the Baby Blog
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 109 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 33 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
John Riley yesterday made it to his knees. He was so happy, but could not figure out to do next. He just stay in the crawling position looking at his hands. You could tell he was trying to figure out what to do next.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 109 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 33 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
So Izzy and I were flipping through a picture book today. We come to the farm animals, she points to the chicken an says... "Chicken Nugget".. Not chicken or birdie but chicken nugget. I could not stop laughing to finish the book
Written By: John Riley
At post Izzy Pauline was: 100 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 24 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
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Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 100 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 24 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Well its is now Sunday and John Riley's tooth count has doubled. His second bottom tooth in the front has come in. He is half way to being a full bunny. In the last week John Riley's world has increase exponentially. In the last week, he has discovered his hands, feet, toes, toys, how to babble with the best of them, and how to roll himself around the room. He also sits up in a stroller, a little wobbly to the left and right still.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 99 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 24 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Well may it was a little longer than 5 minutes. I had to do number 2 and shower... not because of number 2. So as I am finishing up I hear footsteps coming up the stairs, then the shower curtain gets ripped back and there is mommy holding a kni.... umm very naked Izzy. It appears in the few minutes I was away, Mommy let Izzy pee her diaper and John Riley to poop himself and his one-see. What am I ever going to do. :)
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 99 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 24 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Well it is official John Riley has cut his first tooth and he is not, I repeat NOT happy about it. He has never cried as hard was he is doing with his teeth. But a little infant Tylenol makes him all happy again
Written By: John Riley
At post Izzy Pauline was: 96 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 21 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
This does NOT taste like milk to me.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 96 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 20 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Well Izzy has mastered the art of taking pictures. So much that I just deleted 20 Izzy pictures of the camera. You know close ups of hands, cloths, floors, and stuff I cannot identify
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 87 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 11 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
The bed has taken it's first causality of war. My toe. The one right next to the little toe on my left foot. It was so vicious that it tried to take the top of my toe off. After a few band-aids all was better.
Written By:
At post Izzy Pauline was: 89 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 13 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
The not the Mamma has returned. Yesterday John Riley said MOOOOOM-MEEEE. Of course this comes from Mommy so I do not know if I can trust the information. However, on sunday I had Izzy repeating "Mommy", "Doggie", Chubbs", "Jack", "John Riley", and when I tried "Daddy" she just looked at me, smiled and said "Mommy". That little stinker
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 89 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 13 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Well today we went to the Zoo. John Riley did not seem to care. Being 3 months that does not surprise me. But Izzy loved it. There are a bunch of pictures in the photo album. Enjoy
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 89 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 13 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Just a bunch of hams, and Izzy now says cheese when having her picture taken
Written By: Izzy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 89 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 13 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Yes, I lined up all my toys in a row. No help required here. I even lined up the dwarfs on the other side.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 89 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 13 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
I knew something was up when Izzy had not made a noise for a few minutes, and I caught her red Handed and blue faced. I caught Izzy playing in mommies makeup. She did such a good job putting it on.
Written By: John Riley
At post Izzy Pauline was: 88 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 12 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Can't you see I am sleeping.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 88 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 12 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Well love might be the wrong word, but Jay seems awful happy about it
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 86 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 10 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
It appears that Izzy does not appreciate her hot dogs having the slightest bit of burnt edges. She dislikes it so much that she felt it necessary to peel the skins of all her hot dog pieces before eating.
Written By: the Husband
At post Izzy Pauline was: 86 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 10 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Well today was a good day. Jay and I are down to two debts left with the paying off of my student loan today. That scratches $4,582.56 of the old debt pile. We are planning on paying off Jay's student loan within a year. So by May next year we will be debt free except for the house. And I tell you all now. When that day comes, I am taking the day off and calling Dave Ramsey to scream "WE'RE DEBT FREE", and don't think we won't do it. For the last two years we have been working on paying of our debts, we have saved and denied ourselves the freedom to spend money on things we wanted and sometimes needed. All with the hope of one day to be completely debt free. I dream about the day that we will have enough saved up to pay for college for my children, give very generously to our church and retire with dignity (without relying on the government). If I do get money from the government because of the socialism that is running ramped in America right now, I will be giving every dollar of it to charity (with or without a tax write off). So what does this all have to do with mothers day. Well as a gift to my wife and a reward for paying off the debt. I have purchased ( with cash ), a bed frame with a headboard. She has been patiently waiting for 4 years to get a complete bed. So this is my gift to her for her patients. And once we are debt free, we will live like no one else, because we will furnish our house and take a cruse without going deeply into debt in the process. And yes she knows what she is getting, I wanted her input into which one to purchase since she will be using it everyday for the next 10+ years.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 86 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 10 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
We as kids are taught that the differences between an man and women are almost nothing. We are equals, what ever a boy can do so can a girl, (except for long distance peeing challenges, and boys will have a hard time with the whole birth thing). But no matter what political scientists say, there is no denying that boys and girls are different. For instance, Izzy developed fine motor skills (grabbing objects, and small jesters) a whole lot faster then John Riley is. However her large motor skills took a while to develop as her head still flopped around well into 4 months of life. John Riley on the other hand... head... has almost a stable head at 2 months and I very rarely see it flop around now. He is also stronger then Izzy was at his age. Izzy is strong now, she picked up a 5lbs bag of bird feed by herself and was able to bear hug the vacuum cleaner and carry about 2 feet. Which is a long way for short legs I love my children, my wife and my life. I am truly blessed.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 86 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 10 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
John Riley is moving along quite nicly. He started cooing a few days ago, along with the smiling and happy looks he gives when he sees his parent, I would say he is turning out to be once smart baby. But I could be bias.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 84 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 8 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
I will give you a hint. She is under the age of 2, and has worn every size shoe from Child Size 6, to Men Size 13w. At least she spends the time to find matching shoe's when she puts them on.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 83 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 8 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Well this is gross, and if my daughter was older, she would kill me for telling you all this. But the story must be told. My wife called for me while I was working down stairs, and I could hear my daughter saying Oooohh, oooohhh. I came up stairs to find my daughter half naked pointing into the living room. There on the floor next to the couch was the largest turd I have ever seen. I was so proud of her and so disgusted. So all the oohing was to inform us she pooed. I am so glad it was solid. I guess she is old enough to be potty trained.
Written By: John Riley
At post Izzy Pauline was: 83 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 7 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Were did you say that chocolate came from? From an Easter Bunny, and your eating them. Ooh My Gosh...
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 83 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 7 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Jay just called at 9am, and said Izzy is still asleep. That is amazing, she never sleeps past 6:05am. But today, she got up with me at 6, and then I put her back to bed at 7 and she has been asleep every since.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 83 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 7 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Easter Sunday should be renamed to Sugar high weekend. Starting Saturday with Mom's delivery of jelly beans, Izzy ate nothing but junk food (at least that is what it seemed). But when she crashed she crashed hard.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 82 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 6 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Did you know that mash potatoes is a plague on this earth. And if your veggies touch the spuds, then it is a law that every ounce sub needs to be scrapped from the veggies before eating. Well if you are Izzy, then this is all true. I watched her spend 20 minutes scrapping mashed potatoes from her veggies so she could eat them. Of course spuds are a little sticky, so how do you clean our hands? Let me give you a hint. It weighs 75lbs, has four legs. :)
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 82 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 6 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Well Cathrine has move on. No she didn't die, and no she is not dead to me. I did't give her the kiss of death or anything like that. But I did move her out. Within a few weeks of being here (in Missouri), she got a new job and apartment and a baby sitter (not my wife). She is off to start her new life and provide a better future for her children. So we are back to a family of four, the house is quiet except for when John Riley wants to get feed, which is all the time, and when the pug snores, which is 24x7. This dog snores when she is awake, and it only gets louder at night. The rest of the family is doing good. Izzy has been a little sick and has been grumpy, but she is getting better and John Riley has a stuffy nose, but I think the entire midwest has a stuffy nose with the temp flipping from 60 to 26 and back to 60 every other day.
