Grow.Make.Brew.Eat

Monday Augie turned eight weeks old. Technically Friday he was 2 months (if you are going by the date...). He's turning into such a little man. It's absolutely incredible to watch him grow. He's had a lot of family visitors. It's normal to have both sets of Grandparents, his Aunt Boo Boo & Cousin Lehnie stop by frequently.  Mimi Lehnie is going to be a big sister in May so she's getting a lot of practice too. She think's he is soooooo cute AND prefers to call him by his formal name, August.   Cousin Lehnie Grandpa Alan came by for a visit last week. Someone was a little fussy and is still getting a hang of the bottle. We currently give him about one a week to make sure he is used to it when the time rolls around for day care when I go back yo work (just about 3 weeks away now). Yesterday he had two bottles from Dad and they were much more successful. In the next few weeks we'll practice a little more. Grandpa Alan Augi...

Well, Augie is getting big fast. The munchkin now weighs in at 9lbs 7oz and he continues to grow daily. He has outgrown most of his newborn clothes, which is amazing and strange at the same time. The newborn gear looks so small now. I look forward each week to having him weighed at my Lactaion Support Group. We are trying this week to have him sleep in the pack and play. For the past three weeks I have been sleeping propped up on the couch or chair with him sleeping on my chest. The poor little guy is very gassy and grunts a lot if he's not slightly elevated. Sleeping with him upright allowed everyone in the house to get more sound sleep.   He also likes the warmth of being cozy and snuggling (which I have to say I love too). I've tried to adjust my diet to see if that helps with his gas (no dairy...bye, bye cheese and greek yogurt..., no broccoli/cauliflower, one cup of coffee in the morning, limited citrus fruits, etc). It seems to help...

Andy is off work for Presidents' Day today. It's been nice having a three day weekend with the whole family. Today we are just spending the day cleaning up the house and organizing and just enjoying each other's company. Since we weren't in a rush this morning we decided on a more involved meal: Nutella French Toast. I saw a pic/recipe for this on Pinterest but never actually read the recipe. I figured we could figure this one out on our own. It was easy AND really good. Who doesn't love Nutella? Here's what we did- Mix up some eggs with cinnamon and brown sugar Soak the bread in the eggs Slap it on the griddle until cooked Layer french toast with a little Nutella and walnuts Top with cinnamon, a dash of brown sugar and just a teeny bit of maple syrup Serve with a side of fruit and there you have a great breakfast for a nice day off Augie even helped...Today he's 5 weeks old!

Today is Andy's 35th! Happy Birthday to my favorite husband...haha. I felt ambitious today and wanted to do a couple of fun projects. I stuck Augie in the Moby Wrap ... he actually likes it (so do I...very comfortable). He fell asleep right away, long enough for me to do something creative. I made Andy some beer coasters, which I wanted to make him for Christmas, but never got around to doing. They are pretty fun and just have some different advertisements, etc for beer on them. Can we say Modge Podge? hehe. I hot glued cloth on the bottom so they won't scuff anything. Oh they are made out of tiles... Then I thought I would make him some sort of good eats. I figured that we had the ingredients for oatmeal raisin cookies. So I whipped up a batch of those from one of my favorite foodie websites, Smitten Kitchen . I altered the recipe slightly, as I didn't have any eggs. I used a half of a banana instead. And I added some chocolate chips to the mix....j...

It's so true....they grow up fast. Augie is three weeks old today and he's already changed significantly since the day he was born. He's gone from my little jaundiced pumpkin to my little growing gremlin...noises and all. He's growling right now... Last Tuesday Augie and I ventured out by ourselves to the Lactation Support Group at Swedish American Hospital . There Moms can have their babies weighed, feed them, and then have them weighed again to see how much they have taken in. They answer questions, give advice and you get to meet other Moms & babies. Last week he had exceeded his birth weight of 7lb 12oz and weighed in at 7lb 15.5oz. Tomorrow I will take Augie to the group again and see how much he has grown. He's growing! (no we don't sleep with him in the bed...we just had some cuddle time) Both Andy & I can tell he's getting bigger. He's easier to handle...not so "floppy" and he just seems so much stronger. He's more ...

So it's taken me a while to sit down and write about this. We've been adjusting to lots of new daily adventures. And every minute of it has been a blast. I can say I have no complaints! Life as new parents is great and I can only see it getting better. We're adjusting to our different sleep schedule which is really helping our mental health...haha. Andy heads  back to work on Monday next week and I can say I really will miss all of the help that he has provided Augie and I over the past three weeks. He's an amazing husband and father. So here it goes- Sunday, the 15th, we slept in, ate left over pizza for lunch, celebrated birthdays at Andy's Grandma Jeanette's...I ate something like three different kinds of cake and ice cream (and I think I went back for a second round of sweets), hung out at my parents for a bit, then came home and ate macaroni and cheese, from a box. Not our usual day of fairly healthy eating, but that's what we had. After dinner ...

Well it's been over a week since you've seen a post from me and most of you know that it's because we've been busy, busy, busy with our new arrival!!!! August Andrew Eikstadt was born on Monday January 16, 2012 at 12:57pm. Some of you have already heard me say this but here it is again: he was 7lbs 12oz and 20 inches of perfect. And seriously, I'm not lying. He's perfect. It's amazing to think that this little dude made his home inside of me for almost 10 months. He was born when I was 39 weeks 3days...just shy of his due date of 1/20/12. Yesterday he was a week old. it made me tear up a little to think how much he has already grown and changed since his birth day. We brought him home just last Wednesday, after a big snow storm moved through on Tuesday. Augie did great on the car ride home and has already had his first outing to the Dr., in which he was a champ for the appt (which just so happened to be another day with...