We survived!

We survived Thanksgiving! Sweet Pea did well with the traveling. Sleeping in a foreign place is another story...but we survived. I think we saw everyone in our immediate families and they thought that Sweet Pea was just cute as a bug. (which she totally is)

Honey Bun shaved his mustache and Sweet Pea seems to still recognize him--I was worried.

Back to the sleeping problem, we are always going back to the sleeping problem, This child has always had sleeping problems, or is it her mother that creates sleeping problems?
I think I have created a monster child. She won't sleep by herself. It is cold and her room is colder than the rest of the house, so I started bringing her to my bed when she woke up to eat in the middle of the night...that started getting earlier and earlier and over the holidays instead of fighting her, I just slept with her. And now that we are home again she wants to sleep with mom. Honey Bun is not happy with that arrangement, but I am not ready for the crying--and it IS cold. So right now, mom wins...if having baby in the bed is really winning. We go to the doctor on Friday, and I will ask her what she recommends.

Won't she grow up fast enough anyway? And right now she is very snuggly.

free weekend???

We finally have a free weekend. Thanksgiving is going to hit next week and all the Christmas stuff will follow. Yuck! I think I will enjoy watching Sweet Pea and how she will marvel at the lights of Christmas. And this might be the last time I have a Christmas tree that looks like mine. I am the type to have a thin, sparsely decorated twig of a tree...and Sweet Pea is going to demand more tree and more stuff. Kids are like that.

But can you consider it a free weekend if the dirty laundry is piled so high that it will take the whole day to tackle it?

Thanksgiving proves to be busy with trips to MO and KC. But both grandmas have to see the little Sweet Pea. I have finally bought her some warmer clothes, so bring on the December weather.

Christmas shopping is not done yet, but I still have 5 weeks to go, right?

sick mommy

And now I am sick. YUCK! I had almost decided it was allergies, the weed pollen is very high in this part of the state, and the snot is running freely and continues to run even today. Yesterday was horrible and I look like Bozo the Clown with my red nose. I would stay home sick, but I don't have any sick time built up (I had to use it all in order to have paid maternity leave) and I hate to miss work to be sick. If I am taking time off work, I want it to be for something fun.

sick baby

We have a sick baby at our house. Just a cold. But it is her first cold. And I am not handling it very well. She is all snotty and we are sucking it out with the big green bulb thingy and all that snot is just gross, and we are real sorry that she doesn't like it...but we gotta do it. Let's hope this doesn't last long and we all get some sleep tonight.

Another day...

Happy Birthday Sister! AND Sweet Pea is 2 months old.

I have to miss my lunch date with daughter dear to attend meetings today and tomorrow. I fear it will be a long day. And when I pick her up she will either be sleepy or fussy, so I won't have any fun time with her. This morning she slept in with Daddy and I had to wake her up and take her to the sitters. I think it should be an acceptable excuse to miss work, when your daughter is being snuggly. The world would be a better place if it was!

back on the job

I am back at work this week. Which means I have time to add to my blog. I am still trying to get the hang of this blogging thing and also adding photos has eluded me. I suppose because I am on my work computer and I have the photos on my home computer.

Sweet Pea is at the sitter this week and they are loving her. She is so smiley when I drop her off in the morning and then when I pick her up there is just a little bit of smileyness left in her, until she turns into that fussy baby we both know and love. I have been able to feed her lunch this week, but am worried when I have to start traveling and lunch for her will be a bottle and my lunch hour will be filled with the sound of the breast pump.

I finally ordered my stroller. I know the child is only 2 mo old, but I want a jog stroller to take her to the softball games and on long walks around the neighborhood. This is the stroller I wanted, I love the chocolate and pink color. And this is the stroller I bought*. Just could not justify the cost right now and Honey Bun implied that if I was going to spend that much on a jog stroller...I should start jogging. So I spent the rest of the wedding gift cards on my stroller. It is being delivered this week. Watch out world, Sweet Pea and her mommy will be strolling around.
*If I don't like it, I am still reserving the option to return it and get the fancy one!

Hurray for me--I put two links in this posting. Are you on pins and needles to see what I will figure out next?

Fussy baby

Sweet Pea is becoming a fussy baby. Right around dinner time she begins to tune up and she screams most of the night. I suppose it is my just desserts, as I was a fussy baby for my mother. I expect these things are genetic or my mother cursed me to the same fate. Either or both of these theories could be true.