So we wont do all of them, but ill add some from the beginning so you can see how big he’s getting.
Week 1
Week 5
Week 8
Week 11
I couldnt get him to stretch out his legs, but you can see how big and long his torso is getting. And hes smiling! So I couldnt pass up posting that pic of him. He doesnt seem a whole lot different from week 5 to week 8, but I can tell he’s filling out by week 11. I even wrote in ‘new arm roll’ on his baby calendar the other day. Fat babies are the best.
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Ok – So Phil already did a mini post on how boring hurricane Irene was. And even though I dont actually have pictures to accompany a post on the earthquake, I wanted to post so I have a record of probably the only earthquake I will ever be a part of.
The weekend prior to the earthquake, our roof was leaking, so I had called our landlord who in turn called the roofers and they came that morning to patch some things up. Due to all the skylights in the row house – its easy to see and hear anything happening on the roof and the workers made quite a bit of noise all morning but left by noon. Then all of a sudden, right before 2pm, there was a lot of rumbling noise. I was a little nervous, but chalked it up to roofers. But soon the noise turned into movement. We have a hanging a light in the kitchen and I had a dying vase of flowers right under it. I looked over and the light was swinging and pedals were falling off the flowers. I seriously thought our roof was coming down!!
I channeled my inner Vivica Fox:
Fast forward to about 3 minutes.
I seriously never scooped up this baby so fast. I ran to the door and was screaming for Barney, convinced I only had moments to get out of this house before the whole place fell down. I somehow managed to get a leash on the dog and out of the house in like 10 seconds. And then I saw all my neighbors on the street as well and finally realized it was an earthquake and not a roofing issue.
Yes, all you west coasters can laugh your ass off at my total freak out to a 5.8 earthquake. But my house was not built with earthquakes in mind. This home is less than a mile from us:
So, yeah. Scary stuff.
The hurricane on the other hand – not so scary. The news had us convinced we might be washed out to the bay, or at least without power for a prolonged period of time, but no dice on either. I had us stocked with water, canned goods, flashlights and beer for the long haul. and the lights didnt even flicker. the basement flooded a little – but we were anticipating that after we found some standing water down there a few weeks ago. We had already put all important items upstairs – so no damage done. I was a little bummed! Beej said we should have flipped the breaker just to live on the edge for a few hours.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I havent blogged in a while. But in the last month we wrecked both of our cars, had some deaths in the family and survived 2 natural disasters. On the flip side, we went to a few Os games and had some colorado visitors! And in any down time, we’ve been doing a lot of this:
And this:
And a little of this:
We are finally settling into a bit of a routine around here, so I hope to get back on a normal blogging schedule again. Thanks for your patience.
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It is honestly not nearly as bad as the news is making it out to be. I would say 50/50 we loose power.
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The number one thing people told us to do when we had a newborn was to take lots of pictures. Unfortunately, with the move, I feel like we neglected this advice all too often. All I have are random photos taken over the last few weeks. But its better than nothing I guess!
Phil, Char, and I went out to one last dinner in Asbury Park the day before the move and I got my very first ‘mom needs to get baby out of restaurant asap due to screaming’ experience. Phil and Char finished my dinner for me while Wil and I hung out in the car. Of course he settled down as soon as I abandoned my meal:
Hes lost a bit of his newborn hair – so i was trying to capture his old man balding – but the light wasnt that great. Instead, this better captures his lounging skillz in the bouncer (or my lack of parenting, by not strapping him in and letting him sink down…)
He’s definitely fattening up. Look at that neck, haha. He was 10 lbs on Monday.
And hes alert for longer periods of time now, which is fun, but also challenging when Im trying to think of creative things to do with him. I like to sing to him, but can never think of any songs to sing at a moments notice and I always end up singing Cake’s Alpha Beta Parking Lot. Seriously random. But thats what I sing like 1000X a day. I need to expand my repertoire.
He’s a great baby and Im having a blast with him thus far. Ill keep ya’ll updated more now that we are more settled in Baltimore. Im working on a ‘moving/new apartment’ post for the next few days.
Do NOT tell Phil I let Barney on the bed
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Holy Moly – its been a busy few weeks. But we’re here. And we finally have internet 🙂 We are still unpacking boxes and figuring out life here in Baltimore, but things are going well. Ill work on some monster posts on the move and Wil this weekend!
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As most of you know, we are getting ready to move from New Jersey to Baltimore. We are moving because the research lab I work in is relocating and Friday was my last day, ever. They are completely shutting down the base and transferring the land to the county. I have been so incredibly busy trying to wrap things up in NJ while keeping things running in Baltimore (plus the whole ‘baby’ incident) it didn’t really hit me that Friday was my last day at the Fort… ever.
This my sounds like hyperbole but it really is the end of an era. A whole lot of amazing science/technology was developed at Fort Monmouth and at my building (McAfee Center in the picture above) in particular. The McAfee Center’s namesake, Walter Samuel McAfee was an African American mathematician and scientist who first calculated the speed of the moon relative to earth. At the time, when the official announcement of this scientific breakthrough was made it only mentioned Dr. McAfee’s white colleges. Dr. McAfee was an integral part of Project Diana (intellectual forerunner of NRL’s Moonbounce program) which proved it was possible for radio waves to exit the ionosphere, bounce off the moon, re-enter the ionosphere, and be received at a monitoring station. This project is considered the birth of the US space program and fields of study such as radio and radar astronomy. This was the first time the human race had purposefully ‘touched’ another celestial body. I could bore you (even more) with the technical details but I won’t, just trust me, the project was amazing.
I consider Project Diana to be the most interesting and advanced thing to come out of Fort Monmouth. However, other scientific breakthroughs and projects developed at the Fort include:
Overall, Fort Monmouth was a great experience and the history of the place is amazing. I cannot believe our congressman let the base shut down, especially since he has an advanced degree in science. The only member of congress who is a rocket scientist. Anyway, the family is looking forward to starting a new chapter in Baltimore. Hopefully, HOPEFULLY, moving out of Jersey will stop people from asking us if we know Snookie.
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Happy birthday to my baby’s daddy. Here are Phil and Wil on Sunday evening, the last day of Phil’s baby beard. It was a like a playoff beard, but for paternity leave.
Hope you’re having a great day.
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We are still fighting newborn jaundice! He was a bit yellow coming home from the hospital and it usually dissipates within a few days – but Wil just keeps hanging on to that bilirubin! We have to get his levels tested every few days, which involves a trip to the hospital and a heel prick. Hopefully it will be cleared up soon. But until then – enjoy some pictures of our yellow child:
First doctors appointment. He was in the 25th percentile for length, 50th percentile for weight, and 75th for head size. Sooooo he’s short, stocky, and has a big head?
We think Barney has finally made peace with the fact that Wilek is here to stay.
Pics Ive randomly snapped:
Its hard to get a picture with his eyes open, because as soon as the flash starts to go off, he closes them.
We have gone on a couple walks around the block, but on Sunday we took Wil out to lunch with us. It was nice to be out of the house for a while. Not the best picture – but I was pretty pumped to have my baby all bundled up with me AND enjoying a nice cold beer. Life was good:
Phil went back to work yesterday and Wil and I fended for ourselves. We had a doctors appointment and a bili test – so I had my first out-of-the-house diaper changes and feedings. Then Phil came home early to watch Wil so I could run into the doctors – that was my first 1-2 hours being away from the baby. So there have been lots of firsts! So far, so good!
Other things that are surprising me:
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