Post-pregnancy & Tate is 4 Months

So life is good. Tate is getting older and it is getting a little better. I wanted to write a little about some post-pregnancy things that were a surprise to me. First off having a baby was A LOT harder then i imagined even with an epidural and second off I seriously want to shave my head at times b/c i am so sick of my hair falling out! IT IS EVERYWHERE! I try hard to brush my hair and keep it off the ground but nope! Its all over me, Tate, Tate's blankets, the bathroom, the kitchen, our bed, my pillow, the carpet! Seriously it needs to stop.

    I wasnt expecting to hold on to so much weight after pregnancy too. Everyone said oh you are planning on breastfeeding oh good it will melt off. Well people nope, not here! Still have a good amount of weight to lose. I know as soon as I hit the gym again it will help but doing little stuff on my own with workout videos and walks/ runs arent cutting it. I dont eat like a pig either. I dont say oh i am breastfeeding i can eat whatever i want. I feel i am careful and i have started to cut out sweets. It probably was the holidays to many sweets laying around.

    Also I didnt expect for Tate to be so attached to me. It is good dont get me wrong but it makes it hard to leave him b/c sometimes he is ok and other times he only wants me. Also I feel bad for Norris too. He just wants Tate to love and play with him like he does to me but nope. Sometimes he is ok and other times he just looks for me.

    I had No Idea how hard breastfeeding would be at first. Oh my gosh those first 2 weeks were so hard. I dreaded every time I would have to feed. It took a lot for Tate and I both to get use to it but I think now it is way better. I actually enjoy it sometimes (not in the middle of the night when i am dead tired).

   I didnt realize that it would go quickly. During that first month it is really hard and I thought oh my gosh what did i get myself into. I thought I was going to be stuck like this forever, stuck in a rocking chair breastfeeding at all hours but it goes by quick and they get old and a little easier.

   I didn't realize that all of my thoughts and everything i do basically is for my baby. It consumes you. I hear Tate cry in my sleep. Its like second nature to just get up and get him where as Norris is dead asleep and doesnt wake up. I think about him all the time and i cant imagine moms that have to leave there babies and worry about them while they are away.

   Another thing was i did not think recovery after the baby would be so freaking hard. I had a hard time. I dont think i was being a baby but maybe. Well I had somethings go wrong that could have been prevented in my opinion but it is what it is (dumb doctor). It was very hard and i was very sore for a long time. I cant imagine recovery after a c-section.

  I really do enjoy motherhood it just has it hardships that people tend to skip over and only talk about the good. I guess its good people do that b/c it would scare girls out of having a baby. I guess i didnt realize how hard it would be and it has made me appreciate mother so much more. Now on to some better news

Tate is 4 months old now and he is just so cute! He seems to be much happier now and seems to be doing better with his carseat! Thank goodness. Well he went to the doctor a week and a half ago and he was 11lbs 7oz but now he is closer to 12 lbs as of Friday. He was in the 3rd percentile for weight and 50th percentile for heights (almost 25 in. tall) and head circumference. He is a healthy boy. He hasnt gotten his shots yet. I am waiting till 6 months till he is a little older.I am not against vaccination or anything.  I feel that they are so tiny and there bodies are still so premature that they need time to develop and grow before injecting them with vaccination. He still loves water and is still teething. No teeth have popped up yet but he is working on it. Some nights are bad and others are good. Last week he was waking up all through the night like 5-7 times. IT was hard but he is doing better this week so far. He is happy when he has me and i am playing with him. He needs constant attention. He loves chewing on anything and everything. He is starting to eyeball food. I am not sure if he knows it is food or if he just wants to still it in is month. I am hoping to wait till 6 month to give him food. Only moms milk for now. He loves to play with toys which i didnt expect. He loves being outside and watching the cars go by. He loves when there is a lot going around. He is very aware of his surroundings and is happy watching everyone else. He likes to watch Baby Einstein in his little bumbo seat. I put him in that and turn the show on and i can get ready without him screaming at me:) Tate is so cute when he giggles. He doesnt do it all the time like once a day for about a min or two, sometimes longer. He has a big gummy smile that i love. Well got to go and shower! later!

