Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Carsen Acquires a 'Sad Face'
In light of what seems to be tragic to the boy, we find his facial expressions to be amusing, even in the worst of times! (The lights in the back are from the 12 foot tree that we picked up last weekend. It fills our family room!)
Eating Solids
Just recently, Carsen started eating foods that stick. He can't sit up completely by himself, but he manages well enough in the high chair. It's a little big for him, but comfortable enough for him to take a nap just after a big meal.
A Thanksgiving Tradition
For the past few years, Cathy and I have been making it a habit to go downtown Chicago and spend the night in the city. We hang out on Michigan Avenue on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and take in the sights, shopping and people watching. This year, the weather was great and we had a new little package with us. Carsen gave us some new reasons to be thankful.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Carsen goes swimming
It was Alex' birthday on 11/8 and we took her to the Kalahari in the dells. We found this to be a great opportunity to let him get a taste of swimming. He loves the water and really enjoyed himself.
Carsen November Update
Carsen has been making great advancements with his motor skills and is a very strong baby. He can turn over at will and has figured out that he has hands. He's even starting to hold his bottle when he eats!
First Halloween
Carsen had his first halloween and gathered lots of candy. He decided to be a rooster this year because he likes to pick up chicks.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
October 3rd Update
Carsen has been growing so much lately. He has been losing hair, sucking his hand, holding his head up and smiling like crazy. He's sleeping over 10 hours every night and is adapting well to day care, which happens about 20 hours/week. Overall, he's a very happy baby and seems to be loving life.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Update
The little fella has been doing great. He is giving us a lot of sleep at night and is falling into some good patterns, which include about 9-11 hours/night. He is holding his head up and has been very responsive to Cathy by smiling and talking. He's been a lot of fun these past few weeks as we are watching him develop before our eyes...
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Great Week
Quality of life these days is measured in how much sleep we get.
Carsen's sleep pattern has stabilized and he has found that his best sleep hours are from 10:15pm until about 7:00am. We're going on the 7th straight day of 8+ hours/night of sleep for him. He seems to like his pattern and hopefully it will stick for good. We're still working on his day time nap schedule, which is almost non-existent.
More to come...
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Status on the boy
Carsen has been doing really well. He went to the doctor this week and weighed in at 9 lbs, 10oz. He's picking up about one LB per week! He's even got a double chin...
He's also working into a little pattern. His bed time seems to be around 10:00 and the other day he gave us almost 7 hours sleep! His typical night is between 5-6 hours. We pack him full of food up until 10:00 and then I wrap him really tight like a burrito and give him the pacifier. Wrapping him tight requires that he can't move his arms or his legs. This seems to be the only formula to get him to sleep.
Lately, he has been refusing sleep during the day, only taking about 1-2 hours. His cranky time is between 6-8:30pm and there is nothing we can do to settle him down. On occasion, Kevin walks him around the yard, holding him like a football and sits out back to watch the sun set. Carsen likes getting outside and digs just looking at the wetlands with his dad. He's going to be a naturist.
The other day, Alex got to feed him and she found it to be a lot of fun, but challenging. It's been neat to see how she has taken a liking to her new little brother.
Cathy has been doing great with Carsen. She's been sleep deprived for the past 6 weeks, but handles it like a trooper. She has helped out more around the house, taking on most of the chores. I think she's trying out the "stay at home mom" thing.
Zero has handled Carsen's existence really well and is a good dog around him. He is careful and protective of Carsen and likes to sniff his face and pants... Although he has been good dog to Carsen, he's been a pain in the ass to us. He can't get enough attention, so he spends his time dropping his bone in our laps, eating toilet paper, carrying papers around from our garbage, leaning on Cathy and barking at people walking down the street. In fact, he gets so little attention, he practically urinates himself from excitement when anyone comes to the house, including the UPS guy!
That's it for now. Working on some new pictures for next time.
He's also working into a little pattern. His bed time seems to be around 10:00 and the other day he gave us almost 7 hours sleep! His typical night is between 5-6 hours. We pack him full of food up until 10:00 and then I wrap him really tight like a burrito and give him the pacifier. Wrapping him tight requires that he can't move his arms or his legs. This seems to be the only formula to get him to sleep.
