baby. kitty.

so with the whole transition to parenthood, we kind of forgot about something very important:

[the beast]

snickers' had a hard time adjusting to not being mommy's princess anymore, which i hold myself personally responsible for since we didn't do anything to help her get ready for a cute but crying baby.

[staking her claim]

we've had a little issue with her very clearly stating she is not going anywhere as you can tell by this picture, but we're working on making her feel important still. i guess this is somewhat good practice for when zak's the older brother at some point.

but on the plus side, she is being very good, she just likes to be where he is all the time, except for when he cries... then she runs away very quickly. she's also found a new hobby:
[thanks to mom for putting the bird feeder outside our window so she could have something to do]

sleep.

i'd like to say that my baby is a champ. although he typically looks like this picture for the majority of the day {for some reason he has no desire to sleep whatsoever}... ok, when i say majority of the day, I mean like he's awake for 2 hours at a time usually in the mornings, afternoon, dinner time, and right before bed time {which also has not been successful because he likes to party when we try to put him in bed}

[there is no sleep in these eyes.... but isn't he a cute little moose? i think he looks bigger already too]

with that said, he has slept from 1:00 to 6:00 am the past two days.... i am very impressed with him. mommy and daddy like being able to sleep more too. he's also gone to eating every 4-5 hours during the day too. score for having the bestest baby ever.

fatness.

my baby is a cute little monster.

he's gained 1/2 a lb in the past 4 days, apparently mom's a {good, good feeder}.

we're going to start trying to feed him every 4 hours instead of 3 soon because he obviously doesn't need to be fed so frequently, and is much more content sleeping for the extra hour instead of mom waking him up (which mommy and daddy will like more at nighttime as well).

we went to the doctor today, and he's in the 75th percentile for his weight, 65th for his height and 50th for his head size. i guess that's why everyone thinks he looks small because his head isn't huge.

{bath time is just not his favorite, but his little towel is just precious}

biased.

i'm not biased. but my kid is stinking cute. who wouldn't love a little babe like this?

even if he has decided to be {nocturnal}

and he kills me when he eats. he has a {mouth of steel}

and somehow he pees everywhere

i love it when he {sleeps} on me, even if i don't get to sleep either.

when daddy holds him and talks to him like a {little man}

when he is hungry and looks like a {little bird} opening his mouth

when he {yawns} and scrunches his face up

i think we'll keep him around.

babby.

we have a baby! wahoo! it's fabulous to think that today would have been the day I would have been induced and been doing all that fun labor business. but anyways, zakary levi was born on april 13th at 1:54. He's a big beasty, even though he doesn't look like it, he weighed about 8 lb 10 oz and is 21 inches tall.

our story is quite interesting seeing as we went to the hospital not planning on having a baby anytime soon. we had our perinatal appt on monday to get an ultrasound and see how long we could wait to be induced. we sat there monitoring his heart rate for about 20 minutes, and the nurse told us that he was very happy in there, plenty of fluid and not a whole bunch of room left. she went to have the doc look at his results and then she came back saying that he wanted us to be induced because of this one "blip" in his heart rate (which we think was because he just moved around). when we asked exactly when she meant we should be induced she was like "oh, now... go over to orem and check in".

that was the weirdest thing we had ever heard that's for sure. so we went home, got our bag packed, because we all know melissa didn't pack it ahead of time, and went to carl's jr to get my last delicious meal before going in.

too bad we checked in at 1:00 pm and they checked the babe, and said that they weren't quite sure why they sent us over there because he was quite happy in there. but they said that they weren't going to make me leave so we were just going to wait. they gave me some drugs to soften my cervix and dilate some, which i don't think really did anything, but eventually at about 3:00 am my water broke and things began kicking in...

i will say that i'm a wimp, and immediately got drugs as soon as i felt contractions so that i couldn't feel anything. and it was fabulous. i slept all night and then through most of the morning, until about 11:30 when they came in and told me i was dilated to a 10 and we were going to push soon. that was weird too, seeing as i had no feeling of huge contractions at all. but we started pushing at about 1:00 and then at 1:54 our little babe came! he is precious, and has lots and lots of hair which i was really excited for!

he is perfect! he surprisingly is awake and bright eyed a ton! he's pretty mellow and i love watching him, and kissing him, and doing his hair, and cuddling with him. feeding him is not so enjoyable, buut we're working through it. anyways, we love our little babe and i'm sure he'll eventually love us just as much. =)

smarty pants.

my husband's a smarty pants. we went to his chemistry awards banquet tonight and his biophysical chemistry professor said she used his test as the answer key to their exam they took this week. he's so cool.

but it's his birfday tomorrow!! my lovely hubby is turning 24 years old, he's so mature. he's the bestest husband and even let me cut his hair yesterday, and i only gave him one bald spot! (it was my first time cutting hair, and it was an accident, but it still is hilarious).

here's a tribute to my favorite husband!

first date ever. pres. hinckley's funeral.

road tripping to reno, with all of my roommates. haha.

i have no idea.

our first group date. he was imitating a swan of some sort.

teaching nicoley woley how to ski.

temple square date.

engagement picture.

wedding. isn't he so attractive?

disneyland.

canada.

one year anniversary.

we are incredible.

christmas.


and soon to be baby pictures.

anyways... i hope everyone enjoyed these pictures as much as i did going through them. wish him a happy happy birthday tomorrow too! i love you babbbyyy!

zakary. snakary.

darling babbby,

let's chop chop. who needs to listen to the doctor say you aren't coming this weekend, and probably not even coming next week either? come on. lame sauce.

we have a "high risk" doc appt on monday to get an ultrasound and check the babe to see whether or not we'll be induced to get ya out of here. so you don't necessarily have to be on your best behavior and show them how much you want to stay in there.

also, i don't like these little contractions you're giving me to practice. just make up your mind and give me the real deal or nothing at all.

i love you but let's get this show on the road baby zak. i'm ready to be done.

love,

mommy.

success yes.

who edits their english paper when there are crafts in the making?? pfft. successes of the weekend include:

new.

i've created a new blog to capture all of my crafty ventures.

craftysnaftymel.blogspot.com

check it out!