Last Night

So Kev had to leave at about 3:00am last night/this morning to catch his plane to Philly.  Bug was hungry about 1:30, and I was just falling back to sleep when his alarm went off around 2ish.  So then I was awake the whole time he was getting ready.  By the time he left, I was unfortunately, wide awake.  But I laid in bed, hoping that sleep would come.  Finally about 5:00 I turned off my alarm and just started surfing the web on my cell.  Bug wanted to eat again around 5:20 or so, and we fell asleep together (finally!) in bed until about 6:45.  I don't normally sleep with her in my bed, but it was SO needed, and she slept too.  She's the best cuddler around!!

So when I went to nurse her at lunch, they said she'd been a pill all morning.  Just cranky in general.  She finally quieted down for them when they put her in a bouncer and left her alone.  My bug just needed some her time I think!  Ha ha.

I'm gonna miss Kev this week.  He's been home for almost 3 weeks, and I'm not used to that.  It was SO nice to have the help around the house and taking care of Bug.  I've eaten better and everything!  It was like to prove a point... after I was running late this morning, I was just getting Bug bundled up and she pooped.  A nice big blow out diaper.  Fun stuff.  Had to change EVERYTHING.  Of course, we have recently started her on solids, so it was nice and green and stinky, but still runny.  HA on you Mama!

So solids.  We started on Rice cereal a little over a week ago.  The first two days or so she pushed it out.  Then she caught on, and started opening her mouth as the spoon got close!  It's so cute, because she will make noises as the spoon gets close too.  It's so funny!

So on Friday, we added in some peas.  She liked them at first, then we got treated the the funniest faces as she was thinking that maybe she didn't like them so much!  Ha ha, she was covered in green peas a couple of days in a row!  She seems to like them now, so that's cool.  Couple more days of peas, then onto Green Beans!  I'm still not sure how much I'm loving adding these foods in yet, but she was ready for sure.  Gotta let her lead the way in terms of when she's ready for the real thing and not just breastmilk. 

Hasn't helped her sleep any longer.  Oh well, I still feel lucky that she only get's up once a night most nights, then is up for the day typically between 5 and 6.

Oh how I love her!

Art Museum

So Bug has loved pictures it seems from day one.  We have been talking about taking her to the art museum, but the way our time has been with Kev travelling so much, we just haven't done it.  So yesterday we did all of our errands, which included a stop at the mall to buy Mama a couple of new suits since my old ones no longer fit my post baby body.  Anyways, that left us all of today.  So we went to mass, then had brunch, then off to the art museum.  All in all she handled it pretty well.

When we got there we pulled her out of her car seat so I could feed her before we went in.  She cried.  and cried.  OK, we thought, maybe she's kinda hot.  So we took off her hat and mittens and got outside.  Kev put her in the bjorn to wear her through the museum and she calmed down.  We went in and were in for about an hour.  Then she started screaming.  Always good in a museum LOL.  So we tried calming for a bit, then got out of there pretty quick.  She calmed right down in the car, which we expected as she was acting tired.  But I think the stimuli of the museum kept her from sleeping.  Got home and she was crying again.  So we changed her diaper and fed her and she was doing great.

Well, she hasn't pooped in like 5 days.  We knew it was just a matter of time and kept expecting it.  So we were practicing sitting (she's doing so good!) and all of the sudden we heard it coming.  I grabbed her and jumped up, Kev pulled off her pants, and we rushed her in to change her.

Too Late.

Quite the blowout.  We took turns holding her in a standing position to strip her and wipe off her back before we took off the diaper.  Kev left me to do that ha ha.  So I did and there was so much it was pooled in the diaper and started dripping off her butt!!!  I've never seen SO MUCH BABY POO!!!

Needless to say, even though we typically do baths only every couple of days and as part of our bed time routine, this called for a break from routine.

Cleaned her off as best as possible and to the bath we went!!

Now she is sleeping soundly on dada as he watches some TV and I type this up.  So darn cute.  So darn sweet.  Well, off to enjoy that sweetness!!