It was fine. His main teacher is Miss Juanita, she has been there for 5 years and seems very nice and sweet. The other one is Miss Dorothy. She is a retired teacher, very grandmotherly. There is only one other little one Z's age in his class so hopefully that means he will get lots of love and care since the older ones can do a lot more on their own. I was there for feeding, and diapering, and putting down for naps and it was all going quite smoothly. The kiddos had just come in from a buggy ride when I got there and all seemed very happy! But I got in the car and cried when we left. It's not that I am worried about the care that Zach will receive there, cause I think it will be good....its just that it wont be me doing the caring all the time. And that makes me sad. I am honestly surprised by my reaction. I really thought I would be okay. And perhaps I will, just takes some adjusting. Next week I will leave Z for a little each day and by Thursday will have him there for almost a full day. That way, come the 27th, it wont be complete meltdown for me. So there you have it. I cannot believe 3 months have come and gone and that its time for me to go back to work already. I just hope I can still do it!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Yaaaaawwwwnnnnnn!!!!!!
Well that was not a fun night! We are still working on the whole bed time routine thing and trying to figure out while the past four or five nights Z has decided to wake up between 4 and 430?!? Last night, after talking with the Ginster who's pedi told them NOT to wake up baby for a feeding cause it interrupts their REM sleep, we decided to try that theory out. I figured, OK, so we will split the difference and maybe wake up at 2am and then not again till 7 or so. It started off that way. I woke up at 130 to some whimpering. In hindsight, maybe I should have waited to see if he really woke up, but I had already made the bottle. So he ate and never really woke up and i was back in bed around 2ish. Not too bad, I thought! I was looking forward to my next 5 hours of sleep! But Z had other plans....and I was woken up at 430 to crying...which turned to SCREAMING! Apparently my bottle making skills were NOT fast enough to satisfy the beast! The weirdest part of the whole thing is usually Zach isn't even a screamer for these early feeds. But this was LOUD! Enough so that Matt actually woke up and I don't think that's happened since week 1! (I sent him back to bed of course since 2 people cant feed a crying baby!) So he ate and immediately went right back to sleep.......if only I could. I think I was up for another 30 minutes wondering how I would function at work after a night like this??
So here we are. He was up at 730 and we are eating again at 830. I feel like I have a newborn again as far as sleeping goes! We are going to visit daycare this morning so we might as well stay up and get moving....figured it would be nice to be showered and clean at least, even if I am half asleep, wish us luck!!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Bedtime routine!
Well, we are trying another first tonight...the bedtime routine! I know, I know, probably should have done it long ago. But hey, my kid was sleeping through the night basically at 6 weeks so I had no need to complain. He was always sleeping, but it was just either downstairs on the couch with us or in his swing. The last 4 mornings though, he has been waking up at like 4am though and that's not cool. As I said before, there is just something inhumane about waking up at 4am! So on the advice from a friend and also from some reading, I read that his early wake-ups could be actually from not getting enough sleep!?! I know, weird, doesn't totally make sense to me, but hey, I am willing to try whatever.
Tonight we had our bottle at 6:30pm, then played for awhile and then at 8 we went upstairs for bath time. Had a nice bed, then into the nursery with the dimmed lights to read a couple of books. He started fussing so I was thinking,"Great, this is not going to work" I was up walking with him and he quieted down and hollered at Matt to please bring me a binkie. Since he was quiet, decided to just lay him down and turn on the mobile. He stared at the mobile but was quiet so we backed out.......I figured I would hear crying when the mobile ended. 15 minutes later, still nothing. I went upstairs to check, and he was out cold! My big boy is growing up! We will get him up for one last bottle and see what happens from there! :-) So proud of my Zachary!
Happy Mother's Day!!
Mother's Day Pictures!
3 months old!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Well that wasn't so bad!
Babyboo slept in his crib last night, woohoo! Grandma put him down around 10pm and we left him in there for the first time. I think I checked on him about 20 times before I finally went to bed but of course he was just fine. He did decide to wake up at about 4am and since he wasn't right next to me, I couldn't get the paci in on time so by the time I got to him he was awake and ready to eat. So a quick bottle and back to bed for both of us! He slept until 8:30 which was a good time for everyone to wake up :) Not sure what the deal is with waking up early this week...for WEEKS he has been sleeping until 530-630 every day but this week its been more like 4-5am! And to me, that's still the middle of the night, not early morning! :-)
Anyway, I am proud of myself for moving Zach out...I guess I will let him do that more often even though I will miss having him right next to me. He is growing up!
