Busy weekends. I am definitely the type of person that would prefer to have no plans. To just take the day as it comes is probably my favorite way to spend time. Do I feel like cleaning? Do I feel like watching a movie? Really anything. But this weekend...oh goodness, this weekend is super busy. Tonight I get to go grocery shopping. Woo-hoo. (hope you could detect my sarcasm there guys) Tomorrow we are headed down to my parents house for the day. Sunday Adam works all day and then in the evening we are headed to his grandma's house for a valentines day party. Weird? yes but they love get togethers and it's always nice to see everyone.
So really my only free time this weekend is on Sunday. And I will be with Lily alone all day which anyone who has a baby will tell you that it's near impossible to get anything really done when you are strapped with a kid all day. Hopefully she will take a nice long nap (or 2) and I can get some stuff done. My newest thing is I want to get the basement cleaned so I can make room for scrap booking stuff down there. I want to have space to spread out and make room for all my stuff. I have a pretty good plan and hope to at least make SOME progress on it this weekend. For some reason Lily loves the basement, so hopefully this will work to my advantage and I can bring down some toys and let her play down there while I clean and sort stuff to make room. Of course I'll update with my progress on Monday. We'll see how much I actually get done.
PS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Some Would Describe The Girl As Willful
It seems in the past week or so she has changed. I don't know what happened to her but she wants to GO GO GO. She is no longer satisfied with just sitting on your lap unless she is stretching and craning to try and reach something that is just out of her reach and most likely something she should not be playing with in the first place. Oh and if she can't reach it...or heaven forbid you move it or take it away from her she throws a holy fit. *sigh* She also has been trying like crazy to crawl the last few days. We really thought she had no interest in it since we would put her on the floor and the girl would never really even try to roll over. Now you put her down sitting and she can get onto her tummy by herself and she tries to crawl. Thankfully she hasn't gotten the hang of it yet. I'm so not ready for that, though I am sure it's right around the corner.
She learned how to chew her food this past week. SO now we are up to 3rd stage foods and she is getting some of the Gerber graduates but I think we'll move on to cheerios since they are cheaper, and probably healthier for her. And last night she finally learned that when she picks them up she can put them in her mouth herself so I don't have to do it for her. I'm still uber paranoid about her choking, but she's doing great with the food and so I'm starting to relax a bit. And I'm happy with the progress she is making. She is well on her way to that 1st birthday cake!
She learned how to chew her food this past week. SO now we are up to 3rd stage foods and she is getting some of the Gerber graduates but I think we'll move on to cheerios since they are cheaper, and probably healthier for her. And last night she finally learned that when she picks them up she can put them in her mouth herself so I don't have to do it for her. I'm still uber paranoid about her choking, but she's doing great with the food and so I'm starting to relax a bit. And I'm happy with the progress she is making. She is well on her way to that 1st birthday cake!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
On the Flipside.
Since Lily slept like a dream last night I feel OK about posting my top 5 things I DON'T like about having a baby. I'm only doing 5 cause honestly I think that's probably about all I can come up with.
1. I hate cutting her nails. She is so squirmy and I'm worried I'll cut her. Sure it was easy when she was littler but now that she is big she won't sit still for it anymore.
2. I hate getting up in the middle of the night. It also wouldn't be so bad if she would go back to sleep and you could put her down but she wants to be held.
3. When she is sick or in pain. It just breaks my heart, you really can only do so much for them and that makes me sad.
4. I do miss being able to do what I want WHEN I want. She always wants you to be in the room with her now so no cleaning, and she's always talking so no watching a movie without her yabbering through it. And no just going out when you want.
5. I hate it when she scratches, I'm sure this goes back to number one. I don't like cutting her nails. But dang those things are like claws and she has no idea how to be "gentle" (as I always tell her).
All things considered I'll keep her. And most of those things don't bother me often and so the positives completely outweigh the bad things.
Plus, the girl just finally got her first tooth! She's over 8 months already, I was beginning to think she would be toothless forever.
1. I hate cutting her nails. She is so squirmy and I'm worried I'll cut her. Sure it was easy when she was littler but now that she is big she won't sit still for it anymore.
2. I hate getting up in the middle of the night. It also wouldn't be so bad if she would go back to sleep and you could put her down but she wants to be held.
