Tuesday: happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentine's Day. We didn't really do anything over here to celebrate, but Isaac did wear a reddish shirt that says "my mommy rocks"...which seems like a Valentine's greeting to me.


Also, the blog had some technical difficulties due to the app I've been using to post. So I spent two hours in the morning fixing some stuff. I might have more to do, but I'm going to wait a week and see if it resolves itself.

Isaac had a weird day. He slept a lot, and if he wasn't sleeping he was either passively watching something or rather cranky. He ended up spending a lot of time watching his birds in the swing, but he also enjoyed shredding papers. We have a lot of paperwork that we managed to accumulate since we moved.

I finished a puzzle. I decided not to do the edges because they were all one color and the edges should have been brought in one row.

We also had several visitors today! Betsy came over and it was nicety get caught up with her. Then Jamie and her kids briefly stopped by.


And here's the best Valentine's gift...Isaac skipped his midnight(ish) feeding. He went five hours without eating and I got four hours of sleep!

Monday: stuff

Let's see...

Today Isaac got an email address. But he isn't using it yet, so we're not breaking any laws. I just needed it to make a sign on for the insurance.

Behind this door is a surprise...


Isaac was also rather sleepy today. And although you can't hear it, in this picture he is snoring up a storm.

Monday early morning: good idea, bad idea

Good idea: get out of a warm bed to feed a screaming baby

Bad idea: don't put on your robe and slippers and think that by not putting them on you will get back to bed in just a few minutes.

Sunday: church and play toy

We went to church again today, and sat in the cafe area.  Ben and I both caught only about half the service because other people don't have to be quiet out there.  (But neither does Isaac.)  Oh well.  I think it is still good practice.  We also got the baptism video.  I'm trying to convert, trim, and upload it to YouTube but it is taking a long time.  Maybe it will be tomorrow's goal.  Along with getting groceries.

I also put together a play toy thingy.  The problem this play toy has is that it forgot that babies have feet.  So if I set it over him the correct way (so that he can see the mirror and the toys hang down), his feet bump into the green thing and he is too far away from the toys.  After a while I took the green thing out (which was easier than expected).  It can go in later if we change our minds.

Even before I took the green thing out, Isaac really seemed to enjoy it.

He even managed to hit all the hanging things with his hands.  Although I'm not sure if it was ever on purpose or if he was just flailing and then hit them.  (In the photo below his hand is blurry so you can tell it is moving by the toy.)

Saturday: grumpy

Isaac was grumpy today. At least he slept a lot too.

Friday: six weeks

Today Isaac turned six weeks old!

We went to Target in the morning with my dad to pick up the last of the items on the registry. I was not impressed. They had no cribs out to buy. When we found someone, she said that there weren't any in the back either. She suggested getting it online, since the registry I printed out said it was available online. I asked customer service if there was going to be a shipping charge and they couldn't tell me. (so obviously I couldn't get it waived if there was...that was one of the reasons we went with a crib at Target). I get home and look it up, only to find out that it is only available in stores. I called customer support because my coupon was good only for one day, and they were no help. Dad ended up going to a target closish to his house to get it. (In comparison, I was having problems with the Toys r Us coupon code, called customer support, and two minutes later had a better coupon code.)

Anyway, back to Isaac. He started crying when we left Target and when we got home I found he was overheated. So I put him on the quilt to cool down, and he became a very happy boy, even with a few smiles. (Ben and I have both thought we've seen some, and then Dad agreed.). So, we of course took lots of pictures.

He looks like he has a halo!

Getting more animal tails.

So he could meet the monkey.

And bite his nose

We played Dominion with Tony and Christian. We managed to still get two games in, even though both boys needed more attention. At least they actually saw each other awake this time. They're making progress as friends.

Thursday: flurry's new perch

Flurry has found a new favorite location. There is a waist high uh...bannister? by the stairs going to the basement. She can walk back and forth on it and see everything that everyone is doing.

In other news, Isaac has gone to bed easily two nights in a row. I probably just jinxed it. But it was awesome.