Friday: Up at 7:30 to nurse the baby. Worked, nursed, played with the baby. Repeat several times. Very happy to see Ross come home. Dinner. Watched some Battlestar. Bed.
Saturday: Up at 7:30 to nurse the baby. Showering and what not. Nursed and then headed over to Ross’s parents house so JR’s grandpa could actually see that this child is awake sometimes. Had a nice lunch and took a great walk around the pond. Home. Left the baby with Ross. Headed out to Goodwill to see if they had anything to fit my giant child. They didn’t. Home to find Ross with screaming baby. Nursed the baby again. Went back out to run bulletins for church. Home again to the same Ross with the same screaming baby. Settled in for a baby and mama nap. Nursed again. Ate a late dinner. Watched some Battlestar. Nursed for what felt like the 80 millionth time. Bed.
Sunday: Baby woke up early from having a screwed up day the day before. Nursed and ate breakfast. Showered. Nursed again. Gave the baby a sponge bath. Played a bit. Headed out to Ashland to meet family for brunch at the Henrey Clay Inn. Was able to nurse the baby in an actual room rather than in the corner covering us with a blanket. Ate brunch. Headed to church. Came home to this happening in my front yard:
Yes, that’s a RIDICULOUSLY drunk dude (wearing a UVA shirt HA!) surrounded by the po-po. Fun times. Put the baby down for a nap. Continued to deal with the baby’s recovery from his screwed up day as he began what would turn into a 45-minute screamfest. Finally managed to get him calmed down as I did some work for church. Did some work for RVANews. Nursed again. Put the baby to bed. Forgot to eat dinner. Hoping for bed to be soon but it probably won’t happen.
Oy.
Friday: Woke up at 7:30 after approximately 45 minutes of sleep thanks to my ticking brain. Fed the baby. Got everyone ready to leave. Dropped the baby off with his grandmother and headed to work. Spent the day in a complete fog not getting anything done and freaking out about everything in the world because I was So. Tired. Back to pick up the baby at around 3:30. Home to nurse. Decided that I, just like the baby, needed a nap, so we took one together. Dinner. Puttering. Got some decent sleep.
Saturday: Up at 7:30 to feed the baby. Family playtime and cuddles. Put the baby down for a nap. Went back to bed myself. Lunch with the in-laws. Home to putter. Watched some TV. Bed.
Sunday: Up at 7:30 to feed the baby. Went to run bulletins for church and stop by Target. Home. Quick rest and shower. Off to church. Scared some ladies with stories of mastitis and plugged ducts. Home around 6. Watching some TV. Bed soon.
Have a great week!
Friday: Incredible day at home consisting of resting, nursing, and cuddling with the baby. Hubs got home around 4:30. Dinner and watched Battlestar. Bed.
Saturday: Up at 7:30 to nurse the baby. Ate breakfast. Cuddled and played as a family. Put the baby down for his morning nap. Went back to bed for a little bit. Up to shower and nurse. Mom got here around 11:30. Left for epic grocery shopping trip that involved buying the best hot chocolate mix ever. Home to nurse. Went back out really quick to run bulletins for church. Back home for dinner and more Battlestar.
Sunday: Up at 7:30 to nurse the baby. Ate breakfast and played. Shower. Nursed again. Out to brunch with some lovely ladies that I used to work with. Home to nurse. Passed the baby over to his dad so I could get a quick rest. Off to church. Chatted with lots of friends. Quick dinner. Finally took down the Christmas decorations. Nursed the baby. Stripped him down to just his diaper and let him play on the bed. Lots of smiles and cuddling. Doing a little bit of work. Possibly a snack and shower soon. Hopefully not to bed too late.
Have a wonderful week!
Friday: Up to feed and play with the baby. Got us both settled in for a morning nap. Up for puttering and what not. Quick trip to Ukrop’s. Home to endure the Afternoon of the World’s Fussiest Baby. Finally got him calmed down. Started watching Battlestar Galactica from the beginning. Bed.
Saturday: Up to feed and play with the baby. Ran to Kinko’s to run bulletins for church. Stopped by Target. More nursing, cuddling, and playing with the baby. Ate dinner and baked cookies. Watched Pretty Baby. Felt uncomfortable. More Battlestar. Bed.
Sunday: Up to feed and play with the baby. Went back to bed when he went down for his nap. Up to nurse and shower. Ate some lunch. Headed to church. Dinner with our small group. Home to feed the baby and watch more Battlestar. Bed. Got woken up at 4:30am by Jackson screaming just one time. Went to check on him to find him happily sucking his thumb. Praised the Lord. Back to bed.
Have a great week!
Friday: Much cuddling, nursing, and napping. A trip to Target in there. That was really it.
Saturday: Again with the cuddling, nursing, and napping. Did some work for church. Took care of some housework. Reading and bed.
Sunday: More nursing and cuddling before heading to the West End for a family thing. Home around 5. Passed out from exhaustion. Will nurse again in a minute. Hopefully some quality time with the hubs before bed.
Have a great week!
Friday: Um. Hmm. Nursing? Diapers? I’m sure that was in there.
Saturday: Up with the baby at around 7:30 to nurse, eat breakfast, and play. Shower and various things before another nursing session and heading out to a lovely holiday brunch. Home to nurse. My mom arrived at around 2:30. Ross and I headed out for a quick bite to eat at Chik-Fil-A and then various errands. Home. Got a delicious dinner delivered to us by Brandon. Puttering and TV watching. Bed.
Sunday: Enjoyed an uninterrupted 6 hours of sleep. Up with the baby at around 7:30 to nurse, eat breakfast, and play. Put the baby down to rest. Back to bed to cuddle and nap with the hubs until 10:30. Nursed the baby again. Went out to run the bulletins for church and stop by Target for diapers and more Christmas lights so we could finally get the tree finished. Picked up lunch and went home. Shower. Nursed and played with the baby. Church. Home to eat dinner. Nursed again. Crossed fingers that we could get through this evening without enduring Jackson’s wicked fussy time. We seem to be doing ok. Decorate the tree. Watched some of Bill Cosby: Himself with Ross downstairs. Had to eventually go upstairs because OMG the dogs won’t let you do anything downstairs without hovering all over you. Hopefully to bed soon.
Have a wonderful week!
Friday: Up with the baby at around 7:30. Nursed while watching the Today show. Ate breakfast while he hung out in his bouncy seat. Put the baby down a bit later. Took a shower. Various puttering around the house. Nursed again around 10:30. Some playing and cuddling time. More puttering. Laid down to take a little rest only to be ripped from my light sleep by a screaming baby who was clearly more than ready to eat. Nursed and snuggled. Finally got around to putting up the Christmas tree. Quick visit from a very sweet friend who came bearing baby gifts. More nursing. Ross got home around 6. Ate delicious chili (courtesy of a friend from church). More with the puttering. Bed.
Saturday: Again, up with the baby around 7:30 to nurse, eat breakfast, and play a bit. Shower. My mom arrived around 10 to babysit so Ross and I could go run some errands. Went out to Short Pump to stop by Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s. Got some lunch. Came home. Nursed the baby. Took a nice, long nap. Hung out with the hubs. Watched The Dark Knight. Bed.
Sunday: That’s right, up around 7:30 with the baby to nurse and eat breakfast. Cuddled on the couch some. Watched him discover his hands with such enthusiasm that he repeatedly gagged himself. Put him down for his morning nap. Decided to go back to bed for a bit. Slept so effing hard until it was time to nurse him again. Chatted and cuddled with the hubs before showering. Went to a baby shower for a lovely lady from church. Met up with Ross and the baby at church for our first service since he was born. Spent most of the service nursing the baby, but still enjoyed seeing everyone. Picked up dinner on the way home. Watched the latest episode of The Office while eating. Started reading Twilight (OMG SO GOOD ALREADY). Nursed the baby. Tried to comfort him through his nightly battle with hiccups of death. Finally got him settled. Taking a quick break from cuddling with the hubs to write this post. Will nurse again soon before heading to bed for what will hopefully be a night of decent sleep.
Jackson is 4 weeks old tomorrow. I can’t even believe it. Hopefully this means that soon I will be able to accomplish more than nursing and cuddling during the day.
Friday: Nursed. Changed diapers. Repeat. Also some laundry and a short walk in there. Happy to see husband come home at around 3. Quick nap. Nursed again. Headed over to in-laws to drop off Jack so Ross and I could have a short evening to ourselves. Went and got BBQ and ice cream. Back to the in-laws to chat. Home, nursed again, watched True Blood, bed.
Saturday: Nursed. Changed diapers. Repeat. Got a couple naps throughout the day. Headed over to my dad’s for a belated Thanksgiving dinner. Much oggling over the baby. Slow drive home in the snow. Nursed again. More watching of True Blood and to bed.
Sunday: Up exhausted. Nursed. Changed diapers. Repeat. Friends over for a brunch and baby visit. Nursed again. Made a trip to Trader Joe’s and Kroger. Blown away by exhaustion. Back home. Now snuggling with the baby. Dinner, more True Blood, more nursing, and bed soon.
Friday: Up somewhat late. To work for a couple hours. Lunch with the mother-in-law to celebrate her birthday. Back to work for a little bit. Home with the hubs to nap. Sent husband off to his very own “baby tailgate.” Church meeting. Home to watch TV and go to bed.
Saturday: Slept in. Shower. Lunch at Taco Bell. To Kinko’s to run bulletins for church. Quick stop at Target. Home. Very long walk in hope to get this baby moving. Very long nap to recover from very long walk. Puttering and snuggling. Went to pick up dinner. Realized that some bastard had hit my car leaving a sizable dent and pulling off part of the bumper. Fumed. Called the insurance company. Fumed some more because I will now spend the last few days of my pregnancy dealing with insurance companies, deductibles, and repair shops. Watched The Office and Smallville. Started having contractions every 15 minutes starting at 9:30. Continued having contractions every 15 minutes until about 12:45am. Stopped having contractions. Cursed the heavens. Went to sleep.
Sunday: Woke up in a very bad mood over aforementioned ceasing on contractions. Took a shower. Got dressed. Greeted in-laws who came over for hopefully their last weekend of home improvement assistance before the baby comes. Church. Dinner of grilled cheese and tomato soup. Just did a little bookeeping for church. Will now put on pajamas, watch TV, go to bed, and pray for productive contractions.
Have a great week!
Friday: Work. Over to Short Pump to pick up my iPhone. Back to work. Home to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters. Watched Young Frankenstein. Bed.
Saturday: Slept in a bit and lounged around. Various household tasks. Lovely nap. Shower. Some puttering. Went to get dinner. Stopped by a party for a little bit. Home. Bed.
Sunday: Awoken by the doorbell randomly ringing at 5am. Made Ross go downstairs with the baseball bat. No one was there. Blamed it on the fact that we have a wireless doorbell and, sure, it could randomly go off. Stayed up for a bit to read and calm myself down after being sufficiently freaked out. Back to bed until 9ish. Up to go run bulletins for church. Home to shower. Lunch with in-laws. Home for a bit. Church. Home to do some work. To bed soon, I hope.
I am due in 10 days. I can’t even believe it.
Have a great week!
