5 Weeks In

So it looks like this baby is here to stay. I can't believe I have a one month old! He is becoming giant. We had a drs. appt on Monday and he weighed 9 lbs 15 oz. He's such a turkey! I fall more and more in love with this little man each day. He is honestly so adorably sweet and he really is a good baby. Plus, he's getting much better at sleeping at night, which means I'm getting less and less grumpy and wanting to shank people. Last night, I put him to sleep at 10, he slept until 1, went back to bed by 2, then slept til 5:30. FANTASTIC.

I have to admit, I've only had a total of 4 days alone with him. My parents were here for 10 days and now my bff is visiting me. However, those four days were pretty easy. I'm not overwhelmed at all-yet- and the fact that the first month flew by makes me incredibly excited and hopeful that time will pass before daddy can come home and experience what I am, and also help me out :p I send him emails every night before I go to bed giving him play-by-plays of what we do every day. I also send tons of pictures and take videos that I upload to youtube. I want him to be as involved as possible from half a world away.

Ry's getting so much more playful. And by playful, I mean staring at things and making little noises. My play time with Ryan is also my play time with Denali-one hand waves toys in baby's face while the other plays fetch. Talk about mastering multi-tasking. I absolutely love watching him even though I'm not a baby person at all, but I can sit and watch this angel all day. Which is good, because I have to anyway.

We had baby's first bath! He did such a good job :) 

I was extremely disappointed that I didn't have a girl. Key word: was. Now, I love my man so much that I can't even imagine buying all pink and ruffles. I love buying monkeys and dinosaurs, and sports. I am loving everything boy. Although, he's already a super gassy baby which makes me worried for his teenage years. I'm not ready for a teenage boy in my house, nor do I think I'll ever be! I'm doing my best to cherish each moment I get with this sweet face.

As for me, I'm still not really working out. I feel completely healed now! I think next week, I'm going to really work on fitting in exercise each day and eating healthy. I bought my first pair of jeans! Non-maternity jeans. I thought I owed myself a new pair. I'm only one pant size above my pre-pregancy weight and that's only because my stomach is still kind of flabby. I can fit into my regular size and zip em up, but I really didn't feel like walking around with muffin top all over the place. I also bought a couple new tops :) I really don't need any new clothes, but I'm an addict. Plus, I've kind of already kicked G out of our closet so I have space to expand (I'm such a terrible wife).

I had my 27th birthday this week. My handsome boy took my out to sushi! First time since before pregnancy. YUM! It was so amazing. 

In all honesty, these dogs are harder to deal with than the baby. Ryan's so easy going. It sucks that I have to coordinate my days around his schedule, but the absolute hardest part of every day is trying to squeeze in all of Belle's 9 freaking eye drops! They can't be back-to-back, they have to be spaced out. It suck suck sucks. That's the worst, but it's not the only thing I have to deal with for them. I recently took Denali to the vet and he told me he's too skinny (he's a super, high energy dog) so I should be feeding him proteins such as raw meat or cooked chicken and rice or cottage cheese. You know, things I have, according to the vet, in my kitchen. Yeah, I have time to prepare an entrée for my dog while I sit and eat my boxed mac n cheese. My solution was to buy some plain yogurt and mix it with his dog food. It's hard now because the other two try to steal his yogurt. Ugh...

Ryan's first pumpkin!! We're pumped for Halloween :)

While I'm trying to fatten him up, I'm still trying to keep Belle skinny (she's been dieting/working out for 2 years now). So I have two completely different situations to deal with. And then Cato gets his teeth brushed every day... and people wonder how I'm dealing with my husband being gone. By the time I get every critter in my house taken care of, the day is over and I didn't even have time to sit and miss him. My days are chaos and they fly by! But a good chaos. And I do miss him dearly. He's on my mind all the time, but I don't have time to be proactive about it.

With company in and out, it's hard to sit and have time to write, so I'll keep this post short. Basically, I'm doing well, Ryan is giant and healthy, alcohol test strips do work for breast milk, and 3 glasses of wine still give you healthy milk for baby, dogs are keeping me busy, and winter is here. I have lots of goals for next week, so I will check in once my schedule dies down a bit. <3