Back to Work.. ugh!

September came here faster than I had hoped.. and with September comes work. On the 9th of September I am going back to work at one of my 2 jobs. It is only twice a week, so that isnt too bad.. but I really thought I would be more prepared to go back. I am going to be away from Abby from 9am-9:30pm on Wednesdays and I dont know how I am going to do it!! Don't get me wrong.. I LOVE my job. I teach Kindermusik classes to children 0-7 years old and love every second of it. All I do is play with babies all day! Abby has even been in classes since she was 2 1/2 weeks old. I just will miss her terribly. She will be in good hands though.. my mom will be watching her. I am hoping I will get over this anxiety I feel and enjoy the time I am going to have off.. a ME day.. Before I was excited about the idea... and now that she's here I want every day to be an US day..!

I'm going to miss you terribly my little pumpkin bum!!

Spoke too soon..!

Week 9

Thought things would be a bit easier by now, especially after a great week 8.. but.. I guess it was just a bit of a break. Abby had her shots this week. Poor little girl.. and didn't seem to be feeling well for a couple days, which is, apparently normal. But since then.. she isn't pooping a lot anymore!! The pediatrician said that its normal.. but it has been every other day since..! And she seems to be so much more fussy and trying to all the time.. and is in obvious pain!! So.. whats a girl to do? I feel so helpless.. so this week has been the hardest so far I think. She does still smile and goes through happy spurts, but I know a bad one is coming soon after and I wish there was something I could do. I find it hard to believe a lot of babies do this, but if they do, poor parents! Its so hard to watch! AND.. I never thought I'd be so obsessed with her poop!!!!

She has been busy all week visiting people while this has gone on though, and I'm glad she was feeling ok for most of the them!

I also have not been able to blog at all this week because we have been so busy, but now she has tuckered herself out while playing!

So.. until the next time she passes out...!

Reflection

Since I've been back from my trip I'm finding that I have more time than I did before. This is because she is actually napping during the day!! The naps are usually only about 20 minutes, but it is better than nothing. She is a very active baby who wants to take in every bit of the world! I have noticed a lot of changes in the last week in her behaviour. She has started to smile!! And I can't get enough of her big grin! I think she has finally started to adapt to the world around her and is beginning to realize its not half bad and that there is a lot of love around her. I know it has only been 2 months, but it seems like an eternity for me. Looking back, it all went by so fast and I almost forget how she was when she was a baby!

• Week 1 - Eat, sleep, poop, repeat.
• 7lbs 13oz 18 1/2 inches


• Week 2 - Cry, eat, poop, refuse to sleep, repeat
• 8lbs 4 oz 19 inches


• Week 3 - Cry, eat, poop, refuse to sleep during the day, but slept better at night


• Week 4 - Cry even more.. when will it stop?!!
• 9lbs 6 oz 20 1/2 inches
  
• Week 5 - SWING HEAVEN!! Daytime naps are possible! Happier baby!


• Week 6- Sleeping for 5 hours at a time at night.. god bless my child! Rolled over!
• 10lbs 8 oz 21 inches


• Week 7 - She smiles :) and what a beautiful smile it is!


• Week 8 - My new baby has arrived.. and all she does is smile, and only cries when shes hungry or wants some loving :)
• 11lbs 8 oz 22 1/2 inches

A long first couple of weeks.. especially recovering from a Csection. It has been a big challenge for me.. and many times I have thought I wouldn't be able to do it.. but here I am today. Happier than I've ever been in my life.

I can't wait to see what Abby will bring to my life in Week 9!

Our First Road Trip!

I haven't had a chance to blog at all really.. and time is flying by faster than I'd like it to! My little girl is already 8 weeks old now! And thanks to our little road trip, has travelled quite a bit! We started off travelling about 5 hours North to my Dad's summer home on the lake. I grew up spending my summers on this lake and couldn't wait to watch Abby start that same experience!

She was a pretty big grouch for most of the time, so we stayed in the house for a lot of the days, but on the days that she was good, she took naps on the dock listening to the sound of the waves!

After a nice 5 day visit with Grandpa, we decided to head east for 3 hours and go visit her Uncle Aaron. She was so good on the first 5 hour drive, but a bit upset for this one. She obviously didn't know we were going to go see her favorite Uncle! Once we got there, she was all smiles!
He was able to come and see her when she was 4 weeks old, but she had gained about 2lbs and 2 inches since then and was so much more active. It was really nice to relax and spend so much time with him and to see how he was with Abby! I think he loves her more than I do, if that is even possible!

After a nice 4 day visit, we decided it was time to head on home. Right before we did, we snuck in one last-minute picture just before he had to go off to work. Abby wanted to wear his hat!

There are two ways that we could have went home.. one way was about 6 hours, but a lot of travelling through forest and small highways, and another that was 7 1/2 hours on two large highways. We chose the long route.. and thank goodness! About 2 hours in my car started shaking so I took the next exit and when I was on a side road I heard a loud pop! I walked around my car didn't see anything strange, so I GPSd the closest Canadian Tire and drove on backroads to get there. Thank goodness Abby was asleep! They looked over the car for 30 minutes and said nothing was wrong.. so I asked them just to take another look because I was travelling pretty far..! After another half hour they said that I would be safe to drive, so we got in the car and started on the highway. As soon as I got on the highway the whole car was shaking again!!! It was a 6 lane highway and I was smack dab in the middle! I got off on the next exit and promptly called them back to say I was bringing back the car. THEN they found that I had BLOWN MY TIRE! You'd think doing a safety check they would check the tires first..! The actual tube inside hadn't blown but was about to.. so thank goodness I went back! $500.00 later and very tired we found ourselves with a 6 hour journey ahead of us and it was 6pm! Good friends of mine live in Ottawa, about 30 minutes away, so I asked them if they wanted a visitor and I was just going to stay in a hotel for the night. They asked us to stay over night, and that turned into 3 great days of visiting! They had a baby 2 days after Abby was born and her name is Maddison!

Abby and Maddison had a lot of fun together! They met two weeks before this, but had both grown so much since! It was great seeing them interact! Abby couldn't take her eyes off Maddison..! I can't wait to see them grow up together!

After a nice trip, we decided it was time to hit the road and go home. It took us 7 hours to get home with only one stop to eat and cuddle for a bit! She was so good on the drive and got some much needed Zzz's. I can't wait to get back out on the road and travel with her again!

Until the next adventure..!