 Too cute!

Standing all big for a sec.

I am going to fight u! haha

Tate and the things he likes to do. Play with his Elephant, play with Gpa, & Take showers! 

Go Lakers!

Tate loves to go on hikes with his cousins:)

Tate is Three Months

So tate is three months now. He is getting so big and more alert. I dont have much time to write this b/c he hasnt been napping or sleeping that good for the past two days. Not 100% sure why but i think it could be teething.

     Well he loves to be with mom and snuggle with me, he likes my hair lots, he loves baths and showers with dad, he eats about every two hours during the day and sleeps from 11pm to 6am mostly every night unless he isnt feeling well (like last night), He is about 11lbs (small guys I know), He drools lots and likes to chew on just about anything. Everyone always thing he is hungry but nope just fed him most of the time. He found his fits about two weeks ago and I was so happy. He love to stand up nice and tall. He gets all stiff and throws out his arms. He loves his swing, bouncer, and crib but most of all he loves moms arms! He likes to sit up so we got him a Bumbo and he likes sitting in it for about 5-10mins and thats it. Its nice b/c I but him in it on top on the counter and make lunch and he just watches me. He loves it when u stick out ur tongue out at him. He smiles almost every time. He loves to rub heads with someone, especially if they have hair that tickles him. He loves to watch TV (scary i know). I loves to be outside and feel the wind on his face. He doesnt even mind the sun brightly shining.

     He hasnt rolled over yet, doesnt like tummy time, doesn't like to be alone, doesn't like dad scruffy face, doesnt like to be bothered AT ALL while eating, doesnt use his forearms yet, he doesnt really have hair (only in the very back), He doesnt like to work hard for his milk. He gets very impatient if the let-down takes any time at all. He hates to be burped and hates to be swaddled at first but he loves to be all cozy and tight which he sleeps so we have to swaddle him. HE HATES HIS CARSEAT!!! oh no fun going anywhere with him. If he isnt sleepy he screams the whole time. He has lots of different cries/screams at that point. He doesnt like walks if he is in his carseat/stroller but if he is facing forward strapped to me or held he his ok.

     He is now in a size one diaper now and i had to put away his newborn clothes. He grew out of them about two weeks ago and is now wearing more and more three month stuff. The three month pants don't really fit him. He has a small waist like his dad. He takes a bottle which is nice but its lots of work pumping every morning. He eats only mommies milk. He doesnt eat well if I dont eat constantly throughout the day. It makes a difference. Its hard b/c I am not hungry all the time. I always have to be snacking on something.

So my baby is a little odd b/c he loves water, like LOVES it. When he is crying and we cant get him to stop we go into the bathroom and we run the sink water and he stops almost every time. Its very soothing to him. If he is having a hard time eating I go into the bathroom, run the water and fed him and he does fine. Crazy boy. I think he loves the sound of the water and looking at the water. I also think he likes the sound of the echo in the bathroom and looking in mirror.

 So tall!

Yup I was sticking my tongue out at him to make him smile:) 

Not sure about this.

Tired of taking pics.

After eating in his cute church outfit thanks to aunt brittany.

His Bumbo, He loves sitting up like a big boy. 

  I Love all the little things he does. He has so much personality already! I love watching him grow each day and i am so glad i get to stay home each day and take care of him, even though some days are hard.

Update on the month of November!

Went out to dinner for Norris B-day with my family and Steve and Hannah and there baby Oliva. After we walked over to the festival of trees where Duran was working and got us in for free.  

Every Year the week of Thanksgiving Saugus high school basketball has there alumni game. It is where all the old player are welcome to come back and play the varsity team of that year. I have gone one year in the past and I was able to go this year. It was fun to go and see old high school friends. Most of them freaked out that I had a kid. haha. It was also the first time i had worked out since having the baby. So i wasn't sure how i would do but i did just fine running up and down the court. So much fun. I love playing basketball. It is great exercise and fun. 

