A few pics of Mr. Rylan

Hello 2011!

I know, I know. Last time I posted on here I said I was going to be better about posting. Oops. Well, you know how it goes.

Rylan had a wonderful Christmas Holiday and it was so much fun for Eric and I too. When I became an "adult" I never understood decorating for Christmas. I mean, I really enjoy being around the decorations and I love it when other people decorate but I never wanted to decorate my house. Why? It's a pain in the ass...getting it all out of the attic, moving stuff around, spending hours and hours making it just perfect. And then a few weeks later you have to take it down and pack it up. Bleh! Well, I didn't decorate this year (I know, bad mommy) b/c Rylan is into everything and I honestly did not want to have to pull him away from the tree and make him mad over and over again. Next year, I will begin the decorating b/c now I get it. It's just part of the magic.

A little update on Mr. Rylan: He weighs 21lbs and is 29 3/4" long. I look at him now and it's like he grows every time he sleeps. He looks more and more like a little boy than a baby. He doesn't have much hair still, but it's so cute b/c the little hair he does have gets messy and sticks up. I just love him so much. He does NOT sleep through the night yet. He wakes up every 1-3 hours every night. I might get an occasional portion of the night where he sleeps for 4 hours. It is really really hard. I have not gotten more than 5 hours consecutive sleep in 10 months...and if I get anywhere close to that, it has happened maybe 10 times. I think it's my fault, I held him so much and slept with him when he was tiny and honestly, if I sleep with him then I get sleep. So, I don't care what people say - I try my hardest to keep him in his bed at night, but after playing the game of rock to sleep, lay down, cry, rock to sleep, lay down, cry for more than an hour, I give up. I know he will sleep good eventually. He actually is a great napper though. He has been napping for almost two hours right now. Woot!

He still only has 2 teeth but he is starting to try to climb on things and he will be walking very soon. Oh, and he says Mama now. It's so sweet. It just gets better and better. I love how he will bring a book to me and sit in my lap and give me hugs. He really is the love of my life.

I didn't really make a resolution this year, but my goal is to get very organized. I have been purging my house and it feels so good. I'm on a role, just tossing everything I don't use. My other goal is to keep all flat surfaces in my house clean. That is where my clutter is, so hopefully it will be gone very soon. Oh, and of course my goal is to get my body where I want it. It's the year of the dirty 30 for me...I'm scared. :-/

6 months!

Okay I don't have a picture right now, but I will add one soon. I'm too tired to walk downstairs at the moment. Haha. Man, those shots were rough this time at the doctor. Poor baby was still whimpering as we were leaving. Ugh, I hate that. He did great though. He weighs 18.14 lbs (75th percentile) and is 26.5" tall (50th percentile). The night was not so good. He woke up every hour or so and was so restless. Lately he tries to get comfortable a lot but just moves around for a long time. I will lay him in his crib and he will try to get comfy and lay his head down and sleep...but he has yet to put himself to sleep. I will leave him there or stand and pat his back but it doesn't work yet. I can tell it's in the future though! :) It's OK with me if he still needs mama to snuggle him to sleep. However, any tricks or suggestions are welcomed for getting some good sleep habits!

So, he was a little constipated the other day and so I decided to give him prunes for his first fruit yesterday at dinner. He did NOT like them at all. I have a video of it that's pretty funny. Although as soon as we stopped recording he did that shudder like it's absolutely disgusting. (Like the I Love Lucy episode of Vitameatavegemin! LOL) But, he did have some relief in his diaper that next morning. So, hah! I win. Wait. How do I win when I'm the one cleaning up shit? Hmmm.

Today he will hardly eat his cereal...he just spits it out b/c he thinks I'm going to sneak those nasty prunes in there again. Lol. I got him to eat some of it finally this morning and I even let him try peaches instead...and he just looked at me like I was giving him gasoline or something. Seriously?? Peaches rock. Mom said those were my favorite when I was little. Maybe I need to make my own food (Courtney said it tastes way better). He refused to really eat at dinner either. But he was really tired from shopping with me today. I assume he will be hungry tomorrow and eat.

I pray for a better night's sleep tonight!

3 months behind

Okay...so here is how my backwards brain works. I have been meaning to update my blog for weeks now. But, my OCD tendencies make me want to backdate all my postings so that my blog feels more "complete." Makes sense, right?

Okay so a lot is going on now. Rylan is trying to crawl. He can get across the floor but it takes him some work. As some of you might have seen on my facebook post. He talks a lot and laughs ALL THE TIME. But, at the weirdest stuff. He is a riot. He doesn't sleep through the night yet but he is getting better. He might wake up but he tends to go right back to sleep pretty quickly. He looks so big to me in his crib! I can't believe he is almost 6 months old. I am excited to start giving him foods though. He loves to eat his cereal and he can't stand it if we are eating something and he isn't. He doesn't miss many meals. I am still nursing him and I'm not ready to quit yet. He isn't either. He had a grand old time on the boobs today. He was talking laughing between sucks.

