Posted Thursday, November 05, 2009 3:20 PM
First off, I am sorry if there are any typos, I am typing on my brother's desktop and I am having a heck of a time with these keys. Here is what I did today:
And boy did it feel great! Duke was ready to go the entire time, but I had so much fun. We went for a long walk out around the sod farm/bean field behind my parents' place and even posted to his wonderful extended trot for about a mile, so I got my workout in. :D I loped for a while, but not for long because he hasn't been ridden since the last time I was here the end of September, and then it was summer before that time. I can't wait to get him full time and get out to ride.
He is going to be such an awesome horse for Lily! He is so calm and easy going, but he is no dead-head. He will definitely need some tuning up, but you won't have wist my arm to get me to do that. Gosh, I love that horse. He has spoiled me so much, I compare any horse I get on to him and they all come up short. :D
Lily had a rather cranky morning, but she went down for a nap just fine. I am all covered in horse hair and dirt, but Mom and I are going to the quilt shop here in town when she gets done with work in about a half hour. I am finishing up my blue play mat and Mom wants me to whip out a fall table runner for her. Any excuse to sew is a good one! She just got her new sewing machine a couple days ago, so I will be the first to test it out. Soo excited.
I guess I should have explained that I came to my parents' a day early after Josh's encouraging. I have been horse-sick (kind of like home sick, but I miss my ponies lol) and I knew I wouldn't be able to ride if I came up today, like I was going to. I am making supper tonight and will spoil my poor dad, who is getting over pneumonia.
Tomorrow Mom has to work till 10, and I will sew her table runner then. Then we are heading to the crafts fair and shopping the rest of the day. Hopefully Lily cooperates, but who knows lately, the way she's been acting. Then Saturday we will hang around here until I leave Lily with my parents so I can go to the Husker game with Josh, J2, and S. I'm so excited to go out to eat without her, so I can actually eat and converse with everyone else. lol!
Have a wonderful weekend, I doubt I'll be on again.
Posted Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:25 AM
First of all, I got up at 6 am to pump. #1, I hate mornings. #2, I hate pumping. So I sat here and drank my bottle of water and coffee while Josh finished getting ready. Mornings suck. lol
I am taking supper to a friend that just had a baby last Monday (she lives 20 minutes away), and I need to go to Walmart to get tomatoes to make the supper. I told her I would be there to drop it off at 2 pm (everything but the baking done so that they can eat when they normally do, rather than making them wait until we show up). So I have to shower and get going pretty soon after I go get Lily so I can get to Walmart. Ok, so it doesn't sound that crazy, but it is lots crazier than normal. lol
Yesterday I wore the jeans I was so excited about wearing a couple weeks ago. They were kind of snug then, but fit pretty well yesterday with no Spanx. I was disappointed, because I feel like they should have been a little loose, but I am pretty happy with it.
I never did get my period last week, so what I thought was my first postpartum period at the end of September must not have really been a real period. Josh kept joking that it's because I'm pregnant, but I just can't be, there's no way. I am thinking about going to the midwives in Lincoln for kind of a check up just to make sure everything is still going alright. My uterus still hurts a little when I walk a really long time (an hour or so), but I don't know if that's normal or not.
Anyway. I hear Lily "talking" and moving around upstairs (she usually hangs out awake by herself for a while before really wanting me to come get her), so I'm going to go get a few things done before I go get her.
Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:24 PM
ha! Josh asked me this last night when he gave her a bath. I was like, are you joking? I went over to look and did see that she looks skinnier. She is, however, much longer. We haven't weighed or measured her, but she just grew too long for all of her 3 month onesies all of a sudden.
Hello, long, skinny baby! lol
Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:26 AM
Ok, so Lily is back to normal. She pooped twice yesterday, so I think that was it. She didn't poop Sunday at all. I know breastfed babies sometimes won't poop every day, but I don't know. I just know she's back to my happy girl. Whew. I wouldn't be able to handle a constantly colicky baby! :D
Speaking of pooping, last night was an even night, so it was my turn to read the devotion and pray. So I prayed "Thank you for Lily's good poop today, it really took a load off Josh and me." haaaaa! For one thing, you know you're a parent when you pray about poop! Second, I totally didn't mean for it to come out like that. Josh and I laughed for, like, ten minutes.
So now she has decided she does not want her pacifier, she prefers her hand. And so Josh and I have been trying to take her hand out of her mouth and put the pacifier in, but she just gets ticked and won't take the pacifier. lol! Jeez, child!
Mom and my brother are in town looking at the college here today, so we are going to eat supper with them. Then tomorrow I am taking a meal over to a girl who just had a baby, and then Thursday I'm heading home.
I may get to go to the Nebraska/Oklahoma game Saturday, but I think I am ticking everyone off in the process of finding a babysitter. S is irritated because I have changed my mind twice and the men are insisting on being the ones to plan all of this and they are not doing a very good job, and MIL is about to be irritated when she finds out I asked my mom to babysit this time. Sorry, I think it's ridiculous for you to drive 7 hours total just to watch Lily for 3 hours, then drive home because you refuse to stay with us. Ugh!
Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 9:31 AM
I'm fried. I don't know where my content, happy baby went, but I want her back. FIL said babies can go through colicky periods and come out of it just fine, and I am just praying for that day.
She just cried and cried for what seemed like no reason. She wouldn't take the pacifier but I couldn't keep her hands out of her mouth. They do go through a growth spurt around 12 weeks, but I have no idea. She still slept fine at night, but I couldn't get her to nap during the day, so that didn't help anything. Hopefully it's just a phase. :D
It was harder simply because Josh worked the weekend (again), so I didn't get a break. He has worked all but three weekends since he started on September 21st, and it is really getting old. I am used to my husband working over 40 hours per week and have no problem with it normally, but before it has always been 10+ hours per day, not just 8 every single day of the week. It sucks! I am so ready for him to move on, but I am trying to be patient.
Speaking of which, that job at NPPD closes today. Josh is going to call the HR lady that he worked with when he got his internship to make sure they got his resume and everything. Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully...
Lily does seem to be doing better today. Normally, she is just all smiles, all the time. She is always trying to get my attention by smiling and squealing, and the last few days she hasn't been doing that. Today she is hanging out next to me on the couch (she is in her Boppy) and just kicking away, and I am actually able to write a blog post. We shall see.
I did get another play mat top done this weekend during Lily's very short naps. It is just simple, 16 strips of blue fabric, but it looks cool and my plan for quilting it will be really neat. I have to run down to the sewing store here in town tonight to pick up a batting and brouse, since I haven't been there before. My mom is trying to convince me to sell play mats, baby quilts, and such on Etsy. lol Yes, I love it and I can whip out a play mat in no time, but I don't know if it's worth it. It could be a good distraction and something for me, but I just don't know.
I am so excited about the crafts fair this weekend. I am going to my parents' with Lily Thursday night and on Friday Mom and I are going to the crafts fair. I am planning on getting some Christmas shopping done and just spending some quality time with my mom. She just got a new sewing machine, so we are going to quilt the rest of the weekend. :D
Alright. Sorry for the super long post. Just needed to vent and veg for a little while. Love you girls!!
Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 10:26 AM
Sorry for the kind of random post, but we are all just so excited about this! My sister plays college soccer and yesterday was their last game. They played a team about an hour away from where we used to live, so I totally would have gone had we stayed in Stanton.
Anyway, she scored a freaking goal. Get this...she plays DEFENSE! lol! Boo has never really played offense in her 15 years of playing soccer because she is just tough and not afraid to approach people, and she's not the fastest girl out there, so she hasn't scored much, obviously. So it was a totally lucky shot, but it was just awesome. I am hoping someone has video of it!
Posted Friday, October 30, 2009 8:56 AM
Last night when Josh got home, we sat on our bed while I fed Lily, and then he took the girl and I left! I had a couple things to get at Walmart (hand sanitizer, toilet bowl cleaner, and paper plates for the friend I am taking supper to next week), then hit the library (to look for a book without hauling a carseat around and keeping a pacifier in Lily's mouth), and then to get my eyebrows waxed. It was fantastic!
Josh and I have a rule where we don't turn the TV on until after supper, and that helps us keep connected so much better! If it was up to Josh, he would be sitting in front of the TV as soon as he got home, but this way we can talk while I'm making supper. We had smothered steak, a recipe from *GASP* his mother. (She is the queen of cooking out of a box, something my family does very, very rarely) This is one of her few "from scratch" meals, and it's always been a favorite of mine. Seasoned and floured cubed steak browned in a cast iron skillet, then put in a baking dish. Made a gravy out of the bits from the bottom of the pan and poured it over the steak. Sauteed some onion slices and put on top of that and baked in the oven for about 25 minutes. Mashed potatoes and a salad completed it. I will tell you, though, that mine was better. :D Real mashed potatoes (skin on) is better than boxed mashed potatoes any day.
We then watched Survivor and Grey's Anatomy and went to bed early, had a little lovin', and zonked out! Lily went right to sleep at around 9:30, even, so there was no fighting with her. :D
Well, Lily Girl just announced that she is finished with tummy time, I'm outta here! Happy Friday!!
Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:43 PM
I suppose I should clarify about BFing at the restaurant. I was crabby and on the verge of snapping at Josh (he just got to talking and kind of forgot about Lily and me) and I really just needed the minute away. I have BFed in front of them before, and it made them uncomfortable (which I have no idea why, MIL BF'ed all of her boys for over a year), but I didn't care. I would rather stay in the conversation and nurse in front of them than go to the other room.
Anyway, I needed the minute by myself and took her to the pickup to cool myself off a little. Also, MIL and FIL let them sit us at a table right by the kitchen, and I got there last so I sat with my back to the path where the servers were going to the rest of the restaurant, so I was constantly leaning forward to keep them from hitting me/my chair with trays and such. I couldn't even scoot my chair back to get enough room to feed her anyway. If we had gotten there first, I would have made them take me to a table further back, but they are the type to just kind of deal with what they are given.
But back to BFing in public. Why does it freak people out so much? Especially a family that is so pro-breastfeeding? My family could care less as long as I am covered. And Josh is so supportive and doesn't care where I feed her, he gets a kick out of the looks I get. lol