Showing posts with label Hadley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hadley. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Poor Abused Kitty
Hadley was so abused during the two weeks that Freddy was gone he wouldn't let him out of his sight. According to Hadley he got no love... yes this is one abused kitty...
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Day 14: What??
What is that we see??
Is it really true??
Is Daddy really coming home tomorrow??
Well it's a good thing I washed my ACUs!!!
~AKO
Is it really true??
Is Daddy really coming home tomorrow??
Well it's a good thing I washed my ACUs!!!
~AKO
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Fascinating
What exactly has Baby so fascinated you might ask?
It's Hadley going crazy with his toys. Marshall has recently become very interested in watching the cats.
You'll have to excuse the cat hair on the floor. We hadn't vacuumed yet :)
~AKO
It's Hadley going crazy with his toys. Marshall has recently become very interested in watching the cats.
You'll have to excuse the cat hair on the floor. We hadn't vacuumed yet :)
~AKO
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
New Toy and Some Firsts
We finally received and put together my glider and ottoman. It was one of those things that I thought we wouldn't need with the baby, not to mention we didn't have anywhere to put it. As I started having some soreness in my ankles, hips and back from rocking Marshall to sleep on my feet, we decided to give the glider a go. We spent Sunday rearraging our bedroom to make a space for it next to Marshall's crib. It now looks like Marshall actually has a little nursery to himself in the corner of our bedroom. It will be nice when we finally have our own house for him to have his own room.
Hadley, of course, felt he needed to try it out for approval.
Does it work, you ask? Well, Marshall and I did take a 3 hour nap in it this afternoon. I think it will make feedings a lot easier than trying to do them on the bed or couch.
Now for some Baby Firsts...
Monday evening, Marshall lifted his head and shoulders up an then rolled from his stomach onto his back. This was after he grabbed is pacifier and held onto it for a few minutes. After he was on his back he tried very hard to get back over on his stomach but it was not in the cards that night.
I've been thinking about putting his exersaucer together to see if he's ready for it since he's been moving his arms and legs a lot lately. That might be a project for this weekend :)
~AKO
Hadley, of course, felt he needed to try it out for approval.
Does it work, you ask? Well, Marshall and I did take a 3 hour nap in it this afternoon. I think it will make feedings a lot easier than trying to do them on the bed or couch.
Now for some Baby Firsts...
Monday evening, Marshall lifted his head and shoulders up an then rolled from his stomach onto his back. This was after he grabbed is pacifier and held onto it for a few minutes. After he was on his back he tried very hard to get back over on his stomach but it was not in the cards that night.
I've been thinking about putting his exersaucer together to see if he's ready for it since he's been moving his arms and legs a lot lately. That might be a project for this weekend :)
~AKO
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wordless Wednesday
I had lots of little helpers today.
Cleaning the Kitchen...
Feeding the baby...
Cleaning the Living Room...
Changing the baby...
~AKO
Cleaning the Kitchen...
Feeding the baby...
Cleaning the Living Room...
Changing the baby...
~AKO
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Do.Not.Like.
We had to do our least favorite thing ever this morning. Today was the yearly vet visit for C-Lo, Hadley, and Harley. We are still going to our old vet in Queens since she is familiar with Harley's history with his back legs. Plus their staff is awesome and always remembers our kitties. Unfortunately, when we move further into Jersey we're probably going to have to break down and find another vet. Right now the trip is an hour one way which, if you've ever travelled with cats, is not a fun trip. Hadley actually had an accident in his carrier because he was so nervous. You could tell he was embarrassed because he never has accidents and is usually the one who goes behind everyone else and covers up in the litter boxes.
Oh, and if you're wondering what the piece of purple fluff is on the floor. That belong to a purple furry mouse that Hadley beat the crap out of last night while we were sleeping. There was purple fur all over the living room. We still haven't found where he stashed the tail that was torn off.
While at the vet, Miss C-Lo turned into a major Drama Queen. There's nothing wrong with her here. She's just wrapped up in a towel and acting all pathtic. The doctor hadn't even touched her yet. Of course, her true Calico craziness surfaced when they tried to draw blood.
At least we only have to do this once a year.
~AKO
Oh, and if you're wondering what the piece of purple fluff is on the floor. That belong to a purple furry mouse that Hadley beat the crap out of last night while we were sleeping. There was purple fur all over the living room. We still haven't found where he stashed the tail that was torn off.
While at the vet, Miss C-Lo turned into a major Drama Queen. There's nothing wrong with her here. She's just wrapped up in a towel and acting all pathtic. The doctor hadn't even touched her yet. Of course, her true Calico craziness surfaced when they tried to draw blood.
At least we only have to do this once a year.
