Well, it is no secret that after baby, you body gets a little...Hmmm, lets call it funny. (I guess I think feeling like a squishy brick is funny - weird). Anyways - this blog is a shout out to my husband. While I feel like the bottom half of this commercial, when he tells me how beautiful and hott he thinks i am he makes me feel like the top of this commercial.
Thanks babe for making me a hott mom!!!
xoxo

Names I call my child

Noodle: Sevyn's nickname from Mom
Squirrel: Dad's nickname for Sev
Poodle: Derived from the later "Noodle". Poodle refers to the noodle when she is fussy just because. Like a poodle, she is spoiled.
Toodle: Also from Noodle, Toodle is a combination of Tiny and Noodle.
Sloodle: Silly Noodle
Stoodle: Stinky Noodle
Foodle:Fussy Noodle
Nugget: Another nickname from Mom
Nuggy: Short for Nugget
Noodle Nugget: Duh
Nuggy Noo: Combination of Noodle and Nugget
New Noo: New Noodle

I can't believe myself right now...What have I become?!?!?!

Diaper update

Well...Sevy is officially one month old!!! It has really been so much fun and the time has relatively quickly. I hesitated in saying that only because I hate it when people say/assume that it is such a bummer that time is going by so fast.Yes, someday I will long for the days and nights of tiny baby cuddles but honestly, the joy of having a baby is that you know that the love you give them will go with them as they grow up...We give Sev a lot of love so I am pretty excited to see what she will do and be as a real person.
The nights are not quite as long now, she sleeps at night instead of the day now. We still have to give her a bottle every few hours but she is much calmer in the evening and even sleeps in her basket.
For those of you who don't know, Sevyn does not sleep in her crib...No, she prefers a glorified wicker laundry basket with a pillow in it. It sounds a Little funny but it is adorable!
We have finished our Baby shower run...They were all so great! We had 4 showers and they were all fantastic...Between family members, my girlfriends, and my parents church, we really were showered with some of the most thoughtful gifts we have ever received. Thank you to Angie, Jan, Cimmy, and Carla for throwing us showers filled with love and generosity.
Back to Sevyn - she is amazingly hilarious...So many people were so quick to remind us that babys are so much work or that we'd never get out or that diapers are awful...Seriously folks, we have laughed our asses off at least twice every day since bringing her home. She is just so funny! She farts like a whoopee cushion, giggles in her sleep and make some really funny faces!
I have to again, just say "publicly" that Nathan is amazing. I truly could not do this with out him. He is my rock of emotional strength and encouragement. He does so much for both of us and always puts us first. And in the midst of all of that he still manages to tell me every day that he is the happiest he's ever been, with me and us and the baby! What a winner!
Well, in other news, I cancelled my smile box account due to technical difficulties so give me a couple of days - I am testing different sites for hosting pics and slide shows.
Well, Noodle wants her food - gotta go!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Baby Sevyn

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Baby's 1st Bath!

Make a Smilebox scrap pages

Baby's First Few Days

Make a Smilebox photobook

Day one of my early leave

Well as most of you know by now I have started my leave of absence early...I have been in quite a bit of pain for a while now and have, in turn, turned into quite the hellion at home. I was concentrating so hard on giving all of my good energy at work that when I came home I was awful to be around. I thought long and hard and Nathan agreed that having extra time before Sevyn's arrival that is happy time and time that we can just be together is worth more than a full paycheck.

So, here I am...at home...not bored per say but well, here is the run down of my day...We'll start at 3:30 this morning because that is when Sevyn typically turns into a pumpkin and makes my life a living hell.



3:30am - woke up to go to the bathroom and get water...Ended up waking up the dog so I put her in the bathroom with food and water.

4:00am - played 6 losing games of solitare on my phone

5:30am - I think Nathans alarm went off around now - I did get a little nap in, I can sleep if I don't move. I got up to go to the bathroom again.

7:00 am - Nathan left for work and I got up to pee...again...and decided to also catch up on Smallville and Supernatural since I didn't have to be quiet anymore.

8:30am - got up to let Charlie out and get some breakfast...Breakfast was quite the adventure since I was aparently very hungry... 2 waffels (Kashi, so I could justify 2), 2 eggs (1 whole and 1 white) toast, OJ and a yogurt later I felt like a beeched whale and took a little nap.