Written By: Mean Uncle
At post Izzy Pauline was: 80 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 4 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Well it has been 12 days since the last post. My only excuse is life is crazy. With 7 people living in a house intended to hold 4, there is a lot going on. For example, last night I made Tita cry. It really wasn't that hard to do. She refused to answer a question and just looked at me, like "who are you to tell me what to do". I simply placed her in her room. That simple little action brought on a 10 minute crying fest. Of course the crying got worse when I took the DVD player out of the room. It must suck to be a child. Well she is better now and answered my question. Score 1 for the parents. YES!!!!. There is some good news, and it proves God is great. Within 2 days Cathrine got a job, and a three bed room apartment for $500. She is getting government support and she is happy. Of course the best part is, Cathrine decided not to get a cat.
Written By: DaD
At post Izzy Pauline was: 78 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 2 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
It finally happened, Jay was the first one out playing Monopoly. Thats what happens when you get greedy and do not have the 3 extra dollars to pay your bills. :)
Written By: The Mighty Painter
At post Izzy Pauline was: 76 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 1 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Well Riley's baby room is now painted, almost. I still need to put a second coat on the doors to make them look good. But other than that it is finished. I think I spent about 12 to 15 hours painting this room. Which is kinda sad, because there are no strips, no circle, no squares not even an oblong shape or random streaks of paint. Just two colors, a shade of green and a light yellow. The bad part is the yellow took the longest to paint and I only used a quart of paint. I chewed through a gallon of the green. So what took so long with the yellow, well can you imagine how long it takes to paint all the base boards (without removing them from the walls), and the door frames, and the doors, and the window. And why do they put all those stupid little wood bars across the windows. There not there to keep someone out, but boy do they take a long time to paint. I will have some pictures up soon.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 76 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 0 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Based on the suggestion for my wonderful co-workers, I have determined that the new baby should have been named OMAR. That is short for "Owens Michael Anakin Rosenbaum". Could you imagine filling out scantrons with a name like that. Like Rosenbaum is not bad enough.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 76 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 0 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Well leaving to go back to work was hard today. With Izzy crying every time I moved towards the door, and the wife looking pitiful. It made me feel like such a chump. I run off to work leaving a wife, two kids and two dogs at home. What a nice guy I am.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 76 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 0 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Check out the new addition to the Rosenbaum family. I have uploaded a multitude of pictures of John Riley into the photo album. Well maybe not a multitude, he is only 3 days old.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 75 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 0 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Well it is official, we are now a family of 4. The baby was born on 2/20/2009 at 1:36pm. He weighs 7lbs 8oz and is 17 1/2 inches long.
We have not decided on a baby name yet.
Mom and baby are doing wonderful. Pictures will be coming soon.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 75 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: 0 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
We are down to the final few seconds. The clock is running out, and with the exception of a few timeouts and possibly a penalty play, the end is near. There is no overtime option. After nine months of training, hours spent eating the right foods (everything in the house to fight the cravings) and two months or having a huge belly, we are finally there. Within the next few hours we will finally know.
Will it be a boy or a girl? To bad we have not settled on boy and girl names yet.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 75 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
At post John Riley was: -1 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Jay had a wonderful surprise baby shower yesterday. The ladies at the church are wonderful for setting it all up. Thank you to all that attended
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 74 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Well it was a false alarm last night. Jay called me at work and said you I better come get her right away. Of course my mind started to race, thoughts of having a child on the way to the hospital dances through my head. Then I hit traffic, moving at a whooping 5mph, I start to believe I was going to miss the whole thing. Long story short, after 4 hours at the hospital we were sent home. So no sibling for Izzy yet.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 74 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Well the wife just got back from the doctors. It is now time to hyperventilate. She is now at 4cm and is 75% effaced. The doc believes we will not make it to our next doctors appointment.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 74 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Sorry about the site being down. Time zone difference prevented some of my files from being loaded properly.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 74 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
After a few setbacks the first coat of primer is almost all done. Not to offend any painters, but you guys have to be crazy to paint for a living. What setbacks, well my little power roller decided to break. If you ever plan on painting more than one small room, I suggest spending the $60 and get a powered roller. It make it so easy. So what will the baby room look like when its all done. You'll just have to wait and see.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 73 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
I started on preparing the baby room for the second child. The first wonderful task of course was to strip wallpaper. So we recruited Greg to give me a hand. I bought scrappers, wallpaper spray and a weird funky gator looking thing and was planning for a long days worth of work. Twenty minutes later we were done and Greg went home. I really think we spent more time procrastinating to get started then it took to strip the paper.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 73 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
It has come to my attention that some of you believed that we were going to name our child "Gertrude Raemarie Rosenbaum". Well not to burst any bubbles, but our child will not be named that. That is almost as bad as giving your boy a girls name. Like "Sue". We do have a boy and girls name picked out. We are still flip flopping on the middle name for the boy. The initials for the boy will be JPR or JMR. For the girl the initials will be CAR. I figure we will get enough torment over the initials, that I will not be giving the names out until closer to the due date.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 72 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Celebrating the Birthday Girl
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 72 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Time is running out to send Jay a birthday note through the website. Make sure you check it out today, because tomorrow it will be gone. Go to the baby site home page, and the birthday note appears at the top.
Written By: Daddy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 72 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
This morning, Izzy kinda said "Daddy". Well to me it sounded like "tatta" but Jay swears it was "Daddy". So why did she say "Daddy" because the nipple to her bottle was clogged and she needed "tatta" to fix it. So I got to be her hero. YES. But when I asked her tonight to say "Daddy" she said "Mamma" once again.
Written By: Not the Momma
At post Izzy Pauline was: 72 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
For those of you who do not know. I went on a ski trip with a bunch of guys from Church to Colorado from the 22nd and got back late on the 24th. I did have a wonderful time but I missed my little girl, especially when I saw a dads' teaching their daughters how to ski. Yes I crashed, a lot on the mountain. But after many attempts I made it down. I did not get to see my little girl awake until the 25th and you will never guess what the first thing she said.... "Mamma" and pointed to the bedroom where she knew "Mamma" was sleeping. So I asked her "You havn't seen me for three days, and the first thing you want is "Mamma". And of course her response was "Uh-huh". That little stinker... I have from a very reliable source that Izzy's friend Haily did a little two step when she saw her dad after 3 days and all I got was "MAMMA" I feel so unloved.. :(
Written By: the Husband
At post Izzy Pauline was: 71 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Happy Birthday Dear. I love you so much.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 70 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
The due date for child two is coming close. March 1st right around the corner. Especially when you realize that February is a short month. According to Jay, our future bundle of joy is doing what unborn children do best. Using the bladder for a punching bag, the lungs for a leg press machine and the belly button as an ejection button that is broken. I personally think Jay's belly is larger this time around, I sure hope delivery is easier then the first. We still have not decided on names for our new child, I am sure one will come to us soon... I hope. As you can tell, I have updated the site for the new baby. I am starting to get really excited to welcome our new child into the world. Through Jay's and my love, and with the support of all our relatives. I am hoping to fight off the second child syndrome.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 70 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
It has come to my attention,
well I was slapped in the face by a friend, that the second child syndrome has already
set in at the Rosenbaum house hold. And to my surpriseNot really you get results in google "second child syndrome". Here are three links, one from wikipedia and the other two from parents realizing the same thing.
With our first child the room was ready months before she was due, there was at
least 25 posts on the site talking about a whole range of things (kicks, cravings, painting of the childs room, and other odd events). We even knew what Izzy's name was going to be well before the due date.
But on the second time around this just is not the case.
- We cannot agree on a baby name, it helped that we knew the gender of the first baby before hand but that still is not an excuse.
- The room has not been painted. Let me restate that, the wall paper hasn't even been stripped
and the colors have not been chosen Only one thing is for sure "THERE WILL BE NO STRIPS. I think Jay wants circles this time.
- We do not have a crib
- Nor do we have a dresser
- There are no pictures of the pregnant belly, which is larger this time around. Trust me
- No stories about the baby kicking, pushing and poking mom
Dang we are bad parents.
That all ends now*
- The baby name is "Gertrude Raemarie Rosenbaum" aka "GRR"
- The room colors will be Pink and Green with the artistic style of "Splash". You know through the can of paint against the wall and hope the paint sticks.
