Sunday it is

I'm tired, I can say that. But Thankful too. On the way home last night I said God I need some rest. I need some sleep. Please, let her sleep all night. lol Well she didn't go down till 1 am...but she slept all night. Not getting up till 7. I'm very Thankful! Even though six hours seems like quite a bit of sleep, I need, and want, more. Im planning today to leave service as soon as it's over and heading home to my wonderful comfy bed. Feeding the baby and getting her ready to nap too. That's the plan anyways.

Revival is awesome. I always love when we have church. Services have been running late though. Like till ten at night. By the time I get home, I'm dead, but still have things to do before I can go to bed.

I finally got my washer....not the old one. Ray took it apart...yes and now he can't get it back together. I told him, lets just go buy one so I can do laundry. PLEASE! Needless to say we did get a new one. Nine hundred dollars later...I'm washing clothes. I love it too. It doesn't have the agitator thing in the middle, so it's just one big drum to wash clothes in. It's by Whirlpool, and it rocks. I'm so excited when I get to load it up, b/c it takes a ton of clothes. Should be saving me time. Which I desperately need now.
Anyways...I'm heading back upstairs. Have to get ready for church. Have a great day!

Its way early in the morning

Good morning!!!!! Ok i'm not that happy to be up, but Brook is wide awake, looking around, and well I had not blogged in awhile. So I said hey, instead of staying in bed while she just looks around, lets update everyone on what's been going on. Hence.....the blawg!

I think I forgot what it was like when Logan was a newborn. Though it was definitly easier b/c I could nap with him through out the day if I was tired. Now...he is a thriving two year old (almost) and I can't nap with Brooky unless Logan is down for a nap at the same time. This is hard, since I'm the type of person who likes her sleep, and truthfully, wants her sleep. Have I said NEEDS her sleep. I've had moments when I can't seem to quit crying. Gigi came to the resuce many times. Thank God for great friends that will help.

So since Brooky is on formula now, her belly has been really gassy. It's hard to get her to burp sometimes and yet the doctor is wanting me to burp her more often to release the gas so she isn't so fussy. Today was hard b/c she was just in pain and crying and I couldn't do anything for her really. I rubbed her belly, and I moved her legs back and forth, walked the floor with her and burping her. I guess it paid off after all day of doing so b/c she did go to sleep around 9:30 and I was able to be in bed for a little bit before she got up at 12:22 to eat. She was finally able to go potty. Still giving me trouble burping...but hey I can only do so much!

Her tear ducts are coming in, or starting to work. Her eyes are puffy and swollen looking. But she is still pretty as ever.

So Logan is talking more and more. He says peoples names without you trying to get him to. For example the pastor has a daughter named Whitney and Ashley. (there are others too) But when we go to leave from church he says bye ashwee and bye whitnee. It's sooo cute. He really loves saying Ashwee. He is so excited to be outside riding his little bike. Begs to go out all the time. Today he is at Gigi's house. She missed him. So he was playing outside all day and just having a blast she said. He discovered her trampoline. Oh and she was given a little five pound dog that she gets to keep. Well, that's logans dog dog. He can pick her up and carry her around he loves it.

I think she is finally getting tired again. Off to bed.

What a day it has been

For one, I'm glad it's Friday. Though I'm not in a normal work week. My work continues seven days a week, cuz I'm a stay at home mommy. But Brooky stayed the night with Aunt Gigi, who loves her to bits-n-pieces. To those of you gasping in shock that I've let my baby stay the night elsewhere besides home, RELAX. She is in great hands. You also become little more lax with the second child. lol I was thankful for an almost uninterrupted night of sleep last night.
Did you feel the earth shake? Yes peeps, we had an earthquake from what I've heard. It was a 5.1 on the rictor (that how you spell it? If not, sorry.) scale. I woke up this morning saying "Ray, why is the house shaking?" I watched the house move, my mirror from my dresser bang against the wall over and over again. Ray on the other hand, did not answer from his slumber to answer my question. So I sat there and when it stopped, I laid back down and went back to sleep. Only to be awakened later on by Ray's phone ringing. I hate phones in the morning, or at nap time. Needless to say, my morning of sleeping in didn't happen. Logan slept in though. His two year molars are coming in. Poor guy chews on his fingers and is a little grumpy. He also wants to sleep which I remember that from when he first started teething. I wonder how long it takes for those big teeth to come in.

