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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
5 Months
Now that I am sitting down to do Nick's 5 month post, I realize that I never did the 4 month one. BAD MOMMY! Hopefully I can find time to do it this weekend :)
Anyway, NickNick, you are now 5 months old!!! Still feels like yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital- I simply can't believe that 5 months have passed!
Since your last "birthday" you have been making lots of progress developmentally! The first big change is that you are eating solids now. We started pretty slow but you liked your oatmeal from the first bite! We are working up to making it a regular part of your diet. After your six month birthday you can start having fruits and veggies. You seem to be taking a real interest in what Daddy and I are eating now, so thats a good sign that you are ready for big boy food.
You are such a good baby, and you love to laugh and smile. Mommy and Daddy are getting pretty good at finding your tickle spots and it lights up our whole day to hear your little squeals and giggles. You continue to sleep through the night on most nights and we made it past the "4 month wakeful" period without much change to your sleep pattern other than maybe needing the nuk popped back in during the early morning. You have been regularly breaking out of your swaddle sleep sacks by morning time, but if we try to put you down unswaddled, you usually wake up within an hour or so, so we are going to keep swaddling for now. You have been able to rotate yourself around in your crib a few times!
You rolled over from your tummy to your back for the first time this month!!! You still hate tummy time so this one was kind of hard for you to figure out, but now you are a champ at it. If we put you on your tummy, you roll to your back almost immediately. Guess you have a way to get out of tummy time now!
We took our first few road trips this month, and you did GREAT! We were worried that you would not like sitting in your carseat for the 6 hour ride to PA but you slept most of the way, basically just waking up for your bottles and to play for a few minutes before the road lulled you back to sleep. We had a nice visit with all of your relatives that live in PA and you even got to go to Lily's birthday party! It was nice for everybody there to finally meet and hold you! We took a second road trip to WI later in the month which was also a good trip for you. You spent more of the time in the car awake but were content to play with your toys or have one of us entertaining you.
Another big first this month-- the first time BOTH of your teams (The Packers and the Steelers) made it to the Superbowl! You had a fun time rooting for both teams, but in the end the Packers won and you were so happy! GO PACK :)
It seems like you do something new everyday. You are very curious about your surroundings and like to hold toys and whatever else you can get your hands on. You love to touch everything and learn about different textures. You have taken an interest in our pets and love to pet our kitty Ariel. She is very patient with you and lets you pet her even though you are not very gentle yet.
You are completely in love with your feet and toes. You hold onto them all the time and love it when you don't have socks on so you can get a good grip. You especially love to do this while in the bath tub. You continue to love tubby time and we are looking forward to when you can sit up on your own consistently so that we can have you play in the big boy tub with toys. The way you love water, we are sure you are going to love swimming lessons, which you should be able to start in a few months.
You are such a joy to us Nicholas. We love you more and more every single day!
Anyway, NickNick, you are now 5 months old!!! Still feels like yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital- I simply can't believe that 5 months have passed!
Since your last "birthday" you have been making lots of progress developmentally! The first big change is that you are eating solids now. We started pretty slow but you liked your oatmeal from the first bite! We are working up to making it a regular part of your diet. After your six month birthday you can start having fruits and veggies. You seem to be taking a real interest in what Daddy and I are eating now, so thats a good sign that you are ready for big boy food.
You are such a good baby, and you love to laugh and smile. Mommy and Daddy are getting pretty good at finding your tickle spots and it lights up our whole day to hear your little squeals and giggles. You continue to sleep through the night on most nights and we made it past the "4 month wakeful" period without much change to your sleep pattern other than maybe needing the nuk popped back in during the early morning. You have been regularly breaking out of your swaddle sleep sacks by morning time, but if we try to put you down unswaddled, you usually wake up within an hour or so, so we are going to keep swaddling for now. You have been able to rotate yourself around in your crib a few times!
You rolled over from your tummy to your back for the first time this month!!! You still hate tummy time so this one was kind of hard for you to figure out, but now you are a champ at it. If we put you on your tummy, you roll to your back almost immediately. Guess you have a way to get out of tummy time now!
