What a day! I've been really good today, but I think mommy is a little wiped from the rest of the week. Guess what times I woke up last night? This time it was 2:15 and 5:15. And of course I didn't go back to bed after 5:15. Mom kept me preoccupied until 6:30, but then she passed me off to dad so she could get a few more minutes of sleep. Poor dad. We both agree that is woman's work, so mom really needs to get on the ball. Dad shouldn't be changing my poopy diaper in his work clothes. I brewed that one up especially for mommy. She's always sleeping on the job!

Last night daddy gave mom a break so she could relax. She decided to take a shower. What a weirdo. If I had down time the last thing I would do is take a bath. Yuck. Speaking of baths, daddy gave me a bath for the first time last night with mommy. I screamed at first until daddy poured the water on me. Then I remembered that I liked baths again.

Today I was a very good boy and let mommy work out while I just chilled in my swing. Mommy even got my laundry done. It's about time. I've been spitting up extra often and going through outfits like a mad man. Mom was on my last spit up rag. Now I'm taking a little nap and I even let mom sleep for one hour. In 3 hours we head to the airport to pick up Becky. Mommy says she's going to help out for the next few days. It will probably be busy so you might not hear from me for awhile. Nana and grandpa Dobbs are throwing me a party on Saturday. I get to show my true party animal colors! Watch out people..Adam's in da house!!!

AMD (Attitude Magnified Double -- the apple doesn't fall far from the tree)

Here we go again. Mommy still says that she is tired. I just didn't feel like napping yesterday. I was a good boy, but I didn't nap which meant that mommy didn't get a nap in yesterday. So, instead we played all day and I did a lot of eating. Dad played raquetball so when he came home last night he was all sweaty and gross. Dad is starting to feel a cold coming on so Mommy isn't letting him play with me as often. I told mommy to give him one of my toys to lick, because that always makes me feel better. But mommy started talking about germs or something and wouldn't do it. She is no fun at all.

So, today I slept in until 2:45 like usual. But mommy didn't like it when I got up at 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, etc. Dad took me downstairs at 6 to try to distract me so mom could get an extra 15 minutes of sleep. Then I started wailing so mom got up and said, "I'm at least going to brush my teeth first." When she walked into my room I was as quiet as a mouse. Dad had laid me on my tummy in the crib and this felt great! Now, I'm not supposed to lay on my tummy unsupervised, so mommy didn't go back to sleep but she spent the next 2 hours doing chores upstairs while I slept off and on or just laid there quietly awake. Daddy knew just the trick!

Okay, I'm going to start crying now so mommy will give me attention. Gotta go!

Adam

Hello to all my peoples. I am wide awake today and mommy and daddy look so sleepy. I don't get it. I told them they should have gone to bed at the same time as me last night, but they wanted to stay up and socialize with their friend Michelle. So, that's their own fault they stayed up past my bedtime.

Yesterday mommy and I went for a walk during the day. I didn't cry until we got back to our front stoop so mommy was happy. She sure does get happy over the littlest things. Then we went for a car ride to pick up mommy's friend Michelle. We went to Lou Malnatis and I was awake the whole time. But, I sat in my car seat and just stared at all of the people walking by, and my favorite, the ceiling. I get so excited when there is a brand new ceiling to look at. Daddy tried to change my diaper but they didn't have a changing station in the men's room at the restaurant, so mommy got stuck doing it. (And of course I had brewed up a nice big mess for her). When we came home it was daddy's turn to take care of me because mommy wanted to talk to her friend. But, I wouldn't let daddy rest. I require mommy time before bed. Daddy finally took me to mom so she could rock me and I conked right out. I was asleep by 9:00 and like clockwork I got up at 2:45 and 5:30 a.m. Mommy is waiting for me to fall asleep right now because she wants a nap. We'll see.

That's all folks.

