Passagefire

Some days Noah wants to be held all day. The second I lay him down, he wakes up and screams. I can listen to the screams (which will slowly drive me over the edge) or I can hold him. I choose to love on him. That being said, Mama still needs to shower. So, I laid him down while he was sleeping and sneaked off to the shower. I knew he would be screaming in 8.3 seconds. I was right of course. So, my shower lasted about 3 1/2 minutes. When I got out, Ben came running in so proud of himself. He said, "I put in Noah's passagefire", meaning pacifier.

I went to check on Noah. This is what I found...


Ben was so proud of himself. He put the pacifier in backwards and Noah had the little handle in his mouth.


Instead of putting my baby out of his misery, I ran to grab the camera. That's just the kind of Mom I am.

My Reply

Due to an overwhelming response (2 people) who wanted to know where Noah was, I felt I must dedicate a post to my little man. He was attached to me with our new sling. Now, these contraptions never worked for Emily or Ben. But, a fellow parent at gymnastics suggested I get one that has flat material for his back instead of just one piece of material. It helps him not curl up so much. I found this beauty at a second hand children's store. I did not want to post this photo as my hair looks severly wind blown, which it was, but it's just not a great picture.



I didn't want take a stroller to the patch because it is extremely dusty and I didn't want Noah breathing in all that dust. But, as you can tell from the photo he was tucked away and protected from the elements.

He loves this sling. For a baby who likes to be held, it has turned out to be a lifesaver. I did dishes, straightened my hair and ate lunch with him attached to me today. It was that or listen to him scream. My sanity is thinking it's the best $14.99 that I have ever spent.

As for our pumpkins, we know from our garden that they grow extremely well here. This place is a nursery, but not a farm. They don't grow the pumpkins there. So, they are shipped in from somewhere else locally and the pumpkin fairy places them all 18 inches apart on a bed of hay. Perfect!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch on Sunday. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time.

First up was the bounce house.



Then, this cool teeter totter, but the other end was broken. So, it didn't move which was probably a good thing. Where else can you find a teeter totter with a saddle on each end?


The petting zoo. My kids always seem to love the IDEA of the petting zoo. Then, they get in there and won't touch any of the animals. Probably another good thing. The only thing Ben wanted to touch was his penis.


The hit of the patch...the barrel train ride.

Telling Ben to smile is obviously not a good idea.



The hay ride or as Emily referred to it "the dusty ride".


The pumpkin patch.


Again, not a good idea to try to force a 3 year old to smile.


The place where they have the pumpkin patch is usually a plant nursery and restaurant. Friday night all you can eat fish fry (never been)! The grounds are really pretty and they host weddings too.













Lots of photos, but I couldn't pick just one or two.

Top Heavy

He's learning how to hold up his head.



I love newborns until about 4 months. Well, I love them after 4 months too, but I love how funny looking they are in the beginning. He's so stinkin' cute and seriously, he looks like he is 87.

Got A Spare $200,000?

Yeah, me neither. Thank God for insurance.

Mine and Noah's hospital bills came to a whopping $198,132.93.

I was in the hospital for 7 days and had a c-section. My total came to $81,904.04. My air-evac alone was $22,652. Mind you, we are only 100 miles from the hospital and I'm sure it's much less as the crow flies (or helicopter in this case).

Noah was in the NICU (intensive care for preemies) for 18 days. His bill came to $116,228.89. That's almost $6500 a day.

We paid $135. It would have only been $10, but two days before everything happened, I went to the OB Triage at the hopsital. It apparently is considered an emergency room visit and since they discharged me, they are charging me the $125. Had they done any blood work on me, they never would've discharged me. We may dispute it. It's worth the phone call anyway.

All in all, I'm pretty happy with our insurance as we had no idea if the air-evac would be covered. I mean, who seriously looks at those types of things in their policy? We were a little worried that we would owe something for that little journey.

It's no wonder they were more than happy to hand out a thousand dollars for David's vasectomy. Much cheaper than me getting pregnant again!

Boy In The Hood

I put Noah in his car seat and thought he looked adorable in his little hoodie.


I wanted to pull out the pacifier to get a good pic. This is all he gave me. I think this is exactly how he will look when he is 87.


Then he got seriously mad at me.


So, I put the pacifier back in and waited a minute.


Then, I pulled it out again...and he got seriously mad again.


I put it back in and he was happy.


So happy that he was feeling sleepy.


Very, very sleepy.

Third Child

Noah had his 2 month well check yesterday. It was 11 days past his 2 month mark but that's because the Doctor was on vacation. He weighed in at 8 pounds 7 ounces and 22 inches. I can't believe he has grown 5 1/2 inches in a few months. He wasn't on the charts yet for weight, but he was in the 5% category for height.

I got home and decided to write his stats in his baby book. I pulled it out and opened it. Nothing is in it. Every page is blank.


Then, I pulled out Emily's to see what her 2 months stats were. Oh brother, I have a lot of work to do to measure up to this.


Every page of her book is complete with photos and funny little things about her. Ben's is pretty good too. I've done nothing for Noah so far. I refuse to let this happen.

I am a third child. I remember looking at my sisters baby book and it was complete, down to a lock of hair from her first hair cut. I had a few random things written in my baby book but almost every page is blank.

Apparently, nobody came to visit me in the hospital when I was born.


All that happened on my first birthday was I got "lots of toys". How exciting.


Oh wait! Here is a lock of hair from my first haircut! Never mind, that's my brother, Joey's, in my baby book! Look at the date...I wasn't even conceived yet. How did this end up in my book?


I know my Mom was busy. I understand that now more than ever. Now that I blog, I feel like I'm documenting their lives all the time. But blog or no blog, I refuse to put Ben's hair in Noah's baby book. I am going to get working on Noah's book. After all, he does have an exciting story so far.