Luke Andrew - 5 Months Old

Month - 5 Months Old, February 12th, 2015

Height - unknown, but I'm sure he's grown at least another inch or two

Weight - 17 pounds, 11 ounces (up 1 pound 6.5 ounces from last month)

Diaper Size - 3 and I hope we stay in the size 3 for a little bit and this little dude slows down in the growth department. 

Clothing Size - between 9 and 12 months clothing! His 9 month onesies are starting to get tights....what else is new. LOL! 

Sleep - HA! What's that? Gets up once a night, sometimes twice a night to eat. I really dislike feeding him twice a night, but sometimes he is just so stubborn and won't go back to sleep.

Eating - 6 ounces of formula, 6-7 bottles daily. Oatmeal in the morning with 4 ounces of formula and a veggie or rice cereal in the evening (5pm) with 4 ounces of formula. Veggies tried: sweet potato and summer squash. Veggies up next: avocado, carrots, peas and green beans.

Firsts - solids (oatmeal, sweet potato, summer squash)

This is the first month where Andy and I have noticed a big change in Luke. The afternoon/evening use to be a tough one for us and Luke. He would be fussy and tired but we would be trying to keep him awake so that he would sleep longer for us. Now, we is super happy until around 6 PM. He "knows" when it's 6 and is ready for the 3 B's (bath, bottle, bed). Car rides were tough there for a little bit because Luke just didn't want to be confined to the car seat. Now he knows that he won't be in there long and is pretty content. Luke has discovered his hands and feet. He is getting better everyday at using his hands to put items in his mouth to "eat" and is even getting the hang of putting his "bink" in his mouth by himself. Sometimes it's not in correctly (upside down or even half way in) but he doesn't mind. He absolutely LOVES his jumperoo and can spend a good hour in there bouncing away. He also likes to watch TV....in fact if he doesn't hear the sound of the TV on, he is looking at it like, why isn't the TV on? Sometimes we will put on Baby Einstein's for him on the TV and if we are in the car and he is crabby we will YouTube Baby Einsteins and he instantly quiets down. That show is magical. :) Daycare has been going well and he loves it there. His teachers are amazing and I wouldn't wish for anyone else to be in there with him. Sickies are here and there. It's almost like he is dealing with a sickness every other week. The middle of January a big flu bug went around and Luke got it also. Diarrhea and throwing up were the main culprit and I swear the exorcist came out of him when he was throwing up. I have never seen someone throw up like that....OK that's enough details. Thankfully (only thankful for the fact that I didn't have to take time off of work) the bug really hit him late Friday night so we spent the entire weekend cuddling and changing outfits and sheets. 

Work Environment: Men vs. Women

The title of this post probably sounds like it's going to be very feminist, but in all actuality, it's no where near it. In fact, I am going to just point blank say it: I work better with men than women. It's taken me 16 years to figure this out, but seriously, I can work with men so much better than women. I don't know if it's me or them, but I just have a hard time with it. 

I've worked many jobs since the age of 16 years old and every job where I have had a male boss, my work quality is better, my work relationship with that boss is better and my happiness level is better. With women I've always had issues working with and for them. In fact every job I've had, all of my women bosses (except one) and I have not worked as best as I did with a male boss. But I just keep trucking on and working, because there's nothing I can do. Just grin, bear it and go home. I always say, "I just do my job and then go home". 

My mom taught me at a very young age to be respectful, say please and thank you, and work hard and in return you shall be rewarded (it doesn't always happen....). The one important thing I have learned and still struggle with is, "Leave your work at work and your home at home". Especially now with having Luke, I want to leave my work at home (I'm not talking about actual work either). I don't want to bring my drama or bad mood home and effect that quality time I have with Luke.

Yesterday while driving home I was in a bad mood because of work. I tried to shake it but my brain wouldn't stop. My bad mood was brought into the house and effected me. While eating dinner Luke kept staring at me and smiling. I am talking hard core staring at me and wouldn't stop until I looked at him. The minute I looked at him, he would smile. That right there snapped me out of my bad mood and reminded me, "LEAVE YOUR BAD MOOD AT WORK"!!

Where's the Caffeine?!??

Seriously, where is the caffeine? Why does my child not like to sleep? What did I do to deserve these sleepless nights? UGH!!!! 

Now it's an ear infection keeping him up and screwing up the nighttime sleep and I am about at wits end. I love you Luke but can you just pllllllleeeeeassssseeeeee sleep! We have a "conversation" every night where I talk to Luke and say, "Ok buddy, tonight you are going to sleep the whole night through and not wake up once until it's time to get up. Right buddy?" But our "conversations" are useless right now because he just "isn't listening". I know, he will sleep eventually. I'm still hoping for sooner, rather than later! 

When the alarm goes off and you go get your squishy little one from their bed and they give you a big gummy smile; your heart melts and you immediately forget that you are frustrated at the lack of sleep. Trust me though, once you're at work, you don't forget and struggle with keeping those eyes open all day. That gummy smile is what keeps me going through the day. So keep up those smiles Luke. Those smiles are worth a night of crappy sleep.

