have. it's a so far away from where i was.i am ever so thankful for our wonderful son. who amazes me eveyday with his charm, his curiosity and his love.it's quite a thanksgiving this year. someone is also 6 months old today. so christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-5743233539475110212007-11-13T09:14:00.000-05:002007-11-13T09:32:35.147-05:00another visit downmy mother left last night. it's so strange, that i don't hear from her for years and how she visits every other day. or so it feels like.it would be ok i guess, if she was helpful? or helped us with, er, anything. all that happens is she is here, eats all our food, expects us to pay if we eat out. and hold wes as long as he doesn't cry basically. not all that helpful, i have to say.she will only christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-18457349252810539782007-11-01T09:13:00.000-04:002007-11-01T09:16:40.923-04:00happy halloweendoesn't he look thrilled?he was actualyl a really good sport. more deatils and pictures later!christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-87974611791543307632007-10-31T11:00:00.001-04:002007-10-31T11:03:36.889-04:00boo!and this isn't even his costume. i can't wait to put him in it. we brought it to daycare because the Best Daycare Provider Ever that we have asked us to. She wants to take a group picture of all the kids dressed up. How cute will that be?he was mad because i had just put on his orange striped socks. the kid hates socks. he can get them off in 2.5 seconds.christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-46631381513250724452007-10-30T10:18:00.000-04:002007-10-30T10:28:55.502-04:00must every call to the doctor end in a trip to the ER?that's what alex asked me the other day after i returned from the ER with our little guy. it sure does seem that way. we've called off-hours twice and we've ended up in the ER twice. this time the little guy had been losing his food out of both ends and they wanted me to be sure he wasn't dehydrated. he wasn't. but it's still such a process. poor man. he hasn't been eating well, but can you blamechristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-45935225530693600932007-10-25T09:05:00.000-04:002007-10-25T09:16:52.551-04:00soggyit's time for pumpkins again this year. last year we went picking with a lovely group of friends. we had really just found out we were going to be having a baby and we hadn't told anyone yet. when we were picking out our pumpkins alex leaned over and whispered to me that we should also get one for the little monkey. of course i couldn't resist.this year we went with the same group. it was so christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-30867138486433938422007-10-17T10:28:00.000-04:002007-10-17T10:35:15.946-04:00rock starwe're loving food over here. i tell you, i never thought he was going to be a huge kid, but at the rate he's going... i dunno. he loves rice cereal. isn't it supposed to be gross? aren't kids supposed to hate it? he much prefers it to the bananas, apples or carrots we've tried. and he prefers it thick. he's definitely got his own thing going on.and i couldn't resist the onesie.christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-32859061189749229712007-10-11T09:36:00.001-04:002007-10-11T09:41:37.529-04:00my lollipopso the head thing? he's fine of course. just had a big head. i like to think it's because he's smart, naturally. :)his new trick is squealing. loud. and it makes me laugh which just makes him do it more. and the eating thing? he's got that down. he's going to be a little battle tank. i do feel like he's getting to a new level though, one where he knows how much he can't do yet and it's making himchristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-7126161379660573672007-10-02T15:53:00.000-04:002007-10-02T15:57:54.411-04:00mr. big headmy posts are so few and far between these days. work has been insanely busy and i just don't have any interest in being on the computer when i don't have to be.today marked our second trip to the hospital with the little man. for an appointment at least, and not for an emergency. he had his 4 month check up last week and it was all good. except his percentiles jumped a lot. he went from being in christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-91626396906612343192007-09-07T12:19:00.000-04:002007-09-07T12:23:37.780-04:00because i am tired...i'm going to post the email i just sent all my friends...***Most of you know what's been going on this week, some of you are probably just wondering why I disappeared.. in any rate, here's the lowdown on the little man.Monday he was acting a bit out-of-sorts for him, and was pretty cranky throughout the day. We mostly thought it was gas, as that's the only thing that really upsets him. We did a christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3846295.post-14939386380509437412007-08-29T14:37:00.000-04:002007-08-29T14:47:58.628-04:003 months old?when did that happen? that seems to be all i'm saying these days, isn't it?let's go over the highlights:schedule still going well with work.we took our first PLANE RIDE for my annual company get-togetherhe sleeps on average 7 hours a night. in a row.can you believe it? i sure can't.everyone that met him at the retreat loved him instantly. of course. he's so chill and laid back. he only got upset christinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16866611849078020225noreply@blogger.com1