my monster

Too cute

Shangri-La and vaccines

My birthday just passed and we had a wonderful stay at Mike's work. The hotel was amazing and it was nice to pretend we were on vacation somewhere. I always try and get in that mind frame when I am away from home. Mike gave me a 1 1/2 hr massage at the Spa in the hotel and let me tell you, rich people have it good. :) I was escorted to my own private room which had a private shower which was also a steam room, private huge Jacuzzi tub and private bathroom. Oh did I forget to mention private sitting area with fireplace. It couldn't get any better. The massage was heaven. I knew that my body was in need of some work, 9 months pregnant, 30 hrs of labour and 4 months of holding rocking and jiggling a growing baby but I didn't realize how bad, until the masseuse felt a lump in my upper back the size of a baseball. Ouch!

My dad brother and mom Mike and I all went to Red Robin for dinner which I chose by the way. lol. They have a really good fish burger. After that mom was very generous and stayed with Jet for a bit so that Mike and I could go sit in the hot tub. Before I had kids i never realized that having 30 mins to yourself could be so glorious. We had a good rest of the night, Jet slept pretty well for being in a new place, which is always a worry when you travel with a baby. All in all I had a great birthday surrounded by the people I love.

Update on Jet, he had his 4 month vaccines and check up today. I'm feeling kinda guilty though because I wasn't up all night worrying about his appt and about the fact that he is going to get jabbed numerous times. In fact I had a very peaceful 8.5 hr sleep. So when we got to the Dr office I thought ok I better get ready for the waterworks to start, my waterworks that is. But they never came. The nurse said at his first shots that most moms cry when their babies get vaccinated, I guess because they sting and it's hard to watch your baby in pain. Especially since you are kinda causing it. But i never cried, nor did my eyes tear up. Does that make me a bad mother? Do I not love him as much as I should? Of course not!! I am really fed up with society putting labels on moms that don't do everything by the book. The worst is the other women telling you things and they don't even have kids. I mean seriously, c mon. So from now on I am changing the tape playing in my head that I am a good caring, loving mother even though I didn't cry when my son got his vaccines. :) Sorry for the rant.

Jet is growing well 14.5 lbs and 24 inches, he is in the 50% for weight gain and 25-50% for height. Man he is growing up so fast. Next month we can start solids!!! Not looking forward to the dreaded poop change that happens when he starts. I know that I will be relegated to doing most of these diaper changes as Mike's stomach is not that strong. Oh the joy's of motherhood.

Sorry for the long post, i tend to ramble a bit. time for some pics.

My Happy Boy

Monster noises and rolling, rolling, rolling

Jet has finally rolled from his back to his tummy, which is not as easy as tummy to back.(he mastered that a while a go). I am so proud of him and can't believe how fast he is growing up. I have never felt so proud about something before, it's strange, i want to shout it out the window and tell everyone I know. Well maybe that's why I'm blogging it, :) It's just a big milestone and I love how he loves learning new things.

Another milestone that he has mastered is his "Monster noise" voice. I have to thank his "girlfriend" Paige for this one as she LOVES to do monster noises and he must have picked it up on their play dates. I absolutely love these noises because it's a sound that you would never think a baby would make. Now that Jet can make these noises he is officially a big boy in my eyes, man where did my 6 lb new born go? He's turned into a 14 1/2 lb rolling monster machine and i love it!

Off to find someone that I can brag to about my big boy.

You know your a mom when...

You change your shower routine so that you wash your hair first in case you have to jump out quickly, you can always put on perfume..

You are walking around in the mall and you realize it's you that smells like vomit not that strange looking dude beside you.

You can hum all the tunes of the bouncer and swing by heart and find your self doing it randomly.

You can push a stroller, hold in a soother, walk the dog and answer your cell phone all at the same time.

You rather hold your sleeping baby no matter how heavy they get just to get in more cuddle time

You can hear your baby make a peep even when you are in the deepest sleep

You can tell your baby's cry from across Walmart

The make up and hair brush in your purse is replaced with diaper cream and baby wipes

You sit in the walk in clinic for 3 hours just for the Dr to tell you "it's normal"

being covered in sit up, pee or poop doesn't phase you at all.

you ask your husband" what did the poop look like?"

you can change your babies clothes and diaper with no lights on at night so they don't wake up

being able to sleep for 6 hours straight is heaven

You start to sway and rock even when you are not holding your baby

last but not least

you know your a mom when all you want to do is just watch your sleeping baby not matter how sleep deprived you are or that the chores are piling up.

New to all of this

So I have never blogged before but seeing some of my friends blogs I realized that it would be a great way for me to capture and document our family, as a posed to scribbling Jet's milestones on the flimsy white board I have. I guess I have a lot to catch up on seeing that Jet is almost 4 months old, but trying to do something like this back when he was born would have resulted in a bunch of nonsense I'm sure as sleep deprivation was in full affect. Now that I'm getting a reasonable amount of sleep this actually may work.

Stay tuned for more updates on team harris( i know you will all be holding your breath)