 

Andy asked me yesterday, "So you seriously want another one?" My answer is still of course a yes. If you asked me while I was pregnant, my answer was "We will see". Now that Luke is here, I totally want another one. I want to give Luke a sibling, even though siblings can be overrated at times. If I could, I'd have another one right now and get the sleepless nights over with, but it's just not in the cards for us right now money wise. Daycare alone costs us $189 A WEEK! Can you imagine 2 in daycare at that price! We simply just cannot afford that right now. Am I crazy? You betcha!

High Chair Smiles

What a week and boy am I glad it is almost over! Luke is finally on the mend from his sickies, my boss is back from being on vacation, and we received a tiny amount of snow/ice on Wednesday. I realllllllly wish we would get a good blizzard this year, but so far it's a no go with the white stuff. In fact tomorrow' high temp is suppose to be in the 60's. Any normal person would be excited about that, but to be honest I am not. Any time in the winter when the weather does this (changes from 20's to 60's and then back down to the 20's) you can almost bet that sickies will be right around the corner again. BOO! 

ONE - 

Hey there cute kid! Luke yesterday was in a great mood (for a good 5 minutes in the high chair) until Mommy took too long in making his sweet potatoes and he became increasingly hangry. Obviously this photo was taken before the hangry stage. :) 

TWO -

Oh the romance from Andy.....I did laugh though when I received these funny "card" from Andy via text. The "lie in bed and look at my phone next too" is us every night in bed. HA!

 THREE - 

Lowe's Anatolia Tile Alaskan White Mixed Material Mosaic Wall Tile

I am wanting to do some new things to our home and one of the key things I'd like to do this year is put up a back splash in our kitchen. I found this one a couple weeks ago and fell in love! Just wish it was cheaper than $11.98 a piece! Good thing we don't need too much to make our kitchen purdy!

FOUR -  

Has anyone tried Trader Joe's pizza dough? We did a couple weeks ago and I LOVED it! Not only was the price on par ($1.99), but the taste was pretty good too. The only complaint I had was how hard it was to get it rolled out onto the pan. It took forever and we had to "patch" several holes with dough from the edges. We used Imo's cheese and sauce to compliment our pizza. 

FIVE - 

Classic Ivory - 120

Classic Ivory - 120

New makeup time!  I've been eyeing this Maybelline brand because I had heard nothing but good reviews from it. I picked these up at CVS this week. They are on sale for buy 1, get 1 half off, plus I had a $3 manufactures coupon and $5 in store cash from CVS! I practically walked away with these for free. I cannot believe that I am using the color "classic ivory" but this girl hasn't been in the sun much at all the last couple of years. 

In a rut

I've been in a blah mood lately. I'm not depressed, I'm not sad, I'm just in a place where I feel stuck. It probably stems from the winter weather and it being cold out. When it's cold out, you don't want to go anywhere. When you have a baby, you REALLY don't want to go anywhere because you are lugging your baby around too. You don't want to get sick and your baby is bound to catch any and ALL sicknesses out there, so going out isn't much of an option either. 

The last 2 month's we have been dealing with a sickness every other week, no joke! Of course Luke picks up all sicknesses from being at daycare. He handles it all like a champ, so I can't really complain there. I just have to keep reminding myself that he is building up his immunity to all these illnesses. 

Then you hear about the measles outbreak and it's scaring the living crap out of me because my son is too young to receive the measles vaccine. I'm not here to preach about if you should or shouldn't get the vaccine, however; I am going to be PISSED if my son get the measles because you chose to not get your child vaccinated and now you have your child with measles and mine!  

I'm also in a rut with working out. I'm a slacker. I have no desire to get on the treadmill that's in my own house. My evenings are already short as they are and getting on the treadmill or working out with a video just doesn't sound like a good time to me. Literally when we get home it's: play with Luke, make dinner, eat dinner really fast, play with Luke more until he can no longer handle being awake, bath, bottle, baby to bed, and then I finally get to relax around 7 PM. I just need to suck it up and workout. 

So there you go and that is where my head is at. At least I have this adorable baby, that is what makes my world go round!

Up Since 3:30AM

Nothing says, "Yay for Friday" like being up since 3:30 AM! I don't mind though because I think Luke is dealing with some kind of stomach bug or else his stomach doesn't handle summer squash very well....I have no idea what's going on. 