- I found a perfect bed.
- Who really uses dressers,
- Here are some belly pictures.
- And guess what the baby kicks mom all the time.
I feel better now. I am now a good parent.*
*All ideas expressed in this post may be overridden by Mom at any time. As of time of this post they have been overridden :(
Written By: John
At post Izzy Pauline was: 69 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 69 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
I got a funny feeling that my child got reruns of Dinosaurs while in the womb. She just refuses to say Daddy, Dad, Pop, Dada, or even just old man. Absolutely refuses to. I know she can say it, she has said it 3 times in her life. Once to get ice cream, one time when I was not around and the final time was to taunt me, just so she could laugh and say Mama. I am starting to think that I am "Earl Sinclair" and Izzy is "Baby Sinclair". She does everything in her power not to say Daddy. But she does give me an ornery little smile every time she says "Mama" while looking at me. I have included a YouTube clip of how this works. Enjoy
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 68 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
If you have not checked, I have uploaded 21 new videos and 276 pictures this month.
Written By: Izzy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 68 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Three days of opening presents, playing with toys, dressing up, and long car rides can really wear you out.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 68 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
You ever wondered what happened to all those left over Christmas boxes? I think I have found out.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 67 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Well Izzy has done it again, she continues to impress me. She has learned to High Five. She says something like "Itub Buu" when she does it. It is so cute. Now if we can jest keep her fingers off the channel change buttons on the TV that would be great.
Written By: Izzy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 67 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
My Uncle Jared is awesome.
Written By: Doting Father
At post Izzy Pauline was: 66 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
You must watch the "Where is it?" video. Besides having this cutest little girl in the world in it, towards the end of the video you can hear her say "Where is it?" It is awesome. I rate it one of the cutest videos of all time.
Written By: The tight wade
At post Izzy Pauline was: 66 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
What ever happened of going to the store and picking up a $150 to $300 dollar tv. Nothing fancy, it needs to simply display a picture without making the people look like midgets, and planets look like eggs. If you cannot tell by now, our TVs tube is starting to squish the picture. So I went to Best Buy yesterday and started to look around. I was surprised to find that my current tv of 27" is considered small and they almost consider it a basic computer monitor. I digress, I asked one of the clerks if there were any TVs within the $150 to $300 price range. While he did not laugh hysterically, I could tell he wanted to. The little smirk gave him away. All of their TVs start at $400 and then just go up from there. So I left. The tight wade in me wont let me spend $400s plus on a TV that we only watch about about 8 hours a week.... Well the TV is on more than that, but I am typically working most of the time on my laptop.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 65 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Stand on your head
Written By: John P. Griswold
At post Izzy Pauline was: 65 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Am I a Griswold? My wife thinks so, At least a Griswold in training. Sure I don't have 25,000 imported Italian twinkle lights, but I do have 1,000 lights list on my tree, 400 lights in the kitchen along the top of the cabinets, two strands of lighted garland (about 25 light apiece), and 200 light wrapped around the banister going up stairs.
So what if the living room is brighter with the tree plugged in then with the lamps turned on. Does it matter that you can see the tree from two windows, blocking one window almost completely. Should I have been concerned, when I loaded the tree into the truck, that it filled the bed.
I have to say NO. Its Christmas, how can you go to big, to bright, to flashy. As long as you do not forget the spirit and purpose of the season
So am I a future Griswold? I would say "post your vote in the comments section below and tell us what you think.", but the comment feature is broken right now.
Merry Christmas
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 65 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
While I am waiting for the sheets to dry, at 11:35pm, I figured I would list off all the words Izzy is using daily. These are in recall order (just plan random): Mama, dada, doggie, chubbs*, jack*, no, Halie, Kalie, please*, thank you*, all done*, uh hu (yes), baba (bottle), hello, hi. She understands: sit down, take this to mom/dad, no, do you want to go, go outside, do you want more, bath time, you want the doggies in side, pick up your toys Words she signs: more, food, bath, thank you, please, all done, bed time,. She has her own sign for "put on" and will hand you a jacket, shirt, shoes, socks, etc..., and one for open.
Written By: The Nerd
At post Izzy Pauline was: 64 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
I know, this link and post has little to do about Izzy or the new baby, or my wife, or the dogs, house, car, Christmas, Thanksgiving, holidays, pictures, website, videos, grandparents, uncles, relatives, ufos... (well kinda), work, pretty much anything but entertainment, fun, movies, hollywood, star trek, intel, toys, cool laptop, and just being a nerd. But the nerd in me, and the nerd that my children will become approve this link
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Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 64 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
With the exception that Izzy decided to push a few more teeth out over Thanksgiving, Turkey day went off without a hitch. The turkeys were awesome, the caramel brownies were incredible (even with almond extract instead of vanilla), and the pumpkin pies were terrific. If you do not believe me check the photos of Izzy eating/playing in the pumpkin pie. Also there are a ton of new pictures and 5 new videos of Izzy being Izzy. Also I have updated the video player on the home page and I added a new tag feature to the photo album. So if you want to see all the pictures of Izzy eating, simply click the "FOOD" tag. As of today I am only about 10% of the way through tagging all the pictures.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 63 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Do I have to save anything more?
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 63 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Did you know that there are 47 pictures of Izzy eating. That is crazy. One would think she eats all the time. :)
Written By: Izzy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 61 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
I can dress my self. How many layers do I need?
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 62 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
I placed child safety latches on all the cabinets in the kitchen. The old knob style lock would not allow Izzy to open the cabinet at all. Now with the new push latch, she can open the door just enough to see in but not enough to touch.
Ooh how I like to taunt here. Now I can place the cookies just out of here reach. Muahhhh
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 61 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
My child is awesome. Jay and I were both sick on Saturday. Jay went to bed at 6pm and I stayed up to watch Izzy. Well watch was more like, I laid on the couch covered in a blanket while wearing a thick hoodie, trying to keep my headache down to a load roarer, and not let any heat escape my blanket. My wonderful little girl spent the night playing with her toys and made very little noise and was a perfect little angel. She even left the TV alone, and did not stand up on her toys.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 61 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Izzy has had some rough nights. Her teeth are still giving her pain and she does not want to be left alone. So Jay, being sweet has been bringing Izzy to bed with us. Which seems to calm her enough to fall asleep. But last night it was great. You will never guess the sleeping arrangement that my wife and daughter had worked out. Well you wont have to guess. Take a look at the pictures.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 61 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Izzy has had a rough couple of weeks. With getting sick, more like hacking up a lung, then getting pink eye and now a lingering sinus drainage issue because of getting sick and teething. It has been tough. On top of that, she got 4 molars in within the last week. They came in on both sides, top and bottom. No wonder she was grabbing at her mouth and crying from time to time. But even with all this she remained in good spirits and was almost always happy.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 61 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
There is a bunch of new pictures and videos posted. And the holiday season has just begun. Enjoy
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 60 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Well Izzy got to experience her first Autumn leaf party. Dressed in her fluffiest jacket, she was thrown (ever so gently) in to a mountain of leaves from the front yard. Besides the look of bewildered at first she loved playing in the leaves with the dogs.
2 videos and 27 pictures have been posted
Written By: Izzy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 60 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
I have a new cousin, Kadence Joe Henry. She was born November Fifth at 3:30am, after putting her mom through 20 hours of labor (poor girl). She was 6lbs 13oz at 20 inches long... lite weight, nothing compared to my 7lbs 15oz but we can't all be perfect. Diaper humor :)
Welcome to the family. Love Izzy.
Written By: Izzy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 60 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
I did my civic duty today and I voted. I know, I know I am too young to vote. But ACORN signed me up three times last week while I was getting my diaper changed. I couldn't pass up the opportunity. I have one complaint through, they wouldn't let me use crayons. :)
Written By: Izzy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 59 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Dads chiropractor is awesome. I got cookies. Score....
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 59 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Well Izzy said her first word that is not Mamma or Dadda, it was Doggie. She pointed at Jack and Chubbs and said doggie. it was awesome. She also responds to questions with nods. She knows how to sign food, drink, milk, more and all done.
