We had our normal Halloween party over the weekend. Everything came out pretty good! I will have to see what pictures I got and put some up on the pictures site, or maybe here. Either way everyone who came did dress up which we really appreciate! Well we did have one exception, but since he is only 6 weeks or so old, I guess I can't blame him for not dressing up ;). That would have to be Coy, which is one of the old co-workers kid that was born not long ago. It is nice to hear how things are going with them, since I know that I will be facing the same things very soon. After seeing the father in action, I can only guess that little Keagan is going to be a little on the time consuming side, but that is all good. Who needs to play video games anyway right?!?! :(. Speaking of video games, we did get a little downtime yesterday and were able to play some Champions of Norrath. I really do like that game, though we have played it through a couple of times, it just never seems to get to old to me.
So now that we stuffed ourselves with all kinds of halloween food over the weekend, it is time to get back to work and do something with our lives I guess. So I should get back to doing some real work now before they find out that I don't do as much as I really should ;).
Monday, October 30, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Breastfeeding, to Snip or not to Snip, and Party Baby
Okay well it's been a while but I've been busy. I've had a large programming assignment that is due on Sunday and I've been trying to get it done before our Halloween party this Saturday. I think I am finally done!
It's been a pretty exciting couple of weeks. We had breastfeeding class and that was interesting. Lots of information. Throughout most of the class all I could think was; geez this is going to take a lot of time. Sounds like the baby feeds every 1.5 - 2hrs and then they feed for 20-40 minutes. They count the time between feedings from the beginning of the feeding. So then mom gets a break for 30-40 minutes and has to feed again. Not to mention all the diaper changing. Wow, all these these little guys seem to do is eat, poop, and sleep. We'll see how it goes. There was also a very disturbing diagram that went into how far the mother's nipple get stretched down the baby's mouth/throat while eating. My nipples are not that long and I don't know if I ever want them to be! All in all it was a good class though. Can't wait to take our All-About Babies class in a couple weeks.
Also had my 24 week doctor's appt on Monday. We listened to the baby's heartbeat and then I was measured from pubic bone to navel. Apparently the distance from you pubic bone to your navel in centimeters tracks with how many weeks you are pregnant (give or take 2 centimeters). I measured at 25cm. That's odd how that works out, but good to know! We got a lot of literature on pre-term labor and how to monitor your baby's movement. Lyle and I also asked about circumcision since we don't know much about. Ends up only 50-60% of baby boys are circumcised now and most insurance companies consider it a cosmetic surgery so they won't cover the cost of the surgery. We were already both kind of teetering back and forth about whether we wanted to have that done to the little guy and now we've both decided absolutely not!
Last night was the first night that Keegan (baby boy) woke me up in the middle of the night. About 3am he started partying and kept me awake for an hour or so. That incited some grumbling on my part. I told Lyle to tell his son to behave...I got a mumbled response in return.
Anyway, this has been a busy week. I am falling a bit behind on my other homework so I need to get back on top of that. Also we have the Halloween party to prepare for and we'll be playing DND Sat. morning. We spent yesterday night getting all the food for the party and then tonight we put up the Halloween decorations inside and out. Lyle still doesn't know what he's going to be; maybe he's keeping it a surprise ;-) Very happy that tomorrow is Friday! Our company also got its first paycheck last week. That was a relief and kind of exciting.
Hopefully tomorrow things will be calmer at work and maybe I can slip in another post. Until then...
It's been a pretty exciting couple of weeks. We had breastfeeding class and that was interesting. Lots of information. Throughout most of the class all I could think was; geez this is going to take a lot of time. Sounds like the baby feeds every 1.5 - 2hrs and then they feed for 20-40 minutes. They count the time between feedings from the beginning of the feeding. So then mom gets a break for 30-40 minutes and has to feed again. Not to mention all the diaper changing. Wow, all these these little guys seem to do is eat, poop, and sleep. We'll see how it goes. There was also a very disturbing diagram that went into how far the mother's nipple get stretched down the baby's mouth/throat while eating. My nipples are not that long and I don't know if I ever want them to be! All in all it was a good class though. Can't wait to take our All-About Babies class in a couple weeks.
Also had my 24 week doctor's appt on Monday. We listened to the baby's heartbeat and then I was measured from pubic bone to navel. Apparently the distance from you pubic bone to your navel in centimeters tracks with how many weeks you are pregnant (give or take 2 centimeters). I measured at 25cm. That's odd how that works out, but good to know! We got a lot of literature on pre-term labor and how to monitor your baby's movement. Lyle and I also asked about circumcision since we don't know much about. Ends up only 50-60% of baby boys are circumcised now and most insurance companies consider it a cosmetic surgery so they won't cover the cost of the surgery. We were already both kind of teetering back and forth about whether we wanted to have that done to the little guy and now we've both decided absolutely not!