Adam

What a relaxing weekend. It was just mommy, daddy and I all weekend. According to my mom that won't be happening again for awhile, since we have a lot planned over the next month. Yesterday we went to church and I was a very well behaved boy (of course). This time I didn't really sleep (not even through pastor's sermon) at all so that kept mom more on her toes since she was nervous about all of the noises I would decide to make. But, I was pretty good. After church we went to Chillis and I slept in my car seat. When we came home I was busy letting mommy know that I was hungry. Mommy was really sleepy (she kept saying something about needing her beauty sleep). So, after I ate I conked out and mommy and I took a nap for 2 hours straight. Dad came upstairs and saw me out like a light in my bouncy chair with mommy out cold on the couch. Mom was so happy to get the extra sleep, even though I've been giving her a decent 6 - 6.5 hours each night.

I have been sleeping very good these days. Mommy is starting to wake up automatically at 3 a.m. and 5:15 a.m. every day because those are the times that I wake up 90% of the time. The problem is mommy thinks she needs to go back to sleep after the 5:15 feeding, but I'm ready to be awake and play. So, she tries to pass me off to dad when he wakes up at 6. Dad and I usually hang out downstairs while dad eats breakfast. However, after watching daddy eat I'm pretty hungry myself, so mommy needs to wake up. But, then I give mom enough of a break to shower and brush her teeth and eat breakfast. I usually just hang out in my bouncy chair. Mom and Dad keep having to haul the bouncy chair all around the house. They finally registered for another one because they realize how essential my bouncy chair is to me. It's like my own lazy boy! So, mom has been getting some time to get things done during the day, but everytime she thinks she can put on lotion or floss her teeth or put on makeup I have to remind her that this is not a spa and that there are more important things (i.e. ME) than her vanity.

Well, I better get a nap in because Mom's friend Michelle is coming to see me tonight. I have to look my best. Plus, this week Becky is coming into town. Mommy says that she is pregnant with my future buddy Aiden. I can't wait to play with him. In the meantime, I'm going to help prepare Becky for little Aiden by making her change all of my poopy diapers and swaddle me at night. I'm happy to help in anyway I can.

Time to catch some Zzz's.

Adam

Yep you heard me. My parents rubbed me the wrong way today. I was gassy, tired and cranky. They had to work to put me down to sleep. Mom finally gave up and took a nap from 2-5 or so. Dad fed me a couple of bottles and put me down in the crib. He thinks he can just put me down to sleep. Mom always rocks me, I expect nothing less. He burped me, that helped and stuck the pacifier in my mouth. That worked for about 30 minutes. Then he moved me to the bouncy chair where I slept for an hour or so.

Other than that, mom and dad have been just chillen.

Well, I got some diapers to fill.

Peace Out!

Big A

Busy, busy, busy. I'm trying to keep up with my blog, but there is SO much to do these days. I'm almost 4 weeks old now so that is keeping me pretty busy. Yesterday Nana came over to play with me. Mom went out grocery shopping (lame) while Nana and I played at home. Nana even let me play with the vaccuum cleaner. That is way more fun than these lame old rattle toys mom trys to get me to play with. When Nana left I took a 3 hour nap, so my mom almost felt like she had the whole day off because I was so well behaved. I didn't start crying until daddy came home from work and then mom just let dad take care of it. Dad tried to put me to bed, but he was all sweaty and smelly from playing raquetball. Eww gross! So, I let mom rock me and sing me "Jesus loves me" about 20 times and then I went right to sleep. I was so wiped from playing with Nana all day that I slept from 9:30 until 3:30. Then I didn't wake up again until 6:45 a.m. Mommy was so happy. I sleep much better when my grandmas are around to play with me all day.

This morning mommy decided it was time for me to have a bath. I have only had sponge baths until this morning and I HATE THEM! I worked hard to get dirty the past few days and now mommy just washes away all of that hard work. Well, mom put me in my actual bath this morning and she was already apologizing to me as she walked me to the bathroom. Boy did I surprise her when I didn't cry at all during my bath. I thought it was great. Like my own personal jacuzzi. Very relaxing. Mom was SO happy. Silly mom. What did she think I was going to do? Scream my head off? (Okay I guess I'm guilty of that sometimes).

Anyway, it's time for me to hang out in my bouncy chair. I better go.

