One Month

On Saturday, my sweet little girl turned one month old. Can you beleive it? Yeah, me neither! I feel like it was just yesterday she was born, and we were making our way home together. Over this last month, I've learned so much about myself and my girl. For one, you can survive on three hours of sleep - not so much two, but three is good. Two - my girl has her papa's impatience (which should be just GREAT in a few years!).

She's as sweet as can be, but if she's hungry watch out! There is no getting it to her fast enough!

She loves snuggling with mama and papa late at night and hanging out with her cousin Ian.

She loves story time, and early mornings with her big sister.

She loves her big brother and follows him around the room wherever he goes.

She loves Sunday visits from her Aunt DD and Cousin Ian, although I think mama loves them more.

She is by far, without a doubt the greatest thing I've ever done and I will spend the rest of my life making sure she always knows it.

My Girl

On 7/21/2010 at 7:42 am, my entire universe shifted, I became a mom and welcomed my beautiful daughter Sophia Josephine into the world.

It's crazy to think that next week, little miss sophia will turn 1 month old.

Wow, where did the time go?!! I feel like she’s been here forever but at the same time I feel like it was just yesterday when we first laid eyes on her.

The last three and a half weeks have been amazing, trying, sleepless, so hard, but unbeleivably joyful at the same time.

I wasn’t prepared how much things would change, how much I would change - I guess you can never really wrap your head around it when people say life will never be the same, I never understood until know when they said you will love your child like nothing else, it’s something you can’t describe or put into words until it happens to you - but this little girl, has my heart fully and completely now until the end of time.

5 Months - Where did it go??

As I’m approaching the end of my 5th month of pregnancy, I can’t help but think – holy crap, where did the time go??!!
On the 15th I’ll be beginning my 6th month, which means – OMG, 4 more months to go (Yes ladies, you are pregnant for 10 months, not 9 months like people like to say! Believe me this has been one of the most CONFUSING things about being pregnant!).

I’m still experiencing some morning sickness, which isn’t as bad as before but still pops up on me from time to time; like my visit to the grocery store a couple of weeks ago where I puked all over the front entrance to our local Giant – so not pretty! And while we’re at it, heartburn? It’s seriously my new bff – I mean really, who wakes up in the morning with heartburn? It doesn’t ever stop. Also, let’s talk about cravings. They’re pretty intense & they seem to go in spurts. Like for most of my pregnancy so far, it’s been pizza. Specifically Pizza Hut pizza. I literally have ate pizza at least three times a week if not more since I’ve become pregnant – I LOVE PIZZA. Last week it was Strawberries, which really – if your going to have a craving, I guess strawberries are not the WORSE thing you can have. Literally, I would buy 2 or 3 pints at a time. One night last week I called “The H” on my way home from work and told him I would be a little late because I HAD to go get some strawberries. He said I sounded like it was life or death, but clearly – he doesn’t full understand that what this baby wants? This baby gets. And well, she wanted strawberries.
This week, it’s Apple Juice and Whatchamacallit chocolate bars, though not together – even though that sounds tempting at the moment. I mean, it’s so strange!! They say you generally crave what your bodies lacking, which if that’s the case, I guess I’m lacking sugar and more sugar? Not so sure about that one.
I’m scared to see how much weight I’ve gained at my next appointment, even though I’m still down 4 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight (thank you morning sickness), I feel like I’m not going to be so lucky this next appointment – which truthfully is ok with me. As long as little miss is healthy, I’m not going to fret over how much or how little weight I’m gaining.

This weekend we’re going to do the big registry, probably at babies r us – I don’t have the patience or the time to go from store to store so I’d rather just do one store, where we can sign up for everything we need. Which leads me to my new dilemma – what do we REALLY need? Obviously the basics, I know – but is there one thing you couldn’t live without when you brought your little one home from the hospital? One thing that you never thought of that turned out to be a savior? Please share!!!