4 Weeks and a Meltdown

I have become the world's worst blogger since baby William entered our household. Its not really for lack of time but more lack of anything super interesting to blog about.

Today marks baby's 4 weeks of life. Thursday he will officially be a month old. I cannot believe it has gone by so fast!!!! I think I snuggle him enough and try to embrace every smile and smell, but its still flying right past me. I am however super excited to have his first Thanksgiving next week and to get to enjoy that as our little family.

We had our first mommy meltdown moment last night in the middle of the night. After about two nights of no sleep, this mama was on the edge. Throw in a baby who screaming bloody murder trying to poop, and you have two crying people in the bed at 2am and a poor husband who has absolutely no idea what to do with either one of us.

Luckily, baby popped and finally fell asleep and life was calm again. But it confirmed in me that something was wrong with my child. I called his pediatrician first thing this morning only for his idiot  nurse to tell me that my son just has colic and that I need to wait it out for the next month. Are. You. Kidding. Me. I really hate when dr's treat you like you have new mommy syndrome (aka you have no idea what is wrong with your child). I know the difference between being fussy and freaking the crap out. We immediately switched pediatricians. Luckily, I also had my 4 wk checkup with my midwife and she checked over baby and confirmed my suspicions. His current formula was too hard on his poor tummy so we switched him to a sensitive Enfamil. We're three feedings in with the new stuff and dad and I can already tell a difference in our precious baby. Lets just hope he keeps up his sweetness and allows mommy to sleep tonight!

I know alot of my bloggy friends gave birth to sweet babies as well right around the time William was born and I hope everyone is doing well and healthy. And just because I doubt I'll have anything blog worthy before then, Happy Thanksgiving!

Baby enjoying his new bouncy seat

Meet William James

Our little man has a mind of his own!! He decided Monday morning he did not want to wait any more and broke my water. We went to our doctor to be sure and didn't leave the hospital until yesterday morning!!

William James entered the world October 17,2011 at 5:24pm weighing 7lbs 3oz and 19 inches. He was perfectly healthy even though coming 10 days before his schedueld c-section date and 17 days before his due date. We are very thankful that everything went smoothly and I could not have asked for better doctors.

We are home and I am still recovering but doing good. Hubby even went to work today since it was just a half day and I have to say it was super nice to get to get to have quality alone time with my baby for the first time. But it also made me realize how much I am depending on my husband right now. I cannot brag on him enough. He has been absolutely incredible. He is still figuring out what to do with a newborn and its adorable to see him hold his son. The love that comes through his face will just make you cry. And for a man who has never had to physically care for another person, he has totally stepped up. The man has to bathe me. He cooks for me. He gets everything I need and helps me with baby.

Breastfeeding has been its own challenge that has earned its own blog at a later date and time. Right now baby is sleeping so I'm going to scarf down some dinner and leave you with some photos!

Our last moment as a family of 2

My first time holding baby William

First family photo

Can't you see how in love he is with his son

UGA fan from birth

Home sweet home

I did it!!!

Today marks 34 weeks of pregnancy. This is a HUGE accomplishment for me because my first son came at 32 weeks. The fact that I am now two more weeks pregnant than I have ever been in my life just amazes me.

And thats about the nicest thing I can say about being 34 weeks pregnant. I'm still working full time and hanging in there. 99% of the time I am absolutely miserable. Our sweet peanut has spent the majority of his womb time sitting low on my pelvis. That has only gotten worse. I would KILL for a kick to the ribs just to get him off my tail bone. My already too big wedding bands are starting not to fit alot and I'm pretty sure I'm grateful I can't see my feet. I don't even want to know what they look like.

Don't get me wrong, I am truly grateful to be carrying this little man. Being a mother is the greatest thing I will ever do with my life. But I could absolutely do without the pregnancy part. And of course as I type that, I get a nice big karate kick to the bladder! Time to say goodnight!

I hope everyone on the interwebz has a wonderful weekend!

A Little Fall Fun

This weekend I took a much needed vacation day off from work and FINALLY got things done! Almost a year after being married I finally share my husband's last name. We also squeezed in our 32 week dr's appointment and Baby S is looking fantastic!! Poor little guy is running out of room in mommy's tummy and I officially have the waddle. I can't help it. Don't judge me. Especially when you see me eating cupcakes.