We took our first few road trips this month, and you did GREAT! We were worried that you would not like sitting in your carseat for the 6 hour ride to PA but you slept most of the way, basically just waking up for your bottles and to play for a few minutes before the road lulled you back to sleep. We had a nice visit with all of your relatives that live in PA and you even got to go to Lily's birthday party! It was nice for everybody there to finally meet and hold you! We took a second road trip to WI later in the month which was also a good trip for you. You spent more of the time in the car awake but were content to play with your toys or have one of us entertaining you.
Another big first this month-- the first time BOTH of your teams (The Packers and the Steelers) made it to the Superbowl! You had a fun time rooting for both teams, but in the end the Packers won and you were so happy! GO PACK :)
It seems like you do something new everyday. You are very curious about your surroundings and like to hold toys and whatever else you can get your hands on. You love to touch everything and learn about different textures. You have taken an interest in our pets and love to pet our kitty Ariel. She is very patient with you and lets you pet her even though you are not very gentle yet.
You are completely in love with your feet and toes. You hold onto them all the time and love it when you don't have socks on so you can get a good grip. You especially love to do this while in the bath tub. You continue to love tubby time and we are looking forward to when you can sit up on your own consistently so that we can have you play in the big boy tub with toys. The way you love water, we are sure you are going to love swimming lessons, which you should be able to start in a few months.
You are such a joy to us Nicholas. We love you more and more every single day!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
365 Days of Nick
Happy New Year!
I thought it might be fun to commit to taking a picture of my favorite subject every single day of 2011. I will do my best to document this journey here, feel free to click over and follow if you are interested!
I thought it might be fun to commit to taking a picture of my favorite subject every single day of 2011. I will do my best to document this journey here, feel free to click over and follow if you are interested!
Friday, December 31, 2010
2010 Year In Review
This has been a fantastic year for me, for my family. As with years past (here and here) I want to write about everything that 2010 brought to our lives, so here goes!
January- Biggest thing is that we found out we were expecting our first child, due September 28, 2010.
I tried my best to keep this a secret, but that only lasted for about 20 hours and I had to spill to my Mom the next day. We did manage to keep it somewhat a secret for the next several weeks, but I am a terrible secret keeper when it comes to stuff about myself so most of my close friends were in the loop. Other than that, did a lot of cooking at was pretty busy at work due to year end close. Gotta love being an accountant.
February- We had our first doctors appointment. The first appt is really just to confirm pregnancy and take some labs. Spent some time feeling sick on and off and was EXHAUSTED. Routinely fell asleep on the couch by 7 or 8 pm. At the end of the month, we went to Tampa, FL to visit Josh's Mom and Step Dad. Unfortunately for us, we picked the coldest week of the year to be there and the highest temp was in the mid 50's. Oh well, it was still warmer than Indiana! Had a few minor issues with cramping and bleeding so got two early ultrasounds, at 9 and 10 weeks to see the baby. The first one at 9 weeks, baby looked like a kidney bean. By the very next week, baby had arms and legs. It was really wonderful to see that early progress.
March- Went "public" with our baby news after returning from FL. Had another doctors appointment- they were pretty much monthly appointments at the beginning. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time in March which was really cool. Started teaching a Corporate Finance class at Indiana Tech, which was an interesting experience.
April- Went up to Chicago for a quick overnight trip for a work thing. Continued to teach my class which ended in April. We started working on consolidating our two guest bedrooms into one and sold a bunch of extra stuff at the Neighborhood Garage Sale. We ended up making like $600 which was pretty sweet.
May- Things started getting pretty busy in May. Went to Chicago for my very first Cadaver Lab and then up to WI for a visit with the fam and my friend Mike's wedding. My Mom had business in Indianapolis the next weekend, so I went down there to pick her up and then she accompanied Josh and I to our 20 week appointment where we found out that our baby was a boy!
Back to WI the following weekend for my friend Jamie's wedding, which was beautiful.
At the end of the month, headed out to Raynham, MA for work. We started getting the baby's room ready. Josh worked on the painting while I was out of town.
June- Celebrated my 32nd birthday. Josh took me to see Sex and the City 2 which was awesome considering he hates those movies. Got a summer cold which sucks when pregnant because there is almost nothing you can take for cold relief. Went to WI for my first baby shower that was thrown by my friend Jenny. It was wonderful. At the end of the month we celebrated our first wedding anniversary by going for dinner at Eddie Merlots. Josh enjoyed his first $40 steak LOL.
