Nevertheless, the 3 of us are doing well. I went back to work last week, which was quite a challenge, and a change from being at home every day. The challenge was getting any work done in between diaper changes, feedings and Judah wanting someone to hold him! We are doing much better this week. Judah is getting used to sleeping in his little bouncy seat and entertaining himself with toys and being okay with me looking down at him from my chair and talking to him instead of holding him. We have a pretty good routine down...
6:00am - mommy wakes up, gets ready for work
6:30am - wake up, eat & diaper change
7:30am - mommy breakfast/Judah playtime
8:30am - pack up and leave for work
9:00am - get to work, eat & diaper change; usually a little nap or play time after this
11:00am - eat, diaper change
12:00pm - mommy's lunch time, Judah nap
12:30 - 2:30pm - mommy's work time
3:oopm - eat, diaper change; then nap or play time
4:30pm - eat, diaper change; pack up
5:00pm - leave work; Judah cries all the way home
5:30pm - Daddy takes over; eat, diaper change
7:00pm - mommy & daddy eat dinner
7:30pm - eat, diaper change
8:00pm - Judah's bedtime!
A lot of people have been asking us if he is sleeping. He's been really good about sleeping for the past month or so. Judah likes to be swaddled when we put him to bed, and he will sleep from about 8pm until 1:30am, then eat/diaper change, and back to bed until about 4/4:30am. Eat/diaper change, then back to sleep for another 2 hours or so. Last night he didn't even get up at 4am and slept another 5 hours until 6am! We're hoping this is a new trend! :)
A little over a week ago, we weighed Judah and he was up to 11 pounds already. I am not sure where he is right now, but I know his car seat is getting pretty heavy!!! Good thing I'm starting to lift weights again! haha
Noah started his Master's classes again this week (which he was sooo excited about). He is only taking one class this semester, fortunately. His brother Paul is actually taking it with him, so they can compare notes and help each other with homework. That will be nice and hopefully make things easier for both of them. Noah only has this class and one more to go until he's finished with his Master's Degree!!!
Other than Noah's class and Judah just being his adorable little self, we really don't have much else going on here in St. Peters, Missouri. The weather has been wonderful this summer and we are trying to take advantage of any opportunities we can to see family and get outside. Last weekend we went to the wineries with Eric and Melissa (my brother & his wife) and Madaline & Gabe (Noah's cousin & her hubby) which turned out to be a very fun time. Judah was great and slept a lot that afternoon while we tasted some wine and had lunch out on a nice covered patio at one of the wineries. Judah started to get a little fussy at the last place we stopped at, but that just got him some nice attention from people passing by... "oooh what an adorable little baby! he is sooo cute! aww!!!" haha! He liked that!
We have been introducing him to a lot of new people lately. August 14-16 we took Judah up to Wisconsin to meet his Oma's (grandmas) and aunts and uncles, and cousins! We were really blessed that a bunch of people could come over to see him on such short notice. We'll be up there again over Labor Day weekend - hope to see more of you then!
I also took Judah over to our State Office to see some of the people I work with. They were all excited to meet him. He got passed from one person to the next and was happy as a clam. He even gave Jennifer's boss's assistant a big smile! (Jennifer is my boss.) I think he enjoyed the hour of oogling and baby talking, but not as much as the big people!
Judah is growing so fast, and learning so many new things. He is starting to make more sounds and be more vocal, smile at new people, and is discovering his hands and feet! He is starting to smile big when you kiss his feet or give them little raspberries. I don't think he quite gets it when you do that to his tummy yet though. He just looks at you like, "what in the world are you doing to me?" He loves looking at the ceiling fans, and studying faces. I don't think Judah really likes baths yet, but it helps when we turn on some music and sing to him while we clean him up. His newest thing is trying to suck his thumb. We thought this was really cute at first, but realized that it would be much easier to wean him from his pacifier instead of his thumb!!! So we're trying to discourage the cute little thumb sucking.
I've posted some new pictures for everyone. Enjoy, and we will try to keep up the blog for "y'all"!!!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2029748&id=1075628199&l=2b738a3313
Love,
Noah, Krista & little Judah-bean
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