Time continues to fly by. Harrison will be seven weeks old tomorrow. He starts daycare on Monday. Get ready for the tears.
The plan is to put him in for a half week next week to kind of ease all of us into it. He's going to go Monday, Wednesday and Friday and probably for just half days. Then on the next Tuesday, after Labor Day, DeAnne will start back to work. I'm sure everything will be fine, but DeAnne and I are understandably nervous about it all. Just pray that the Lord will give us peace about it and that everything will be fine. I'll let you know how it goes on Tuesday.
There's not much else going on. We're still getting up early. He was up at about 1:30 last night and then again at about 4:45 this morning. By the time I got him fed and changed this morning, it was almost 5:30, so I just went ahead and got a shower and got my day started. I guess that's just going to be the way it is until he starts sleeping longer at one time.
Have a good weekend.
--Paul
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Up Early
Harrison decided that 4:45 was a good time to eat this morning, so as I type this, I've been up an hour already. He's doing really well overall though. He's still sleeping from about 10:00 to 2:00 and then he'll sleep from around 2:00 to somewhere between 4:00 and 6:00. You'll notice there's a bit of a spread on the latter. You just never know when he's going to be up. I think it mainly depends on how hard he sleeps the first time down. We've started giving him rice at night, but that doesn't seem to make a difference with the sleep time. I think we're just putting on more chunk. Anyway.
We had a good weekend. Sara, Mike and Liam came up so we spent the majority of our time in Kinston visiting with them. Mike's about to deploy again and he'll be gone until sometime around Christmas. He'll be flying this time, so he'll be in a bit more danger than before, so please pray for his safe return.
Outside of that, it was pretty laid back. I got up early with Harrison on Saturday and eventually he and DeAnne slept until about 10:30. She was glad for the sleep and I was happy to take care of things and let her get it.
Daycare is all set up and ready to go. We're actually going to send him three days next week just to ease us and him into it. It's hard to believe that we've got just a little under two weeks before DeAnne goes back to work and he starts daycare. It's going to be hard to leave him, but I'm excited for him to get to interact with other people and other kids or at least that's what I'm telling myself to make it easier on me.
See you Thursday,
--Paul
We had a good weekend. Sara, Mike and Liam came up so we spent the majority of our time in Kinston visiting with them. Mike's about to deploy again and he'll be gone until sometime around Christmas. He'll be flying this time, so he'll be in a bit more danger than before, so please pray for his safe return.
Outside of that, it was pretty laid back. I got up early with Harrison on Saturday and eventually he and DeAnne slept until about 10:30. She was glad for the sleep and I was happy to take care of things and let her get it.
Daycare is all set up and ready to go. We're actually going to send him three days next week just to ease us and him into it. It's hard to believe that we've got just a little under two weeks before DeAnne goes back to work and he starts daycare. It's going to be hard to leave him, but I'm excited for him to get to interact with other people and other kids or at least that's what I'm telling myself to make it easier on me.
See you Thursday,
--Paul
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Going on 6...
Six weeks, that is.
It's hard to believe our little man is already six weeks old tomorrow. It's been amazing to watch him over the past weeks and see all the changes that have happened just in that short period of time. He's an awesome little guy, for sure.
No real plans this weekend either. It's kind of nice just being able to relax and enjoy being a family. We've only got a little over two weeks before DeAnne goes back to work and he starts daycare, so we're trying to enjoy all we can while we can.
I had to feed the bugger when I got up this morning and it's later than I realized, so that's all I've got for today. I think he may be taking after his daddy on his sleep pattern. He seems to be a morning person so far, which is fine with me. DeAnne says that he's usually really awake and alert in the morning. Hopefully that bodes well for being able to get him up and ready for school down the road.
Have a good weekend.
--Paul
It's hard to believe our little man is already six weeks old tomorrow. It's been amazing to watch him over the past weeks and see all the changes that have happened just in that short period of time. He's an awesome little guy, for sure.
No real plans this weekend either. It's kind of nice just being able to relax and enjoy being a family. We've only got a little over two weeks before DeAnne goes back to work and he starts daycare, so we're trying to enjoy all we can while we can.
