Look who can write his name! This is without any coaching...the boy's obsessed with letters, reading, and writing! This was taken a few weeks ago. (Oliver age 29 months)
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
A few weeks in photos
Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last few weeks. I will say that there is quite the learning curve when going from raising a toddler to raising a toddler and an infant! We're starting to get the hang of it 11 weeks later...although barely!
Here are my boys, my life!
Pictures taken in this room always make people look jaundice, although I assure you Ian is just fine :) His umbilical cord is still attached here.
the first Ian smile captured on film, er, phone.
And more fun faces.
With the best big brother ever!
And awesome Aunt Za!
Oliver with his new favorite monkey hat (thanks Kalee!) and he happened to be eating a banana...HAD to be photographed :)
He REALLY likes the taste of his right hand
Chester's learned to calm down a bit
And Daisy, always the Mamma Dog
Oliver and Ian were laying in the dark together one evening before bed, and were holding hands. It's a terrible quality picture because, a) it was taken on my phone and b) it's in the dark. But I HAD to capture this moment and post it so I don't forget how sweet these two are together!
Nap time...Oliver did not sleep this day...
It's not a favorite picture, but it's one of the only ones I have of me and Ian. I think it's safe to say we're all in love with our growing family!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Latest Beer News
Here's why I've been slow to update: *smile*
Some other information for me to remember and for anyone else curious out there...
-I'm SO GLAD I opted to NOT have a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After C-section) since the doctor told me I had a really thin area in my uterus that likely would have ruptured had I gone through labor. She reinforced it (I assume with medical duct tape) and told me I was good to have another baby so long as I don't go into labor. Ok!
-I've been able to nurse Ian, and after a few tough days, things are going great and he's back to his birth weight in a matter of days. YES!
-Week 1, I lost 20 pounds, and by week 2, it's down 26 pounds. Sounds good til you hear I had a total of 42 to lose...still a ways to go. But over halfway there!
-Oliver started sleeping through the night (finally) about 2 months before Ian was born, and can now sleep through the cries in the middle of the night. Thank goodness!!!
-I LOVE LOVE LOVE my family! We are so blessed with our 3 boys!
Here we are a few days before my C-Section - 38 1/2 weeks pregnant. So, I don't have one of those belly buttons that "pops out" to tell you when the baby's ready, my face just turns into a ball. I'm guessing it's so my belly doesn't feel so lonely in giganto-world...
Family picture - Oliver was thrilled, can you tell? It was close to lunch time and he was eyeballing the soccer ball we brought to kick around after the photos.
I love this picture since for the last 2 months, Oliver got SO EXCITED about having a baby brother, and would rub and kiss my belly all. the. time! So this didn't really have to be staged...we just asked where baby brother was.
And November 23, 2011 came! Baby Boy Beer was born 9:22 AM. He was 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and 20 1/4 inches long! No wonder I felt so huge and sore!
He remained nameless for three days...better than Oliver who took four days.
Nich (Daddy) cutting the cord.
Just as with Oliver, I was SO HAPPY to hear his loud cry! This little baby has some LUNGS! He is gorgeous and I couldn't stop kissing him and crying :) He's perfect!
Actually, the doctors were suprised when Baby Boy started crying before they even got him out. The got most of his head out, and the crying started...he was ready! Or maybe really NOT ready to come out, hmmm.
Proud Papa
Oliver got to meet his baby brother later that afternoon. His aunt Sara holding him here. Oliver was kind of confused, but excited!
34 hours old...couldn't get the picture to turn around, but here he is chilling out! At this point, his first name was Ian. Just need to think of a middle name we could agree on and that suited this little guy!
Back at home and Oliver's first time holding his baby brother, Ian Alexander Beer! He was SO EXCITED and kept pointing out eyes, ears, nose, mouth, fingers, feet, toes...you get it! And then showed Ian "Hook 'Em Horns" and "Guns Up!"
Oliver wants to hold Ian every chance he gets!
My guys! I love this bunch more than ANYTHING!
Ian's first 2 weeks of life:
And our new family picture taken just last night!
Some other information for me to remember and for anyone else curious out there...
-I'm SO GLAD I opted to NOT have a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After C-section) since the doctor told me I had a really thin area in my uterus that likely would have ruptured had I gone through labor. She reinforced it (I assume with medical duct tape) and told me I was good to have another baby so long as I don't go into labor. Ok!
-I've been able to nurse Ian, and after a few tough days, things are going great and he's back to his birth weight in a matter of days. YES!
-Week 1, I lost 20 pounds, and by week 2, it's down 26 pounds. Sounds good til you hear I had a total of 42 to lose...still a ways to go. But over halfway there!
-Oliver started sleeping through the night (finally) about 2 months before Ian was born, and can now sleep through the cries in the middle of the night. Thank goodness!!!
