I LOOOOVE snow (sorry to all of you snow haters)! The snow brings back some of my favorite childhood memories and allows me to create some of our own. But what I really like? Laziness!
Here are some over due updates…
Lucy had her two month check-up this week (I know, 10 weeks already!). The Doc says she is in the 50% for height and weight (11 lbs and 23 1/2 in) and in the 75% for head circumference… he said not to worry, it just means she is smarter than most babies. Ha-Ha.
She is starting to “talk” a lot more often now. It is seriously the cutest thing. We conversate quite regularly now. Just this morning she was yelling and talking to the flowers on her changing table. Just darling.
I never thought I would go through more changes of clothes in one day than I would diapers.
She is only waking up once a night now (has been for weeks actually)… amen! What a good sleeper she is (usually)! If you need anything around 3 or 4am, I will be up . I am still trying to get the napping schedule down… we are struggling with that a little.
Okay, here are some super cute pics from the past month. Enjoy!!
If you don’t get enough sleep you are more likely to suffer from memory loss, impairs your ability to problem solve, trouble dealing with stress; irritability, unable to support a healthy immune system and the worst of all… bags- under eye bags.
That explains it.
Actually, Lucy sleeps really well for an 8 week old baby, however, her sleeping well still means Mommy sleeps less. Oh how I can’t wait to sleep through the night.
I will just get right to it, not sure when Lucy will be waking…
… too late, she just woke up.
Ok, we’re back… time to upload some pictures.
PLAY DATE!
A few weeks ago we had our very first Play Date, it was stinkin’ cute! Here are a few pictures of our day out…
Lucy, not really diggin' it.
Ella: "You better stop that whining or I'll knock you out!"
Ella: "Rachel, you better keep it quiet as well."
Lucy: "Fine, I'll just suck on my binky!"
CELEBRATING NEW YEARS… in style.
LEARNING TO PULL HAIR
TOO MUCH GAS?
Daddy read about this in an article, I think it helped a little.
TOM BOY GONE GIRL!
For those of you who know my sister you know that she is a Tom Boy blossoming into a beautiful young woman. She was invited to a “Dress to Impress” Birthday Party and who but her wonderful sister to help her get ready. Hold your breath people, you are not going ot believe this!!!!
I love you so much. Now that you are here I could not imagine life without you. You are the highlight of my day, afternoon, evening, night (until bed time when you cry)… I get tears in my eye when I think about how God has placed you specifically in our lives, what a marvelous gift! I enjoy watching you grow everyday, learning new things, experiencing each new day… I am sad that you are growing up because in no time at all you will be a mean teenager, off to college and married away yet I can’t wait to experience all of those things with you (Lord willing).
When I was starring at you on the changing table right now I started feeling a bit sentimental, which is why I had to come and write you this letter. Not that you will actually ever read it but since you don’t really grasp conversation yet, I just wanted you to know how much I love you, more than I could have ever thought. I almost love you more than ice cream… kidding. You bring so much joy to my life and you have only been here for 6 weeks. True, you have been around for a few months but no offense, they weren’t the most enjoyable… however, they were all worth it.
Having you has made me truly realize the Love that God has for all of His people, including us. He sent His only son to die for us so that we might live. I have to be honest, I love you way too much to give you up for people who I don’t even know. I know God loved Jesus much more (sorry, it is the truth, His love is perfect and well, your Mother is not), yet he still sent him to the corss…just something I have been thinking about.
You are so cute, funny, you smell good, you sleep well, you dress well… I can’t wait to hear you sing because I know you are going have a good voice judging by the tone of your crying…
Weight: 9lbs 11oz… she gained 2lbs since her last apt!!!
Height: 21 1/2 inches
Other Notes: Really good head control, average head circumference and she has baby acne, nothing I can do about.. will just go away on it’s own.
I absolutely LOVE being a mother. I adore my daughter and I could not imagine life without her. What a stinkin’ princess. I know, I called her a princess… uh-oh.
I love watching her with her Daddy, they are so cute together. Last night, Ryan was teaching Lucy advanced math problems… she is going to be a genius! Ha-Ha
We had our first playdate today with baby Ella and baby Rachel, they were all born within three days of each other… I will post a picture of that once I upload the pictures. It was really fun to put them all together. Really, it was just three moms that needed to get our of the house , they didn’t really pay attention to each other.
We had to start sleep training Lucy. Some of you may say… you haven’t done that yet? Well, Lucy is a really good sleeper, had a pretty good night schedule going but the Holidays really screwed her up so a once pretty scheduled baby is now very sporadic. We moved her to her crib (which she loves) and put her down around 9:00/ 9:30… she cried until about 11:30 the first night and so did Mommy… it was so sad. One minute she is smiling away being cute in our arms and the next she is screaming bloody murder… it is getting better now… she only cried for 15 minutes last night. Yahoo. I think she is getting it!!
I am seriously obsessed with he TV show Clean House (I know, random). Have you ever watched it? I used to watch it on my lunch breaks at work in the exercise room but now we get the channel on our new TV… I can’t get enough of it. It kind of makes me want to make my house messy so that I can apply but I could never actually do it. There is a family from Baltimore whose house is up for “Messiest House in the Country”, I don’t think they are going to win. We will see.
Lucy is one whole month old today! I can’t believe it. Can you? Gosh, time flies.
Being a Mom is not as hard as I had anticipated. I am not saying that it is easy, but I am not pulling my hair out everyday. God has definitely blessed me with a wonderful, beautiful, content child. Honestly, recovering from the C-section has been far more challenging than having a new-born.
She is a good sleeper- thank you! She is a good eater as long as I got the goods to feed her- still working on that. I have been having to supplement her in the evenings because after all day of feeding my supply is pretty low, I need to keep myself better hydrated and then we will probably be on the right track.
I had my OB follow-up today, Doc says I am recovering quickly and that in a few more weeks I will be jumping up and down like nothing ever happened. That is good, I feel like I am not going to be able to do anything ever again. I can’t wait to dance, run up the steps when I am scared in the basement, take Lucy out in her car seat, walk around the grocery store without feeling winded… things like that.
So, I still have my baby pooch. It is shrinking, but it is pretty weird. It reminds me of one of those swollen Ethiopian bellies. Actually, I don’t think it is a pooch anymore, I think it is a Christmas Cookie belly. Ha-Ha. I am almost serious. I am however back to my pre baby weight already- totally surprised about that one- guess I should lay off the cookies while I can.
Here are some snapshots from our first month together…
