Hmmmm... where to begin -
Thanksgiving was wonderful! We went to Galveston and hung out with my family. I love being around all of them. It was exactly as it was supposed to be...except that there wasn't enough dressing...I went back for seconds and it was gone! Ughhhhh....there was a whole other pan but I didn't want to be the first to dig in, so I waited around for someone else to do it....NO ONE did! Grrrrr. LOL anyway after eating we watched football and sat around talking. It was perfect, everyone ooohed and ahhhhed over Landry. I loved it!
Friday JR and I went and did some shopping....and we bought our first Christmas Tree!!! LOL I laugh about this because I can't believe it. We didn't do a Christmas Tree last year...I didn't really see the point since we wouldn't be there and I didn't want to spend money on it. The year before that, we lived in the apartment off Nasa and we had a little 3 foot Christmas tree that was fake! The year before that we were in the apartment in Galveston....anyway...we bought our first Christmas tree....It is a beautiful LIVE tree that we picked out with the help of Logan! It smells so good! I didn't think about it until after we got it home but you are supposed to be careful about live trees with new babies because of allergies....luckily it isn't an issue! I often forget about allergies because I have never had them. I mean I get the occasional watery eyes, headache, and stuffy nose thing every once in a blue moon....but as for serious allergies - not me!
My Dad's football team also won on Friday advancing them to the Regional quarter-finals! This is very very exciting....they play this friday in Waco, and I would love to go, but money is tight! Grrrr....
The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing and playing our new wii!!!! I love it! We spent a little bit of time cleaning on Friday, Saturday and Sunday,....and my house is clean!!! YAY! For the most part though we were either playing Tiger Woods golf or Wii fit!
It was a great 4 day weekend!!!
p.s. Landry weighs roughly 11 pounds!!!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Laziness!
I have been so lazy lately...my house is getting out of control and I know I should be cleaning instead of blogging, or playing on Facebook, or reading my book, or watching TV...but I just dont want to. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I have traveled for the last three weekends in a row, and Tomorrow morning we will be going to Galveston...its only about an hour and a half but still I am so sick of being on the road! I desparately need to go to the store...I just put on my very last breast pad and it is imperative that I go get more other wise I will leak...but I just dont want to get up and get the kids ready and get myself ready...man! What to do what to do...I guess I will have to get up eventually! I wish I had a personal shopper!
Happy Early Thanksgiving Blogworld!
Happy Early Thanksgiving Blogworld!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Perfection!
Pictures I took this morning!In 2 days my little girl will be 6 weeks old! I am having such a hard time with this! A lot of moms would be getting everything ready to go back to work - I seriously cant imagine this! I know that JR and I talked about me going to work when she was 6 weeks old, but I am so thankful that it isn't a necessity. Sure, it would definitely help financially, but it isn't imperative! I am in awe of those who do go to work with little ones. They are incredibly strong women and should be told so more often, in my opinion. Dont get me wrong, it isn't always peaches and cream staying at home..but I am thankful none the less!
As I nursed Landry at 7:00 this morning I completely took in all of it. How incredibly perfect she is. How sweet and innocent and perfect. There are no other words to describe her except perfection. She is just starting to get some pudge on her tiny little thighs, and her little butt is starting to round. Her eyes are so blue and when she smiles it is as if the whole world stops just for her. She is an angel. Her hands are so little and I cant help but think of the future. There is so much I want for her, for us. My mother and I never had the best relationship growing up- It is sooooo much better now but I look at our relationship and wish for something different with my own daughter. On the other hand, my mom and my little sister have always had the BEST relationship and I want that for Landry and I. Anyway, I just wanted to say how thankful I am for my life and how amazing it is!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Life is Good Today!
Okay, so it is only 10:00, but life is good today. "Ask and ye shall receive," (a famous quote from the Bible) is apparently true. I worked hard to keep Landry awake more during the day, and it paid off...she slept for 3 1/2 hours between each feeding. Usually it is somewhere between 2 and three from the start of one feeding to the next...but last night I got 3 1/2 hours of uninterrupted sleep..TWICE! It was so needed. after her 7:00 am feeding I didn't know if I should stay awake or try to push for a little more sleep...I got back in bed! LOL This time she only slept until 9:15 but still....I got to sleep in until 9:15 YAY. I woke up singing!
It truly is amazing what a little bit of sleep can do for you. I am revived. No more complaints! I have a beautiful house - although the floors could use a cleaning - I have a hard working, good providing, sometimes selfish (but aren't we all), loving husband - and two beautiful children that bring smiles to my face every day! They are precious angels.
Logan is doing wonderful at potty training which I still haven't pushed....but he gets up in the morning and takes off his own diaper and goes to the potty! I am kind of just sitting back and letting him do it on his own but I guess I will have to crack the whip soon....but I may not have to really do anything at this rate...he seems to have it down. He can take off his own pants when he needs to go...I am very proud.