July- Went to Pittsburgh for the 4th of July and family baby shower. Again, it was was wonderful. We are so blessed to have such great family and friends. Headed back to WI later in the month for another baby shower. Saw lots of friends and family, which was great.
At the end of the month we started our baby classes at the hospital.
August- Took at trip to New Brunswick, NJ for work at 32 weeks pregnant. Started getting extremely swollen and numb during the trip. Diagnosed with mild pre-eclampsia the following week and put on bedrest until the baby was born. Bedrest sucks, although there were some nice benefits. I started having two appointments a week so we got to hear lots of baby's hearbeat and got an extra ultrasound. My Mom came to visit for a week to help out. My work baby shower ended up being moved to my house since I was stuck on the couch.
September-Only thing to really even mention in September is the birth of our son, Nicholas Jason Blosser.
Best day of our lives! The rest of the month was spent adjusting to being a family of three and to being parents to an amazing little baby. We struggled a little bit (a lot) with breastfeeding but other than that, things went really well. Nick spent most of the month of September sleeping :)
October-Spent October on maternity leave and being a Mommy :) We took Nick to the Pumpkin Patch up the street.
Josh's Mom came to visit us from Florida and got to meet Nick for the first time. Josh's Grandma and Aunt also came to visit.
We took our first Family picture.
I went home to WI for the last week in October to spend some time there. It was nice to see everybody and for that side of the family to meet the baby but it was really hard to be away from Josh that long. I was very nervous about traveling alone with the baby, but it was actually pretty easy. People were very willing to help out a new Mom traveling alone. Nick started sleeping for longer stretches of time during this trip, which was wonderful. He had been getting up 3-4 times a night which is just really hard. He dropped down to twice per night on this trip, which was fantastic. Nick had his first Halloween and dressed up as a monkey :)
November- Had to go back to work when Nick was 8 weeks old. The bed rest I had prior to his birth basically stole 4 weeks of my maternity leave :( Went to Raynham, MA that first week. While it was hard to be away from him, it was nice to get back into the swing of things. Had a nice night out in Boston and got a few good nights sleep in a king size bed with no cats hogging it. Took lots of pics of the baby trying to catch him smiling. He hides his smiles when the camera comes out LOL.
Josh's Dad came to visit us and meet his Grandson!
My parents came to Indiana to celebrate Nick's first Thanksgiving with us.
Josh and I got up and did the day after Thanksgiving shopping. We were in line outside Target at 4 am. It was freezing and insane but pretty fun. Got lots of good deals :)
December- Normal busy Christmas stuff. Took Nick to visit Santa. He didn't cry, poop, or spit up on Santa, so I consider that a success.
My parents and brother and sister in law came to us for Christmas to celebrate Nick's first Christmas. We had a wonderful time! Nick was a little bit too young to really appreciate Christmas, but he seemed to enjoy the extra pairs of hands to hold him and all of the extra hugs and kisses. He also started to laugh and was really hamming it up for everybody. He smiles all the time now (execpt for when he sees the camera) and is really a happy baby.
All in all it was such a great year for us. I think 2011 is going to bring some interesting changes and challenges for us, but its nothing we can't handle. Thank you to all of my friends and family for the support you have given us this year. We love you all!
January- Biggest thing is that we found out we were expecting our first child, due September 28, 2010.
February- We had our first doctors appointment. The first appt is really just to confirm pregnancy and take some labs. Spent some time feeling sick on and off and was EXHAUSTED. Routinely fell asleep on the couch by 7 or 8 pm. At the end of the month, we went to Tampa, FL to visit Josh's Mom and Step Dad. Unfortunately for us, we picked the coldest week of the year to be there and the highest temp was in the mid 50's. Oh well, it was still warmer than Indiana! Had a few minor issues with cramping and bleeding so got two early ultrasounds, at 9 and 10 weeks to see the baby. The first one at 9 weeks, baby looked like a kidney bean. By the very next week, baby had arms and legs. It was really wonderful to see that early progress.
March- Went "public" with our baby news after returning from FL. Had another doctors appointment- they were pretty much monthly appointments at the beginning. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time in March which was really cool. Started teaching a Corporate Finance class at Indiana Tech, which was an interesting experience.
