Just wanted to post a really quick update... Sebastian has been crawling - everywhere - since the beginning of January and he is definitely on the move. He is learning so many new things, and so much of that is due to his daycare provider. We couldn't be any happier or blessed with daycare as we are! He is now moving around furniture, walls, legs, anything he can find, and here is a video with him and a push toy from earlier this evening.
I'll be uploading more over the weekend...
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
It's been a while, here is our last couple of months...
It's been quite some time since I last posted an update, so I will do a big one now... Here is what we have been doing the past couple of months...
October
In October, the three of us ventured up to North and South Dakota to see Mark's Fraternity brothers and celebrate his Fraternity's 75th year on campus at University of North Dakota. It was great to see everyone again and we brought the California weather out there with us. It was getting to be in the high 60's / low 70's during the day while we were there - we brought a snow suit for Sebastian just in case, and thankfully we ended up not needing it. We were able to spend some time with Mark's best friends and their wives, and all had a blast! On the same trip, we drove down to Aberdeen, South Dakota to see Mark's Great Grandma. It was a great opportunity to be able to see her and visit, but also for Sebastian to be able to meet his Great-Great-Grandma. Even better, we found out where he gets his blue eyes from - the color matched Great Grandma Johnson's exactly.
October was also the beginning of my work started to get really busy and the start of me going MIA from everyone from working so much. We are very fortunate to have family near by to help us out in times of extreme chaos and stress. October was also the beginning of our crazy travel months. On top of our North & South Dakota trips, Mark has gone to Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, I travelled to Florida and we all went to Houston and Iowa. All in a 10-week period.
In October, on the weekends we were in town we had some great friends over to BBQ and held my nephew Allan's 3rd birthday party. I had a dream before our friends came over that one of them was pregnant, to which they thought I was crazy... Only to find out a couple weeks later, they were preggers - just didn't know it yet. Always a little weird how that happens. It was great to get all of the family together for Allan's party - we can't believe how much he has grown. We are hoping that they will be able to make it up here to visit for Sebastian's birthday!
November
November was the month we barely saw our house! Mark started the month in Washington, D.C., then I travelled to Florida, then we packed up and headed to Houston (Katy) for Thanksgiving. During the time that we were home we were both working crazy hours. Our days consisted of working, picking Sebastian up from daycare, playing with hime for a little while, then going back to work once he was down for the night. Lather, rinse, repeat for all the days we were home - we were lucky to scrape out 5 hours of sleep a night on the good nights. Luckily that is behind us now.
We had a great time in Houston for Thanksgiving and were able to spend some time with more family. It's hard not having all of our family near-by but we are lucky that we are able to go out and visit regularly. We were also able to squeeze in a visit with Jared, Kari & kids while we were in Houston. It was great to see little Alex and spend some time with them.
In the midst of all the craziness, we were able to sneak in an Apple Hill trip and Sebastian is a huge fan of their apples and pears while I still have apple pies to bake from the trip. YUMMY!!
December
In December, work was still crazy for both of us, but we could at least see the light at the end of the tunnel (at least the tunnel we were in at that point in time). We were also able to head out to Iowa for 10 days over Christmas and New Years and had a great time. It was cold, but it was worth it. Although we had a great trip, it was not without its hiccups. Our connecting flight out of Vegas into Omaha was delayed which ended up getting us into Omaha a little over an hour late. Not bad for holiday travel except for the fact taht if our flight had been on time, we would have landed in Omaha before the storm hit there. What happened instead - smack in the middle of the storm, snow coming down sideways so it looked like a 3-D move as you were driving in it, no snow plows out so roads were horrible and we hit people going 20mph on the highway. The normal 75 minute drive to Mark's parents took 2 1/2 hours - yup - at night, after travelling all day with a tired infant, a sinus infection myself, and zero patience left...
So, what happens next you ask? Well, Christmas day, Sebastian cut 3 teeth, then he came down with the stomach flu that had been going around out there (his first time really sick), and to top it all of, he got a sinus infection too. Once we made it over the hump with all of that, he was great and I was feeling better. He had a great Christmas, has way too many toys now, but I have a feeling that will always be our opinion. This month he also started his beginning crawling moves. He wasn't a fan of going forward crawling, so he crawled everywhere in reverse. Then he'd back up into something and not know how to get back out. We got many good laughs with that!