We will probably be moving soon to an empty house my family has. I need to do some serious junk sorting and throw out all my clutter so we can list the house. I have a week here and there where I have no energy to keep up with some of the housework. I am motivated now though so hopefully I can make a nice to do list and mark stuff off!!

AH! How did I fall behind again??

I will say...I don't know how you parents of more than one child manage to blog so much. I don't have a good system. My goal is to take pictures every week and then upload them on the same day every week so I don't forget. It makes me sad if I realize I didn't take like 100 pictures of my sweet boy for that week. I will try to post some more recent pics soon.

10 weeks old

Okay...phew. We are up to date now. Let's see...I'm not sure how much he weighs but I imagine it's about 13.5 lbs. He flipped from his tummy to his back this week and now that's all he likes to do if he lays on his tummy. It didn't even scare him when he did it for the first time. But, he can turn REALLY slow too. His new favorite thing to do is for you to pull him up by his hands to sit up and then he will pull himself up on his feet. He hasn't quite learned to put his feet flat and farther apart but he can support his weight well. He will shake and grunt like he is giving it all he's got and then he is soooo happy when he sits down. I can't get over how much fun he is. He also jumps sometimes and looks super proud of himself. I can't believe how big he is already. He looks different to me. He doesn't sleep through the night yet but part of that is my fault b/c I run in too quickly to check on him. He can sleep 7 hours though, but it might be interrupted slightly. He cannot stand to have a dirty diaper...which is really frustrating sometimes. But maybe he will be easy to potty train. Here's hoping!

8 weeks old

2 months already?? No way! His check up went great. He had his shots, which made me so sad. But, I was nursing him and then we took him off for a second and by the time he let out that one cry he was back to nursing so he seemed to do well. Still, that scream they do when they are in pain is just awful. He weighed 12 lbs and was 23 inches long. He can push straight up off his belly and likes to swat at toys. I'm still tired, but I'm doing better. Getting sleep when I can and I'm learning his natural nap times which helps. A perfect morning is when I can just pee and get a shower and dry my hair without having to stop every 3 seconds and put a pacifier in his mouth. Oh who am I kidding? A perfect morning is just getting to pee and brush your teeth without holding a baby.

7 weeks old

Oh my how interactive we are! I have so many pictures from this week and they are all soooo cute! He started to kick his legs a lot more and he is always so happy. I couldn't ask for a better baby. Well...his night sleeping does need improvement.

Side note: I am doing these posts very quickly...I intend to have more exciting posts and to be more on top of my game.

6 weeks old

He started to do this funny chuckle this week...not really a laugh, just a little "heh...hehehe" under his breath. He also will whisper his coos which really makes me laugh. He LOVES to lay on his changing table and just talk and be funny. His room makes him happy. He does like his crib, but not as much as mama's chest. :) He can push himself up off his belly really well and holds his head up just fine. We really don't hold it at all when we pick him up anymore. He loves to sit on Eric's chest and push up with his arms. It's his favorite thing.

5 weeks old

Time is moving so fast it's a little scary to me. Since I'm so far behind I don't remember many specifics of this week. He started to coo at my mom for the first time and I got it on camera. It's so cute. He gets very animated now and loves to sit on your belly or legs and talk to you. We are still up a lot at night so he is still in the bassinet in our room. Or in our bed sometimes b/c I am just too tired to stand over the bassinet. I don't care...I love snuggling with him and I wedge him in a way that he is perfectly safe. I love catching him when he wakes up and seeing those sweet smiles and long stares. Melts my heart.

4 weeks old - (sorry it took so long!)

Okay okay...so I'm just starting to get a good routine down so that I'm able to manage my time a little more efficiently. I spent the first 2 months just cuddling my baby as much as I could. They are only that small for such a short time and I cannot believe he is almost 3 months old currently. (yeah...I'm like 8 weeks behind on my blog. Nice.)

Since March, everything is kind of a blur and ran together but I do remember some milestones he has overcome so I will try to be accurate. At his 1 month check up he weighed 10lbs even and was 21 inches long. He is in the 50% percentile for weight and 50% percentile for height. He has amazing head control and he raises his head up all the time when he is on his belly. He makes these really loud excited yells that are soo sweet and fun. Sometimes he gets very excited. He is still so happy. He eats every 3 hours but will sleep almost 5 if he sleeps on me. I love him so much and he is pretty mellow until he gets mad. He will go from 0-100 FAST but he is pretty easy to console. For me at least. Heh. Boys sure do love their mamas.

