Jumpity jump jump jumpity jump

look at Orion a go.....

Orion had his Dr apt Yesterday and he now weights 13 lbs and is 24.5inches long and still a babbling away. I can not beleive he is 5months old already.

to see more photos of him just click on his photo flip book on the right ------>

4 months

2 nights .....

Orion has slept in his room for 2 nights now or should I say it has been 2 nights that mommy has been able to sleep away from him... It is tuff..lol

The 1st night I put him in his room at 10:30pm he slept till 4am, I woke to him babbling to himself so I let him babble and he fell back to sleep then my baby monitor when alien like (freaked me out) I swear this Angel Care Monitor picks up everyone's baby monitor in the cul-de-sac I live on (4 babies under a year old). Orion woke again at 6am to eat.

The second night (last night) he went to bed at 11:30. Before I put him in his room I set up the old Fisher Price monitor plus the Angel Care monitor for the movement sensor fisher price for hearing him, this worked much better no alien like noises this time. I am not sure about the Angel Car monitor it gets so much interference but I like the movement sensor. Orion slept till 6am I went and got him brought him back to my bed and he slept till 8:30am. Another hurdle we or shall I say I have over come...lol. Baby steps right..lol

Oh and I am pretty much done pumping I am down to one pump every other day or when I get very full, I feel guilty for stopping but with going back to TTC I have to stop. I do have a small stash in the freezer but not as much as I wanted. ...... I will get over it, this is just another step right?

Do you see a resemblance.........

here is a pic of Orion at 4.5monthsno he is not sitting by himself it is the magic of Photoshop...lol (I took my hand out)

and here is me at around 4 or 5months old

are we not just the happy ones..lol

Valentine Photos

Here are a couple of Valentine photo's I took of Orion:

Bad Dreams.....

I have had bad nightmare dreams the last couple of nights.

The 1st dream someone was telling Orion is gone he is gone and I remember in the dream I could not see him anywhere, then I kept telling myself in my dream that this is just a dream I will wake up and that is when Orion woke me he was laughing in his sleep.

The second night same thing someone told me Orion is gone but this time a could see him so a ran to him picked him up and he did nothing but he was so warm and I cradled him to me thinking no no no this is not real.............. I woke and looked for Orion next to me he was breathing just fine in his own deep sleep.

These dreams have felt so real and I hate that, hate it hate it. What is my mind telling me......

Dropping pumps...

I have decided that I am going to start to cut back on my pumping my milk for Orion, it's been almost 5months of pumping and really is getting tiring. I don't get to motivated because I have to pump at least every 4 hrs for 30minutes, it's really getting in the way of things. Yes I feel guilty for wanting to stop because that will mean no more breast milk for Orion but I do have some stashed away in the freezer but that will only last a couple of weeks. I just need a break from it all before we start to TTC #2 in March or April.

Ah Mommy hood is filled with so much happiness and guilt...... lol. You feel guilty to do things for yourself now.

Next step is moving him into his own room for the night sleeps.

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Tummy time it not a happy time for Orion. He screams his head off then DH says why did you put him on his tummy now he is grouchy, well if I waited till he is grouchy to do tummy time it won't happen Orion is such a happy baby and well he really needs tummy time to build up his arm strength since he has none he holds his head great but just does not push up on his arms at all.

A good night

I am proud of Orion the only sign of him having a needle is he is not kicking his legs as much as he normally does, what a little trooper. He was smiling and laughing last night and this morning. He slept the full 8hrs last night

Orion's 4month needle

which I forgot about thought it was on Thursday good thing I look at his calendar on the fridge because I was about to get ready for my Dentist appointment at 1:15pm and his Needle was for 1:20pm, I had to call my mum tell her I don't need her today because I screwed up then called the dentist and rescheduled.