~AKO
Monday, January 10, 2011
Talent
I guess it's a good thing my cat doesn't have thumbs otherwise he'd be making a break for it.
~AKO
~AKO
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Bouncer Seat - SUCCESS
We had some mixed feelings about the bouncer seat that we received for Marshall. I was beginning to worry that it was going to go the way of wasted money since our initial reaction was this...
The only one interested in using it was Hadley.
But, the bouncer seat redeemed itself last week. I set Marshall in the seat and turned on the music. When the music plays, the white part in the middle also lights up. As soon as the music and lights were turned on I got this reaction...
I didn't even have to do anything. He just sat and smiled at the lights for a good 5 minutes before I got my usual "Mom, really?" look.
I'm hoping this means he'll be interested in his playmat soon.
~AKO
The only one interested in using it was Hadley.
But, the bouncer seat redeemed itself last week. I set Marshall in the seat and turned on the music. When the music plays, the white part in the middle also lights up. As soon as the music and lights were turned on I got this reaction...
I didn't even have to do anything. He just sat and smiled at the lights for a good 5 minutes before I got my usual "Mom, really?" look.
I'm hoping this means he'll be interested in his playmat soon.
~AKO
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Marshall William Has Arrived!
I think it has been over a week since I left a post here. Well, my little Turkey baby decided he wanted to be a Halloween baby, which I guess is fitting since Halloween is my favorite decorating holiday.
My last day physically in the office was Wednesday, 10/27. My plan was to telecommute from home then until 11/12 and my leave would begin on 11/13 with my estimated due date being 11/16. We had a long list of items that we were planning on getting completed the weekend of 10/29 - 10/31 in preparation for Marshall just in case he decided to make his arrival within the next week. Well, little Marshall had other plans. My last doctor's appointment was on 10/27 and I had no signs of going into labor anytime soon.
On Friday, 10/29, I was working my normal day from my living room... conference calls, emails, complaining clients, etc. Around 2:30 in the afternoon I started feeling very strong cramping in my lower abdomin. At that point they were just uncomfortable so I didn't think anything of it. By the time Freddy got home from work around 6:30, the cramping had gotten a little bit stronger but they were still just uncomfortable and were very random as far as timing was concerned. By 7:30 I had to lay down each time a cramp started, but they were still untimeable.
We decided to call the doctor just to be on the safe side. Since the cramping was just very uncomfortable and not necessarily painful, the on-call doctor told me that it could possibly be the early stages of labor. Her advice was to take a hot shower, have a snack, and try to get some sleep. If they started to really hurt then I should call her back.
For the next 2 hours I tried to eat some dinner, but started to feel nauseous so I decided to go lay down for awhile. All of a sudden the cramping went from 25 minutes, to 16 minutes, to 1 minute apart. But they still were not hurting too badly. Just after midnight they started to hurt and pretty much stopped me in my tracks. I told Freddy we needed to go to the hospital even if this wasn't the real thing just to make sure everything was ok. So he called the doctor back and she told him to bring me in and she would meet us there.
We left the house around 12:50 AM. Since there was no traffic, it took us about a half hour to get to the hospital. I couldn't imagine the ride into the city if we were trying to do it during daytime hours! I was obviously in no condition to walk a long distance so Freddy took a chance and parked in a no parking zone in front of the Emergency Room. Of course the security guard waved us right through and before I knew it Freddy had a wheelchair for me.
When we got up to Labor & Delivery, the triage nurse had to enter all of my insurance information into the system since we hadn't gotten a chance to pre-register... one of my to do's for that weekend :) We probably only sat there for 10 minutes but it seemed like forever. It got to the point where I started to feel the urge to push and all of a sudden 2 nurses and an attendee were pushing me through the door to the assessment area. Freddy couldn't come in yet so he ran downstairs to move the car into a parking garage.
When the attendee checked me I was fully dialated and ready to have this baby. Finally they wheeled me down to a birthing room where everything started moving full speed ahead. Since I was fully dialated my dream of an epidural was thrown right out the window so I had to have this kid au natural. When Freddy got back upstairs, I was already pushing so he arrived just in time.
The next few minutes are kind of a blur. I only remember pushing 3 or 4 times when little Marshall William arrived at 2:06 AM on 10/30/10. He was perfectly healthy at 6lbs 9oz and 19in long.
Since everything happened so fast, they didn't have time to even officially admit us so we were able to stay in the birthing room for an extra hour while the nurse took care of all the paperwork. It was nice to just lay and relax for a bit and think about what had just happened. They moved us into the post partum room around 4:00 that morning. By the time we got everything situated, it was almost 6:00 and I realized that I had now been up for 24 hours! So Freddy went home and I tried to get some much needed sleep.
The next couple of days were a blur of visitors and phone calls. Since everything was going well, they said we could go home on Sunday instead of waiting until Monday.
