Bottle or No Bottle?

Exhibit A:

My fave pair of boots...

Exhibit B:

The Culprit? My cat Jazz (the only one with claws). I went to wear my fave pair of boots... but they seem to have been... what's the word... used as a CAT STRATCHING POST! Damn it!

I am soooooooooooooo mad about my fave pair of boots... they're pretty much good for garbage now. This damage is not cool. I wonder if I could still wear them with a long enough pair of pants, that would cover the damaged area. I wonder if it's even worth it??

Two pairs of earrings that I made for myself. I heart pink!

The stitch markers from the swap that I hosted, from Lainie. Thanks Lainie - I love them!

Here is the package that we won from CJAD for the special delivery of the day!



I received this water color from my friend Jennie. I love it so much.
I need to find a frame for it, I want to hang it in his room. It's so special.



Yesterday, while the nurse was over from the CLSC, I got a doorbell ring... it was Purolator, with a package for Sean. I couldn't believe he was receiving mail already. (Winning radio contest and receiving mail!) Anyhow, my friend Sherrie in Boston sent over this Boston Red Socks outfit, to bug Jamie. You see, Jamie's a HUGE Yankee's fan - and Sherrie - a native from Boston - a Sox Fan. I think we're going to have a problem here, I don't know if Jamie will allow Sean to wear it!

The outfit also came with a cute hat:

So those are all the photos I've been meaning to blog in the last few days, just hadn't had time to post! Ah, life with a newborn!

Seapking of which, Sean certainly sleeps a lot, which I try to sleep at the same time, but sometimes, by the time I fall asleep, it's time to get up again to feed him! So my mind almost thinks "what's the point of falling asleep, if you need to get up shortly again". It's a bad way to think, but I force myself to get some shut eye. It's really hard though... especially since I'm used to sleeping for 12 hours straight by the end of the pregnancy. (But BOY does it feel GREAT to sleep on my tummy again! I'm a stomach sleeper).

The nursing is going okay, but because I left the hospital with damage from not feeding Sean properly, due to the reason that the hospital didn't teach me how to breastfeed properly, when I thought I was, I have been pumping lately, to ease up the pain and allow some heeling time. To be honest, I discussed it with Jamie, and we both agreed that as long as Sean's getting my milk, that we don't really care how he is getting it (from me vs. the bottle). Also - because of the pumping, this allows us to feed Sean (either me or daddy) in the middle of the night in less time than it was taking if I was nursing him from my boob. This allows for getting back to sleep sooner, and allowing us to get more sleep. I am very happy about this! It makes for such a happier baby and a happier mommy & daddy! We both actually got a really good night's sleep last night, which is fantastic compared to the amount of sleep we've been getting lately. It's been really tough getting that sleep, and now that we sort of are starting upon a routine, it's getting better. Much better!

Today we got out of the house for lunch, joining Jamie's ex coworkers for some souvlaki. Sean was of course spoiled yet again, with a few more toys just for him, and some outfits and an awesome fleece Winnie the Pooh blanket.

This evening Jamie had the boy's over for poker, and I had Vera over, who fell in love with Sean and held him and even got to try feeding him (she's never fed a baby before, so I think it's been a cool experience for her). I want Sean to get used to being passed around to people, so that he's not freaked out when other people hold him as he gets older. He needs to be a social kid! So we're starting him young, being held and even fed or diaper changed (if the person is willing) by other people.

This weekend brings upon more visitors coming to see Sean, and we have a nurse from McGill coming tomorrow to do Part 2 of a 3 participation study for research. (Sean made 10$ in the hospital for me answering a few questions to a girl from McGill, and this visit tomorrow earns Sean another 20$. There is a last part, I think when Sean is a month old, and that will earn him another 20$). This kid will be a month old, and he'll have already earned himself 50$! And he didn't even have to leave the house! I'm really hoping that the nurse from the research study at McGill brings with her a scale, so that I can weigh him, to make sure he's making progress in his weight gain. I am sure he's doing well - but I don't have a baby scale, so I can't measure him accurately. I tried with my yarn scale, but he was too figidty, I wasn't able to get an accurate reading, which is too bad. My yarn scale actually can measure the weight of a baby - it's just too bad that it wasn't stable for him to stay on if he was moving around.

Speaking of yarn... that brings me to knitting. I frogged my Column of Leaves scarf tonight. The mistake that I was making was with a Purl 2 Together Through Back Loop... I wasn't doing it properly, and it was creating a bump on the wrong side of the project. I've done some Knit 2 Together Through Back Loop before, but never Purling. But now that I've fixed that problem, I'm back on track. While Vera held Sean tonight, while the boy's played poker, I got some knitting time in! While watching What Not To Wear on TLC. (I'm starting to love this show!)

Here are some precious pictures of Sean, that I leave you with tonight:

I love the way he cuddles with his hands.... make me feel good that he's comfy!

He gives us these smiles while he sleeps.
I just love it!
I'm glad I captured this moment on film!