Bye,

Adam

Well mom and I are just hanging out at the house today waiting for daddy to come home. I should really say that I'm just hanging out and mom is running around taking care of me and trying to get some housework done when I see fit for her to do so. I didn't get to see daddy all day yesterday because he decided that he was going to pretend to be "young" again and go out with Uncle Bryan and Meyers last night. He came home after I was already in bed, so I made sure to make him wake up with me this morning. Mom did her middle of the night shifts, so after daddy's shower I had him change my poopy diaper and hang out with me in the morning so mom could sleep. I was very good for him and only decided to start crying again when he passed me off to mom. I figured the "cute" act would convince him to come home and hang out with me tonight. I really want to play some video games. Mom is boring and just does housework and watch TLC while I hold her captive in the recliner. That is DEFINITELY not as fun as playing God of War II with dad.

Last night I slept "decent" as mom would say. I've decided to no longer sleep for 5-8 hour shifts like I did a few times in the beginning. Now I have mom down to 2-4 hour shifts (but more 2 hour shifts than 4 hour shifts). Now that they put me in the big boy crib I just want to make sure they can still hear me in the next room.

Today I've been doing a lot of sleeping. Mom is starting to get nervous that that means I won't sleep tonight. But, we'll see how I feel. Mom also took me outside on the deck for a few minutes. She said that she needed to see the outdoors. I was good for about 10 minutes. Then I let mom know it was time to go back inside.

Well, that's all the excitement in my life. Nana Dobbs is coming over tomorrow to help watch me so mom can have a break. I don't understand why anyone would need a break from me, but there are a lot of things I don't understand about grown ups yet.

Adam

Well, it's a Monday so it's just me and mommy again today. I had a fun weekend with dad and nana and grandpa Dobbs. Nana and Grandpa came over on Saturday night and they earned extra brownie points because they brought a new toy. They are so well trained. They kept me awake so that I would sleep for mommy that night. I did pretty good. I slept for 5 hours and then decided to get up every 30-45 minutes after 3 a.m. Mom finally gave up on me going back to sleep at 7 a.m. and decided to take a shower because we were going to church that morning at 9. Well, she laid me awake in my bassinet next to dad and told dad that he had to get up with me, since I was wide awake. Well, as soon as mom turned on the shower I conked out next to dad. 30 minutes later mom came out of the shower to see both me and daddy stretched out in our beds and fast asleep. Mommy kept getting ready and doing chores until 8:15 when she decided that daddy and I had to wake up to get ready for church otherwise we would be late. Mommy was in awe that I would sleep on daddy's shift and not hers. But why would I get up for daddy? I know he doesn't have the good stuff. I might as well sleep. I was wide awake during church and just sat there staring at the ceiling. It was quite entertaining because it is very different from the ceilings we have at home. Mom ditched me with Lori (pastor's wife) for bible study. She has 4 boys and knows how to take care of a macho baby boy like me. I slept like an angel for her. Then my parents decided to get extra confident and take me out for lunch with a couple of their friends because I had been so good up to that point. Mom was nervous because she knows me too well and knows that I can only be good for so long. But, I fooled her and slept the whole time we were out at the restaraunt. Of course, when we got home it was a bit of a different story. But, I did let her take a one hour nap at least.

Last night I slept pretty good. I wouldn't go to bed until 11 and woke up at 2 a.m., 5:30 a.m., and finally at 7:30 a.m. So, at least I gave mom a few good stretches of sleep. At 6 a.m. mommy and I were hanging out and we heard dad's alarm going off for 10 minutes. Finally mommy put me to bed and had to go wake daddy up and tell him his alarm was going off. Again he thought his alarm was me, so he kept sleeping. Good thing mom is on the ball! She has two baby boys to take care of these days. It's a full-time job. Today has been pretty same old same old. I was pretty impressed because today not only did mommy have to change my outfit twice but she had to change her outfit twice too. First I spit up all over her, then I peed through my diaper, my outfit, and all over mom's shirt. Now I'm going to take a nap, because as you can see I've been hard at work.