Written By:
At post Izzy Pauline was: 58 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
We went to a pumpkin patch today and Izzy loved it. After warming up to the animals she started to scream with excitement, running from cage to cage to pet the animals. Take a look at the pictures.
Written By: dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 56 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Well as most of your already know, in 6 months Izzy will be an older sister. We are not planing on finding out the gender of the next baby so it will be a nice surprise to us all. Not to mention it is torturing our parents. Hehehe...
Written By: dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 55 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Six new videos have been added labeled "200809 01" through "200809 06"
Written By: Izzy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 54 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
I got to celebrate my Uncle Jared's 27 birthday party last night. It was awesome. I got to eat chicken with Grandma's coffee chicken sauce and mash potatoes (YUCK). I did not get any cake, but I heard that Dad tried to burn the house down with the candles.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE JARED.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 53 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
New Videos: Strolling and My Train. Also a photo story of my life... so far. :)
This video is available in the flash player under "My Life".
Written By: Land Lubber
At post Izzy Pauline was: 53 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 52 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
New feature has been added to the picture album. When you login a new graphic will appear next to the images that have been added since your last login. The icons will remain until your login expires or you login again.
Make sure that you scan the entire list for new images
I will be adding some new pictures that date back to almost when Izzy was born. The new image will allow you to find them easly. Enjoy
Written By: The Bad Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 51 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
It is official, we are bad parents. This morning while I was converting the "Walking Machine" video and posting the blog, we lost Izzy. She took her new found freedom to wonder out the back door, down the concrete step to the patio and out to the fire pit before we know she was gone.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 50 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Izzy has finally done it. She walked. Well to be honest she was talking single steps by herself for about a week. But today she took up to 5 steps at a time, was able to recover when she started to fall, and stood up without pulling herself up. And to make it cooler, she did it multiple times, sometimes carrying things, and every time without coaching or encouragement. She just stood up and walked. You can look at the newly posted video of her walking, before she saw the camera and stopped.
Written By: dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 43 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Izzy is around 18lbs now. Her weight gain has slowed and is currently sitting about 55% for weight and height. However her height has started to take off. She takes a few weeks to plump and then she looks skinny again. Its like a slinky.
She is also free standing for greater periods of time, standing for almost 20secs without support.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 40 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
6 new videos. Three videos for 5/11 and 5/27
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 40 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Welcome, sorry we have not been posting any blogs and pictures. But I have now posted a bunch of pictures. We have been going crazy over here. We both have started new jobs. Jay is the daycare directory of the KC Life Church Daycare. I started my job at ThermoFisher Scientific on April 28th, so as of today I have work exactly 1 month. We are also part of the churches softball team, I in a mens group on tuesdays, and we are taking the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University class at the church on Wednesdays
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 28 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Check out the new videos:
Neither Regions
Bathtime
Laugh
Written By: Jay
At post Izzy Pauline was: 27 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Oh! My! Gosh! I loved our vacation to California! I love my family. I love the hotel. I love the sunshine! Joe and Cari were able to set us up in a 4 star resort for the week which was like a really nice apartment, kitchen and balcony with grill included. The whole family was together under one roof. Izzy got to meet her cousins Tita and Jackie for the first time, I got to spend time with my little sister (God! I miss her!) and Grandparents got to spend time with their grandkids and kids for one great week. John was happy we got a room he could hide out in for a few minutes by himself. He did really great, he just needs a few minutes of peace and quiet every day.
John hung out with dad a lot this trip golfing and deep sea fishing. Cat and I hung out while the boys were playing. We traveled down to the beach one day near the Hotel Del Coronado to show the girls the ocean for the first time. Cat and I piled everyone into the car and drove 2 1/2 hours each way. We walked up and down the side shops (where I slipped and fell while we ran past the sprinklers...sandals have no traction), ate lunch at a little bistro, enjoyed some really pricey but GREAT sweets from the Hotels bakery and, oh yeah...went to the beach!
Cat and I pulled our strollers across the beach like horses with their buggies (seriously, that's how we looked) and made the long trip down to the ocean. Tita had a blast in the water. She collected sea shells, splashed in the water and enjoyed the sun. Jackie screamed when her feet touched the water (it was pretty cold) but then fell asleep the rest of the time. Izzy loved the feel of the water and sand around her toes, when I went for the camera though she started getting fussy because SHE wanted to go to sleep too, which she did 10 minutes later.
The wedding of Amber and Mickey was absolutely gorgeous She looked like a princess and she had a reception at the country club that matched. Servers marched around with drinks and orderves and there was a three course meal to follow! Izzy was so excited that she didn't want to fall asleep. She loved the dance floor and all the people. We finally left at 11:00 and she squealed with delight as we put her in her carseat. She knew it was time to go home. :)
We took some time to visit Johns family too. Izzy got to see baby tortoises at Great-Grandpa Waughs and puppies at Grandpa Rosenbaums. Driving through the beautiful countryside of California John and I had to wonder..."why did we ever leave?"
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 26 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Check out the new video: March 9th Videos
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 26 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Well we spent the last week in sunny southern CA, and it was wonderful. We got a brand new rental car with a whopping 138 miles on it. When we returned it, we racked up 1280 miles. I wanted to make sure it was broken in for them. But the more import issue was the wedding that we attended. Jay's cousin Amber Henry married Mikkie Bill. It was a wonderful wedding, beautiful and elegant. We congratulate them and know that they will have a blessed life together. Jay has some of the most fun loving relatives. While out there I went deep sea fishing and golfing, we went floated on a lazy river, visited Grandpa Rosenbaum and Great-grandpa Waugh, and Jay and Izzy went to the beach for the first time. It was a nice trip. With all this traveling we took a bunch of pictures. I hope you have a broadband connection because I upload 165 of them. Enjoy :)
Written By: Daddy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 23 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 23 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Check out the new video: Hippity Hoppity
Written By: a pained mommy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 22 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
John and I were excited when we first saw the beginning of two teeth popping into Izzy's mouth- then kind of surprised to feel two more in the back of her mouth coming through and I swear we saw two more coming through in the front...but those disappeared. The first two that we saw definitely popped through and made themselves known to...ME! I was leisurely sitting and rocking with my baby while she nursed but then I felt a CHOMP! I jumped and made her stop eating for a second which made her really mad because she was interrupted. I let her nurse again but a few minutes later I felt another CHOMP! That's it. She was done nursing for the moment. How exciting that she got those teeth in so early. Yeah right. :)
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 22 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
You can now add comments to blog postings and pictures in the photo album. Simply login, return to the home page or the photo album and click the "Add Comment" link. Enter your comment into the text box and then click "Add Comment" again. Simple.
Also I fixed the 20 minute limit to posts. You now have an entire day to compose a post. :)
Written By: Officially "MOM" now
At post Izzy Pauline was: 20 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
It must be a mom thing. It always amazed me when my mom would say, "Oh! I don't need a thing for my birthday...you're all I need." I never believed her and thought she was a big fat liar! But then it happened to me! I turned into that person. I don't remember a birthday where I wasn't super excited from the week before (ok, fine...I would be excited an entire month ahead of time). But the morning of my birthday rolled around and I would have totally forgotten about it if it wasn't for my husband kissing me goodbye and saying happy birthday.
WOW! It happened! I didn't remember my birthday. I'm now a 27 year old mommy who now only cares about kissing and cuddling with her little girl on days like this and couldn't give a darn about my very own birthday...Wierd, right?
Written By: Mommy Dearest
At post Izzy Pauline was: 19 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Well, Izzy got her 2nd set of shots. I feel so bad when we're packing her up to go get these done. She has a happy little smile on her little chubby face and she squeals with delight as we play with her on the table, just sitting around in her diaper. Then the nurse comes in to give her the horrible things we came in for. Here's the progression of facial expressions as each shot comes.
First is just a sweet, syrupy inoculation that she takes by mouth- Izzy drinks it down with a surprised but happy little expression.
1st shot- "OH! That was surprising! Wonder what that was?"
2nd shot- "Oh Lord! It happened again! I'm starting to really not like this feeling."
3rd shot- "Oh! My! LORD! It happened again and NO ONE IS STOPPING THIS!" Waaaaaaaaaaaaa!