Luke came home in different clothes than we brought him in yesterday (daycare can't answer what happened). I am guessing he got sick all over those clothes. I then checked his daily sheet from daycare and he didn't eat much or sleep much at all. So we let him play in his jumperoo but he just wasn't having it. A couple moments cuddling on Mommy and Luke fell asleep. So we let him sleep until 7 PM, woke him up for a bath and some bottle and then back down for the night. He took a couple minutes to settle down in bed but was fast asleep by 8 PM and Mommy was fast asleep by 8:15 PM. He woke up once at 1:30 AM but he was just babbling and kind of whining, not crying like he was hungry. He was able to put himself back to sleep and was back up at 3:30 AM. I went in to get him and his sheets and jammies were covered in throw up. Poor buddy. I felt so bad that I left him like that too....but I had no idea. So I changed him and his sheets, fed him a bottle and laid him back down but he just wasn't having it. I went back into his room and rocked him asleep and decided to bring him in our room to sleep in the Rock n Play. Woke him back up at 5:30 AM to get him a bath and changed and to daycare. I feel like an awful mother for sending him to daycare but he has no fever and my boss is on vacation so it's tough for me to take the day off right now. 

After his bath this morning.

Ready to go to daycare!

So here I am, trying to stay awake and counting down the hour's until I am off work today....yeah it's one of those days. 

Let's get to Five on Friday after that novel....

ONE - 

Buffalo Chicken Dip

We are not big sports people but still plan on watching some of the Superbowl. Especially since I think the Patriots cheated to get into the Superbowl, so GO SEAHAWKS and kick the Patriots butt! But I plan on making some Buffalo Chicken Dip to snack on that day. I am excited for the half time show with Katy Perry though!

TWO - 

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We are Pampers fan's in our household. I was noticing that we are needing to stock up on more diapers and looked at Target's ad and what do I find, that Pampers diapers have a HUGE deal this week. Buy 2 boxes and get a $15 Target gift card!! So I purchased 4 boxes. I also had 4 coupons where if you purchased a box of Pampers diapers, get a free pack of wipes. SWEET, another $7ish savings! So I went to checkout and my cashier along with her cashier friend tried to make it out that I couldn't use my manufacture's coupon because I was getting the gift cards and those "essentially made the wipes free". Uhhhhh no, get your manager. So the manager comes over and tells the cashier that I am right and fixes the wipes to being free. I received $30 in gift cards and those wipes for free (a $7.92 savings). 

THREE - 

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I found this tank yesterday at Target on clearance for $5! I then had a cartwheel coupon for an additional 20% off so I picked this up for $4! I love these tanks because they are perfect to layer with work outfits. They are comfy but nice enough to wear at work.

FOUR - 

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I don't want Luke to grow up too fast, but with him doing so well eating in his high chair, I thought I would start finding the perfect sippy cup for him to drink from at the high chair. I found this one yesterday and am excited to let Luke try it out this weekend once he is feeling better. I know the opening is a bit bigger than he is use too, but I think once he gets the hang of it, he will love it!

FIVE - 

I am LOVING my new Ello Water bottle that I purchased from amazon! It's a glass water bottle that I can drink essential oils from. This week I have been drinking water with lime essential oil like it's going out of style. 

Happy Friday ya'll and wish me luck in staying away today! :) 

FOUR

Let's play the game, "FOUR", shall we?

4 names people like to call you other than your real name:
1. Jess
2. Fathead (that would be Andy calling me that)
3. Jesca (because no one likes to sound out my name)
4. Stinky (another Andy nickname....he is not nice with the nicknames)

4 jobs you've had:
1. Hallmark
2. Best Buy
3. Office Max
4. Famous Footwear

4 movies you've seen more than once:
1. While You Were Sleeping
2. Elf
3. Frozen
4. Despicable Me

4 books you’d recommend:
1. The Man Who Loved Clowns
2. Something Borrowed 
3. Something Blue (sequel to Something Borrowed and I realllllly wish they would make the sequel to this movie because I really love the movie Something Borrowed)
4. Baby Proof

4 places you've lived:
1. Missouri
2. Missouri
3. Missouri
4. Missouri
*I am soooooo boring!  I've in fact lived in the same county since I've been born......

4 places you've visited:
1. Seattle, Washington
2. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
3. Las Vegas, Nevada
4. Denver, Colorado
*I have traveled a lot though! I'd love to do some more travelling!!

4 places you’d rather be right now:
1. At home
2. At the beach
3. With my baby
4. Anywhere warm

4 things you don’t eat:
1. Seafood
2. Pickles
3. Hot Peppers
4. 

4 of your favorite foods:
1. Chicken Parmesan
2. Mexican 
3. Salads
4. Ice Cream

4 TV shows you watch:
1. Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.
2. Real World Skeletons
3. Real World/Road Rules Challenges
4. Top Chef

4 things I am looking forward to this year:
1. Updating somethings in our home (screen door for the garage, new dishwasher, back splash in the kitchen, patio)
2. Maybe a mini vacation somewhere besides Missouri?
3. Watching Luke grow up
4. Spending time with my family and friends 

4 things you’re always saying:
1. No Worries
2. Okie Doke
3. Hey cutie patootie (to Luke)
4. How did he do today? (asking Luke's teacher's how he was for that day)

4 current favorite songs:
1. "Your Lips are Movin" by Meghan Treanor
2. "Bartender" by Lady Antebellum
3. "Something in the Water" by Carrie Underwood

4. "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars