This, That, and The Other...

A random post
Christmas was good!
We started out on Saturday the 20Th and headed to Nebraska, it took us 7 hours because of the icy roads, and blowing snow.
We did Christmas with my dad sat and Sunday. Headed to my moms on Monday did Christmas with her on the 24Th and then went to Columbus to my Grandmas for Christmas day and headed back to Iowa through another ice storm on Sat. the 27th where we had to abandon my car and load baby, dog and bags into the truck( ean drove a truck home he bought for his dad). My car couldn't make it up the Hills.
We then made it to Joellyn's house Saturday evening. We did Christmas with her and Trista Sunday morning, Grandma Seaba Sunday for lunch and Grandma Caskey and Papa Caskey Sunday Afternoon.
WOW that was a quick rundown of our very busy very fun week of Christmas!!
Chasen finally got to meet his Great Great Grandma Florence.
here is our 5 generation picture. Grandma Flo was so excited and so proud!

After that long week I went back to work yesterday. I'm very exhausted. I know in my last post I said Chasen was sleeping through the night.....that is no longer the case. Last night he was up at 2am and 5am. The 5am KILLS me because then I can't go back to bed before work and I am NOT a morning person.
Today I took him to the Dr. at 7am b/c he has thrush ( a yeast infection of the mouth) I was joking with my boss that as soon as I came back to work he would get sick, but I didn't think it would be the first day!
He has a gel you put in his mouth 4xs a day and it should go away.
Grandma Bud is here all week with uncle Jackson watching Chasen then he goes to daycare on the 5th :(
Have a Happy and Safe New Year!

I'm still working on the New Year letter....it may happen.

Silent Night

Santa came early to my house and I got the best gift ever.....
SLEEP
Chasen went to bed last night at 9:30 and got up at 6am :)
That is eight and a half hours of sleep!!!!!!
Who knows it may never happen again but it was amazing!

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night:)

Shaken not stirred

The 5 P's of motherhood (my motherhood)
Pee -- being peed on, cleaning it up, but not having time to do it myself :)
Poop -- cleaning it up and obsessing about if he has went enough or to much is it a weird color/consistency.... seriously its werid.
Pump -- pumping is my 2nd job
Play -- reading, singing, bouncing, swaying, Shaken not stirred
Praying -- for sanity, strength and guidance
Pass-out -- That's what we do at 8pm if possible

Our First Christmas

A post from Chasen

Tonight we celebrated our first Christmas as a family!
Mommy finally got the Ottoman to match our new living room furniture, it even opens to hold all my toy's and blankets!
Santa brought me bubble bath and toys to hang from my car seat!
Daddy got some clothes and a "honey due" list beer mug
Because Im such a hand full mommy did not get around to making a Christmas letter but here is our christmas photo.


I heard her mention that she may get around to New Years cards....but maybe she will do a Christmas in July letter. Either way I know she will be writing about me because Im so cute and all ;)

Lets Play!

Chasen is changing daily and he loves to play! He has a book with baby faces and he loves to lay and look at them and talk to them, we are following toys and like toys with lights, he even grabbed at his first toy today. He can hold his head up forever and can turn on his side. But he does get over stimulated the he gets this pouty face and cries,its kinda cute. He is also falling asleep with out having to have a bottle. he cries and tries to fight sleep but after about 5 min and some rocking/shaking he falls asleep. He is starting to have a "social" smile, which we have yet to capture on camera. He smiles when I talk to him and he smiles at his baby friends (in the book). He also likes it when mommy watches MTV and we sing and dance to the videos, and if mommy stops moving I scream!!! .... Hey Im just helping mommy keep the weight off:) He is almost sleeping through the night. He goes to bed around 10:30-11 then gets up between 3:30 and 4:30 then again at 7:30. Not to bad!!

he loves bath time

and this is how he likes to sleep He also likes Kevin here is a video of him riding kevin .... of course Ean had everything to do with this, your not surprised, I know.

We will be great pals someday soon!

growing and growing

Remember this outfit...I came home for the hospital in it and it was kinda big, well mom put it on me today and Im to long for it!