Date: 2010-06-21 09:33 Subject: The First Day of Summer Security: Public Tags: family, knitting, william

First - Will's First Birthday!!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3067150&id=2010990&l=192977e3c5

It's been so long since I've posted, I don't know what to say. It's like catching up with a friend from high school.

Let's see...

We bought a house in April.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3030604&id=2010990&l=db3c498cc1

We're still breastfeeding while eating 3 meals a day.


We're still cloth diapering.


I NEVER get to knit. There's no way I'm gonna finish this stocking by Christmas.
http://www.knitpicks.com/kits/Modern_Classics_Christmas_Stocking_Kit_Green_and_Gold__D40137.html

Earlier this month, my 'little' brother graduated from high school. This is a HUGE accomplishment! - more so than normal because he has aspergers. He's been able to not only learn how to drive and simple graduate, but he's also taken multiple AP classes, was a commanding officer in Jr AFROTC, and will be attending UWF in the fall. For a kid that started in remedial reading his freshman year, this is FANTASTIC! Because of his achievements, he also won an award for the student who has overcome the most adversity in the school district. Great stuff. :D

Tomorrow we're leaving to go to the panhandle. Chad's got a conference to go to, and since it's on the beach, we're gonna take a mini vacation and Will and I are going with him. I know there have been tar balls that have washed up already, but hopefully they aren't TOO prominent so I can throw Will in the Gulf for the first time.

AND we have all our family coming in this weekend to witness Will's Baptism (finally!!). I'm very excited and very stressed out. Our house is NOT that big and we're going to have possible 5 extra people staying here and a total of 16 people here throughout the day. CRAZY FUN! lol! And I don't even have Baptismal Gown purchased yet. That's not REQUIRED, right...? Sigh...


And the most exciting news:
I'M GOING TO BE AN AUNT AGAIN!!! YAY!
Baby's EED is Jan 26, 2010!

Date: 2010-02-16 21:58 Subject: Lent! Security: Public

I'm giving up LJ for Lent.

Big whoop, I know, cause I post all the time. Rest assured, I am on LJ ALL THE TIME reading stuff. So yeah.

Peace out.

Date: 2009-12-31 21:13 Subject: 2009 Security: Public

Highlights from 2009

- Chad was baptized and became Catholic
- Chad got laid off
- We had a baby!
- Chad got a job
- Became an aunt
- Moved to Georgia
- my dad fully recovered from his plane crash

Date: 2009-10-15 08:42 Subject: We're Not in Kansas Anymore. Security: Public Tags: family, home, mothering, william

I do exist. Just not in the same capacity as before. :)

Here are some pics of Will. They're the same ones on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2898446&id=2010990&l=f3d57f4cd5

My days typically go like this:
- wake up to Chad's alarm
- change fussy/waking up baby
- feed baby
- dress baby
- play with baby
- take walk with baby
- rock baby
- put sleeping baby in crib
- maybe get something done in the half hour he's asleep

-- repeat steps 2-8, omit 4, until about 8pm

- struggle with cranky baby who refuses to go to sleep
- put baby down an hour or so later
- sleep for 7+ hours!!

--- Do that all over again!!

Sometimes we throw in a trip to the grocery store. Oh, and I eat sometimes too. mmmm Coffee. Coffee's a food, right? :D

My baby is the cutest baby ever! People will come up and poke and coo at him and say how cute he is, like you would with any baby, but we always get double takes and people say "he really IS a cutie!" :D I've also been told he's too pretty to be a boy. I make sure he's wearing something blue when we go out, but people always think he's a girl!! :p

Date: 2009-07-11 10:22 Subject: Down to Georgia Security: Public

Chad got the job! We're moving to Warner-Robins, GA!!

He starts the 29th??!

Crap, we gotta move!

Date: 2009-07-08 14:31 Subject: Goings On Security: Public Tags: mothering, william

There's just so much to say!

But let's start at the beginning.

William is a very active baby, to put it nicely. To but it not nicely, he won't stop screaming and is very annoying. We think he might have colic, but we don't know and have not talked to the doctor about any of it. If he's not eating or sleeping, he's likely crying for no reason or fussy at best.

But when he's awake and NOT crying, he is seriously the cutest kid ever. He loves to look around, and focuses on faces very well now. If we move slowly, he'll follow us with his eyes as we move. He also holds his head up VERY well when we're holding him, but hasn't quite figured out that he can do the same thing while on his stomach. But he will move his head during tummy time when he gets mad. :)

We've just started putting him in the sling, and it only sort of works. He hates going into it, but once he settles, he falls asleep very easily. He's just a difficult baby. :p

Nursing has been a challenge. If there's not one problem, there's another, and I totally understand now why they say the first 6 weeks are the hardest. It is a LEARNING process. Yes, I can make milk, yes, he can suck. But it's so much more complicated when you try to put those two skills together.

