Saturday, July 31, 2010

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.

Woot! W00t! I just got word that Seth is coming home tomorrow-TWO days early! I didn't tell you, because everyone says I can't, that Seth has been in Vegas since last Saturday. Its for mine and Evie's protection that we don't tell you those sort of things. But we have missed him horribly. It has been pretty lonely around here, even though we have had our wonderful family and friends around to help us combat the loneliness and the Mommy Burn-out syndrome. I'm so excited, even though my house is a disaster area and there is absolutely no food in the fridge save a piece of pizza from Zio's. So this will be a short entry because I want to at least get the house picked up and the laundry started.
Today was a sad day for my family. Our dog of almost 20 years was put to sleep. She was such a great dog. I miss her already, but it was really for the best.
Evelynn was fun to feed today. I put some watered down apple juice in a sippy cup for her and she loved drinking out of it. We also took a trip to the park and rode on the swing for half a second because it was hotter than a plumber's ass crack out there.
My neighbors have gone on vacation and they have put me in charge of watering their plants. Of course it doesn't look like it is going to rain at all so of course I might actually have to do it. I acted like I was all into watering their flowers and all excited to do it and the whole time they were giving me instructions I was like fucking flowers. I hate landscaping. I wish we could move so that I wouldn't have to deal with it at all or when I kill them because I can't keep anything plant alive to save my life I won't have to explain to them why they never should have trusted me to do it in the first place. The good news is that Seth is coming home so maybe he will be the good neighbor between us.
Alright I've got to wipe up the pound of baby food off of the kitchen floor.
Love (surprises from my husband),
Carrie

Thursday, July 29, 2010

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

Well hello there blog world. Miss me? I miss you. Things have been uber busy though around these parts. I tried to talk myself into wanting to buy a new house, but it wasn't meant to be. The house I liked ended up just being weird and needing a lot of work. Plus my lovely husband just doesn't have the time to do what needs to be done to that house. If it was in better shape and didn't have the strange in-law suite I would have gone screaming to Seth to buy it. But after I looked at it I realized some things. I want a house closer to my parents and to Seth's work. I want at least 2,000 square feet. And I want there to be at least four rooms. And I want an AMAZING kitchen. I think the kitchen is the most important part because I want to be spending time there making delicious things!
Its been an eventful tough week. The end of the week is going to be even harder, my Mom has decided to put our almost 20 year old dog to sleep. She is just getting so old and miserable. It is very, very sad. April is more well traveled than my husband. April has pooped in more countries than I have probably. So it's really sad. We got April when my brother and I started pretending we had an imaginary dog named "Apple Jack" then we went to the pet store to get my brother turtles (not of the teenage mutant variety) for his birthday and I talked my parents into getting a dog. April was a horrible puppy. I can't believe she survived. She used to eat the crotches out of our underwear that were drying on the line. She used to eat my Dad's tools in the Arizona Room when we lived in Arizona. (Seriously, how did my Dad let her live?) She once ate my UB40 cd. But besides eating a ton of stuff, she was a true sweetheart. She was beyond loyal, she loved to run and go for walks and have her belly rubbed. She truly was the best dog for our family.
I'm all weepy all of the sudden. I was watching Boston Med and they had a baby with a heart problem and they had the oxygen monitor on the baby and the oxygen level started falling and it made this noise, a noise you only know if you have had a baby in the NICU and I heard it and my stomach dropped and I started crying. That noise means your baby usually isn't breathing well and for us it meant we weren't going home for another hour every time the damn thing went off.
I just went and got Evie out of her bassinet to hold her and sob a little. Don't you judge me.

