Misc happenings in our house

Well I have been back to work for about 2 1/2 weeks now and it is going much smoother. The first week was rough but now I seem to be getting the hang of it. It also really helps that Dan's folks watch Sam 2 days a week. Those are my days that I get so much done at work and after work as I get to run a few errands, work out etc...Really not sure what we would do without there amazing help and support as well as my folks support who have dropped everything and helped us out in a pinch which is amazing. We feel very lucky to have both sets of folks so close.

Also we have had a few funny moments with Sam. One night I was getting Sam ready for bed and I handed her off to Dan for her last bottle of the night and he was like did you notice anything funny? I said no....Why what is wrong? he was like she can't even bend her legs these pajamas are entirely too tight...I am not sure why I didn't notice so back to her room we all went and the next pair we got on her had a funny collar on it but it really seemed to bother us from a safety perspetive so we got those off of her and put on her third pair of the night and finally were satisifed with how they fit. The reason this is so funny and frustrating at the same time is in case you don't know babies don't stay still and there arelike 20 buttons on each pair so it is always such a accomplishment when you do finally get them dressed and to have to do it 3 times in a row is a tad of a whip...

Also Sam has started laughing. she only does it at A) me when I make really funny faces or dance for her B) her daddy when he acts like a complete goofball and c) when Chewy falls off the couch...That one really got her... She is very picky about who she laughs for but i am sure she will do it more often soon enough.

Sam rolled over last week 3 times in one day for grandma and grandpa and hasn't done it since..We have tried to help her and show her how to do it with Dan and I laying on the floor and rolling over repeatedly but to no avail. I am sure she will do it again when she is good and ready.

She got her first cold over the holiday weekend but still was pretty happy baby. I was very proud of myself that i didn't call the doctor several times but really she never had a fever and seemed still pretty happy with snot runnign down her face...I know nice visual...

However she has had a rash on the side of her face for a week or so now so I am taking her to see our favorite pediatrician this afternoon to see about that. I am pretty sure it will be nothing but again better to be safe then sorry.

I just realized I have been a total slacker with pictures and only had 2 new ones...Here they are these are from lunch over the weekend at Chipotle..She was such a trooper but she did not want to burp.

BAck to work..... and a few meltdowns...

So this past week I went back to work...bo hoooooo

I did however get my part time job (8-2) everyday which helps a lot but I also now sit in a cube.. So I guess there are trade offs but I love being able to leave every day at 2 to pick up Sam.

So Sunday night I had complete meltdown mode with something was wrong with Sam's head (no not really I was just thinking there was)so I kept her up too late, to what am I going to wear to work, what time do I get up, etc etc etc...I just literally had a freak out and to top it off I sleep walk (if you didn't know that trust me I have some hilarious stories) so I woke up pulling all the covers off Dan yelling where is the baby... Not sure why I thought she was under the covers but my sweet dear hubby very calmly tells me she is in her crib in her room where she sleeps every night.... So after I got that through my head I crawled back to bed....

I dropped her off at daycare at 7am Monday morning..I was in and out pretty fast as I knew if I stayed too long I would completely meltdown again. Well the drop off was the easy part. I proceeded to drive to work with blaring music singing and dancing (as I never get to blast the radio with Sam in the car)....I got to work and logged in to the web cam to keep an eye on her...Surprisingly I was not on it all morning I peeked a few times. I only worked half a day so I went running home to pick her up before noon and she was passed out in a swing. WE have a swing at home but we rarely use it and put it on the barely swinging mode. This was a huge swing going full blast..It kinda freaked me out but she was passed out in the chair and had been for 3 hours... My daughter never sleeps that long. So I panicked again and couldn't wake her up at first because she was in such a deep sleep and the darn swing wouldn't stop...I am sure at this point with me trying to get her out of the swing while it was going and frantically doing it the ladies at the daycare thought I was a nutcase.... Everything was fine but she was freezing.... I guess I didn't think to dress her warm since we keep our house relatively warm (lesson learned). Needless to say I stayed and fed her and got to know the women that would be taking care of her and felt much better after I left. Needless to say Tuesday was a much easier day (and I dressed her in pants and socks to keep her warm. I didn't notice until I got to daycare that the pants looked like leggings...they were a tad too tight oh well they kept her warm that day).... And Sam stayed awake a little more at daycare... The school was closed Thursday and Friday so my mom watcher her Thursday and Dan's folks watched her Friday..... So that made the end of the week a lot easier..