3. When she is sick or in pain. It just breaks my heart, you really can only do so much for them and that makes me sad.
4. I do miss being able to do what I want WHEN I want. She always wants you to be in the room with her now so no cleaning, and she's always talking so no watching a movie without her yabbering through it. And no just going out when you want.
5. I hate it when she scratches, I'm sure this goes back to number one. I don't like cutting her nails. But dang those things are like claws and she has no idea how to be "gentle" (as I always tell her).
All things considered I'll keep her. And most of those things don't bother me often and so the positives completely outweigh the bad things.
Plus, the girl just finally got her first tooth! She's over 8 months already, I was beginning to think she would be toothless forever.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The things I love about being a mom...
1. Her smile, no matter how grumpy/sad/rushed/angry you are, that smile just melts my heart 5 times over.
2. Bath time. That girl loves her baths. She would play and play and play in there forever if I let her.
3. Her giggle. Yeah, it sorta goes with her smile but her giggle is the most intoxicating sound on the planet.
4. How when she turns the music on her excersaucer she looks at it like she has no clue how it is making that sound. Utter disbelief.
5. Feeding her. I love to feed her, she loves food and will gobble up anything you give her.
6. How she reaches for me when she wants to come to me.
7. How she works SO hard to get to a toy or remote or anything she sets her sights on. I originally thought she had no interest in crawling but I'm starting to see that she'll be up and moving before we know it.
8. How happy she is, sure I suppose you could group with with her smile and her giggle but really in my mind it's completely different. She is always happy and always smiling.
9. How she jumps in her excersaucer facing the wall and just goes to town jumping like she is trying to jump right out.
10. The way she talks. She is a little chatterbox and for the most part I love listening to her talk and say Mama and Dada and whatever else comes out of her mouth.
I write this list of my top ten things I love about her because after a really bad night sometimes I just need some perspective and to realize that this is just a stage and soon we'll look back on these days and remember how easy we really had it. Despite a few bad nights now and then due to teething or being sick, I really can't complain. She is an amazing baby and I love her so much.
But she better sleep better tonight.
I made these up and sent them out for Valentine's Day! Enjoy!
Monday, February 2, 2009
A good week despite yesterday...
Food wise that is. I did good on plan all week and then yesterday I gave myself some leeway as we watched the game and relaxed, I mad some chicken tenders and onion rings along with cupcakes. It was good. But knowing that today was my weigh in I expected a gain. I'm not stupid, I knew last week was mostly a water loss of 6 pounds and I wasn't going to get my hopes up too high for my weigh in this week since 1. I ate like crap with salty foods yesterday and B. I hardly drank any water.
But despite all that I still managed to pull of a 1.8 pound loss this week! Yippey! I am so excited. And now I feel even MORE motivated to stay on plan. I am only 1. 4 pounds from my first 5% goal and I am determined to hit that on Monday!
But despite all that I still managed to pull of a 1.8 pound loss this week! Yippey! I am so excited. And now I feel even MORE motivated to stay on plan. I am only 1. 4 pounds from my first 5% goal and I am determined to hit that on Monday!
25 things, Mommy Style.
1. Were you married at the time? Yes
2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant? Excitement. I was shaking.
3. How old were you? 23
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? I was late, but had only been off the pill for the first month and so I took a test to put my mind at ease. Woah. I never expected it to happen so fast.
5. Who did you tell first? Adam
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Nope
7. Due date? May 20th.
8. Did you deliver early or late? 6 days late.
9. Did you have morning sickness? Um, more like all day and night sickness. and it lasted forever too.
10. What did you crave? I don't think I really craved anything but fresh fruit was good.
11. Who irritated you the most? I don't know if I was all that irritated by anything other than puking all the time.
12. What was your first child's sex? Girl
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? Ugh, Somewhere around 40
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Not really.
15. Where did you give birth? St. Cloud Hospital
16. How many hours were you in labor? Not Long. Went into labor around 5 in the evening and she was born at 1:44 in the evening. I had epidural for most of it.
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Adam
18. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Epidural.
19. How much did your child weigh? 8 lbs. 8 oz.
20. Did your child have any complications? Not one.
21. What did you name him/her? Lillian Grace
22. How old is your first born today? 8 Months and some odd days
23. Who does your child look like? Adam mostly, though as she gets older I think she is starting to look a bit more like me.