Friday, May 9, 2008
Big Night....
So tonight Matt and I decided we needed a night on our own...part of the Mother's Day weekend! My mom was thankfully more than willing to come babysit. She is so great about that, thank you Mom! I know her and Z are going to have a really special bond because they get to see each other so often. So anyway, we went to Ruth Chris steakhouse and it was delicious! Its one of Matt and I's things to try out the different steak houses in Houston and there are some good ones. The last one was Pappa's the week before Zach was born! :) Anyway, I give RC an A! The steak was wonderful as was the service and ambiance. The sides and salads were good but nothing extra special. Anyway, overall it was really good.
Back to Zach. After talking to Ginny on Thursday, she inspired me to try Z out in the crib at night. Paige, his gal pal who only likes to sleep when being held slept in her crib this week, and she is 6weeks younger! SO........I asked mom to put Z down in his crib tonight after the last bottle. I did have to laugh, when I went in to check on him when we got home, he had on different jammies! Mom decided he was too hot in his usual jammies so she put him in an Astros romper....I don't buy it, she just wanted him to be in his 'stros outfit! But he is still sleeping soundly so we shall see how it goes! :)
Today we went to visit Katie and Becky. Zach cried both ways in the car but was quite the ham while he was there. He was flirting with Becky and Katie! He took a cat nap on Katie's gymini gym and we got some cute pics of them together too. Not easy to get a 3 and 9 month old to cooperate at the same time! I think they had fun but Becky and I probably had more fun just catching up. Thanks for the visit, Becky!
They were actually smiling in this one at the same time but we couldnt quite capture it on time!
I think me and Becky were having more fun than the kids were, they had us cracking up!
Auntie Becky loaned us her Bumbo, we used it again at home and he likes it! Thanks B!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Too much to drink...
New Friends
Today we went over to Roxanne's house to visit Julia and Alex and meet their new cousin Zachary! Julia even got to be in a Zachary sandwich! ;-) It was nice to visit with Rox and Amy and get to see both their precious new babies. Zachary is a doll and of course has a great name. He was so alert and checking everything out. Julia is a mellow chick and was just chilling the whole time I was there. She is growing like a weed too. She is almost as long as my Zach! Rox put her on the scale (granted she had clothes on) and she is already over 10lbs. She will be a month old on Monday. Go Julia!
It was great visiting and I appreciate Roxanne for letting me visit for probably longer than she had planned! I guess I miss adult conversation more than I thought! ;-)
A Zachary Sandwich with Julia in the middle! Zach (April 26), Julia (April 12), Zach (Feb 11)
Check out how long Julia is! Z man kept giving her the elbow!
Cousin Zach thought Julia's arm was tasty! And Zach is still pushing Julia. Don't they say boys pick on the girls they like? ;-)
For the first time, my Zach wasn't the baby of the crew! I think he was excited to be older than someone finally! :)
Julia wanted some nap time so Z had to move over! Aren't they all cute!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Bath time and the Hippo chair!
Long time, no post!
Wow, a whole week has passed since I last posted! I guess we have been busy!
We headed out on Thursday for our Tour de West Texas and returned home last night. We clocked in 1100 miles. OH MY! Trip was long but great and Zach enjoyed meeting some of his other family members. He has now met TWO of his great-grandmas...one more to go! And he also met his Aunt Julie and her family in Lubbock! And of course his grammy-gram was thrilled to see him again too. It was a really nice time and we loved spending time with our family! Only one minor meltdown but considering all the time in the car seat, meeting new people, and being in lots of different places...I think that is pretty good!
Zachary also turned 12 weeks yesterday. I cannot believe where the time has gone! If I had not taken the extra 3 weeks of vacation, I would have been heading back to work tomorrow :( Trying not to think about it and just going to enjoy these last few weeks. He is still such a great baby. Learning new tricks like batting at things, holding and grabbing at things, clasping his hands together, sitting up with assistance, and looking extremely cute still! He will turn 3 months on Sunday...Mother's Day!
And now for a few pics...enjoy!
The Wittliffs and Zach
The ladies love the Z man!
The Taylors and Zach!
Aunt Julie LOVES her Z Man, she always sends him cute stuff too!
Me and the boys...Zach and Levi
Nonna and Zachary, he was smiling for her lots!
Four Generations!
Zach in Nonna's rocking chair....90 years old! He wasn't too into it! 
Grammy-gram LOVES Zach. We can't wait to see her again in June!
