Psychotomy

So, yesterday we dropped Kiir and des at the airport for the week. Came home and cleaned (that’s part of my agenda for the week ; clean a little every day).

Then K and I played video games. well, I played, he slept on my lap. He was freaking HAPPY about it. he got to curl up on my lap and only had to move when my legs got cramped and I had to shift around. No baby coming for him, no daddy jumping up every few minutes to c hange a diaper or play with the baby. Just him and me.

He seemed blissful. I was a little fluttery. Before Des, we’d drop kiir off occasionally for a week, and K and I would hang out at home and be happy about it. But now? Now I’m kinda butterfly-y over the part where they’re not at home :/ *sigh*

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So, desmond’s decided he likes rotisserie. He rolls himself over all the time now, so about half the time i put him down on his back on the floor and figure he’ll roll over and play if he wants to. or lay there and watch us, if he’d rather.

The annoying part is that he’s taken to the same thing at diaper time. and it’s hard to put a diaper on a baby that’s trying to roll over. especially a cloth diaper. with snaps :o first there’s trying to lift him up while i slide the diaper under him, then there’s holding his legs down while i try to situate it. then there’s holding HIM down so i can snap it … oi

He’s also rolling over during the night. we’re going to try moving his packandplay upstairs, see if it’s easier for him to roll over. maybe he won’t wake up quite as much. and it’s not like he sleeps in it downstairs, he just sleeps on the floor. passed out for two three hour periods yesterday. apparently he was tired.

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it’s been a while, i admit.

desmond’s getting big (14lbs, 25.5″ on his last visit). he’s happy, responsive, and likes to smile and chuckle to himself at all the idjits around him (that’s me). he’s getting too big for the in-bed sleeper we have for him, so he’s starting to spend the majority of the night in his actual “co sleeper” mini-crib thing. it’s in our room, so it’s easier to get him and hear him and such. i’m sure he’ll move to his actual crib eventually, but for now it’s nice to have him in the room so we can monitor him easily.

k’s accepted des as one of his own. he’s still not sure whether this is good or bad, but it’s acceptable so far. he’s even come up to the baby a few times. and the other night, des had his foot on k’s back. ok, k was curled up in my lap and des was in my arms, and his foot barely touched the puppy, but still. and yesterday he spit up and got some on the puppy and K just sorta looked at him, sighed, and laid back down.

yard hasn’t really grown back properly. mind you, it’s all the weeds, none of the new grass seed. *sigh* back yard is succesfully desolate, though. need to get to that soon.

dug out hte sewing machine last night, we’re going to try to make outfits for rennfest this year. dunno if i’ll actually get to it or just pretend, but it’s worth trying. i bought this expensive sewing machine after all !!!

otherwise, been trying to cut back on our costs and get back in the black. not working so hot yet, but getting there.

*sigh* everything is so busy, and desmond can’t even move himself to get into trouble yet!!!

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as of last week, des was up to 23″ :o 11#!!!

he’s fat and happy, that’s for sure. he’s starting to outgrow things … his footed jammies don’t really fit anymore, b/c he’s just too damned gangly. his smaller diapers aren’t closing real well anymore. but he’s doing well!

otherwise, he’s doing ok with tummy time on his boppy. sitting up with props. he can stand, kindof, as long as you’re holding him up. he’s turning into a real boy.

and i’m scared out of my effing mind that i’m going to screw things up somehow being a lousy father figure :/

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babe woke this morning at 5:30 for breakfast …

my alarm goes at 6:30 to get me up usually … by the time he finished eating, burping, pooping, etc … it was going to be after 6 … so i got up early.

OTOH, it’s only like the first or second time he’s gotten me up early like that, so i guess it’s not too bad overall. think he’s going through a growth spurt, since the last couple days he’s been eating like a starving man :o

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so, baby’s birth registration notice and ssn came yesterday. they look good, except the middle name of “Kinan” vs “Kiran” …

so, I need to call this morning and see about getting that fixed (not that I don’t think Kinan isn’t a nice name, it’s just Kiran was chosen for hte hindiness and i’m less sure that Kinan would fit)

While I’m having breakfast, I’m thinking to myself “I’ll need to spell it carefully to make sure it’s right … A as in Apple, B as in Book kind of thing …”

And I start figuring out my letters in advance, since they’re not open yet (probably are now though) …

K as in Keep
I as in Eileen
R as in Radiology
…

It’s possible I’m not very good at this :o but at least it wasn’t K as in kinesiology, eh?

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OK, so, obviously we just had a baby.

Just a note, a lot of the posts in the near future will probably deal with the baby (which I’m sure you’ll take as a relief after most of them dealing with the puppy :p)

who knows, maybe the vitriol and swearing will reduce too.

i wouldn’t count on it though :p

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K’s getting slowly used to the baby

Well, actually, no. K’s entirely not getting used to the baby :o he comes home at night, and tries to stay as far away as possible :)

I’ve been trying to get K to come closer to the baby, but he knows that this is the interloper that’s messed up his nice comfy home, and he wants nothing to do with it. he acts like he’s afraid to get too close and get in trouble for it. kinda that “i ain’t touched him! see, i’m all the way over here, wasn’t me!” vibe

last night he curled up on nancy (my sister in law) and spent the evening in her chair since i spent a lot of time holding the baby so his lap was broken. Hoping to let someone else hold DK so K can curl on my lap some tonight and not have to worry about “his” daddy being stolen away. B/c that’ll be bad if he starts being resentful and angry. And i’m not sure he’s falling for camp every day, either. he comes home tired (goal 1), but i think he knows he’s in camp b/c of this THING breaking up his home.

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last tuesday we went to the hospital in the evening to begin the induction process.

wednesday morning they put her on the drip. wednesday afternoon kiir’s water broke.

thursday morning, 2:35am, Desmond Kiran was born via emergency C-section.

Monday we came home from the hospital. Now he’s home, he’s ours. K’s getting used to the idea, Desmond’s getting used to the idea, kiir’s getting used the idea.

Me? I’m hovering on the constant edge of an emotional breakdown :o More later

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still not born :/

contractions been running almost a week now :/ getting incredibly annoying. they made it to “the pain scale” tuesday or so, which is certainly an improvement in that they had told her not to worry about coming in again until they started to hurt

of course, then they told her when she called tuesday that all the beds were full, and that until her water breaks or she has to stop everything during the contractions, not to worry about coming in.

so, she’s still home, still pregnant, and still having contractions. *sigh* she’s getting annoyed, and i’m getting annoyed. and running K in is getting expensive (and he’s getting depressed b/c he keeps getting shipped off overnights, instead of being allowed to snuggle up with his mommy and daddy :/)

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