24. How much hair did your child have? She had a lot on the sides and back but it was short and stubby on the top, Yes She had a mullet.
25. What do you think they'll be when they grow up? Whatever makes her happy and makes enough money to support her parents...(Ok so I'm kidding about supporting her parents)
2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant? Excitement. I was shaking.
3. How old were you? 23
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? I was late, but had only been off the pill for the first month and so I took a test to put my mind at ease. Woah. I never expected it to happen so fast.
5. Who did you tell first? Adam
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Nope
7. Due date? May 20th.
8. Did you deliver early or late? 6 days late.
9. Did you have morning sickness? Um, more like all day and night sickness. and it lasted forever too.
10. What did you crave? I don't think I really craved anything but fresh fruit was good.
11. Who irritated you the most? I don't know if I was all that irritated by anything other than puking all the time.
12. What was your first child's sex? Girl
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? Ugh, Somewhere around 40
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Not really.
15. Where did you give birth? St. Cloud Hospital
16. How many hours were you in labor? Not Long. Went into labor around 5 in the evening and she was born at 1:44 in the evening. I had epidural for most of it.
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Adam
18. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Epidural.
19. How much did your child weigh? 8 lbs. 8 oz.
20. Did your child have any complications? Not one.
21. What did you name him/her? Lillian Grace
22. How old is your first born today? 8 Months and some odd days
23. Who does your child look like? Adam mostly, though as she gets older I think she is starting to look a bit more like me.
24. How much hair did your child have? She had a lot on the sides and back but it was short and stubby on the top, Yes She had a mullet.
25. What do you think they'll be when they grow up? Whatever makes her happy and makes enough money to support her parents...(Ok so I'm kidding about supporting her parents)
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Why do I even try?
Once again my plans have changed. I really need to learn to be more flexible.
I had planned great things for this weekend. And while the weekend has gone pretty well it's not exactly how I planned it.
Yesterday I planned to clean clean clean, catch up on laundry and spend some time outside since it was suppose to be warm-ish. It ended up with my parents coming up and doing some chasing. Sure we did get a walk in outside in the fresh air. But as far as cleaning. absolutely nothing got done. When the baby did take a nice long afternoon nap I sat on my butt watching a movie. Then there was Saturday night. I had figured Lily would keep up her usual pattern of sleeping like crap for me and I would be up on the couch by 12:3o or so but she slept great until 5 when I got up with her so Adam could sleep since he had to work this morning. And today I had hoped I would get the cleaning done that I didn't yesterday. Alas the girl is being a pain...albeit a cute pain but a pain nonetheless. She won't nap without me holding her, and while it's OK cause I don't HAVE to really get anything done I would LIKE too.
Now I'm watching her in her excersaucer as she tosses toys over the edge and tries to find them by craning way over the edge to see where she dropped all her treasures.
She finally has something poking thru to show for her endless months of teething. In fact she bit me. I'm pretty diligent about checking in there for teeth and this time when she bit down it hurt. Though I guess I had it coming. I suppose if someone was sticking their fingers in my mouth I would bite down too.
I had planned great things for this weekend. And while the weekend has gone pretty well it's not exactly how I planned it.
Yesterday I planned to clean clean clean, catch up on laundry and spend some time outside since it was suppose to be warm-ish. It ended up with my parents coming up and doing some chasing. Sure we did get a walk in outside in the fresh air. But as far as cleaning. absolutely nothing got done. When the baby did take a nice long afternoon nap I sat on my butt watching a movie. Then there was Saturday night. I had figured Lily would keep up her usual pattern of sleeping like crap for me and I would be up on the couch by 12:3o or so but she slept great until 5 when I got up with her so Adam could sleep since he had to work this morning. And today I had hoped I would get the cleaning done that I didn't yesterday. Alas the girl is being a pain...albeit a cute pain but a pain nonetheless. She won't nap without me holding her, and while it's OK cause I don't HAVE to really get anything done I would LIKE too.
Now I'm watching her in her excersaucer as she tosses toys over the edge and tries to find them by craning way over the edge to see where she dropped all her treasures.
She finally has something poking thru to show for her endless months of teething. In fact she bit me. I'm pretty diligent about checking in there for teeth and this time when she bit down it hurt. Though I guess I had it coming. I suppose if someone was sticking their fingers in my mouth I would bite down too.
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