Tummy Time!

So after the morning adventures and a good nap...Z decided to try out tummy time for more than a few minutes or just on mommy or daddy's chest! Dad always asks about it so we captured it to prove it! I think he did pretty good for his first extended time (although truthfully I have no idea how "good" he is supposed to be at this time, but I think its great!) It tuckered him out so he napped again afterwards. Check out how long he is! :)

Oh what a day!

Today....what a day! Started off with Z waking up earlier than normal. He woke up about 4am but I was able to rock him and give him paci and he was back to sleep....but by 515 he was stirring and sucking so I knew it was time to eat, even if I was still sleepy! So he nursed, got a new diaper, and snoozed again. And at 7, was ready to eat again! This time we both went back to sleep after that feeding. The phone rang at 10am about another showing, they wanted to come from 12:30 to 1:30 and I said yes. This was much better than the 15 minutes notice I got yesterday (to which they said the downstairs was too small, whatever.) So anyway, things were looking okay in the house so I was actually calm and thinking this morning may not be too bad. Z and I chilled and played, ate again, and into the swing he want for his nap. Well, 12 o'clock came and it was time for me to finish picking up the house and getting Z and E ready to get out the door....and Zach decided this was a great time to SCREAM!!!!! And here is where the fun got even better!

Zach is still crying at 12:25 as I am getting him in the stroller to walk out to the park with Esther. I open the front door and the neighbors are out and a bunch of construction looking men. It appears we are getting a telephone pole installed in our courtyard?!? Great time for a showing... Well the neighbor goes to get the HOA lady and discuss if this is allowed...I hurriedly got to the park (we will probably get a letter for Esther being in the park!). Anyway, so there are like 4 giant power and construction trucks hanging out by the curb and a giant drill! And then I see the realtor walk up. I am surprised they actually went in! Zach was finally chilling with the aid of a bottle and Esther is being perfect of course and laying in the grass and I was reading "BABYWISE" :) I decided to stay in the park till 1:30 since everyone was calm anyway. Around that time I see the realtor actually walking out...so they were there awhile. Maybe that is good?? I walk back home and as I'm walking up to my front door, the giant power pole is across the threshold! The dudes actually had to PICK up the stroller to get Z across. Great selling point for when those people left! ;)

Anyway, it was quite an interesting few hours. Amazingly Zach is still asleep, even through the giant drilling that was going on outside too. Curious to see the comments from this showing!

Annoying...

So as you know, we are trying to sell our townhouse and head out to the burbs and be closer to friends and family. The house has been on the market for 3 months now with no takers. Lots of lookers, but no takers yet. Today was annoying. The showing company called to say someone wanted to look at the house right now, I said give me 30 minutes, they said okay. Its not easy keeping house clean to begin with, but add in a 2 month old and a dog and a cat...you get the point. I hurriedly picked up, spot cleaned etc and it looked good. The door knocked JUST as I was walking out the door so I let them in. It was a middle-aged lady. By the time I had the dog out the back, kid in the car, bags all situated (this was about 15 minutes probably)....when I turned the corner, they were already walking out. WTH? Sheesh, couldn't they at least PRETEND to really look! Anyway, I was sad so I had to call Matt. If I had known they were going to be that fast, I would just have gone to the park and not worried about packing up to go in the car! Oh well....... We are supposed to do an open house soon. I hope that we can get some good potential buyers in the door then. My confidence for selling before June is quickly slipping away.......

Paige Sofie Hawkinson is here!!

So excited, the newest little one has made it into the world! Paige was born at 9:08pm weighing 7lbs9oz and 20inches long. I cannot wait to meet this beautiful little girl next weekend! You can click here to see pics on Ginny's blog! Ginny did great and her labor sounded a lot like mine. All of a sudden she was 10cm and then 30 minutes later, Paige was here! Congratulations again Ginny & Jeff, welcome to parenthood!

Not April Fool's!

I know most of you reading this already know...but Ginny is in labor! She went to her weekly appointment this morning and due to MiniGinny's size, the decided to go ahead and induce today! I so wish I could be there but alas, I think Z is too small for me to make the drive on my own. We had already had plans to go to Dallas next weekend, so I will get to meet baby girl next weekend at least! Can't wait to meet this little one!!

Say CHEESE!

That's right, he is definitely smiling now! Capturing on camera is still not the easiest, but its getting better! :)

Today we went to visit my office after lunch with Kerri. Zach was so good. Slept most of the time and then woke up and even graced a few special people with some smiling! Of course everyone thought he was adorable which I have to agree with ;) It was fun to see people. We laughed that he was so good with all the noise there because he was used to it after nine months in my tummy! (I work on the trade floor so its always loud and often accompanied by shouting!)

So now after the busy week, I am on my own. Matt has already headed out for the NCAA games tonight and wont be home till probably midnight since the second game probably wont start until nine or so. I'm going to look for him on tv, I think they have pretty good seats. If my folks don't come over, I may order a pizza and a chick flick and call it a night. woohoo!

And for your viewing pleasure...the Z MAN!

Zach is a rockstar and mommy is insane...

So I do not know what I was thinking today...I think it was the desperation speaking, I went and took my son to the hair salon today..... I needed the full do too, highlights and hair cut, as the last appointment I had was the week or so before Zach was born so its been at least 2 months. For those of you highlighters out there...know how your hair can stretch it and stretch it and then you wake up one morning and you have 2 inch roots? That's what happened to me.