Let's see what else is new? My baby is super awesome, but you could have guessed that. She is demanding to drink out of a cup. My wonderful brother decided to help a sister out and made all of her baby food for me, so she is currently enjoying pears (her favorite), squished squash, sweet potato, and beets. The beets gross me out. They smell like dirt and turn her poop neon red. Which was not exciting to expirence, even though I knew it was coming. You still pull that diaper off and go, HOLY RED SHIT!
She loves taking baths, but I promised everyone she is related to with a penis that I wouldn't post her naked lady parts on the internet so I can't show you the adorable video I have of it. Blame them. Prudes.
She only likes to be held in one of my arms, so as she gains weight (almost 13 pounds!) I'm slowly starting to look like this dude from Lady in the Water:

She also likes to grab on to the head on the back of my head and yank on the hairs, so not only will I be winning tons of arm wrestling tourney's for cash for my new memory foam mattress, but I will also be bald on the left side of my head. I wonder what my nickname will be? Super Strong Baldy Mom?
I wore Mom shorts for the first time the other day. No seriously, I literally wore my Mom's shorts. She was giving a bag of clothes away to the vets and I went thru them first. I was ashamed and sad, but also really, really comfortable, so I pretended I was bloated and ignored the fact that I ate pretty much everything in the fridge. Instead of spending money on food I've been spending it at Target and Walmart. I've been buying Evie toys. I bought her one of those things you put in the shapes or blocks into the proper holes and it makes noise. She figured out its easier to just pull the blocks out of the hole and bang them on the part that makes the noise instead of going thru all the trouble of trying to fit them in the right hole. She is also trying to figure out how to get out of her car seat, she hates it so much. I caught her the other day, in the mirror, fiddling around with the buckle. I'm going to have to get Seth to rig up something to keep her from pushing the button, because she will figure it out. She's got Seth's brain up there. I have a feeling those two will sit around and have conversations I won't even begin to understand and then I will be like "Hey remember on Grey's Anatomy in season 3 when Meredith did that thing and it was funny?" and she will roll her eyes at me and Seth will smile and shake his head and I'll go to the kitchen and drink my cooking sherry and remember how I used to take her out of her bassinet and cry before she knew how to roll her eyes. And then I will talk to the cats for a while. Like you do.
Is summer over yet? I'm so over summer. I'm ready for fall and winter and cute coats. And guess what? I don't have to worry about driving anymore. And neither do you in the Omaha area. And I can stay inside and cuddle with Evie and make snowmen with her and make her hot chocolate. Okay maybe that would be for me, but still.
She is such a cuddler. today we were taking a nap and she woke up and I was pretending to be still be asleep so she would go back to sleep because she was trying to take one of her ten minute naps. She stared at me for a while and tried to crawl up my side and stick her fingers in my mouth because she knows that's where the sound comes from. She finally gave up and laid back down on her back and sighed like a forty year old woman. Then she closed her eyes and scooched over under my armpit and cuddled with me. It was probably the cutest thing ever. I wish Seth had seen it. In fact I wish she would do it to Seth.
People think that she doesn't like them because she likes to be held by me for awhile before she will warm up to someone. Its so irritating. She is five months old. I spend 24 hours a day with her. Of course she likes and trusts me. The more time you spend with her the more she will like you too. Sigh. Sometimes I just get frustrated that people don't understand her the way I do and see how beautiful and smart and funny she is. I know it will get better as she gets older. At least I hope so!
Alright friends, while I love rambling to you-I also love not smelling like baby barf and sour milk. So I've got to catch a quick shower while the baby is sleeping.
Be back when I can!
Love (catching up),
Carrie

I'm here! I'm here!

Oh friends, I want to blog so bad-I have grand plans of doing it tonite, even it means foregoing Netflix.
Last night I ate dinner at 10 o'clock, and only because my parents came by and gave Evie a bath and took out the trash for me.

Okay so I'll be back-be excited!

Love (having my hands full),
Carrie
PS-27 followers! Woot!

Monday, July 26, 2010

An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.

