Road Trip

At 7 weeks old Julian joins us on our first road trip to Las Vegas. Last place I would ever think of taking a new born baby for a weekend. But since dad has family that lives in Vegas, we headed out there this past weekend for a family party and for dads family to meet our big boy. We headed out friday night, Julian did so well. He slept thru most of the trip only waking up for feedings, and once we arrived he stayed up until 1am. Saturday was the party, an all day event to which I was worried Julian was going to be cranky from the late night before. But he was a sweet calm baby despite not having many naps during the day. On Sunday we headed back home and this time baby did fuss a little but still not too bad. We just made sure he had a clean dry diaper, was well fed and had the air conditioner on.

Julian is growing and growing not only in size but also in brains :). He likes it when we read to him. I would say his favorite book is I Love You Trough and Through (thanks Wendi). He smiles when we read it everytime. Julian is starting to discover his hands and sucking on them. The other night we noticed him sucking on his thumb, I wanted to stop him but he looked so cute doing it. Luckily he only did it for a few second. He also smiles more often now everytime we talk to him. He looks for us when we call him and we're not in his view. The best part of all is that he knows I am his mommy. If he's crying with dad, the second I take him he stops crying. If someone else is holding him and I talk to him he starts to look for me and when he sees me he stares and smiles (my heart melts everytime).

Julian all dressed up and ready to go to his cousins promotion ceremony

Now I am just one day away from going back to work. As all moms say "I dont want to go back" but I need to if I want to give my baby all of the best. So I am taking in these last hours I have with him and making sure he knows I am his mama and love him very much.

A month old....

Julian is now a month old, where has the time gone? So much learning has taken place since we brought our little one home from the hospital. The number one lesson; Julian is the boss of the household. Everything is done around his schedule, my plans and my schedules go out the window. Just when I am getting used to his sleeping schedule he goes and changes it around. I was getting used to having him sleep at 9pm and not waking up til 2 or 3am for feeds and fall right back to sleep. But this last weekend he decided that he wanted to go to sleep at 6pm wake up at 10pm and remain awake til 12am. This causes him to wake up late in the morning and sleeping more often in the day time, which is when mom is awake doing chores. Meaning I am lacking lots of sleep. Julian has also done the typical trick that little boys do and that is pee all over the bed during diaper change. Also he has had a couple of poop explosions, where it gets all over his clothes and misses half the diaper. Despite this he is still a good baby and I love and enjoy every second I am with him.



Ismael and I also celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary and this was the first time Julian was away from mom for 3 hours. Julian stayed with grandma while mommy and daddy went to dinner. It was pretty rough for me to be away from Julian so I rushed trough dinner only to get home to Julian sooner.


Now I am only 15 days away from going back to work. Just thinking about it gets me teary eyed. I am not looking forward to that day. The only thing that makes it just a tiny bit better is knowing that my mom will be taking care of him.

How can I stay away from this handsome little boy?