Today I started my diet pill. I lost right around sixty pounds when I was on it before for a month 1/2. It curves my appetite, which is a good thing. Makes you thirsty, so I drink lots of water, and helps ya drop the pounds. I want to loose fourty pounds more and I think I will be in great shape then.

Update on the milk!!! It's really not coming back in. It takes like ten hours for me to get filled up, and even then I'm pumping like four ounces total. Maybe five. So little Brooky is on formula, and using all the milk I had in the fridge pre-pumped from my milk factory days. (like what two weeks ago I was over-flowing) I'm in lots of pain, called the doc and that sweet little pill they USED to give you when you wanted your milk to dry up, well it's off the market. I said What? I was very sad. The nice nurse did advise me though to get some cabbage leaves. Run them under cold water and lay them...you know where. Anyways, she said it will help with the knots, and swelling, and will draw the milk out some too. I thought of just trying a cold rag on each and see if that helps first before I got to cabbage patch land. (ha ha that's funny) I can't remember how long before it completely dried up with Logan. I had brought it back like 3 times before I fully put him on formula, and that was a painful process. Decided not to put myself through that again. I know, I know, breast milk is best for baby. But I also remember the doctor saying that any amount she gets from b milk will be great. It's ok to put them on formula too. So...that's what I'm doing. I'm not a bad mommy.

It's lawn mowing time. The tire on the riding lawn mower went flat last yr in the middle of me mowing. Yes I finished mowing even though it was flat. So the hubs when to get it fixed, but all the places were closed. He called me today asking me to take the tire to get it fixed. I thought for sure it would need more then air. (what do I know about such things though) I went to tire discounters (where he told me to go). Walked in holding the tire and the guy says, "need air?" I'm like uh I don't know, I guess that's all it needs. And it was. Thank goodness. I didn't owe him anything either. He said "nope, air is free." I thought that was funny. I felt like I totally accomplished something. Silly I guess, but hey I'm still proud.

I also took Logo to mall today. Tried to get into a couple of shops, but he wasn't having it. Just like a male. He knows that the mall is where the play land is at. We went there and he played for over an hour. Oh and to that mom who would not stop her girl from pushing Logan and hitting him and the other kids as well. Even though the big sister kept telling you she was doing those things...You need to discipline your kid. A spoon helps keep mine in line. You can borrow it anytime. Other than that, it was a good time. We ate there, well he mostly did. I snacked on my salad. Wasn't that great. Then headed to Old Navy...love that place. There is so much stuff there to buy....sales going on...check em out.

Other than that...nothing much went on. I'm doing some house cleaning...and then heading out when hubs gets home to get Brooky. Hope everyone has a great weekend...even though it's supposed to rain most of the entire weekend.

It's been a week since I last posted

.....and what a week it was.

So I will say, that I'm missing sleep. It's hard having a two year old who only naps once a day, and a newborn, who sleeps whenever.
Though I've done pretty well I would like to think. I'm the type of person who needs her sleep. Ask my mother.
Brooky, is still sweet as ever and cute as ever. Today was her two week check up. She has gained almost all her birth weight back. She was 8 pounds 2 ounces today. So only four half ounces left to go. Have another doc visit next week to be sure she has gained it by then. Doctor said she looked great. (of course she does...i mean look at the mommy!)
Speaking of weight....I had gained like 37 pounds with Brooky. I thought it was fourty, but I just did the math via calculator...and came up with 37. In the two weeks since she has been born I've lost 24 pounds. So I have 13 pounds left to go till I'm back at the weight I was to begin with. Though I would like to loose another 25-30 pounds more. It's hard! My shape...yes it's changed. My belly is still got a bump and it's hard. Guess my uterus hasn't decided to go down all the way yet. I know I shouldn't stress over the weight b/c I've done really well so far ya know. But I'm a woman, and I've always stressed over my weight. Even when I was a hundred and ten pounds. Which by the way, did not look good on me. My hubby seen pics and said if I got down that skinny he would force feed me. lol Like he would have to do that! Oh I found chocolate cheesecake bites at the store. They're frozen ones by Sara Lee...they are yummy. NO JOKE. I've eaten four bites today. But that's all.

