The Beginning!!!

    After almost 6 months, here I am to FINALLY update the blog. I’m so sorry I have not updated it before now. Well, Michael is 5 ½ months old now! And sooo much has happened since I last updated. I’m sure I will forget some details but I’ll try to remember everything that has happened. Lol.


    Alright, lets see then - the 1st month was quiet interesting. Haha. I vaguely remember waking every 3-4 hours at night to feed him and daytime was constant nap time or feeding time. He was a little colicky that month, but I suspect that’s fairly normal as their body is adjusting to everything. The only ‘problem’ I remember having is he seemed to spit up a lot. Not only at every feeding but also throughout the day. The doctor said that its pretty normal at that age, even up to 3-4 month old, to spit up often. We tried to get him on a feeding schedule as the doctor recommended but no avail, we failed at that because Michael seems to be little too much like me - when he’s hungry, he wants it NOW. Lol! So we just fed him on demand. I remember it being soo difficult to get anything done around the house because all I wanted to do was hold and love on him. And every little cry gave me just the excuse I was looking for to scoop him up and spoon him. At 6 weeks after his birth, we went to my Dr. follow-up appt and they cleared me to go back to work whenever I felt ready. I may not have ever felt like I was ready to start work again but I knew that I’d have to sooner rather than later, so I planned to start the following Wednesday. We planned it so that Vinnie would be the 1st to watch him, which also made me feel a little better when I headed out that morning.

 I tell you what, 7:30 am never came so early as it did that morning. I had a hard time getting up in the morning and it was hard to say goodbye for even just a day, after being home with the little man for 6 weeks. Vinnie, as I knew he would, did a wonderful job taking care of him while I was gone. That day seemed to be my longest day at work yet. I was so relieved when I left work and rushed home to see my 2 favorite men in the world. My mom had offered to watch him on Mondays so I could catch a few extra hours. The 1st Monday was even harder to leave for work that that Wednesday. And I don’t know why that was. I knew she was an excellent mother and knew what she was doing but I still felt horrible. I cried on the way to work and was on the verge of crying at work through out the day. But, it got easier as the weeks progressed.

    At 2 months he got his 2nd set of vaccines and the doctor examined him. He was growing and developing exactly where he should have been. He was in the top 96th percentile of his age group for wt and height. Shortly after, within the month, he started sleeping through the night. And when I say sleeping through the night, I mean SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT. He went from waking every 4 hours to eat one night to falling asleep around 7-8pm and sleeping until 5-6 am the next. It was amazing. I still swear we are the luckiest parents to walk the earth, well.. Other than Mary and Joseph maybe, lol. He started smiling his real smiles at us by his second month as well.

 In the beginning of May, Jeremy had his annual birthday crawfish boil, this time at his house. It was a lot of fun. Pawpaw (my dad) brought 3 sacks of crawfish with him. Michael and I went over to Uncle Reds and I ate some awesome crawfish. Michael slept in his swing for most of the time we were there, lol. During the second month, I think, is when he discovered his hands and how to suck his thumb. Which is a blessing b/c he sucked on it to pacify himself, however he would NOT take a pacifier to save his life. It just made him scream louder, lol. It was still hard to leave him for the day, on the days I had to work.

    The 3rd month was great. He slowly started to learn how to roll over during this month. It started with rolling onto his belly if he was laying on the bed with us. He also started to discover his feet during the 3rd month. He got to see just what a pool was, close up. He LOVED the water. He was super tired by time we got out but he had a blast in G-ma’s saltwater pool for the 1st time. We think he’s gonna be a fish like his mommy.  In early July we visited Pawpaw and Abuela (My dad and step-mother) for vacation. We stayed about 5 days and we saw all kinds of great things. We visited Avery Island and the Tabasco plant, which was very cool. We also got to go to the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. We all had a great time and Michael just loved looking at all the fish, sharks, eels, otters, and all the other marine life there. After we went there, we walked around the French Quarter. We found a great place to eat some good ‘ole muffaletas. We had planned on also visiting the Audubon Zoo, but the weather wasn’t holding up and poor Michael had had more than enough for one day. For the rest of the trip we just relaxed and had a good time at home.

    I know a lot more happened within those months such as when he met his cousin Ira and Uncle Jesse and Aunt Kirsten. It was great, Ira wanted to hold Michael and play with him. Ira played a few songs just for Michael and even shared his favorite blanket with Mikey. And Aunt Kirsten took a nap with the Michael man when he got tired, though she didn’t really fall asleep. There was also a point during the early-mid summer where he got to meet Aunt Drew and Uncle Kyle too. He got to take his 2nd dip in the pool with them and get lots of hugs from both. I just don’t remember when these festivities took place exactly, though they were very memorable.
    I’ll post a blog on the last 2-3 months soon, I really wanted to get something up here, haha. Hope you’re enjoying the great times. Love you!! More to come!

~The Armand Family <3