And that wraps up 2010, and begins our journey into 2011.
January - so far
In January, Sebastian started really crawling. No more keeping him contained, but it is still great to see. He is pulling himself up on anything and everything he can, so it won't be very long before he starts walking on his own. Heaven help us then becuase the kid is never still (even while sleeping) already, and we have a feeling he is going to skip walking and go straight to running.
After using Jim & Cathy's rocker recliner with Sebastian while he was sick in Iowa, the day after we got back from Iowa, we went out and bought new family room furniture. We can't wait for it to arrive, but we had to wait until late-February / early-March since they had to special order it. We are counting the weeks until it is done and delivered!
Tomorrow, Mark leaves for another work trip to Dallas and on with life we go. No work trips in the hopper for me, thankfully, so we will be getting back to normal and are looking forward to being able to spend some more time with our friends and family. It has been a crazy couple of months, so we are ready for normal - whatever that is!
Here are a couple of pictures from the past couple of months. I'll put more up later this week, but here's a taste.
Sebastian in his Halloween costume.
Mark and Sebastian in their Iowa gear. The Hawkeyes started out strong this year, just didn't really finish that way. Here's to a better 2011!
The three little ones playing at Christmas in California
Sebastian woke right up when we landed in Iowa for Christmas, it was cold!
Sebastian at Wyitt's 1st birthday party in early January.
As I was putting away clothes I came across this comparison. The small outfit was a preemie outfit that was too big for him when he was born. The larger outfit was 3-6 months in size and he just grew out of it... He has definitely gotten big!!
October
In October, the three of us ventured up to North and South Dakota to see Mark's Fraternity brothers and celebrate his Fraternity's 75th year on campus at University of North Dakota. It was great to see everyone again and we brought the California weather out there with us. It was getting to be in the high 60's / low 70's during the day while we were there - we brought a snow suit for Sebastian just in case, and thankfully we ended up not needing it. We were able to spend some time with Mark's best friends and their wives, and all had a blast! On the same trip, we drove down to Aberdeen, South Dakota to see Mark's Great Grandma. It was a great opportunity to be able to see her and visit, but also for Sebastian to be able to meet his Great-Great-Grandma. Even better, we found out where he gets his blue eyes from - the color matched Great Grandma Johnson's exactly.
October was also the beginning of my work started to get really busy and the start of me going MIA from everyone from working so much. We are very fortunate to have family near by to help us out in times of extreme chaos and stress. October was also the beginning of our crazy travel months. On top of our North & South Dakota trips, Mark has gone to Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, I travelled to Florida and we all went to Houston and Iowa. All in a 10-week period.
In October, on the weekends we were in town we had some great friends over to BBQ and held my nephew Allan's 3rd birthday party. I had a dream before our friends came over that one of them was pregnant, to which they thought I was crazy... Only to find out a couple weeks later, they were preggers - just didn't know it yet. Always a little weird how that happens. It was great to get all of the family together for Allan's party - we can't believe how much he has grown. We are hoping that they will be able to make it up here to visit for Sebastian's birthday!
November
November was the month we barely saw our house! Mark started the month in Washington, D.C., then I travelled to Florida, then we packed up and headed to Houston (Katy) for Thanksgiving. During the time that we were home we were both working crazy hours. Our days consisted of working, picking Sebastian up from daycare, playing with hime for a little while, then going back to work once he was down for the night. Lather, rinse, repeat for all the days we were home - we were lucky to scrape out 5 hours of sleep a night on the good nights. Luckily that is behind us now.
We had a great time in Houston for Thanksgiving and were able to spend some time with more family. It's hard not having all of our family near-by but we are lucky that we are able to go out and visit regularly. We were also able to squeeze in a visit with Jared, Kari & kids while we were in Houston. It was great to see little Alex and spend some time with them.
In the midst of all the craziness, we were able to sneak in an Apple Hill trip and Sebastian is a huge fan of their apples and pears while I still have apple pies to bake from the trip. YUMMY!!