I've been like a milk machine with feeding and pumping. But b/c I started pumping more then putting lil Brooky on, my milk cut in half. Her pedi today told me the brain knows the difference b/t the pump and the baby. Said to put her on every time, or as much as poss. Then pump afterwards. Well I can tell you, I did that starting this afternoon, after I got home from her visit this morning. I've noticed a difference already with how my milk drops in. (cuz i feel it) Also Brooky is starting to mix her nights up with days. She starts sleeping pretty heavy around 4 and then gets up around 9 or 10 to eat and wants to be up till one or so. Doc said to expose her to light, like going outside and then when I want to put her down, be sure it's dark. It worked! I went outside with Logan today. He loves it out there. And it was sunny. Brook was up from five till 9:30 when I put her down. She is sleeping soundly, has a full tummy, and clean diaper. Hoping tonight is full of sleep.

Logan loves his sissy as he says. He says Brooky, but not as good as sissy. Now though he wants to pack her around like a baby doll. He doesn't understand he can't do that, or force the bottle into her mouth. Baby steps....he's only almost two.

I am also happy to say, we did our taxes the other day. The damage wasn't as bad as we expected it to be. Next year should be even better, two kids to claim, and myself he can claim too. Since I'm blessed enough to be a stay at home mommy. I'm glad it's over with. Though I have to say...I haven't started filing for this years stuff yet...and it's already the middle of April. It will take me hours to do it. I'm just tooooo tired and lazy. Well since the kids are down, I'm going down too. Got to sleep as much as possible. I still love being a mommy. Even if it is hard.

Today is my actualy due date

Today is the day I was supposed to have Brooky. But, I had her a week ago, as you know.

She had her doc appt today. Weighed in at 7 pound and 15 ounces. We go back again in a week for another weight check. Her belly button had fallen off yesterday, and well there was a small pc in there they had to put a chemical on. I was so upset, b/c Brooky was cryin' something fierce. Doc said in two days to take a soapy q-tip and clean out whatever is in there (gross) and then it would all be fine. I can't stand for my babies to get shots or be hurt like that. If Ray is with me when we had to get Logan's shots, I made him stay in the room. I stood outside the door. It's awful!

Anyways...Here are a couple more pics of her.

No matter what others say...she was smiling...and no gas was involved.....this time at least! She just loves the sound of her big brother laughin' and her mommy talkin to her.

Mommyhood is awesome

I love being a mommy! Now I not only have one but two little babies and it's so amazing. Logan loves his sissy and says awwww sissy and then some other words that you can't really make out.
But none-the-less he loves her and has been great. A little rough, but it will be ok.
Brooky, sleeps like you wouldn't believe. And at the most wakes up two times a night. For the most part she sleeps five to six hours and then it's feeding time. I on the other hand have to get up even if she don't to pump. No biggie though. She is worth it.
I've fallen in love all over again, and I remember saying that when Logan was born. I'm so blessed and so very Thankful that God heard my cry and plea to have another healthy baby, and of course for it to be a girl. lol
Even though it was a very hard pregancy, It was worth it.
I'm not sure how to do the fancy stuff of having a link show so I just copied the entire link for her baby pics from the hospital.
http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=2a7282d5-260e-444e-83f7-1d99929adaf2&babyid=7f9fcd1e-918a-4e1f-beee-6a36b801bc89
There it is....I know it's really long. But if someone can explain to me how to do it the right way I would gladly do it.
There are about 4 pics that you can look at.
Well, I'm off to bed. You have to sleep when you can. Have a great week everyone.

Meet Brooklynn Lauren

Our sweet little baby girl has arrived.

She was born April 1, 2008

Time: 2:49pm

Weight: 8lbs 6.4 oz

Length: 20.5

Daddy pushing button so everyone knew she was born.

Seems he cant help but to look at her!

I finally got my epidural at noon sometime and I was 6-7 cent. My contractions were 1-2 mins apart at this point and I was in serious pain. I mean SERIOUS pain.

But it was all worth it. Out of all the babies, and there were allot, that were born yesterday, Brooklynn and I were the only ones who got to go home today. In the hospital for 24 hours was nice. Though I'm hurting and have only Ibuprofen to take b/c doc said he would write scripts and didn't. Now I have to wait until office calls it in tomorrow. Oh the agony. No joke. An intern did my epi, and well, he was nice and all, but tended to dig to find the right spot to where the epi was supposed to go. B/c of that, I now have major back swelling, bruising starting, and pain. But all will be well tomorrow.

Little Brooklynn, who wasn't as little as we thought she would be, is just plain wonderful. Beautiful beyond words. Now that I'm home I hope to get sleep in. She and Ray slept just fine last night. Not me. So since Monday night I've had about 4 hours in. But that's ok. Well I hear her starting to fuss, it's feeding time and then heading to bed.



Congrats Liz on your baby boy.



To all, Goodnight!