ONE MONTH

It is crazy to think that Clark is one month old.  This month has flown by and I am terrified of how fast the next 21 years are going to go.  One month ago today I went to the doctor for my routine appointment and found out dear Clark had turned breach.  We went in that day to see if Dr. could externally evert him, and since he couldn't Clark came via C-section at 6:06 pm.

He's Here!!!

This post is a little late getting out but Lil' Web is here and his name is Clark Ryne Weber!  He was born April 11, 2011 weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz and was 21.75 inches long.  He is named Clark after one of the 3 roads surrounding Wrigley Field in Chicago and Ryne after Ryne Sandberg a 2nd base hall of famer for the Chicago Cubs and is pronounced like Ryan.

He is now 10 days old and is the most precious little boy ever.  He never cries unless I take way too long to feed him or give him a bath.  He sleeps very well through the night and usually only wakes up once to be fed.  He nurses like a champ and at his 2 day check up had gained 5 oz.

On our way to the 2 day check up

I finally get to live out my life long dream of being a wife and mom and it is even more wonderful than I thought it would be!

The first time I got to see my baby boy.  One of the most treasured moments of my life.

He was breach with his feet up by his head, thus his position.

Love the cheeks, the nose, the fingers, the lips, the eyes....  everything!

Long feet!

He's my frog baby.

The day we left the hospital!  Our first family pic.

An odd way to sleep

I love that face!

True John Deere Baby

Clark and his proud Dad

The Nursery

Drum Roll Please.....

View from the door. Glowing ball is a paper lantern.

View from the crib.  

View from the green dresser, obviously the stroller will probably not be there.

The crib.  We've got the night light turtle and lion blankey.

It's very basic but I really like how it came together!  We didn't have to paint anything except for the shelves and the dresser and Grandma R. re-stained and polyurethaned the windows (they were really beat up).  Thank you to everyone who helped us by donating things or giving gifts!  We couldn't have done this without your generosity.

Prego Brain?

I've been writing thank you notes this week.  I feel as if my sentences are completely disjointed and I cannot connect thoughts.  This blog post may be the same way.  I can't even think right now to make my words flow smoothly and not seem like you're driving down a dirt washboard road.  So, I guess I'll give up and just throw my disjointedness out there.

Me:
   Very Pregnant!  The countdown is on to April 12th.  Dr. did not sound like this baby is very anxious to enter the world.  I've been having to slowly come to the realization that April 12th is not a magic number that will send me into labor.  Please, Lil' Web, have mercy on your mom and don't come later than that!

Dogs:
   Jazz- very interested in baby stuff.  Anytime I go into the nursery she is right there with me.  She's claimed the rug in there as her own and has to re-sniff everything at least once a day.

We got the car-seat installed in the van and the dogs were ready to go. Test Drive Teddy was quite helpful.  

  Bo- determined to get to China.  He won't stop digging in our yard!  It's the same 3 spots too, we even tried putting doggie-doo in the holes to deter him.... guess we didn't use enough.  Good thing we've got an abundant supply.

Hubby:
  Fantasy baseball draft is past and loving March Madness.  Actually, I haven't minded watching it this year.  Could be because I filled out a bracket and now have some idea of what's going on.  Also, very excited for opening day.  I impressed Hubby by knowing that Opening Day was March 31st.... sadly, I didn't know that the Cubs open April 1st at home against Pittsburgh.  Yes, he quizzed me.  Yes, I failed.

Bo is helping Aaron set up his Fantasy Baseball Draft

Garden:
   Yikes!  How am I going to get this garden going if our temperatures keep dipping into the 30's?  Still haven't cleared out the mess from last year, still need to till, still need to get some more dirt and compost. Oh yeah, still need to finalize what I'm planting.  The plan so far: tomatoes, green beans, onions, zucchini, summer squash, cucumbers.  I'm also thinking of planting some strawberries this year.  We'll see.

New Hobbies:
   I have opened an Etsy shop!  I'm still working on my inventory but it's up and running.  I'm going to open an additional shop, I think, for some crochet and sewing projects I'm going to get into.  We'll see.  It is the era of crafty Tressa.  Hopefully that works with a newborn.  I'll let you know when that gets off the ground.

Harvest Gold

Harvest Gold could describe a Kansas landscape of wheat illuminated by the rising sun..... or it could describe our kitchen floor.

Good old 70's linoleum.  Since the day we bought this house -July 2, 2007- we have vowed to get rid of this floor.  Finally, 3.5 years later, we've done something!  

We knew that before we could lay down any new floor we would need to pull up the linoleum.  How did we know?  1) There were holes in the linoleum that showed us that there was additional flooring beneath it and 2) Our dishwasher leaked and we knew there was moisture under the linoleum because of those holes.

See the hole right in the middle?

1st strip comes up!

I'm so excited!  But it smells sooo bad!  See the water stains?

After pulling and working at the seams with a flat iron we got most of it taken care of.  The work crew (my mom and Aaron's uncle and some friends) were coming the next day to finish the stripping and start the installation.  The next time I saw the kitchen, there was a vast improvement!

Installation took 2 days.  As you can see we ripped out some of the carpet by the front door to make a little entry area.  We didn't get the transition pieces for that area until that weekend.  It's all in now and looks wonderful!

Jazz really wore herself out helping.

The small things

Fun Highlights of the past two days:

Motherhood massage (I GOT TO LAY ON MY STOMACH!)

Funny video clip on yahoo ( what some soccer players will do for a PK)






Reading my friends' blogs

Looking at my new kitchen floor (will blog on that later)

Petting clean, soft dogs

Snuggling with my hubby

Crocheting

Eating Better Than Robert Redford dessert


It's truly the little things in life :)

Random, amazing thoughts

Every now and again I am struck by the absolute amazingness of thought.  All that's up there is tissue, blood and electricity... and we can think!  I can have a conversation with myself or have random thoughts. It blows my mind! I have no idea how anyone can not believe in God with such an amazing contraption sitting on their neck.