6 weeks old

Given is almost already 8 weeks, so this is a little late...

It's amazing to hear people on the street say that he is so little!  To me, time is flying by and he is growing every day!  I have to remind myself that he is still a newborn, not a 2 year old!!

1 Month

My baby is already one month old!  The time has flown by!  Here is Mr. Given at 5 weeks.

 Just for comparison purposes - his 2 day picture can be found here! 

Month 1 was a crazy adventure!  We have been out and about a lot!  The weather has been beautiful here in SF, so we have been on a lot of walks and outside lunches and glasses of wine (that constitutes getting fresh air, right?!).  We also have had lots of visitors, including Grandma and Grandpa Eoff, Aunt B & Uncle R, Tina, and Justin.  Given is very popular!  Here a few pictures to get us caught up.  My next post will be pictures from this last weekend.

Grandma stayed with us for almost 2 weeks.

Photo op at the Golden Gate Bridge.  I'm saving the picture of Given with Grandma and Grandpa for a special occasion!

Lunch in Napa

Grandpa came too!

I believe Omar is showing off Given's new UT outfit from Nana, not his "guns"!

Given and his giraffe pacifier.

The boys napping.

I wish it was safer to sleep on your tummy!

Given loves to stretch it out!

Please Standy By

I will have pictures up today!  My project for the day!

It's chilly today!  The perfect opportunity to wear my new bunny hat!  (That is a bunny, right?)

"Spotted"

I swear I'm going to get those pictures this weekend!  In the meantime...

Given is so in style.  Haven't you heard?  Polka dots are this fall's "must-have"!

Given had his one-month check up this morning!  He is 23 inches long and 10.5 pounds.  We have one tall, healthy boy!

This weekend we have a baptismal prep class, Given's first wine tasting at Ram's Gate in Sonoma, P&H fall release party, and dinner with Aunt Brooke and Uncle Randy in Napa!  I guess I'll be editing and uploading pictures on Sunday!

Month 1 - According to my iPhone

Because uploading pictures and editing takes forever, I thought I would go ahead and post a few pictures from my iPhone.

Given - Month 1 according to my iPhone:

Picture 1 - taken last night during a naked feeding.  It was so hot here in SF and without A/C I wasn't sure how to keep him cool.  Picture 2 - my big boy.  Picture 3 - I guess I should have been napping with the boys as well.  Picture 4 - Given showing cousin Gray how cool he looks in his borrowed onesie!

Also, because I have alot of people ask how Gypsy is doing, I thought I would give you a quick update.

Gypsy is doing really well.  He is not Given's biggest fan, but he is adjusting.  For the most part, he just ignores his new brother, but there are moments when he will go up and sniff him out.  The other day when Given was testing his vocal range, Gypsy started whinning too.  I like to think he was trying to tell me something was wrong.  "Mom, that baby is crying.  Shouldn't you go and do something about that?" 

At first we thought Gypsy would continue to go to work with Omar, but currently we are doing a shared custody situation.  I think Gypsy likes staying home with me.  Every morning we do hour long walks - pictures 1 and 4 are from some of our adventures.  Picture 1 is along the beach near the Golden Gate Bridge and picture 4 is one I took to send to Omar.  Doesn't that look like a big smile on his face?  I think Gypsy enjoys being outside and getting dirty!  Picture 2 is shortly after Given was born.  Poor Gypsy had to go to vet and get all his shots.  While they were there they gave him the "cone of shame" to help a hot spot sore on his paw.  It was a hard week.  Picture 3 was taken right before my doctor's appointment on the 24th.  Little did we know that our lives were about to change!

He Arrived

Although my last post was titled "Catching Up", I now have some serious catching up to do today!  First and foremost - Given Michael Zennadi made his entrance into the world two weeks early on August 25! 

On August 24th I went to my doctor's appointment and was told to go home, pack a suitcase and head to the hospital.  My blood pressure was getter worse, and the doctor thought it would be better to induce now instead of waiting two weeks with the risk that my blood pressure would continue to rise.

We checked into the hospital at 6 pm, and Given took his precious time making his debut at 9:59 pm the following day.  That was a long and hard 28 hours!  I have to say though that Omar was amazing!  I can't imagine going through that again without him.  Best husband and daddy ever.

Fun fact - if Given had been born a minute later, his birthday would have actually been the 26th in Texas.

My next post will be pictures from this last month.  I had been bombarding Facebook with pictures, but I don't want to be one those annoying friends.  I know you guys want to see all these pictures - otherwise you wouldn't be here reading this!

Simple

Sometimes less is more.  I think this nursery is so pretty - clean, simple, and chic!

See more pictures here and here.

Pretty Pretty

I really like this bedroom - the wall color and the color combo of the bed linens. 

via Little Green Notebook

Zebra Nursery

How cute is this nursery?!  I love the zebra striped rug and the orange chair!  Plus - the puppy dog tails are pretty awesome!

via Spearmint Baby

Who's going to paint the stripes?

You think the yellow stripes and the black wall would work in a grown-up bedroom vs. a nursery?  Love.

via Cup of Jo

Nurseries

I would be lying if I said I didn't read baby blogs!  It's never too early to start thinking about these things, right?  I just have to share!  The other day I stumbled across this nursery picture and I love it! 
One day....

I also thought this playroom was pretty darn cute. 

Spearmint Baby