First Family Dinner Out

Classy as shit - PANCHEROS for our first family dinner. EYE ROLL. The salad was bangin though.

Meeting her new BFFS!

Obligatory Fall photos

I threw my kid in the leaves.

First Night Out as PARENTS

We had our first night out - to a dear friends wedding and left the munchkin home. I spent the night replying to people " no I'm not having a nervous breakdown, she's in good hands." Do moms really have heart attacks on their first night out? I did check in two times but I allowed myself to enjoy the evening. She was fine at home and had no idea I was even gone.

Pics from Marble Rye Photography

My dear friend Melissa came over with her camera and shot some of these awesome pics!

Week 2 = Lots of FIRSTS!

Week two was jam packed with lots of firsts for us. First bath, first bottle, first bassinet night! It's been pretty good (fingers crossed) - and the baby has been sleeping in three hour stretches (even throughout the night). Dad has gotten the hang of the diaper change and even mastered the bottle! She is taking one a day for now, we're getting her used to the idea. Her first bath was adorable. Our friends sent over this flower pad that props into the sink and you stick her right in. She looked scared out of her mind, but she was a trooper. I'm a super clean person and it really bothers me that I can't bathe her everyday. Mostly because her spit up smells like roasted turkey. No, really...it does. Like, I eat a mostly vegetarian diet (couldn't during pregnancy, but I'm on my way BACK) - and the only real thing I allow myself to eat is store baked turkey from Shoprite. Does that digest and go into my breast milk and make my kid smell like Thanksgiving? Or does breast milk in general just smell like a gobbler? Weird. She gained a pound last week. Girl loves to eat. And poop. And snuggle. So it's all worth it. She's a trooper in the car, letting me run a million errands without making a peep. We got her social security card and birth certificate this week - she's officially in the system as a real live human! You go girl! Looking forward to seeing how week three ends up...

#OPERATION MILF

20 lbs down, 15 to go. Let's do this!

Updated Nursery!

EAT, POOP, LOVE

What did YOU do today? This is what we did. WET DIAPER 2:55-3:10 L 3:10-3:25 R 5:10-5:25 L 5:25-5:35 R DIRTY DIAPER 8:30-8:50 R 8:50-9:00 L DIRTY DIAPER WET DIAPER 10:45 3 mins DIRTY DIAPER 1:45-2:00 R 2:00-2:20 L 2:20-2:30 R 2:40-2:45 R WET DIAPER 3:50 - 4:15 L 4:15-4:30 R WET DIAPER 8:45-9:10 R 9:10-9:30 L 10:05 -10:15R 10:30-10:42L 2:00-2:20 R

WE ARE FAMILY!!!!

Our beautiful baby girl graced us with her presence at 11:53a on November 1st, 2013. After 13 hours of labor, I needed a C Section and five days later we are home. We went from a couple to a family in a blink of an eye. Crazy! Although I was less than prepared for a C section, I will say in the end I'm so happy my dr pushed me to get one. It was a little scary to know the baby needed to come out as soon as possible, but I was confident she was in good hands. The epidural reallllly hurt and felt beyond weird with liquid squirting out of you. I was scared to have my legs numb, but it wasn't that bad. It WAS horrible when they doubled the dose for the OR. The feeling of not having control of your legs is terrifying. Labor was actually a really enjoyable experience. My mom, husband and his parents were really supportive and kept the room very calm. I'm really glad I was able to experience it for a little bit before the surgery. I would have been upset that I wasn't able to know what it was like. Post Op was ok. My care was not as great as I had wanted my first night. Nobody really explained to me that when you breastfeed it releases a hormone that makes your uterus shrink, so as I was learning the technique of feeding, I was also experiencing pangs as strong as labor. Scary! After 4 nights we were kicked out and sent home to start our life! We are now all settled in, bassinet is in action (piece of shit took hubby 3 hours) and we survived our first night. She's really into cluster feeding which sucks, but we're working on her feeding schedule. Her poops and peeps are in working order and her lungs are CLEARLY doing just fine. As wonderful and perfect as being a mom is, I am equally happy watching my husband fall in love with his daughter.