4th shot- "The pain will never stop! Everyone just stands there and laughs!" ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
5th shot- "enough is enough! Maybe the gods of heaven will stop this pain if I cry loud enough." WAAAAAARRRRGGGGGAAAAWAA!
5 minutes after the shots are given and she's in her car seat Izzy is asleep and cuddling her bunny. The pain is over.
Funny moment: Izzy is starting to be a little suspicious of anyone not mommy and daddy now. So when the doctor came in to kiss and cuddle with her Izzy actually pushed him away and looked very concerned. Her daddy was very proud of her being able to push away men who gave her unwanted attention at such an early age.
Written By: the beaming mommy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 19 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Yes! It's been a big week. Izzy is mastering art of sitting unassisted! On Tuesday, January 22 Izzy triumphantly decided that she could sit without her parent's help. so on the living room floor with both parents in close proximity Isabella Rosenbaum sat up for probably a total of 30 seconds completely balanced! The next day at nursing group she impressed all the other mommies in attendance by sitting for even longer- since then she has practiced sitting up a lot, looking very, very, very proud of herself. Or is that just her mommy beaming her pride onto her offspring? Either way; it's cool!
Written By: The mother of a genius
At post Izzy Pauline was: 16 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Izzy is a genius- did I tell you that? Didn't I tell everyone that? My daughter is a stinking genius! She's learning how to do new things every day. She's almost got this rolling over thing down- she actually rolled all the way over this afternoon! Soon she'll be able to gain some serious mobility, then I'll be sorry I ever wished for it.
She's adorably chunky- she has all the right rolls in all the right places, I think she weighs a bit more than the other 4 months old around but shes gotta be the cutest baby in the world with the cutest pair of cheeks that you just love to squish. I've never felt the urge to squish a baby's cheeks before but I love squishing hers- she smiles every time I do it.
Her ultimate big first is that she laughed, really laughed, for the first time on Sunday. Her daddy and i were so excited! I was tickling her on the bed after church and she let out a little giggle. I haven't been able to get her to do it since but she'll do it again soon. :)
lastly. I said Izzy's a genius but her daddy and I have to learn how to do math a little better to reach her status. This whole time we've been thinking that she's close to 4 1/2 months old. Well, I was corrected and we discovered that she's actually just about to turn 4 months tomorrow. Which means I started her on solid foods a tad bit early- but oh well! She liked them and she didn't develop any allergies to them.
Written By: MaMa to an angel
At post Izzy Pauline was: 14 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Look at this! Mama Rosenbaum is posting a message after all this time. Sorry I haven't written anything lately, I just have had other priorities on my mind.
So far Izzy has survived her first set of shots, countless number of nights in her own bed, and parents that (oh yes, we did it) left her in her room to cry herself to sleep at night for 20 minutes.
Izzy was brave during her first set of shots. She was just happy as a bee laying there on the doctors table then her eyes got really wide when she felt the sting of the first shot. She started crying a second later when the pain didn't stop and really started wailing when the shots continued three more times. Poor baby girl. She stopped crying by the time we left the office though. On a positive note it was the first day she actually gripped onto one of her toys (hence the picture of her asleep holding her monkey rattle).
She started sleeping in her crib (Look at her daddy's blog just a little ways down there) She does a great job of sleeping through the night- she usually will go to sleep at 10:00 till 4:00, eat, then fall back asleep until 6 or 8.
the whole bath then bedtime routine helps a lot. Izzy gets a bath at 9:30 then we relax in her adorable little room till she falls asleep.
Her daddy is the best daddy in the world. He comes home and plays with her, sings to her, changes multiple diapers, and loves it that he can feed her baby food now. You should see the mess they make together. :)
Her first reaction to baby food was funny. She was a bit surprised at what was being shoveled into her mouth but after a few spoonfuls she was following the container around with her eyes and wanting more. Her first food was Yams (which she loved) and her second is Pears (not so fond of those).
She loves going to her mommy and me exercise class. She watches everybody jumping around and smiles REAL BIG when we do push ups and arm curls together.
There's so much more to write about but I'm pretty proud that I took the time to write this much.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 12 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Izzy is growing so fast. Last Wednesday she weighed a whooping 14lbs 1oz. Only being 3 1/2 months, that is a nice weight. Her little cheeks look like she is stock piling for winter and her cloths are getting a little tight, well at least the newborn and 0 to 3 month cloths are. But she is still my little angle and I love her to death.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 12 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
She did it, my little girl is now sleeping in her own room, in her own bed. She has moved beyond the bassinet, (mostly because she does not fit in it to well anymore). She is sleeping mostly through the night, only waking up once around 4 am, and then again a little after 6. She is such a big girl. :)
Written By: Programmer Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 11 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
I have fixed the code in the album, so now the album page will load faster. Also I have restricted the access to the album. If you want access please request access through the form when you try to view the album. I will approve individuals access once I receive your request. Have a good day
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 9 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Written By: JAY!
At post Izzy Pauline was: 8 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Well, John and I have discovered that Izzy is a little social butterfly. She's perfect in public, sleeping or smiling when she's out of the house- but man oh man! When she's home with just us it can be a fun night. She doesn't do it all the time, but when she's in a fussy mood it can last FOREVER. She just cries and cries and cries for no reason what so ever. She's been fed, changed, and bathed but to no avail! the screaming continues until she just tires herself out and passes out. Poor thing, I feel so bad for her when she's in one of those moods. I love it when she's in a happy mood though, she just screams with delight and kicks around her legs and arms like crazy. It's the cutest thing in the world. She REALLY goes nuts when I start singing ranges for her. Nothing fancy, just la-la's and Do-Do's but she likes that better than twinkle twinkle any day.
Written By:
At post Izzy Pauline was: 8 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Izzy had a big day on Halloween. She got all dressed up in her little pirate costume (the cutest thing in the world!) and was shown off to everyone! I took her to my old school where I worked last year and talked to almost everyone. Jennifer Noble was introducing me to her class, "Kids, you remember Mrs. Rosenbaum. She taught 2nd grade here last year but she stayed home this year because she had a...(out comes Izzy from her stroller)...a little pirate!"
She didn't know what to think of the cow lady. She had the body of cow, but the face of person. Izzy's little eyebrows narrowed as she inspected her. I could tell she was thinking, "I don't get it- she has a persons face but I don't get the head. What IS that on top of her head?!" She saw all the students and teachers costumes for the day and was held by a few of my co-workers from 1st and 2nd grade. She passed out for a while but then woke up when we got to church to hang out with a few other little trick or treaters that were too young to wander the streets as well. :) After we went home she slept for almost the entire next two days. There was a lot to process.
Written By: her mommy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 8 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Izzy is being dedicated this sunday at our church, Kansas City Life Church on 10819 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64114-5069. Come join us as we consecrate her life to God.
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Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 7 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Hello All. I would like to announce a new feature in the Photo Album. It is called 'I Want It'. This is how it works, as you are looking at all the cute pictures of our daughter, and you find a picture that you want a real copy of (you know printed on photo paper by a photo processor like walmart or target). You simply click the "I Want It" check box under the picture. After you have selected all the pictures you want, return to the photo album page. You will see a new light blue box where you can enter you name and email address. Once you fill in your info, click the "Process 'I Want It'" button. That is all you have to do, and we will get back to you in a few days. To review what you have selected before you click the button, simply scroll down and look for any pictures that have a green box around them on the Album index page. Enjoy.
Written By: Daddy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 6 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Well I received a phone call from the wonderful mom this morning. She just had to call and let me know that "Grandpa and herself agree, that Isabella looks just like me." Poor Girl. :) I have some of the best relatives.
Written By: JAY- the learning mommy!
At post Izzy Pauline was: 5 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
I think I may be getting used to this- My house is looking clean today and I'm getting a shopping list done, sending out my thank you cards that have been written for a century already and learning how to calm down my baby (most times). She was an angel to her daddy and mommy last night and decided to sleep for 4 hours! The previous nights she wanted to sleep for an hour at a time, then stay awake for an hour. Not cool. John is still doing a super job of being a daddy- he takes care of her whenever I ask, he gets up to change her diaper in the middle of the night when my back won't let me (it gets really sore bending over to pick her up and feed her!). He's super protective of her like any good daddy could be and he even let me go out with my friends one night and took care of her without a thread of panic!