Lately, he has been refusing sleep during the day, only taking about 1-2 hours. His cranky time is between 6-8:30pm and there is nothing we can do to settle him down. On occasion, Kevin walks him around the yard, holding him like a football and sits out back to watch the sun set. Carsen likes getting outside and digs just looking at the wetlands with his dad. He's going to be a naturist.
The other day, Alex got to feed him and she found it to be a lot of fun, but challenging. It's been neat to see how she has taken a liking to her new little brother.
Cathy has been doing great with Carsen. She's been sleep deprived for the past 6 weeks, but handles it like a trooper. She has helped out more around the house, taking on most of the chores. I think she's trying out the "stay at home mom" thing.
Zero has handled Carsen's existence really well and is a good dog around him. He is careful and protective of Carsen and likes to sniff his face and pants... Although he has been good dog to Carsen, he's been a pain in the ass to us. He can't get enough attention, so he spends his time dropping his bone in our laps, eating toilet paper, carrying papers around from our garbage, leaning on Cathy and barking at people walking down the street. In fact, he gets so little attention, he practically urinates himself from excitement when anyone comes to the house, including the UPS guy!
That's it for now. Working on some new pictures for next time.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
The Neutralizer
After realizing that 6-9pm is the fussy time, we found a way to calm his nerves. We broke down...
Click here to see Carsen succomb to the power of sucking.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Carsen hates baths!
Believe it or not, he does more than just cry. He sleeps and fills his diaper too...
Click here to see Carsen taking a bath!
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Friday, July 21, 2006
Carsen looking around
Carsen has been lifting his head and looking around a lot lately. He is finding that he has eyes and when he isn't hungry, pooping his diaper or sleeping, we get a moment like the one below that we like to cherish. He's such a neat little guy.
Click here to see Carsen checking out his digs!
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Carsen is born!
Monday, June 26th, 2:15pm- Phone call from Cathy informing Kevin of her water breaking.
Monday, June 26th, 2:30pm- Kevin arrives at the house ready to gather Cathy, overnight bag and all other baby items.
Dad and Mom get to know him a little.
Monday, June 26th, 2:30pm- Kevin arrives at the house ready to gather Cathy, overnight bag and all other baby items.
Monday, June 26th, 3:30pm- Checked into the maternity ward waiting for our room. Mom Rojek beat us to the hospital and was awaiting our arrival!
Monday, June 26th, 5:00pm- Contractions are starting to hurt. We are hanging out with Mom Rojek waiting for things to kick into high gear.
Monday, June 26th, 5:00pm- Kevin is providing all kinds of support in anticipation of what's to come.
Monday, June 26th, 7:00pm- Contractions are getting stronger and Cathy is doing great, taking it like a champ!
Monday, June 26th, 8:30pm- Cathy takes on the epidural and is now a new person. The pain of the contractions subside shortly after!
Monday, June 26th, 10:30pm- Pains start kicking in and are getting worse, even with the epidural.
Monday, June 26th, 11:24pm- Quickly dilated to 10cm. The pushing begins! The nurse gets the room prepared for delivery and a call goes out to the doctor.
Monday, June 26th, 11:50pm- Carsen David O'Brien is born. Cathy tried to hold out for Dr. Koneru to show up, but she just couldn't wait any more. Also, 10 more minutes and Carsen would have to share his birthday with Cathy! 12 pushes and there he was. Dad cut the cord too!
Mom gets him right after birth.
He's not a happy guy right now.
Dad and Mom get to know him a little.
Our first picture together!
Dr. Koneru shows up about 5 minutes after (and gets all the credit!).
Grandma's get to hold Carsen.
Tuesday June 27th, 7:00am- Spending time with dad.
Tuesday June 27th, 10:00am- He gets to meet the rest of his family.
Thursday June 29th, 3:00pm- After being home for about 18 hours, we were told that we would have to go back to the hospital so he could get rid of his jaundice.
Poor fella had to sit under the lamps to get extra light.
Saturday July 1st, 10:30am-Once he got home for good, he gets to know his sister...
and his furry brother with the tail.
Sunday July 2nd- He is settling in and loves to sleep and help dad with stuff in his office.
Monday July 3rd- He loves to hang with mom.
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