45 posts tagged “life”
Can't believe they're almost 3 months already! i also can't believe we let them sleep in our bed most nights. There is not going to be room very soon! Well, it's already a tight squeeze. Last weight check @ 9 weeks they were both around 11lbs. but they're far beyond that now, i'm sure. The smiling and cooing has begun. SO CUTE.
Allison is amazing. She's so smart and cognizant and funny. She is also throwing MAJOR tantrums these days. The walking is in full force, she has finally started using some of the signs we taught her and she loves books. A whopping 14 teeth are now in her mouth (at 14 months old). Last visit she was about 30lbs. and is wearing 18-24mos. clothing and size 7 shoes.
Okay, that'll do for now.
Allison is becoming such a fun girl. She's always been happy and social and spirited but now, ohh now she's walking around being a little person! She's responding to what we say and doing exactly what she wants; sometimes it's what we want too. She's trying to help us, she's expressing her feelings, she's just so awesome. It's amazing to watch her change and discover this world. i still can't believe she's walking!!!! And i'm in awe that we get to experience this joy two more times.
Sesame Street is now a part of our lives. i think that's a good thing, it has lots of positives and it allows us a few minutes to get things done in the mornings. She loves the beginning part, anything with Cookie Monster or Elmo, and the ending, mainly because it's familiar. She has started to protest food, which is normal for her age, and has come face to face with "the time out chair". So far it's working. i know it's still a game for her but the mere mention of the time out chair and she starts behaving again for me. Ahhh the excitement...
Allison and her people.
Showing off her new socks.
Giving Kadin a kiss.
Giving Kadin his binky... and then taking it back out.
And the babies looking twinny.
Also, the babies had 2oz. each of formula in the last 24 hours. That's it! i'm amazed because they're eating 4oz. each every 3 hours... that's 64oz. Minus a little bit for their longer stretch at night, that's still at least 54oz. i'm able to give them. i'm so proud of that.
Gorgeous babes...
The Christmas tree is up, Allison sat on Santa's lap (she did SO good), and it snowed yesterday... it was a fun productive weekend. Oh, we also had a delicious b-day dinner at P.F. Changs with Mom and my brother, and made a trip to IKEA, our first real time to walk around the place, which is HUGE. We were pretty impressed and ended up buying quite a bit. The white nightstands i've been wanting, a coffee table and end table, a bedroom lamp (going to get another one of those!), a duvet cover, bibs... lots of great stuff.
My job interview last week was also successful, they called Friday and offered me the job. i said absolutely, even though i have no idea how i'll manage with two babies and the commute and lack of sleep... but it'll be an adventure and good for Alli to share Mommy and have a friend.
Ya know, just once i'd like to be able to start and finish
these blogs within the same hour! For the past 3 months i've begun
writing in here in the morning and then finally hit "save" at about 6pm.
It's crazy how much work these babies are... she's a sneaky little girl
though. For the past few days she's been smiling at me even if i've got
a grumpy look on my face, so of course i end up smiling back at her. So much love.
My 6 week OB appointment was today. Nothing unusual happened, he just checked my c-section scar, made sure i wasn't depressed (i'm still not), talked about my blood pressure, which was normal today (going to stay on the medication for a couple more months) and then discussed birth control. He was very surprised when i said we might want to go for baby #2 right away. i have a prescription for b.c pills if i want to take them or we can just see how things go... he was certainly happy with my weight loss since giving birth. i'm down quite a bit from before getting pregnant (um almost 30lbs.) and he was encouraging me to keep going with that. That's not exactly easy while i'm nursing; i could eat all day long, and not healthy stuff either.
Allison and i have been listening to French music this evening. =)
Oh the coolest news is that she smiled for her Mommy last night. Three times! i almost ran to get the camera but she got fussy before i could. Next time! It was so wonderful.
Here's Daddy, eating her up...
Monday again.
Things are good.
Except,
Friday we discovered my car had been damaged while in our apartment parking lot. This place is such a disappointment... but anyway, at first it looked like someone had maybe kicked the side of my car (Those Kind Of People live here). i did some inspecting today though, and a car definitely hit it while trying to park next to me and ran. Take a look: whoever did it left some lovely green paint behind. Now i just need to spot the vehicle in the area and beat them (or something). People suck.
