Comparison: Ella and Miles

Just in the first little over a week of Miles's life I have noticed so many difference with him and with Ella. He's more like a normal baby in the differences I've noticed. I'm just going by memory so there may be even more things I realize later as I read the older posts from Ella.

• Ella cried in the car and Miles is a perfect content baby. He falls asleep or he sits there awake and doesn't make a sound
• As of the first week, we had given Ella a pacifier twice and she wouldn't take it either time. We didn't even have the need to give him a pacifier in the first week. I tried last night for fun but he wasn't even fussy and just pushed it out to chill there in my arms. So I'm not sure if he'll take one or not. 
• Miles can fall asleep and not be swaddled and we can swaddle him and get him to his crib just fine. If Ella wasn't swaddled when she fell asleep I had to hold her to sleep or she woke up. 
• Miles can be started with his startle reflex and then put himself back to sleep. Ella never could 
• Ella's legs were so long. Miles's look so short but I think they are normal baby length.  Pants are too long on him and they were always too short on Ella. 
• You could never rock Ella to sleep. Even if I was nursing at the time if I was rocking, she did not want me to rock her.  Ella had to be nursing to fall asleep. Miles can be done nursing and I can just rock him in the rocking chair and he falls asleep. 
• Ella hated her swing. Miles has fallen asleep in it 2 or 3 times already. He fell asleep each time I put him in it. He was fussy a little an hour ago when I was done nursing him so I just took him to the swing and he was asleep in less than 2 minutes and then I carried him to his crib.  This bullet is like 2 things. Ella had to be nursing to fall asleep and she hated the swing and Miles will fall asleep nursing or just with rocking and seems to enjoy the swing.
• Miles cries a bit at a diaper change but that's when he wants to nurse. There have been times I changed his diaper after nursing and he just slept right through it. Ella would not do that. In her first week, we had to cough while we undid the velcro to try to make her not cry as hard. We also had to put blankets on her chest to block of what we were doing to her diaper!
• Ella liked it cold. She did not like layers. We even stopped putting her feet fully zipped in the sleep sack.  Miles on the other hand wears the sleep sack plus is swaddled in a blanket. He gets quite cold if he's not all bundled up. We used to sit or stand in front of a fan with Ella. And Ella was born in the winter weather around here.  His umbilical cord stump did not fall off yet but I'm excited to see how warm we have to make the room for his first bath since he likes it so warm. 
• Ella probably burped twice ever after nursing. I used to try and try and then I gave up. Miles gets burped 2-3 times in a nursing session and burps about 3-4 times each time I try to burp him. 
• Ella never spit up during burps (well burp attempts) and Miles has already spit up 2x. 
• Ella loved how fast my milk flow was and I feel like it took quite some getting used to for Miles and there are plenty of times he stops sucking but keeps swallowing to play catch up with it all. 

A few days ago I started making some comparison collages. All pictures are just within the first few days they were both alive. I was going to do more but only got to 4 before Miles woke up from his nap.

The picture of Miles sleeping in the crib is probably one of the only times he slept without a hat on.

How similar or different do they look?  What do you think of the differences highlighted above? I wonder what else I forgot about too.

August 1-15 Outfits

8/2, 8/4, 8/8

I'm bad at taking my daily picture. I think I'd be better at it if I had a calendar site like I used to have. I want it all in one place. I need to figure out what to do because Dave coding for me isn't going to happen.

8/9, 8/10, 8/11

Half my daily pictures were actually workout clothes. 3/6 on here and I bet in real life I stayed in workout clothes half the days too.

I didn't repeat the same shirts but I sure repeated shorts. Oops.

Outfits June 16-30

6/19

 Workout gear but I had to post it. I love these new pants.

6/19, 20, 23, 26

6/30

I really slack at taking pictures. I get dressed for real most days too. I've started to use the timer on my iphone more. It's mostly prety good but it sort of failed taking the pic on the 30th. Since I wasn't in the picture when I hit the button, my white turned out TOO white.

