Adventures in Resetting Clocks

Here's a shot of Ezra at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning.


This would be the reason for the following post...
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I'd like to present to you a little something that I like to call "Keeping-Ezra-awake-all-day-with-minimal-downtime-so-that-he'll-go-to-sleep-sometime-before-3am-and-not want-to sleep-till-noon."

I played with my butterfly. When I say play, I mean I mostly tried to eat it.


Here I am right before we headed out the door to take Brodie for a walk. I'm only 3.5 months old and Mom's already making me walk the dog. This is crap. I'd also like to add that I wasn't allowed in my Moby today because I tend to fall asleep approximately 45 seconds after I get in it.


Okay, so the walk wasn't that bad. It was pretty great.


I went to Von's to pick up a few things for dinner. Not my dinner, of course.


Here's me with Mom.


Check it out - Dad is like a human Bumbo!


Chillin with my Dad. He's a funny guy.


Then I examined Dad's knee for awhile.


I can fly!


Diapa-diapa-diaper change time!


I attacked the monkey...


Then that damn monkey attacked me...


Then Mom put my jammies on me while I played with my singing puppy, Frank. I don't look like it here, but I really love him.


Check it out - I can ride Lucy.


Oh hey. I like to stand up, too.


I wore Dad out but I'm not tired yeeettttt!


And I'm back to "playing" with my butterfly while Mom washed dishes. Yum.


Look! Another diaper! Thank goodness Mom didn't take pictures of every one, huh?


I'm still a bit too little for this awesome toy from Adam & Lorianne , but I like to try (with a little help from a blanket to help bolster me!)


I'm laughing at Mom in this one because she's singing along with Frank and, well, Mom's singing is funny. And by funny, I mean bad.


Sometimes a guy just wants to hang out in his Bumbo with his Mozart music cube.


I hung out in my sling & helped Mom put dishes away. Don't mind the wet spot on her shirt, it's just a little magic that I left for her.


Later, me and Mom got our Suess on.


I did a lot of eating throughout the day but we thought we'd skip pictures of that.
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I'd like to add that it's 1:30am and Mini-Man is still awake, though drowsy. Cross your fingers that this next catnap turns into some full-on, blissful sleep :-)

A weight update and a couple pictures!

Have I mentioned lately how awesome our midwife is?

My kid is almost 4 months old but I got a little nervous about some overly sleepy days with less eating and pooping, followed by a new pattern of eating a little less in general. I know...he's a baby. Everyday can be completely different, Having micromanaged his growth for the first few months, I guess I get a little anxious when a new pattern develops or we have a strange few days. I've tried weighing him using our bathroom scale, but that thing is on it's way out anyways, so it's unreliable at best.

Vickii's great. She humored me and let me go in to weigh Mini-Man at her office.

And guess what? The kid is doing good! Still averaging about a half an ounce gain a day, we're up to 12lbs 2oz.

I'll officially stop being a nazi about his weight, barring anything crazy happening, of course ;-)
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We are all set to go to TX for the wedding at the end of the month, save for Ezra's outfit for the big day. I have yet to find something cute, season-appropriate for an outdoor wedding that actually fits him. He's all over the place with clothing these days. He's still fitting nicely in some NB sized onesies and shirts, mostly wearing 0-3mo, and is even wearing some 3mo and 3-6mo sleepers. Those are mostly because he wears his big-boy diapers at night, so we need the extra tushy-room :-) Perhaps we'll just go old-school-Baby-Jesus-style and just wrap him in a nice blanket & be done with it...
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Easy-E just woke up from his catnap and wanted to show off his latest and greatest new thing --

He finally sits in his Bumbo (without looking at me like I'm punishing him)! He was also simultaneously telling me the noise the owl makes.


And this one is just to show you his gangsta-lean.

So, Jordan has been sick since Friday. Like, he's not touching or going too close to Ezra kind of sick. Because of this, I'm even more exhausted than normal. All of this means that you don't have to bother scrolling through my useless, rambling commentary -- because I'm not going to even try. Here's some pics that I've snapped of Little Man over the past few days...

Ezra seems to have really taken a liking to Sophie these days.


It was early, so he was giving me the stink-eye for making him do tummy-time.


Aaaand, he's pooped.


This would be Ez's newest gangsta pose.


I took approximately 14 shots and yes, this was the winner. I cannot get him to look at the camera unless I'm behind it making silly faces and fart noises.


