So today I got really motivated. Don't ask me why!
I started by sorting all Dominick's 0-3 month clothes. My sister has a friend who is having a baby boy in July and I offered to let her borrow all Dom's old clothes. I'm definitely going to need it back because we will have more kids and hopefully one of them will be another boy and I'm hoping that my sister in law, Christy, gets pregnant soon with a little boy. It was kind of sad boxing it all up. I have a big cardboard box full of stuff. Some of the clothes Dominick never even wore! It made me sad that he is getting so big that he's already out of some of his clothes, but it means we are moving on to the next stage of his life and we can look forward to babbling, rolling over, crawling, etc. I'm looking forward to that.
After I finished re-organizing his old clothes and all his 3-6 month clothes that he's wearing now, I decided to go through my clothes and box up all my maternity clothes. A lot of clothes my sister in law, Kate, gave me. I put all those in the tubs she gave me for next time I'm pregnant or when Christy gets pregnant. Then I organized the stuff I bought and stuff my sister let me borrow for the next time one of us gets pregnant (or Christy. I'm sure my sister would let her borrow her stuff too, but my sister and I are a lot taller than Christy).
After getting all the maternity clothes together, it made me realize that a lot of the clothes in my closet, I can't fit into anymore! So I went through all my stuff and cleaned out a bunch of old clothes. I put in all into a bag for goodwill. Then I put all the folded laundry away and cleaned out our whole closet.
After all that, I realized taht I don't fit in a lot of stuff and I should be working out more. So I went downstairs and got out my favorite work out DVD. 8 minute Abs and Arms. I did the 8 minute arms workout and then did a bonus workout. 20 minute kickboxing. Holy cow that was hard! The arms were a little tough but I could handle the 8 minutes. The 20 minute kickboxing...not so much. I finished it, but I am already so sore!!
I'm going to try and make this whole working out thing a routine! I need my body back!!
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
2 month check-up
Dominick had his 2 month check up today. He's actually 2 1/2 months now but this was the earliest we could get in. Here are some highlights from the appointment.
He is a BIG boy! He weighs 15 pounds and is 25 inches long. He is in the 97th percentile for weight and the 95th percentile for height. I asked if that was bad and we were feeding him too much and she said no. He just isn't moving too much yet and when he does he'll start losing weight. His little peanut head is still just in the 48th percentile. But Nick has a small head and so do I so it's no real surprise that Dom's head is small.
Also, Dom has reflux. It doesn't bother him at all so there's no medicine to give him. The medicine just treats the acid and the discomfort, and he doesn't have that. He just spits up all the time. She also warned me that it will get much worse before it gets better since he'll be moving around more. That will cause more and more to come up. Great. Something to look forward to! She recommended putting rice cereal in his bottle because that will thicken the formula and help keep it down. However this comes will a price. He will have all those extra calories and he'll get even bigger! But she said that is normal and not to worry about that.
Finally, I brought up how we are concerned slightly about his hearing. She noticed it too. She said it's nothing to be concerned about yet, but we need to keep an eye on how he reacts to sounds and maybe have a second hearing test done. He doesn't respond to loud noises or people's voices yet. So we'll keep an eye out.
Other than that, he is doing great. He is healthy as a horse and smiling and coo-ing great.
Oh I forgot about the dreaded shots. He had to have two today. He screamed so much. It broke my heart. Such a sweet baby boy. He'll have to have two again at his four month appointment. Hopefully he'll be a little more used to it by then and not get so upset. I hate seeing him so upset.
And that's really it from his appointment!
He is a BIG boy! He weighs 15 pounds and is 25 inches long. He is in the 97th percentile for weight and the 95th percentile for height. I asked if that was bad and we were feeding him too much and she said no. He just isn't moving too much yet and when he does he'll start losing weight. His little peanut head is still just in the 48th percentile. But Nick has a small head and so do I so it's no real surprise that Dom's head is small.
Also, Dom has reflux. It doesn't bother him at all so there's no medicine to give him. The medicine just treats the acid and the discomfort, and he doesn't have that. He just spits up all the time. She also warned me that it will get much worse before it gets better since he'll be moving around more. That will cause more and more to come up. Great. Something to look forward to! She recommended putting rice cereal in his bottle because that will thicken the formula and help keep it down. However this comes will a price. He will have all those extra calories and he'll get even bigger! But she said that is normal and not to worry about that.
