6 Month Picture

With the Holidays and traveling I kind of forgot to take Adam's six month picture. Well here they are:

Brought to you by the letters "N" and "T":

Mmmm those letters are tasty:

Cutest Present

I got the cutest present at daycare today. I just had to bring it to work and show it off and now it sits in the center of my Christmas tree. Check out my little angel:

Adam's First Christmas

Adam had a great first Christmas at Grandma and Grandpa's house.We had the traditional Christmas Eve with Dave's family. We went to mass at 4 PM and then came home and took a family photo, our family is getting so big that you can't see the Christmas tree! Then we started making dinner and before eating we had did the Christmas Program. Adam got to put Baby Jesus in the manger and he did a great job. After Christmas dinner we opened a few presents and Adam liked the wrapping paper more than anything. After we put Adam to bed we played The Newlywed game twice and we lost both times. Once to Bob and Denise and once to Ann and Titus!

Christmas morning we woke early. Again Adam didn't really get into opening presents, but once we started pulling toys out of boxes he had more fun. Ann and Titus left for Chicago after we opened presents and we went to Algoma. Adam finally met his great-grandma and had fun playing with some of Aunt Linda's toys. We couldn't visit for too long though, because the roads weren't the best. So we went home and watched a movie together.

On Saturday Dave really wanted to go to the Packer Hall of Fame at Lambeau field and it was Christmas, so I said OK. I was a little worried they wouldn't let me in since I don't bleed Green and Gold. It wasn't that bad and we got some cute pictures of Adam.

Adam got really good at sitting up over the long weekend. He loves playing with his toys from the new perspective.

We got home to two feet of snow in our driveway on Sunday night. Of course the snowblower wouldn't start. Thankfully two of our neighbors came over with shovels to help us dig out.

Not a Chunk (6 month check up)

I have been asked a lot lately if my son is a chunk. I can say with confidence that he is not a chunk. We had his six month well baby check up yesterday. He weighs 16 lbs 5 oz in the 30th percentile, 25 1/2 inches long which is the 19th percentile (poor shorty) and his head is holding strong in the 99th percentile at 18 1/4 inches.

After Adam's doctor appointment we drove to Cheese-sconsin. We're celebrating Adam's first Christmas with Dave's family. Adam enjoyed playing on the piano with Auntie Ann this morning:

Christmas Letter

Merry Christmas,

To save the environment I decided not to print and include our traditional Christmas Letter in with our Christmas card (well that and I didn't buy any pretty Christmas paper), so instead I am posting it here on our Blog.

We spent the first six months of the year preparing for the addition of a baby to our family. On June 26th Adam Louis Schwedler was born. He has been an amazing baby and it has been so much fun to watch him grow and discover the world around him. He has mastered rolling, squealing and raspberry noises and is now working on sitting up and eating solid food.

When Adam was 7 weeks old we all went on a whirlwind tour of the Midwest to go to two weddings in one weekend. We went to Dave's roommate, Zack's wedding in Warren Michigan on Friday and then drove to Peoria Illinois for my girlfriend Kathleen's wedding on Saturday. Looking back on that trip I think we were crazy, but I'm so glad we didn't miss those weddings. (We missed two weddings in June because I couldn't travel close to my due date, sorry guys).

Then in September we added another member to our extended family- Titus and Ann got married. Adam was able to meet the whole family at once and it was an awesome Schwedler Wedding Weekend. Enough said.

I was able to spend four months off of work enjoying Adam. After I went back to work Dave took a month off too. Speaking of work Dave got a new job (still with 3M) in January working with slitters that cut up film and tape and when I went back to work I got a new job too (again at 3M)- I still work with electrical tape, but now I deal with the machine that puts it in a plastic can and I make the sticky.

Dave and I weren't the only ones in the household to start new jobs this year, Brockway has become our household newspaper retriever. Near the end of my time home I started working with Brockway to train her to get the newspaper for Dave in the morning. She took to the new job quickly (she didn't get her breakfast until she did it). She also loves Adam a lot. He receives more kisses from her than us on any given day, in return Adam provides Brockway with plenty of squeals and smiles.

Adam started daycare in December and we are all still in the process of figuring out what the new normal is. I have been using this blog to keep the family (mostly the grandparents) up to date on Adam. So if you check back from time to time you too will be able to know what the "Western Minnesota Schwedlers" are up to in 2010.

Have a Happy Holidays,
Sarah, Dave, Adam and Brockway

Happy Honda Days!

We are now the proud owners of a brand new Honda Odyssey- that's right I drive a minivan.

Food

Our doctor told us to wait until Adam was 6 months to introduce solids, but 5 1/2 months is close enough for me. I gave him some oatmeal on Wednesday night. He probably only a couple spoon fulls, but it's a start.



I was hoping filling his belly would allow us all to get a full night of sleep, but around 2:30 he woke us up. I tried to feed the little guy, but he wasn't hungry, so I rolled him over onto his belly and rubbed his back. He let out the loudest burp and then when back to sleep. So I guess I shouldn't feed him solids so close to bed time.

Seriosly What

Today was server downtime at 11:30. Pre-Adam I would have gone to lunch during this time, but I've been brown bagging my lunch and working while eating. So what was an engineer to do without her computer for an hour? Go visit my little munchkin at daycare. It was perfect timing, he had just woken up from a nap and hadn't eaten yet. I also got to meet most of his teachers, which was really nice. While I was there I found out that one of the other babies in the infant room has started using the toilet at home. Are you kidding me, the four month old is peeing and pooping on a toilet!?!?! I said her mom needs to write a book so I can follow her technique, but really I'd rather focus on getting Adam to sleep through the night again (which a five month old should be capable of).

Brockway Alarm

I know for the most part this blog is about my baby Adam, but Brockway will always be my baby too. Dave and I have been a little sleep deprived lately. We've been staying up to late at night and then Adam has been waking up in the middle of the night and to add insult to injury we didn't get to sleep in at all this weekend. So this morning I slept right through my alarm and Dave's alarm, but good old Brockway started barking around 6 AM to wake us up. Dave was ready to go yell at her, but then we noticed the time. She's such a good dog!

Shiny New Computer

Finally- one year after we decided it was time to buy a laptop- we did. I have no idea how to use Windows 7, but I'll figure it out soon, hopefully. My husband is watching football, my child is alternating between raspberry noises with his mouth and real farts and the dog is sleeping on the couch. I no longer have to choose between spending time with the family or the computer- Priceless!