I have about 12 pounds that I still need to lose to get back to pre-pregnancy weight...for me...it isn't so much about the number as it is how I look. Before I got pregnant I was losing weight and even though I knew the pounds were dropping I didn't really realize what I looked like until now...I have pictures of when I was 4 weeks pregnant....and I was actually pretty skinny. Funny how I didn't realize it back then. Anyway, I am still about 2 months away from being able to do any kind of sit-ups due to surgery, but JR and I are both trying to lose a few pounds...hopefully a few inches too. He still has his membership to Bally's so he started going on Monday and taking Logan....The plan is to go Mon - Wed. - Fri. and then go to a local school on Sat. as a family and walk on the track while Logan plays on the field. Anyway, while JR and Logan are at Bally's I get on my gazelle at home. Landry either sits in the swing or I "wear" her in a carrier. Both times JR has taken Logan though have been ugly....the first time the daycare people waved JR down because Logan wouldn't stop crying....and yesterday, JR didn't even get to work out because he couldn't leave the daycare room. I told him he just needs to drop him off and walk away...but oh well. So I guess I am going to start keeping Logan here...which makes it hard for me to work out....but I may be able to get it done in the mornings before Logan gets up....we will see!
I am leaving town tonight to go to my parents, and another Friday night football game. I am not really sure that I even want to go...I dont want to be on the road and I dont want to be away from home...but I already told my mother I was coming and she is looking forward to it, so I guess I have no choice! Oh well...I will enjoy it no matter what! Today's gonna be a good day....Today's gonna be a good good day!
It truly is amazing what a little bit of sleep can do for you. I am revived. No more complaints! I have a beautiful house - although the floors could use a cleaning - I have a hard working, good providing, sometimes selfish (but aren't we all), loving husband - and two beautiful children that bring smiles to my face every day! They are precious angels.
Logan is doing wonderful at potty training which I still haven't pushed....but he gets up in the morning and takes off his own diaper and goes to the potty! I am kind of just sitting back and letting him do it on his own but I guess I will have to crack the whip soon....but I may not have to really do anything at this rate...he seems to have it down. He can take off his own pants when he needs to go...I am very proud.
I have about 12 pounds that I still need to lose to get back to pre-pregnancy weight...for me...it isn't so much about the number as it is how I look. Before I got pregnant I was losing weight and even though I knew the pounds were dropping I didn't really realize what I looked like until now...I have pictures of when I was 4 weeks pregnant....and I was actually pretty skinny. Funny how I didn't realize it back then. Anyway, I am still about 2 months away from being able to do any kind of sit-ups due to surgery, but JR and I are both trying to lose a few pounds...hopefully a few inches too. He still has his membership to Bally's so he started going on Monday and taking Logan....The plan is to go Mon - Wed. - Fri. and then go to a local school on Sat. as a family and walk on the track while Logan plays on the field. Anyway, while JR and Logan are at Bally's I get on my gazelle at home. Landry either sits in the swing or I "wear" her in a carrier. Both times JR has taken Logan though have been ugly....the first time the daycare people waved JR down because Logan wouldn't stop crying....and yesterday, JR didn't even get to work out because he couldn't leave the daycare room. I told him he just needs to drop him off and walk away...but oh well. So I guess I am going to start keeping Logan here...which makes it hard for me to work out....but I may be able to get it done in the mornings before Logan gets up....we will see!
I am leaving town tonight to go to my parents, and another Friday night football game. I am not really sure that I even want to go...I dont want to be on the road and I dont want to be away from home...but I already told my mother I was coming and she is looking forward to it, so I guess I have no choice! Oh well...I will enjoy it no matter what! Today's gonna be a good day....Today's gonna be a good good day!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
FYI: Complaining Involved
Okay...a real post...just to let you know there will be some complaining involved!
So Landry is 34 days old. Things are going well. She just started sleeping in the co-sleeper 4 nights ago and is doing fine. No big issues really. Logan has slept in his own bed the lst 2 nights...great stuff!
Most of you know that I am nursing Landry. Everything is going well and has been, I truly love the bonding that I get from it and I love knowing that she is getting the very best. There are some definate down sides too, but I have decided that the good outweighs the bad and I am going to do it for as long as possible...or for as long as I can stay sane. After 33 nights of feeding her, I have started to get a little run down. To make things worse I started getting a sore throat, headache, and my ear has been bothering me. Clearly I need some extra rest.