I read Mimi Smartypants blog and was inspired to write one like hers.
Things I think the world can do without:
Baby shower games
Rodeos
Circuses
Wedding shower games
Being skinny, dieting, or being in shape
Prescription med commercials
Commercials all together, lets just have product placement during shows, maybe then we will have the shows we like stay on air longer
High school or college reunions, what is with college reunions anyway, you mingled with all of the classes, chances are half the people you want to see are in those classes and won't be at the reunion.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.

Hi there blog readers. I'm killing time before Evelynn and I head to a family wedding with my parents.
Aunt Kathy stopped by today and played with Evelynn a while, so I could get ready. Its crazy how you can barely put on chapstick when you have a kid. My kid has permanent ants in her pants so it is near impossible to hold her unless you are using two hands.
I have grand plans for the next ten days, hopefully I can get all my blu ray's from Netflix watched, I have a ton of girly movies to watch. Pam is supposed to stop by and watch one or two of them with me.
Well I started that post yesterday and as you can see, I didn't get to finish it. It's now a day later. Evie didn't do so well at the wedding, so we had to come home early, but the night finished off nicely because my parents stuck around and we watched a movie together and put Evie to bed.
Lately I've been having to do things after she goes to bed, which still doesn't make me want to put her to bed any earlier. As soon as she went down tonite, I started laundry, picked up her toys and put down a fresh quilt for her to roll around, drool, and generally gross up tomorrow. I folded her laundry, and started steaming the squash my mom gave me to make baby food from. After much internet research, I've decided to leave the skin on, even though it is warty and gross, after a through washing. I also left in the seeds. Tomorrow I'm going to go over to my parents and hopefully someone can help me figure out my kitchen aid attachment for the baby food maker or veggie strainer. Then I have to bring it home and freeze it into ice cube trays and put it in bags and throw it in the deep freeze. Carol says she can have yellow fruits and veggies. Maybe tomorrow I will get some apples, carrots, and pears to try to while I have the help. My parents have a much bigger steamer insert for their pot than I do.
I can't wait to start green veggies, but I think that is at like nine months.
Anywhoo, it's super late. So while things are steaming I thought I'd drop in and say hello, since I don't do that much anymore.
Today I took Evelynn, because it was cooler, to the park to have her first go around in the swings. She LOVED it, but I knew she would. I recorded it on my phone and sent it out. I was sweating like no one's business. When we left the swing I had this big idea to go for a long walk afterwards but Evelynn hit her mouth on the stroller trying to eat the tray and was crying so we hightailed it home, but hopefully the weather stays reasonable and we can get out again.
I've also started putting her into her exosaucer more, since with the help of a pillow she can scoot herself around to different things. She just gets bored with that really quick, so I put her in there if I have something quick that needs to get done, like picking up the laundry or something.
Let's see what else can I tell you while I'm rambling incessantly?
I've recently started watching "The Glades" on A&E and I really like it.
I have so much stuff on my netflix streaming I would have to become and invalid to actually watch it all.
Most excitingly Pillars of the Earth is on there and I'm super jazzed about that.
I miss work sometimes, mostly the interactions with people, the stories they bring, and the ability to zone out and write a blog for an hour and be hilarious.
Now you just have to hear stories about how I turned my back and the stroller was in the street before I knew it. Apparently our driveway is sloped. Who knew? Oh and that the strollers come with this thing called a "brake" that you are supposed to use when you stop it. Who knew? Oh responsible mothers? Who are they and how can I join that club?
I want a Chevy Traverse. I know, I know, I just got a new car, but I'm planning for the future children that the state will take away.
I just let all the water burn down in my steam pot, so now the house smells like burnt squash. Awesome.
I'm drained...can you tell?
Oh and I broke my favorite tweezers someone gave me in college and I went to buy a replacement pair and they were 22 dollars. Holy Crackers. No way I can spend that much on tweezers, even if they are amazing and can get the smallest hairs and the eight dollar replacement pair I bought sucks in comparison.
I've completely regressed on co-sleeping. I missed her.
Sometimes I wake her up in the middle of the night to eat just because I don't want to get up and pump and I'm afraid my boobs are going to explode. If I pump anymore milk there won't be any room in my freezer for french fries, cheese, pizza's, and baby food.
And of course I can't throw it away because it's liquid gold.
I need to ask Nurse Carol if she has a "mama" that can use this formula in my pantry that I got free samples of, I have like six cans of it and I will never use it.
Alright friends I'm going to bed. That's a lie I'm going to watch Torchwood on netflix and then maybe to bed.