I had to feed the bugger when I got up this morning and it's later than I realized, so that's all I've got for today. I think he may be taking after his daddy on his sleep pattern. He seems to be a morning person so far, which is fine with me. DeAnne says that he's usually really awake and alert in the morning. Hopefully that bodes well for being able to get him up and ready for school down the road.
Have a good weekend.
--Paul
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Same Ol', Same Ol'
Not much to report. We had a pretty quiet weekend. I was on call, so we couldn't really go anywhere. I did get the grass cut Saturday. Mom and Sid also came down Saturday and visited for a while. It's always good to see them.
Harrison is doing well. He's hit a new sleep pattern where he'll go down between 9 and 10 then he's up between 1 and 2 and then up again around 4 or 5. The first two parts of the schedule aren't that bad, it's the up around 4 or 5 that's putting the hurt on us. Just this morning, he started getting fussy at 4 and DeAnne tried to get him back to sleep but around 5 he woke me up and I got up and changed and fed him. By the time I got him back down, it was already time for me to start getting ready, so I guess today I just get to be up from 5 on. If we could just get him to tack another hour onto the end of that second sleep so that he was up around 5 or 6, it'd be really awesome. One day.
--Paul
Harrison is doing well. He's hit a new sleep pattern where he'll go down between 9 and 10 then he's up between 1 and 2 and then up again around 4 or 5. The first two parts of the schedule aren't that bad, it's the up around 4 or 5 that's putting the hurt on us. Just this morning, he started getting fussy at 4 and DeAnne tried to get him back to sleep but around 5 he woke me up and I got up and changed and fed him. By the time I got him back down, it was already time for me to start getting ready, so I guess today I just get to be up from 5 on. If we could just get him to tack another hour onto the end of that second sleep so that he was up around 5 or 6, it'd be really awesome. One day.
--Paul
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wha?
I'm a little out of it this morning. Harrison's still doing fine, but I've been having trouble at work with a server and I've spent two days fighting with it. That on top of waking up once or twice a night is starting to take its toll on me evidently. DeAnne's not much better off. For the past week, even when Harrison sleeps, she's not getting much herself because of her back hurting.
DeAnne went up to Montgomery yesterday to see her back doctor. He gave her a shot and ordered some physical therapy. Hopefully that will get the nerve calmed down before she has to go back to work next month.
I'm on call, so no plans for the weekend. If it's not raining, I'll be cutting grass Saturday morning, but that's just par for the course. Have a good weekend.
--Paul
DeAnne went up to Montgomery yesterday to see her back doctor. He gave her a shot and ordered some physical therapy. Hopefully that will get the nerve calmed down before she has to go back to work next month.
I'm on call, so no plans for the weekend. If it's not raining, I'll be cutting grass Saturday morning, but that's just par for the course. Have a good weekend.
--Paul
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
1 Month
Yesterday marked Harrison's one month birthday. It's hard to imagine that a month has gone by already. I'm guessing all you other parents out there are just nodding your heads and thinking how I have no idea how fast it will go.
What might almost make me feel older than my own son being a month old is my nephew, Liam. Sarah and Liam came up for a few days and when I saw him yesterday, I was pretty floored by how big he's gotten. The last time we saw him was when Harrison was born and things were so crazy then that I didn't really get to spend any time with him. A year ago, he was barely bigger than Harrison is now. Now, he's this massive little man running around and starting to talk. It's insane.
I had a good time keeping Harrison last Thursday and Friday. We hung out, watched some Shark Week that he had already watched once with his Mom, played in the floor, slept and just had a good time.
At some point during the three days DeAnne was sitting in meetings, her back flared up and she's been hurting pretty bad since about Friday. Needless to say, we didn't do much this past weekend. She called yesterday and has a doctor's appointment Wednesday. Hopefully they'll be able to give her something to calm the nerve down and get her some relief. It was about this time last year when her back flared up. I guess we're just going to have an incident about once a year where she has trouble with it.
That's about all I've got for today. See you Thursday.