So, if you see this proud daddy strutting his stuff let him know that he's doing an excellent job! Did i mention that he even has prepared gourmet meals for me? We're lucky girls in this house!
Written By: the Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 2 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
We have made it, Isabella is now three weeks old. She now weighs over 9lbs and loves to be held. Of course with three weeks of no sleep, leads to moments of insanity. Which brings me to this. Half way through a rough night of crying, I rolled over and told my wife, "I think she is broken, go fix her." I do not know what she did, but the nights have been better. :)
Written By: a tired, but happy, mommy
At post Izzy Pauline was: 1 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Ah...the land of parenting is a wee bit like I expected, but different at the same time. Izzy does a great job of keeping John and I up during the night. We'll be blissfully sleeping and then a loud, shrill, hungry cry from an angelic baby pierces the night. Quickly, one eye pops open and one of us crawls over to the bassinet to check on our little bit of heaven (who has a crazy-loud scream). John has been doing a wonderful job of comforting and changing her and I'll try to sleep while he's doing that, but when it comes time to feed her he doesn't really have the right 'equipment' and I take over. I sit in a chair while she eats, fighting hard at the pull of sleep. My eyes grow heavy, I slouch forward, but then shake myself awake as she continues to eat away, trusting that I'm not going to fall asleep during these continuous interruptions of the night. I'm getting better at not becoming so sleepy when I get up though. It's starting to become easier to wake up and stay awake while she's eating.
I think of it this way (even though it sounds like I'm complaining): each time I wake up is an extra special moment with someone very special. I love every moment with her, even if it is a sleep deprived moment.
Written By:
At post Izzy Pauline was: 0 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Isabella Pauline Rosenbaum came home today! Thursday, September 13, 2007. 5 days old. I had a sleepover with her at the hospital last night so the hospital staff could keep a watchful eye on me taking care of her. I think they wanted to make sure I was doing ok as a mommy. I think I did great! I didn't get more than 3 hours of sleep but I surprisingly felt well rested in the morning. Her temperature was a little low because we had a really cold room. I tried to put lots (but not too many) of blankets on her to keep her warm, but alas! The hospital staff gave me a firm warning that they didn't like to send home babies whose temperatures fluctuated. The pediatrician took the cold room into account though and we were allowed to pass.
Izzy's umbilical cord fell off this morning. John was holding her and said, "hmmm...something hard is by her butt." we took a look and 'lo and behold! her little cord had fallen off along with the clamp (that hard thing John had felt).
We were able to leave the hospital at 2:00, we stopped by Target to get some food for lunch and Izzy was adored by some of the Target staff. When we got home I fed and changed Izzy while John made some REALLY awesome burgers and fries. Izzy was great and let us eat our lunch in peace then promptly started to cry. John did a great job as daddy and cuddled and talked to her for a while until she just stared into his eyes. Then she was in need of another diaper change. We had more cuddling time then she decided she was hungry again (two hours later). Now she's happy and sleeping away in the pack and play next to me in the living room. The dogs are happy because they were finally allowed into the house and John is relaxing with a good book.
It's good to have our daughter home. We are not on suspension from parenthood anymore (joke from Johns statement as we left the hospital for the first time without her, "I don't feel like a daddy yet, I feel like a suspended daddy.") SUSPENSION OVER
Written By: JAY
At post Izzy Pauline was: 0 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
She's here! Isabella Pauline Rosenbaum was born on September 8,2007 at 8:52 pm- I had about a 2 hour labor (pushing that is) and John tried to get in on all the action. He was a very attentive new daddy. He was great about calling everyone, keeping as many people informed as possible and catering to my every pitiful demand.
She does have to stay in the hospital for a while because she swallowed Meconin while coming out. The Meconin clogs up her lungs and makes it very hard to breathe. If it's not all gone then the dangerous side effect is that it can cause a lung to collapse- which is why she's here at the hospital in the good care of the doctors and not at home where I'd be freaking out. It's not an uncommon thing to happen to babies and something that just needs to be watched until they get it all out of her system. When it's gone she's free and clear. :)
Prayers are great for our little one- God is watching her and I've seen her get stronger and stronger every day. We want our little one home so we can take part in the sleepless nights, diaper changing and sweet crying.
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: 0 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Of course we already new that. Isabella Rosenbaum was born September 8th 2007 at 8:52pm. She weighed 7lbs 15oz, is 20 inches long and had a 14 inch head, (sorry dear, thats my fault). She is beautiful.
She did breath in quite a bit of fluid during birth so she will not be able to come home with us right away. but with any luck and a little blessing from God, she will be coming home on 9/12.
There is a new photo album with lots of baby pictures. Click here to take a look.
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At post Izzy Pauline was: -1 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
on to week 41! Well, John and i are just waiting in our little nest for our bird to hatch. she's decided to hang out a little longer to make a grand appearance.
When baby's go past their due date I learned that the doctors start getting you in for TONS of extra tests to make sure everything is okay. We went in for an ultrasound this week and a stress test for the baby. She looks perfect in every picture (we could even see some hair on the top of her head in one shot). The Ultrasound technician guesstimated that her weight is 8 pounds- but then she said she could be off by a pound either direction...which means that she could be 7, 8, or 9 pounds. :) ACK! I'm cheering for the 7 pounds. My doctor thinks she'll be closer to 7 1/2 pounds.
The stress test just measured how her heart rate would pick up every time she kicked. Her heart is beating strong.
We're going in for another visit on Friday (tomorrow) and we'll see what's happening with her then. If she doesn't come by next Friday then we're told we'll have to induce. Sounds like fun, eh?
Written By: A very expectant mommy
At post Izzy Pauline was: -2 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
Wow! week 40 is upon us and there is no baby yet. She has dropped down pretty low now and her heart rate has gone down a little bit (my doctor assured me that it's a positive thing because it means she's getting ready). My doctor says I'm only dilated almost to a 1 (you have to be at a 10 when baby comes) but you never know! She could come this weekend or next weekend. If she's not here by Tuesday the doc has us set up for an ultrasound in order to see where we want to go from there (i.e. should we induce or let her be for a while longer).
Her room is all ready and waiting for her. John has done so much work to get ready for her. He's painted more than I think he'll ever want to paint again. :) But i'm so excited that she gets such a beautiful room to spend her first years in. :)
Written By: The Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: -2 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Ring... Mom Calling... 8/25/07 10am....
Ring...
Ring...
Yello Mom,
hi son... I was calling to make sure I didn't miss your message. I have been away from the phone
Not yet mom, but the baby has dropped.
Ring... Mom Calling... 8/25/07 4pm....
Ring...
Ring...
Hello Mom,
Hi, has the baby come yet.
Not yet.
ok just checking.
Not until the 31st mom, be patient.
Ok, love you... bye.
I Love you Mom, keep calling.
Written By: Mommy
At post Izzy Pauline was: -5 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
it's almost the end of week 36 and she's still bubbling around inside me. Everyone asks if I'm ready to evict her yet but I'm still having fun playing up the pregnancy card. :)
My back is a little bit sorer than it's been this whole pregnancy but I can't get John to rub it. :( I rub his back all the time but when I need it what do I get? Noth...Crap, I'll stop complaining- he's been wonderful about every other thing throughout this pregnancy. He gets really sad the few times that I have lost my temper so i try really hard to control all those 'pregnant lady' urges.
John and I spent our last 'child-less' anniversary together on thursday. He took me out to the Texas Road House and we had a really great dinner.
Ah! my computer battery is dying so I gotta go before i lose all this! Adios!
Written By: mommy to be in 7 weeks!
At post Izzy Pauline was: -10 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
WOW! 7 weeks to go! John and I need to seriously think about getting baby furniture in our little one's room! We have a bassinet that Corrie let us borrow, but she's going to get too big for that very fast.
