Two months!

Ahhhh.....it makes me so sad! Piper is two months old and so sweet and cuddly that I just want to keep her this way forever! I remember with Presley being so anxious for her to get to that 'next milestone' and really with Piper I just want to freeze time! I think I now realize how fast time goes and there is no way to get that time back. I also realize the sweetness of a newborn soon becomes the not-so-sweetness in a 3 year old.

She had her two month appt today and she is a whopping 9 lbs, 14 oz (15%......Presley was 10 lbs, 9 oz) and 21.5 inches long (11%). The doctor seems to be impressed with how strong she was (though she might say that to all parents). She got her 3 shots and it was SO sad for me! She gasped and took the adorable, pathetic, best pouty lip ever came out and she started screaming.

Piper at two months:
- eats 5 oz every three hours
- smiles and coos with the best of them
- is on no real schedule with feeding or nap times. I hoping once we have a regular daily routine that this will fall into place. She does seem to be awake for a couple hours in the morning, an hour or two during the afternoon and then is our little night owl and is usually awake in the evening until bedtime.
- doesn't sleep thru the night, but I have no complaints (yet). She usually gets up between 2-5am and if we are lucky it only takes 45 minutes before she is back to sleep.
- is still sleeping in the bouncy seat next to our bed. I'm slightly embarrassed lazy but it is SO easy to just reach over and stick the pacifer in her mouth a couple times to get another hour of sleep! We'll be breaking this habit soon.
- still wears newborn clothes! I've been putting her in some 0-3 month clothes but alot of them just swim on her! We are making that first jump to size 1 diapers though!

First snow of the season!

Presley was super excited to see the snow this morning! It is so fun now that she is at the age where she understands a little more and can enjoy things!

The snow was minimal but Steve and P enjoyed it as much as they would've if there was 2 feet of snow!

The neighbors built a good size snowman, Presley and Daddy built a 'Piper' size snowman! They had such a good time and I loved just watching them having fun.

Look who has pictures!!!!

And getting them to work was way easier than it should've been, we'll see how long it lasts! It almost makes me mad for deleted so many pictures from my blog back in 2009!

 

Anywhoooo....................another comparison for you!

 

Miss Presley at 3 months

 

 Miss Piper at 2 months

 

My girls watching cartoons before daycare!

 

Steve and I still weren't feeling 100% yesterday, he left work early and after I picked P up from preschool the 4 of us just spent the day together not doing a whole lot of anything and were all in our pjs by 4:30!

Today we got out of the house for a couple hours and made our typical Costco trip....but since it is 3 weeks before Christmas everywhere was packed and I didn't want to attempt to go anywhere else and try to fight the crowds! Guess I better get my other shopping done during the coming week before I go back to work! :(

Five Question Friday

1. How many times have you moved and do you have any tips? Well, I have moved twice in 6 years....my tips, get a Uhaul for $75 for the day and have lots of friends and family to help. The most important thing of all....have a daddy that loves to helps his daughters! :)
2. Do you have a budget for the holidays, or just keep sliding the credit card and have a heart attack in Jan? I don't really have a budget, but I realize at this point the kids are little enough they don't really know any different so I really try not to go overboard or buy things that they will need eventually anyway. And at this point I haven't had to break out the credit card yet!
3. What is the one medical thing you avoid like the plague? Umm......this is a weird question to me....I don't normally have too many medical problems (knock on wood). My main concern is going to the dermatologist to have my moles checked, I know I have to go but I dread going b/c who knows what they are going to want to remove from my body! (Note to self...call to make an appt ASAP!)
4. What  is your least favorite Christmas song? I would have to say the song from the Grinch Who Stole Christmas movie, it's just creepy.
5. This Christmas are you spending more, less or about the same? Why? Probably about the same, Piper is just getting a couple things mostly for the sake of just having presents and/or things that I would buy her anyways. Presley was lucky enough to have an awesome present 'donated' to us that Santa will give her.

Success! (with no pictures!)

