Blog Flake

So it turns out that having a baby totally consumes your life. . . who knew?!  All of the sudden January is coming to a close and I haven’t posted anything since November.  That is pathetic.  So let me attempt to give you the Reader’s Digest version of the last couple of months.

I got to spend all of November and December at home with Soren.  Which is good because Homeboy liked to wake up every two hours, every night.  I know, I know, that’s just how babies are, but whatever.  I was still very tired.  He also wanted to sleep only on my arm.  Come to think of it, he only wanted to be awake on my arm.  He was really into my arm.  After a while he liked to be on the floor because he had some very imortant kicking to do.  This pleased Roxy, who really wanted to be in on the action:

Soren Roxy                                                     

We spent our days watching The Price is Right and The Young and The Restless.  It was a magical time of sleep deprivation and quality television.

At Soren’s two-week doctor’s appointment we were please to find that he was back up to his birth weight of eight pounds.  Apparently, that is the goal.  We weren’t too worried because Soren really liked to eat.  A lot.  So much in fact that at his two-month doctor’s appointment he discovered that he had gained six pounds in six weeks.  He weighed in at 14 pounds and was in the 90th percentile for both height and weight.  I think that he must have been preparing for his heavyweight Ultimate Fighting Championship match in The Octogon.

These days Soren enjoys smiling, looking at anything with a face and eating his fingers.  We’re trying to teach him about our local sports teams, but he his clearly not impressed with the Seahawks last season:

Soren Seahawks

Now Soren begged me not to share this last picture because he’s a little embarassed that he’s not appropriately dressed.  But I just can’t help myself because it showcases a) his chubby, chubby cheeks and b) his kick-ass Elvis impersonation:

Soren bath

With that I bid you adieu.  Hopefully I’ll post a few more entries before Soren starts pre-school.

6 Responses to “Blog Flake”

  1. Rachel Says:

    January 21st, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    YAY! He’s so cute! Thanks for the update and the cutie batooty pictures!

    p.s. First?

  2. Rachel Says:

    January 21st, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    Yay First! Love you!

  3. Brandon Says:

    January 21st, 2010 at 6:24 pm

    For the record, Little Bear weighed above the 92nd percentile and measured above the 90th percentile for height (or length, I guess). That Seahawks jersey he has on is the right size for a typical 6 month old. Most of what he fits into now is the 6-9 month stuff we stashed away, assuming we had a least a few months before we would actually need it.

    His gargantuan size is no mystery to anyone who has spent longer than 60 minutes with him, as he demands to be fed every hour to hour and a half. The little chub can grub! Our doctor said to give him as much as he wants, so we have been diligently complying, and watching Soren grow larger before our very eyes!

  4. Erica Says:

    January 21st, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    I like him fat. And skinny. But mostly fat.

  5. Siri Says:

    January 22nd, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    Yeah–he’s getting super cute and chubby. My favorite line form this post is: “It was a magical time of sleep deprivation and quality television”. Funny because it is true.

  6. Stacy Says:

    January 23rd, 2010 at 10:57 am

    OH! How fun!! Super cute! Miss you guys! Big big congrats on a happy healthy guy! ….*s