Last night was the first night that Keegan (baby boy) woke me up in the middle of the night. About 3am he started partying and kept me awake for an hour or so. That incited some grumbling on my part. I told Lyle to tell his son to behave...I got a mumbled response in return.
Anyway, this has been a busy week. I am falling a bit behind on my other homework so I need to get back on top of that. Also we have the Halloween party to prepare for and we'll be playing DND Sat. morning. We spent yesterday night getting all the food for the party and then tonight we put up the Halloween decorations inside and out. Lyle still doesn't know what he's going to be; maybe he's keeping it a surprise ;-) Very happy that tomorrow is Friday! Our company also got its first paycheck last week. That was a relief and kind of exciting.
Hopefully tomorrow things will be calmer at work and maybe I can slip in another post. Until then...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Well I guess I don't use my phone enough
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/24/mobiles_hit_male_fertility/
There is a little article about how mobile phones; if used more than 4 hours per day, will cut down on sperm count. Is this the new form of birth control? I sure hope not ;), don't know who I would talk to for 4 hours a day...
There is a little article about how mobile phones; if used more than 4 hours per day, will cut down on sperm count. Is this the new form of birth control? I sure hope not ;), don't know who I would talk to for 4 hours a day...
Another weekend gone :(
Weekends really do go way to fast. Overall the weekend was ok, we didn't do very much because Karissa had a lot of home work for Java class, that she found out yesterday wasn't really as bad as she thought it was. I guess that is what happens sometimes when the teacher doesn't really give good instructions. Well, not much to be done about it now.
On the baby front, well a couple of things. First off in-laws bought a glider chair for my better half. It is really a nice one, I put it together last night, and luckily it wasn't hard to put together! We also had the 24 week appointment yesterday, which went about like normal, a lot of waiting, and not a lot of doing. So we sat a fair amount and learned about preterm labor, and got some information circumsision. Exciting stuff let me tell you :). Anyway that is about it for now.
On the baby front, well a couple of things. First off in-laws bought a glider chair for my better half. It is really a nice one, I put it together last night, and luckily it wasn't hard to put together! We also had the 24 week appointment yesterday, which went about like normal, a lot of waiting, and not a lot of doing. So we sat a fair amount and learned about preterm labor, and got some information circumsision. Exciting stuff let me tell you :). Anyway that is about it for now.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Feeding class
So breast feeding class was last night. It was an interesting class, though it seemed kind of long. We learned all about the holds, benefits, and what to expect. Overall it was pretty good, and I listened enough to make sure that I can remind Karissa of the information if she happens to forget.There was some fun for me though. They talk about how the baby is suppose to latch and suck. This is just funny to me because it sounds like a leech and not a baby. It is funny to me because Keagan sounds like a parasite for the first 6 months after birth, and athe whole nine months in the womb. Don't get me wrong, I am happy Keagan is coming, and I am excited for him to come out so that I can actually play with him.
I have linked to the picture on the left from our pictures that are online. If you want to see those, you can use the link on the right that says "our pictures". The picture on the left is of Keagan, that we got from the 20 week ultrasound. It is the profile of Keagan, and you can see he looks just like his mom. Same nose and everything ;). I think Keagan has my chin though. I guess we will have to see who he looks more like after he comes out.
Well that is really all for now. I hope that you guys have a great day.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Okay I'm back...
Okay I am back to write a longer entry. I am waiting for some solutions to mix in so it's the perfect time for a break!
Yep, we have "Preparation for breastfeeding" tonight. For 2.5 hrs we get to learn about how to prepare to breastfeed the little boy. I am really not sure what to expect. My "labor companion" is strongly encouraged to attend. It should be good to have Lyle there so that he can remind me what we learned later; and if I need help with something later he can't claim ignorance :-)
Keegan's been moving a lot the last couple weeks. Every now and then he delivers a really good kick; that kind of startles me. I don't think Lyle is used to me yelling at my stomach to "stop it" and "calm down" yet. He (Keegan not Lyle) only moves when I am still. So I run around all day at work and he's very quiet; then when I sit down to eat lunch or drive home it's party time!
