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Baby Bond was a hit

Wedding weekend has come and gone...where does the time go? So, no tie. I'm pretty sure most of my blog followers either were at the wedding or have seen the pictures on Facebook. My little Baby Bond was looking pretty suave! The tuxedo onesie was the perfect attire, I must say. Lots of comments and I caught the photographer and videographer with cameras on E more than once, LOL.  When he fell asleep in my arms on the dance floor they were both aimed at us, though it was pretty impressive that he fell asleep in those conditions. I think we are going to trick or treat as Baby Bond tomorrow.  The monkey coat I got him is kind of boring but I'll put it on him later when we are giving out candy. Eliseo and i carved our pumpkin yesterday so he is all ready for his first Halloween.  Ok, I carved it while he cried in his bouncy seat. He will appreciate it one day. Or not.  My poor baby is running a fever tonight, hopefully by tomorrow evening he will be feeling better. For tonight it is Tylenol, saline drops, boogie wipes, the bulb thingy and hugs and kisses.

Abandoning ship

Well, I went to Babies R US and bought the oxford shirt onesie, they only had white, and the golfer cap and some shoes, came home, put it all together and i hate it. It doesn't look cute, even with the awesome tie. I think Eliseo will be uncomfortable. So, I think I'm abandoning the tie ship and I'm just going to get him something adorable that I fall in love with...and I only have one day to do it. I went shopping at Kohls a few weeks ago and there was so much to choose from that I deliberated for 2 hours on what to buy with my $35 gift card. So I will go there and find something on Thursday. We leave on Friday for the wedding weekend so it's my only hope. I've been working on this for a while now, and I'm just feeling completely unprepared. So I'm frustrated. I guess my vision of my little man Lyons will never come to be, and I'll just dress him like the cute baby that he is. At least we still have his "tux" which I tried on him and fits right. Oh well. *big sigh*
Update on the sleeping situation: the pack n play worked wonders and i think E just likes to sleep on his side. The side sleeper didn't allow him to roll onto his side anymore. He had a good sleep last night and no troubles falling to sleep tonite :) and that goes for me too. :))

Relay girls

A night out with the hubs

Grammy watched Eliseo tonight so Mommy and Daddy could have a date! I figured we had better do something that we couldn't do with the baby or we would miss him too much. So....CASINO BABY!!! I'm only excited cuz I won tonight :). Glenn's favorite part of the date was the buffet, mine was the blackjack. Played some penny slots and did ok there but I had a good run on the blackjack machine and basically paid for our dinner in winnings. So a free night out :). When we got home, E was fast asleep. Last night was horrible sleepwise. So much so that I actually took a sick day off of work today. I had only gotten 4 hours of sleep the night before, I woke up at 4am to run the Rock n Roll relay and I was so tired. Eliseo didn't care, had him in bed by 10 and at 1:30 he was still crying and I was so tired that I could barely keep my eyes open. So finally I just pulled him in bed with me on Glenn's side (he worked last night). That finally worked, but he woke up again at 4am to eat and went through the cycle all over again. So at 8am when it was time to start work, I could barely drag my ass out of bed.  Thank God for sick days. I have quite a few left for the year, so seemed like as good a reason as any to take some personal time. I slept til 11! But I used the rest of the day wisely doing laundry and some other things around the house.  So it occurred to me last night that these sleep problems started after Phoenix, and he slept in the pack n play there. Maybe he is feeling cramped in the side sleeper/cradle. I moved the pack n play into our bedroom and so far he's been sleeping soundly. I hope this solves the problem.

I am also very proud of myself...if you'll allow me to talk about me for a minute. I ran the St Louis Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon relay yesterday! 6.4 miles for my leg. I didn't train 1 day...nothing to brag about, but I was really nervous about how I would do since I haven't run since finding out I was pregnant. I walked all through my pregnancy, 6 miles almost every week until 35 weeks, so i figured if it got too tough I would walk. But i only walked up hills, ran the majority and I felt pretty good! Ive been doing lots of Bikram yoga, which I know helped to keep my muscles limber. I guess no more excuses, I'm ready to pick up my running again.

All for now...Time for sleep!

I have found it...

The after hours wedding wear....

Almost big enough for my Jumparoo!!

Had to put the bumbo seat under it so his feet could reach!