Outfits April 1-15

 You have no idea how annoyed I am to not have a working remote

4/1

4/3

I got these for Christmas in 2012 (after I gained ~15 lbs) and they never fit.

4/9

I love this dress and wish I had more occasion to wear it.

4/10

4/11

4/15

I love this shirt + cardigan combo. The shirt has a good neckline for nursing and I feel more put together.

6.18

They say a picture is worth a thousand words so can I have this post with very few words?

Skirt: F21, Shoes: Famous Footwear, Necklace: Charlotte Russe, 

Shirt: Express (lost for a year and it was my favorite shirt)

Poly cuddles with me in bed.

In the morning as Dave was getting ready to leave he comes back in to put the garage door opener back and Poly found him. He called me so I came to the office to get a picture.

I had leftover chicken for lunch. It was good that I had more instead of other sides.

Poly thought the best place to be as I was planning for a stampin' up party was to plop on my keyboard.
I sort of got pictures of her climbing the "stairs" to get to the window.

We went to the Counter for dinner. It was good. I wanted more fries. I also really like the BBQ sauce. I put it all over my burger. I also dipped my fries in it.

4.6

I wore my new skirt and shoes.  I should have worn pantyhose. I was so hot upstairs with the window opened that I thought it was warm outside. It was not.  I also took the pictures at a sunny time. 

Shoes: Target

Skirt: F21

Shirt: Express

Jacket: NY&Co.

Necklace: Limited

I tried on a lot of old clothes. I decided to give a few things to Goodwill. I moved a few things that were too big and a few that were too small to another closet.  My closet is still too full.  I need to go through more.

Dave and I went out to breakfast.  Then we went to McGuinnis Sisters.

We woke up before 6am and I ran downstairs and took out the trash. We forgot.  We just made it in time.  Then I played on my iPad in bed for awhile.   After shopping, I napped for 2 hours.

I started off productive, but with that nap it ruined my entire day. I tried on some more clothes and didn't do much else at all.

Dave napped later in the evening. Poly napped at the end of the couch.  Then napped on Dave. Then he told her it was time to get up but before he finished his sentences she started napping under his chin.

1.20

Dave, Poly, and I hung out in bed until about 8am.  Usually I would be asleep until 8 or later but Dave set his alarm for 7 and so I was up too.

Then I went to shovel. It took a good 20 minutes and there was only about an inch.

Then it was back to bed to hang out with Poly before I started cleaning.

My day was much busier than I thought. Many people were concerned about the weather for our NA-YGN Holiday Party.   I logged into work and spent far too much time discussing the party and options on the pending snow.  Then I had to meet my parents for lunch.  We left late.  We also made wrong turns like we always do. Haufbrahaus was good.

Then we went to a movie. War Horse was longer than we expected when signing up so I actually didn't get out of there until 5:10.  The holiday party started at 5. Oh boy. The stress.

I got to Dave & Busters at 5:15 and tried to set some things up.  I tried to socialize but I was being being in charge too so that is always stressful. Dave wants me to be with him but I have to do being in charge things.

Even after dinner, he wanted to play games with me but I had to handle some of the additional games we were playing for NA-YGN and then distribute the prizes.

Finally after all that was done, we got to play some fun games. At least everyone else seemed to have fun throughout the night.

We left around 9:40 after cashing in our tickets and having 1957 but wanting to buy nothing. We bought some candy and saved the rest.   It wasn't snowing at all when we left but minutes later started and was snowing the entire way home. We took 79 to 228 instead of taking back roads but thens someone on 228 was going so slow it was annoying. I'd have to brake going up hill which made me think we'd get suck.  After cars between us turned, I learned the culprit had a Florida license plate.

I got out of the car at the road to go up and get my boots and shovel. I was walking up and it seemed good so I thought no big deal and then boom it got bad and I was sliding. So I tried to make it over to the grass to make it up. That was really hard. I failed and ended up fully on my stomach with my hands up near my head kind of blocking my face from hitting the driveway.

