Bath

Dominic loves taking bath. Well, we still get only sponge baths since our umbilical cord is not cooperating very well with us. But we love being in warm place and we really don't like leaving bath...
Amy made us this big towel with a hood and it works very well for us. Thanks Amy :)

Happy Birthday to Me

I think I've tried to start this post like 10 times already and never could find right words. Well, let's see if it will work this time.

Last Friday - Dec 11 was my B-day. And I'm one of those who don't like to celebrate my b-day (I think it started when I was a kid and since my b-day date is close to New Year (New Year celebration is much bigger than Christmas in Russia), so I would get only one present - on New Year's day. I think that's why I didn't like my b-days - no party, no cake, no presents... It's kinda sad). But my lovely husband is trying to change this. This year I was a bit depressed about b-day and holidays at all, just because I don't know what I want and if I even want anything. You know, I'm so overwhelmed with all that baby stuff so there is nothing else I can think of.

Well, I got wonderful presents - thanks to Scott and Karen (my mother-in-law). I'm really really grateful for your thoughts about me. I think if I wouldn't get anything even like a b-day card I would be even more depressed. So thanks a lot again.

Pins and needles and sounds of broken neck...

Do you remember Steven Seagal movies??? Well, I do remember them. Back in Russia my family was watching all kinds of movies and since I have a bunch of brothers - movies with fights was in our watch list. Anyway, here is what I'm trying to say - last month I had a head ache for 7 days straight and after one day of no pain I had head ache for another 2 days... I've tried drinking more water, take Advil, sleep more etc etc and nothing seems helped. Well, yesterday Scott and I decided that maybe chiropractor can help. Since I got pregnant I've had more head aches, back aches and all kind of aches. Our insurance covers chiropractor, why not to try this one? I've never had a chance in my life to have a visit to this kind of doctor but I've seen once what they do and let me tell ya - all this noise seemed very scary. So, in this doctors office they do X-ray of concerned areas and after reviewing them doc and patient decide on what goes first to be fixed and etc etc. In my case I find out that my neck curves wrong way!!! Ha! - no wonder I had a head ache for 7 days straight. Creepy! And also my lower back... well, it's also creepy... Anyway, treatment starts right away by popping your back - the whole spine from the bottom to the top. So when doc was popping my neck he said to Scott - "do you remember Steven Seagal movies? well, don't show it to her!" I said that I've seen them already, so we started laughing out loud.

Today (the second day of treatment) - Steven Seagal movies continued. I got needles in my spine and legs for treatment. It was scary - since I hate needles. It was only for 15 minutes... Hopefully it will improve and I'll feel better soon, because now I can't stay bent forward even for 1 minute.

Thanksgiving Day in CO

Well, most of you know that here in Colorado we don't have family (like Scott's brothers or sisters) and we feel a bit lonely sometimes. But during this Thanksgiving time we felt welcomed and loved (not including that moment when somebody decided to "play" with us... you know you ring the door bell and someone opens and say - Hi, who are you? Nobody lives here with that name you've just said...etc). My wonderful friend Lilit with her husband Michael invited us to a Thanksgiving dinner. It was wonderful! They made Coke turkey (yummo!), mash potato, gravy and jello!!! We brought dinner rolls, green beans and pumpkin pie. Everything was delicious. Lilit invited her friends, if I understood correctly both of them are from Moldova but they've met here in US.

Dinner started with a piece of corn that each person had in their plate. They have this little tradition - each person (one at a time) pick up this little piece of corn and tell what he or she is grateful for - like family, job, house, friends etc. I think it's a nice tradition, maybe we'll have something similar. After dinner we played game Apples to Apples and Michael (Lilit's husband). did another family tradition - have a nap :)) right there on the couch. It was fun to spend Thanksgiving with friends. I hope Christmas will be fun too :)

Nap time

One of these days when I'm super tired and Scott is not sure what to do :)

Baby Nic is 1 month!

Time definitely is not staying in one place. Its been already a month since Dominic was born. Today we went to doc appointment for his check up and his second Hep B shoot which he wasn't really happy to get. Here are his stats: age is 1 month, height is 23 1/2 in (even though it feels like he is much more longer than when he was born) - 97% percentile, weight is 11 lbs 2 oz - 80% percentile, head 39.4 cm - 75% percentile. He is a healthy big boy and we are very happy to have him.

And here is Daddy-Son time :)

Yup, that's right our son is already watching a "magic box" (a.k.a. TV) with us. Scott calls Dominic - couch potato :)
And here is one little video of Dominic, it was made when he was about 2 weeks old. I've just noticed that his onesie on this video is pretty loose and today I put the other one from the same set and it seems too tight on him... I guess he is already out of his newborn clothes.

Why is that?..

As soon as I mention to anyone any positive thing about our baby - things turn around completely in opposite direction. For example - one of my friend asked me how our baby is sleeping during nights (because her son was waking up every hour which drove her nuts of course and I totally understand it). Dominic was waking up something like 2 or 3 times and now - he wakes up every hour!!! So, who told me that bigger babies sleep better? Do you wanna come to babysit during nights? Should I just stop sharing? Or maybe I must share not positive things so they would turn around??? Well, here they are: my C-section sucks! It hurts so bad when I'm sneezing or laughing and especially when I need to pick up car seat with my baby in it. My experience of giving birth sucks so much that every time I'm thing about it I wanna cry, so Scott forbids me to talk/think about it. I can't fall asleep most of the time during day to take a nap with Dominic, so I'm crazier every day more and more. I can't find foods I wanna eat so I end up eating whatever and still not satisfied (and if I don't eat I get less milk). Should I continue?