Arrived at the Clinic ten after 1 let them know that I or shall I say Orion was here they sent me to the back to dress him down to his diaper (which Orion was not impressed b/c I had to wake him up) The nurse comes and calls out his name get him to the weigh scale have to take his diaper off (and I pray he does not pee) he weighed in at 11lbs 13oz put his diaper back on (he did not pee, whew) lay him on the measuring table I have to hold his he against the top board so the nurse can straighten out his legs to get a good measure which was 23 1/2cm. Put his top back on and go into room #1 we sit down the nurse asks a few questions and if I had any, Orion at this point was babbling and laughing away he was even watching the nurse take out the needles getting them ready.

I cradle Orion in my arms get him ready the nurse comes over and I watch that needle enter my sons flesh (as I am watching I am thinking to myself that the needle itself looks to big to put in his leg) he flinches and cries, she then gets the next needle does that real quick then I have to turn Orion around for her to jab into his other leg when I really wanted to comfort him but the nurse made sense get the last one done before we settle him down. When she was done I hugged my boy close while he whimpered when I turned him to face the nurse he turned his head away from her so she tried to look at him and again he turned his head away from her, guess he wanted nothing to do with her now...lol.

He settled down pretty quick, we go back out to the waiting room I dress him back up sit down and wait the required15min so I feed the boy make him happy. As I was feeding Orion I heard another little wailing cry come from room #2 and it was loud that little baby was NOT happy, when the door opened that mommy and baby came out I could tell the mommy cried too so I smile at her. She later asked me how old Orion was because she was next in line to be weighed after he was done and she thought I said he was 4m old and that her Daughter was 2m old and weighed exactly the same as Orion and she was thinking OMG...lol I told her technically he is 2 1/2 months old so your DD is doing good.

I hope the night goes well and my little boy stays happy.

Shake shake shake

shake that rattle.....

Orion holds a rattle, mind you I have to give it to him but he does open his hand then clasps it, He then shakes it then laughs then shakes it again hits his head with it looks startled then tries to shove it in his mouth.

The other morning I introduced Orion to baby rice cereal just to see what he'd do, well he tried to suck it off the spoon...lol then it went all over his little chin... messy messy boy, I put the rest in his bottle since it was quiet runny and he ate the rest well gobbled it up.

well he is hungy yet again time to feed...

Orion's 4 months check up

Orion had a Dr appt today.

his 4 month check up
Weight is 11 lbs 5 oz
Lenght 24 inches
Head cir is 17 inches

he was a laughing at the Dr so she was laughing back at him.
She said not to worry that he is not pushing up on his arms yet. She said that he is using his chest to lift his head while on his tummy but his arms are going to the right position he just does not push up. She is impressed with the way he controls his head tho.

Then we went hunting for a jolly jumper one that has a stand since we do not have door frames in our house, do you think I could find one anywhere NO Toy R Us said to call them next week they should be getting some in.

That is it from here.

GooGooo Ga ga.....

I remember my DH saying that it annoyed him when people would talk to their babies in that high pitched baby voice, well now who is doing it...lol. I just sit back a smile as I watch as our little boy turns my big man into a googoo gaga high pitched talking man... oh the smile to my face.

It is amazing how this one little person can change your way of thinking, the way we do things, they way we see things, how we see things that we forgot that were there and how we get back to being a kid ourselves again, all this from one little being that came into this world only weighing 4 pounds 3.5 ounces

Tongue sucker....

This is what Orion does just before he falls asleep, he rubs his head and sucks his tongue sometimes his arm (which leaves a big wet spot on his clothes), you try to give him the soother he just spits it out and continues with just the tongue sucking...lol


and here he is sleeping with his eyes open

Happy New Year

Ahhhh What are my goals for this year.......

To be a good wife, mommy , sister and friend.

Where did 2005 go? It flew by so fast maybe because I was preoccupied with my pg (pregnancy) .

