I Blame the Swing

I am always saying how spoiled we are with Madison's sleeping schedule.  Since the day we brought her home she would sleep through the night- it made waking up to feed her every 2 hours in those early weeks even harder.  She will let you know when she is ready for bed because like clockwork every night around 8 she looses it until you rock her to sleep and then she sleeps like a rock until 6-8 the next morning.  Since I've gone back to work she has decided that sleeping throught the night is not working for her.  She wakes up every 2-3 hours crying.  I can tell she is just sleepy and having problems falling back to sleep.

It dawned on me last night that since the hubby is home with her now during the days she is napping in her swing- hence she does not want to sleep anymore without movement.  No good!  I don't blame him for this, he did not know it would happen.  Needless to say there will be no more naps in the swing until this problem is fixed!

Goodbye Swing!

How do you know?

As a new mom it is really hard to decide when to call the doctor.  I tend to think "I'm just over reacting", "I'm sure its fine" so I always pick up the phone and call my momma!  I call her for almost everything- the hubby will testify to this.  She raised 5 healthy children so I think she knows a thing or two. Well poor baby Madison has little knots under her boobies so I took her into the doctor- Luckily to find out its all just a common hormonal reaction.  When in doubt- better safe than sorry!

The fun part about going into the doctor is we had a weight check and she is weighing in at 10 lbs 14 ounces!  She has moved into her 3-6 month jammies.  She is getting so big too quickly!

At 4 Weeks finally starting to wear 0-3

15 weeks 3-6 jammies for the 1st time

Father’s Day

Our weeks and weekends are filling up with so much to do, but my goal was to make the hubby's first Father’s Day pretty special-even if he had to help my aunt move for 6 hours of it- seriously the best guy ever.  The hubby is a wonderful daddy- he loves her so much, changes dirty diapers without even hesitating and works hard to provide us with everything we need.  He is an AMAZING dad and husband!  Punkin’ and I are both pretty lucky to have him in our lives.

BirthDay

In the Hospital

2 Months

Father's Day

I can’t mention father’s day without saying how much I love my daddy and how much he means to me.  I think the baby girl loves him a lot too!

2 Weeks Old



Easter



Always taking naps together!

A "Goodie"

Guess what I will be doing while baby girl sleeps this weekend??

Learning how to use Adobe Lightroom!  So excited, but so overwhelmed!

I don't think I will ever really understand all this program can do.

PS: A "goodie" is what the hubs and I call special splurges!

Baby Girl is 3 Months

So this post is a week late, but better late then never!

In the 3rd month of baby girl's life she is weighing in at 11 lbs, sleeping through the night, finding her voice with babbles, and loving bath time!

3 months went so fast! So scared that this first whole year will just fly by!

12 Weeks of Baby

I have been so blessed to spend 13 whole weeks at home with my baby girl.  I tried to take advantage of every day with her and soak it all up- reason for no blog posts.  Sadly, our lifestyle relies on a dual income at this point in time.  While the hubby is a fabulous football coach we aren’t quite pro yet.

Last Wednesday was my first (half) week back to work from maternity leave.  Returning to work was most definitely one of the hardest things I have ever done in my life- harder than my c-section. Luckily baby girl is at home with the hubby for two months before 2 A Days start in August.  She might have to join him for a little film watching this summer, but that just makes for good daddy/baby bonding.

As a mom you feel obligated to be the one there for your child day in and day out and you want to do it.  I have all these crazy thoughts, like: “will she forget me?”,  “will she think I don’t love her anymore?” But I will say the second I get home, she gives me a big smile and we “talk” the whole night.  I know I’m the mommy and will always be the mommy, but it doesn’t make it much easier.

There are so many ladies out there in the blog world that have the great role of stay at home mom or work from home mom and not so many of the working mom.  Probably because its hard to sit down and write after a long day of work; we just want to soak up all the baby love while we are home.

Do you think this baby forgets me during the day?

I don't think so!

7 Days

 Hard to imagine that this may be the last week and weekend Brent and I have of a family of 2 1/2 (you have to count in our Bella puppy).  The doctor has decided that depending on my test results this next Tuesday, we may induce at the end of next week because of my blood pressure.  As excited as we are there is still so much to do:

1. Finish the nursery- wall frames, bed skirt, and lamp
2. Buy some last minute items
3. Take Bella in for her annual shots
4. Finish packing the hospital bags
5. Organize and clean, clean, clean....

I can't believe it was 30 weeks ago when we first saw our baby girl on the Ultrasound.

Let's see what next Tuesday determines for us!  We can't wait to meet you baby girl!