Adam

Yea! Gma and Nana Dobbs are coming. It's been a while since I've seen them, about 1/3 of my entire life! Yea I know what you old people are thinking.

Mom and Dad are excited to ditch me for a weekend out at LA Fitness, a cheap Chinese buffet and maybe Costco? What a bunch of nerds. They are sooo not trendy.

Dad and I hung out today while mom went grocery shopping. Dad finally replaced the ceiling fan in their room. The old fan wasn't working right. It took my old man forever to put that up. He tried to put me down in my crib in the other room. I was bored so I screamed until he set me up with front row seating to his futile efforts to install a simple ceiling fan. Valpo really needs to work on the quality control of the Electrical Engineering graduates.

Peace,

AMD

Hello to all of my fans out there. I'm sorry I haven't written in awhile, but I've been busy keeping my P's on their toes. I've been trying to get my sleep at night, but there is something magical about 3 a.m. that makes me want to wake up every night at that time. So, my days have been filled with lots of eating, lots of diaper changes and a little bit of sleeping here and there. My favorite hobby is to fall asleep in my mom's arms and then right when she lays me down I like to start grunting and squeaking and then crying. It's a fun game.

I have a trendy Polo outfit on right now but I've already had my diaper leak on it. Fortunately it came with 2 sets so mom is about to change me into the other Polo outfit. Good thing people buy me gifts because my parents are too cheap to buy me something as trendy as Polo. (I think they did mention it was because I would just get it dirty anyway). Mom is hoping to get a couple more weeks out of my newborn outfits, but she's already had to put some away because I've outgrown them. I'm a growing boy, what can I say.

Anyway, I am just chilling in my bouncy chair right now. It is the greatest thing..every time I wiggle the chair bounces. I should get daddy to patent it! I might go into daddy's office today and show off my good looks, but daddy will let me know if my fans are ready for my red carpet entrance.

Okay time for me to cry and get mommy to feed me.

Later,

Adam

After a few requests I hacked together a message board. Keep it G-rated folks! I will read these and determine who is my favorite. The favorite will get nothing, but the satisfaction that I find them pleasing.

A

So another doctor's appointment today. Yea, 10 pounds 10 ounces. 21 and 3/4 of an inch long. For those of you who aren't so good at math that's 1 pound and 3/4 of an inch more than I was about a week ago! Yea, I'm Pumping....me..up! Hanz and Franz baby!

After the doc, we went over to Applebees. It was nice to see mom and dad go out somewhere for a change, instead of always boring me around the house. The waiter said I'm a cute kid. Yea I already knew that!

Word,
A

It's been a while. I'm bored. Mom is watching some lame ABC family video. I'd rather be watching dad play Halo III. He's got this other game called God of War that's pretty cool. He's so cool.

Anyway today I went to church. All these ladies were all like "Oh look at him, he's so cute." I was like yea, I know! Then they wanted to hold me. My mom demanded they use some hand cleaner before they touch me. I agreed with dad, we should charge for this kind of stuff.

Well Grandma and Aunt Sarah are heading out. I'm sad to see them go. Mom and Dad need the help, they're pretty lazy. I cry and Dad's like "he'll live." What a jerk!

Anyway, it's past my bedtime. Better go.

Peace Out,
A-dog

What a day! My day started with grandma trying to distract me so that my mom could try to get an extra hour of sleep. I think I spoiled her by sleeping 7.5 hours yesterday and now 4 hours is no longer good enough for her. I'm going to have to remember not to spoil her again. A boy gets hungry and likes to be rocked. How can he do that if mom and dad are sleeping? Parents these days! Mommy decided that I was getting smelly so she gave me a bath. Doesn't she know that little boys like to be dirty? I screamed and screamed like any boy would. Then mom put me in a little blue alligator robe that my great Aunt Nancy got me. Come on mom! This is not a photo shoot! But, I did look pretty cute. So, my big accomplishment today was that it was my first day to wear pants. Mom finally got organized enough to put together an actual outfit which included pants. It's about time. After I was dressed and fed grandma, mom and I went to pick up grandma's car. She had hit a deer 2 weeks ago on her way to come see me. That didn't stop her though. She knew I was coming so she kept on driving. Good thing she has insurance. So, mommy drove us and I slept the whole time. However, mommy's driving isn't nearly as good as daddy's. But, she got me home safe and that is what is important. We'll have to work on her driving over all of the potholes next time. Grandma is babysitting me tonight while mom and dad go out to dinner. Ha! They think they can still act young. Just wait until grandma is gone...

