I love how he sleeps with his mouth open :)

Life with a newborn

I can't believe Bodey will be 4weeks old on Friday. Oh my goodness! Time has flown by sooo quickly. :'-)

He's already changed so much, it's bittersweet. Last night he smiled at me for the 1st time! (Not the 1st time he's smiled, but the 1st time he was looking at me and smiled intentionally!) I was excited beyond excited, but thought maybe it was a fluke...until this morning. :) He smiled at me twice today! Each time he did, he let out a little squeal and wiggled with joy as his face broke into a grin. It was adorable. Of course though I had to ruin it, by letting out a squeal myself and scaring the poor little lad. :-( Next time he smiles at me, I won't be so joyous. lol.

It's crazy how busy I've been. This is my schedule so far:

6am...wake up and feed Bodey
7am...he's back asleep, time to catch some more zzzz's before he wakes again.
9am...wake up and feed Bodey
10am...he's finally back asleep...and unfortunately, so am I.
12pm...wake up and feed Bodey
1pm...he's finally asleep. I NEED A SHOWER!!!!!
3pm...Bodey is awake and ready to eat....speaking of eating...have I eaten yet today???
4pm...Bodey is back asleep, I'm starving and scrounging around my kitchen for food.
5pm...rushing like a madman to get some housework done before Bodey wakes up again
6pm...Bodey is awake and ready to eat
7pm-11pm...walking with Bodey (he's colicy :'-()
12am...finally...bedtime
3am...wake up and feed Bodey
4am...he's back asleep, my turn!
6am...start it all over again

Basically Bodey's little life consists of eating, sleeping and pooping. Which means my life consists of nursing him, burping him, changing him and rocking him. :-) I've been told that at about 3months everything will "click" with us and our schedule and I'll be back to keeping house, taking showers and getting a normal nights sleep. I look forward to that, but for now, I'm enjoying these first few weeks. These newborn days. They're passing by so quickly, I don't want to miss anything. I do miss my showers and eating, lol, but I know this newborn stage is a short season in life, and once its gone, its gone. So I'm savoring it now and trying to enjoy every moment. (Minus the colicky nights!!!)

These past few days have been SOO much fun though, because he's starting to be awake more during the day. Right after he nurses, he's awake for about an hour. During this hour he's very content and exploring his surroundings and getting to know faces. It's so much fun, because he now studies my face and listens to my voice. Like he's drinking everything in. He's learning me.

By the way....he is now 8lbs something ounces!!! Can you believe it?! He's gained 2+ pounds in 3 weeks! Whoa! I must have some crazy fat building milk! haha. Or I guess he just knew that he needed to catch up to his Uncle Shiro, so that Shiro can't beat him up. ;-)

On a random side note:

A friend texted me the other day. She said: "I can see it now....Shiro to Bodey: you need to obey me! I'm your Uncle!!!" Bodey to Shiro: "You need to obey me! I'm your elder!!"

hehehe! These next many years are going to be so fun.

Well that's all for now! I'm off to cuddle with the Little Mister. He's sleeping and making adorable little chattering noises. He's pulling my heart strings, I need to go be near him. Hopefully I can post again soon.

Final Balloon Count:

Tonight, I finally threw the rest of my balloons away. I can't believe they lasted over 9months!!

The final count was:

Pink: 14
Blue: 19

:-)

Its too late now, but (lol) I should have saved them and continued to wait for them to deflate to see what the gender of Bauman baby #2 would be. ;-)

Hmmmmm......

Check out his beautiful lips

He's even cute when he cries :-}

Bodey has an uncle!!!!

Introducing....

Shiro River Ney

(Shiro means 4th born son)

Born on: May 11, 2011 at 2:08pm

8lbs 6oz

21 inches long

I'm soooo glad my mom had a boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bodey has a buddy now!!!!! :-D

In honor of Bodey's 2week birthday...

I finally did it. I put clothes on Bodey. (*sniff sniff*)

After much thinking and praying, Jeff and I decided that now that he's two weeks old, we will be giving him the freedom to be wearing clothes. (This is a big deal for me, you know...)

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I have to admit that I don't think he's overly cute dressed. I think he's most cute when he's nakey!



I was going to try to keep his little onesie on until Jeff got home from work...but after seeing his little 'tude (check out his crossed arms...look what happens when you give them an inch...they want a mile. I think he's pouting because he wants to wear jeans instead.) I might be stripping it off of him before then. We'll see.

I'm not so sure that Bodey is enjoying this new freedom. Check out this face:

The People of Walmart

This is probably one of those videos that I shouldn't be posting on my blog, but it's just sooo funny I can't resist...just as a warning, does anyone remember my disclaimer at the beginning of my blog? Yea. Though this is an absolutely hilarious youtube clip, it does have some iffy pictures in it. So watch at your own discretion.

a moment of free time...

Bodey will be two weeks tomorrow...*sniff sniff*...it's gone so fast!

I haven't had hardly any free time since the little mister has arrived. My days are filled with nursing him, burping him, changing his diapers and rocking him to sleep...then starting all over again. :) I'm hoping we get the hang of things soon so that I can start devoting a little bit of time each day to my blog again.

I've been trying to work on his birth story this week, but I kid you not...every time I sit down to start writing, he wakes up. :-/ I think he knows when I'm trying to blog... Hopefully I'm able to finish it soon and get that posted.

Someday...hopefully soon...I will be back to posting my daily highs and lows. Until then, bear with me as my posts may be far and few between.

For now...enjoy some baby love: