Gooooood morning everyone! Happy Chanukah to applicable parties! Let's see let's see, what was the haps this week.
I think Jesse might finally be getting the hang of the whole weight-gain thing (knock on wood). I bought a baby scale which arrived Tuesday and according to that he was 7 Ibs 8.5 oz on Tuesday, which would mean he had gained the required 4 oz that week. I started weighing him before and after eating and before and after diaper changes to see if he was actually inputting and outputting as expected and he seems to be doing both. I had been having Josh give him a couple ounces of formula each day to fatten him up a bit. He doesn't care much for it though. When he gets a bottle of breast milk he gulps it down like ice cream, but formula he sort of makes a face for and lets dribble down his chin.
Then Friday night when Mandy and family were here I never got around to giving it to him and he slept better than he had all week and yesterday weighed in around 7lbs 14oz or so, so I'm not sure the formula was really helping him all that much. We skipped it again yesterday so we'll see what he weighs in at today. We have our official doctor weigh in on Tuesday and our goal weight for the week is 7 Ibs 12.5 oz - cross your fingers!
Friday I took Jesse out and we stopped by my work's department party. I had to actually loosen the straps in the car seat to get him in, so that's a good sign! As soon as I walked into the party, four of my coworkers went running for the ladies room to wash their hands. How nice! They were the moms of teenagers, always a good target for baby holders. So they took turns holding him (a fight almost broke out at one point with one coworker supposedly hogging him - hee hee hee). I must say he did look especially cute as I had him in an outfit from gymboree that consisted of brown corduroy pants and a squirrel sweater. It was 0-3 month size and I only had to fold the pants and arms over once. It was nice to see everyone (and I even took a break to use the bathroom BY MYSELF for the first time since my maternity leave started) - we stayed for about 45 minutes and then headed home.
Mandy and family arrived around 5:30 on Friday after getting stuck in some unfortunate traffic - big bummer. After Patience had a snack we all lit candles and had presents. Jocelyn got a bunch of play food for her kitchen and the girls all had quite a good time with that. Sage seems to have warmed up to me and even called me Auntie Rhonda to my face (i.e. without whispering in Mandy's ear instead - hahaha). After latkes and pizza I filled up the tub and Ruby, Sage, and Timothy put on bathing suits and got in. Jocelyn preferred to go au natural. Everyone is now big enough that we could fill it sufficiently to turn on the jets, so that was a big hit.
Yesterday was quite a beautiful day, especially for December. We actually all went outside. Jesse got dressed in his winnie the pooh bunting and nursed on the front steps while we watched Josh play football with the boys and Jocelyn sort of participate. The game made it to half time before getting called on account of nap time. After naps we all played dreidel with the many many pieces of gelt that Uncle Joey had brought us. I must say, it was pretty fun! Then we lit candles and had more presents. I got Josh, Timothy, Morgan and Jocelyn all matching Patriots shirts, which they all put on right away and looked simply too cute in. Then we opened the many gifts from Susan and Jonathan, which was so fun! Among other things, Jocelyn got a party dress that is significantly nicer than my wedding dress. My other favorite was a romper for Jesse with little animals on the feet - hysterically cute!
Jocelyn continues to be so cute that sometimes it's hard to breathe. Her new favorite phrase is "want some?" which she says whenever I am trying to enjoy a snack. She'll pretty much eat anything if it is something I was trying to eat alone. When we were outside yesterday she came over to point everyone out to me. She calls Morgan "Morgie" - too cute!
My 6-week dr's appt was supposed to be this week but I guess my doctor is going away for the holidays or something because I got rescheduled for Jan 12th. I decided that that was much too long to wait for a bath (she had told me no baths for 6 weeks - that's like torture!) so I took my first post-pardum bath yesterday afternoon (while Jesse was taking his 2nd nap of the day I'm hoping this whole 2-nap thing is a new pattern!). I forgot how much I love my tub! I could have stayed in it all day.
Josh had been rooming with Timothy still but since he came back to our room Friday night while the Roberges were here, he decided to make it permanent. Unfortunately, he was woken up around 1am when Timothy came in to announce that he had throw up. Since he's a boy, of course it was on the carpet. According to Josh, he threw up everything he'd eaten since birth. I guess that wasn't quite accurate since he came in again at 6:30 to announce a new spot on the carpet, and again just now when he almost made it to the toilet but not quite. Poor kid. No fever but clearly not having a fun day so far. He says he feels fine in between puking. I'm kinda hoping it was something he ate because otherwise the rest of us are in for a cruddy week (and possibly Mandy's family as well - so sorry)! Right now Timothy is quarantined to his room and only Josh is going in and out.
My old boss (Jim) is retiring from Aetna after almost 33 years. He's the Chief Actuary so each year hosts something called the Actuarial Forum (this year it was web cast so I was able to listen in for certain parts). There are annual awards in various categories and this year he added a new award just for me - the nerd award! It was for the letter I wrote in regarding my first date with math and my prize is an old framed poster that he has with a picture of an actuary and the caption "Math Nerd". It was a promotional campaign for actuaries that Aetna had done some time ago. Jim also recapped his 33 years by quoting the many actuaries he had worked with over that time, including me. He quoted me as saying "perfect is the enemy of good" (which I did say but stole from something I heard on NPR). It was certainly nice to get a mention and I will really miss him when he's gone (he doesn't plan to leave until March I believe).
I suggested to Josh that he should write up some dad-tips for Rob and put them in his stocking, but he said the only thing he can think of is to grab Rob by the shoulders, shake him a bit, and say "you have no idea". No exactly the holiday gift I was thinking of!
I guess that's about it from here. Nothing new with Morgan. He desperately needs a haircut, as does Timothy, and Josh for that matter. We'll see if I can get to that this week.
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