Mom....not again!

We Made It!

We were successful in our 2nd attempt to make it to church yesterday. We weren't on time, but we made it. Nora was ready to eat right as we were walking out the door...so we decided to pull her out of her car seat and let her nurse for a while so I wouldn't have to do it right when we got there. Turns out we were only 10 minutes late and only missed 1 worship song. She was quietly awake during most of the service and then drifted off asleep about 15 minutes before it was over. When we went to LifeGroup after church-she was ready to nurse again, so I missed most of it, but Jake was able to stay and give me the 411 on what was discussed.

We were also able to go to Jake's Aunts' 50th birthday lunch at El Rodeo-where Nora had her 2nd meal out away from home-her first came at Babies R Us last Wednesday. She is such a big girl & I'm getting used to nursing her outside of the house-it's a good thing because cabin fever had set in!

After lunch at El Rodeo we went back to Babies R Us to buy a 3 wheel jogging stroller. We've taken several walks outside with our travel system stroller (with plastic wheels) and have found them already wearing down. With as much as we walk around during the summer it was worth investing in a jogger...& I'll get to jog with her since our gym membership is up on April 17th. Sad...because I was pregnant most of the year we had the membership & didn't use it as much as I would have liked to, but it was nice when I did.

After 3 weeks, I'm finally becoming more confident in venturing out by myself with Nora. Today we went to Lowe's and to the Rec Center to walk around. The stinky part was it was raining. It tested my speed of getting the stroller out of the car and open ready for the car seat, diaper bag, and anything else I had with me. I got wet, but we made it in and out just fine!

Right now she's sleeping sound on her tummy next to me on the couch for the second time today-she likes tummy sleep time, but not tummy play time (don't worry I'm always right beside her when shes on her tummy!)

2nd Attempt

Tomorrow we will be making our second attempt to get to church in 4 weeks. Last week we went to bed early, but had a long night with lots of interrupted sleep and in the morning neither one of us made a move until 8:45 am. Church starts at 9:30 am and it takes 20 minutes to get there....with out a baby we could have made it just in time, but not even a chance with a 2 week old-so we stayed home and took advantage of the extra sleep. It's a good thing we didn't try because at 9:37 am I was nursing her-which would have been right at the start of the service. We are praying things go smoother tomorrow so that we can make it to and on time because we are ready to get back in the Sunday routine. I'll let you know how it goes!

We have a reptile on our hands...

Nora...that is! She is shedding skin like its her job. Every time I changer her onsie or socks/mittens, etc. tons of skin goes flying off! Her face has been peeling lots lately, but it seems to be slowing down. Tomorrow we are giving her the first actual bath since its been almost a week since the doctor put silver nitrate on her belly button to dry it up since it was still bleeding. I'm hoping that helps with removing the dry/dead skin.

Another reptile-esque characteristic that she has is that she loves to be warm...like a snake next to a heat lamp! She could be sound asleep on one of our chests and we go to lay her down and instantly she wakes up and wants to be 'warm' again (or held) either way. Apparently you can't spoil an infant, but she might be spoiled because we hold her so often. (as she sleeps on my chest while I'm typing this post) She ends up getting tiny beads of sweat on her face-that's how warm she is.

On another note, she slept all night...well not through the night, in her bassinet for the first time the other evening. Last night was a different story-she was a little fussy so bouncey seat it was for half the night. We are slowly but surely getting used to our new schedules which include some early bed times. Tonight being one of them. It's funny because we people tell you that you won't get much sleep you think...aww thats just them over reacting...but coming from a 8+ hour per night sleeper it has been really hard to keep up on sleep. I try to take as many naps during the day as possible, but I still want to get things done around the house before Jake gets home too.

Completely random and has nothing to do with this post, but I emailed the lactation consultant becuase I felt like I was pumping ALOT...turns out I am and she said my body thinks I have twins!! Hilarious-no wonder our freezer is filling up with milk so fast! I think I'll be slowing down a bit with her tips and advice!