So, we've spent the last week trying to figure out how to be parents and still get our house in order. Let the fun begin!
~AKO
My last day physically in the office was Wednesday, 10/27. My plan was to telecommute from home then until 11/12 and my leave would begin on 11/13 with my estimated due date being 11/16. We had a long list of items that we were planning on getting completed the weekend of 10/29 - 10/31 in preparation for Marshall just in case he decided to make his arrival within the next week. Well, little Marshall had other plans. My last doctor's appointment was on 10/27 and I had no signs of going into labor anytime soon.
On Friday, 10/29, I was working my normal day from my living room... conference calls, emails, complaining clients, etc. Around 2:30 in the afternoon I started feeling very strong cramping in my lower abdomin. At that point they were just uncomfortable so I didn't think anything of it. By the time Freddy got home from work around 6:30, the cramping had gotten a little bit stronger but they were still just uncomfortable and were very random as far as timing was concerned. By 7:30 I had to lay down each time a cramp started, but they were still untimeable.
We decided to call the doctor just to be on the safe side. Since the cramping was just very uncomfortable and not necessarily painful, the on-call doctor told me that it could possibly be the early stages of labor. Her advice was to take a hot shower, have a snack, and try to get some sleep. If they started to really hurt then I should call her back.
For the next 2 hours I tried to eat some dinner, but started to feel nauseous so I decided to go lay down for awhile. All of a sudden the cramping went from 25 minutes, to 16 minutes, to 1 minute apart. But they still were not hurting too badly. Just after midnight they started to hurt and pretty much stopped me in my tracks. I told Freddy we needed to go to the hospital even if this wasn't the real thing just to make sure everything was ok. So he called the doctor back and she told him to bring me in and she would meet us there.
We left the house around 12:50 AM. Since there was no traffic, it took us about a half hour to get to the hospital. I couldn't imagine the ride into the city if we were trying to do it during daytime hours! I was obviously in no condition to walk a long distance so Freddy took a chance and parked in a no parking zone in front of the Emergency Room. Of course the security guard waved us right through and before I knew it Freddy had a wheelchair for me.
When we got up to Labor & Delivery, the triage nurse had to enter all of my insurance information into the system since we hadn't gotten a chance to pre-register... one of my to do's for that weekend :) We probably only sat there for 10 minutes but it seemed like forever. It got to the point where I started to feel the urge to push and all of a sudden 2 nurses and an attendee were pushing me through the door to the assessment area. Freddy couldn't come in yet so he ran downstairs to move the car into a parking garage.
When the attendee checked me I was fully dialated and ready to have this baby. Finally they wheeled me down to a birthing room where everything started moving full speed ahead. Since I was fully dialated my dream of an epidural was thrown right out the window so I had to have this kid au natural. When Freddy got back upstairs, I was already pushing so he arrived just in time.
The next few minutes are kind of a blur. I only remember pushing 3 or 4 times when little Marshall William arrived at 2:06 AM on 10/30/10. He was perfectly healthy at 6lbs 9oz and 19in long.
Since everything happened so fast, they didn't have time to even officially admit us so we were able to stay in the birthing room for an extra hour while the nurse took care of all the paperwork. It was nice to just lay and relax for a bit and think about what had just happened. They moved us into the post partum room around 4:00 that morning. By the time we got everything situated, it was almost 6:00 and I realized that I had now been up for 24 hours! So Freddy went home and I tried to get some much needed sleep.
The next couple of days were a blur of visitors and phone calls. Since everything was going well, they said we could go home on Sunday instead of waiting until Monday.
So, we've spent the last week trying to figure out how to be parents and still get our house in order. Let the fun begin!
~AKO
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Putty Approved
I can't believe how this week flew by. I think work knows that I'm getting ready to be gone for 3 months so everything seems to be blowing up at once! I haven't even wanted to get on the computer once I got home at all this week and usually went to bed not long afterwards.
I had my 35 week appointment on Thursday and everything is still going as planned. I'm still hoping we don't go early since I have everything planned at work right up until 11/12, which is my planned last day of work.
My shower is next Saturday so my Mom and sister are flying in for the weekend for it. I bought this to wear for Halloween so I'm debating if I'll wear it for the shower or not. It arrived today. How cool is this :)
In other exciting news, the day that we've been waiting for has finally arrived... our new sofa and loveseat were scheduled to arrive today!
Since the furniture delivery was scheduled sometime between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM, we knew we needed to be up and moving by 7:00. If we weren't, you know those guys would have shown up at exactly 7:00. So, knowing full well that I planned to be up and moving around 6:30, I went to bed around 11pm and proceeded to stare at the ceiling until almost 3:00AM! Not happy at all! I slowly dragged myself out of bed around 7, and who should arrive shortly thereafter??? No, not the delivery guys.... the roofers! We knew our landlord was having the roof of our building redone, but we didn't know they'd be showing up before the sun.
