We've Come A Long Way

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5 months old

We've come so far!!

The Post

I wrote out a bunch of stuff to go along with the pictures in my last post but for some reason they didn't get posted.  The reason why Oskar loves California so much is because he can breathe better!  The doctors in the NICU mentioned this might happen and they were right.  Apparently the change in elevation  helps him breathe better because it's not nearly as fast.  And maybe as a result from that, or something else entirely, Oskar is also eating WAAY better.  Before we came he was throwing up nearly every day.  But since we've been here he hasn't even thrown up once AND he's eating consistently more than he used to.  He doesn't hate eating anymore!  It's so great.  I feel like he's already got another roll on his legs already.  The day we left we went to the pediatrician one last time, just for good measure, and found out he had an ear infection.  He's been on antibiotics since and is doing much better.  The only lasting issue is that he is congested and wakes up a lot at night or during naps because he can't breathe through his nose.  All in all Oskar is doing very well in California.

It's great to be in my own apartment again.  We have two bedrooms, a bathroom, living room, and a kitchen all to ourselves.  I haven't actually been able to cook anything yet because the oven was leaking gas when we moved in and so they had to turn the gas off and we haven't had an oven since.  There have been little annoyances like that, like the cupboard doors falling off and the windows not opening, outlets not working, etc. but I'm just so thrilled to be in my own place again that I couldn't care less.  I'll take some pictures of the apartment as soon as we've moved in enough that it doesn't look like a complete mess.  The location is pretty good as well.  We're within walking distance to the church and there is a park pretty close to us, I think we could walk there.  We're actually just two blocks away from our old apartment.  So good job to Joel who came out here all by himself to find a place to satisfy me.  He did a great job.

Oskar B loves CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Milestone #7: Rolling

My Precious is 4 Months

In honor of Oskar's 4 month birthday here are some super cute pictures of him.

These were taken after Oskar had thrown up all his food all over the both of us.  I had to take a quick shower because all the yuck got on me and then he got a bath.  It was a perfect opportunity to take diaper pictures. 

 

What a sweet little sleeper.  During the day we put him on his tummy and he sleeps really well.  At night I'm a little nervous about doing it because of the tummy sleeping brainwashing they do at the hospital so we put him on his back in a small crib right next to our bed.  Oskar's head and my head are right next to each other so I can reach over periodically and make sure he's still breathing.

He's starting to lift his head up like this a lot.  And last week he rolled over TWICE!  It went kind of like this: throw the head in one direction, let it fall as much as it can, then slowly allow the upper body and lower body to be pulled over onto back by the sheer weight of the head.  What a smart baby.

Here baby, take this binkie and go to sleep ... if you know what's good for you.

I'm always finding Joel taking great and sometimes scary pictures of Oskar.  I was outside waiting for Joel to bring out Oskar when he took these.  I walked in and saw what they were doing and was both scared he was going to fall and hoping Oskar would smile for the camera, at the same time.

I was there to catch him if he leaned too far in one direction. 

 

Nest Necklace

Here is another necklace tutorial I fond on Pinterest.  It's pretty simple, it only took me about ten minutes.  I think it's pretty cute.

 

Braided Necklace

I made this necklace last night after I found the tutorial on Pinterest.  I'm pretty bored so it's nice that I've found something I like to do, make jewelry.  Except I don't really wear jewelry that often so I don't know what I'm going to do with it all.  If anyone wants one let me know, it'll give me something to do.