As the mother of a newborn, I am sure that I don't really have to expand further than just saying that sleep is one of my favorite things. Bug has been a good sleeper since day one. But she came out almost nine pounds and sucked down two full ounces of formula {{she was too hungry to latch at birth}} for her first meal. As long as she was full, she slept well. Nursing a newborn has been different. The first few days she cluster fed. One night, she nursed for five hours straight {{Ouch}}. Another night I was up with her 7 times. As one of those people who doesn;t do well without 8 hours of sleep, all I wanted to do was cry. Thankfully, It has gotten better over the last week and last night we got almost a full five hour stretch of sleep. Thank you, God, for sleep.
2.) Family
Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite times of the year. I love everything about the season and love it even more when we can spend it with family. This year for Thanksgiving, not only do we have a gorgeous new baby to share it with, we also get to share our meal/week with my mom and J's dad. I'm so excited to have them here and for them to get to spend some time with us {{though I have a sneaking suspicion they are only it for a visit with their grandchildren}}.
3.) Olympic Premium Paint & Oil Based Primer
Since moving in, our two year old has become an artist. She LOVES to color. She has used her new artistic skills on almost every wall she can reach in her bedroom and even gave us the pleasure of coloring pictures on three of the four walls in our stairwell. {{All the crayons in the house have since "disappeared"}} Usually a Magic Eraser and some elbow grease will remove crayola from anything; however, the builder used flat paint through out these homes and flat paint is not washable. Between the crayon and the move-in marks & scuffs. Our stairwell looked AWFUL. This week I did some artistic work of my own with some Kilz & Olympic Premium Paint and now our AWFUL stairwell is pretty again {{with paint that I can wash}}.
4.) Meal Planning
Saves you money at the grocery store & allows you to plan ahead for guests. Need I say more?
5.) Creative Neighbors
This week I bought a custom Moby wrap from my neighbor, who is the owner of Divastitch12. It's gorgeous and has a creme colored base with a pretty teal & gold patterned fabric on the front ((see pic)). The perfect cozy place for my new little bundle to cuddle while I'm out and about or just cleaning & messing around the house.
Also, at the beginning of this week my other neighbor, the owner of Alayna's Creations used 2.0 for a model for some of her bows & knit caps. You can see a preview of one of the pictures by clicking her link and checking out the adorable baby in the striped, brown, pink, red & white elf cap. I'll be posting a blog of her pics after she has finished editing them. Here is the teaser she sent me - I'm absolutely in LOVE with this picture!
6.) Getting back to normal
J went back to work today. As overwhelmed as it made me to be the only one in the house to fullfil the wants & needs of a toddler and a newborn, it is nice to get back to our normal schedule {{well as normal of a schedule as you can get with family coming}}. Sometimes its easy to feel stretched thin by the ridiculous need to Wonder Woman {{It's an illness and I own it}}. You know, the feeling like you should be able to juggle two babies, a house full of chores & cooking, a husband and... what was that last one? Oh yea, healing from a delivery. With J back at work it feels like I have one less person to please. While he's at work, anyway. Geting back to normal is nice...
7.) "I love you too, Mommy"
Bug has been saying, "I love you" for awhile but she's never really repsonded to an "I love you" unless she felt like it. This past week she has started saying it on her own or in response to our "I love you's" and its GREAT :)
8.) My Crockpot
I always say the best baby shower gift I ever got was my crockpot. My mom bought it for us when I was pregnant with Bug and since then we have used it more times than I can count. Now that 2.0 has arrived, I can safely say that a crockpot is the most practical awesome gift you could give a new mom.
9.) Elastic Waisted Pants
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10.) The End to the Sleepy Newborn {{I'm sure I'll regret this one in a week}}
2.0 is starting to be awake and alert for longer than the ten minutes it takes to change her & nurse her. {{During the day}} It's so nice to see her pretty eyes and all of her funny newborn expressions. I can't wait to start seeing her personality and who this little girl will turn into <3
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