We took our maternity pictures Saturday evening and I cannot wait to get them! Of course I will share as soon as I see any of them.

My BFF also came over and painted my ever growing belly like a pumpkin. I have been wanting to do this since we found out Baby will be a Halloween baby. (Scheduled c-section is Oct 27th) Yes, its only the middle of Sept, but on the off chance Baby S wants to follow in Big Brother's footsteps and come early, I wanted to get this done. I will leave you with the pics we took and I think they are just freaking adorable!

The Giant Pumpkin Belly

My husband was not thrilled about this whole thing

All set and ready for baby!

Nursery in a One Bedroom

How do you put a nursery in a one bedroom apartment you might ask??? Well, you convert your dining room of course! I will now leave you with the pictures of our hard work.

Before

Sweet baby crib



The frames we received at both of our showers

Dresser/Changing Table

The finished product

Bad Blogger

I have been a terrible blogger lately. Honestly, my life is just not exciting. This week I'll reach 26 weeks of magical pregnancy. Between that and work, I basically come home and sleep or lay around until its time to sleep. My husband even made the comment last week that he never sees me anymore. Thats because I live in my bedroom when I'm not in my office.

I did have a birthday last week. The big 27. It was a very nice day with lunch with my best friend, cake and presents at work, and then an 80 minute prenatal massage as a gift from my husband. This weekend he's taking me to see Harry Potter. He did good.

Pregnancy is going great. Baby is healthy and next week we have the wonderful glucose test and rhogam shot. I'm very ready to get it over with and hope I don't have to do the 3 hour test. It's not a hard test or even all that bad, its just gross and the not eating is inconvenient to a growing person inside who thinks mealtime is 24 hours a day.

I have gotten to be home the last 2 days with absolutely nothing to do and it was fabulous. It inspired me to actually make good, healthy meals for me and hubs. Last night we had lemon pepper cod, steamed broccoli and homemade mac and cheese. This was my first attempt at homemade mac and cheese and after following this Paula Deen recipe I am recommending it to EVERYONE!!!! It goes in the crockpot and is super yummy and cheesy creamy goodness. Seriously, I ate two platefuls of all of it. Tonight I made my first pot roast and in the crockpot, with help from my BFF Erin, and it turned out amazing as well.

Hubs is not a huge sweet fan which has been a conflict since all I crave is sweets constantly. He's not into cakes and cookies and all that yummy stuff. He's more of a cobbler/pie guy and had some super sweet stories about his grandmama making cobblers when he was little. So after some googling I found a super easy recipe for a cherry cobbler and with the exception of baking powder I had everything I needed to make this last night. I ran to the store for the powder vanilla ice cream and made my first cobbler. Hubs watched me put it together and complained it looked strange. When we pulled it out of the oven it was perfect!! Little tip: if you do cook this at the 350, it really only needs like 40-45 minutes. Even though it was still yummy, the crust was a tad on the crunchy side so a little less time would have been perfection.

I am now super pumped to have these easy recipes in my arsenal for when baby is here and the in-laws come to visit. Even though its right after we get home, I can't have them visit us and not cook for them. Its not in my Southern roots. Thats all for now!! Hope everyone has a great week!

A Trip Home

Hubs and I just got back from 8 wonderful days in GA with our families. We had a blast and enjoyed some amazing food that you can only get in the south. I was in heaven. My dr is probably going to freak at my weight gain next week at my ultrasound!

While we were there MIL threw us an amazing baby shower. We did get a few gifts but mostly gift cards which were much appreciated since we were traveling. Even what little we did get in actual gifts cost us over $50 to send USPS regular post.

This weekend holds nothing exciting for us even though it is the 4th of July. We will be complete homebodies and resting. My body is still on GA time and wakes me up ready for the day at 5am. Not cool. I will leave you all with some pictures and hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday weekend!

21 wks pregnant

Our incredible cake!! The top layer was vanilla and the bottom chocolate

VERY excited about some UGA stuff for baby

Me with two of my closest friends

Family Photo w/ SIL, BIL, Grandmama, hubs and me

All Baby William's loot

Me, my mom and my son