Adam

Yesterday was a long day. Big party lots of new faces. I slept ok. At first for about 4 hours and then little short naps for about an hour. Mom wasn't excited about the short naps.

Uncle Adam and Katie left yesterday. I hear Grandpa (Karius), Aunt Sarah, and SuzyQ are leaving this morning. It'll be nice to get some peace and quite here!

Dad is going to try to go to "work" today. It's hard to believe he gets anything done other than play video games. Mom is a little worried, but she still has Grandma here to help out.

There is plenty of new pictures up in my photo section. Check them out. I even have a video of my actual baptism.

Well better go, I got some diapers to fill,

Adam Michael

Hey All,

Last night was great! I got 5 hours straight of sleep.

Today I was baptized! Aunt Sarah and Uncle Adam (the old Adam) were my sponsors. Dad says he was real nervous about their lines, "Adam Michael Dobbs". :-) Since I don't feel like talking yet, Uncle Adam and Aunt Sarah had to respond for me.

After the Baptism, everybody came over to visit. Grandma & Grandpa Dobbs, Grandma & Grandpa Karius, Uncle Bryan, Aunt Kristin, Uncle Adam, Aunt Sarah, Aunt SuzyQ, Great Aunt Geri, Great Aunt Julie, Great Uncle Mike, Great Uncle Al, Great Aunt Nancy, Uncle Matt, Mr. Kranman, Mr. and Mrs. Will, Nick, Ali, Mr. Woods, Mr. and Mrs. Moore as well as others (sorry I'm just a week old I can't remember everyone who came!). We had some snacks, burgers and cake.

Well I better go, I'm getting hungry!

XXOO,

Adam

Yesterday, Aunt Suzy held me for 4 hours before bed time. I slept like a baby! Then when it was bed time my foolish parents thought I would just go to sleep. At about 2 AM they realized the error of their ways. At about midnight Mom took me into the other room, while Dad got some sleep. At about 5:30 Dad took over and brought me downstairs for the usually Halo 3 game play. Somebody should really have a talk with him. He always just tells me to keep quite when Daddy is interacting with the brutes. What kind of father figure is that?

Eventually the rest of the slackers got up. Aunt Sarah changed a diaper and sung to me while I screamed for Mom to quit sleeping and fed me. Around 9:30 Mom came down and fed me. Boy I was hungry. Why does she sleep so much?

Word,
AMD

Yesterday, my parents took me for a walk in the stroller. It was nice, Dad did a lot of cool wheelies. I stayed up the whole time and for the most part enjoyed it. We went around the block, and my parents introduced me to our neighbor. She seemed nice, but I was disappointed that she didn't give me a gift.

So late last night Grandpa (Karius), Aunt Sarah, and Aunt SuzyQ came over. They tried to be quite, but I was up already. What a bunch of slackers! Last night I slept pretty well. Mom got up and feed me at 10,12:30, and 4:30 to feed me. Dad feed me at 8:30 and I pigged out. I was hungry, but after I ate I got the itus. That helps me sleep.

I woke up this morning and everybody was still sleeping. Dad brought me downstairs and took care of me by playing Halo 3. He says it's "educational."

Well It's bath time again, so I better go.

Adious,
Adam Michael

Yesterday, I had my first doctor's appointment at 10:30. My parents were extra worried about getting to the doctor on time. They left at about 9:45 AM and got there with plenty of time. The doctor's office was quite impressed. Not as impressed as they were with me. I weighed in at 9 pounds 10 ounces, 2 ounces gained in the last couple of days. The doctor expected me to lose about 10% of my weight, but I gained weight. Dad says I'm going on weight watchers! :-) I got a clean bill of health. My parents were worried about my wheezing and heavy breathing, but the doctor said that was normal. She said I was in great shape, and that I don't need to be supplemented with formula anymore. It's just breast feeding now. No lemon, freshly brewed please!

