Birds

Did you ever see Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds? If that movie still gives you the creeps, then you may wish to avoid the following activity.

We went to Chapman School on Monday night to see the swifts and the chimney. I guess since the 1980s a huge number of swifts come to this schools chimney to roost for the night every September. Like thousands of birds! So hundreds of people come to watch every night.

The birds begin to gather back in to the area as the sun goes down and they circle the chimney. As it gets darker, the birds get thicker and thicker and then begin to go in. It is truly amazing to watch!! I wish I was better at describing it! But here are some pics...









The event has a very Portland vibe to it if you know what I mean. We had a good time and Baby Boy enjoyed the adventure even he wasn't sure why I had to kiss him in public. See below.



I suspect that will embarrass him even more in the future.

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Messy Boy!

So we do about one major thing a day. So today's task was to chauffeur my niece and nephew after they got out of school. So Corbin and I headed out in plenty of time prepared for spit up, colder weather, and boredom. We had extra onesies, a sweatshirt, and toys.

I did not think of a diaper blowout. He hasn't really had any of that so it was not in my head. But it happened anyway.

Out the diaper through the onesie through his pants and on to the blanket. Ewww!! All while sitting outside waiting for the school to get out.

I was not prepared.

It was not a warm day and all I had was a clean onesie. So we also stopped at Fred meyer for a new blanket because we only had 1000 of them at home. Oh well. New Mom Lesson #245 now learned.

He also later had a spit up explosion. Proof of that one here...


Ahhh...babies!!

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First Day of School!

Today is the first day of school, but I am not there.

In fact, I didn't even get out of bed until after 9. Of course, I was up at 2 and at 5.

Instead of meeting my new students, I have changed some diapers, watched a couple of episodes of Monk while nursing, changed Corbin's outfit a couple of times due to spit-up, taken 2 naps with him, and folded some clothes.

Instead of making photocopies and preparing lessons, I have held him when he got fussy and sang Itsy Bitsy Spider (and a few other simple songs) a few (million) times while he sat in his Boppy.

Instead of eating lunch with my colleagues, I grabbed some wheat thins and cheese when he first fell asleep sometime kind of around noon.

I am glad I am here with my son being his mama.

Although, it does feel weird to not be there being Mrs. Cinquini.

Here's my baby...

...he's worth this weirdness!

New Photos

Just some more photo evidence that we have the cutest baby of all time...

Oh...and I have a super cute husband, too. The above nap allowed me to unload the dishwasher. Or fold a load of laundry...or some other really tough task lately.

This is a photo of one of my favorite "mommy moments" so far.

This is my super alert ready to play baby...at 11:30 PM...of course.

We are doing great. Corbin is truly a laidback and relaxed baby who makes this new job of parenthood much easier than I think people think it should be. Of course, it is all I have to do right now. When I am grading papers and all that stuff, too, I may feel a bit differently.

Which reminds me --

I went in to work today to do a bit of computer stuff to help my substitute. I will go in for a a couple of hours next week, but then I will be off until the week of Thanksgiving. It feels very weird. Very very weird. But I am excited to have this time with Corbin. :-)

Photos

So, I wanted to share with you some of my favorite photos from our first 13 days of parenthood.

Corbin always seems to hold his hands in the funniest positions while he sleeps.

Introducing a first toy. It squeaks. Corbin turned his head towards it the first time I showed it to him. And then turned away from it every time after. I have a feeling that I will feel similar towards squeaking toys right around the time he begins to like them. :-)

Corbin and I ventured out on Tuesday to eat lunch with Tom at the art studio. On our way back, we found ourselves stuck in construction traffic a short few minutes from our home. Well, usually, a short few minutes. Corbin was hungry. And tired. And screaming as we sat for 15 minutes two different times. I have to admit that I still thought he was awfully cute!

Tom and I took Corbin out to the mall last week. I like this photo of Tom pushing the stroller!

And this is my favorite one. First of all, he's wide awake in this one. (Note: it is about midnight, by the way.) But, even more, I love this pose. I think he is meditating. :-)

That's all for now. Things are going well. Honest!

Introductions

Tom and I would like to introduce all of you to the newest blogging member of our family. Okay, so he probably is not going to blog yet, but I bet our blogs get a lot more interesting now. And definitely a heck of a lot cuter.

So, here is...

Corbin Charles Cinquini. Born July 30 at 9:07 PM. A whopping 6 lbs 1 oz and 19.5 inches.

Here he is after just a few minutes after joining us on Saturday night.

Our first family portrait.

My men. Aren't they so good looking?

And here he is dressed in his first real outfit ready to head home from the hospital. This outfit came with shorts, but they are way too big right now. Someday...newborn outfits will fit right. :-)

So, we are home. Here it all begins...

Back Up Plan

So, today is our due date!

Everyone seems to know but Baby Boy! :-)

We went to the doctor this morning to check on progress. And we have made progress. We are dilated to a 2. Not bad...not quite a 10...but not bad.

But, we have scheduled a back-up. Monday morning - 6 AM - induction appointment.

Be ready for the next update!

Oh...and for those of you who have wanted to see pictures. I assume you mean of my belly. So, here's what I have...

This is me this morning. 40 weeks. I actually looked bigger this weekend, I think, at Tom's grandma's wedding...

What do you think? Does this shirt make me look more fat? Ha!! don't answer that...