The professionals say that during this week the baby is about 4 pounds and will gain about a pound every week (although I don't think that I'm going to be giving birth to a 11 pound baby- If I do..."Hello C-SECTION!") Our little one has fingernails, toenails and hair on her little head. Which reminds me; I gotta get that baby hygiene kit with the little fingernail clippers I registered for. (Hint, hint) :)
Some of my family from CA are here to see my big tummy this week because my LITTLE BROTHERS GETTING MARRIED SATURDAY!
When I get a chance I'll nag John about taking another picture of me this week- we've been really bad about keeping track of that.
But to keep you company until then, here's a cute baby orangutan to smile about.
Written By: The new mommy
At post Izzy Pauline was: -11 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Little Izzy is now around 3 pounds and I'm definitely seeing her grow in size! My belly is huge compared to last week and her little kicks are getting stronger. Sometimes she just tickles me around my ribs, but sometimes I jump because I'm so surprised at the strength of her little kicks!
She has a new little cousin that was born about 2 weeks ago! Jackiline Soledad Avila (sorry Cat If I misspelled that) Jackie looks so much like my little sister when she was a baby, although she IS on the heavier side than my little sis was when she was born.
So! Welcome to the world little Jackie! Can't wait for you to meet your cousin Izzy!
P.S. Do you people realize that Izzy is coming in less than 8 weeks? ummm...I'm freaking a bit here, but in a good way.
Written By: the Crazy Painter
At post Izzy Pauline was: -11 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
At last the great paint off is complete for another day.
The baby room is pretty as a picture finished off with sunshine yellow and light
melon green strips on three walls and 1 light melon accent wall. Let me tell you
this was quite a feet of will power to complete this room. Many a time that I
wanted to run screaming from the room, when I closed my eyes I saw nothing but
strips, thousands of strips etched into the back of my eyes.
After the first four hours of taping, with the help of my
wonderful brother, we had only completed half the room. A large chunk which included a
closet and a window. At that point we had had enough, and we had fled from the
house to catch “Fantastic 4” at the movies. Upon returning to the house, I went
back to work for another hour before I was exhausted.
Sunday morning came way too early. The wonderful dogs
woke me up at an amazing late 6:15 am. A whole 15 minutes after the puppy
alarm clock normally goes off. So I got up, and went back to work. After
another grueling 5 hours of taping I had completed taping the baby room, but not
before I ran out of 3 inch tape. So I had to complete 8 three inch strips with
three quarter inch masking tape (that is 16 individual strips).
It is simply amazing that 10 hours of work allows for a
pathetic 3 hours of painting including 2 coats on each strip, the accent wall
and all the trim work.
Then came the sad point of the whole process; the final 2
hours of work to remove all 62 strips from the wall that took so long to put
up. The 62 strips were made up of 233 individual pieces of tape, yes I counted
each piece.
So at the end of the process what did I end up with? A room
with 124 strips on 3 walls, a mountain of tape, and 4 holes in the drywall where
the tape removed everything past the primer, a lifetime of memories and one
very happy wife. So was it worth all the hard work? Yes. Will I do it again?
Not a chance.
4 walls (3 walls with strips, 1 accent wall)
2 gallons of paint
2 colors (light melon green, and sunshine yellow)
2 rolls of 3” masking tape
1 roll of ¾” masking tape
3 hours of painting
10 hours of taping
124 individual painted strips
62 tape strips (53 ½ with three inch tape, 8 ½ three
quarter inch stripes)
233 Individual pieces of tape
4 holes in the wall where the tape removed sections of the
drywall
2 gallons of water to fight off dehydration
A finished room…. Price…….$84
Nothing priceless about it…
J
Written By: Jay
At post Izzy Pauline was: -12 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
June 18th- I'm in the 29th week, yea for the third trimester!
Isabella has been kicking around so much! She moves around my tummy and you can actually see my tummy move from side to side. I can feel her roll around and kick and hiccup so much!
I feel bad for John though- I'll be sitting there laughing and watching my tummy because I KNOW that she's the one moving it. but when he goes to feel my tummy she either stops or he just thinks that I have really bad gas bubbles moving around. He's not able to feel how cool it is to have her roll around and grow- he just thinks I'm getting fatter and have a big problem with gas.
Written By: Jay
At post Izzy Pauline was: -13 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
June 5- I hit 28 weeks. The doctors are very happy with my progress, they say my tummy is growing perfectly, I'm gaining a perfect amount of weight and any symptoms I complain about are perfectly 'normal.'
Funny moment from this week- one of my friends announced her engagement and asked me to be a bridesmaid in October. Since the baby's coming in August I said, "otay." We go to try on bridesmaids dresses and i was under the impression that I would mostly be just watching the other girls try on their dresses. I was wrong and the sales lady said, "no, all we have to do is give you a bigger size and you'll be set." some of the dresses looked great, others...well...you just can't get the proper idea of what some dresses, that are supposed to be worn by a non pregnant person, should look when a pregnant lady has one on. Needless to say, we found a beautiful dress that i imagine will look beautiful on in a few months.
Exciting baby development- Isabella's eye development is amazing right now. Her little eyes are starting to react to light (I guess some light filters through to the womb, who knew) and she has a full set of little eyelashes.
She weighs about 2 pounds right now. John compares her to a jar of Wal-mart salsa.
Written By: Jay
At post Izzy Pauline was: -13 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
AH! 3 weeks without the internet has been a killer on our baby site! Well...without further a due- here's some updates!
first- John and I moved into our first house! It's a cute house with a big back yard, perfect for baby to play in. The house is a bit dated into the 60's- but that's a small problem that can be overcome. :)
second- John couldn't wait for Baby Rosenbaum to arrive so he went out and got a new addition to the family ahead of time. We are now the proud parents of two dogs; my wonderful little pug, Chubbs,and our new addition, Jack. Jack is a beautiful little golden retriever who's already doubled in size since we got him. (no kidding- 3 weeks ago he was 8 pounds, this week he's 16)
third- My first year of teaching has successfully ended with a bang! It was a bitter sweet day to see my kiddos leave to go be third graders, but I feel like I did a great job as a teacher. I know that when I go back I'll do even better with mommy hood under my belt a little (it's all a learning process) and one year of teaching under it too.
With all the changes, John and I have been very happy. I'm taking care of the house right now and John's working his rear end off at work.
that's the end of this blog, the rest I post today will be about the baby.
We love all the
Written By: Jay
At post Izzy Pauline was: -18 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
so people started asking the weird question, "has your belly button started to grow the other way?" Huh? what's that mean? Well, I found out what that question means in the last few weeks. My belly button has slowly left it's normal, wrinkly little dark cavern that everyone normally has to a smooth, popping out slowly, light pink little thing that is looking less and less like a belly button and more like just another part of my ever growing tummy.
It's so weird to think that I am going to be living for a few more months without a normal belly button. Strange the things you don't notice 'till there gone.
Written By: The Parents
At post Izzy Pauline was: -19 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Hello all, on suggestion of a friend, I have included a photo album on the site. We will be adding more pictures to album as we take them, so check back often to see the new additions. Included in the album are sonigram pictures, and pictures of the house that we placed a bid on today.
Click here to launch the Photo Album
Written By: Mom
At post Izzy Pauline was: -20 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
Well week 22 has been very momentous for the parents to be. Our baby has grown to be about 10.9 inches and weighs almost a pound! John has felt the baby kicking plenty of times. I usually feel the baby kick when I'm relaxing on the couch or getting ready to fall asleep in bed. The kicks make me giggle in the middle of dead silence- I must look like a psycho. The coolest of all is that John and I were to see our baby's first picture! We found out that our little kicker is a girl and developing perfectly. All the measurements came back exactly as they should have and her heart beat is so beautiful! I can't wait to look into her eyes.
If you look at the profile shot of the ultrasound picture you can see her cute little chubby belly and perfect little arms and legs. My favorite picture (which John will post soon) is the one where she has her legs out in a 'lounging' position like she's just hanging out and enjoying her space while it lasts.
So for everyone who voted for a girl; you were absolutely right! Stay tuned for more news!
