10 weeks

We had such a wonderful week with lots of visitors including a few new people for Liam to meet!  The week started with my heading back to work and my first full day of call (which ended up being uneventful).  On Wednesday night Claudia, Whitney and Hailey came up from San Diego where they were celebrating Whitney's graduation.  We had yummy lasagna that Nana made when she was here and just hung out.  Then they stopped by the following night for another little bit of Liam lovin' before they headed out on Friday.

That same evening grandma came down to spend another long weekend, she just couldn't bear going the full 3 months until we're up in Washington.  We didn't have much on the task list this trip but decided to do an arbor out back so the bougainvillea wasn't a lethal threat to Liam this summer; it likes to grow so tall that it can't support its own weight and falls into the patio area.  We also took the opportunity to spend some Babies R Us gift cards that grandma got at her work shower for Liam...we loaded up on baby toys and are going to spend the rest on a jumparoo when the time comes.  I'm not sure what the record is for most baby toys but I'm pretty sure this kid is near that number now :)

This phone is MINE, all mine (it's one of his new toys)

digging the holes for the new posts, you can see the makeshift trellis that we used last year and the bougainvillea already starting to shoot up.

We spend a TON of time on the exercise ball, glad we finally got an action shot

This is how my life feels, blurry

Loving bath time and the baby massage that follows each night

two ridiculously happy people :)

The completed trellis, there is fishing wire to help keep the branches up and give them something to grow on

A few more succulents

This succession of pictures is priceless

Eclair wanted to show off the veggies

Forward facing in the Moby, he's getting so big already....Not sure if I'm more sad or proud

Some of us were done enjoying the lovely weather

And little man soon followed inside

What has been referred to as the world's largest paci...this is the one he likes best

We were able to decipher what we think Liam's eating issue was last week and the answer is my going back to work :(  Well, really it's my pumping at work.  I think it's increasing my supply, even though I only pump 10-12 min once during the entire time I'm there, enough that the let down is simply drowning him.  I figured out that even if he refuses to eat I can get him to anyway by just bouncing on the exercise ball while I feed him.  Not sure exactly what the mechanism of action is there but I'm thinking it somehow either slows the letdown or keeps it from hitting him in the back of the throat making it so he can actually swallow and keep up.  I realize this sounds like I'm forcing him to eat when maybe he doesn't want too, but that's not true.  It's been ALL NIGHT, like 8hrs without eating and he just NEEDS to eat.  We have the problem fixed completely now, he'll eat about every 3-4hrs without much prompting, and I go back tomorrow...wish me luck.  I intend to pump for a shorter period, like 8 minutes, and see if that works. 

You might notice that I said Liam is sleeping 8+hrs at night!!  He's been doing this a bit but over the last week has become consistent at 8hrs.  Usually he goes down for the night at around 8-9pm and wakes up between 3-5am.  I'll take it!  Hopefully he keeps stretching that morning time and we end up around 7am.

We're all done with visitors until we head up to Washington in less than 2 months, I'm exhausted but sad that we won't be having guests and automatic fun for Liam.  Guess we'll have to make a trip over to San Fran and visit friends there.