April- Went up to Chicago for a quick overnight trip for a work thing. Continued to teach my class which ended in April. We started working on consolidating our two guest bedrooms into one and sold a bunch of extra stuff at the Neighborhood Garage Sale. We ended up making like $600 which was pretty sweet.
May- Things started getting pretty busy in May. Went to Chicago for my very first Cadaver Lab and then up to WI for a visit with the fam and my friend Mike's wedding. My Mom had business in Indianapolis the next weekend, so I went down there to pick her up and then she accompanied Josh and I to our 20 week appointment where we found out that our baby was a boy!
Back to WI the following weekend for my friend Jamie's wedding, which was beautiful.
June- Celebrated my 32nd birthday. Josh took me to see Sex and the City 2 which was awesome considering he hates those movies. Got a summer cold which sucks when pregnant because there is almost nothing you can take for cold relief. Went to WI for my first baby shower that was thrown by my friend Jenny. It was wonderful. At the end of the month we celebrated our first wedding anniversary by going for dinner at Eddie Merlots. Josh enjoyed his first $40 steak LOL.
July- Went to Pittsburgh for the 4th of July and family baby shower. Again, it was was wonderful. We are so blessed to have such great family and friends. Headed back to WI later in the month for another baby shower. Saw lots of friends and family, which was great.
At the end of the month we started our baby classes at the hospital. 
August- Took at trip to New Brunswick, NJ for work at 32 weeks pregnant. Started getting extremely swollen and numb during the trip. Diagnosed with mild pre-eclampsia the following week and put on bedrest until the baby was born. Bedrest sucks, although there were some nice benefits. I started having two appointments a week so we got to hear lots of baby's hearbeat and got an extra ultrasound. My Mom came to visit for a week to help out. My work baby shower ended up being moved to my house since I was stuck on the couch.
September-Only thing to really even mention in September is the birth of our son, Nicholas Jason Blosser.
October-Spent October on maternity leave and being a Mommy :) We took Nick to the Pumpkin Patch up the street.
Josh's Mom came to visit us from Florida and got to meet Nick for the first time. Josh's Grandma and Aunt also came to visit.
We took our first Family picture.
I went home to WI for the last week in October to spend some time there. It was nice to see everybody and for that side of the family to meet the baby but it was really hard to be away from Josh that long. I was very nervous about traveling alone with the baby, but it was actually pretty easy. People were very willing to help out a new Mom traveling alone. Nick started sleeping for longer stretches of time during this trip, which was wonderful. He had been getting up 3-4 times a night which is just really hard. He dropped down to twice per night on this trip, which was fantastic. Nick had his first Halloween and dressed up as a monkey :)
November- Had to go back to work when Nick was 8 weeks old. The bed rest I had prior to his birth basically stole 4 weeks of my maternity leave :( Went to Raynham, MA that first week. While it was hard to be away from him, it was nice to get back into the swing of things. Had a nice night out in Boston and got a few good nights sleep in a king size bed with no cats hogging it. Took lots of pics of the baby trying to catch him smiling. He hides his smiles when the camera comes out LOL.
Josh's Dad came to visit us and meet his Grandson!
My parents came to Indiana to celebrate Nick's first Thanksgiving with us.
Josh and I got up and did the day after Thanksgiving shopping. We were in line outside Target at 4 am. It was freezing and insane but pretty fun. Got lots of good deals :)
December- Normal busy Christmas stuff. Took Nick to visit Santa. He didn't cry, poop, or spit up on Santa, so I consider that a success.
My parents and brother and sister in law came to us for Christmas to celebrate Nick's first Christmas. We had a wonderful time! Nick was a little bit too young to really appreciate Christmas, but he seemed to enjoy the extra pairs of hands to hold him and all of the extra hugs and kisses. He also started to laugh and was really hamming it up for everybody. He smiles all the time now (execpt for when he sees the camera) and is really a happy baby.
All in all it was such a great year for us. I think 2011 is going to bring some interesting changes and challenges for us, but its nothing we can't handle. Thank you to all of my friends and family for the support you have given us this year. We love you all!
New Year, New Look :)
Big thanks to Amy over at Aprons & A- Lines who helped me re-vamp the look of my blog. I've tried a few times on my own and failed miserably, so it was nice to have some help. Thanks Amy!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Nicholas: 3 Months
Nick Nick,
I can't believe you are 3 months old. Seems like yesterday you were still on the inside and Mommy had you all to herself. Now you are growing up so fast! This month has been really great!
