Date Night

Last Friday night Micah and I were able to go out on our first date since Andrew was born. We went to my mom and dad's house and dropped him off so they could babysit him. My mom was so excited that she got to watch him. Then Micah and I headed out to dinner. We went to Barnaby's, a steak restaurant, to celebrate Micah's birthday. It was nice to go out.

2 Month Check Up

On Thursday we took Andrew to the doctor. We found out he now weighs 10 lbs. 6 oz. and is 22 inches long. He is a growing boy. It was also time for his immunizations. Ouch, no fun. He really did not like getting the shots. He had to have three in all. He cried after the first one, and then screamed at the top of his lungs for the other two. It was so hard to watch. Afterward, I tried to get him to eat to help calm him down. It took him a minute or two before he stopped crying enough to get him to eat. Then he would only do a couple of sucks and then come off and cry a little bit, then eat some more and then cry again. It was like he would stop to say, "It hurts" and then "It really, really hurts." He is so cute, even when crying. But I am not looking forward to going in again in a couple of months.

Sleep, sweet sleep

Andrew has been sleeping better and better. This week one night he slept for six hours, and then six and a half hours. Last night Andy slept for almost eight hours straight. We hope he continues to sleep so well. It felt so nice to get such a long stretch of sleep.

First Camping Trip

Last weekend we went camping near Lincoln City, Oregon for the annual family reunion with my mom's sisters and their families. One of the days we were there we went to the beach. It was cold, only in the low 60s (notice we are wearing sweatshirts). Uncle Justin had fun building a sand castle. While we were at the beach we just sat and watched the waves and walked down to the water. Micah had fun playing with the sand. We ended up not staying very long because it was cold. After the beach we went back to camp and took a nap.
While we were camping we had fun visiting with our family and catching up with them. And Micah had fun playing volleyball and Texas Hold Em. Andrew is close in age to my cousin's little girl, Isabella. They are only about 3 months apart. It will be fun to watch them grow up together. I'm sure that next year we will be busy chasing these two around.
During our camping trip we had some thunder and lightning storms. It was a little too much excitement when lightning struck the campsite next to us. Thankfully there was no damage. We left Monday morning in the rain. Everything was wet. I was glad to be home.

Switching to Cloth

We have officially switched to using cloth diapers. They are working fabulously! It is acutally easier than I thought it would be. We have some wonderful friends who gave us their cloth diapers they no longer need. The diapers are called Motherease and they fit babies from 8-35 lbs. They have snaps on them, so no pins. We also have some friends who are letting us borrow their prefold cloth diapers and diaper wraps. It has been nice to be given so much, and not have to buy it ourselves. That definately helps the budget.
We did buy six cloth diapers. They are called BumGenius (don't you just love the name?) and they also fit babies 8-35 lbs. The BumGenius diapers just came in the mail on Monday, so I washed one and tried it out yesterday. It is so easy, it is almost like a disposable diaper. We will use these ones for when we are out and about, and when we need Grandma to babysit.
I feel good doing cloth diapers because I know we are saving money, and it is also good for the environment. Plus, Andrew looks so cute in them. The only downside I have seen so far is that they do make his tush bigger, so his clothes fit a little more snug. But other than that they aren't too bad, it just adds a few more loads of laundry each week and since I am staying home it's not that big of a deal.

Date with Hannah June

Some family friends of ours had a baby one week later than Andrew. Last week Andrew and I went over to Grandma's for lunch with Hannah, her mom (Ashley) and her grandma (Valerie). We had lots of fun taking pictures of them together. It is fun that they are exactly one week apart.

Here are the grandma's with their grandbabies.

Moved In

We are officially moved into our new house. We actually moved in on Aug. 1st, but it has taken me awhile to blog about it. I will upload some pictures once I actually take some. For the most part we are done unpacking, just have some odds and ends left. Our new address is 25654 46th Ave S, Kent, WA 98032 in case you want to stop by and say hi.

Kayla's Wedding

Great Grandpa Seidler with Andrew

Family Picture

Kayla and Aaron with Andrew and Eden

The new Mr. and Mrs. Johnson

Family Time in North Dakota

Before Kayla's wedding we were able to spend some time with Micah's family. And Andrew got to meet his cousin Eden, who is three years older than him. He will also have a new girl cousin coming in October, we are excited.

First Flight

A couple of weeks ago we flew to North Dakota for Micah's sister's wedding. This first picture is of Andrew in the airport while we were waiting for our flight. We were a little worried how Andrew would do. But he ended up doing great! He slept most of the time, and ate at just the right times--take off and landing. He is already learning how to be a great jetsetter.

Daddy Turns 30

August 3rd was Micah's 30th birthday. We didn't get to do anything exciting since this has been such a crazy time right now. We did end up going to Grandma Galicic's and had a wonderful lunch.

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa Galicic

Andrew is the first grandchild on my side of the family, and the second one on Micah's side. My parents love being grandparents. My mom would always ask me when we were finally going to have kids. I always gave her the same answer--after we had been married for five years. And we were able to keep to our wishes. But my mom has been waiting to be a grandma and now she finally is. It is fun watching my parents with Andy. They love to hold, cuddle, and talk to him. I'm sure they are going to love spoiling him someday soon.
The second week we were home from the hospital my mom had the week off and was able to stay with me and Andy during the day. It was wonderful to have her help; and she made dinner every night for us. During the week we took Andy for a walk, gave him a bath, and packed boxes for moving. And since that week, Andy and I go over to Grandma's every Thursday after we go to Bible study. We spend the day with my mom, and it is nice because she gets to spend time with Andy and I get a nap.

