Belated Family photos

We had these taken November 5, 2008...Rorek was 3 weeks old here...We had these taken by the school photographer at the school I worked at. The photos took about 5 minutes and were the cheapest way we could get them done. All of the professional photographers in the area charge you an arm and a leg just for the sitting fee and pics are expensive too. Rorek slept through the whole "photo shoot", as you can tell by the shut eyes and yawn. :)

Happy New Year!

My Christmas present. The greatest baby carrier!!! Rorek feels weightless.

Cute baby :)

Reading to my rosy cheeked child. The downfall of crying oneself to sleep, lots of rubbing the face on the sheets.


Getting so BIG! Watching me blowdry my hair.

Trying....

Not much news here...parents have come and gone, Christmas has come and gone, New Years has come and gone....

And we begin are New Years resolution...or rather I am now calling my goal my resolution. We have switched Rorek over to sleeping in his crib, putting him in there awake to put himself to sleep, and following a feed/waketime/sleep pattern, and going longer periods between feedings. Thus far, he does NOT like his crib during the day. We are trying to figure out when is the right time to put him down and which cry is hunger versus other things. In turn, we have had more crying than we have ever had and he sees crankier to me :( which makes me sad and I admit cry a bit myself. It's hard when you know the crying will stop if you pick him up and hold him. I understand though that I can't feed him to sleep, rock him to sleep, and always hold him to sleep. So, we go day by day getting used to the idea and work toward the goal of a lengthy nite sleep for all of us. Positive, he has slept quite well at nite. For example, last nite we put him to bed at 845pm, he cried 15 minutes and slept until 225am. I fed him and he went back to sleep right away (255am-720am). I can't complain much about my days when I can now sleep in my own bed, and know that he will sleep 5 hours and I will get to climb back in bed and he will sleep an additional 4 or so :). I do miss him falling asleep in my arms :(, but do enjoy spending more time with my husband :). Also, the schedule involves Andrew more and Rorek doesn't always need mom.

We also tried a bottle the other day. No go! We will try again another day if the idea passes through one of our heads.

We brought out his space saver highchair this week, too. I think he enjoys sitting in it. He's able to watch us while we eat and seems quite peaceful or rather silent.

It's been cold here lately and I wish Rorek were born during a warmer time of the year. That way we could be outside on a walk every day. I hate to take him out in the cold, I constantly fear freezing him or making him too hot. We have managed a few walks in the cold, he closes his little eyes and hibernates for a bit. Thank goodness for breastfeeding, it has had positive effects on my baby weight, despite my lack of true exercise :). I plan to get to the gym again once Rorek's schedule is a bit more in order.

Merry Christmas 2008

So, once again I may be misusing my parental rights....Andrew informed me our child is not a doll :(. But he is very cute :). We aren't really doing anything for Christmas, other than enjoying our little one and opening a few presents. Andrew has a four day weekend this week and next. He didn't take any leave because both sets of parents have come and gone and he is saving them until next year to use at the end of his job.

9 weeks

Our Family

Grandma Nancy

Cool shoes I got for $1 at the thrift store

Grandpa Dan

Andrew's folks have been with us this week. So far, we have only gone to Real(German type Wal-Mart). The rest of the time has been spent spoiling Rorek with lots of hugs and kisses. Yesterday, we opened presents from Andrew's folks and sibings. They sent lots of fun things. Tomorrow, Andrew plans to take his folks to the Christmas Market downtown. Nancy has spoiled us too, with her caramel rolls and cooking. They head home Tuesday to the lovely winter storms :).

2 months old

I think Rorek looks a bit like his daddy?!?!

So BIG!!

Merry Christmas!

Today, we got the "joy" of Rorek's 2 month well being appointment....Rorek received 3 shots and some sort of liquid in his mouth...all to immunize him. He cried when they gave the shots, but went silent for the following hour until we got home. He has been a bit cranky and out of sorts, but part of that is due to a touch of a cold. Other than that, he is smiling more, enjoying his swing and play mat, and growing like a weed.

2 months = 4lbs and 2 inches

12 lbs 3.5 oz

22 inches

Andrew's folks arrive tomorrow afternoon for a week visit. Rorek is awaiting a bit of spoiling, hugs, and kisses. We hope the lovely Midwestern weather doesn't mess with their plane schedule.

Baptism and Santa

Rorek had a full day today. He was baptised this morning and slept through the service. He also met Santa for the first time. Andrew's unit had their Christmas party today and Rorek slept through it, other than sitting on Santa's lap. As of last week, Rorek weighed about 11 lbs 10 oz. (if i converted correctly).

Monday my folks got in late so all we did was get their IDs. Tuesday we went to Real and the PX. Wednesday we stayed at home and my folks cleaned for me :). Thursday we went to the Stuttgart Christmas Market. Friday, my folks went to Rothenburg to the Christmas Market. Saturday we all slept in and went to a Croatian Restaurant for lunch.

Tomorrow my folks head home (to storms). Hopefully, they won't get stuck in Atlanta. Rorek has enjoyed having them around, and so have we :). Although, he definately knows who can feed him!! much to my dismay.