Being on the 2nd floor of a three story apartment, there was a lot of noise and banging going on all day. So much that the putties set up camp under the beds for most of the day. We still have no idea how Harley got his 20lb behind under the bed!
But finally, our new furniture did arrive and we spent most of the day rearranging the living room so that everything fit to our satisfaction. We had to put our old couch on the curb Thursday night for pickup so we went all day and night on Friday with no couch. And, both pieces are putty approved...
~AKO
I had my 35 week appointment on Thursday and everything is still going as planned. I'm still hoping we don't go early since I have everything planned at work right up until 11/12, which is my planned last day of work.
My shower is next Saturday so my Mom and sister are flying in for the weekend for it. I bought this to wear for Halloween so I'm debating if I'll wear it for the shower or not. It arrived today. How cool is this :)
In other exciting news, the day that we've been waiting for has finally arrived... our new sofa and loveseat were scheduled to arrive today!
Since the furniture delivery was scheduled sometime between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM, we knew we needed to be up and moving by 7:00. If we weren't, you know those guys would have shown up at exactly 7:00. So, knowing full well that I planned to be up and moving around 6:30, I went to bed around 11pm and proceeded to stare at the ceiling until almost 3:00AM! Not happy at all! I slowly dragged myself out of bed around 7, and who should arrive shortly thereafter??? No, not the delivery guys.... the roofers! We knew our landlord was having the roof of our building redone, but we didn't know they'd be showing up before the sun.
Being on the 2nd floor of a three story apartment, there was a lot of noise and banging going on all day. So much that the putties set up camp under the beds for most of the day. We still have no idea how Harley got his 20lb behind under the bed!
But finally, our new furniture did arrive and we spent most of the day rearranging the living room so that everything fit to our satisfaction. We had to put our old couch on the curb Thursday night for pickup so we went all day and night on Friday with no couch. And, both pieces are putty approved...
~AKO
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Little Helpers
So...I had a little energy today and started cleaning and organizing some of the piles of mail and junk that had been accumulating on our dining room table. Turns out I had a couple of little helpers...
As you can see they were both very useful today.
~AKO
As you can see they were both very useful today.
~AKO
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Unimpressed Kitties and MilSpouse Friday Fill-In
So I've been playing around with the new camera yesterday and today. Turns out that little thing has a lot of settings! Since I opted to work from home today and Freddy went into the city, the only models available were my kitties.
Hadley is always game for a photo op and always seems to portray the sweet and innocent putty that he is not.
This was the best that I could get out of Harley. This is apparently his good side, according to him.
C-Lo, as always, is unimpressed.
And now for this week's MilSpouse Fiday Fill-In!
Join in at Wife of a Sailor!
1.What is ONE thing you’d like civilians to understand about being a military family?
That you can't really tell the Army no :( In addition, it really bothers me when civilians say "Well you knew what you were getting into when you married him." Do we really? I mean we know there will be separations, sometimes on short notice, but do we really know what we're getting ourselves into? I do know that I got myself into a loving relations with a very honorable man who love his country more than life.
2.What is your favorite mistake?
Getting addicted to Farmville! Lame, I know...
3.What indulgence could you give up for a year?
I could probably give up Diet Coke if I really needed to.
4.If you could be a winged animal, what would you be?
Probably a bat. I think they're cool.
5.What is one question you’d like to see asked in a future MFF?
If money were not an issue, what job would you want to have? It is always interesting to see where people's true passion lies when they don't have to worry about money.
~AKO
Hadley is always game for a photo op and always seems to portray the sweet and innocent putty that he is not.
This was the best that I could get out of Harley. This is apparently his good side, according to him.
C-Lo, as always, is unimpressed.
And now for this week's MilSpouse Fiday Fill-In!
Join in at Wife of a Sailor!
1.What is ONE thing you’d like civilians to understand about being a military family?
That you can't really tell the Army no :( In addition, it really bothers me when civilians say "Well you knew what you were getting into when you married him." Do we really? I mean we know there will be separations, sometimes on short notice, but do we really know what we're getting ourselves into? I do know that I got myself into a loving relations with a very honorable man who love his country more than life.
2.What is your favorite mistake?
Getting addicted to Farmville! Lame, I know...
3.What indulgence could you give up for a year?
I could probably give up Diet Coke if I really needed to.
4.If you could be a winged animal, what would you be?
Probably a bat. I think they're cool.
5.What is one question you’d like to see asked in a future MFF?
If money were not an issue, what job would you want to have? It is always interesting to see where people's true passion lies when they don't have to worry about money.
~AKO
