Going to School

Three weeks ago I started working again on my administration degree.  I had taken a couple months off because of Robert and starting back again was pretty hard.  Finding time wasn't too bad because I can do work during his naps, but having the motivation was the real issue.  Yesterday I needed to write a paper and Mr. Robert didn't want to nap, so I ended up researching and typing a five page paper while holding/entertaining a baby.  Something that would have taken me a couple hours to do, ended up taking me entire day.  Sometimes I forget that everything seems to take longer now that I have a baby.

I'm a little nervous about finding time to do everything once I start back to work in August.  I wonder how other mommies do it?!?

First Family Trip

Robert made his first plane ride over Mother's Day weekend.  We left on Thursday and came home on Monday.  His first flight was PHX to MDW, and he did great!  From Chicago, we drove to South Haven,MI.  This is where Ryan is from and I am from partly too.  (Where his Mommy and Daddy met!)  Ryan left from here to go on a golf trip, and I spent sometime with my step-mom and brother.  Then I drove with Robert to Nappanee, IN to visit my mom and step-dad.  Robert and I were then able to spend Mother's Day with Daddy in South Haven.  We had a nice dinner and followed it up with ice cream!  

I was a little nervous about traveling with a baby but he seriously was perfect.  I started packing on Tuesday to ensure I had everything I needed for myself and Robert.  My OCD took over for a bit while I was prepping.  I took his cloth diapers along and that also worked out perfectly.  We did one load of laundry at my mom's house.  On the plane ride there, Robert slept the entire time.  While everyone was loading the plane I told Ryan it was like we were the black plague, nobody wanted to sit in our row.  We would have had the entire row but they loaded a couple standby passengers and the last man on took the seat by us.  :)  On our way home, it was a different story.  He was very hungry when we were loading the plane therefore he was crying.  Boy did I get the stares as I walked past everyone.  As soon as I was able to feed him, he was back to the smiling, happy baby he normally is.  Robert was awake most of the flight to PHX.  Once we landed, the man in our row said he had never seen such a great baby on a plane before and the man in the row in front of us said he didn't even know there was a baby behind him.  I was so proud of my happy little man.

Here are some pictures of our trip!

 waiting for family boarding

all wrapped up and ready to take off

 Happy Mother's Day

 looking forward to many more sunsets

Lake Michigan

 40 minutes of sleep on the way home

no crying from this little man

2 Months

I'm a little late posting this, but last Friday my baby turned 2 months old!  He is growing like a weed!!  Robert weighs approximately 13 pounds and 6 ounces.  In the last month he has grown 2 inches and now is 25 inches long.  He wears 3 month clothes, but those are starting to get a bit tight.

This past month Robert started to really show off his personality.  He is smiling, cooing, and dancing every time he hears music.  His new favorite music is Motown!  We love to dance around the house together and sing nursery rhymes.  Robert's neck is getting stronger too.  He loves to hold himself up during 'tummy time' and turn his head from side to side.  His eye hand coordination is also developing because he likes to 'hit' at the rattle while he is on his active mat.

Here are some pictures of my favorite little man at 2 months old!

 "I don't know about this mom."

 My smiling baby!

 Mr. Cool

 His eyes are still grayish-blue.

 Starting to get crabby.

Look at all those cute rolls!