Enter Complaining---
Last night, I fed the baby, then went to pump, then went to sleep...I put some fresh breastmilk in a bottle in the fridge, so whe she woke up for her first feeding I asked JR to go get the bottle...he did...with no complaints...BUT when he got to the room and tried to hand me the bottle, I explained that HE would be feeding her so that I could get some sleep. He went ballistic. He was yelling about it not being fair and now he wasn't getting to sleep....I was shocked and hurt that he could be so selfish. I understand he has to get up early to go to work...and I probably should have just stuck it out until the weekend...but I am going out of town this weekend and he isn't coming with me...which means I still wont have any help. I mean really??? 1 night out of 33, am I really asking for too much? Plus, its not as if I was asking him to take her the whole night...just one dang feeding so that I could sleep for 4 hours straight. I dont know...more than anything I am hurt by this. I was angry at first but, I am just so upset. I feel like I dont matter to him. The last two days I have done so much, from making breakfast (blueberry muffins and apricot scones - from scratch) to making dinner, doing dishes, laundry, taking out trash, cleaning the living room every night....I just thought I might deserve a little break. I guess not. I understand that a mother's job is never done...I get it really I do, and I shouldn't be complaining because maybe JR has had some really hard days at work and he is overly tired too. I dont know...maybe I am the selfish one for being upset! Who knows, all I know is, whether its right or wrong, my feelings are hurt.
Now...Part of the reason I am so tired. - Landry is really good...SERIOUSLY. She sleeps a lot, which is very helpful, but at night...she sleeps for about 3 hours and then wakes up to feed...but starting at about 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning she starts waking up every 45 minutes....This is very hard on me. Again...I shouldn't complain, most people get up before 6 every morning and go to work. So really I should just be happy that I get to sleep until 8:30 every morning, even if I do get woken up constantly...and again...this really hasn't bothered me until now and I am sure that the only reason it is bothering me is because I am so tired. I just feel like, if I could just get some good quality sleep...maybe a good 4 or 5 hour stretch, I would be rejuvenated enough to go another 33 days....and maybe by then she will be sleeping for longer periods of time!
Or maybe...I just want too much!
So Landry is 34 days old. Things are going well. She just started sleeping in the co-sleeper 4 nights ago and is doing fine. No big issues really. Logan has slept in his own bed the lst 2 nights...great stuff!
Most of you know that I am nursing Landry. Everything is going well and has been, I truly love the bonding that I get from it and I love knowing that she is getting the very best. There are some definate down sides too, but I have decided that the good outweighs the bad and I am going to do it for as long as possible...or for as long as I can stay sane. After 33 nights of feeding her, I have started to get a little run down. To make things worse I started getting a sore throat, headache, and my ear has been bothering me. Clearly I need some extra rest.
Enter Complaining---
Last night, I fed the baby, then went to pump, then went to sleep...I put some fresh breastmilk in a bottle in the fridge, so whe she woke up for her first feeding I asked JR to go get the bottle...he did...with no complaints...BUT when he got to the room and tried to hand me the bottle, I explained that HE would be feeding her so that I could get some sleep. He went ballistic. He was yelling about it not being fair and now he wasn't getting to sleep....I was shocked and hurt that he could be so selfish. I understand he has to get up early to go to work...and I probably should have just stuck it out until the weekend...but I am going out of town this weekend and he isn't coming with me...which means I still wont have any help. I mean really??? 1 night out of 33, am I really asking for too much? Plus, its not as if I was asking him to take her the whole night...just one dang feeding so that I could sleep for 4 hours straight. I dont know...more than anything I am hurt by this. I was angry at first but, I am just so upset. I feel like I dont matter to him. The last two days I have done so much, from making breakfast (blueberry muffins and apricot scones - from scratch) to making dinner, doing dishes, laundry, taking out trash, cleaning the living room every night....I just thought I might deserve a little break. I guess not. I understand that a mother's job is never done...I get it really I do, and I shouldn't be complaining because maybe JR has had some really hard days at work and he is overly tired too. I dont know...maybe I am the selfish one for being upset! Who knows, all I know is, whether its right or wrong, my feelings are hurt.
Now...Part of the reason I am so tired. - Landry is really good...SERIOUSLY. She sleeps a lot, which is very helpful, but at night...she sleeps for about 3 hours and then wakes up to feed...but starting at about 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning she starts waking up every 45 minutes....This is very hard on me. Again...I shouldn't complain, most people get up before 6 every morning and go to work. So really I should just be happy that I get to sleep until 8:30 every morning, even if I do get woken up constantly...and again...this really hasn't bothered me until now and I am sure that the only reason it is bothering me is because I am so tired. I just feel like, if I could just get some good quality sleep...maybe a good 4 or 5 hour stretch, I would be rejuvenated enough to go another 33 days....and maybe by then she will be sleeping for longer periods of time!
Or maybe...I just want too much!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
been a while
So its been a few days since I have posted a blog. So in order to catch you up...
Friday - I went to my Dad's football game with Dana last Friday. I took the kids..I had hoped it wouldn't be too bad. Logan was such a pill! But in his defense, he was on the road for over 8 hours. He sat behind me and cried for forever...it was so sad. He finally fell asleep only to wake up calling Mama, Mama, Mama...I had to reach behind and hold his hand until he fell back asleep! The football game was amazing, we played Glen Rose (which is where I graduated from). We won in the last 16 seconds of the game!
We play Iowa Park this weekend (which is where I grew up...6th grade - junior year, and my older sister graduated from). I am going to take the kids to my parents on Thursday and we will stay the weekend.
On Saturday, we did a whole lot of nothing...we didn't get home until after 4 a.m. so we spent the majority of the day sleeping. We did take a trip to target and do a few other things.
Sunday, I did grocery shopping and seemed like I was busy all day long!!!
that evening we went to eat at Steel City Pizza. We met up with Jason, Lisa, and Davin and as we were leaving Davin said he wanted to go with Uncle JR....so he came home with us and stayed the night! It was Logan's first slumber party! It went really well!
Yesterday, we had lots of fun...I made blueberry muffins from scratch, we all went outside in the COLD weather to play football...well except Landry...I left the door open and she staying in the living room!
I have so many errands to run...and I was all about getting them done yesterday, but got too busy, and today I am just too lazy! LOL
Anyway, thats about it!
Landry is letting me know she is hungry...OH yeah, she is sleeping in her bassinet now...more on that later, I gotta go!
Friday - I went to my Dad's football game with Dana last Friday. I took the kids..I had hoped it wouldn't be too bad. Logan was such a pill! But in his defense, he was on the road for over 8 hours. He sat behind me and cried for forever...it was so sad. He finally fell asleep only to wake up calling Mama, Mama, Mama...I had to reach behind and hold his hand until he fell back asleep! The football game was amazing, we played Glen Rose (which is where I graduated from). We won in the last 16 seconds of the game!
We play Iowa Park this weekend (which is where I grew up...6th grade - junior year, and my older sister graduated from). I am going to take the kids to my parents on Thursday and we will stay the weekend.
On Saturday, we did a whole lot of nothing...we didn't get home until after 4 a.m. so we spent the majority of the day sleeping. We did take a trip to target and do a few other things.
Sunday, I did grocery shopping and seemed like I was busy all day long!!!
that evening we went to eat at Steel City Pizza. We met up with Jason, Lisa, and Davin and as we were leaving Davin said he wanted to go with Uncle JR....so he came home with us and stayed the night! It was Logan's first slumber party! It went really well!
Yesterday, we had lots of fun...I made blueberry muffins from scratch, we all went outside in the COLD weather to play football...well except Landry...I left the door open and she staying in the living room!
I have so many errands to run...and I was all about getting them done yesterday, but got too busy, and today I am just too lazy! LOL
Anyway, thats about it!
Landry is letting me know she is hungry...OH yeah, she is sleeping in her bassinet now...more on that later, I gotta go!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Weekend plans
I am getting ready for yet another football game!!! Woohoo...Dana is on her way to the house and we are going to be brave and take the kids to our Dad's football game! JR is going to go have a boys night with some friends...and if all goes well, I am determined to have a Margarita!!! mmmmm!
Tomorrow we are going to The childrens festival, I hope that it is fun for Logan...we will see. I am having a "mother/son" day with Logan on Sunday and we are going to watch Disney on Ice. So exciting!
Then on Thursday we are going to meet JR at the Children's museum. We have never been so I am excited to go. I got a really cool magazine at the doctor's office...It's called Houston Family Magazine, and they put all these different things that are going around Houston. So If you are interested you can look it up and request a free copy. Anyway, there are a bunch of things that seem like fun that are free to do...Such as, Every Thursday night is Family Night at the Health Museum and at the Children's Museum...It goes from 5-8...who knew!?!
Also on this Sunday is Free admission at Fall Festival...There is all types of events, from Pioneer Day to different places that hold story times...It really is cool, and I look forward to taking full advantage of it!
Its gonna be a busy weekend...hope you all have a good one!!
Tomorrow we are going to The childrens festival, I hope that it is fun for Logan...we will see. I am having a "mother/son" day with Logan on Sunday and we are going to watch Disney on Ice. So exciting!
Then on Thursday we are going to meet JR at the Children's museum. We have never been so I am excited to go. I got a really cool magazine at the doctor's office...It's called Houston Family Magazine, and they put all these different things that are going around Houston. So If you are interested you can look it up and request a free copy. Anyway, there are a bunch of things that seem like fun that are free to do...Such as, Every Thursday night is Family Night at the Health Museum and at the Children's Museum...It goes from 5-8...who knew!?!
Also on this Sunday is Free admission at Fall Festival...There is all types of events, from Pioneer Day to different places that hold story times...It really is cool, and I look forward to taking full advantage of it!
Its gonna be a busy weekend...hope you all have a good one!!
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