So Monday night Steve started to NOT feel good, by Tuesday night I could feel that I was catching whatever he had. NOT FUN! By Wednesday it had caught up with me but I had to function, so I did. When it was time for Presley to go to bed I laid with her and fell asleep before 8 pm! Steve got Piper to bed and of course, with both of us not being 100% why wouldn't both kids wake up in the middle of the night. Presley woke up at 2 having to go potty (in footie pj's, which makes it hard for her to go by herself!). Steve got up with her and for some reason she was awake, normally she is so tired and out of it but he said she was singing and talking to him.....first time for everything.
Then Piper was up at 3 for her bottle and like her sister wasn't too interesting in going back to sleep...so a little after 4 I was able to go back to sleep! And I was still up before 7 to take a shower before Steve left for work, go me!

Today Steve left work early and has been sleeping most of the day. I dropped Presley off at Aprils and did some errands and came home and got stuff done! Two days of me not doing anything around the house is not good!
So tonight was my first night as a 'single mom'....Steve felt like shit and slept downstairs, I got dinner ready, gave Piper a bath, got Presley ready for bed. The 3 of us girls sat in her bed and read a book and then I got Piper ready for bed....by 9:00 both girls were asleep (b/c of course, Presley read her Bible to herself for 1/2 hour after I left)! So success!

I just think as a mother you have a sense that you want to be able to do it all (or maybe it's just me), you don't like to depend on people, you want to prove to yourself and others that you can do it all! I'm sure this fads the longer you are a parent but right now I'm hanging in there! I feel like I have control over most things right now, the house is clean, dishes done, laundry done and put away! And being sick doesn't have a part in any of this, there is no time to be sick!

Of course, once I go back to work...that will be a different story. I already know I'll be working overtime and we'll be juggling two different daycares since Piper will go to my moms every day and Presley will still be going to April's two days a week, but both of them are so flexible about things that I'm hoping that will all work out! It will be an adjustment for all of us, what would life be like without change?! :)

Weekend blah blah

Saturday we had no plans! I love those days, which means usually I don't get out of my sweats! Friday morning my dad came over to help Steve dig the holes for our deck and then Saturday morning Jordan came to help Steve set the posts. We thought about not doing the deck until the spring but since the weather has been so nice he thought it would be nice to get it started. If we can get another couple nice weekends he might just get it done this year!
Us girls hung out until he was done and then Steve took Presley to run off some energy and get out of the house! She is her fathers daughter and CANNOT sit around the house and do nothing all day...unlike me!

Yesterday I took the girls to my parents for the Packer game while Steve worked on the posts and house some more. Presley was very good (she seems to act much better when we are NOT at home) she played with Boston and Mary (Holly's boyfriends daughter) and we all ate too much....which seems to be a Sunday trend with my family!
Then Kyle, Maggie and their two girls Sadie and Grace came over for a little while. Presley played so good with them! It is so nice to see her play with other kids, slowly but surely she is coming out of her shell....especially when she is on her own turf (at home or grandmas house!).

My maternity leave is slowly coming to an end....2.5 weeks left. It doesn't seem possible. There were so many things I was going to get done during this time and there is so much I still could do! I was so busy during the first 6 weeks (buying stuff for the house, organizing, unpacking) but the last week or so I've come home and sat......just sat....with nothing to do. Laundry, dishes, cleaning has all been done, so I'm trying to enjoy this time! I really should finish Christmas shopping but considering I'm not getting paid for the next month it makes it hard to go and spend money...guess that saving account will get some action soon!

Good-bye November!

Monday afternoon April called me b/c P had thrown up in the back of her car?! What? I've never seen Presley throw up before! I picked her up and went home, she threw up again in the garage when we got home. She had a low fever and kept falling asleep on the couch. We only gave her water and crackers to make sure she didn't throw up again! I decided to keep her home with me on Tuesday instead of going to grandmas. She had a low fever in the morning but by noon was back to her normal self.

Our little strawberry blond baby. I think she is done losing her hair for now!
(I deleted enough pictures from my blog that it finally allowed me to download ONE, what a waste! I need to figure something out about this whole picture downloading thing b/c it is driving me CRAZY!)

Thursday I took Piper to my moms and Presley went to April and I went to get my hair done! It had been 5 months since I've had a cut or highlight and it was very much needed!!
Yesterday I had dinner and drinks with my friend Cindy! It was nice to get caught up and chat and complain about our kids and husbands! ;)