Wall Art just for Seth!

The wife of one of my clients loves art. So their offices are decorated like a museum. There are paintings all over the walls of the hallway! Some of the paintings are hers and others are works by local artists. Awhile back I was visiting the group and a painting caught my eye. It was a watercolor of elephants. I just loved it and would always make a point to look at it each time I visited.

When I found out I was pregnant and I started decorating the room for our baby I thought of this painting. So I emailed the owner's wife and asked her if it was for sale. This particular painting wasn't for sale but she was so happy to hear that I liked it that she offered to paint another one for my baby.

Yesterday I was able to go pick it up and I got it put on Seth's wall this morning. I love it so much! Seth might not care about it but I am always going to remind him that this painting was done just for him.

More Random Seth....woo!

I know what you were all waiting for.....more Seth! WARNING! ADORABLE NUDITY!

Yo! Kiss my cheeks!

Check out the mohawk! That was Emily's idea, but I think it suits him.

The look of a future Ute....kind of absent but content.

Emily wants you to think that she bought this to celebrate the 4th of July but the truth is she just wanted to be able to remember what year he was born.




Look at those little monkey feet, he can already grab stuff as well with them as with his hands. Nana C couldn't be more proud.

Seth is contemplating his next move.....sleep, eat or poop? Poop and Eat? Eat and then sleep? Poop, Sleep and Cry? Cry then Eat? He settled on Cry, Cry and then Cry.

He is saying "Hug me!". So I did.

This looks so adorable until you realize a pee stain magically appeared after we were done taking his picture. I guess that explains his content look.

More sleeping Seth, haven't seen enough of those yet have you?

Gotta love this shot. We honestly took 100 pictures to get this one. We better delete our failed attempts before someone stumbles across them and gets the wrong idea. He does have a cute butt though, it just seems to smile at you.

Boy Meets Girl

Today we went to the baby blessing of Mia Michelle Draper. It took place in the Saratoga Springs Spanish 6th ward and I was lucky enough to be in the blessing circle. The only downside to this was I was unable to wear my cool little "translation headphones" so I had no clue what Dre was saying.....I assume it was all good stuff.

Afterwards, we honored the tradition of eating free food at the blessed child's parents place. In between bites of mini sandwiches and brownies, we were able to introduce Seth to Mia. We are hoping that Seth will pass along wisdom to Mia, since he is a whole 2 days older. Here are the shots of their introduction.

Boy Meets Girl

Boy Courts Girl

Girl Rejects Boy After Boy Doesn't Spend Enough On The First Date

Quick Video Blog

Here are a few videos of Seth.

Thanks Anserfone!

Tummy Time with Emily

This further proves my theory that women have babies because it is more socially acceptable than playing with dolls.

This Baby Thing is HARD!

Well folks, I'd like you all to know that, probably to the dismay of my husband, I have forfeited taking a shower to post a blog instead. Yes, I know. That is gross. Be thankful that you can just read about my life instead of sitting near me and listening to me talk about it.

All I can say is...how the heck do the rest of you with children find the time to blog at all??? You must all be masterful mothers or I am just REALLY bad at this whole parenting thing! I barely find the time to empty the dishwasher or pay a bill before it's time for the next feeding for my little guy!

Don't get me wrong! I'm totally up for the challenge, but DANG! this baby thing is hard!

To those of you who want to know, I seriously had a nice, smooth delivery. Not kidding. My contractions were so manageable up until I was dilated to a 5+. At that point the nurse asked if I wanted an epidural. Hmmmm...Let's see...Continue to feel contractions? Or feel nothing from the waist down? I think I'll take your heavy duty drugs please. I wasn't in dire need of them by that point, but why be in pain when you don't have to be???

So, I sat in bed, pain-free, for five hours and watched the World Cup with my husband. (Which I have to admit, is not nearly as boring as I used to believe it to be.) Then my nurse came in, confirmed I was fully dilated, and helped me do a "practice push." The nurse had originally told me that first-time moms generally push for 2 hours or so. So when I did that first practice push she was quite alarmed to see that my baby was pretty much ready to come out. What my husband failed to mention in a previous blog is that he had insisted that he would be by my shoulder the entire time and was not planning to even take a peek "down there" for fear of being grossed out for the rest of his life. When I did that first practice push, the nurse said, "Clint, look. You can see the top of his head already." And Clint looked! And he looked at me and he had the most excited expression on his face. The fact that he didn't pass out or vomit on the floor surprised me and I got so emotional that I started crying. Which triggered my nurse to start crying as well. It was quite the scene! My doctor arrived ten minutes later and three contractions later, Seth was here. I think I pushed for a total of ten minutes.

My recovery, on the other hand, was not smooth sailing. I was feeling so good and desperately wanted to get back in shape so I took a short jog a week after my delivery...ended up in the emergency room the next morning. Clint has watched me like a hawk since and won't let me do anything too terribly strenuous. But I do get a good walk in every day.

And a few days after Seth was born he got thrush. So we had to get an antibiotic to treat it. Things were looking good but just last week his thrush resurfaced again. So I was back at the pharmacy today getting him a new anti-fungal medicine. So not fun! Poor kid!

Also, I have been reading the Baby Wise book and am on my 2nd day of establishing a routine for Seth. Yesterday was rather difficult. I had been feeding him until he fell asleep and then would put him in his bassinet but the book suggests that he have wake time after his feeding and that you put him down for a nap while he is still awake so he learns to soothe himself to sleep.

Yeah...that didn't go so well yesterday. Today, however, is going a little bit better. I did cheat and gave him a pacifier a few minutes ago as he went down for this nap. I know! I know! Bad habit. I'll work on that! But at least he didn't cry for 40 minutes like he did last night.

Finally, what's a blog without a picture? I went to a maternity store a few days ago to get some things and found this nice nursing nightgown. I didn't need it but it came with this adorable little matching sleeper and night cap for Seth. As soon as I saw that, I had to buy it! He looks like Snow White's missing 8th dwarf! Damn you, Motherhood Maternity! So not fair to trick mothers into buying outfits they don't need just because a cute matching baby outfit is attached to it! Oh, and by the way...if any of you are wondering...the night gown I bought is just knee-length and gray. It does NOT have a hippo on it like Seth's sleeper does. What formerly pregnant woman in her right mind would wear an outfit with a hippo on it. I mean, really...