I am wondering if people will begin to doubt my sanity as I begin to converse with my stomach
more and more. Supposidely this is supposed to be as good a time as any to start bonding with my abdominal dweller.
So far so good with the pregnancy (knock on wood). I was having a lot of trouble with my hips hurting last week. Then on Sunday my right hip popped out of joint and then went back in (which hurt). Since then though both hips have been pain free, go figure...I am not even going to try and figure out how that helped. It still hasn't helped my speed of movement a whole lot. One of my friends from BSci and I wanted to graph a pregnant woman's speed of movement over time (she was about 7 months pregnant at the time). We are convinced that speed of movement decreases exponentially as the duration of the pregnancy lengthens. Maybe Lyle can help with this; I know when we go and walk Ruby every night he has to substantially decrease his pace. Ruby's good about it though; if Lyle gets too far ahead she stops and looks back at me and refuses to move until I catch up. Good of her to be so concerned ;-)
Not a whole lot else to say. As Lyle said I've been busy with work and school. So, I will try to come on and blog when I get the chance. I am still trying to convince Lyle that we should spell baby's name like Keegan, not Keagan. Keegan looks so much nicer!
Yep, we have "Preparation for breastfeeding" tonight. For 2.5 hrs we get to learn about how to prepare to breastfeed the little boy. I am really not sure what to expect. My "labor companion" is strongly encouraged to attend. It should be good to have Lyle there so that he can remind me what we learned later; and if I need help with something later he can't claim ignorance :-)
Keegan's been moving a lot the last couple weeks. Every now and then he delivers a really good kick; that kind of startles me. I don't think Lyle is used to me yelling at my stomach to "stop it" and "calm down" yet. He (Keegan not Lyle) only moves when I am still. So I run around all day at work and he's very quiet; then when I sit down to eat lunch or drive home it's party time!
I am wondering if people will begin to doubt my sanity as I begin to converse with my stomach
more and more. Supposidely this is supposed to be as good a time as any to start bonding with my abdominal dweller.
So far so good with the pregnancy (knock on wood). I was having a lot of trouble with my hips hurting last week. Then on Sunday my right hip popped out of joint and then went back in (which hurt). Since then though both hips have been pain free, go figure...I am not even going to try and figure out how that helped. It still hasn't helped my speed of movement a whole lot. One of my friends from BSci and I wanted to graph a pregnant woman's speed of movement over time (she was about 7 months pregnant at the time). We are convinced that speed of movement decreases exponentially as the duration of the pregnancy lengthens. Maybe Lyle can help with this; I know when we go and walk Ruby every night he has to substantially decrease his pace. Ruby's good about it though; if Lyle gets too far ahead she stops and looks back at me and refuses to move until I catch up. Good of her to be so concerned ;-)
Not a whole lot else to say. As Lyle said I've been busy with work and school. So, I will try to come on and blog when I get the chance. I am still trying to convince Lyle that we should spell baby's name like Keegan, not Keagan. Keegan looks so much nicer!
This is a Test
I think Lyle invited to me to this blog. I wanted to make sure it would work. I will write something interesting later.
Karissa
Karissa
Classes.....
Karissa has BreastFeeding class tonight. Which of course means I have breast feeding class tonight. Not sure what exactly I am going to be doing there, but hopefully it will be fun. I just hope they don't try and use me for feeding, I have a feeling it wouldn't work out. I did go to one of the other classes earlier, the Expectant father class. It was pretty good, and very educational. The guy who taught the class had a couple of kids, and talked all about them, and how it changes your life. I am still not sure how much will change but he isn't the only one who has talked about the changes that come from children. Actually I have heard it a lot since we decided to have a child. The latest one being at our 10 year class reunion that we attended VERY breifly this last weekend. We ran into an old friend that talked about how his two kids have made him very happy. I can only hope the same holds true for me.
Other than that not much else going on from my standpoint. Karissa might have more to say about that. I want to try and get her to start posting her thoughts here, but you know she is a little busy right now.
Other than that not much else going on from my standpoint. Karissa might have more to say about that. I want to try and get her to start posting her thoughts here, but you know she is a little busy right now.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
He's coming.....
Keagen.... or maybe named otherwise is coming. That is our Kid to be! As anyone reading this would probably already know this is our first child, and Karissa my wife is about 6 months along right now. Though we have already started the preparations for having Keagen, and started the babies room (our old office.... :( ), we still have a lot to do before his arrival. I will have to post some pictures and all that stuff when I learn how to do that on this piece of software. For now I should get going and try and figure out some other stuff on this site.....
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