It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

When else in life can a man wear boots with the fur?

Janna and the case of the terrible, horrible, very bad mom brain

I have self diagnosed myself. I have now broken a total of 3 drinking glasses, my favorite mug, and the french press. I am at a loss for words and the amount of times I have asked Zan the same question, following up that question with whether I have already asked that question have been numerous. The final act to make me sure I was losing my mind was when I left the car door open while we were at the dog park. Yes, I packed up the baby and the dog and just left the door open and walked away! 

All of the differential diagnosis floated around in my head. I have never diagnosed myself with so many things, except for a short period in nursing school where I think everyone thinks that they have the symptoms for every horrible disease that you are learning about. It finally dawned on me. We are in the bleary-eyed, cloudy survival mode that is called parenting a 10 week old who has decided sleep is overrated. Yes, we are in the trenches. 

Once I settled on that and tried to let go of  thinking I must have a horrible disease I could direct my research  towards fixing the sleep issue. Sleepwise, Happiest Baby on the Block, Baby Whisperer the resources are endless. Not to mention the scores of "mom chats" online. Everyone using acroynms like "LO" (little one) STTN (sleeping through the night) etc, which has done nothing but make me furious that people use 800 words to describe their situation, but don't want to write out these extra few words. Also these posts generally being full of how their baby is the best and it is because of their superior mothering skills. I have to admit that before the last few weeks I felt pretty smug that I had it all figured out. Leif had started to sleep 5 hour stretches and it had to be because we were doing things the "right way." Parenthood is such a lesson in humility and patience. 

But for the moment he is sleeping, and I am grateful.

Good thing it is hard to feel tired and cranky with this little guy

 

I finally caught him on camera rolling over.

Baby's first Thanksgiving

We had a great first Thanksgiving with Baby Leif. He was showered with so much love and hugs and kisses he didn't know what to do with himself.

Lily and Leif celebrate their first Thanksgiving together

Wait, it's the holidays already??? 

Mormor and her little turkey

The Tryptophan does it every time

Leif is always a happy guy with his Gigi 

 

Asleep like a baby lion in a tree

Leif with his Great-Grandma Uffelman

This Thanksgiving was busy with Zan's yearly "Turkey Bowl" football game and seeing family and friends. We were able to visit with Leif's Great-Grandma Uffelman and cousins and Aunties and Uncles. As we were going to bed after getting home Sunday night Zan and I started cracking up as Leif lay in his crib in the dark clicking and popping away with his mouth- a new found skill he learned from his Gigi and Popi!

2 month stats

Leif had his 2 month appointment last Tuesday and is 12lbs 5oz! He is holding his head up so well and tried to roll himself off the Pediatrician's table, since she wasn't expecting him to move so much! He is getting more fun everyday with smiling, cooing and "talking". Man, time is flying by!

Ralphy, I can't put my arms down!

Happy Thanksgiving!

gobble gobble

Election Results

The elections are finally over.  Votes have been cast, ballots counted, and results tallied.  And as you all might have read, there has been some pretty significant aftermath in Washington, especially in the Uffelman household.  It was a close race between Mom and Dad for Head of House.  Dad started out strong but made a devastating blunder mid-campaign by criticizing 50% of the household for not holding jobs or paying taxes.  Mom quickly capitalized stating that 25% was not of working age and the other 25% provided significant services to this household, specifically chasing away mountain gophers, and being furry and cute.
Dad tried to refocus his campaign on his efforts to increase Defense spending but Mom countered postulating that Dad's Krav Maga lessons are not going to make the household any safer.  Mom easily carried the victory.

In other results, I-574 the Legalize Spanking Initiative failed 3-1.

And now, here is what you all came for:  More Leif. 

Bath time!

Leif and Ruby (AKA the 47%)