Thanksgiving with my small but growing family:) 

 Celebrating Norris b-day again but with his family. His sister, Vanessa, made this awesome cookie dough cake that I found on Pinterest. It was so good and nice of her to make it:) We eat great food that night too. Fun to have everyone there. 

Came home from shopping with my mom from Back Friday and look what I found. Both of them watching TV cuddling in the warm bed. 

Uncle Duran playing with Tate. Super cute!

Tate isnt in this picture but he was there. It was Tate's first hike. We had fun hiking Towsely. We did the 5 mile hike. Its pretty much half way up and other other half down. Norris carried Tate the hold time and he just slept. He loves to be rocked! Rossi, Nixon, Ashton, Lincoln, Rocky, Sierra, Lucy, Tate Rich, Sophi, Norris, Brianna, and I went on the hike. 

Tate Milk Drunk! 

I got to see Elana, my foster sister, at Duran's wedding reception. I haven't seen her in like forever, at least 2 years. It was great to reunite. 

Dinner Date

Duran and Brittany took us out for dinner on Monday night b/c they wanted to thank us for all the help with the wedding. We went to Kisho's and it was great. I love going to restaurant that cook in front of you. We brought Tate along and he slept the entire time. It either a hit or miss with him. He is either and angle when we are out or his is crying his head off. Brittany and Duran hung around till they left for there honeymoon to Mammoth on Tuesday. They didnt leave right away b/c of the baby blessing. That was nice of them to come and be around everyone the day after they got married but it was very special to have them there. Thanks Duran and Brittany for getting married and for the dinner date:) It was fun to go out to eat! 

Tate sleeping during dinner. It was pretty loud there too:)

Busy Weekend

So my brother got married this weekend and we blessed Tate this weekend as well. What an emotion happy time for our family. Saturday was a great day. I was way more emotional then I imagined I would be. I must have started to cry like 10 times throughout the day. It was a wonderful temple sealing but not so great outside. It was raining and we got all wet. Tate did great thought. His Aunt Vanessa babysat him while we were in the temple. It was so nice of her to come down there with us and then to In-&-Out after to hangout and have lunch. The reception was so much fun. Lots of great food, laughter, and dancing. The place looked great. Well the next morning after we all were exhausted we got up and went to church and blessed out baby. He was fussy before and after the blessing but during he held it together. What a good boy! It was a very very special testimony meeting. We had lots of family bear testimony of the Savior and his wonderful gospel that gives us such great blessings. I cried a bunch and so did everyone else. We had lots of family come back to the house and eat yummy food and hangout. Tate was a little fussy b/c he was done with all the noise and running around but he made it through it and he slept great that night and the next day. 

The family with the two new additions, Brittany and Tate:) Missing Haden! 

                                                         The Happy Newly Married Couple

 My cute in his blessing outfit.

