Dad's picture of the month, rather last month. So I am babysitting (although I am not sure that's what its called when its your own kid) Johnathan on Friday nights and Saturdays while Angie is at work to bring home the real bacon. This week I am taking care of Johnathan on Friday night Saturday and Sunday as Angie is working three in a row, allowing for a little more father son bonding time. With taking care of Johnathan and the recent snow storm I am pretty much kept in doors for most of the day allowing for me to catch up on some household duties such as finally downloading pictures from my SLR camera. The one above is actually from last month but its one of the better shots of Johnathan of recent so I thought I would throw it upon the blog. Also I thought I would throw a little plug in for Picasa as a picture viewer, extremely easy and very good image editor that interfaces seemlessly with blogger or blogspot.com for posting pictures such as this one at the push of a button. I am usually not a fan of the real basic imaging editors but this one is really pretty decent. Angie's sister a professional photographer used Picasa on our computer at home to edit a lot of the pictures from the birth that so many people loved. If your pictures are too dark, or the color not what you had in mind, red eye or for some artistic touches give it a try. Hope you all are doing well, I have to run and give Johnathan his noon time bottle. Nate

Snowed-in Today!

Denver has had a major snow storm for October! We are snowed-in today and all the schools are closed including Nate's! It is 12 inches deep in some places and probably 18 inches deep in others. Look at the second picture...that is our patio in the back that normally has a step DOWN into the yard...but it actually has a step UP with snow right now! Then there's my buried car...and look at the last picture. That's our mailbox! Good thing we got our groceries yesterday. We have to take the baby out in it tomorrow because I work.

Snow Yesterday

Here's what it looked like yesterday. I got the baby in a snow outfit and put a winter hat on him and took him outside for some quick pictures. At that point, it was only 4-5 inches deep. It was still actively snowing and Johnathan was funny with the snowflakes falling on his face. He's experiencing new things all the time!

Asian Ladies

We went out to a Chinese Restaurant tonight and Johnathan was a chick-magnet there. The asian ladies there were cooing at him and clapping and clicking their mouths. Johnathan was staring and then started smiling and then laughing over and over. He thought they were so funny! I have never seen him laugh so much. Very adorable! It made Nate & I laugh cause he was so cute. This picture is just to show how well he is grabbing stuff now. He is 3 months old and he is holding onto his toys. This is an alligator rattle. : )

Push-up Contest

It looks like the two boys are trying to do a push-up contest. It's so fun having babies the same age. Johnathan has a big smile in the last picture.

Momma is back to work!

Hi there...
So I am now back to work and my 3 months of Maternity Leave is over. I was sad and scared at first but now that the first weekend back is over, I am relieved. I am amazed at how fast those 3 months off flew by. It went so fast, and I was sad and scared about leaving my baby...especially with the babysitter the first day. So, I am working every Friday and Saturday now. On Friday's, Johnathan is watched by a daughter of one of the nurses I work with. Her name is Kim and she is 20 years old and very nice. She has a lot of experience with babies and nurseries. Then on Saturday's he is home with Nate. So this first weekend went well actually! The babysitter said he did fine (I called to check on him twice during work)...hee hee. She said he only cried when he was hungry or tired. He took bottles fine for her. Then on Saturday, Nate said it went pretty well, but there was an incident where the monitor got turned off by accident for 15 or 20 minutes while Johnathan was napping and he was crying for who knows how long. We have pretty thick walls. But he took bottles fine from Nathan too. Mommy and baby did really miss each other a lot though! I cried on Thursday night, the night before work. But did okay during work by trying not to think about it too much. (And by checking-in like a curious Mom). : )
Work itself went VERY well! They took good care of me the 1st day back by giving me 3 easy postpartum couplets and they were all very nice women. So that made it pleasant. I was slower and had to think about how to do my job again before I started. I was also slower with charting on the computer. But jumped back in fairly well. On Saturday morning though, it was my first day back at labor & delivery...and got thrown in with running shoes on. My labor pt came up to our floor right at 7am (& I was quite tired from the night before getting up with the baby). Well, she had her 2nd baby out by 7:21am. That's what you call a "precipitous delivery". She wanted an epidural and we were frantically trying to get her ready for it, but then she started screaming, "Pressure! Pressure!"...and the head was coming. We told her there was no time and she pushed that baby right out. It was SUPER fast (she was 5 cm when she got to our floor), and I was running around trying to remember my priorities. I almost had to deliver the baby but the doctor got there just in time. It was crazy! Talk about being thrown back in!
I got both flu vaccines on Friday. I got the H1N1 nasal mist (very wierd feeling trickling up the nose and back down the throat. Kinda sweet tasting). And I got the seasonal flu shot (in the gluteus since I'm holding my baby at home and didn't want a sore arm muscle). I wanted to protect my baby as much as possible by protecting myself. We have had a lot of pregnant women on our floor with the H1N1 flu! Scary! I had a reaction from the vaccines on Saturday. I felt horrible for about 4 hours with total body achiness, headache, great fatigue, and slight stomach soreness. But I drank a lot of water and took some Ibuprofen and eventually felt better.
I was able to pump 3 times each day at work (luckily it was slow enough on the unit). I go down to the nice lactation room to do it and use my electric pump from home. The first time I pumped at work, I got 11 ounces of milk in one sitting!