This one is the same story as the last one. I can't win with this kid.


Shortly after we tried this hat on him, we realized that he looks like an old Irish man with it on. Either way, he's cute.


So, here's the shot that I was originally going for.


But this is what I got before that last one. My kid, flipping me the bird.
They grow up so fast, don't they?

More Pictures!

Jordan's sick today. So naturally, the first time all day I have without a baby in my arms, I'm blogging. Awesome use of time, Jeannette. Yes, a shower would be nice and there's dishes to be done, but I've got pictures to post ;-)

Ezra really loves to suck his thumb and hands these days. As in, it's challenging to change his clothes now because you have to constantly take his hand out of his mouth to dress him. It's a good thing he's so damn cute.


Oh, hey. Here's my smiley boy.


This one was just too sweet not to put up. Am I gushing? I'm gushing.


Some days, he's WAY more ginger than others. I'm thinking I caught him on a particularly ginger-y, mohawk-y day...


He looks like he's hiding something here, doesn't he? Cute little bashful boy :-)

Christmas, Part II

Clearly I didn't get around to posting yesterday. And, it's getting late tonight & Mr. Man is being extra needy today after our long day of traveling yesterday, so we'll see if this actually posts tonight or tomorrow ;-)

Today has been a crazy day of trying to do too many completely different things. I'd like to mention that one of those things was shopping for teething toys. Yes, I said teething toys. The constant stream of drool has given way to a constant need to chew & suck, along with some fussiness in the evenings -- all of which, I'm told, means the teeth they are a comin'...at some point. I'm also told that this can go on for months before teeth actually show up. So, we're ready. We got a Sophie the Giraffe and a couple other chilly/vibrating/semi-soft, semi-rubbery toys for him to gum up. So far, Sophie is the favorite. I'm thinking the chilly one will be a close second once those gums start swelling.
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Now, it's on to the pictures from our time in Maine:

Here's a shot of Ez with his Grandma Becky...


This is a cute one -- Ezra with his cousin, Ellie. She's just a little older than him, but they're bound to be best buds...from across the country.


This would be me, Mom, and Ez. I know, you can't see him. He's in there -- all snuggled up in his Moby and covered in his Peekaru. I know. I look a tad crazy, but I love to wear him and we had to stay warm somehow.


Jordan, Josh and Dad out in the snow.


Easy-E takes his pool-playing very seriously.

They look a lot alike these days...

Caught him mid-yawn!

My kid has a love affair with his own hands.

His future's so bright, he's gotta wear shades!
(Seriously, who didn't get that on a birthday card as a kid?)

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We had an awesome time in Maine. It was SO great seeing everyone and we're so happy that Ez got to meet so much of my side of the family.

It's Christmas. Christmas in Maine.

Okay, so it was Christmas in Maine. I've been slacking quite a bit since we've been here...but since we're leaving tomorrow evening, I figured now would be as good a time as any to update a little...

Getting here was a bit of an adventure - though we should have expected it, considering most every trip we take is elongated due to travel mishaps. We ended up getting stuck in Chicago overnight on our way here. It's always nice to find out your connecting flight has been cancelled when you arrive in your connecting city ;-) After waiting in an insanely long line at United's customer service counter, we booked a 6am to Boston instead of waiting 2 days to fly into Portland like we'd originally planned. Eh. The night spent in O'Hare was not nearly as bad as we had feared it would be and 6am came pretty quickly. We did manage to get very familiar with terminal C during our midnight/early morning walks...

With that bump behind us, we headed to Dad's house to settle in. Not long after, we got hit with a monster of a blizzard...it was freakin' awesome. I think it totaled up to just over a foot of snow. We were pretty happy.

Ezra got to meet just about everyone in the family, save for a few cousins here and there. He seemed to really enjoy being passed around to snuggle and drool on everyone ;-) He also got to meet the other new addition to the family - Ellie. I'm super excited that they're so close in age and I'm holding out hope that they'll be pen-pals like me and Ash were growing up.

I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I'd intended, but here's a couple that I did manage to take...

Easy-E turned 3 months the day after we arrived...


This 3-month shot just makes me giggle...

Dad and a very sleepy Ez.

Ez was pooped after Christmas Eve at Gram's house


Glorious snow!


I'll try to finish the trip pictures tomorrow. It's getting late and I'm sure Dad doesn't want to do too many more laps with Ez around the house ;-)