So anyway...we went. I fed and changed Z before we took the 40 minute drive to get to the salon (yes, I know, insane. I have been with Bettye for like 5 years now and when she moved out to Humble I followed because we all know how hard it is to find a good stylist...especially one that can do both your cut AND highlights!) AND...a quick aside, I do not have good luck with the diaper changes before heading out the door. Today I heard toots as we were packing up so I of course wanted to change him before getting on the road. Well....apparently he was not done because as soon as I had the diaper off and was working on wipies, I looked back down to a big pile of POO on the changing pad. And oh wait...here comes the geyser too! Amazing we did not get any pee or poop on either of us, just the pad, so life could go on.

Zach is great in his car seat for the hour and a half of foils getting on and such and JUST as it was time to rinse, he started talking and I knew it was time to eat. I wish I had a camera for the rest of this. I hurriedly made up a bottle and ended up feeding him while my head was back and I was getting my hair washed and rinsed and he was a CHAMP! Then back to the normal chair and he sat in my lap looking around while Bettye cut and dried my hair. She was so great being understanding with us for feeding and diapering and kept telling me to relax cause I was so stressed about him freaking out and bothering people. Everyone just thought he was really cute and luckily it was all women in there at the time so if he was screaming, I think everyone would have been understanding. Anyway, I so totally appreciate her letting me bring him and allowing me to get my hair done. I seriously feel like a new woman.

And speaking of that too, I had my 6 week post partum check up yesterday and am all good. I was excited to learn I was actually 4lbs lighter than I was at my 6 week pregnant check up. Now to start working on taking off the weight I gained over the year of fertility treatments. WOOHOO!

So that's what's going on in the world of Wittliffs. We have had a tough couple of days with fussiness but think we have decided its a growth spurt as the kid just wants to eat, so we are feeding him more frequently and it seems to be helping! And praise the Lord for the swing! Man, it is a lifesaver! Thanks to Kevin and Sabra (my bosses) for that, it is definitely his favorite soother!

Matt will be at the NCAA games tomorrow night and Sunday so I am up to my own devices, whatever will I do?!? :D

Easter!

We had a great weekend! Friday was the big March Madness day off and we had a great time. It was a good break but I was ready to come back to my baby boo. Saturday mom came back over and we went shopping for Z's Easter outfit. The one I originally purchased was TOO big so the mission was on! We ended up finding the cutest little outfit at Cotton Tots! He looked PRECIOUS! **Notice his cute shoes...those were MATT'S baby shoes! **

Easter Sunday was a great day. Time of reflection on Christ's gift to us and on all of our blessings this year. Zach made it to church for the first time and was perfect, slept the whole time. We told Dr Wende that was a compliment ;-) Mom and Dad and Chris and KA all came over for lunch at our place afterwards. It was a great afternoon spent with family!

pump and dump and a busy week!

First off, thanks to my mom who babysat Z man today so I could have a break and watch the March Madness with the crew. It was good to see folks but weird to be out in a bar setting again!! Z Man got a few presents from folks too which is always nice (thanks Crellers and Agnews!). Beth brought some awesome little finger puppets home from her trip to Peru for the Z man, they are so cute! Aaron said they are like my very own 'Manger Babies". Fun shall ensue for sure! Thanks guys!! :) Did enjoy a few frosty beverages and of course KH's yummy cheese fries and pizzas. It was weird to have more than one beer...it has been a VERY long time for that! Unfortunately though, I had to come home and pump and dump. Which for someone with supply issues...I think I shed a tear as I poured that liquid gold down the drain!! But anyway, it was a nice couple hours away. As the responsible one though, I headed home and left hubby there with the boys to his own devices!

So this week we were busy. Wednesday we meet Kerri at Nordie's for lunch. Ah, just like the good old days! We had a great time and did a little shopping before Kerri had to get back to work. Zach and I stayed and kept on shopping. We bought some options for Easter (which mom and I tried on tonight and I think are just too big, UGH) and a dress for mom and tie for dad. We will be matching for Sunday. Zach is such a good shopper. He slept the whole time and when he did wake up, we just nursed and changed a diaper in the fitting room and just kept on shopping. What a guy!

Thursday we had a visit from PS and Claude which was wonderful as always. Claude held him the whole time and soothed him to sleep. It was so good to see them and catch up! Z Man loves his PS and Claudie and I think they are pretty partial to him too! ;)

Anyway, it has been a good and busy week. Tomorrow I am hoping I can have Matt watch Z while I go get a pedicure. Its a pretty major necessity. I'm figuring Matt wont be up for much more than lazying around the house after his day at Knuckleheads so it should work out. Then I need to grocery shop for Easter lunch and get to Target for a few last minute things for Zach's basket! Hopefully we make it through church on Sunday without too much fussying! I will let you know how it goes!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Mommy made sure I wore my green today so I wouldn't get pinched! And boy I am looking cute. We had a mini photo shoot in my St Patty's pjs and even captured a bit of a smile!

This weekend Grandpa Dan and Grandma Manda came to visit me. It was good to see them and get some quality cuddle time in there too. Grandpa and I had a good nap together too. And we got a pic of the 3 generations of Wittliff men together!

Last night was selection Sunday. Dad was quite excited and is looking forward to me loving basketball one day too! He was kinda sad about the Aggies seating but at least they are in the Big Dance for the 3rd year in a row!

And today I am FIVE weeks old! Can you believe it? Time is flying by!! Must take hippo pic tonight!

Hope you all have a great St Patty's Day...drink some green beer for my mommy!

Love,

Zachary...aka The Z Man!