Week 10

Nico started his childcare last week and went 2 days. Things were a little crazy for David having to drop off and pick up Nico both days. Points to him for still being on time to work! Our childcare situation with Misty and Deanna is great. Misty sent me a handful of pics on my phone throughout the day and kept me updated! She gives report cards on # of bottles and diapers and any other notes. Knowing that he receives a lot of love and attention there didn't make it too hard for me while I was at work. She is awesome.

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It's been hard being away from him for more than 4-5 hours! I couldn't help but wonder if he would miss me. I was a little sad knowing that someone else was feeding him, holding him, and getting him to smile.

I do have it pretty easy though. My mom watched him a lot of days these past few weeks and will start with her usual 2 day/week routine soon. She even came up to our house and pulled some long "work" hours so that I could come home during lunch to see Nico. Thanks Mom.

The biggest, most exciting highlight of the week is that he slept 7 HOURS for 3 nights in a row!! On the night that he turned 10 weeks (my lucky #) he shocked us both by sleeping 8 to 3. Hopefully this pattern can continue! He is a lot more smiley and responds consistently with cooing and smiles when we interact with him. It's so darn cute. Yesterday, for the first time, I kept making faces at him and stuck out my tongue a lot. He immediately started sticking his tongue out too. Pretty cool to see him respond in that way. I can't imagine how much our hearts will melt when he can actually talk! He seems so grown up already at times. Time goes by fast.

He had his 2 month checkup on Monday. He weighed an ounce short of 13 lbs and was 2 ft long, which put him in the 70s in percentiles! Dr. Menchaca was impressed with his head control and thought everything was looking great. Nico didn't enjoy this appt too much since he received a ton of vaccines, including 3 shots into his thighs. He screamed louder than I've ever heard and his face turned bright red. I couldn't help but get teary eyed as I watched. Poor guy.

 

We had a big day in sports yesterday with the TX/OU game and Rangers playoffs. We made sure that we stressed to Nico how important it is in this family to get psyched for these events and wear the correct apparel...

The morning started off cheering on the Horns...

 

After Nico spit up all over his Longhorns outfit in disgust by the near 50 point loss, it was time to get his game face on for the Rangers...

 

Alright, we gotta include a few pics of our other 2 children. They are feeling neglected...

We received a really nice gift from Tim and Patty Ann this weekend. It will fit perfectly above Nico's crib. Check this out...

The bat serves as a shelf to set something on. Such a creative idea!

Everything is great in the Biagini home! Life couldn't be much better.

2 months old!

The past week has been a rough one on me because I returned to work on Wednesday, and I also had the not-so-fun task of turning in my 2 weeks notice. I feel really bad for dropping the bomb on the first day back, because I know that they were all looking forward to my return after working extra hard to pick up the slack. Fortunately, they understood and said that they were not surprised. They are great people to work with but the hours are just horrible for a new mom wanting to spend time with her baby. They did offer me to stick around for just a couple afternoons per week, so that may work out great!

David sent me these beautiful flowers since he knew my first day back would be hard.

I've decided to pursue a totally different path and try out home health therapy. I can make my own hours and make the same $$ as I was in about half of the hours. I'm going to start out part-time for now (starting in a few weeks!) and work up to full-time down the road assuming all goes well. From a flexibility and financial standpoint, it's a no brainer! Keeping my fingers crossed!

It's actually been nice to resume normalcy. We have made it out of the house a lot more lately too!

We discovered our new hang out, Fuzzy's Tacos! Cheap food, cheap drinks, outside patio, and close to the house. Can't beat that.

We have also gone to a few Oktoberfest celebrations! I went with Anne and my parents to Addison Oktoberfest while David "babysat!" Is it called babysitting when it's your own kid?! David and I went to McKinney Oktoberfest the following weekend with Anne and my dad. German beer is NOT my friend. Hangovers are 10x worse when you are a mom! Lesson learned.

 

 

 

We also made it to the Ranger's 1st playoff game on Friday. Not a good outcome. Don't get me started on CJ's performance and their offense, or lack thereof! Had a great time though! Thank you for watching our little guy, Cindy!

 

 

Nico continues to change every day! He is so alert and easily smiles, coos, and reacts to people's voices and faces! It's so cool to go into his room in the middle of the night to feed him and have him smile back at me! He still moves his arms and legs around like crazy. His head control is getting better and he is really close to being able to keep it up without support. He is a pretty fun guy!

 

He loves his daddy...

Uncle E came over to say hi!

 



Looking like mommy or daddy?

Here we all are at about 2 months of age. All votes so far say that Nico resembles ME the most! :)

Family pics

  

 

Happy 8 weeks!

Fish liiiips.

 

 

Nico seems to change a lot every day! We joke that he has become a little person now because of his alertness and the little things he does. He spends a big chunk of the afternoon and late nights awake now and has spaced out his feedings consistently to 3-4 hours. He focuses on objects in front of him and curiously looks around the room more. He sometimes gets distracted while feeding because he is looking around so much, and he will follow a person with his eyes when you walk by him. He makes cooing sounds and moves his arms and legs like crazy. He just hates to sit still! It's so fun to watch him react to our voice with a little noise or smile! I just look at him and feel like he is growing up so fast already!

Hungry anyone?

We can't help but laugh when we watch Nico and his new favorite thing to do...

Who knows what he would do if he could actually fit it in there?!

I'm a wanna-be photographer

I figured I would practice my photography skills and Nico volunteered...

If it's not one thing... it's another

Anyone ever heard of an umbilical granuloma?! We have!

So Nico has had a goofy little pimple-looking red spot in the center of his belly button that oozes a little bit, scabs over, falls off in the bath, and then the process repeats. We originally just thought it was part of a healing belly button, but after going this long without any change or new signs of healing, it was time to google! I came up with my best guess of an umbilical granuloma, which basically is harmless, extra skin that has remained intact and oozes after the umbilical cord is cut. It will stay there unless it is treated with silver nitrate, which causes it to dissolve. I figured I better call the pediatrician rather than relying on my random diagnosing skills and waiting until his next appt. Needless to say, we went in this morning and silver nitrate was placed on the diagnosed umblilical granuloma. Points for Dr. Jessica. Unfortunately, I will still be receiving a nice fat bill in the mail! At least nothing is serious though.

Nico has become more of a little person this past week. More alert, more noises, and more smiles! He seems to consistently smile the most at me in the middle of the night. Maybe he is laughing at the fact that he has me wrapped around his finger since I stumble in his room within a minute of crying, or maybe he is just laughing at my 3 am appearance.

Tummy time

Yay for another hockey game!

A new little milestone: tracking and alertness

It is no longer in question whether Nico can see and react to things! Over the past few days and especially today, his eyes clearly tracked objects infront of his face from one side to the next. He also has completely turned his head and/or moved his eyes to locate different noises and most special of all, my voice :) When he looks at us, we can finally tell that he "sees" us, and it is such a heartwarming feeling when our eyes meet. He loves to look where light is coming from and he frequently stares at the ceiling fan lights and the lit up mobile on his swing. He is much more alert when he is awake. I'm loving these new developments!

 

He is definitely turning into a little chunk! His cheeks, arms, and legs are filling out nicely!

 

His daddy dressed him in his Southlake attire to celebrate Kenny's big win the other night.

 

Not a care in the world...

First College Gameday!

It's that time of year again that we love around our house... college football has begun! Bryan, Murph, and Anne & Jaret came over to hang out, yell at the tv, and drink beer. It was a lot of fun! Needless to say, I was passed out in bed by 7 pm but I'm proud to say it was from exhaustion and not alcohol this year! Oh how the times have changed.