Love (rambling into the night),
Carrie

Friday, July 23, 2010

Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.


So I'm the worst Mom ever. My kid was standing up in her crib, on the front rail, and it was so cute I tried to take a picture to send everyone, as I normally do, and while she was giggling she got all excited and started sliding, and before I could catch her she smashed her eye into the side rail. It was horrible. The bone under her eye started turning black and blue and then red. I called the doctor and they said to come in. She screamed and screamed. I gave her some tylenol and tried to put an ice pack on it but she screamed even more when I did. After talking to Seth and my Dad, I called the doctor's office. They suggested I come in, just to check it out. We went in and everything was okay. Thank GOD.
Something interesting happened though, in the middle of my first child injury-I started panicking really hard and I was on the phone with my Dad and he said something like "its time to grow up and be a Mom now Carrie, calm down and take care of your daughter". As soon as he said that, it was like a switch went off and I did. I calmed down and took care of her. I've always wondered how my parents were some calm and in control in situations like that when we were kids. I know my Mom usually ended up breaking down much later, either in private or when we were better. Now I know, it's just another one of those parenting skills that kick in and dominate.

While we were sitting in the waiting room, there was this little girl with a snot nose running around the chairs. As soon as she saw Evie she lit up, little girls love my daughter. Maybe it's because she is small like a doll and will stare right back at them when they stare. Anyway I was trying to be nice to this little girl, even though I wanted to kick her germy butt to the other side of the room when she reached out to touch Evie. I looked around for her Dad who was busy texting on his phone. When he saw me look around he just goes "Ava" and goes back to texting. We must have went thru the song and dance six or seven times. Like seriously dude, your child does not care if you say her name. Get up and get your damn kid. Or at least get your snot nosed kid away from mine. What is the deal with that?

I have to decide if I want to go to a wedding in Lincoln on Saturday. I just don't want to be there all night and I want Evelynn to be good. I also wish she didn't have a giant black eye. Sigh...

Well friends that is all I have time for. Hopefully you all have a great day! I'll be back when I can!

Love (auto parenting skills),
Carrie

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

Oh blog readers,
I wish I could find the time to write you a nice long witty post, because I have so many witty things to say. Maybe one night when Evie goes to bed early and I have the energy I will write one. Until then here is a video of Evie's first time swimming.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.

Hi all, I came home to my house in pieces because Seth did some projects around the house and didn't have a chance to get it back together before we got back.
So I've spent the day trying to put it back together again. So all I have for you is this weak blog post full of pictures from our weekend. Hope that's okay!
Love (Evie's first trip away from home),
Carrie










Saturday, July 17, 2010

Update from Jesus Camp

Evelynn loves old ladies. She is such a ham. I don't even recognize this baby! Although I don't see much of her because she's off with my Mom or Grandma most of the time. The nicest part is all the women here know her name and all of her drama because she was on all of their prayer chains when she was in the nicu so they are almost in tears to see her in real life. It is truly humbling. Thanks UMW!

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Friday, July 16, 2010

25 blog readers? Hooray!

Hi all! I just discovered that we have 25 readers, public ones! Hooray! Thank you so much!
I have good news and bad news, the sorta bad news is that Evie and I are off to spend the weekend with my mother and grandmother at the school of Christian Missions in Grand Island (or Jesus Camp as I lovingly refer to it) the good news is that I have Nero the Netbook and there will be plenty of opportunities to blog during classes because a couple hundred Methodist Women will be fighting over my baby.
So see you all this weekend!

