Uncle Robert's Crazy gifts!!

Little Bit received her first gift from Uncle Robert on Saturday night while we were at Country's BBQ. I'm not sure that she loved it- but I loved taking her picture with her surprise!! Uncle Robert is the Uncle that tries to find the ugliest shoes, shirts, tattoo's- whatever he can find because all the kids love it!! He is the Uncle that will bring tattoo's to church on Sunday and take you before Church service to put them on. So Little Bit's first gift from Uncle Robert (besides her skull cap and Harley booties) is a mustache!! A couple of weeks ago Little Bit's cousin, out of the blue, started calling her "Little Baby Carlos"- now that name fits her well!! :) Little Bit can't wait to see what she will get next!!

My time at home is coming to an end...for now....

Well, today marks 3 days until I return to work... :( Right now Little Bit is sleeping in her swing, she fell asleep while I was getting lunch so I have yet to pick her up, but I REALLY want too! (I'm sure once I'm done posting she will be in my arms!) I know that I am SUPER-DUPER lucky to have had 3 full months at home with my sweet baby, not too many people are that lucky. A HUGE thank you to my husband for continuing to work and managing the money during the past 3 months. Although today when he told me how much (actually how little) I made, he said it was time for me to return!! I know that once I do return to work the time that I do get to spend with her will be that much better and I am one of the lucky that never has to work on weekends, I get all holidays off, I will ALWAYS get a spring break and I have ALL SUMMER OFF!!! It is now that I truly appreciate my job!!

The Traveler and I are both very lucky, too, in that we do not have to drop Little Bit off at daycare. My mom and The Traveler's mom will be keeping her so I know she will be taken care of. I am going to miss my 3 hour nap in the morning snuggled up on the couch with her daily, talking to her after her nap and eating for about an hour before the next nap, I will miss her smiling at me while I talk to her during the day..I know she will continue to do this once I get home in the afternoon, but it will be extremely hard to go to work and think about her snuggling with my mom and talking to her and not me!!

Anyways- off of my pity party... she will be well taken care of and she will be at home every afternoon waiting for me to get here!! I will work 2 weeks and then have a day off, then I will only have like 4 weeks until Spring break, then only about 9 more weeks until SUMMER!!! So while I am going to be pitiful on Monday, and the majority of next week, I have days off to look forward too!! So if you are working at the Junior High and reading this, make sure you have kleenex with you if you see me!!! :)

Sips and Strokes!

Saturday night we went to Sips and Strokes in Auburn and had a blast!!

The beginning!

The Middle!

The Final product!!

The Crew!

(Me, mom, Karin, Lynne, Tammy, Lisa, Sheena, Shelly, Vickie)

I'm not sure exactly who started Sips and Strokes, but I wish it would have been me!! We had a blast and will be doing it again, soon!!

WOW!!!

Well, today Little Bit is 12 weeks old! I can't believe it has already been 12 weeks- it has gone by WAY TOO FAST!! We weren't supposed to have a dr appointment this month, but Little Bit has been spitting up so much lately it had me worried, especially after Tuesday of this week- needless to say we were both crying at one point during the day!! So we went to see Dr. BB today- he thinks it is just her acid reflux and he wanted us to up her medicine from 1.5 mL to 3.0 mL, twice a day. He said we should see improvement by tomorrow night and if we don't I am supposed to call him and we might try cereal or he said we might try crushing up a TUMS and mixing it with water, but hopefully the meds will work and we won't have to do anything else. So, what does she weight? length? She is above the 95% in both categories: she weighs 15 lbs and 2 oz and is 26 inches long!! Along with that- she is getting her first tooth!! I noticed it about a week ago- but I just pretended it was spit up, I guess I didn't want it to happen so quickly! Last night though, her Aunt Sheena was holding her and pointed it out- so it's true, she is getting her first tooth. :(

Also- please begin praying for me, I return to work on Feb. 1st- one week from Monday. I have been praying for a while now that the Lord prepares me to return to work and that I will be able to go and make it through the day, but I will need all the prayers I can get! I know it won't be as hard because my mom and The Traveler's mom will be keeping her and we won't have to drop her off at daycare, but still- I don't want to leave my baby!!!

Baby Weight

Pre-pregnancy

Let me rant just a minute this morning on all this baby weight that I still have... prior to becoming pregnant, I never had to work out, walk, etc. and I was still in a size 6/8 and could eat whatever I wanted without gaining weight- it was awesome! Well, that has now changed. During my pregnancy I gained right at 40 lbs and I currently have about 25 lbs to shed before getting back to my pre-prego weight. I am having some difficulty with this because I have no desire what so ever to get up and work out, nor do I want to change the way I eat. I know these 2 things would do the trick and I would be back down, hopefully, by spring break, but the desire is not there. I am going today to the doctor and then grocery shopping. I am hoping that once I get some healthy snacks and get all of the sweets out of the house, which will help a little. I also have The Biggest Loser on my Wii- I did it once and I'm sure to be eliminated next time I get it out because I haven't been doing what I was supposed to! Right before I got pregnant I started running and really enjoyed it, but it is too cold (another excuse) to go outside right now with Little Bit, plus I would need a jogging stroller (The Traveler is probably rolling his eyes right now as he reads this!) so that she could go with me!! Then another one of my main excuses- I have to go back to work soon and I want to spend as much time as possible holding my sweet baby- not working out!!! So any motivation would be nice and what works best for you? Something quick to do daily and is quick to get the weight off! THANKS!

The day before Little Bit arrived

Sledding!

H and The Traveler on the big sled!! The other videos from our video camera won't load on MeMaw's computer for some reason, so once I get home I will upload some of C on the big sled!

Snow Day!!

Today we went to Auburn with C and H to play in the snow!! One of The Traveler's co-workers back yard is FULL of snow. Her husband made a snow making machine and he works daily on his backyard so people can come and enjoy it! We throughly enjoyed every minute of it!! We arrived around 10 and there were very few people there, so C and H were able to enjoy it without us worrying about them! Next post will have videos of them sledding- which was AWESOME!! We were able to stay for about an hour and then we were all so cold we had to leave! Of course, C was FREEZING!! I had to sit her on the seat warmer in my car with the heat on full blast to warm her up!! I hope that he continues to do this for years to come so that we can take Little Bit, H#2, and G-Squared!!

C's favorite thing to do: "Eat Ice"

H's favorite thing to do: "Make snow angels"