Glorious sleep!

We don't want to jinx ourselves and we know it may not last forever, but we're excited to report that Jeremiah has slept through the night the past two nights. We credited the first night to being warn out from activity during Grandma Todd's visit, but alas he slept all night last night too. It's been nice to not watch infomercials in the middle of the night.

Here's to hoping he keeps it up.

Adios to the baby tub

It has been another great week at our house. Jeremiah continues to get more responsive, swinging at toys on his gym and bouncy chair. He was a bit confused towards the end of the week when I lost my voice. He knew that I looked like his mom and smelled like his mom but I definitely did not sound like his mom. It was quite a struggle for me to get a smile out of him for a few days.

Grandma and Grandpa Schnitzler visited over the weekend. It was nice to spend some time with them. Grandma even helped with Jeremiah's bath on Saturday night.

Tonight, Jeremiah had his first bath in the big bath tub. After he splashed water all over the floor and counter on Saturday night, it was evident that we needed to give the big bath tub a try. He had a great time and it was actually a little easier to bath him. He swung his arms and kicked his legs, splashing in the water. Hopefully it is a sign that he'll love swimming.

Jeremiah's baptism

Yesterday was a very special day for Jeremiah. He was baptized in the presence of many family and friends. He is normally very good and quiet in church but apparently he knew something was out of sorts and he was a bit fussy for his baptism. I guess he couldn't handle all the pressure on him. I ended up taking him from his godfather to try to quiet him down during his baptism. I felt bad about that but I didn't want him to be worked up.

It was such a wonderful feeling to see him experience this first Christian milestone. After church we welcomed many people back to the house. He cashed out on the way home and slept for the majority of the party. Last night after everyone left he slept for a while longer and then hung out with us. I was sure glad we had today off because I was riding quite the emotional roller coaster. It was hard to watch family have to leave and even harder to be reminded that I was facing 4 days of work and taking him to daycare. (I know, don't say it. It will get easier.)

On Saturday night we also enjoyed some time with family. We put Jeremiah down on the floor and his cousin Karl, who was born in May explored being down there with him. We let the two of them "play" for a bit until Karl reached for his face. I'm sure the two of them are in for many more mischievous moments together.

Here are a few photos from his baptism. One with his grandparents, another with the godparents and finally his baptism outfit.

The first day back

Today I returned to work and Jeremiah spent his first full day at Ms. Shelly's house.

The day started out with a bit of chaos as I hustled to get out the door on time. I still am not sure what happened to nearly 2 hours of my time this morning. In the flash of an eye, I was dropping Jeremiah off at the sitter's and headed for work.....in tears. People tell me it will get easier but I'm not so sure. My day went OK until about 3:00 p.m. when I wanted my work day to be over. That was about the time we would snuggle or play after he ate. It was just in time for Racheal Ray or Oprah. I think what feels the strangest is that won't be the "norm" ever again.

Jeremiah's sitter needed to take her cat to the vet so off they went on another adventure. It sounded like he did good and she wrote us a note that he took three bottles. John picked him up and he was fast asleep in his chair when I got home. He slept there until about 7 when we moved him to the floor and he woke up. He ate and was a bit fussy until he went down for the night at 8. This was pretty hard on me, as I have been fearful that the time we get with him awake will be minimal and he is often fussy in the evening. I, obviously, love him even when he is fussy but it would be nice to have a little time to play and interact with him while he is happy. This wasn't the best end to the day for me, as I'm already feeling like I am missing time with him.

Regardless, we do it again tomorrow. Hopefully we'll get some time to spend over the upcoming holiday weekend.

The vitals

I forgot to include Jeremiah's stats from his appointment. Our little chunk weighs 12 lbs. 12 oz. and is 23 1/4 inches long.

Two months old

We've done some visiting since our last post. On Thursday, we made a trip to Daddy's office before Mommy has to go back to work. The ladies in John's office were eager to see Jeremiah again. After some snuggling with his coworkers, the three of us went for lunch.

On Friday, Jeremiah and I went to Bloomington to visit my aunt and uncle and see Jeremiah's second cousins from Hawaii. La and Pono are the sons of Marla's cousin Paul. Here's a picture of the two of them. It was kind of embarasing that Jeremiah weighs more than Pono, who was born in August.

Today was a BIG day! Jeremiah had his first round of immunization shots. John joined us at this appointment and was the brave one who held Jeremiah's legs and arms. I just watched and cringed but didn't cry. Jeremiah only cried for a few minutes and the nurse commented that he did the best she had ever seen with the oral rotavirus vaccine. Oh yeah, he turned 2 months today too so I took the obligatory picture with the sign that says he is 2 months old.

Tomorrow's my last day of maternity leave and I can't believe how fast it has gone. I miss him already...and we still have a day to spend.

We survived!

Jeremiah went to the babysitter's for the first time today. It's no surprise to anyone that I cried as I drove away and it wasn't even a full day away from him. In his first day, he got to go on an outing with the other kids to the mall. They play on the indoor playground and got to be held and watched. He took a three hour nap and only drank one bottle. That makes me think he did know that things weren't quite the same. I think he is already winning over the babysitter as he arrived there with one of his classic grins on his face.

I missed him enough that I was ready for him to wake from his nap and we spent nearly an hour playing. He has become quite the fan of funny faces. Here's a shot of the reaction I seem to get on a regular basis.

We're hoping to enjoy more time just being together the next few days because next week he has to get shots and then it is back to work for this mommy.....tear.

Cribs and sitters

Jeremiah is officially in his own room. This morning, I took down the Pack and Play bassinet that was in our room. He has been in the crib in his own room for three nights now so we figure he is good to go. He even managed to sleep for seven hours Sunday night. It was a little hard on me the first night. I guess it is the first signal of many that he won't be the little thing we brought home from the hospital very long at all.

He's also experienced the milestone of his first babysitters. On Friday, Grandpa Todd and Uncle Matt watched him while John went to work and I went on a museum outing in Chicago. He behaved great - actually he slept most of the day. I think they were a bit disappointed that he wasn't more awake to play with. Then, on New Year's Eve, he spent some time with Sandy and the Reasor girls. We think he had a great time with them before we picked him up for a few more New Year's festivities - including waking up for a snack just after the ball dropped in Times Square.

Tomorrow he'll have a practice run at the full-time babysitter's house. We'll let you all know how that goes.