Can't entirely recall everything we've done over the last few days. Had some friends and family over to see Miss Allison, did our usual errands (Costco for yogurt, Winco for food, Babies r Us for diapers, etc.), watched a couple movies thanks to The Box and enjoyed our beautiful baby.
Life just keeps on zooming by... and i still feel like a zombie with so little sleep.
This last weekend was spent with family pretty much. Yesterday we tried to sleep in, relax, then went to Mom's for dinner (was good, of course). Saturday we went down to Roseburg for Andrew's Grandma's funeral which wasn't a funeral at all but a big family get together (later, Andrew said that's what he wanted when he dies, just a party with family, not a service/burial/funeral or anything). The 3+ hour drive is okay since Alli sleeps in the car but we're STILL working on the breastfeeding (needing to pump in the dark at rest stops is annoying). i think she's only nursed long enough to get satisfied once or twice in all this time. She mainly falls asleep after 10 min. or so, no matter what i try, so all we can do is keep working at it. The nipple pain isn't an issue anymore and her latch, i know, is perfect... but i do feel like a bit of a failure as a mommy (ya know, "what's wrong with me...") She'll be 6 weeks old on Thursday and yesterday she weighed at least 8lbs. which is great.
i have my 6 week OB check up next Tuesday. i'll need to discuss my daily headaches and see if my blood pressure is still an issue. My c-section scar looks good, i guess, though it still itches. The big surprise is that my period showed up last week (NOT FUN!) even though i've been pumping non-stop since she was born (i was hoping the breastfeeding/pumping would delay the whole menstrual thing for a while), so now i need to discuss with my doctor getting pregnant again. Andrew wants me to, he even figured out when i'd be due if it happened next month... but it would mean that i couldn't really work, which would mean no new car, no new place, no extra money etc. i guess we'll see what happens.
Mom's homemade pumpkin pie makes a great breakfast. =)
Another sleepless night, although Daddy came to the rescue after LOTS of crying (not me, Alli) and helped get her fed and calmed down. So from 1am til 6am, i think, wasn't pretty. This time instead of just being awake she was actually quite fussy. i told her it's a good thing she's so darn cute!
i need to write thank you notes. And buy more cat food. And vacuum and mop and do the dishes and eat lunch and take a shower and change the sheets and take a nap and paint my toes... or maybe i'll just watch my baby sleep. (Edit: i ended up getting most of that done while she napped. Phew! Thank the Lord for coffee!)
Romance used to be big bouquets of flowers, diamond earrings, mushy cards, spontaneous trips to the beach. After a year of marriage and having a new baby, things have a new meaning...
Romance is letting me sleep 30 more minutes
Romance is washing baby bottles
Romance is getting puked on, again
Romance is folding laundry
Romance is getting me something to drink without me asking,
handing me Tylenol when he can tell i have a headache,
holding my hand while pushing our daughter in the stroller,
making me laugh when i'm exhausted,
doing the dishes after working all day,
letting me eat too much chocolate,
loving our baby,
loving me.
Thank you sweetheart. You've made it a fantastic, wonderful year.
Allison is still not "due" to be born for 6 more days. Instead she is 18 days old.
Life is still pretty crazy, exhausting, new, etc. Luckily i am feeling 100% better, with no more incision pain, quite a bit of energy, considering, and enough food to keep up with my huge appetite (we made a trip with Alli to Winco the other other night...) Her umbilical cord finally fell off this morning so it's fun to see her sweet belly now. i took some pictures of her nursing today. i know several moms who never got any pictures of that special time together so i wanted to do it before i lost the opportunity. For now we're mainly using the "football hold" because it's easier for both of us.
She had quite a few visitors this weekend (Uncle Brian and his g/f's daughter, Andrew's parents, Uncles Chris and Joe and his wife, along with our friends Ray and Carrie). She is so very loved. i just realized that she's been pictured in the same preemie nightgown numerous times... i can't wait for her to fit into all of her newborn outfits!
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