Love (Jesus Camp),
Carrie

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

Hi Friends,
Things are quiet around here. Finally. It feels like we had been on the go since Friday. Friday my good friend Whitney came over and helped out with the baby while I made dinner for Ty and Holly. It was really fun and good to catch up. Ty and Holly came over and we had a great dinner. I love when they bring dessert because its always amazing. My skills stop after cupcakes and chocolate sheet cake. They brought the most amazing chocolate peanut butter pudding cups. Mmmm I'm all drooly just thinking about it.
Saturday we went to our family reunion at my aunts house. It was really fun. We didn't stay super long, but long enough to say hello to everyone and pass the baby. Evie did so good with it.
Sunday we bummed around the house and then decided to use some of our baby gift certificates to get Evie some more educational books and toys. It was fun taking her shopping. She really enjoyed looking thru all the toys and playing with them. I really like reading the books to her. I wanted big books with lots of colors and words because I didn't want to get bored reading them. I picked up Baby Einstein's 365 days of learning book and it is really cool. It has lots of different types of lessons and pictures and words. I might be enjoying it more than her!
Sunday we got a late night request for a member care meal. Monday I made that and delivered it and then stopped by my parents since we hadn't seen them all weekend. Then we came home and tried to help Seth do some things I can't tell you about because my Dad says so and get things done. Seth did something I can't tell you about because my Mom asked me not to. I was supposed to have dinner with my brother but he got a migraine. My mom stopped by on her way home and played with the baby so that was a little break at least. Tomorrow one of my cousin's is visiting my parents so I'm going to have dinner there.
Seth is doing something I can't tell you about either on Thursday because even though I'm being a brat about it, my parents are right, I shouldn't tell you and then Evie and I are going to attempt to go to Jesus Camp in Grand Island for the weekend. I am looking forward to it, but am super nervous about how Evelynn is going to do. There is a lot of classroom time involved with Jesus Camp and I just can't imagine her being really good for that. Especially because like Nurse Carol says, she is a loud active baby. :-)
Alright well since I am not getting any baby relief tonite in the form of Seth, I should probably catch a shower while she is napping! Maybe I'll be back later tonite to wax poetical about how I teared up when I pulled her NICU quilt out of the closet today for her to play on.

Love (my loud active baby),
Carrie

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Pictures from our weekend

Oatmeal, yuck


Trying a bite


Hmmm


What's this?


Looking cool while shopping with Grandma and Aunt Kathy
Pretty new gap dress

Looking cute in the travel swing

New hat from Grandma

Rocking the hat at the family reunion

Happy baby!

Me and Mommy at the reunion


Best. face. EVER.


Blank stare


Another new gap dress


Hope you all had a stylish weekend like Evie did!

Love (that new hat),
Carrie

Thursday, July 8, 2010

It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

This is how my day went yesterday after I wrote. The cats were starved for attention and Evie was starving and wanted her Boppy back.

Then my awesome husband came home and took over and I got my hair done and this is how the rest of the night went:


I by the way love my new hairstylist, so much so that I may follow her out of Capitol Hair School if the price is right and she has a place to go. If any of you were thinking of going, her name at Capitol is Scout, and she is fantastic, and you should go see her. She knows what she is talking about. She talked me out of bangs, siting the facts that I would have to come in more regularly for upkeep on them and I probably wouldn't have that kind of time with Evelynn. By the way, she totally remembered me and Evelynn's name from our frequent trips to Zum Biergarten where she is usually our waitress. I should call her our "weight"tress though because I swear that German food is the reason I have gained seven pounds, or Pioneer Woman's new cookbook. I think it is about time I start cooking from Rocco DiSpirto's cookbook.

