Big pig!

Alyssa managed to get me about 5oz of milk stored up so I could feed him if he needed it. Well, she fed him, and then went to class, and half an hour later I had to give him all 5oz of it! And then she got out of class about half an hour after that and he wanted to eat again! And this isn't even the first time he's done this! I can't believe how much he eats!

Concert

Alyssa, Mom, and I went to a Harry Connick Jr. concert in town, and we left Jake and Dad to babysit.

Odin was sleeping at first, but then apparently they didn't have the bottle put together correct so a lot of milk spilled out. Of course, Odin is an enormous pig so he started crying when it ran out. Mom said warm water would calm him down but they gave him half a bottle of it instead of just a little. It worked, but I slipped out into the lobby to call Jake and he told me what was going on. Basically, he was just over-tired, so I told him what to do to calm him down and when we got home everything was fine.

I wonder if they'll want to babysit again for us?

Bath with us

Alyssa and I just brought Odin in the bath with us. It was a lot easier for all of us than the little baby-tub thingy we have. He didn't scream or anything. He liked sitting in it with us, and we all had a lot of fun. We filled it with this lavender/chamomile soap stuff and it calmed him down so now he's sleeping soundly. I think we found a new night-time routine.

Fully animated

Odin has been smiling a lot, trying to talk, he can lift his head up, and move his arms and legs pretty good. It's amazing to watch how he is developing. He's really heavy now; more than 11 pounds! He's not going to stay little forever! :(

Mother's Day

Alyssa had her first Mother's Day today! Hurray for her!

Pretty decent photos for a cell phone camera.

Chaos

We went over to Paula's house and had a fiasco:

Alyssa and I went for a walk to get some diapers and left Odin with the family. Grandpa George had come down to see the baby and was brought by Matt and Denise, and Kellie came over so everybody was there to watch him. It's only a 15 or 20 minute walk both ways. Apparently, Odin started screaming his head off while we were gone, he was hungry.

The only reason I mention it is because of how everyone reacted. Kellie and Matt had gone for a ride in Matt's new truck and when they came back, Paula was in the driveway frantically waving at them to turn around and go get us like it was some extreme emergency. Denise was pretty calm, and George was swinging him in his bassinet to calm him down. Rylie was a little freaked out. But I was laughing my head off that they thought it was an emergency. I mean, babies cry. It's in the job description. We were called to hurry home when we were about 10 minutes away and we didn't even increase our pace because we knew that he was just crying and big deal.

It's like babies crying in public; I only have a problem with it if the baby is crying in the library or the movies. Then it's just common courtesy to leave. But I can't stand people who give you dirty looks if you're on the bus or in the grocery store. I mean, babies cry, live with it, if you had a baby crying would you want people giving you dirty looks? I've had lots of babies cry in a place I was hanging out and I didn't care because babies do that and I'm sure the parents didn't want me judging them.

Smile!

Odin has been smiling a lot lately, and I finally caught it on camera! These pictures aren't as big as some of his smiles, but still very cute! There's also a picture of Odin in his really cute hooded towel that has ears on it. (I also put these in the directory with his pictures under the links to the right.)

Mail!

Odin got his first official piece of mail! It's a sealed envelope with his name on it! It's still weird to me to see his name on stuff, like he's a real person and everything.

Haha

Just a funny little note: he pees all over himself during a diaper change, so we give him a bath and he pees in the bath! I can't wait until he knows where he's gonna go!

Hehe....

Nana visits

My mother came down yesterday to visit and see Odin. She crashed with us.

He spent a lot of time with her, they did really good, he likes her. It also helped to have someone to watch him if we wanted to take a shower or something.

It's good that Odin's family are so involved and want to spend time with him. We'll have to make trips to Portland more frequently to visit.

Spider-man 3!!!

Well, we wanted to go see Spider-man 3 on the day it came out, so we dropped Odin off with his grandma. First time we've been away from him since we sent him to the nursery while at the hospital.

He did fine; we left her with some milk and he mostly slept, so it looks like we have a babysitter whenever we want now. Well, we were only gone for 4 hours or so but at least we know it'll work.

Stronger

Odin can lift his head up a bit. We put him stomach-down on his boppy last night and he was able to lift his head to look at us. His head still flails around a bit if you pick him up without giving him head-support, but he can lift it to look at you. He can even push up with his arms to gain some hight. And if you set him in your lap, he can stand up. He can't balance, but there's enough strength in his legs to lift his whole body.

Shit Happens

You know that there's a warning on diaper packages that says "limit 10 pounds"? Well, they mean it, 'cause that's all they'll hold.

Odin took a crap about 3 or 4 times, one after another, and there was so much, that it leaked out, or rather, up. It turned his whole back brown/yellow because we were trying to hold him so it smushed around and almost got up to his shoulders!

Gross, huh?

We just got done cleaning it up -- it was a team effort -- and the shirt was, perhaps, salvageable, but we just dumped it because we didn't have anything to take it home in. The blanket he was wrapped in was also dirty so we rolled it up and he'll have to be cold for the trip home.

Yay!

Odin has started smiling! He mostly does it in his sleep (he even laughs in his sleep), but he can sometimes manage it when he's awake if he's looking at one of us. It's really cute!