Long time no see!!!!

Well - being a mother of a newborn has taken a toll on me. I have an amazing, wonderful, fantastic newborn Little One - but alas - I am still lacking in the sleep department. He is well behaved, doesn't cry unless he is in need of a diaper change or hungry, but we have yet to master sleeping through the night. I think my Munchkin spoiled me... he may have been a little fussier overall - but he slept through the night from an early age.

At five months of age, I really don't remember having an issue with my Munchkin not sleeping all night. Could it possibly be that I didn't have a baby monitor for him & I just didn't know if he was really sleeping the night? There are times that I want to shut my Little One's monitor off (and guilty of doing so a couple of times). Does that make me a bad person? Well - the answer is "No! - It does not make me a bad person." I didn't have a monitor for my first so why have I become a slave to it for my second. I know that there are times when my Little One is fussing and would probably fall back asleep if I hadn't gone in to check on him - but hearing his cries through the monitor get the best of me.

I believe that I am to blame for my own lack of sleep. I don't know if it is because I am older and am more aware of the "hidden dangers" lurking out there; or if in this age of immediate information from the internet I have become more of a paranoid mother. Either way... I need to just go back to the "old fashioned" way of rearing my Little One that worked so well with my Munchkin.

Sweet Dreams!

2 months - Already!

I can't believe that it's been over 8 weeks since my little one was born. We have a doctor's appointment scheduled for next week - 2 month check-up and shots...

That's one of the things I hate about being a parent - the hurt of your little one when they get their shots. With my oldest - I think I cried almost as much as he did when he got his shots. I hope I can hold myself together a little better this time around. You know - when you are young - you never believe your parents when they tell you that something that hurts you hurts them more.

It's the old cliche - "This is gonna hurt me more than it hurts you."

and it does.

He's here!

My little one

12-22-2009

8lbs 6oz

20 1/4 inches

10:19am

Welcome to the world!

He was the best Christmas present!

He and his big brother get along GREAT!

and his personality is already showing through!

39 weeks - ALMOST TIME!

Here are some belly pics!

Nursery

Here are the pictures of the nursery & the crib under construction! My Munchkin did a great job putting it together! Brotherly love!!

And here is the final result!

Baby Shower

The girls from work threw me my baby shower a couple of weekends ago.

I know - it takes forever for me to post anything anymore! Sorry about that! :)

I can't believe how close it is getting - 3 weeks from today is my due date... even though I, along with a majority of everyone else, don't think I will make it that long...

my bet is on the end of next week at the latest!

I have a few pics to post from the shower.

I need to get the pics of the Munchkin setting up the new crib for his baby brother uploaded & posted too.

Plus Christmas is coming... seems that there are soooooooooooooo many things to do in the next couple of weeks! It just doesn't seem like there is enough time!

The table set outside - the weather was so nice!

Some of the presents...

The front walk - they had it decorated! :)

Just a small pile of the presents we got!

Yes......... Feeling like a beached whale is just great - especially when you have the proof that you are humongous!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next couple of posts should be the nursery - almost done!

Just a quick update

Nothing much has really changed in the past couple of weeks since my last post. A few things have happened - like all of us catching the flu and another doctors visit.

First the story about the doctor...

I have been going to a clinic about an hour away from where I live since I first found out I was pregnant. I had decided to find a doctor that was closer. After several tries of calling offices and leaving messages with automated secretaries and not getting any call-backs - or even a live person to talk to me, I found one closer to my area. I scheduled an appointment with the new doctor, who is only 15 minutes away. So the day of my appointment, I arrive half an hour early - knowing I will more than likely spend a period of time filling out paperwork for new patients. I walk in, sign in and am directed to to the waiting room (which was a little difficult to find). This is one office of a few in the same building - not easily navigated around. There were all these pieces of paper taped to the walls saying "No Entry Past This Point" or "Check With Front Desk Before Proceeding" or "Employees Only". I finally found the waiting room and had a seat.

There were about 6-7 other women already there, waiting. One of them was called in about 30 minutes later. I was listening to the conversations going on in the room. It seemed as if everyone knew each other there - which is normal in the small community where I live. They were talking abut their appointment times and the doctor not ever being on time and so on and so forth. A lot of it sounded gossipy, but I had already been waiting over 45 minutes without so much as an acknowledgement from any member of the staff, and having the flu at the time - I was rather impatient. One of the women there was still waiting on her 9:30am appointment. It was now 11:45am. There were still 5 women in front of me - waiting on their appointments. No one was being called to be seen. I thought that maybe they were just running behind - but according to the "gossip" - the doctor never even shows up to that office until after 10:00am (even when there are 9:00am appointments). I really don't understand that. I also don't understand why - on a regular basis - these women would wait around that long. I don't think that most of them had a job that they were taking time out from like I was.

After about 2 hours of waiting - I decided I had had enough and got up and left. I had left my appointment for a couple days later with my original clinic active just in case I didn't like the doctor. Turns out - the time I would have taken to go to the appointment an hour away (and an hour back) would have taken less time than the doctor 15 minutes away. RIDICULOUS!!!!! So - I am still with the clinic I started out with... really no complaints with them anyways - other than the distance... but I think that I can live with that.

I will save our flu story for another post...