Here are a few other pics we have taken over the past few weeks of the little one...

Sam gearing up for the football season....Doesn't she look cute??? Red is definitely her color!! Now I wonder which school logo she will be wearing for the big OU/TCU game?????hmmmm

Chewy giving Sam kisses.....

Sam can keep her head up now so I started putting her in this Bumbo (is that these are called) chair... She still slouches to one side but I am sure she will improve with some practice.

Well the next week will be a busy one with being back at work for the full week then the holiday weekend....I can not wait for the 3 day weekend.....

Sam in a bikini!!!!!!!!!!

Well we attended our first pool party a few weeks ago with Sam and I had to share a few pics. First let me tell you how excited I was to finally be able to put her bathing suit on her (even though our pediatrician asked us not to take her swimming I still had to put the suit on her) so I went to download a bunch of pictures off our camera as it was getting super full and I somehow never put the camera back in my bag. So thank goodness for Jenny M who takes fabulous pictures (she did Sam's newborns) was there with her camera and she caught a few classics for us.

Thanks again to Kristin for hosting everyone...We had a blast and Sam loved every second!!!

Also on the weight front I am down to 12 pounds left. These last 15 have been tough...I am running a lot and literally eating as healthy and lightly as possible... Not sure how much longer it will take but my patience is running a little thin (or as Dan says I have no patience)..... I was being too cheap to buy new pants for going back to work so I am wearing my first round of maternity pants.... Oh well no one but me can tell the difference....

I can't believe my maternity leave (12 weeks) is already over....

First overnight stay....

Well Samantha had her first overnight stay with Grandma and Grandpa (Dan's parents) last night and she did great...She got up once at 3:30 for some food but other then that smooth sailing...

Dan and I had all these great plans of things we would like to do and we just ended up going to dinner then home to relax and probably fell asleep by9:30...We are so lame but trust me the sleep was super nice...Then we picked her up around noon....It was a nice first night away...No panic attacks (from me) or anything..I did call around 9 when she goes to bed and then again as soon as we woke up in the morning....Again not too bad...

I think we will be doing that again real soon.....

It would have been perfect had our other little one (our dog Chewy) didn't get up twice in the middle of the night....ughhhh oh well.... She did love being the only child at home for the night as she got all the attention....

Well that is it for now but more to come.... as both sets of grandparents are out of town next week so what am I going to do....help!!!!! hahahah I am sure I will be fine.....

Back to work in 2 weeks.....

Here is a picture of her yesterday....Again she is so trendy in a little outfit that my dear friend and sorority sister April Jackson gave her.....So cute......

2 Month Check up

So today we had Samanthas 2 month check up (even though her real 2 month birthday isn't until tomorrow)...

She is 12.2 pounds which is 90th percentile in weight
She is 23.3 inches long which is 90th percentile in height
Her head is in the 75th percentile.

So overall she is a tall healthy little girl. Who woulda thunk the tall part????

She received 4 shots in the legs today.....Her little face scrunched up and turned bright pink but only for a few seconds and then she fell asleep and she has taken some nice long naps today....Gosh all that fussing and getting shots really wore her out...

Then we spent the rest of the day with GG and Papa John (aka my parents).... I helped my mom with her name GG and my dad well he named himself...he really wanted to be the grand poba but apparently that means you are the king or something so we had to nix that one and he settled for Papa John.... So funny how much work they put into these names before our adorable little niece Alyson was born and really Alyson may start calling them something totally different....Only time will tell...