Moving On Up

At our dr. appointment we found out Andy is now over 8 lbs. This means he can now move out of newborn diapers and into size 1, which is nice since size 1 are cheaper.
And 8 lbs. is the "magic" weight when he now fits into the cloth diapers we have for him. So we will switch over to doing cloth after we move. We wanted to do disposable diapers for a little while until we felt comfortable with the whole diaper changing thing. And it actually isn't as bad as we thought it would be. The only hard part about it has been when he has a blow out and gets his diaper and clothes all messy. And in the first week or two we were still learning when to change his diaper. There were a few times when we changed it a little too soon and either had to change his diaper again 5 minutes after the first change, or even worse was when he would be going while we were in the middle of changing him. But now we have a good handle on diaper changing and feel ready to go to cloth. The only thing holding us back is that we want to wait until we are settled into our new house. Speaking of which, we now have a moving day--it is this Friday, August 1st. We are so excited. We have been waiting to move for a little over a month. And we have been packing for many months. I can't wait to get moved in and unpacked. Then I will feel ready to switch to cloth.

One Month Check-up

Last Thursday we took Andrew in for his one month doctor visit. We found out he now weighs 8 lbs. 11 and one half oz. and is 20 inches long. (He was 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 17 and one half inches long at birth.) We were excited to find out he had gained almost two pounds since leaving the hospital.

Fun with Andy

We are having so much fun being parents. It is fun to take Andy on walks, take naps, sit with him on the couch, and do other fun things with him.

He already likes being read to. Sometimes I just sit with him and read whatever I'm reading out loud to him. He quiets down and loves to listen. I hope he loves books as much as I do.
We are excited for when he gets old enough to interact with us more and respond to what we are doing. He is starting to seem more aware of what is going on around him. He can now track our faces when we look at him and then move from side to side. It is fun seeing him grow and learn new things.

Productive Day

I finally feel like I was able to get some things done. It is amazing how little I have been doing lately. It seems like all I do is feed Andy, hold Andy, change his diaper, put Andy to sleep and play with Andy. Don't get me wrong, I love doing all those things, but we are going to be moving in two weeks and I feel like I should be getting more done. Today was my first day all alone with Andy. I have been lucky enough to have Micah at home for two weeks and my mom helped out for one week, so this is the first week with no one else around.
Andy has been getting on a schedule and has started sleeping on his own, which means I now have time to do some of the things I have been wanting to do while he naps. This is a list of what I got done today: packed two boxes, wrote some thank you notes, watered the plants, read a couple chapters of a book, did my devotions, checked my email and wrote some blog posts. That may not sound like much, but it is by far the most I have been able to get done lately. It sure felt good to be able to be productive.

3 Weeks Old

Last Thursday Andy turned 3 weeks old. We decided it was time for him to learn to fall asleep on his own, we also thought it was time to try out the pacifier. Andy did not like sleeping alone, and always wanted to be held or sleeping on someone. It started the first night after he was born. Any time I tried to put him in the little bassinet he would whimper and then kind of cry, which meant I couldn't sleep. This continued to happen when we got home and we would try to have him sleep in his pack and play. So I kept giving in and had him sleep with us. However, it is kind of hard to sleep with a newborn baby right next to you. For one thing they make a lot of noise. So, when he turned 3 weeks we figured it was time for him to sleep in his pack and play, we needed to get some good sleep. And the first night went great. I think this was helped by us also starting to give him a pacifier to help him go to sleep. He loves to suck! At first he didn't know what to do with the pacifier, but I just kept sticking it his mouth and he finally caught on. And he was able to fall asleep in about 10 minutes and slept the whole night in his pack and play (other than the times I fed him). And now he has been sleeping in it every night since then. Whoo hoo! Now we just need to get him to sleep for more than 3 hours at a time. :)

Two Weeks Old

One of our friends from our small group is a photographer and loves taking pictures. She took some of us when we were still pregnant, and now she has taken some of Andrew when he was 2 weeks old. It is fun to look at the pictures of him and see how he is growing little by little.
It is also fun to see him develop new skills. He makes the most hilarious faces. He can already smile, raise one eyebrow, make a Popeye face and many other funny faces. He gets these skills from his daddy. Micah loves making funny faces at him, it is cute to watch them together. Another skill is that he can already lift his head pretty well. When we put him on his tummy on the floor he can raise his head and hold it up. Sometimes he even turns it to the other side. This amazed us. We did not know babies could do that so soon.

A Week of Firsts

Tomorrow Andrew will be three weeks old. Hard to believe. Time is already starting to go by so fast. His first week he had a lot of firsts. We went on our first walk around the neighborhood and used our Moby wrap. He loves it. He falls asleep almost the instant we put him in it, which is great since he does not always like to go to sleep. Another first was giving him a sponge bath. He wasn't too thrilled with getting it. But since then we have given him a couple real baths and he loves it. He likes the feeling of floating we think. We also took him to his first doctor's appointment. He is doing great, and even has gained some weight. We go in again next week for his one month check up, so we will find out if he is still gaining. We think he is. He already looks bigger to us.

More Pictures!!

Okay, Since we don't quite know what our schedule will bring in regard to Blogging. We have uploaded a bunch of pictures into my Facebook Album for you to see. Just follow this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=24757&l=c3ab7&id=519528554