I've had to stop eating dairy (which is more about the colic thing) to try to keep from getting his tummy upset. It seems to have worked since he doesn't make that horrible painful scream anymore. Turns out that his latching problem was MY latching problem. I haven't been forceful enough in making him latch on correctly (bring the baby to YOU!), probably because my nipples are so sore from doing this for the first time. He also gets very frantic if he doesn't get on RIGHT NOW which makes things difficult.

Yes, learning to nurse HURTS. As in, "Shit, I just did this two hours ago and I have to do it AGAIN??!" for weeks on end. But it DOES get better, and I am actually enjoying it most of the time now, especially since I've learned to do it with only 1 or no hands so I can do other things (like eat!) at the same time.

We started putting him in cloth diapers last week. He was too small for the ones we had (did not expect a 6 lbs baby!). It's going well, and Chad is so TOTALLY NOT grossed out by it. In fact, I rarely change him. :) Will hasn't seemed to notice the change, which is good.

That's all for now. :) Time to do something else while he's asleep!

From 07 - July 2009

From 07 - July 2009

Date: 2009-07-07 10:24 Subject: Alone with Baby Security: Public Tags: chad, future, work

Please pray for Chad! He left to go to Warner-Robins, GA today for a job interview. It's gonna be at 9am EST tomorrow. It would be the perfect place for us to go to be closer to family and to get a job before we have to dip into our savings!

And please pray for me! Chad will be gone basically 2 days and 1 night. Baby William better let me eat and sleep! :)

Date: 2009-06-12 20:19 Subject: William David is here!! Security: Public Tags: chad, family, pregnancy, william

William David
born on June 7
at 12:48am
6 lbs 12 oz
9.25 inches



http://sites.google.com/site/cdemontfort/william-david-demontfort

The reader's digest version:
I was able to have a completely natural labor and birth and am so glad I did. William came out kicking and screaming and pink, and was later deemed 'perfect' by the pediatrician. After Chad cut the cord, they plopped him right on top of me and we were able to have family/nursing time for an hour before they took him to weigh and measure. And by "took" I mean carried him to the scale across the room. Will didn't leave the room he was born in until we left to come home.

We were released in the early afternoon on June 8. Since then recovery has been easy and smooth. We have been having a few problems nursing but are making progress every day.

He is the sweetest little baby who already looks so much like his dad. Chad has been so excited to have Will around in person now, and has taken to the fatherly role in such an unselfish, loving way.

I love my family. :)

Date: 2009-06-01 16:02 Subject: Baby Update Security: Public Tags: pregnancy, random, william

Still no progress.

Got the induction date changed to the 16th so I'll be 42w2d. Was just a scheduling misunderstanding. I have one more regular appt on the 8th, an ultrasound on the 12th to make sure everything is still really okay I guess, then the induction date.

Going past the EDD has definitely taken some of the anxiousness away. There's no longer a 'deadline', besides the 16th. Please pray that he comes out before then!

I feel like he should be done soon. Well, duh but, I haven't gained any weight these past two weeks, which is apparently typical at the end of term. And I've been doing the less invasive natural induction techniques (do people really drink castor oil? really???). And now that he is passed his due date, I feel like when he DOES come out he'll be more 'baby' like, not the bump-on-a-log newborn, but I know that isn't true.

Interesting trivia: Chad's dad's birthday is the 4th, and St. William of York's feast day is the 8th. Wonder which one Will is holding out for?



I wonder if this is when Jesus' disciples figured out He wasn't coming back RIGHT away in their lifetime, but at some random point in the future.

Date: 2009-05-31 13:59 Subject: Baby Update Security: Public Tags: pregnancy, william

40 Weeks!!!!!!!!!!

......................

:p

I got a phone call from the OB's office on Thursday. They wanted to schedule an induction for the 10th. I'm pretty sure I was just talking to a secretary/receptionist person, so I didn't bother to argue with her. My doc and I had already talked about letting me go passed the typical induction date, so I was really annoyed that that's what the phone call was about. FYI, the 10th would put me at 41 weeks and 3 days, not even 42.

Unfortunately, I don't feel ANY different. Nothing has happened. I feel the same now that I felt two weeks ago. No dropping, no contractions, nothing.

Where are you, Baby??