December
In December, work was still crazy for both of us, but we could at least see the light at the end of the tunnel (at least the tunnel we were in at that point in time). We were also able to head out to Iowa for 10 days over Christmas and New Years and had a great time. It was cold, but it was worth it. Although we had a great trip, it was not without its hiccups. Our connecting flight out of Vegas into Omaha was delayed which ended up getting us into Omaha a little over an hour late. Not bad for holiday travel except for the fact taht if our flight had been on time, we would have landed in Omaha before the storm hit there. What happened instead - smack in the middle of the storm, snow coming down sideways so it looked like a 3-D move as you were driving in it, no snow plows out so roads were horrible and we hit people going 20mph on the highway. The normal 75 minute drive to Mark's parents took 2 1/2 hours - yup - at night, after travelling all day with a tired infant, a sinus infection myself, and zero patience left...
So, what happens next you ask? Well, Christmas day, Sebastian cut 3 teeth, then he came down with the stomach flu that had been going around out there (his first time really sick), and to top it all of, he got a sinus infection too. Once we made it over the hump with all of that, he was great and I was feeling better. He had a great Christmas, has way too many toys now, but I have a feeling that will always be our opinion. This month he also started his beginning crawling moves. He wasn't a fan of going forward crawling, so he crawled everywhere in reverse. Then he'd back up into something and not know how to get back out. We got many good laughs with that!
And that wraps up 2010, and begins our journey into 2011.
January - so far
In January, Sebastian started really crawling. No more keeping him contained, but it is still great to see. He is pulling himself up on anything and everything he can, so it won't be very long before he starts walking on his own. Heaven help us then becuase the kid is never still (even while sleeping) already, and we have a feeling he is going to skip walking and go straight to running.
After using Jim & Cathy's rocker recliner with Sebastian while he was sick in Iowa, the day after we got back from Iowa, we went out and bought new family room furniture. We can't wait for it to arrive, but we had to wait until late-February / early-March since they had to special order it. We are counting the weeks until it is done and delivered!
Tomorrow, Mark leaves for another work trip to Dallas and on with life we go. No work trips in the hopper for me, thankfully, so we will be getting back to normal and are looking forward to being able to spend some more time with our friends and family. It has been a crazy couple of months, so we are ready for normal - whatever that is!
Here are a couple of pictures from the past couple of months. I'll put more up later this week, but here's a taste.
Sebastian in his Halloween costume.
Mark and Sebastian in their Iowa gear. The Hawkeyes started out strong this year, just didn't really finish that way. Here's to a better 2011!
The three little ones playing at Christmas in California
Sebastian woke right up when we landed in Iowa for Christmas, it was cold!
As I was putting away clothes I came across this comparison. The small outfit was a preemie outfit that was too big for him when he was born. The larger outfit was 3-6 months in size and he just grew out of it... He has definitely gotten big!!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Monday, September 6, 2010
Sebastian Happy
So, it finally seems that we have turned the corner on Seby's GI issues and all we are left with is REALLY smelly gas, but we'll take it. To show you a little of how happy he is now, here are some videos of him playing. You'll have to excuse me in one, it was a lazy day around the house and I was not up for getting ready...
Monday, August 30, 2010
The fire that came too close for comfort...
So on Friday, August 20th, in the late afternoon a fire started in the pasture land behind our neighborhood. At one point in time we were able to see the flames as we stood in our backyard. We were very fortunate that the wind was blowing north rather than east that day and that Roseville Fire Dept responded quickly. It was a very fast moving fire an in an hour had claimed 500 acres. It came up to the street right behind our neighborhood and below are some of the pics of the blackened mess that is there now. Our neighbor took some pics of the actual fire, so when we get those I'll post those as well.
So, other than the fire, work, birthday celebrations (Mark was 28th on the 24th) and Sebastian teething like a mad-man we have just been trying to fit in some sleep. Not very successfully, but at least we have our backyard done now to enjoy.
Hope everyone is doing well!!