Its late at night and I can't sleep, which is why I decided to write. I finished Dead Like Me so I wasn't really into starting a whole other movie. I miss sleeping with Evelynn. In fact, lately I have been waking up and my hips hurt from sleeping on them or sleeping in other positions I'm not used to sleeping in. All the more reason I need a memory foam topper! I missed my chance to get a whole memory foam mattress for cheap from Woot because Seth was too angry to try to convince to spend that kind of money on July Fourth. But the point is, I miss sleeping with my baby, even if she doesn't miss sleeping with me.

Evelynn has been almost disgustingly cute lately. Like you can't get mad at her for anything. She has the most illuminating smile. It was such a good feeling when I came home from the hair salon and she had been crying and as soon as she saw me she stopped crying, her eyes lit up, and she smiled this huge smile. I love that feeling. Once someone had said to me that I wouldn't feel like a "Mom" until Evelynn actually called me "Mom" but I tell you what, her reaction when I walk in the door, that makes me feel like a Mom. And better yet, it makes me want to be a Mom. After I got home she wouldn't let go of me, but she kept having to lean over and chat with Seth. She has been super chatty lately and loves when you give her sounds and noises to imitate. And yesterday, I couldn't believe it she actually laid on the floor, propped up by the boppy and watched a Baby Einstein video, like actually watched it and was focused on it. I was impressed. Eventually she got restless though and I had to lay on the floor with her and be subjected to mundane torture. I can't wait until she is into more interesting shows.

Well I'd better attempt to go to bed. If I can I will write tomorrow, but hopefully I get some sleep and will get the grocery shopping done!

Love (knowing I'm a Mom),
Carrie

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.

Hello World!
It looks like it might storm here. That would make me very happy. I'm a little nervous to go get my hair done, which always happens to me. I'm worried it will look horrible. I'm not sure if I'm going to do the bangs or not, I'm going to run it by the stylist and see what she thinks.

I think I'm obsessed with Wikipedia. I constantly check it if I want information. If I'm watching a movie, sometimes I look it up on Wikipedia. It's like it is more interesting to me if I know what is going on.

Last night I went over to my parent house because I knew that Seth was going to work late and I didn't want to be alone. Evelynn was really cute. She was giggling and playing, sitting by herself and screeching. She was pretty adorable. I was happy since she has been pretty rotten around everyone but us lately.

I wish I could write more for you all, but the lady of the house is demanding my attention. Hopefully I will be back with pictures of new hair tomorrow!

Love (having my hair done),
Carrie

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

History is more or less bunk.

Well Evelynn's first July 4th was, in the words of Henry Ford...bunk. Not exactly a bright idea of mine to schedule her shots before the weekend. Mental note, Evelynn sucks at shots. On top of her leg pain, she gets run down and sick too.
Friday she went to the doctor and her doctor's visit actually went pretty well. She was cute and flirting with the doctor. Of course we got told to start feeding her oatmeal. When she got the shots it was horrible and I had to leave the room. She was already mad and fed up with being in the doctor's office and being naked. She got the shots and screamed and screamed. Then she had this weird period of happy/euphoria so we went to the store (which took forever because I got 121 photos of Evelynn printed in sets of three for the grandparents and ourselves) then when we got home, Seth did his P90x and all hell broke loose. Evelynn screamed for hours. We had given her the tylenol before hand and regularly on schedule, but she wasn't having it. She finally calmed down after two baths and passed out for a good 12 hours. I woke her up for little snacks and more medicine.
Saturday was the "Brew and View" for her at my parents house. It was a really good turn out and so many wonderful people showed up to see her, but of course she was terrible. Case in point:


We at least got one nice picture, my mom bought her that cute dress for the occasion from Janie and Jack:


But eventually she passed out on Grandpa:


Then Jesse and Seth decided to order the Ultimate fighting fight that was on that night, so Mom and I stayed upstairs and talked and tried to keep Evie calm enough. It was actually really nice to spend time with her.

