Where to begin?

So new mommydom has taken over my life, duh.

The bean is great, we sleep around 5 hours starting around 10pm and have been progressing towards 6-7 hours in the last few days. I’m very proud of my sleepy little boy.

He loves all things that move, the swing, the car or just being strapped to mommy. He eats, and eat and eats! I’m sure as a little boy this is something he might never grow out of, his daddy sure hasn’t :)

Speaking of Daddy he’s been out of town for the last few weeks but will finally be reunited with his little boy this week. I’m excited to see his reaction to how much he has changed.

I feel like in the past few weeks he has really gone from being a newborn to a baby. He has changed so much from the way he looks to the way he looks at me.

Everyone says by now he knows I’m his mom. I’m not sure about that but he really seems to follow me more with his eyes.

Of course one of my favorite things to do with him is a photo shoot. He’s such a cute little guy, I’m not sure how I got so lucky!

February!…already?

So daddy is gone to play army (that’s what I call it when he is training…some may not like it but I do so just take it with a grain of salt :) ) and we’re hanging out with Grandmas and Grandpas getting to know everyone.

Liam has been a very good baby. He sleeps 4-5 hours starting after our 10pm feeding. He loves going places or just staying at home, in general he is very cooperative in everything we do. He is my biggest blessing by far!

As you can see he was pretty happy with his first big car trip!

I think it’s official, I’ve joined the mamarazzi club :) I just can’t resist that handsome face!

Long Over due!

in many ways! haha. Bean was born on Jan 22, at 4:46 am, 8lbs 4oz, 21in! It was an unexpected C-section but we are so happy he is finally here! I went in the morning of the 21st and after being in labor for 12+ hours they decided he was not going to come out the way he was supposed to, mainly he was headed forhead first and so we went with plan B.

He is here and doing well.

Oh life…or pregnancy brain?

I came to Starbucks today to use the reliable internet connection with every intention of uploading some photos I had recently taken….and guess where the camera cord is? Not in my bag like I thought! ha.

Lots happening in the last few weeks.

I no longer work for the Child Development Center. I’m officially a substitute in the Fountain Fort Carson school district BUT because of my degree I get the nifty title of “guest teacher” hehe

Baby boy’s curtains are alllll finished!

His blanket is almost done just a few more finishing touches and I’ll have something to show for my endless hours of crocheting away!

The Braxton Hicks have started, that’s been fun. Almost as much fun as the fact he has set up residence in the right side of my rib cage. If I’m lucky I get 1-4 hours a day with a killing pain in my lower ribs that wraps around to the back. This makes getting things done, especially out and about things done pretty unpleasant. I just keep telling myself this will only last 11-12 more weeks and I’ll be a mommy.

Every time I see a baby I feel happy. I like babies, however I am scared to death of having my own in my house all the time.

Almost as scared as my husband seems to be at times.

But he is great with kids. I can’t wait to see him in action! Last week we were at Babies R Us and he was so great. The little girl in front of us was not happy but somehow he keep her giggling so the mom could check out. I hope he never looses that touch! I love that about him! I think he will truly be the best dad ever.

Whoops!

So sorry! I had to take down my last entry, I didn't realize there was some too personal information on it. I really don't like posting from my hubsy's computer cause I can't make it pretty, so my posts are few and far between.

I'll have to see if I can fix that.

I have a puppy snuggled up next to me in this computer chair, we're just waiting for the weather to change, and the hubby to come home.

I've had several friends give birth in the last few weeks. Every time I see pictures and feel a little kick I can't wait to meet my little man.

Don't get me wrong, I'm scared out of my mind for what is to come but I just can't wait to see who he is and what his little face looks like.

Craft room redo

So I found an internet connection in our house....and instead of spending some time catching up on things, checking e-mail and doing fun things I've been spendin the last three hours trying to find something appropriate to fix our super clutter problem in the craft room/ office.

Fail.

We found two pieces from IKEA we liked, little did I know to ship to middle of nowhere outside colorado springs it would be $350...that was more than the furniture! ARE YOU KIDDING? Now I would just drive to the nearest friendly ikea and pick it up myself but that happens to be n Utah or Texas...boo. I miss GA. I want my Ikea back!

Now my biggest issue is 1 the price, I don't want to spend over $300 for the total package.

2 I want something that is going to hold books, craft supplies (yarn, cross stitch, sewing and scrapbooking) while lookin nice and neat. Hidden but accessible.

3. I'm not sold on bookshelves with baskets/ boxes...hubby's idea.

4. I don't want plastic, we have plastic drawers they tend to buckle, look cluttered and un tidy.

5....I'm just too picky...

I've tried office max, joanns, hobby lobby, micheals, and the container store...

Any suggestions?

I need a queen of storage to pop up out of the wood work out there!

A day off-ish

I got off of work early today!! YAY! That’s exciting news for me after working from 8-5 everyday since vacation! Talk about overload…

I start a new position on Monday, I will move from the school aged kiddos to the preschoolers. I’m looking forward to the change but a little nervous too.

I still have a lot of stuff to update about the family reunion but I just don’t have the time anymore.

On the baby front things are going well, we’ve had another checkup that was pretty much pointless..haha They checked my blood pressure, heart rate and checked to make sure the baby’s heart was still going strong…I could have called that in :)

Our next appointment is mid September, by then we should know boy or girl :) super excited to find out. I have my guess but you never know…

For the nursery we’ve decided to go with this palate: Chocolate brown, a limey/minty/avocadoy green, kahki, and off white. Kinda like this:

And since people have asked some “bump” pictures:

16 Weeks…still sick all the time

I accidentally erased the 12 week picture but take my word for it there was nothing there…

And the bean at 10 weeks.

I just like the fact you can see it’s little hand :) That makes me happy to know he/she at least has one haha!