Life now with Baby

Haven't been on here for almost 3 months! I'm really bad at keeping this updated it seems. But a lot has happened and will try and re-cap for the time over the last few months. IN July I got hit from behind with a F-250 while 8 months pregnant and started having very high BP because of that. So we induced July 14th and Cyrus Jacob Fouladi was born July 15th at 8:23 pm and weighed 9.01 pounds. He was a big fella. The doctor said that if I was not 3 weeks early, Cyrus would have been over 13 pounds at birth! Crazy big boy, must get it from his daddy! :-)

We took him home and just 6 days old he was put back in the hospital for Jaundice. We stayed there 2 days, one of the hardest times in my life!! He hated being under the light and I had to keep him there, it was hardest at night when all he wanted to be was held. The doctors and nurses were pushing me to stop breastfeeding but I held strong and stuck it out. He is doing better now, though at 7 weeks he still has a little bit of jaundice.

We are staying with my mom while we find a house to purchase which has been a very tough task!! It is a tough market out there and houses are being bought within days! We have had 8 contracts so far and all have not been accepted. We have gone through 2 realtors and are now on our last one hopefully! My mom & step-dad has been amazing in letting us stay here. I'm sure mom loves having baby around though - she's always been a natural with babies!

At 4 weeks old Cyrus was laying on his stomach and rolled over to his back! He wasn't even a month old at that time!!! I was so excited but missed it the 1st time because I had left the room for a few minutes. Little rascal! He is very strong baby! He holds his head up constantly! He is always looking around and at 7 weeks is starting to push with his little foot to turn over from back to stomach. Shouldn't be too long now.

We also weighed him the other night and he came in at 14 1/2 pounds! He wasn't quite 7 weeks old!!! What a big boy! He eats all the time and is constantly moving! He loves to kick his left foot only and keep his right foot still. Papa says he is going to be left handed :-) He has been sleeping ok through the night but tonight he woke up at 3:30 am to eat. I think he is just going through a growth spurt. Hopefully soon that will slow down and we can have a consistent sleeper! He is very stubborn (Have NO idea where he gets that from!!!!) and has been coming into his own. He loves to scream bloody murder if no one is paying attention to him. Daddy gets more upset than mommy when he is crying :-)

I took him swimming for the first time at 4 weeks - it was a lot of fun and he seemed to enjoy it! I'm gonna have a waterbaby for sure!

We love baby Cyrus and couldn't be happier with how healthy and cute he is! He is a handful at times and is NOT an easy baby in the least. He has a very strong temper and loves to scream out if not getting his way. Momma is gonna have to cut him of that. He has been sick lately with constipation and tummy aches so has been crying a LOT during the day and in the evenings. It is wearing on me, but it will get better and I just have to remember that he is not feeling well and is crying for a reason.

He is a little chunkers and we love him! On another note, Ashkan goes to Dallas in a few days to be considered for the General Manager position at Staples! We have been working late into the night each night to get him ready for that! I know he will do wonderfully!! He is very nervous though as he has not really given a presentation before, let alone in front of the Rgional Vice President of the company!!! But, I know he's gonna knock their socks off!!! :-) Wow, that just reminded me of High School and Football, now I want to go make Puppy Chow! haha

Oh, Dad came into town a few weeks back and saw Cyrus. He was 4 weeks old. Dad also said he was a big boy and tried to hold Cyrus every moment he could, even though Cyrus is a freaking heating pad and would make him sweat every time haha :-) We are excited for Jake and Liz to still meet him, that will be wonderful! I'm sure Jake will teach him lots of little teasers so that he can truly become "Cyrus the Virus" haah :-)