I'm 30 years Old!

Angie here...and in a new decade of life! I made the big change-over to my 30's this last weekend, on October 18th. I was sad on Saturday because it was the last day of my 20's and I counted down the minutes even! But now I am fine with being 30 and I am blessed with a WONDERFUL family. I wanted a family picture of the 3 of us on my 30th birthday; so that is us in our backyard in Aurora, CO. Nate & I went on a FABULOUS date for my birthday! Molly Riddle (soon married, to be changing to Wink) babysat Johnathan for us from 5 pm until 11pm! 6 hours and it went well, she said. He apparently didn't cry much, he took 2 bottles of pumped milk well for her, and he went to bed at 9pm. She was a good babysitter. Nate & I first went to dinner in downtown Denver called "The 9th Door". It is a Tapas Restaurant so we ordered 5 different appetizer-like items and they were all DELICIOUS!!! The dinner was the best part of our bday date. It was a swanky/fancy atmosphere. It was amazing food and amazing company. It was so fun to be in a nice restaurant with just Nate and not worrying about a baby crying. It was fun to just focus on our relationship for one night again. He did a couple little sneaky things about my gift and telling the waitress it was my birthday. So that was cute. Then, we went to the Broadway play "Wicked" at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. It was a very fun show. We had great seats front and center. It was a wonderful birthday and very memorable! I have an amazing husband.

Nate let me sleep in for my birthday

For my birthday weekend, Nate let me sleep in on Saturday till 10 am. It was SO nice! This is Nate sleeping in on Sunday till 8am. Yes, he is actually watching Johnathan here...but it looks like he's sleeping. : )

Angie's Birthday BBQ

On Saturday, Oct 17th, I had a birthday BBQ at our house for my 30th birthday. It was fun and it turned out to be a beautiful day. The people in the bottom picture who came are Doug & Eiko (& baby Chris), Mark & Carol, and Christa & Chris. We had a fun time talking and watching football. We had Snickers Icecream cake for dessert. Thank you Nate!

Oldie but Goodie,

These are some off of Nate's SLR camera from a while ago. So cute though! We love cuddling our baby!

Beautiful Autumn Day...

I love this picture of my sweet baby and I. Fall has fallen here in Denver, Colorado. It is very pretty on the clear sky days. Johnathan loves watching trees blowing in the wind. We try to get out in the sun a little every day since Johnathan hates the taste of the Polyvisol (vitamin D). But he still gets his vitamins! : )

Don't forget older pictures

If you're new to this blog, don't forget to hit the "Older Posts" button to see other cute pictures. Or look on the right side for the months and titles. Thanks for following us!

Fun with Friends : )

We've been having fun with friends this week. Spent some time with Eiko and Christopher and went on a beautiful blue sky walk. And also went to lunch with Izzi to a fabulous sushi restaurant called "Sushi Hi". Johnathan is getting exposed to exotic foods already! : )

Halloween Pumpkin Babies!

This is one of those fun moments when parents torture their kids again. Butch bought both Johnathan and Ryder a pumpkin bib. So we thought it would be cute to get them both in them and take pictures. I think they turned out GREAT!

Step-Cousins

The two babies are Johnathan (7-25-09) and Ryder (8-6-09) and they are now I guess "Step-cousins). They both live in Denver so should have fun growing up together for the first 5 years at least. The little girl is Kate who is Ryders older sister (Justin & Kristen's daughter). And then the little boy that Johnathan is studying and he is studying him back is Ryan...who is Brett Andersen's son. Less than 2 years and he will look like that!

Grandma Bell-A. was here!

Angie's Mom was here! We got a lucky extra visit from Grandma Bell-Andersen because her & Butch came to Denver for the baby blessing for Ryder Andersen (12 days younger than Johnathan) who is Justin and Kristen's new little baby boy. I loved having them here for 2 and 1/2 days. My Mom got to see my son again at 2 and 1/2 months old. She had fun playing with them. The last picture is of them with each of their grandsons.

Funny Critters

These pictures are just cute. Johnathan was feeding and he put his hand over his eyes and face as if to hide his way to sleep. So cute! Then there's our silly cat Denver spreading his fat belly out to soak up the sun.

Babysitting 2 Babies!

We gave Doug & Eiko the chance to go on a date together by babysitting Christopher on Sunday evening. They went and did dinner and a movie and we had an evening with 2 little babies. It went okay but definitely would not want twins ever. What does one person do when they are both crying? : ) Johnathan was fending for himself some of the time. : ) I love the picture of both the boys in their matching bouncy seats.

Dad's first bottle for Johnathan

We are starting to get ready for Angie going back to work on October 23rd. So Dad fed a bottle of Mom's milk to Johnathan for the first time this last week. It went okay but baby could tell that Mom was in the room and of course he'd rather have it straight from the source. : ) It will be a struggle the first day for our babysitter.

Cute Outfits

I love the top outfit...he looks so cute in it. Then later he was riding on Dad's back and cuddling with another teddy bear.