9:30am - woke up with searing heartburn which I should have anticipated because thats what always happens when I sleep right after I eat.

10:00 am - checked my email (I was so excited to get emails form the girls!!! I don't think I have ever actually responded so quickly to emails before!)

11:00am - Paid some bills, ate a snack, played with the dog

12:00 Sent Nathan the following pic and told him Charlie was dead because she missed him so much...





12:30 blogged on our family blog

1:30 Nathan came home!!!

And no it's only 1:50...oh dear.

We shall see how this goes.

Sigh

Well...it is 5:30am... I have been up since 2:30. I cannot sleep to save my life tonight. Nathan says it's God's way of preparing us to help each other (he sleeps while I'm up and I sleep while he's up etc)...I say how about we don't prepare for that kind of stuff? I think I'd rather just wing it when the time comes and get lots of sleep now. Soooooo, here I am - full of lower back pain (I wish someone would just snap me in half backwards), and totally unable to get rid of my daughters hiccups. So what does one do on late nights like this? Well, thus far I have played with the dog (who I am sure appreciated being woken up to hang out with me - what are friends for), googled a million and one things (baby stuff, trivia, random words...awesome), taken 3 baths (the water company loves me - the whales, not so much), and longed for the days I could take 4 Tylenol at once and not have to check the time as opposed to now where I can take 2 every 4 to 6 hours...Useless. (Sigh)...babies sure make you do weird stuff.

Becca is sad

Becca, Here is a new posting just for you!!! :-) (Yes, everyone really should thank Becca, she tells me when I need to post!)

Well - another appointment down...I feel like a circus dog who's only trick is peeing in a cup. Sev is an active little lady... When she is not hiccuping (in perfect meter thanks to her musically gifted father) she is rolling and punching and hiccuping some more. As I explained to my husband (who was imitating a baby's hiccups and remarking at how cute they were) it is not cute when it feels like some one is flicking you in the lower abdomen from the inside...It is annoying and makes you want to hum songs that match the beat to try and go to sleep. Downside - those songs are never soothing. I have had nights filled with Christina Aguilara and Katie Perry and those nights are not soothing in the least (It doesn't help that I only know the words to the disturbing chorus on both songs). But back to the baby...Yep, I guess that is it for now. My mom did bring up an interesting point the other night that I will share...When my mom was pregnant with me she craved and ate Franco Americano Spaghetti-o's and I in turn L-O-V-E Spaghetti-o's. I have craved salads but have really gotten into Wendy's Frostys, and I just can't help but wonder what this means for our daughter...I guess the good news is that Wendy's serves salads - you could say that Sevyn will be able to have her cake and eat it too. Great, just what I need, a sugared up tot.
Lol, this will definitely be interesting.

Brief Up Date

There is not a lot of newness to tell here... We registered at the hospital the other day. That was inter resting. It was basically a long employment application but with a few more questions regarding medical history. My favorite line was "Fill in the date and time of the accident" at which time I turned to Nathan and said, "Do you know how to figure out her actual conception date?" You don't have to think it is funny but we sure did.
Anyways - My mom and long time family friend are in the process of planning a 2nd baby shower for us. My 1st one was just me an my girlfriends so his one is the "meat-and-potatoes" shower so to speak. Family, family friends and my moms church friends, it will be awesome. I am working on my baby chat skills now - I am not a huge fan of spending time talking about pregnancy, babies (other peoples especially), or doctor stuff. I have been so fortunate to have a husband and doctor that are both easy going and don't make me think about labor and such (it make me want to puke FYI). Dr Frank has told me more than once, there are only so many things you can plan on to be 100% for sure and the rest I should just let happen. He's lucky I trust him. But I do just like knowing that when the time comes he will guide us through everything as we need to go through it... None of this Lamaze crap or birthing classes for me. If Nathan and I went to those we would probably end up slapping one or more of the other couples there...Gosh, we sound like terrible parents - no, technically parenthood is 10 (ish) weeks away still. I guess we just do whats important and forget about the rest until the rest becomes important.
Wow - this has gone on longer than I had anticipated. I gotta go wake Nathan up from his nap so we can go to Borders!