Tuesday, September 30, 2008

2 month battle wounds

Today my little peanut had her 2 month doctors visit. It was a very eventful morning, where I actually had to wake her up to dress her and get her to the appointment on time. (8:30am appointments worked well prior to having a baby...now I think I'll go with the afternoon options!) So here we sit 5 shots, 1 oral medicine, a dose of Tylenol and a bug bite later. She cried, but not as bad as I expected and I managed to keep myself together for the most part.

Last night she actually slept for 5 hours! I was just reading in one of my many books that babies her age actually can sleep up to 7 hours at night. She is normally a 3-4 hour girl at night and really only does one 3-4 stretch. For example, she will sleep from 8p to 10p and then wake up to eat, go back down and sleep to 1a or 2a then wake up and eat, go back to sleep and then wake up around 3a or 4a and eat, then sleep again until 5a or 6a. Needless to say it is an exhausting schedule as we are usually up for 45-60min each time she wakes. So today I give thanks for Josephine throwing me a bone and giving me an extra hour or two of sleep!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Happy Birthday Steve!

Today is Steve's birthday, the big 32! Steve has been very busy at work lately and asked that we celebrate his birthday on Saturday instead of today. So Joey and I are off to Tyson's Corner where we will meet Aunt Gi-gi to shop for his present(s).
On a side note, I've been feeling a lot like a single parent lately because Steve has been putting in so many hours at work in the past few weeks. It will be nice when this project wraps up this week and I get my partner back. I'm sure that Joey will enjoy "going turtle" again too! (To see pictures of "going turtle" scroll to the bottom of the blog and view any of the numerous pictures of Steve and Josephine cuddling.)

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Yeah! I finally did it!

Well, I finally did it! I started my very own blog. I have been wanting to do this for years, but needed the motivation. That motivation came into my life 2 months ago on July 29, 2008 at 8:02pm when Josephine Katie came into my world. She is such an amazing human beign and I wanted a place to share my joy with the world. I plan to write about all of her latest developments and the day to day life we share...the good, the bad, the funny and the sometime stinky!