We got home and Poly sure missed us. We fed her but she didn't even care. She just wanted to hang out with us.  We went to bed and were using our laptops reading reddit and heard her crying. She had gone downstairs to get some food or something and forgot we were home and cried out of loneliness. Dave called her and said we were here and she never ran up the steps so fast. Poor Poly. Poor Poly forgetting we were home but also Poor her because she probably does this when we aren't home.

We used the computers for a little bit then went to sleep.  It was a tiring day.

I FORGOT TO TAKE MY DAILY PICTURE! But this is what I wore.

12.18

Jeans & Shirt: Express
Cardigan: F21
Shoes (not shown): Famous Footwear
I forgot to take my picture until I was halfway into my PJs.

The day started very delayed. We can never get a move on it. We just waste the day away. We went to the gym and I actually ran 2.5 miles. Then I did abs. Running went by pretty quickly since I did intervals. We picked up cheesesteaks for lunch and Wawa. Then it was off to visit Dave's mom. We hung out there for a bit. They really loved our gifts, after that went to Dave's dad's old house to see how they fixed it all up. It was very interesting to see. Then it was off for more family visiting. After a few fore hours we headed to Pat's for a late dinner. Then it was Wawa and back to our hotel. We only bought food at Wawa to eat in the morning before the gym. Otherwise known as the not passing out food. At the hotel, I blogged and then time for bed.

Many things went wrong during the day but the one that makes me the maddest is the belt on my coat getting stuck in the car door and the bucking cracking in a few pieces.

At one point we saw a pickup truck pulling a car. It was crazy. The car was held on with rope and only rope.

Also that picture in the middle isn't of the traffic light but of the leg lamp.

10.12

Shirt: Express (babydoll tee)
Sweater: The Limited
Pants: VS
Shoes: Nine West from Famous Footwear
Belt: Target
Necklace: Lia Sophia (the necklace has pink beads so I still got my pink in today)

It was a busy work day. But before that I was busy getting ready in the morning.

I worked through lunch.

I ran a meeting that actually went well.

I left work and picked up food for dinner and stopped at Giant Eagle to grab a few things. I got home in enough time to change and head out the door to go to Body Pump. I didn't have time to eat dinner so I ate chips on the way home from work.

After Body Pump, I stood and talked to Steph until Zumba was over. I waste a lot of time there.

I got home and ate dinner. My dinner was leftover tuna noodle casserole. Poly could not control herself. She kept jumping up on my lap. I'd put her back on the ground and seconds later she'd be up on my lap.

We watched House then Fringe. I fell asleep during Fringe and wanted to go right to sleep, but I couldn't. I had to go to my computer to use our Groupon for ordering something. I had to get it ordered by midnight. I can't say what it was because part of it is a gift. I'm afraid the person won't like it though. I always fear people won't like my gifts.

8.30.11

Skirt and shirt: Express
Cardigan: NY&Co
Shoes: Connie from Famous Footwear
Belt: Kohl's
Necklace: Lia Sophia

It has been freezing at work so I decided to just wear a long sleeve sweater even though it is hot outside. If I wear short sleeves, I just end up putting on my desk sweater all day so then it hides half my outfit and looks like I wear the same clothes everyday. The only problem with this was that it was hot when walking between the buildings.

I slept in a bit today. I did not set 6 alarms but only 2 today. It allowed me to actually fall back to sleep and enjoy the sleep a little more.  I woke up and Poly was sleeping on Dave's pants. She was hugging the hanger too. I actually woke up to run downstairs to carry a hamper upstairs and then I still went back to sleep.  I woke up sore from Body Pump yesterday. I took a month off lifting and I can tell.

I worked just like always. I finally had lunch with Jen. We seem to only get to have lunch together once a week if that anymore. So we made the most of it and had lunch together for an hour.

I wore long sleeves to work since it has been freezing.  In the afternoon I had to wrap my spare sweater around my legs. Good thing I didn't need to wear that and I could use it as a blanket. One of these days I'll remember to take one of my extra fleece blankets to work. It's not even winter yet. I can't even imagine what it will be like when the heat doesn't work well in my corner.

