it's for the birds

We have seen a change in Finn in the last two weeks. He has really started to enjoy being a baby. Don't get me wrong he still has his fussy times but now they are sugar coated with sickly sweet smiles and coos. Just one big smile and you forget that 5 minutes ago you were ready to get in the car with all your belongings never to return. One of the greatest joys in his life at the moment is a certain mobile his Grampa Frasier gave to him. We hung it up over his pack and play and he is literally entertained for 10-15 minute chunks. It gives us a breather and Phineas gets so excited to see his birds. He kicks the side of the pack to make them jiggle and smiles from ear to ear. Here are some action shots...




In response to the present, Phineas created his first work of art. We made his Grandpa a card. While lying in the pack and play Finn moves his arms like crazy. I took different colored markers and put them in his hand. The paper lay beside him down flat on the mat and as he waved his arms wildly he would leave marks on the paper. Not so bad for only being 6wks old at the time eh?

rubber duckie is not the one, at least not yet

So Phineas is not a fan of his bath time. He screams as if I were holding him by his ankles and dipping him head first into the water... uh isn't that how it's done?? I kid. Seriously though this kid is not interested at this point in the game. He wants to be a smelly hippy so we let him. Kind of. He is now taking showers with us. Don't worry one of us is a spotter. Slippery when wet does apply though I think we have a good strategy. One of us gets in, we turn the water on a little more than a mist, kind of a light rain/sprinkle, then when ready the spotter hands him in. We do a cradle hold which makes it a lot more of a stable hold and we don't move him from that position too much. We cup water every where he needs a good dousing and he doesn't seem to mind the water hitting his face. After he has been rinsed and we make sure to get all his neck folds and behind his head, ears, bum, front and hair we pass him back into a nice dry warm towel and body. I won't give up, I know one day he will love his tubby but for now the shower works just fine. I think I might attempt to put him in his tubby and run the light mist at the same time and see if that helps. I will keep you posted! ;) Until then here are some blurry shots of him not enjoying his bath!

Sleeping Beauty

Phineas has been pretty busy the last few days. As I mentioned in my last post we were going to the mall. He pretty much slept through it and when he was not asleep he was totally enthralled with the lights. We were shopping for a present for his great cousin Eden who turned one today, so maybe he was bored by all the pink watermelon dresses I was looking at. He did wake up at one point to eat but fell back a sleep shortly after.

On Friday Mark and I took him on Portland's First Friday Art Walk. I would say he enjoyed it since...yeah you guessed it, slept through it! Here is a pic of him and his dad enjoying the art.

He did eventually wake up when he was hungry. Here is Mark feeding him the bottle I brought with us. How many kids get to eat dinner in an art gallery?


Today we went to Eden's birthday party. It was a wonderful party with good peeps and delish food. Phineas would have been able to hang out with all the toddlers if he hadn't....SLEPT THROUGH IT!!! Seriously this kid misses everything. He did wake up eventually because he got hungry and was able to visit with the family that was still there. I didn't take any pics but I know they exist and will steal them as soon as I can.

So the moral of this blog, Phineas is a heavy sleeper and will only wake up when hungry.
Here is a shot of Finn sleeping since he does it so well!


He turned 1 month old yesterday and Mark and I are fairly sure we are starting to see real smiles. I have tried to capture them with the camera but without luck. He is also starting to talk a bit more. Hopefully videos will be coming soon to this blog and you can see/hear for yourselves. For now, it is time for me to sleep...Finn is, well, already sleeping. Goodnight!

Get the Ball Rolling

So I still can not access all the birth pics unless I steal them from Facebook in which case they would be VERY small sooo here is a pic of Phineas right after he was born.



He was so chunky with those big cheekers!! He is not as full figured these days.


OK so lets move on so I can start seriously letting you in on what my little guy has been up to.
He has been sleeping quite a bit and for the last two nights he has even slept through the night. Here is him sleeping when we first brought him home.


He eats a lot!! In fact I am keeping track today because I think he is getting more than he should.. He is a big kid but he seems to be eating above normal.

MILK FACE!

We try to get out of the house at least once a day. It is hard in these early days since he mostly just sleeps and eats though his awake time is getting longer. Here he is at Hannaford, it was his first time in a cart!

He slept through it, he sleeps through most of our excursions. sigh
Here he is at Target trying on the sunglasses!


OK so I think that about will bring us up to date.. Phineas and I will be checking out the mall today I think... and maybe visiting his grandmother who works across the street! See you soon!

HE'S HERE!!!

So this entry has been waiting for pics to be uploaded to the correct place so that I could post them here.. they are still not on the network but I can't put this off any longer. Phineas arrived on May 8, 2009 at 8:41am! It was a long hard 28 hour journey into the world but lets not dwell on that as this is Finn's story not mine. When they put him on my chest he immediately lifted his head and looked around the room. Strong and inquisitive right from the start! He was a little blue so they gave him a couple seconds of oxygen and he pinked right up. His dad stayed with him while they weighed and measured him at 9lbs 5oz and 21.5 inches long. I will post pics as soon as I am able I promise but for now just know he is here and we are so very happy. He has long fingers, huge feet and his dad's ears. I will be back soon to update and post pics.

5am may 4th

May 4th is here hurray, my due date
But it seems the main star is going to be late.
What is he doing inside my big tummy?
Flipping and flopping and stretching out mummy.
Doesn't he know he is supposed to come out
That we all are waiting for his cute little pout?
I don't want to rush him, no need to chime
I know he will come out, all in due time.

25 days to go!!

Today we got to see Finn again. I always love looking in on him. I can feel him moving all the time but to see his little cheeks and nose make me completely head over heels for him. Today was no different. As usual we were not able to get a great pic but I will take what I can get. I am exhausted and don't feel like resizing so I apologize if these are huge....

as per usual his hand is up to his face. Also she said he was very close to the Uterus which made it harder to get good shots. You can see the umbilical cord there in all the shots as well.

This is the first time we have seen him make faces. It was pretty cool and I like to think he is smiling for us....sssshhhh can't we pretend?

I think it looks like he is sucking his thumb in this one but Mark doesn't think so. Who knows but he does look pretty content doesn't he?

He is measuring 39 weeks which is consistent with his last two scans, but according to my LMP he is 36 weeks and 5 days. They estimate him at about 7lbs 4oz. I commented to the tech about his huge head and she agreed.. yep, it's big. Meh, I have great birthing hips, no sweat....right? er right?