WHAT!? You’re telling me it does make my butt look big?
Does This Diaper Make My Butt Look Big?
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They Grow So Fast
My baby barely fits newborn clothes. Where in the world has the time gone? Mainly the issue is length. When we bought a couple of new footie sleepers at Target the other day, the woman told us to cut the feet off. Needless to say I’ve already chopped a couple of outfits. We keep meaning to measure her. The tape measure has been sitting on the counter for a few days now.
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Hugs are Drugs and We’re Addicts
– October 8, 2007Posted in: missy moo
The Simpsons aired a very appropriate show for us this past weekend. “Feeling that Maggie is too clingy, Marge hires a counselor to teach her a child care method ‘C.R.I.E.’ that will help Maggie become more independent. But the method works a little too well, leaving Maggie with no need for Marge at all, not even for hugs.”
lllianna will be 4 weeks old tomorrow. To this point, she’s received anything and everything exactly when she’s wanted it. Our thought being, that we only have a few weeks to spoil her while she is too young to know what’s going on. Well, we’ve noticed that she’s quite the smart lil cupcake ‘proud parent bragging- she holds her head, can roll from tummy to back, and can stand with some assistance for balance’, so we started to question our ways. Nana gave us a book My First 300 Babies ‘yes, it’s a bit dated but its basic ideas your looking for’ that I did skim thru, but it is heavily schedule oriented and we’ve been against that, but as we started to analyze the situation and with Ryan getting closer to returning to work, I decided to actually read it. While I in no way agree with the entire book, I think it’s given us some helpful ideas. Mainly we like the feeding schedule. You feed every 4 hours. We’d already been progressing in that way, but this helped us get over the hump. It only took Illianna one day to adjust to this routine and has made the house more harmonious. Wake time, sleep time and what to do during them we still play by ear.
It’s hard to know what is the best way and best approach to things, but I’m comforted in knowing that everything I do is out of love for my beautiful baby, and when you act in love you have only positive results.
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Ride this Roller Coaster
– October 3, 2007Posted in: missy moo
Granted this is from a husband/fathers point of view, but my first child, a daughter, is three weeks old today and the entire experience was a ride.
For a while my wife was concerned that I wasn’t real involved when she was still preggers. I took care of her, but did pretty much ignore my unborn daughter, feeling that at that point I should take care of mommy instead.
But the moment Illianna ‘my daughter’ joined us, my world was thrown off since now it has to revolve around two brunettes instead of just one. I couldn’t hold Illi for several days without breaking down and crying softly, just over come by the sheer intensity of seeing my daughter, the sudden and overwhelming love i have for her and her mother and life in general.
It has only been three weeks, but I do not know how I ever lived without being a dad, and completely understand to yet another previously thought impossible level, unconditional love for another human being. Just as Jessica changed my world and gave me an appreciation for life and just being there with her, Illi did it to me again, and I have no idea how I lived without either one of them, even for a day.
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My Family
– September 27, 2007Posted in: missy moo
This one was too sweet not to post on the front page.
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Things I’ve learned
There are 24 hours in a day.
There is something about a clean diaper that triggers a pee/poo reflex.
Breast milk is liquid gold.
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1 Week Old
– September 18, 2007Posted in: missy moo
We had to go to the pediatrician today for Illiana’s 1 week check up. Her weight is a little on the light side, but the doctor was unconcerned. We’ve got another week to fatten her up, and now that we’ve got the milk supply in it shouldn’t be a problem. In fact the doctor seemed surprised to see how happy our little one was. It seems like everyone is always so surprised to hear that we’re not having any problems. Ryan’s taken off of work and has been a huge help. It’s *so* nice just being a family. I think the fact that both of us are around has made her one happy little girl.
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Home Sweet Home
– September 13, 2007Posted in: missy moo
We have made it home with Illianna. She is just the most wonderful thing, she hardly fusses and is so easy going, a real joy in our lives.
Here is another picture of her so maybe y’all can see what we do. Otherwise I will just be that crazy dad with all the pictures of his baby girl….
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Newest Little Meinzer…..Illianna
Announcing the arrival of Illianna Josephine Meinzer!
She was born on September 11th, 2007, at 6:30pm CDT. She weighs 8lbs and 6oz, and is 21.5 inches long. She is the single most beautiful thing I have ever seen or dreamt of second only to her mother. She has a full head of dark brown hair, grey-blue eyes, and was nursing within minutes of being popped out. Jess is doing great, about to get some sleep since we both need it, but other than that, all things are going well. We will post some pictures tomorrow once we have them, we didn’t get too many good ones tonight due to the obviously hectic environment.
Check out her pictures in Illianna’s photo album