Written By: Mom
At post Izzy Pauline was: -21 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
okay; I know that I should have posted this a long time ago (like a week) but I've been kind of busy. This is the story of how John felt the first kick. eh-hem! So the first night of week 21 (5 months) John and I were cuddling in bed. John was trying to feel the baby move because I had been talking about it for about two weeks. He had his hand on my tummy for about three minutes then he just gave up and said, "my hands tired, I'm going to sleep." About a minute later I felt the baby kicking harder so I grabbed his hand and placed it over the hardest kicking point saying, "okay, see if you can feel it now. It's a lot stronger now." John put his hand on my tummy incredulously. I could tell it was just to appease me for a little bit, but then he felt the baby kick! All John could say was, "that's cool," and had a big goofy grin on his face. He kept his hand there for a little longer until the kicking stopped and then cuddled closer to me and fell asleep.
Written By: Pop
At post Izzy Pauline was: -20 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Well on tuesday (4/24) we will be seeing the first picture of the baby. Yes only one BABY, to all those who have been wishing twins on us. The last two weeks we have seen that baby has gone from a fruit to a nut case. eurhh....um... I mean to a baby that is 10inches long. According to the experts. I felt the baby kick, push and head butt mom's belly. Which causes jay to giggle sitting on the couch.
Written By: The Cook
At post Izzy Pauline was: -20 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
The house hunt is going along well I guess. We will be looking at a house tomorrow that looks like it is stuck in the Way-Back machine. ("but promising" chimed in Jay). I will post some pictures soon if we decide to move forward with the house. Jay is already planning a nice big (deck/porch) so i can cook and slave over the bar-b-que every night. Also I was informed that when we get a house we will be having a house warming bar-b-que, and you are all invited. (Make sure you pay at the door).
Written By: The Husband
At post Izzy Pauline was: -21 Week(s) and 3 day(s) old
Really cool graphic. Copy and paste this link into your browser URL to check it out. :)
http://www.jandj-online.com/jandj-online/Content/dynamic/jayface.gif
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: -21 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
The Baby kicked and I felt it. :)
Written By: Dad
At post Izzy Pauline was: -23 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Ok this whole pregnancy thing is funny. One moment she will be happy and the next sad. It’s like emotion overload. Silly things that she was fine with the day before will make her tear up and then the next day she will be fine again. Its all good though, there are worse emotions that could be coming out.
Also she has started to inform me of every time the baby kicks, pokes, wiggles, or farts. Most if not all of these movements I still cannot feel but it is awesome that she can feel something. It is like reassurance that the baby is in there and developing. We will be getting our first pictures of the baby in the next couple of weeks, which we will post. For all those who want to know Boy or Girl, all I have to say to you is TOUGH. We are not telling. HEHEHE.
I cannot wait until the baby is born. I really want to be a dad but I am scared. I don’t know how to change a diaper, don’t know how I will fair as a Dad, will I be a good or bad dad. I guess I will find out in 20 years when our baby gets married and we can see the type of spouse that they choose. So much for instant gratification.
Written By: Jay, the new mommy!
At post Izzy Pauline was: -23 Week(s) and 5 day(s) old
okay- so I seriously have to be feeling some movement down there. It feels like little bubbles moving around so I'm trying to distinguish between good bubbles (kicks) and bad bubbles (gas). Last night I had a lot good bubbles on my way home from conferences, I think the baby was glad we were finally leaving. Conferences can be long, but they are a lot of fun too.
Week 19 of development says that the baby can now hear my voice and daddy's voice (that is if he starts talking to it). I think it's working though; John asked the baby if it could start moving around more so we would know if it was in there, and two days later all the bubbles started to happen.
The experts say the baby is about 6 inches long and the size of a zucchinni. My baby changed from an orange to a potato to a zucchinni. Wonder what produce will be growing inside me next?
Written By: The new mommy!
At post Izzy Pauline was: -25 Week(s) and 4 day(s) old
This morning I woke up and it felt like I had done 1000 stomach crunches last night in my sleep. I think that means the baby's getting bigger- John says that my tummy does look bigger day by day.
I found out that the fat on the skin is forming this week so it's starting to look like a chubby baby and not a starving alien. (yea!)
I also read that loud noises outside the womb may even startle the baby. I wonder if the baby would start kicking around if I went to a brass band concert. hmmmmmmm...
Written By: Jay, the new mommy!
At post Izzy Pauline was: -25 Week(s) and 2 day(s) old
Written By: Jay, the new mommy!
At post Izzy Pauline was: -25 Week(s) and 1 day(s) old
Well, so much is happening to my tummy since I first found out. I heard the heart beat for the first time on February 19th, President’s Day! It was VERY exciting! John was jealous that he missed it because he was working. One of his co-workers felt sorry for him and he let us borrow the heart rate monitor that he and his wife were using for their pregnancy. So John took the monitor home and we were able to listen to the heart beat in the comfort of our own home. I love listening to the heart beat with him. I think listening to it makes the baby seem more real to both of us. I can’t feel it moving around it yet and I haven’t been able to blame being sick on the baby. So hearing the beat of it’s little heart is wonderful. John gets a very sweet look on his face and goes, “is that really it? Really?! Wow!”
The books say the baby is the size of a large orange right now, it’s little toenails are growing this week and lots of brain development is happening. I guess it’s learning how to frown and smile this week too. To bad it doesn’t have a little mirror in there to practice making funny faces at itself.
My tummy is getting bigger; I had to buy a few maternity shirts. John had to help me button a pair of my pants one morning because they were too tight. I wonder how big it’s going to get by the end of my pregnancy? The good news is that I’m only getting bigger in my tummy area and everything else is shrinking. John keeps telling me that I make a very cute pregnant lady.
Thank you John!
Written By: Jay, the new mommy!
At post Izzy Pauline was: -25 Week(s) and 0 day(s) old
Okay, so here’s my first blog. I figure that I should tell you the story about when we first found out we were going to be parents for my first entry.
John and I went to Corrie and Ralph’s place for an end of the year party with a few other people. We were the first one’s to show up and Corrie had been convinced (or just REALLY hoping) that I was pregnant because I had been complaining of cramping and being incredibly thirsty for about 2 weeks so she pulled me into the bathroom to take a home pregnancy test.
The conversation went something like this:
“I don’t think I’m pregnant because the 2nd little line is really light.”
Corrie looked at the test and said, “Ummmm…no Jay. That means you’re pregnant.”
“Yeah right, if I was pregnant then the both lines would be totally visible.”
“Uh, no. You can actually see two lines; if you weren’t pregnant you would only be able to see one line.”
“Oh… so I guess I’m pregnant.” (Insert big smile).
We called in John and John gave me a big hug. He was very excited but didn’t want to get too excited until we took another test. So the next day we bought another test, it came back positive so John FINALLY believed in the viability of two pink lines.
We called in the family for a special dinner at cracker barrel to announce the news. We didn’t just tell them straight out (I have to be a little more inventive than that). We cut up some really cute baby looking letters that spelled out their new station in life. For our parents we spelled out g-r-a-n-d-p-a-r-e-n-t, for our brothers we spelled out y-o-u-‘-r-e/ a-n/u-n-c-l-e (kind of mean, right?), and for Cari (she wasn’t engaged to Joe then) we spelled out b-a-b-y s-i-t-t-e-r.
Okay, so that’s the ‘how did you find out’ story. Hopefully the rest of my blogs won’t be very long- but this one had to be stretched out a little bit.
Written By: John
At post Izzy Pauline was: -26 Week(s) and 6 day(s) old
Welcome to the Rosey Bottom Baby Page. Please look around. Here is all you can do right now.
- Read blogs posted by my wife and my self
- Check out the baby progress as our first born races to the finish line, thanks to baby-gaga.com.
- Vote on what you think the sex of the baby will be, and see how others have voted
- Make a guess when you think the baby will be born, and who disagrees on your guess.
- Let us know what you think a good name for our future child will be. You can view the complete list of baby names by selecting the link to the right. If you do not see a name you like then cast a ballot with a new name. Don't forget to vote on the name you cast and the other names in the running. Your votes will help us decide what we will name our child. Also you can quickly see the top 3 boy and girl names to the right.
- Check out the “Future Features” page and see what our child could look like.
- You can even post your own comments, under the “Comments” section on the right.
- Comming soon, sights and sound that will astound. :)
Oh ya, don’t forget to check out the mighty “Chubbs”.
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