Around 5pm we started talked about the temperature and I heard the lady who shares a cube wall with me tell the cleaning guy that she threatens to break people's fingers if they try to adjust the temperature on the thermostat. The thermostat is closest to her cube but it is for 5 or so rows so I don't see how she thinks she owns it. Also when all of us but her are cold, why does she get a say. She commented to the cleaning guy that we can just put on more layers. I think in the summer we shouldn't have to wear 3 layers and still end up cold. Ugh.

When I got home from work, Poly didn't even get up to greet me. She just stayed chilling on my suitcase that I still have yet to finish unpacking and putting everything away.

I had leftover pulled pork from Texas Roadhouse for dinner. It was yummy.  Dave had leftover pizza. Then we watched a new TV show and I fell asleep for a half hour sitting on the couch. Dave fell asleep too.

I almost went to sleep at 8 but instead decided I really needed to get my pictures from my Colorado trip onto my desktop. Currently they were on 2 different laptops. Having them in different places made it hard to blog about them.

7.12

Necklace: Target
Shirt, Cardigan, Skirt: Express
Shoes: Famous Footwear - Connie

I can't even remember what I did on July 12. I guess that's what happens when I post so late and don't tweet enough to remind myself what I did. I did go to Body Combat after work.

30 for 30 Outfit 21: November 29

Shirt: Express
Cardigan: NY&Co.
Pants: VS
Shoes: Famous Footwear
Belt: Target
Necklace: Sears

All part of the 30 for 30.

Usually I wear taller shoes with these pants but I wanted more comfortable shoes. The pants look a little long.  At least I was sitting most of the day.   I always fall back on black and white with red.  I have done blue, but I should do more.  I searched high and low and found cardigans that I thought the sleeves were long enough. I was deceived.

Close-up of my belt knot

I had to miss my workout to go to Monroeville for a doctor appointment.  I really need to switch doctors. Missing body pump wouldn't necessarily mean I would totally miss a workout but I made up some time from leaving work early and while my computer was out, I just worked for a few more hours. 

At work someone needed Dave's help (for a club not for actual work). He didn't have to help.  He agreed to help if I did the dishes.  This was the mess I had to deal with. There were also dishes in the sink from the baking I did.  I think I got the raw end of the deal.  Plus he would have helped anyway.

30 for 30 Outfit 13: Friday, November 19, 2010

Cardigan: NY&Co.
Tee: Express
Jeans: Express
Necklace: Target
Earrings: Kohl's

The first outfit of the day broke the 30 for 30 but I did say I would have a freestyle day AND I was forced to wear something with our logo on it.
Pants: Express (they are too tight on me now. I keep forgetting and only seem to attempt to wear them when I go to the gym in the morning)
Shoes (that you can't see): Payless (2002)
White Shirt: Express
Shirt: Work

Another volunteer since I didn't want to put pictures of the kids on here.

I went to 6:15 yoga for the first time. Then immediately following, I went to spinning class.  I had a normal work day in the morning, but at lunch I had to head over to Butler Catholic Middle school.  I was filling in for someone for a presentation to the entire school.  Then after, I was filling in for someone else helping with an activity. Each homeroom needed 3 volunteers for the activity so a lot of people were needed. This event was the third event this week that I filled in for. I guess it could count as 4 since I filled in for 2 different people. 

After work, I went to a Lia Sophia jewelry party. I ordered 4 necklaces and 1 ring. I just looked at the necklaces on the website and can't even remember which ones I chose. I wanted too many of them and some people at the party helped me decide which ones to get and now I can't remember. 

I promised Dave I'd bring him home dinner after the jewelry party.  It was supposed to be over at 8:30 but we were having fun and I was indecisive so I didn't leave until 10:30 or so. So the only place left was McD's.  The lines were so long; I couldn't believe it.   I got some food then, too.  On my way to my to present at lunch, I didn't allot time for lunch, so I had to get McD's on the way. I got a large French Fry at lunch and the same plus chicken fingers at dinner.