Working in my spare time was no problem 6 months ago.  I had plenty of it.  I’m glad that I made good use of it too, because now that Owen is here, my spare time is not as available.  Now, for instance, I’m typing this blog post with him strapped to my chest.  He doesn’t care, his head is cocked over to the side with little snores coming out periodically.  He’s adorable, I just find my time more constrained than before.

It turns out that Owen really likes computers.  If you set him in front of the laptop, he’ll reach out for it and play with the mousepad or bang on the keys.  We’ve also got a spare mouse lying around that he gets to chew on.  Often times, I can come into our office and turn on youtube and keep him entertained for a while.  He loves watching Sesame Street on youtube.  His favorite tv show so far is Curious George.  He’ll just sit bolt upright and talk back at the tv.  It’s humorous.

Some days, I can sit him in his Winnie the Pooh chair that he loves, give him a toy to play with and program right there on the floor next to him.  I can get  in a good 20 minutes with him where I only have to pause every 45 seconds or so.  Yep, 45 seconds is a long time to work on something when a baby is around.

Otherwise, I’ll get a good amount of work done after everyone’s gone to sleep.  I can usually get about 45 minutes of useful work in before I start nodding off in front of the computer.  Given that he likes to get up at 3:30, I try not to stay up too late.  Otherwise, the lack of sleep will kick my butt.

Life has been interesting since Owen showed up.  He’s had a few blow-outs, we’ve had some near misses (and near hits) with Owen’s built-in projectile weapon system.  We’ve been slimed and drooled upon and smell in general right now.  But Owen has been sleeping 6-7 hours/night and we are about to put him in his room for the second night in a row.  He went in for his 2 month check up last week. He now weighs 12 lbs and is 23.5 inches long. Owen got three shots and did really well…no fever. He also to sit up and stand up now. Owen did tolerate his Halloween costume long enough for us to get a couple of pictures, then he demanded it be taken off. Since our subdivision has built up a little more, we actually got 5 (3 separate groups) trick or treaters this year. Only one group actually said trick or treat when Nick answered the door…and only four were actually dressed up. When the last group came and simply said “hello”, Nick said “What, no ‘trick-or-treat’?” I thought it was funny…the two 15 year old girls (both dressed as cows) didn’t think it was too funny…but did say it.

Hi all.  Owen is doing well lately.  He’s been sleeping well, about 6 hours in a stretch each night.  He’s been smiling like crazy lately.  We’ve got a couple new pictures up in the gallery.  Haven’t heard him laugh outright, but it is coming.

(Clicky for Owen album)

Well, Erin had the baby.  Owen Jonathan was born on 8/21 and was 8lbs 3oz and 21.5 inches.  It has been 10 days now.  We have had a lot of sleep deprivation to deal with, but that’s getting better as we learn his quirks and the best way to do things.  If you haven’t seen the pictures yet, they prove that he’s just about the cutest kid there is.  I’ll post some pictures later to prove it.

Erin’s healing up well.  Unfortunately, she did get a spinal headache from the epidural that still has not gone away.  Hopefully it will go away on its own so that she doesn’t need to get seen for it.

I’ve had the last week off and will have the coming week through labor day, but that’s still not enough.  I’m going to have to take more 3 or 4 day weekends here and there. I think that by the time I get back to work I will know how to get a good enough night’s sleep while dealing with the ups and downs at night.