Finally, I brought up how we are concerned slightly about his hearing. She noticed it too. She said it's nothing to be concerned about yet, but we need to keep an eye on how he reacts to sounds and maybe have a second hearing test done. He doesn't respond to loud noises or people's voices yet. So we'll keep an eye out.
Other than that, he is doing great. He is healthy as a horse and smiling and coo-ing great.
Oh I forgot about the dreaded shots. He had to have two today. He screamed so much. It broke my heart. Such a sweet baby boy. He'll have to have two again at his four month appointment. Hopefully he'll be a little more used to it by then and not get so upset. I hate seeing him so upset.
And that's really it from his appointment!
NCAA Final Results
Well, I don't have the numbers in front of me but I can tell you for certain that my Mom lost and my Dad won!
Nick was in second, me in third and then Angela and finally Andrew.
I can't wait to see where Mom decides to take us all for dinner!! Yum!
Nick was in second, me in third and then Angela and finally Andrew.
I can't wait to see where Mom decides to take us all for dinner!! Yum!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Not so upset
Nick is not mad at me anymore. I joined him up for Facebook yesterday morning and this afternoon he already has 40 friends. He's Mr. Popular I guess! So anyway, I was forgiven and he loves it already, just like I knew he would.
On a different note, Nick and I are going to the Incarnate Word Academy auction tonight! I'm so excited!! We usually go every year and we couldn't go last year since it was the same day as Ashley's wedding (which was more fun I'm sure!) so I'm really excited to go this year.
I don't think we'll buy much, if anything, since we have so many house projects going on and we have Dom's baptism coming up (have to buy a bunch of food and stuff) but still auctions are fun!
I'll update tomorrow and let you know if we got anything. Aunt Christy and Uncle Rob are watching Dom tonight. He's been pretty fussy lately so I hope he's a good boy and doesn't deter them from every wanting kids!
On a different note, Nick and I are going to the Incarnate Word Academy auction tonight! I'm so excited!! We usually go every year and we couldn't go last year since it was the same day as Ashley's wedding (which was more fun I'm sure!) so I'm really excited to go this year.
I don't think we'll buy much, if anything, since we have so many house projects going on and we have Dom's baptism coming up (have to buy a bunch of food and stuff) but still auctions are fun!
I'll update tomorrow and let you know if we got anything. Aunt Christy and Uncle Rob are watching Dom tonight. He's been pretty fussy lately so I hope he's a good boy and doesn't deter them from every wanting kids!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Since I'm at home I've been checking facebook a lot more recently. Nick is usually looking over my shoulder and asking to see people's pages and pictures, etc. So today I decided to add him to Facebook for himself. He has his own page now and I even requested some friends for him. The problem is though, Nick always said he'd never join...so I'm hoping that he won't be pissed at me when he finds out I did this! I even added some of his work friends, so I really hope he doesn't find out he's on facebook from them before I can tell him! I'll let you know how it goes. I bet he ends up loving it...I guess time will tell.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Professional Pictures!!!
I'm SO excited because we just got our professional pictures delivered!! I absolutely love them all! And we bought the BIG package to get the copyrighted CD with it, so here are some of my favorites!
I am so impressed with all of these pictures. They did a great job. Dominick was fussing the WHOLE time we did pictures but she managed to catch him at all the perfect times so he looks like an angel!
I am so impressed with all of these pictures. They did a great job. Dominick was fussing the WHOLE time we did pictures but she managed to catch him at all the perfect times so he looks like an angel!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
We're getting there!
The carpet is down and some of the walls are painted! We're getting there. A few more days and I'll bet the main part of the basement is finished...We'll still have to wait on the tile and Nick and Mike are doing, but that's ok. Woohoo! Progress!
Tonight we're taking a break because it's Happy Hour time!
My girlfriends and I meet up the first Wednesday of every month for Happy Hour. Well this month is special because my work just finished paying off a really annoying "loan" and they want to go out and celebrate too. So we're doing a big joint happy hour party tonight! Nick's mom is watching Dom and Nick and I are celebrating. $5 Martinis: Here I come!
Tonight we're taking a break because it's Happy Hour time!
My girlfriends and I meet up the first Wednesday of every month for Happy Hour. Well this month is special because my work just finished paying off a really annoying "loan" and they want to go out and celebrate too. So we're doing a big joint happy hour party tonight! Nick's mom is watching Dom and Nick and I are celebrating. $5 Martinis: Here I come!
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