Oh, and I got the experience of being peed on as well as #2. Score.

3 Weeks Old

Well...bought a nice swing for Mr. Man and he hates it. I really wanted him to love it so mama could get some much needed rest. Nope. He likes his Boppy seat that vibrates which is fine too but he stirs a lot. Hopefully I am close to the peak of the hard hours so they start to get easier. He is so much fun though and super happy. He is starting t coo a little bit and I recognize his cries now.

2 Weeks Old

2 weeks flies by! At his 2 week appointment he weighed 8 lbs 3 oz and he is doing awesome. He is getting animated and it's fun. I am beat...this is hard right now at night. I know it will get easier but man I thought I was mentally prepared for motherhood and it is still taking a while to get adjusted. It rocks though. He is the light of my life.

Check out his karate pose...he is a Ninja.

1 Week

This week was a busy and hard adjustment (which I am still not fully adjusted to yet) so I was unable to snap a bunch of pictures (which is a little disappointing to me). Here are two cute ones of him napping on his Daddy.

Rylan Knoxx Ellsworth 03/24/10

What a fun day! It started off a little scary. I had been in the hospital for severe bleeding the day before and they were inducing labor on Wed morning at 6am. My OB came to see me around 8am and told me my placenta was starting to abrupt from the uterine wall and it had split some. He said there were exposed arteries that can be a risk to a vaginal delivery if broken. He said he thought I could deliver without any trouble but there is a risk of having to do a VERY fast emergency c-section. I went ahead and opted for the c-section to elimate that risk. An hour later, there he was! 7 lbs 9 oz and 19.29 inches long and perfect in every way.

39 Weeks

39 Weeks

Okay, I suck. I have no motivation for anything anymore. I just slug around the house, doing laundry and such. I have energy, or the want to do stuff...but honestly I cannot breathe through my nose at ALL and if I can't breathe through my nose; I can't sleep. Period. I sleep like maybe 3-4 hours a night all in 1 hour intervals. I seriously think I will get more sleep with a newborn.

7 days to go. I am super excited and so ready to have him. I go to the doctor tomorrow, I wonder what he will say. Last week I was 60% efaced and dilated to a 1. I have had a ton of hard contractions and a little "false" labor so I would think I have progressed significantly.

We shall see.

I promise I will post pics soon, although it will probably be after I have little man. (btw, we do have some names but we are waiting until he is born so we can see what he looks like first) Our laptop is packed in our hospital bag and I am on a different computer currently. I have some giant belly pics to post...I'm huge.

Okay, signing off for now...having a seriously hard contraction. Cross your fingers!!

36 Weeks

Well it's countdown time! 2 more days and I will be considered "full term." I'm glad to make it that far at least. I will say I am starting to get tired of being a planet. I still enjoy being pregnant and I believe I might feel empty inside without this little guy jabbing my ribs and pelvis every day. I had a sonogram on Feb 15th and he looked to be normal size (around 6lbs). We will see how big he really is in a few weeks. It is getting hard to get out of bed, however I am surprised with how quick I can get up off the couch. I called Courtney the other day b/c I really don't know how she even got out of bed with TWO 6.5 pounders in her tummy. I only have one and sometimes I don't want to move.

The nursery is 95% complete, I just need to hang some stuff on the walls. I have washed all his clothes and blankets and sheets and his hospital bag is packed. Mine is not. I am in the process of cleaning our room and packing our bag. To prepare for the shower, I tossed everything out of place into our room or the garage to hide our mess. Heh. I regret that now. Oh well...I'll get to it eventually.

I saw the doctor today and my cervix is still closed and I'm not dilated. I guess that's a good thing, I just expected to have something go on b/c I have been having a lot of contractions and my belly has definitely dropped. It's cool though, I can be patient. :) I'm still a little intimidated of being called a mom.

I will try to haul my butt upstairs with the laptop and scan the sono pics for everyone. They aren't as clear as his last ones, but you can see he has some full lips. :) That must be from me since I resemble Angelina Jolie. Not!

Capture the essence

I was browsing through the maternity pictures that we had taken and I came across this one. It just makes me laugh so much. I haven't posted all the pics yet b/c they need to be edited and I am waiting to get them back from the photographer.

Why is this always funny to me?

It just makes me laugh to pose like this with anything remotely penis shaped. Eric has a video of me trying to make out with it. Yes, that's correct. Video. I thought he was taking a picture so there is me acting like a total douche with this giant lump of snow. We quickly snapped this picture and then turned it into a snowman as seen below. Can you see how manly our snowman is? He has pecks and a 6-pack. :)