Here are the pics:
So, other than the fire, work, birthday celebrations (Mark was 28th on the 24th) and Sebastian teething like a mad-man we have just been trying to fit in some sleep. Not very successfully, but at least we have our backyard done now to enjoy.
Hope everyone is doing well!!
Here are the pics:
The neighborhood on the left is ours... those houses are 1 street behind us...
The sea of black that remains...
The fireman were standing on this concrete wall hosing down the roof of this house while putting out the fire below... a little close for comfort...
Friday, August 6, 2010
... The Backyard is 95% done!!!
So, most everyone knows that when we moved into our house all we had for a backyard was a big dirt pile (and a couple weeds) since the house was new construction. Some of our neighbors had the builder landscape their backyard, but we knew that we wanted something a little more to be able to entertain and to be able to add on to it later on. So this summer we tackled the backyard. The original plan was for us to do most of the work ourselves but we were going to start working on it in March. Well... Sebastian had different plans, so we contracted all the this phase out. We had our good friend (and talented landscape designer) Jarrod Zehner (http://www.backyardcustoms.net/) and his crew come transform our backyard. They did an amazing job and it was done in just under 2 weeks. The only item remaining for this Phase of the backyard is to have the patio cover installed - the posts are set, but because of the size of the patio cover, it won't be done being manufactured until early next week. So, in 1 week from today that will be installed and I will post new pictures again. In this phase we brought all of the gas, electric and water back to various spots in the backyard so that in the future we can add a hot tub, outdoor kitchen, fire pit and waterfall. We don't have to do everything, but the groundwork is there. Anyways here are the pics of how it looks now during the day and at night...
Before pic... blah...
After pics during the day... only thing left is the top of the patio cover and the post covers
Nighttime pics... Jarrod did some amazing lighting but these pics just don't do it justice. You'll have to see it in person to really appeciate the lighting!
And we already have flowers... hopefully I can keep them all alive :-)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
It's been a while!!! Here is our summer lowdown...
So, it has been a while since the last post, sorry for that! We have been extremely busy these past couple of months! From out of town trips to in town guests and then the doctors trying to figure out some GI issues with Sebastian, we have not had much down time. Here is a quick snippet of our summer:
In the middle of June, we celebrated my Dad's 60th birthday here at the house with some family and friends. The next morning we packed up, along with my parents, and headed down to the bay area to see my Aunt and Uncle. We had a blast, but the little guy had some tummy issues still.
The following Wednesday we were able to get in to see the pediatric GI specialist and she found that Sebastian had a partial bowel obstruction which she was able to immediately take care of, which was great because we were heading out that afternoon to head to Albuquerque, NW for Mark's cousins, Amber, wedding. The main concern with the doctor was that if the obstruction happened again, we would have to look more into the structure and test the nerves in Sebastian's GI tract to make sure everything is working as it should. Well, about 2 weeks after that appointment, things started to get bad again. But at that point in time we couldn't quite tell if it was due to the other trifecta that we had going on with him: he had his 4 month shots, developed an ear infection and started teething... fun times. But we called the doc anyways. They had him in for a barium enema (but they used a substitute for the barium) and xrays. So far they were able to rule out Hirschsprung's which was their primary worry. They found that he has an ileus but they are not too concerned with that at present. Mark takes him in next week for another follow-up since I am going back to work tomorrow! Ahhh!
Anyways, so we went to Albuquerque which was a lot of fun, although it was very windy! The wedding was beautiful and it was great to see everyone again, although nobody seemed interested to see Mark and I, only Sebastian. We know where we stand :-) Then we celebrated the 4th with my cousins and their little ones and had a great BBQ, pool time and our own firework show. Sebastian slept through that. He loves to sleep!
The following weekend, myself, my mom, and Sebastian packed up and headed off to Vegas to see my brother, sister-in-law, Jaime, and my nephew, Allan. It was a great time, but it was HOT down there! We were able to see Jaime's family and had a great time catching up with everyone. Allan is getting so big and is a ball (or Tasmanian devil) of energy.
