After a relaxing long weekend with the family it’s back to work unfortunately. You can always tell when you have a holiday weekend because Monday is just insane. It also doesn’t help that we have a full moon happening tomorrow, so all the loonies were coming out in force today. I can’t wait to see what tomorrow’s like! (please note sarcasm)
Anyway, this past weekend was really fun. I think Brae nearly swam his legs off. There was much ooohing and ahhing over Finn as he made the rounds to both families. It was his first 4th of July how could there not be a fuss? We didn’t make it out to see fireworks in person this year. I think Finn might be a little too little for them. He’s used to hearing loud noises (translation: Christy sneezing) but I think combined with the flashing lights and what not, it may have been too much for him. So after we got back from the Willeys’ Saturday evening we settled in and watched the fireworks on TV. No they weren’t quite the same as seeing them in person but it was nice to end the holiday like that. Finn slept through most of it but I think he’ll be really excited to see fireworks next year.
Braeden was showing off his awesome swimming talent! Did you know he can swim in the shallow end without his vest on? Yep! AND he can touch the floor of the pool too. He’s getting so big. It’s hard to believe he’ll be starting school in the fall. I don’t understand how time goes by so fast. Finn’s been here for all of 8 weeks (almost) and he’s changed so much. We have a picture of him when he was 1 day old on the wall in the living room and I look at it and look at him now and shake my head. No I have no clue where the time goes…and it’s only been 2 months. I can’t even imagine how it’ll feel in 10 years. Yeah I don’t want to talk about that right now.
So yes! Brae can swim like the dickens! Finn is just busy changing daily. Christy and I are doing well and Mya has been busy rolling in the grass and smelling up the place. Like usual =)
Pictures from the weekend can be found of Christy’s Flickr page (where else?) Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!
So it’s 1:30 in the morning and I have to work today. What am I doing you ask? I’m holding Finn right now in the hope that Christy can get a little more sleep. He was due to eat at midnight and he’s been stirring as I’ve held him but all in all he’s been pretty calm.
Christy is practically getting no sleep these days since Finn has one heck of an appetite. I wish there was something I could do to help her out but right now there isn’t. I’m not equipped to feed him. Not until we switch to formula a little later down the road.
I don’t really know how she functions on no sleep. I’m cranky as all get out if I don’t get a few consecutive hours. Just ask her. She’s seen me running on little sleep and it ain’t pretty.
Anyway as I sit here rocking back and forth listening to Finn sleep and tapping away on my phone I really don’t mind being awake at this hour. Not if the reason I’m awake is laying in my arms.
Happy Father’s Day indeed.
If you haven’t heard already, Finnegan Todd arrived on
May 12th at 2:08pm at a weight of 7lbs 15oz and 21 inches long. He’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen! There are no words to describe the feeling I had when he arrived.
Since then he’s been quite busy growing and eating. He’s up to 9lbs 1oz. He’s not been a fan of sleeping at night yet so we’ve been up with him at all hours of the night. Christy’s been taking the brunt of it. I don’t know how she does it without going insane. She really is a super mom.
Anyway, this is just a quick update blog since I’ve been quiet for so long. Perhaps a more detailed post later tonight.
Ciao!
How lucky are we? We have such a wonderful family. They threw us a baby shower for Finnegan today under the guise of Jessie’s birthday party (her birthday is next week). We both had suspicions that it wasn’t exactly a birthday party but I think we were both very surprised to see the scale of the shower. There were close to 30 people there! Mom and Dad Mannering had it at their house and there was so much stuff. All kinds of food and drink and a tasty cake from Serpe’s. And the gifts. I don’t think we need anything more for Finn now! We got his bedding set for the crib, a car seat and base, high chair, all types of stuff to deck out his room with a nautical theme, diapers, a mobile, and I don’t even know everything else. We have a list of who gave us what so we can send thank you cards. I did not expect so much stuff. Our family is very VERY generous. So many baby clothes too, some of them have very cute sayings and pictures on them.
I’d love to see pictures from the shower. Christy was the center of attention so she did not have her camera with her but we were constantly blinded by flashes going off so we know there are tons of pictures. I know we’ll get them emailed to us soon and they’ll be uploaded to Flickr not long after that.
It all started about 1:30 and we didn’t leave until after 6 and needless to say we were all exhausted. I don’t know how Christy does it and I don’t know how she’s still awake at this moment. But she is. Sitting on the couch helping Brae play World of Warcraft. I’ve got a lot to do tomorrow. We have a lot of stuff I need to find places for. A lot of baby stuff needs to be washed and I should be able to get Finn’s room all finished by tomorrow night which is really exciting. I know Christy has been wanting it to be done now and we just hadn’t gotten all the stuff we needed. But boy do we have it all now. I think the nursery is going to look really really good once everything is in there. I know pictures of that will definitely be put online.
We’re very fortunate to have such a loving family. Thank you to everyone who made today so awesome. It means a lot to us!
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