Sam & Suzy: 12 weeks and 33 years

Yay! Yesterday officially started the Summer Fun Week! Rob's parents are down here for a week and it's my birthday today! My birthday to 4th of July has always been a week of fun a celebration.

It was so fun to have Sam see his grandparents again. He smiled and talked to them so much. I was actually surprised. Rob's mom brought so many old toys that Rob and his brothers played with when they were super young. There's a Little People house and a Fisher-Price ridey horse! Sam also got a bunch out cute outfits too. Lucky boy!

I'd also like to mention that Sam gave me the most amazing birthday present! He gave me 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep! Thank you little man!


Sam:
Sam got his second set of the 2 month vaccines. Such a champ! He cried for not even a minute and was smiling by the time we got home. He got measured again, grew half an inche and gained about a pound.

He's so close to laughing! I try to find things that really make him smile. I do this silly scream that gets him grinning and he's loving his contrast book more and more. It's so cute to see him get excited when I flip to a new page.

Suzy:
I am 33 years old today! I think that 33 is going to be awesome. I'm a mom now! I don't have to blow out my candles anymore and wish that we'd get pregnant. Gosh, I don't even know what to wish for anymore, I have everything that I want!

So putting that aside. Umm....hello did I get my period?! Ugh, another smack in the face that this whole breast feeding thing is screwy with me. But yup, welcome back period! I'm curious to see what this means for my breast feeding in the future. So far I'm not noticing a huge difference. Having my period did mess with me and I had bad anxiety for a couple of days. I took some of my placenta tincture and it helped so much! I felt clear headed the next day.

Yay!

not sure where this is originally from, found it all over tumblr

T.I.L.T.

i know...reusing this picture again this week

- Tomorrow begins Summer Week of Fun! My birthday, Rob's parents visiting and 4th of July.

- Free birthday drinks from Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks.

- I'm getting a most awesome birthday present that I'm so very very excited to get. I'm so giddy, I feel like I'm 8 again.

- Rob's cousin had a baby boy this week!

- Sitting out in the backyard.

- Slowly but surely the cicada are coming out. I love them!

- They opened a Duckworth's by us. We are going on Sunday!

- Summer beers are so great. You tend to see more fruit beers during the summer like raspberry and peach.

- Our neighbor gave us so many veggies from their gardens.

Super Summer Challenge Update

Just chillin' outside

I am loving the Super Summer Challenge! It gets me motivated to do all these things!

For instance, last Friday I was sick and working from home. On my lunch break I grabbed a quilt and I decided to go out in the back yard and eat outside, a mini picnic! A picnic was on my challenge list. On Saturday I ate outside again. It felt wonderful. I then brought Sam outside and we just chilled on the blanket. I can't believe that was the first time this year that I've sat in the backyard. Now I'm inspired to spend more time out on the blanket with Sam.

I also shuffled around some of the items into different point tier. Like flossing I only had worth 10 points. Meh. But I changed it to 25pt, now I'm interested! Dog walks are worth more too. And I added a few new things like going out as a family and spending time with friends.

I'm doing great with the Mind section, but I don't have many Body points. So many excuses why I'm not doing great (weather, time, Sam...). I'm trying to add more high point items to get me motivated. It's all good though, because it's a learning process. Learning how to balance this new life of mine and seeing what fits.

On BlogLovin'

Just one more week until Google Reader is no more. I'm quite bummed about it! I've been on the search for a good replacement. I've been using Feedly, which is pretty good. But I wanted something a bit more and most of the blogs I read have been switching to BlogLovin'. I didn't like BlogLovin' before their mobile apps, but I've been using it for about a day now on my iPad and I'm digging it and think I'm going to stick with it!

I've also add a BlogLovin' button on the sidebar there if you want to follow me.

Sam & Suzy: 11 weeks

We went to our first baseball game with Sam last Saturday! Sam was totally chill, just sitting and looking around. Yay, we can take him out in public, hee hee. It was also the first time I wore him in the Ergo carrier in public. I loved it! It was so comfortable and easy to get around. Way easier for me than the car seat.

Sam:
Sam's new favorite thing, his fist. He loves putting it in his mouth and munching on it. He'll even talk while he's doing it. So cute! I've tried putting other things in his mouth, like teethers or toys, but nope, only his first or my hand.

Another thing his totally digs is bath time. He just chills there while I get him clean. The other night I filled the tub where he was half way submerged and I let him "play" in the water. He loved it, kicking his little legs around and cooing. Then we dry off and I put lotion on him, which he'll sometimes talk to me then too.

I'm so amazed and proud of our little guy. He is such a laid back baby. Sam doesn't really cry unless he's hungry or wants to be held and if he does cry, he is abled to be calmed down rather quickly. We haven't had many full on red faced screaming moments either. I'm so grateful.


Suzy:
It's shedding time! I didn't think my hair would really fall out since it didn't change much while I was pregnant. But, I'm leaving strands everywhere. Sam even had one in his mouth the other day *vomit*

Earlier this week I got plugged milk duct. For some reason I thought I'd be exempted from these things since I don't make a lot of milk to begin with, but nope! And it hurt! I think I got it because I wore my underwire nursing bra a couple days in a row and I had some pretty stressful days last week. On Monday night I took a nice hot bath and gave my girls a massage. It totally worked! By the next morning I was pain free. Yay! *

*tmi? you're the one reading this blog! i'm glad to know that you now know what i did with my boobs in the bathtub, ha ha

T.I.L.T.

- Sam's crazy hair, which gets crazier every day.

- Watching Sam throughly enjoy munching on his fist and talking while he's doing it.

- Artwork by Sam.

- Being friends with my old boss and his family and our tech. guy and his family.

- Texting with my sister.

- Reading blogs with babies that are around the same age as Sam.

- Waking up to realize that it's been 4 hours or that Sam it still sleeping.

- Getting ready for work while Sam is still sleeping.

- Seeing inspiring messages in random places.

- Going to baseball games.