I had the privilege of photographing one of my good friends’ new baby today. Elena- he is SO beautiful. I hope you enjoy these. I’m a little jealous because these are better than the ones I have of my own son!
I’ll post more later tonight, but right now.. I need a nap! 🙂
I’ve been thinking about a few things and If I don’t write them down (or type them) then they will be out of my mind.
1. Keagan’s Schedule: He turned 8 weeks old on Friday May 16th. He’s actually getting better. I stopped drinking coffee. Yep. That’s right. Me- the Starbucks junkie. I stopped. I have had one decaf caramel macchiato since I quit, but I didn’t really like it. I’m actually doing fine. Once I overcame the splitting headaches- I was fine. I actually feel better- less jittery. But my speech is suffering- I’m having a hard time constructing coherent sentences. I"ve just been sputtering sentence fragments, most of which make no sense. Could have something to do with the lack of sleep. Anyway- since I cut out the caffeine, Keagan has been WAY LESS fussy. Also, on Wednesday I was given some GREAT advice. I was told that it might help to give him a bath (or take a bath with him) as soon as his fussy time starts. That has worked like a dream as well. Right now it’s 8:15pm and he’s been asleep since 6:30pm. He’ll eat again at 8:30pm. He still doesn’t fall asleep for the evening until 11:00pm but at least he’s not crying the entire time. He slept from 11pm- 4:15am on Friday night. Last night he slept from 11pm – 3am. He’s still not sleeping through the night, but he’s getting better. This is all new- since Monday night. I stopped drinking coffee on Monday morning.
Oh! I exercised today too! I know that Hallie is picking her jaw up off the floor right now.
He is smiling so much more. I’ve been video taping him a TON. I was so worried just a few weeks ago that there was something wrong with him. He’s NOTHING like my other 3 so far. I guess it’s true what everyone says- every child is different. I guess I just thought all of my newborns would be exactly the same. no such luck.
I know it seems like he’s holding his head up really well. It’s not true. I just happened to snap this one at the right time. He can hold it up for a little while- then he gets really wobbly.
2. A few more of my friends have started blogs. That makes me so happy. So check out the links on the left.
3. Yesterday as I was cleaning the kitchen for the 3rd time that day, James & I had the following conversation:
Me: What’s the point of this? I clean and it just gets dirty again. I feel like I am constantly cleaning the same messes and they just keep coming back. It’s so hard to keep up with everything.
James: Yes, but in 20 years you’ll be sad that the fingerprints aren’t on the glass and there’s no crusty food on the kitchen chairs.
Me: I don’t think I’ll ever be sad that there’s no crusty food on the chairs.
But he’s right. If I complain now about the messes, I’ll probably complain about the lack of messes in years to come. I want to enjoy every moment with my kids- messes and all.
3. I forgot how much I love to listen to my ipod. I turned it on again recently and it just brightens up the whole room. I am not musically inclined, but I sure do love to listen to it! So if you’re interested in some good music- here’s my current playlist:
Falling Slowly- from the ONCE soundtrack (great movie- awesome soundtrack)
The Scientist- Coldplay (probably one of my favorite songs ever)
How can I tell you- Cat Stevens (also a fav)
Hey There Delilah- Plain White T’s
Piece of Glass- Caedmon’s Call
World Spins Madly on- the Weepies
Closer to Fine- Indigo Girls (they are always on my playlists)
Hey Jude- Across the Universe soundtrack
Be Mine- David Gray
God Who Saves- Caedmon’s Call
Okay- this smiley boy is waking up. Time to feed him again. 🙂
On Thursdays from 4pm to 6pm the boys have t-ball practice. So Kennedy & I get some alone time while Keagan is sleeping. We play Blues Clues Finding Game (That’s what Kennedy calls it- it’s really just the Memory Game), we play duck-duck- goose and we play "kitchen." Last night we were making a pretend cake & Kennedy reached into the pan (the fake pan) and grabbed the chicken (That’s right- we put chicken in our cakes!) – I said, "Kennedy, don’t use your hands, it’s too hot!" She looked at me, very seriously, and said, "it’s not hot for me, momma, I have FIRE HANDS!" That girl is funny!
A little self portrait with Kennedy.. it’s not easy to hold a 7 pound camera like that!
Hi. My name is Keagan and I cry ALL DAY LONG.
Well. That’s not entirely true. He mostly cries in the evening- from about 6pm til 11pm. There’s no consoling him. Isn’t the 4th baby supposed to be the easiest? He didn’t get that memo.
by emily