Easter 2012

We had an early Easter lunch on Saturday with my family.  I cooked ham, mashed potatoes, and made seven-layer salad and deviled eggs.  Traditional easter faire.  It's what we would have had if my Grandad was still around, and I like keeping up the tradition.  My mom also brought fruit salad, rolls, and carrot cake.  Pretty much everything was devoured.  And Rogan sat and ate with us most of the time... though he only ate potatoes and bread.  oh well.

After lunch Rogan played outside with my mom, and then took a nap with the other guys (my dad and Ryan slept too) while the women (my mom, sister, and I) went to the outlet mall.  My sister got new Kate Spade gear, I looked but didn't buy a Coach Diaper bag, and we also stopped at Ralph Lauren and J. Crew for them.  By the time we got home Rogan was up (he slept for over 2 hours!) and it was time for cake and egg coloring!  Here are some highlights.  I couldn't find the camera, so apologies on quality, these are from my phone.  But some is better than none!

Baby Month!

Well, hopefully.  If I'm still pregnant in May... I will not be happy. 

I'm now going to the OB twice a week, ugh, for NST's... non stress tests... where every time the baby moves I push a jeopardy button and they make sure his HR is going up and down with his movements.  It's a minimum of 20 mins, could take a long time if the baby decides to take a nap.  But so far he's been cooperative... and I like to nudge him to get him to move.

My ankles have vanished.  Bye Bye shoes... hello flip flops.  Flip flops that start the day nice and loose and comfy, and by 1pm are as tight as can be around my feet... and my little toes that were little to begin with are swallowed up by my huge feet.  And it's not just my ankes, it really goes all the way up to my knees, if not farther.  Elevating doesn't really do anything, going to ask for addition remedies tonight. 

Getting to the point where i'm REALLY ready to not be pregnant anymore.  I know he shouldn't come out YET... but if he wants to come out exactly at 37 weeks (which is technically full term), I definitely won't fight it.  Hoping the induction isn't any later than 38.

Rogan is being a great big boy.  He doesn't understand the concept of having a baby brother, but he will.  And I think he'll transition ok.  He's just glad he can play outside now.  That's really his only goal in life right now.  That, and watching Gabba or Dora. 

We took him out to eat 2 weeks ago on a Friday night... BWW's.  He was great!  He sat with us the whole time and ate his food.  I was a very proud mama.  He did do a little talking/flirting with the group of girls behind us, but they didn't seem to mind.  I'm thinking we'll take him out again this week or next to another family friendly place. 

Rogan Prenatal Stats vs. Baby #2

Ok so I found Rogan's stats:

28 week growth ultrasound:
Rogan: 3lb 14oz
Baby #2: 3lb 7oz

32 week ultrasound either I didn't have one with Rogan (which I think is what happened) or I didn't write it down.

But I had one at 36 weeks, Rogan was estimated at 8lbs 2oz (though this is total crap, he was born 10 days later at 8lbs 6oz).

So we shall see what 36 weeks brings!


Rogan's funny comment from last night:
He loves to be pushed outside on his "cars" or his trike. Usually it's the trike. He's not really into pedalling, so he has been letting his shoes drag on the ground. This weekend Ryan told him a few times not to do that because he was hurting his shoes. I, though, didn't really care, he outgrows the shoes way faster than he could wear them out, but whatever.

Last night Rogan is on his trike and he tells me, "mom, I gonna hurt my shoes". meaning he wants me to push him while he's dragging his feet. I thought this was hilarious. My response: "well, at least you listen when daddy's talking.". Ha. At that moment Ryan got home too so he could hear Rogan tell of his desire to hurt his shoes too.

Baby #2 Update

Name Update:
Well I think we finally decided on a name... we've had the first for a while, it was the middle name that was giving us some trouble. Ryan liked one, I liked another. And in the end we decided to compromise since our 2nd favorite was the same. So I can cross that task off my list, as small as it may be. Most family knows, but it won't be revealed publicly until after he's here.

Growth Update:
As of yesterday Baby #2's head was the average size of a 35 week old, abdomen of a 34 week old, and legs of a 33 week old. (note he's really in between 32 and 33 weeks right now).

This is all very normal, and reminds me of Rogan. Rogan's legs lagged in ultrasound measurements too, and now he's the 90th% with long legs. So it doesn't mean much. Also, the last ultrasound we had with Rogan before he was born his head was "off the charts", since the growth chart only went up to 42 weeks, and he was supposedly above that. He ended up with a large, but not freakish head. So I take that measurement with a grain of salt as well. All it means to me is that baby #2 is growing a LOT like his older brother, and is healthy, which is priority 1.

All this sums up to an estimated weight of 5lbs 7oz right now. I WISH I could find Rogan's stats from this time. I know I have them somewhere. I will look today.

5-6 weeks left to go (hopefully).

3 for 3!!!

Rogan sleeping through the night, that is. Three nights, no interuptions. Amazing!

I checked the calendar this morning, and Rogan has been "crib free" since Jan 8, 2012. So the whole process took about 2 months, but he has done so well!

The past few nights I've heard him rustle in the night. Sometimes he says something, sometimes I just hear a lot of rolling around as he resituates. But the key is that he put himself back to sleep. He didn't get up looking for me, and didn't need me to make it through the night. He has been putting himself back to sleep by himself since he was 6 months old, so we know he knows how to do it. It was just a matter of him getting back in the habit in a new bed. And dealing with his newfound freedom.

On top of his awesome sleeping through the night, he is also sleeping LATER!! We are definitely back to after 6am, which is all I ask for. This morning according to Ryan was 7:15, which he has only done a handful of times. I think the new warm weather and running around outside is contributing to his better sleeping. He's certainly growing up.

Trip to the Zoo

ABC's

ok, so he got a little distracted at the end by Yo Gabba Gabba... but Rogan CAN sing his entire ABC's. And usually he does so while banging on something, like he is here.