These past four weeks have been crazy. Last week we finally moved to Texas, back to God's Country. Chris is trying to get use to the heat and learning how to drive around without the grid system. He doesn't like how all the streets have names and not numbers. Here's a quick update of everything that has happened the past few weeks that I have been too busy to write about.
Moving
Moving was such a hassle! Chris and I have moved once before and it really wasn't that bad. We moved across town and so it was easy to just throw everything into a box. But since we were moving to another part of the country, we had to be more organized and be efficient packers. I have learned two lessons through this process. First, if you evaluate your stuff you think, "oh it will only take us X amount of time." Reality is that it will take you at least 3 times longer. We really thought that we only had to do a couple days of packing, but we quickly realized that it was going to take us a couple of weeks to get it all done. Why did it take us so long to pack up our tiny apartment? Jacob. Which leads me to the second lesson we learned, packing is practically impossible with a newborn. Some one once told me that I should wait to move until after I've had Jacob, it would be so much easier to move with a baby than being pregnant. Now I didn't move while I was pregnant but moving with a baby was hard. Packing took so much longer cause Chris or I had to take care of Jacob while the other one was packing. While I know I couldn't lift or do a lot of the manual labor during pregnancy, I still couldn't do that cause I had Jacob strapped to my chest (breastfeeding is fun...). Luckily for me, I married a man who didn't mind doing all the packing and organizing and loading of all our possessions without his wife's help :)
I would like to thank Chris's parents, his sister Brittany and her fiance Steve for all their help with our move. They went above and beyond when it came to helping us pack, load and clean our old apartment. Also to Chris's parents for driving our car down to Texas, that was such a huge help!
Jacob
Jacob continues to do wonderful. He is now almost 12 weeks old and the best way to describe him is how his Mama Sugar (a.k.a. Grandma LaFerney) describes him: a monkey. At his two month appointment he measured in the 96th percentile for length and head size. He is over 24 inches long and his head is over 15.5 inches in diameter. But he is in the 28th percentile for weight, coming in at 11 pounds 4 ounces during his check up. So he is just a long and skinny baby. What's worse is that he has the longest arms and legs, giving him the nickname monkey much to my dismay. (I was attacked by a monkey when I was 9, so naturally I don't like monkeys). Oh well.
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| Jacob's first documented smile |
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| Jacob the day after getting four shots. He was such a sad little trooper. |
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| Don't I look cute?! Many people thought I was a girl ;) |
Jacob continues to grow and develop. Lately he has been talking like crazy and started to laugh on purpose, especially when you make funny noises. He is getting better at his hand-eye coordination and can now grab toys and stick them in his mouth. He can now recognize people, especially Chris when he comes home from work. He is still struggling with rolling over, but he makes up for it by scooting around the floor on his back. His hair is starting to get thicker and he definitely has my hair color. He continues to be a joy and it amazes Chris and I on how much we love him.
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| Jacob trying to kiss the camera |
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| I'm NAKED! |
Chris
On June 8th, Chris graduated from pharmacy school. After three long years of Chris studying for hours on end and losing hours of sleep, he graduated with his doctorate. I am so proud of him and all his hard work. He has definitely earned the title of "Doctor". Now I am proudly Mrs. Dr. Chris Newman :) It feels good to be a doctor's wife.
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| Chris and I finally making it through pharmacy school |
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| Jacob celebrating with his daddy |
Chris started his new job as a resident this week. He did orientation where he learned all about the Baylor goals and values. He even did some team building exercises. He wishes that he spent that time learning more about his benefits, but why would your want to learn that when you can build paper towers?
So far he is loving his new job. Everyone there is super friendly and welcoming to him. He is going to be spending the first few weeks in the central pharmacy (the place where all drugs go in and out throughout the whole hospital) so he can learn the ropes of the system. Then he will start specialty rotations sometime in August and start working weekends. It will also be the time where we say good bye to Chris for a few months, we'll miss him.
Hannah
I'm pretty good. Currently I am taking on the full time mom job all by myself. Chris has been home with me and the baby since Jacob was born and I've really enjoyed having him around. But since Chris has to go back to work, I'm on my own now. So far Jacob and I are trying to get a handle on it. We're trying to establish a routine and learning how to do things without Chris. I have found it to be really hard to get anything done without Chris around. Jacob is trying to get use to sleeping without Chris's chest as his bed during the day. What's worse is I'm trying to train him to sleep in his crib during the day. I don't think Jacob appreciates that. Once I get the hang of everything, I hope to start finding time to read, exercise and sew during my free time (if I ever get any).
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| You can't tell but I've been a sour puss all day |
That's what's new with the Newmans! Hopefully now all the craziness is over I can start updating this blog more frequently, but I don't know how much that will happen since we're kinda boring. Well at least we have Jacob to keep us on our toes!