A week later, Mark's parents came into town to stay a couple weeks and spend some time with Sebastian. While they were here we had work done on our backyard to turn it from a dirt pile to something more than we imagined (it's going to be completed today outside of the cover going on the patio - that happens next week); went to San Francisco, Tahoe and held Sebastian's baptism. It was a great two weeks but it went by all to fast! It was sad to see them leave early this morning.
Tomorrow I head back to work, 5 months went by in a blink of an eye, and we will see how that goes. I have mixed emotions about returning, as most working-moms do, but I am confident that everything will work out as it should. Yesterday, I chopped my hair off. She cut 8 inches off and it is now just above my shoulders, and we brought it back to my "new" natural. Pregnancy my it go darker and redder so, I am just going with it... I'll put up pictures of it soon...
Anyways, here is the part that you are all waiting for... pics...
Next up is all of the plants, lights and grass... more pics to come once that is done :-)
In the middle of June, we celebrated my Dad's 60th birthday here at the house with some family and friends. The next morning we packed up, along with my parents, and headed down to the bay area to see my Aunt and Uncle. We had a blast, but the little guy had some tummy issues still.
The following Wednesday we were able to get in to see the pediatric GI specialist and she found that Sebastian had a partial bowel obstruction which she was able to immediately take care of, which was great because we were heading out that afternoon to head to Albuquerque, NW for Mark's cousins, Amber, wedding. The main concern with the doctor was that if the obstruction happened again, we would have to look more into the structure and test the nerves in Sebastian's GI tract to make sure everything is working as it should. Well, about 2 weeks after that appointment, things started to get bad again. But at that point in time we couldn't quite tell if it was due to the other trifecta that we had going on with him: he had his 4 month shots, developed an ear infection and started teething... fun times. But we called the doc anyways. They had him in for a barium enema (but they used a substitute for the barium) and xrays. So far they were able to rule out Hirschsprung's which was their primary worry. They found that he has an ileus but they are not too concerned with that at present. Mark takes him in next week for another follow-up since I am going back to work tomorrow! Ahhh!
Anyways, so we went to Albuquerque which was a lot of fun, although it was very windy! The wedding was beautiful and it was great to see everyone again, although nobody seemed interested to see Mark and I, only Sebastian. We know where we stand :-) Then we celebrated the 4th with my cousins and their little ones and had a great BBQ, pool time and our own firework show. Sebastian slept through that. He loves to sleep!
The following weekend, myself, my mom, and Sebastian packed up and headed off to Vegas to see my brother, sister-in-law, Jaime, and my nephew, Allan. It was a great time, but it was HOT down there! We were able to see Jaime's family and had a great time catching up with everyone. Allan is getting so big and is a ball (or Tasmanian devil) of energy.
A week later, Mark's parents came into town to stay a couple weeks and spend some time with Sebastian. While they were here we had work done on our backyard to turn it from a dirt pile to something more than we imagined (it's going to be completed today outside of the cover going on the patio - that happens next week); went to San Francisco, Tahoe and held Sebastian's baptism. It was a great two weeks but it went by all to fast! It was sad to see them leave early this morning.
Tomorrow I head back to work, 5 months went by in a blink of an eye, and we will see how that goes. I have mixed emotions about returning, as most working-moms do, but I am confident that everything will work out as it should. Yesterday, I chopped my hair off. She cut 8 inches off and it is now just above my shoulders, and we brought it back to my "new" natural. Pregnancy my it go darker and redder so, I am just going with it... I'll put up pictures of it soon...
Anyways, here is the part that you are all waiting for... pics...
Sebastian - 3 months old... "Don't look at me when I'm sleeping"
3 months old - playtime
3 1/2 months old - swimming in Albuquerque
Cooper & Amber at their wedding
4 Generation pic - Mark, Sebastian, Ed & Del
Allan playing at a park near our house
Me Sebastian & Cathy at Hard Rock in San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
On the way home from San Fran - eating his fist... his favorite "toy"
5 months old - snoozing at Bob & Lori's after taking a swim
Before pic of backyard
Holes dug - setting the posts for the patio cover
Posts set - 3 feet down...
Concrete in...
Palms & trees in...
Next up is all of the plants, lights and grass... more pics to come once that is done :-)
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