Grandma and Grandpa (Dobbs), Uncle Bryan, and Great Grandma Shum came over for dinner. It was fun hanging out with them. Uncle Bryan is a big wimp. You should have seen him try to burp me. He hits like the little sister I never had.

The PU's (Parental Units) and GPU (Grand Parental Units) are improving. Dad was able to pretty much sleep from about 10 PM to about 8 AM. He had to get up a few times to help while Mom went to the bathroom. I wonder why she doesn't just have her parents put a diaper on her and change her. Mom slept between feedings, and Grandma? Well Grandma was too good to get up in the middle of the night for me! The nerve!

Today Mom demanded that she be left alone. She's going to kick into high breast feeding mode, and wants to be able to walk around and feed/pump in front of the boob-tube. Other than that it's just time for some R&R. Pops needs to finish cleaning up the newly finished basement, cut the grass, and clean him self up. Grandma needs to prepare the fine meals she promised. Finally, mom needs to start ramping up production, I'm a Dobbs boy and that means hunger isn't just a state, it's my existence!

I'm looking forward to Grandpa (Karius) Aunt Sarah, and Aunt SuzyQ coming to visit tomorrow morning. I can't wait to hear about this fishing thing that Grandpa does. With Sarah it sounds like I just might, just might, have some one who can actually take care of me, instead of just staring at me like a deer-in-head lights. SuzyQ sounds too artsy for me, you should see the work she did in my room. Real fancy like. I can't even hold a crayon!

Uncle Adam is coming a little later. I can't wait to meet him. I hear in baptism, the old Adam is washed away. I wonder where Uncle Adam will go. It fits since Mom and Dad say Uncle Adam smells.

Word, as in word to your mother,

Big A

Today I woke up at home! Mom, dad and grandma (Karius) were tired, but pretty proud of the debacle last night. We made it, that's the best way I can phrase it! :-) I had some fun with them. Mom and Grandma need some diaper training, so I soiled two diapers before they could buckle me up. They're improving. I finally gave pops a Golden Shower TM, at first he thought it was some warm bath water. Boy was he surprised. You should have seen the look on his face as he cowardly covered the sprinkler system with his hand. All I could think was "You Got Peed On!" HA HA

Grandma and Grandpa (Dobbs) stopped by. Mom and Dad were real excited that they were coming over, but when they got here they ran out the door to do some errands? Then when they got back they ate dinner and still didn't hang out with Grandma and Grandpa. Mom went up stairs to chat on the phone and Dad took a nap and setup the dehumidifier in the newly finished basement. How rude! I hope I'm not as socially inept.

Well things changed tonight. Mom, Dad and Grandma had this big plan to take shifts. Mom was going to take 9pm to midnight. Dad midnight to 3 AM. Mom 3-6 AM and Grandma 6 to whenever. What a bunch of dorks. I was tired and didn't feel like messing with them, so I just slept between feedings. Plus it helped that I actually got properly swaddled. They tried using these cheap blankets. I'm to buff for that! Do I look like the 6lb wimp my pops was? Grandma picked up a special swaddle blanket, for buffs like me. It's got some nice velcro snaps, so my arms stay secure while I'm sleeping.

Mom took me downstairs and was able to watch about 30 minutes of tv from midnight to about 3. I slept between feedings so she slept. Dad and Grandma got their sleep upstairs. Mom even took me into Mom and Dad's bedroom for a little. Until I should them how to make bubbles-in-the-pants. Dad changed me, took me downstairs feed me and guess what? Played Halo 3? What kind of father is that? I know the combine better than him? Plus he could barely hold the controller must less play the game. It's so embarrassing.

Well I better go, I hear Grandma (Karius) is getting up. I'd like to hang out with her a little bit outside of my lame parents.

Chao,

Adam