An exercise ball and Daddy

... These seem to be the only two things that have gotten Hannah to sleep today. She is currently asleep on my lap but only as long as I keep bouncing on the ball. Since Daddy left almost 3 hours ago I have spent the better part of an hour on this ball... The last nap only lasted 10 minutes! Lets hope this one last about 5 times that!

So what's new... Well Hannah is officially over the 12 pound mark she is 12lbs 4 oz as of Friday, she has mastered the art of sitting, well for almost 5 minutes anyway. She has discovered several new ranges with her voice all of which require a tremendous amount of slobber to spew from her lips while simultaneously making various high pitch noises! She has also discovered that her toes will reach all the way to her mouth! A few other things that she has recently realized are that phone books, sears flyers and tupperware plastic bags are all amazing to suck/chew/slobber on while under adult supervision. Although life as a parent can be rather mundane as a Mom it is moments like these that make it all worth while.

Formula feeding is a challenge to say the least, Hannah never used to mind a bottle until it came with formula in it, now it might as well be filled with Buckley's!( oh how I cannot wait for the day that she gets a taste of it). In one respect the challenges that we are facing with formula( we are onto Soy now) she is sleeping a wee bit better during the nights. We are going to try sippy cups to see if there are any better results there.

We have had several visitors in the past few days, Grandma Joan was here as was Uncle Pat, Auntie Melissa, and Faunt Danielle. Hannah loves visitors! I have pics and will download them soon.

Chris and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary this weekend. Grandma Joan watched Hannah while we went out for dinner. We intended to go to a movie too but we were both so damn tired we were afraid that we were going to fall asleep during it, so instead we went to the Casino... broke even then went out for dessert and coffee. The best part about the evening was the fact that we got to read the paper uninterrupted! As much as I have wanted a night out I missed her the whole time I was gone and all I wanted was to be at home to put her to bed. I got my wish because she fell asleep on Grandma and still needed a bottle before bed. It amazes me how much I love her.

Well that is all for the moment I am gonna go try and lay her down in hopes that I might get a shower in before the season premiere of the Apprentice!

Cheers!

UFC updates

So as you all know my old personal trainer Rob was on the Ultimate Fighter series last season and ended up wrecking his shoulder and went home early. Well I got an email from him today and this is what he has to say....

"Just to let everyone know that my dream has come true and I am fighting in UFC 58: USA vs CANADA on march 4th live from Mandalay Bay Casino in Vegas. Two other very good friends and teamates of mine Sam Stout and Mark Hominick are also fighting so make sure you watch it and show these two your support they are absolutely amazing athletes. Dont miss it."


So Show your support for your country kids and watch it live!

V-day and an update

Well Hannah has had her first V-Day and it went off without a hitch. She got Daddy a "Worlds Greatest Daddy" Beer Mug and a big bouquet of balloons and a Teddy bear from Grandma and Grandpa F and Auntie Toad. Chris got a vise that he wanted and he bought us matching rings. A simple Titanium band... Finally an affordable metal that has no nickel in it that I can wear all the time. I am pretty sure that it will piss a certain person off that we are wearing rings without a wedding but screw him! Anyone who knows us knows that we do things all ass backwards! I am amazed at how light titanium is... It doesn't even feel like metal... I now understand why airplanes and top of the line mountain bikes are made of it.



Hannah has not been sleeping for shit! Nothing new there, so I finally went to my doctor, thinking I have PPD but she thinks I am just exhausted, so she recommended a few things. First off she thinks maybe the reason that Hannah is not sleeping is because she is hungry so she recommended a bottle of half breast milk half formula before bed and cereal in the morning once her system gets used to the formula. Well I tried the formula last night and all I have to say is UGH! She was up every 30 minutes screaming for 3 hours and then I think she finally slept, but I am not sure since Chris came home early from work and took baby watch to let me sleep. I got up with her around 6 and she has been up ever since. This is exactly what happened with cereal. I think my poor little girl has a sensitive tummy. I am at a loss. I am gonna try it again tonight if the results are the same then I am defiantly not going to put her through that again. Alas exhaustion is the parents call signs!

Well here are a some new pics for your viewing pleasure... Hannah had Bananas yesterday :)



More new pics on Flicker Enjoy !

The internet is great!

For making picture flash :)

New Stats...

So Hannah is officially 11lbs 12 oz as of this morning and is now 26 in long!!

Long time no post

Life has been a little hectic here. Hannah has been cutting teeth (we think), which has resulted in a sleepless Mom and a cranky Hannah! No fun here. I at least had a little bit of help the past 5 days. Toad was visiting and by the looks of the pics you would never know she doesn't like babies! Other than that things are great. Hannah has had a bunch of firsts ... rolled over from back to front a couple of times, first time in the high chair, first time with a pen, first time being fed by Auntie Toad, first time to see a bunny and a horse( we went to Auntie Aimee's barns and met all her horses). She has also had her fist time with rice cereal( not a good thing) and her first Superbowl which she slept through a bunch of. She has become very vocal lately and loves to scream and shreak and giggle... she is a total ham. Minus the extreme lack of sleep life is golden. Enjoy the pics pop on over to my flicker to see more.

Ohm!

Smile for the camera :)

First time Auntie Toad fed Hannah

Flying on Mommy's legs :)

Life has been a little hectic here. Hannah has been cutting teeth (we think), which has resulted in a sleepless Mom and a cranky Hannah! No fun here. I at least had a little bit of help the past 5 days. Toad was visiting and by the looks of the pics you would never know she doesn't like babies! Other than that things are great. Hannah has had a bunch of firsts ... rolled over from back to front a couple of times, first time in the high chair, first time with a pen, first time being fed by Auntie Toad, first time to see a bunny and a horse( we went to Auntie Aimee's barns and met all her horses). She has also had her fist time with rice cereal( not a good thing) and her first Superbowl which she slept through a bunch of. She has become very vocal lately and loves to scream and shreak and giggle... she is a total ham. Minus the extreme lack of sleep life is golden. Enjoy the pics pop on over to my flicker to see more.