Yes, I have not posted

I've been helping Dave with GusMonster instead of posting over here. Amazing how much fun you can have looking at 6 weeks of photos of your child. Especially the ones that make him look like a little alien.

last checkup

We had our last checkup with the midwives yesterday afternoon, and it was sad to say goodbye. It isn't really goodbye yet since we will most certainly see them again, but it was the last official visit.

Baby Gus has grown! He's five weeks and 2 days, and his weight was 10 pounds 4 ounces, and his length was 23 inches, a full 2 inches more than when he was born! His head was also an inch larger. The ladies were so happy to see him and they think he's doing great. I'm working on thank you gifts for the midwives, and I've only completed one so far. I will pick up the yarn for the next one hopefully this weekend. I've got a baby project I'm trying to fit in between, and it's going slowly.

It was such a cool experience getting to know the midwives. Yesterday while talking with Catherine, I realized that while she was in labor with her gorgeous little boy there were times in the hospital when it was just her husband and her alone in their room, coping with the labor. It made me so grateful that I was never alone, not for a minute. I had my husband and one of the midwifes supporting me through the entire labor, long as it was. A few knitted gifts aren't really enough to say thank you for the hard work that the ladies did through my pregnancy, labor, birth, and post partum time. They were amazing, and I would highly recommend them to anyone who is interested in home birth. I will keep my fingers crossed that when Dave and I choose to have another baby, they'll still be working together and supporting birth at home.

Meanwhile: Dave and Gus have been working on something:
GUSMONSTER!

pupper of the week

I've been bugging Dave to take more photos of Gus and I together.

This one is pretty cute.

I think one thing that would help me with this new parenting thing would be blocking www.babycenter.com from my computer. As much as I enjoyed the vegetable comparisons while I was pregnant, it's no longer helping. This week's update told me that my baby will begin to sleep longer stretches at a time, 3 - 4 hours perhaps. Lies, all lies! Gus isn't sleeping more than 2 hours at a time, and he chooses one hour during the night to be wide awake. Sometimes it's 4 - 5 am, sometimes it's 5 -6, but last night it was 3 - 4. I really don't appreciate that. He wakes up ready to play. He doesn't fuss or cry, just wants to look around and talk. The only thing he really doesn't want to do is go back to sleep, so all attempts to rock or sing lullabies or turn off lights are met with protest. He just wants to be awake. It's nights like last night: he didn't go down until 11, was up for a 1 am feeding, a 3 am feeding after which he stayed awake until 4:30 and ate again, then slept until 6 when he woke up to eat. At 7 I gave up trying to put him back down, and just got up and had breakfast. He fell asleep during breakfast, and I went back to bed with him until 9. If only it was a little more predictable, it would be easier to handle.

Or if only I didn't believe babycenter when they tell me he could be sleeping for 4-5 hours. Ha!

Meanwhile, the weather has been fantastic, and Dave has the spring greens started.
Soon we'll be pulling fresh spinach, arugula, and tat soi directly from our back yard! Even on no sleep, you have to love days like this.

easy Monday

We're taking it pretty easy here on Earth Day. Just glad the sun is shining.