I want to knit!

Between taking care of Lee and reading the live feeds from Big Brother, I cannot seem to find the time to knit. I just want to finish one itsy-bitsy baby sweater. That's all. Why is that so hard?

Lee

Here are some Lee pics. He'll be 8 weeks old tomorrow. He's growing up fast.

I have several more to post, but am having trouble uploading. I'll get them up later.

Toot toot

I don't know how to describe the noise that is made when you hold a piece of grass between your thumbs and blow. Kind of sounds like an unhappy elephant. It was so hot Thursday night that we all sat on our front lawn. Dave, the smart one bailed early once he figured out what was going on. This is a picture of my father, my brother Chris and sister-in-law Kirin trying to communicate with the elephants at the zoo. They were kind of loud. My neighbors were probably thinking, "who the hell are those weirdos?" It was pretty funny though.

Alone At Last!

Ha ha. Just kidding everyone who was here last week. All and all I think everyone had a great time. It was good to reconnect with my father again. It's interesting the family dynamics never change, everyone is stuck in time. With my family, the big thing is making fun of each other. And oh, we had a great time at that. The most amazing thing that happened was my mother and father were in the same room for the first time in 18 years. My father seems to still harbor some bad feelings toward my mother but he handled himself like a champ. Even met my stepfather. I am so proud of him. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the great even. Damn.

But I do have lots of other pics, mostly of Lee of course.

Full House

My father is flying in from Utah today to see Lee. We haven't seen each other in 5 years so I'm a little nervous. I don't want to go into any details just in case he reads this but that said, I think all families have issues. My brother and his wife from LA will be here tomorrow also to see the Lee-meister. Nothing like a baby to bring people together. Should be a great visit, Everyone is leaving here on Friday so it's a very short visit.

I'm a loser, baby....

I just wanted to say I am on maternity leave. That's why I am posting so much during the day. I really enjoy writing and taking pictures even though some people may find it boring. Oh well for them. I have a laptop Mac which is very convenient for moving from room to room. Writing on the blog makes me feel like I am accomplishing something other than taking care of the baby. It's good for me to do something for me when Lee is asleep. He can be very demanding when he's hungry which feels like all of the time and in this heat, the last thing I want next to me is another hot sweaty body glomming onto to me. Does that sound horrible? Oh well again.

Since I've been home, I've been staying up later. And watching more TV. I can now say I watch five shows on a regular basis. Wow, I've never done that before. I've been too busy or couldn't stay up late. And most of the shows are reality shows, hence the title of this post.

1) I watch Hell's Kitchen because David is a cook and I worked in restaurants for a long time. I can't say whether I care about any of the contestants and don't care who wins. I think they all are a bunch of wankers and whiners. I'm only watching it because there are only three episodes left. Yeah right.

2) also watch Big Brother. The people on the show are so obnoxious and fake I'd like to punch them. I watch it because I found a very funny blog at tvgasm.com (I haven't figured out how to do links yet) which makes fun of all the contestants. Very funny. I also like to try to figure out why the show is on three times a week. It seems very complicated and everyone is planning and stabbing each other in the back, I feel I would miss something if I skipped an episode.

3) I watch Rockstar-INXS (whatever the hell it is) only on Tuesday and Wednesday nights because it gets right down to the nitty gritty without too much personal fluff which is why I don't like to watch it on Monday. INXS was also one of my favorite bands long ago and I still like to hear their music.

4) Just watched The Cut last night for the first time. And why? It's because the TV with the cable is on the second floor where there is no A/C. The little TV in the bedroom has no cable and the channel which comes in the clearest is CBS which The Cut is shown. This show is about designers and Tommy Hilfiger or whatever his name is. I know nothing about designing or decorating so it was interesting at the same time as being boring. The contestants are obnoxious but not as bad as Big Brother. A positive thing about this show it's only on once a week.

All of the show have websites which do a great job summarizing previous episodes. It was the fifth or sixth episode for The Cut and after going to the website, I feel like I haven't missed anything.

5) The fifth show is Battlestar Galactica. I got suckered into this show by David, who is somewhat of a sci-fi geek. He's also gotten me into Babylon 5 (yes, I did watch all five seasons on DVD) and Deep Space Nine ( six or seven seasons on DVD and a big book explaining each episode.) Oh yeah, and all nine seasons of the X-Files which I enjoyed immensely. I even bought the ninth season on DVD myself. I really like this show because it's dark and serious and doesn't try to be funny. There are no cute aliens or robots, no comic relief at all. I watched to original when I was a kid and had a crush both on Starbuck and Apollo.

Okay, enough for now. Lee needs me.

More sleep

Last night we put the bassinet in our bedroom next to my side of the bed. Lee fell asleep around 11 and then woke up for a feeding at 1. I think I fell asleep with him still in the bed. I woke up some unknown time later (I do know it was dark still) and slipped back into the bassinet where he slept until 6:30. It was so much easier than getting up out of bed and I know Lee felt more comfortable. It was great for me because I could hear him moving around before he woke and started crying. I think now that I am a mother I am wired differently. Whenever Lee makes a sound or moves around, I wake up.