We decided to go to Columbus for the holiday since the next month and a half for us is very busy and we probably won't be able to see Seth's side of the family until the end of August. (mostly because Seth is traveling a lot and I have Jesus camp). So first, because my college has closed, we drove up to Blair and past the Nuclear Power Plant so I could show Seth my past life. It was really surreal. And sad. I wonder what is going to happen to all of those buildings. And all of the stuff inside them. I wonder if there is going to be like an estate sale. Oh and all those library books and the original source documents they have on the Danish Immigrants. It's crazy to think its all going away and just last year they were welcoming the king of Denmark.
Anyway we did that and then we drove to Columbus. At first it was really great. Evelynn was doing surprisingly well, she let her Uncles and her Grandpa hold her, but by the time she got to Janet she went ballistic and never really recovered. I got really stressed out and wasn't able to make enough milk for her, and all she wanted to do was eat. I seriously think she is going through a growth spurt because this whole weekend I couldn't keep up. And she has been sleeping, as of yesterday, a lot. But Saturday, right before we were supposed to eat a very good looking dinner, she lost it for good. Seth had to feed me while I paced with her. I spent most of the fourth in the back bedroom trying to feed her and calm her down. Finally I told Seth that we had to go home because she needed the milk we had frozen. Of course I forgot to bring some. I remembered her oatmeal, which she didn't want. So around 9 we packed up and went home. We were going to stay the night, and I was really looking forward to getting a holding the baby break, but it wasn't meant to be. We got home and she was fine. Well, she ate and went to sleep, Seth was really grumpy. So yeah...it was pretty sucktacular.

I'm worried now about how she is going to do in two weeks at Jesus Camp. I guess if worse comes to worse I can go home or Seth can come get her. But she really is a hermit, she doesn't like being out of her comfy home. Its a testament to want a comfy home we have. At least that is what I tell myself.

When I finally spent yesterday relaxing and she had sucked me dry, I woke up this morning at four so full I had to pump. My boobs were touching without any help, they were that full. Which was such a relief because I worried I was drying up for good. It's crazy to me how my mood or what I eat or what I do really effects my milk production.

So tomorrow I am getting my hair done and I'm super excited. I think I'm going to get some bangs and a nice summer blond.

Oh I am SOOOO excited because my parents bought me some attachments for my kitchenaid mixer. I can't wait to make some new food and try out all the parts!

Okay I'm going to make Seth some coffee and get ready for Nurse Carol!!

Love (to have a holiday do over),
Carrie

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.



Hi Friends!
Last night my Dad pointed out that it sucks when your baby grows up, because Man, that is what my kid is doing in leaps and bounds and I'm kind of sad about it. But happy. Its a weird mixed emotion.
She has started trying to roll over, she sleeps by herself with no problem. She is talking and playing and soon she will be driving away in a red car like her Mommy.
But like my Dad says, if you are lucky, your babies never really go away.

Saturday my parents are having a Brew and View for Evelynn. It's kind of a fun concept. You show up, drink a beer, see the baby, and have a good time. It's a take on the southern "sip and see". My mom got the idea from her good friend Pam T. I'm excited to go, and hopefully Evelynn will be in a good mood. It's at her good time of day and as long as she gets a nice nap and some good boobage, she should be mildly pleasant. You know how she can get with stranger danger.

We don't have any big holiday plans besides that. Seth really wanted to get some of the house honey-do's done before I have to call in my brother so we can actually move, but it looks like he is probably going to have to work most of the weekend. I really don't mind it much anymore, he is usually gone while Evelynn and I are napping anyway.

See I'm not sleeping so good at night without the baby, which is so wrong, but I constantly worry about her. So I get up every half hour or hour and sneak over and use a book light to check on her. Because I'm a a freak.

Evie has her four month check up tomorrow and I'm super nervous. I'm afraid the doctor is going to give us hell about her being underweight. Nurse Carol isn't worried and wrote us out a chart to show the doctor that she is consistently gaining from week to week. Plus she gets shots-which...boo.

Alright I'd better play with Birdie before she flies this coop!

Love (watching Evelynn grow),
Carrie