18 weeks + 28 weeks = Pregnant BFFs
This weekend, Jacey and Aaron came to visit at the tail end of their month of freedom before Aaron starts his second year of business school at UW-Madison. We had a ton of fun, and it was awesome being...
View ArticleThe results are in, and it's a....
BOY!This Monday, I had my anatomy scan, where they measure everything from the baby's brain to its heart to it's arms, legs, hands and feet and everything in between. It was amazing to see all those...
View Article26 weeks!!
Holy moly friends! I can't believe how the end of summer and beginning of fall have flown.In the past couple months, we have:Gotten Colin totally acclimated to and thoroughly loving preschool! After...
View ArticleFun times in fall and 30-something weeks!
Hello, hello, Friedbaby friends! Sorry for the silence over the past few weeks. As you can see, I've spent the past four weeks growing at a rapid pace. The belly is getting B.I.G. These pics were...
View ArticleHappy Holiday Fun and 35 weeks
It's the holiday season over here at the Friedbaby household. After nine holiday seasons of me requesting that David take me to see Zoolights, we finally made it! The tricky part of Zoolights with a...
View Article$#!%s About to Get Real (Again) - a post from David
Since Colin was born, the last 2.5 years have been a whirlwind. He is AWESOME…he is so much fun, has the energy of Taz, the Tasmanian devil (who used to be my favorite cartoon character, and yes, for...
View ArticleFull Term in 2015!
It's official. Thirty-seven weeks pregnant. I may be smiling in the picture, but I am definitely reaching the impatient stage of pregnancy. The beached whale, varying state of discomfort, nesting like...
View ArticleOur Fried-baby is here :)
So sorry for the radio silence on the blogosphere. We have been soaking in the time with our new bebe, and honestly, I have barely opened the laptop in the past 2.5 weeks. I couldn't be happier to...
View ArticleAsher's Birth Story
Here is the story of our son Asher’s birth.As my due date, January 23rd, crept closer and closer, I worked very hard to wrap my head around the idea of going overdue again. I figured that the more I...
View ArticleColin, meet Asher. Asher, meet Colin.
After two blissful days at the hospital taking full advantage of the nursery, our fabulous postpartum nurse team and long mellow days with a smattering of wonderful visitors, we geared up for our...
View ArticleThe whirlwind that was Asher's first week
Asher's first week outside the womb was such a whirlwind. While at the hospital, we had such a brief blip of peace before the crazy life of home with two kids began. We took Asher's first weekly...
View ArticleAsher's bris and first ever play date
Just eight short (and yet loooong) days after Asher's birth, we invited 30 of our closest friends and family members over for a party to celebrate A's first major medical procedure. Poor kid. We were...
View ArticleWeek Two as Four (plus weekly photos #1 and 2)
Our second week as a family of four was significantly mellower than our first. My parents, father in law and the rest of our visitors left, and we were lucky that my mother-in-law, Debbie, was able to...
View ArticleWeeks 3 and 4 - the recap
We are falling into a semi-predictable rhythm over here. Asher is on an eat-wake-sleep cycle of around 3 hours with a couple of wakings to eat overnight, and Colin is on his same-old one nap rhythm...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: ONE MONTH OLD
We survived Asher's first month. Because we are thoroughly sleep deprived, I thought this would be a great time for a photo dump from lots of the cuteness on my iPhone camera rather than actually...
View ArticleMonth Two: Survival
The past month has been a long and exhausting one. The days and nights seem to blur together from one day to the next. Asher's first few weeks were so serene and peaceful, so when his tummy troubles...
View ArticleTwo Months
Already tipping the scales at 13 pounds 2 ounces and measuring 24 inches, Asher is seriously growing at lightning speed. His head is in the 85th percentile, and it's hard for him to hold it up despite...
View ArticleThe Best and Worst Week
This year, Passover fell over Colin's preschool spring break, and the first Seder fell on a Friday, so it only made sense to go to Cleveland for the holiday. And since he had no school, David and I...
View ArticleAnd the time flies by - three month update
Asher's third month went much smoother than his second month by far. Developmentally, he has reached a few interesting milestones, from finding his fingers and beginning to bat at his toys to using his...
View ArticleOur Sweet Little Asher PHACE
So many of our friends and family members have been so supportive once they heard that we are dealing with some serious medical concerns with Asher, so the Friedbaby blog seemed to be the easiest place...
View ArticleBecause I'm playing catch up...A at 3 months
Here is our darling Asher bug at 3 months old. On his 3 month "birthday" he was put under general anesthesia for his MRI (the pic was taken a few days later - the mamarazzi had to cut him some slack),...
View ArticleMonth Four for Asher Masher
Finally back here on the Friedbaby blog with a long overdue update, so without further ado, here is our cute little Asher Masher's fourth month, week by week.Asher's fourth month was one fraught with...
View ArticleC is Three!
He's faster than a speeding bullet. He's growing faster than his mom can wrap her head around. He talks and talk and talks and talks. It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's our Colin bug, who is...
View ArticleAsher Masher, we love you
...even if we have completely neglected to update the blog with your pictures, stories and updates. Thankfully, you are an easy going, happy little dude, and my hope is that you won't take it...
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