The first picture is Lee sleeping in the bassinet. He's not going to fit in it much longer. It has wheels so I push him all around the house like a shopping cart. He seems to like that.

The second picture was taken this morning in his swing. He's not unconscious, just asleep.

So close and yet so far

This is the back of a sweater I am knitting for Lee. It's the first sweater I've ever made. I shouldn't say that-I started two other sweaters but got lost in the directions. I'm determined to finish this sweater whether I understand the directions or not, no matter how bad it looks. It will feel so good to figure out a pattern and actually make something besides a baby blanket (I've already made three of those.)

I want to make a bunch of sweaters so I won't have to buy any this weekend. I have a couple of Debbie Bliss books and my friend Beth has a ton of books too.

I'm not into the expensive yarn. When I go to a yarn shop, anything I buy is in the sale bin. Someday when I have more time and money, I'll be more interested in different types of yarn and can afford to buy some.

No, not the crib!!!!!!

I love this picture of Lee. It was taken a couple of weeks ago when he was in the crib. He makes some really funny faces as you can see. He really is much cuter in person than in a picture. I talked to my friend Lauren and she said most babies are cuter in person than in a photo which I did not know.

So last night was a nightmare! Lee was awake from 4pm until around 1am. We tried several times to get to stay asleep in the crib. I ended up nursing him in bed and then of course, we all fell asleep. Bad habit. I woke up I think around 3 am and told David to put him in his crib, which David being the absolutely wonderful father and husband did. Lee remained asleep until 7:30. What you have to understand, Lee's room is just off our bedroom. His crib is approximately 10 ft away from our bed. I know he does not realize we are so close so I think he's afraid to be alone. So...what we're going to do tonight is squeeze his bassinet in our room somewhere and let him sleep in there. It worked with Roxy when she was a puppy, so it should work with a human baby, right? Just kidding.

We went to our new required destination today, Babies-R-Us. I only spent $12.00 there which is the least I've ever spent. I bought a new type of pacifier to try. Lee kind of got the hang of it. I held it and he sucked a little. Mostly, he just gummed it but seemed to like it more than the other three typed of pacifiers I bought for him. We also went to the mall where I spent about $40.00 on new clothes and hats. He doesn't have any long sleeved shirts for the fall so I found some on sale, probably from last season. Of course all the summer stuff is on sale now so I picked up a cute onsie kind of thing with a dinosaur on it! Everything I bought was on sale so I don't feel bad.

It's funny how my priorities change. I refuse to buy any new clothes. I've lost 28 of the 43 pounds I put on so I am still not fitting into my pre-maternity pants. My shirts are tight because my boobs are so big, but I can deal with that. What I can't deal with is tight pants. I was so sick of wearing sweat pants so I did go to Walmart and bought a cheap pair of khaki size 16 capris. They are already drooping off my butt to the point of me having to pull them up every 15 minutes or so.

My friend Jenn had her baby Ryan on June 16th so that makes Lee 15 days older. It's fun to talk to her about the babies and someone to commiserate with! I still haven't seen Ryan but we'll get together soon.

How much sleep last night?

I put Lee in his crib about 10 pm. Of course he woke up. I nursed him to sleep and then tried yet again to get the little bugger in his crib. I think he likes sleeping with Mommy and Daddy better. Then he woke up. He's going through a stage right now I hope. I asked David to take the baby around midnight since he was still up. I needed some sleep. Anyhow, David brought him back in the bedroom around 1 AM to be nursed again. This guy can sure eat! We all fell asleep shortly after but David put him in his crib when he woke up. He stayed asleep until 6 when he wanted to eat again. After that, we all slept in our bed until 8:30. So I guess I got some sleep last night.

Our other children....

Here is a picture of Roxy (the dog) and the cats. The huge fat tubby tabby is Louisa, the black cat is Milo and the smaller tabby is Baby Zazou. Louisa or as we call her Louie is queen of the house and Milo is her little boy-toy.

Enough with the heat already!

It's been soooo friggin' hot here in Central NY. Yesterday it was over 90 degrees and the rest of the week looks the same. Sure, I'd like to get out and take a walk or go shopping, but when it's like this, I don't want to go anywhere. David has the day off from work today so we're holed up in our bedroom with the A/C blasting. I feel very lazy. Hmmm....maybe a nap is in order..

This picture I've posted is a picture of the front of our house from January when a huge snowstorm hit. Not that I want a snowstorm or anything, but I'd take about 75 to 80 degree weather now.

First Post

No one will be reading this because no one knows it exists.....

The picture on the left is my son Lee who will six weeks old on Wednesday. I will probably be mostly writing about him but I promise I won't be too overbearing. I know what it's like to be bored listening to other people talk about their children.