nicholas received his 2mo shots yesterday and i think i cried more than he did lol they didn't have the big all in one needles so he got 5 separate shots. my poor baby! but i took him home and let him splash in the tub for awhile then put him down to nap. he slept most of the day away and i got to help one of my friend's brother learn how to drive for his driving test today and to say the least he passed and got his licenses so that was pretty neat. nick also slept in his crib for the first time last night and slept 11 hrs! nothing like a well rested momma :) he was pretty cranky today and was a bit warm but my awesome neighbor jennifer lent me her baby swing and nick seems to enjoy it when he is ok with me not holding him. he dozes off in it but never stays fully asleep so i think i'll try to put him down in his crib again tonight in a bit. the time in the field started and here we are again a year later reliving EMV together. thank goodness there's no morning sickness this time around haha.. kris also interviewed for his new mos that he wants to reenlist to earlier this wk and he aced it! so all he's waiting for is HQ to approve it and to wait on orders. i'm so proud of him and what he's doing. my mom also surprised me and she and my sister will be here tmmrw evening for the whole weekend. i'm so excited and it really made my day.

nicholas just keeps growing. he's out of his 3mo clothes but in limbo cause his 3-6mo clothes are still too big and same thing with his diapers! he's in size 2 diapers now and weighs over 14lbs. he's quite a handful to carry around already and he's not even 2 mos old yet! anyways kris submitted his reenlisment packet and hopefully we'll hear something by the end of the fall or he'll have to extend until next may to hear back from his 2nd and 3rd choices. we are looking into getting a bigger family car cause my little acura isn't cutting it anymore. kris so his charger so we'll save money since he doesn't drive it half the time. he's away more than he's ever home to drive that thing. so now my car is his daily driver and i get a new car. but that can't come soon enough! having a car is awesome but i'm so used to having my car paid off that tacking on a car payment just isn't very appealing right now. plus a rise in our insurance cause of a new car. penny pinching is awesome but you gotta give some to get some.

my 2 favorite boys in the whole wide world :D

sometimes i wonder if nicholas thinks i'm a good mom. i don't understand all his cries or cues so i hope he's a happy baby. if babies never laugh or smile how do you know they're happy?

a wk ago we got a new dog named hannah and she is a greyhound lab mix.

she is the color of a yellow lab with a giant lab head on a tiny skinny greyhound body. the most comical looking thing but also the sweetest dog.

she avoids nick and when i bring nick to her she sniffs him a couple of times then retreats. it's like she's scared of him lol... i think it's his crying that makes her weary of him sometimes lol cause nick will cry and hannah will grunt and go back to napping.
nick is 12.5lbs now and growing.


he also hasn't slept much in the last 24hrs or so and right now he's been asleep for right over an hour or so and thank goodness cause his crying was finally starting to get to me. he's fed, clean, bathed and is rocked in my arms 24/7 yet he's still crying. i think he might be very constipated since he's been on strictly formula cause i have laryngitis and my medicine doesn't allow me to breastfeed for 10days. it's day 3 and i think all the formula is making him cranky.. poor baby. kris was nice enough to get me amaretto creamer for coffee that i never drink and make me brownies with cookies baked in on top of them! talk about delish! my lack of sleep doesn't also help much with me wanting to pick up the house. finally got to field daying the house today and it felt so good to have everything spic and span with everything in place.




i definitely need some sleep and lots of make up!!

nicholas turned one month old last friday and he's already 11.5lbs! my little baby boy isn't so little anymore. he's in the 90 percentile and growing! little man is eating more, staying awake longer and sleeping just as much. he amazes me and i love watching him grow. soon i can't leave him on the couch anymore all alone.. he sure knows who his momma is and he's a definite momma's boy!

nicholas likes to scrunch his face up and it makes him look like a little old man.. it's the cutest ugly face i've ever seen lol.. he hates baths and diaper changes.. i hope that this isn't an early sign that my baby will love to get and stay dirty when he gets older. he also loves to eat extra much at night vs the day.. this might also forecast midnight kitchen raids when he's older. oh the joys! i've started nicholas on formula just a couple days ago as a supplement since my brain is completely nonexistent running on 1.5-2hrs of sleep at a time.. it's my cheat but while i have all the help i can get during the day, at night i'm on my own. so i pump for him during the day and feed him breastmilk every other feeding during the day and at nights and he has a couple bottles of formula throughout the day. i hope this doesn't jeopardize his health :/ but happy momma makes for a happy baby right? and i had no idea i would burn through wipes and diapers so fast. only wk 2 and we've gone through almost 200 wipes, and 3 packs of diapers already. this boy just eats and eats!

so kristopher went back to work and i'm up here in the bay area with my mom for a few more weeks until nicholas is a month old.. as much as i hate the desert and the heat, i hate being away from kris even more. my sleep schedule is completely wack and i get really quiet and lonely everytime we're away from each other. maybe i'm too dependent on him or maybe i just love him so much that anytime away from each other feels like wasted time. i've spent the last couple days by myself taking care of nicholas and it's been a bit rough but i have my mom's a sister help to give me a break to shower, eat or nap. nicholas is staying awake for longer periods of time now but still within a few minutes he'll pass out. he also got circumcised a couple days ago so once he's all healed up, he'll resume his tummy time. his neck is pretty strong being as young as he is but it doesn't hurt to get a nice work out in. nicholas also got his newborn photos taken by a new photographer that i found and she did a decent job considering she's new. these were taken when he was a week old.