-I LOVE LOVE LOVE my family! We are so blessed with our 3 boys!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Happy Howl-oween!
(I stole that from my punny sister, Za)
I thought I'd add our Halloween 2011 to the mix of the thousands of people blogging, Twittering, and Facebooking their Halloweens this year...tonight was just too much fun not to!
When I first asked Oliver what he wanted to be for Halloween, on 2 separate occasions he told me he wanted to be a cow. He was very clear about this. We went to a Halloween store and found the toddler-sized cow costumes, and Oliver tried it on. I'm not sure why, but somehow it freaked him out and he wanted NOTHING to do with cows. Ok. On to plan B. I gathered a ton of ears attached to headbands - dog, cat, zebra, tiger, giraffe...you name it, I grabbed it - and brought them over for him to see. After Za and I modeled some ears for him, Oliver was inspired to try some out, and decided to be a dog! Of course we got puppy ears, tail, and a cat basket as his costume. He even wanted to wear the ears out to lunch :)
So here is our little puppy dog, with the ears I was SURE would be ripped off in 10 seconds, but he LOVED them and ran around telling everyone he was a dog, then barking!
He refused to change shirts into a color that matched his little ears and tail, so he was a stripey dog...and VERY pleased about that!
And the REAL dogs sported their costumes this year, and Daisy was, again, Dr. Daisy. It was fitting since we live in a neighborhood that is almost exclusively medical residents - so many people live in scrubs around here that they barely noticed a dog dressed in them :)
Needless to say, only Daisy joined us trick-or-treating. Can you imagine Chester out there with all the people in costume? So he stayed home and watched the swarms of kids from the bedroom.
Oliver was super excited to get his tail put on, and flashed Za this smile that he reserves just for her when she's behind the camera. I can't get him to smile like this - it's a Za thing.
We met up with his good buddy, Kenzie, who was also a puppy dog, and these two cutie-pies spent the evening running around and finding houses with lights on. They were so excited to be dogs for the night!
Knocking doors - they would knock continuously and loudly until someone would answer. Nich taught Oliver to say "trick or treat."
And more nice people with candy! Here's Nich with Oliver and Kenzie with her mom. Can you believe she had a baby 4 months ago? A cute little boy dressed as a basketball :)
He was a FANTASTIC Santa. We are so going over there over Christmas and get getting pictures with him!
And pardon my giant face - there IS a giant belly there to match at 36 weeks pregnant. I managed to hide it pretty well behind Oliver!
I thought I'd add our Halloween 2011 to the mix of the thousands of people blogging, Twittering, and Facebooking their Halloweens this year...tonight was just too much fun not to!
When I first asked Oliver what he wanted to be for Halloween, on 2 separate occasions he told me he wanted to be a cow. He was very clear about this. We went to a Halloween store and found the toddler-sized cow costumes, and Oliver tried it on. I'm not sure why, but somehow it freaked him out and he wanted NOTHING to do with cows. Ok. On to plan B. I gathered a ton of ears attached to headbands - dog, cat, zebra, tiger, giraffe...you name it, I grabbed it - and brought them over for him to see. After Za and I modeled some ears for him, Oliver was inspired to try some out, and decided to be a dog! Of course we got puppy ears, tail, and a cat basket as his costume. He even wanted to wear the ears out to lunch :)
So here is our little puppy dog, with the ears I was SURE would be ripped off in 10 seconds, but he LOVED them and ran around telling everyone he was a dog, then barking!
And the REAL dogs sported their costumes this year, and Daisy was, again, Dr. Daisy. It was fitting since we live in a neighborhood that is almost exclusively medical residents - so many people live in scrubs around here that they barely noticed a dog dressed in them :)
Oliver was super excited to get his tail put on, and flashed Za this smile that he reserves just for her when she's behind the camera. I can't get him to smile like this - it's a Za thing.
We met up with his good buddy, Kenzie, who was also a puppy dog, and these two cutie-pies spent the evening running around and finding houses with lights on. They were so excited to be dogs for the night!
Knocking doors - they would knock continuously and loudly until someone would answer. Nich taught Oliver to say "trick or treat."
And people answered with CANDY!! Oh Oliver thought this was FABULOUS!!
Look! CANDY!!! He HAD to have a few pieces while we walked to the next house.
And more nice people with candy! Here's Nich with Oliver and Kenzie with her mom. Can you believe she had a baby 4 months ago? A cute little boy dressed as a basketball :)
And here's a surprise person answering the door on Halloween!
And Oliver with his Za and his Daisy :) Two of his favorite ladies!
And our little (but growing) family!
HAPPY HOWL-OWEEN!!!
Oh, and here we are at 7:00 the next morning with all the CANDY!!! Notice the bit of brown still on Oliver's nose...he wanted to sleep as a doggy too last night :)
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