We had your two month checkup at Dr Amy's. She said you look great! You are in the 50th percentile for weight and the 10th percentile for height, so kind of a peanut. Daddy has taken to calling you Short Round. When you are cranky, he expands it to Short Round Crankypants :)
Speaking of nicknames, Daddy and I both have our favorite nicknames for you. I call you Button, because you are cute as a button (obviously.) Daddy calls you Bubbs which is really short for Bubbington which is a nickname that Mommy's friend Katrina gave you. We will see which name you prefer as you get older.
You and Daddy are home alone during the week now because Mommy is back at work. As hard as that has been for me, I think you and Daddy are bonding well. You have been giving him kind of a hard time though, because you don't like to take good naps during the day and you get crankier and crankier as the day goes on.
Nana and Grandpa Larry came to visit us for your first Thanksgiving. We had such a nice time with them. As an added bonus, over that long weekend you started to sleep through the night!!! That first night you were a little hard to get down- you were up until almost midnight, but then you slept until 10 am! You have been regularly sleeping through the night ever since. You usually nap with us in the living room from about 8 pm until 10 or 11, then you have one last bottle, then you sleep until 7 or 8 am usually. Hopefully soon you decide to drop that last bottle and then you can get a full 12 hours sleep in your crib.
After Thanksgiving, we put up the Christmas tree, which you love. You had the most special look on your face the first time you saw the lights illumiate, like it was the best thing you had ever seen. Come to think of it, it probably was :) I like to sing you Christmas songs like Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The 12 Days of Christmas, and Frosty the Snowman. You seem to love it when I sign to you. You also like to watch video's on YouTube and dance and play.
You are such a blessing in our lives. Every day you do something that makes us so proud and happy. Daddy got the first laugh out of you on your 3 month birthday, which was awesome. Everybody in the family loves you so much Nick. We are looking forward to this next month for so many more firsts- your first Christmas, your first New Years, and at 4 months, your first real food! Can't wait to see that. We love you Nicholas!
I can't believe you are 3 months old. Seems like yesterday you were still on the inside and Mommy had you all to herself. Now you are growing up so fast! This month has been really great!
We had your two month checkup at Dr Amy's. She said you look great! You are in the 50th percentile for weight and the 10th percentile for height, so kind of a peanut. Daddy has taken to calling you Short Round. When you are cranky, he expands it to Short Round Crankypants :)
Speaking of nicknames, Daddy and I both have our favorite nicknames for you. I call you Button, because you are cute as a button (obviously.) Daddy calls you Bubbs which is really short for Bubbington which is a nickname that Mommy's friend Katrina gave you. We will see which name you prefer as you get older.
You and Daddy are home alone during the week now because Mommy is back at work. As hard as that has been for me, I think you and Daddy are bonding well. You have been giving him kind of a hard time though, because you don't like to take good naps during the day and you get crankier and crankier as the day goes on.
Nana and Grandpa Larry came to visit us for your first Thanksgiving. We had such a nice time with them. As an added bonus, over that long weekend you started to sleep through the night!!! That first night you were a little hard to get down- you were up until almost midnight, but then you slept until 10 am! You have been regularly sleeping through the night ever since. You usually nap with us in the living room from about 8 pm until 10 or 11, then you have one last bottle, then you sleep until 7 or 8 am usually. Hopefully soon you decide to drop that last bottle and then you can get a full 12 hours sleep in your crib.
After Thanksgiving, we put up the Christmas tree, which you love. You had the most special look on your face the first time you saw the lights illumiate, like it was the best thing you had ever seen. Come to think of it, it probably was :) I like to sing you Christmas songs like Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The 12 Days of Christmas, and Frosty the Snowman. You seem to love it when I sign to you. You also like to watch video's on YouTube and dance and play.
You are such a blessing in our lives. Every day you do something that makes us so proud and happy. Daddy got the first laugh out of you on your 3 month birthday, which was awesome. Everybody in the family loves you so much Nick. We are looking forward to this next month for so many more firsts- your first Christmas, your first New Years, and at 4 months, your first real food! Can't wait to see that. We love you Nicholas!
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