--Paul
What might almost make me feel older than my own son being a month old is my nephew, Liam. Sarah and Liam came up for a few days and when I saw him yesterday, I was pretty floored by how big he's gotten. The last time we saw him was when Harrison was born and things were so crazy then that I didn't really get to spend any time with him. A year ago, he was barely bigger than Harrison is now. Now, he's this massive little man running around and starting to talk. It's insane.
I had a good time keeping Harrison last Thursday and Friday. We hung out, watched some Shark Week that he had already watched once with his Mom, played in the floor, slept and just had a good time.
At some point during the three days DeAnne was sitting in meetings, her back flared up and she's been hurting pretty bad since about Friday. Needless to say, we didn't do much this past weekend. She called yesterday and has a doctor's appointment Wednesday. Hopefully they'll be able to give her something to calm the nerve down and get her some relief. It was about this time last year when her back flared up. I guess we're just going to have an incident about once a year where she has trouble with it.
That's about all I've got for today. See you Thursday.
--Paul
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Daddy Day-care
The boys are hanging at the house for the next two days. Even though DeAnne's taking leave for the first month of school, she's going to the inservice days today and tomorrow. So, I'm taking off and putting in some quality man-time with Harrison. DeAnne's been gone five minutes. So far, so good.
I kid.
I don't really anticipate any problems. Harrison's a good baby and I've got all the major protocols down. Changing diapers, feeding and getting him to sleep. I think we're good to go.
One more easy weekend coming up. I got the yard work done Monday and Tuesday, so nothing to really do there. We really need to do something about our closet. Now that DeAnne's not pregnant, I'm sure there's a good bit of stuff that could be moved to storage. I know I've got some shirts I haven't worn in who knows how long that could stand to go to Christian Service also. Who knows if any of that will actually happen though.
Have a good weekend.
--Paul
I kid.
I don't really anticipate any problems. Harrison's a good baby and I've got all the major protocols down. Changing diapers, feeding and getting him to sleep. I think we're good to go.
One more easy weekend coming up. I got the yard work done Monday and Tuesday, so nothing to really do there. We really need to do something about our closet. Now that DeAnne's not pregnant, I'm sure there's a good bit of stuff that could be moved to storage. I know I've got some shirts I haven't worn in who knows how long that could stand to go to Christian Service also. Who knows if any of that will actually happen though.
Have a good weekend.
--Paul
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Time Flies
Time is flying by it seems.
Harrison is now over three weeks old. He's not sleeping as well as he was a week ago. We're not really sure what's going on. My guess is that he's just decided that he's going to eat more often. Growth spurt, maybe? Who knows? Maybe he's just reached a point where he's more alert and awake more often. At any rate, it's kind of put a damper on our enthusiasm for his sleeping habits the past couple of nights. He did better last night, only getting up twice, but that's still a pretty big change from only getting up once like he was. He's still an awesome baby and we have nothing to complain about, we just seem to be getting a little dose of reality.
School starts back next week. DeAnne is going to be off for the first four weeks but she is going to go to the inservice days the last three days of this week. I'm going to stay home with Harrison and keep him while she's gone, but we're expecting her to be able to come home at lunch and then take him back to the school with her. It'll be a good test run to see how DeAnne does away from him and to see if she can get herself up and ready in the morning.
See you Thursday.
--Paul
Harrison is now over three weeks old. He's not sleeping as well as he was a week ago. We're not really sure what's going on. My guess is that he's just decided that he's going to eat more often. Growth spurt, maybe? Who knows? Maybe he's just reached a point where he's more alert and awake more often. At any rate, it's kind of put a damper on our enthusiasm for his sleeping habits the past couple of nights. He did better last night, only getting up twice, but that's still a pretty big change from only getting up once like he was. He's still an awesome baby and we have nothing to complain about, we just seem to be getting a little dose of reality.
School starts back next week. DeAnne is going to be off for the first four weeks but she is going to go to the inservice days the last three days of this week. I'm going to stay home with Harrison and keep him while she's gone, but we're expecting her to be able to come home at lunch and then take him back to the school with her. It'll be a good test run to see how DeAnne does away from him and to see if she can get herself up and ready in the morning.
See you Thursday.
--Paul
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