I am on the official countdown back to work in 3 weeks.... I am cherishing every minute....Well and looking forward to only being on night duty every other night (hehehe Dan and I will be switching off nights when I go back to work)....

Also our pediatrician Dr G has asked us to get Samantha on some sort of a schedule.... So that is our next project. She is on a great schedule in the evenings and night but really no schedule during the day.... So we will see what works.... I have heard this is really hard....

Also one more big newsworthy event Samantha will be having her first overnight stay with her grandma and grandpa (that is Dan's parents) this week. I am really looking forward to it...I honestly have no idea what I will do with myself....hmmmmm maybe take a bubble bath and read a book perhaps and go running...I don't know the ideas are endless...In reality I bet Dan and I sleep.....heheheh

That is all for now....

Sam is 8 weeks....

Sam was 8 weeks on TUesday...I personally can not believe it...Also my own random question is when do I stop talking in weeks????...The whole pregnancy was in weeks and now her age has been in weeks but I think I will cease talking in weeks because quite honestly it is sometimes very confusing....So as of this coming Tuesday Sam will be 2 months...yeah!!!

She smiles a lot....That has become my new obsession trying to catch pictures of her smiling....And let me tell you it is hard because the minute she sees the camera she turns those smiles off immediately...I had gotten a few so here you go....

Isn't she cute??????

Also we have been trying to train Chewy to stay off the chair in Sams room when we are in it...

Look how well that is going.........

I just took this picture of Sam a few moments ago...Look how big she is.....She looks like a real person.... Gosh where does the time go... Don't worry she is not sitting up on her own I have her propped up with pillows...

I am home for 3 more weeks and then back to work.

I am within 15 pounds of getting back to my pre-pregnancy weight....

It is really hard work but I can't wait to get there..

Hope all is well with everyone and I will update again with new pictures as often as I can..

I know I know....

Well we have been a tad busy getting the hang of this whole parenting thing and recovering from the c-section.... But I think we are getting back into the swing of things.

So here is our past few weeks in pictures...

This is our first family picture on Fathers Day.

Sam getting her first "real" bath once her umbilical cord stub fell off... It took forever but it finally came off, yes I admit I played with it a lot I mean it had been 4 weeks. Sam really enjoys bath time. She seems to just relax and enjoy the warm water and she makes lots of funny faces at us.

Sam enjoying some tummy time. She likes tummy time so much she usually falls asleep...Oh well we still continue to try it every day.

Dan caught Sam and I snoozing when he got home from work one day. We had had a very busy day of mall walking, running errands, etc. Yes I have become one of those darn mall walkers but it is really hot outside (it is June in Texas) so we have to do some exercise and mall walking is the easiest....

Sam in her very trendy clam digger shorts...Yes my daughter is more trendy then me at the moment. How cute is that.

Well a quick update on me I have lost 28 of the 45 pounds I gained. I have been cleared to start working out again last week and I hit it hard. I started running immediately and have run 1 hour every day for the past week. I have to go back to work in 5 weeks and I refuse to buy a new wardrobe so my butt will be back into pretty close to pre-pregnancy size when I return to work. I am only allowed to weigh myself once a week on Saturday.

We also had Dan's sister "Aunt Amy" in town for a week and Sam loved getting to know her Aunt. Sam has now met all her immediate family and loving spending as much time as she can with everyone.

I also had my first bad mom moment. I was cutting Sam's nails last week and I nipped one of her fingers...Of course I was devastated and cried my eyes out. She was sound asleep when it happened and her face all crunched up and her mouth was wide open with no sound coming out for 10 seconds then she wailed for about 30 seconds and fell back to sleep pretty quickly. Of course that is the day I went in for my 6 week check up so I had put a band aid on her finger and everyone asked what happened. Everyone assured me that is very normal I just felt horrible about it.

So that is about it for us I will try and update on a more regular basis now that I am getting into some sort of routine.