 Tate at 2 months

All the family that came to support Tate Norris Whitmore

BABY TATE

          So its been a while but i have been a little busy. I had baby Tate on Oct 1st at 9:40AM. He was 20 inch long and weighed 6 lb 7 oz. Tiny little guy. I will talk about delivery later but for now I want to write about how cute and big Tate is getting. Tate is 7 weeks old this coming Monday. He is a little easier to handle now that he is bigger. It was hard to feed him and burp him b/c he was just so tiny and fragile. Now he is stronger and easier to handle. He has smiled a couple of times but nothing really consistent. He loves loves loves to look at his dad. He stares at him all the time and as for me I can hardly get Tate's attention. He has a couple of different cries that make Norris and i laugh. He has the pouter cry, the ticked off cry, and the complaining cry. The pouter cry is like when you arent paying attention to him and he is board. The ticked off cry is when he is in his car-seat and wants out or has a tummy ache. And the complaining cry is when I take him away from feeding to burp him and its like a high pitched cry. Haha
         He has so much personality already, its crazy. He hates to be cold. He doesnt like me putting on lotion, diaper changes, being naked or uncovered, cold hands, being wet all b/c these things consist of him being cold. He does love warm baths and just sit there content. He loves being swaddled with one arm in and one arm out. He loves to snuggle snuggle snuggle and sleeping on mom and dad. He loves to have his hand by his face and when he sleeps he covers his face. He loves when we are moving him around. He gets board easily so he loves his bouncer chair, swing, or anyone rocking him. He kicks his feet on my stomach when i bounce him and it is the cutest thing ever.
          He sleeps good at night, normally feeds at 11pm, 2 am, and 5am. I know those aren't good long hours stretches but at least he goes back to sleep after feeding most of the time. That is more then i can say for the day. Tate is up lots during the day and doesnt sleep as good or long. He eats every three hours during the day but he is up for a good while and takes little naps here and there. We play and try to keep his busy so he doesnt cry. I dont really get much done during the day especially if he dosent sleep good. Ill have time to go to the bathroom, wash my face and change and then he is crying again needing his mom.

Here are some New Born pictures:

                         See what I am talking about. Tate LOVES looking at this dad :) So precious 

                                        So tiny and new to the world. Sent straight from heaven!

         I love my Tate!!! I love to snuggle him, I let him sleep on me all the time and I give his tons of kisses. He is just the cutest little boy ever.

Really 37 Weeks & Baby Shower

So NOW I am 37 weeks 

Problems/ Issues: Nothing new

Doctors: Went good on Friday. Blood pressure 108/56, Pulse: 78, Weight: not saying but less then a half a pound a week now. Pee test was good too. Baby is still head down and belly is measuring right. Babies heart rate was also good. I am so thankful for my health and the health of my baby. Every time I have gone to the Doctors everything has gone great, no issue. No bleeding, no real cramps, no contractions. I am very lucky. 

Movements: Two words: Crazy Baby! This week I have gotten rocked from him a couple nights/days. He is back in action especially from his little break he had last week. 

Food: Nothing new

Exercise: Um.... cant really do a sit up anymore! Well, we all knew it was bound to happen. Still able to attend my classes though. 

Thoughts: I think with each passing day....when is this going to happen? I what it to happen sooner than later but I know I have to be patient and he will probably be late. Still wearing the ring and toe rings too:) I slept better this week for some reason which I am grateful for. I love my sleep:) 

Baby Shower:

So Norris Sisters and Family helped with my baby shower. It was at Norris' Dad's house in his backyard. It was decorated so cute. I walked into the back and thought wow this is all for me, how nice! On the tables were printed pictures from my maternity shoot, which I hadn't even seen yet. They were great. My friends and family started showing up and then we started to eat. The food was really good. I loved the chicken sandwiches and Tori's lemonade drink. After the guest filled out a questionnaire game and guessed how round my belly is with string. Vanessa (Norris' sister) was the closest on measuring the size of my belly with the string:) The questionnaire game was fun too b/c it made me really think of what I would want our baby to look and who to be like. Then we played this fun matching game with candy bars. It was very cleaver. They passed around some treats and the cake balls were so darn good. Next came presents and pictures. Then it was time to end the party. I was so glad to see all my friend and family come out and support Norris and I and our new adventure of this baby. We are grateful for everyones love and gifts. Thanks for the wonderful shower. 

The cute set up

 Me checking out the pictures

 Starting to eat the yummy food

 Love the tissue balls:)

 Enjoying each other company also check out those balloons. Are they not the biggest balloons you have ever seen?

The beautiful Sophi and check out the cute onesies hanging in the back. 

Opening the swaddle blanket and burp cloth the Young Family game me. So nice! 

The awesome homemade play blanket Amanda made for me:) 

Thanks everyone for coming!!!

Smile! 

The Jessica's

The Wilson's

More smiles!

Cute Ladies

Vanessa and Sierra

Cute little Lucy next to the huge balloons:)

A picture at 37 weeks! I know its a fake smile, haha.