Photo dump

Car Seat Troubles.

Warren has never been comforted by the car ride, in fact he hates car rides with a passion. I was staring at him the other day when I had an epiphany: he hates his car seat. With a passion. I personally think it's the recline that he dislikes so because he enjoys sitting up. I went and bought him a convertible car seat, and for once he did not instantly scream when we sat him in it. Now he needs another stroller because you cannot take the convertible car seat out of the car and I am not comfortable with him facing outwards, which is what his current stroller does.

Here is a picture of him not screaming in his car seat.

Him wearing one of the outfits my mom bought him. The socks are my favorite part. They look like hi-tops.

Warren and his dad during tummy time.

A couple good ones of him smiling.

I was going through his closet to gather clothes for Lexi when I came across his outfit for if he had been a girl. I could not help myself :/ I probably would have put the dress on him but he is too big. Ray and my mom thinks he looks like a boy in drag and I have to agree. For the most part, I think he looks like a baby and could pass for a girl but not in this picture. He looks like a boy with a headband on his head.

Na na na na na na na na....

BATMAN! As in, Warren was Batman for halloween. We spent the evening at my BFF's parents house. Let's see what other photos are in my phone...

This is just a clear one of his face where he is not fidgeting around which is why I like it.

He loves to "stand up." If you look, the pants he is wearing probably need to be retired because they are giving him a muffin top. He has that issue with a few pairs of pants actually. On a side note, I have no idea why some of the pictures are showing in groups of threes.

Alas, car rides are not comforting to him yet. He screams bloody murder every time. I took him on a 15 minute ride yesterday and he screamed the. entire. time. Coming and going. He must have screamed himself exhausted because when we got home he slept for almost 5 hours. The picture below, we went for a 5 minute car ride and he looks like he is actually enjoying the experience.

Sometimes, he falls asleep during the middle of a feeding while being burped.

And my current favorite, it was dark and the flash from my phone caught him off guard.

First shots

So let's recap....

At birth, Warren was 8lb 2oz and 20.75 inches long

At his two week appointment, Warren was 9lb 3oz and 21 inches long

At his six week appointment, Warren was 12lb 2 oz and 23.75 inches long

His pediatrician (such a wonderful woman) said that he was in the 75th percentile for his weight and 90th percentile for his height. My mom kept saying how long he had gotten but I guess I did not really notice. He does have a chest x-ray as well as a scan to see the development of his trachea/larynx because of his breathing. They also need to measure his oxygen saturation; she said that he would not be growing as wonderfully as he has been if he had issues with oxygen saturation but she is doing so for safe measure. I know this is something they did when he was in NICU so I am not too worried but it does suck because he is my baby boy :/

Now for pictures...

We went to the Citadel outlets and I saw this hat at The Children's Place and could not resist. His Nana is holding him.

Warren's first selfie.

This is him hours after his first shots. At present he is not a happy camper and just wants to sleep or be held. Poor guy, he did really well during his exam.



He has been smiling for about a week but this was the first time I could actually capture it on camera.



This one, he was off to Nana's house while Ray and me went to dinner and a movie.

People posing with the baby

Preserving for posterity.

They see me rollin', they hatin'....

A couple of days ago, Warren was doing tummy time on his floor mat. Neither Ray or myself were paying attention to what he was doing but when I looked at him, he was on his back. I asked Ray did he do it or did Warren roll himself over; Ray said the baby did it. We put him on the couch to see if it whether or not it was a fluke; it was not, the boy rolled over a couple more time after that. So there you have it, at one month old he rolled himself from his stomach to his back. The link to the video is below, the video was too big for me to get it off of my phone :/


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The photo below is one of my favorites from when he was about 2 weeks old.

This is him napping. This is his thing. He LOVES sleeping with his arms up next to head. If his arms are free, they always find their way up.

His signature face he makes when he is stretching out while sleeping. Notice the arm is up.

Father and son playing Saints Row.

I have never in my life seen a baby that gets as upset as he does when you try to burp him in the middle of feedings. He has a combination of moves that includes throwing his weight back, stretching his legs, crying, whining, and turning his head so that you will resume feeding him. He gets so angry, but in this shot, he calmed down long enough to give Ray this dirty look.

Another one of my current favorites, Warren during tummy time. He will pick and hold himself up in this position for an extended amount of time. My boy is advanced for his age ;)

You get bonus points if you can tell me what he is doing while making this face.

Lobster day

Doing things! Ashley and i went to Lobster fest in Redondo beach. Warren slept through it! He slept through a high school football game as well (Congrats to Ashleys brother on the win. Go Eagles). It's really not too crazy being out with a baby. We had fun at both events.

Motorcycles and motor skills

Warren's first checkup went great. He is 9 pounds now and doing great. The doctor told me that a newborn getting hiccups everyday is normal.

Blogging is hard :(

I'm off work now so maybe I will update more or at all! Warren Ryder Malloy was born Aug 31st at 11:55 pm. He is a very good baby. His two happy grandmas are staying with us now while we learn the ropes

Updated nursery

Nursery

When I first found out I was pregnant, I took a lot of our stuff (camping gear, christmas decorations, etc) to our storage unit, also known as my mom's garage. After that, the room remained a receptacle of random things, including everything laundry related. We recently had a guest so that was my motivation to clean that room out and I did a pretty darn good job if I must say so myself. Below is a current picture of the nursery....

Nice isn't it? That is a full size mattress in the corner that will also find its way to my mom's house and the other object is a lamp. That's it. Nothing else. When we first found out I was pregnant, I wanted to wait until I was further along before I bought anything but it just turned into me procrastinating and now I have 9 weeks left :/ My dad said he was going to buy the baby's crib/changing table so we are just waiting on that.

The landlord said was couldn't paint so I am thinking we are going to go with wall decals for whatever theme we choose. And yes, a Trojan theme is an option at this point!

As Promised...

As I promised in my other post, I would include pictures of myself this time around. I began taking weekly photos of myself at 8 weeks but that did not last long and I eventually fell off the wagon. I realized that I do not have that many photos of me pregnant, but I hope that changes after my baby shower on Saturday.


This is me at 8 weeks. Notice the fancy sign, that was during my weekly photo phase.

Now this is me around 15 or 16 weeks, honestly not sure but if you REALLY want to know I can go through the text messages to my sister in law because it was taken at her request.

And this gem is me around 23 or 24 weeks. Again, if you REALLY want to know the exact time I can track weather patterns in Ca because it was unusually cold that day.

Well that was fun, the next post we will discuss all of the things I have done to get ready for the baby. That's right, it will be a short one ;)

FIRST

Hi Everyone,

This blog was created to share updates/pictures of the newest and perhaps largest chapter in our lives. Yes, I am pregnant (31 weeks 1 day to be exact) with our first child whose sex is still unknown. We have no real reason for being Team Green other than me not wanting to know the sex and Ray being supportive of that decision. You may notice me referring to the baby interchangeably as "she" or "he," I am hoping for a healthy baby first and a boy second :) September 2, 2013 could prove to be an interesting day.

Now for the fun stuff....PICTURES!

This is one of Ray at the PLUSH show featuring a fake baby in the Ergobaby carrier.

Here is one of the baby at 7 weeks. I forget which is which but one blob is the baby and the other blob is its yolk sac.

This is the baby at 13 weeks, he did really well, sat still the entire time.

This is the most recent image that we have save digitally, it was taken around 19 or 20 weeks. My dad was kind enough to escort me to this appointment because I did not want to go alone. The fun part of this picture is trying to find his face, it is in there, you just have to look!

That's all for now, I promise the next post will include pictures of me :)