Growing

12 weeks ago I was lying in a hospital bed with my son, just an hour old. Today I spent lunch with hub and son at the mall. Will sat on my hip and looked at everything, just soaking in all there was to see.  He smiled and cooed and, occasionally, lost neck control and plopped his head on my shoulder. It's amazing how fast the time goes. ...

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A [Little] Person

Today at church, one of the church ladies came up to me to give me a homemade salve she had made from herbs from her garden for baby cuts, rashes, and general ailments.  I thanked her (because that's AWESOME).  She then looked at my little boy and said something that nearly brought me to tears.  I have lots of people comment on how cute my baby boy is - and let's be honest, he's ridiculously cute.  :-)  I mean, look...

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Escape-ades

So, my life revolves slightly around an amazing 10-week-old boy, so a few other things have gone by the wayside as far as blogging goes.  I'll slowly catch you up on all the goodness, boy-related and otherwise.  For today, however, we're going to focus on a certain Schnauzer. He may be the size of an elf, but he can cause a whole lot of trouble. Geoff, Will and I took a two week vacation from life to visit family over the holidays. ...

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NINE

9 weeks.  It has been 9 amazing weeks since Will was born.  9 weeks ago at this time I was lying in my hospital bed, a sleeping baby in the bassinet beside me, a Diet Mountain Dew and Jimmy Johns sandwich in my belly for the first time in 9 months, marveling with Geoff over the miracle that had just occurred.  I took him to the breastfeeding group I attend weekly (soon to be bi-monthly as I go back to work) and he weighed...

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Sleep Tight

So, as I teased at the end of my last blog post, step 2 in my mission to gain some control over my life before I go back to work is getting Will into a proper bedtime routine (and, hopefully, along with that a more regular sleep schedule and duration).  The planned routine goes as follows: 1) Tummy Time while Mommy draws a bath. 2) Bathtime 3) Infant Massage (I took a class at my hospital - I wish I got a massage every night) Note: The...

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New Year? New Everything.

A lot of people have been posting this week about their New Year's Resolutions.  I'm typically a big "resolutioner" and have a list of things to do (almost always including a weight loss or exercise goal).  This year, I'm just putting "survive" at the top of my list.  With my first day back at work looming just a week away, I think I've re-entered the nesting phase.  I want, so desperately, to get everything organized and routine...

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