We went to my BIL brothers house for New Years. I really did not feel like going out that night but DH said yes that we'd go, it's a pain to go places right now since I pump my milk for Orion (he does not breastfeed from me) so I have to lug around my pump, baby diaper bag and my sweet little boy and if I don't bring the pump or don't pump within 4hrs my little breast become little ROCKS sometimes they get so hard it feel like the move up my chest (the swelling) it is uncomfortable, when who had babies will now this men well men will never know or yet understand my dh does not really get the full picture even though he did see me bawl my eyes out a few days after I had Orion because my breast were so hard and so so red and sore.
Anyways once we got there it was fine I was able to pump in their bedroom.
Orion was a very good boy did not cry until I got him ready to leave.

We got home around 2am I skipped a pumped and DH feed Orion got to bed around 2:30am, Orion woke at 6:30am and my breast were hurting so bad they were so hard felt like they were in my neck I contemplated on waking DH to feed Orion so I could pump, but I managed to put Orion in his little vibrating chair feed him the bottle while I positioned myself on the floor beside him and pumped... talk about multi tasking. When DH whole at 10am I told him that I was tempted to wake him and why all he said was I would of been upset if you did I finally got over 8hrs sleep...(what the&#^$%) is all I thought, he get almost 7hrs every night while I get between 4 or 5 hrs on a good night....hmmmmm

Merry Christamas

Christmas was good this year, cheer and Bright.

WE went to my sisters Janice for Xmas dinner and it was YUMMY! It was also a brown Christmas no snow this year it was actully warm out normaly it is freezing this time of year.


And one with Gramma (my mum)

A Dream lost ....

It is still hard to believe 2yrs ago today our hearts were broken and so so heavy with pain over the loss of William. That day was so hard to get past (it was a very bad dream moving so slow) and then to even think we'd have another son 2yrs later. So today I want to say mommy loves you so much William and I thank you everday for helping your little brother Orion to get here.

I like to think that when Orion is staring off to nothing and smiling that he sees William smiling back..... Truly a Miracle with a life time of Dreams.................

He Laughs....

but in his sleep. What does Orion have to dream about that is funny? I would love to see what goes on in his little head.

Orson (DH aka Daddy) was holding Orion while he slept and out came this laugh like a little chuckle and a big ole grin on his face and then back to sleep he went... hmmm

Guess who is 9lbs 15oz...

yup Orion my little piggy..lol He is 23inches his little curve on the scale did a spike Dr is impressed. I asked about formula and she went and gave me 3 cans of Enfamil... I love my Dr.

It took my 1hr to get to the Dr office which is normally a 30min dr, all this construction on the roads is driving me crazy, It took me 15min to get thru one set of lights because of it. grrrr

Got to the Dr they were about to call me they figured it was traffic and then trying to find a parking space exspecially one that I know I will get the carseat in and out of and not have some person park like a sardin neck to me. When I got in to the office the Nurse D came right around from her desk and took Orion from my arms and gave him a big hug (she loves babies) As we waited in the room Orion started to get fussy (wants to eat) and he is naked except his diaper so buy the time Dr N walks in Orion is crying she whispers sweet nothings in his ear he quiets down a bit she weighs and measures him real fast then he starts to scream again. When she was done she asked if Orion was going to see Santa today, I said that was my plan but I totally forgot and did not dress him right but I thought ohwell he still looks cute. Set up Orion's next appt for Jan 19th then we went on the hunt for Santa. Surprizinly there was no line when we found him nice and smooth.......ahhhhhh

Here is a pic of Orion with Santa, ofcourse Orions tongue is sticking inbetween his lips again..lol

How did that happen....

3 months already, my baby is growing


It is hard to beleive that in 3months we will be TTC again I will be back on the fertility meds and the IVIG so that means no breast milk for Orion. I want to start giving him some formula now for him to get use to it (only maybe one feeding a day) but I don't know which one to get there are so many out there, any Ideas?

Oh and Orion has been sleeping for 5hrs at night for that last few nights..... whoo hooo.

Photos

Finally A family pic
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And of Orion (a little something I played with)