Thursday

Low: where to start? We are still dealing with baby tummy issues. It's starting to border on stressful. In the next couple days if it doesn't clear up, we may be looking at some elimination diet stuff. Just thinking about adding reading ingredients and working around rules on top of everything else makes me frustrated. Plus we haven't gotten to really discuss it because we were only in the same room for 20 minutes today and that involved dinner at 8:30 and a fussy baby.

High: I got to take a 2 hour nap because he slept for 2 1/2 hours!

Wednesday

High: I was busy all day today with one thing or another. After a long early pre dawn breakfast, we slept til after 9:30! We got ready for the day, talked to a friend on the phone for a long time since neither of us had anywhere to be, and then tried to catch up with the DVR. But the we got a call from a grandma to see if she could come visit. While the baby napped, I threw in some laundry thinking oh if grandma is here to play with baby then I can actually fold this laundry later! Then I opened the fridge because we had a big pack of ground beef that needed to be split into small bags for freezing.

That's where the low starts.

The bag had leaked EVERYWHERE. I cleaned off the tray and then noticed it was dripping down the side of the fridge into the produce drawers (empty luckily since it is time to shop) and under the glass shelves. I figured how to take the glass out since they are stationary shelves, not pull out. Then finally when I thought it was all done, juice seeped out from behind the brackets that hold the shelves up! So I had to unscrew those and pull everything apart. Thank goodness the baby kept sleeping through all of that. Then grandma was here when the baby woke up and then Mike came home and we could finish and get it all put back together.

Plus we got take out from Applebee's as a gift. So that brought the day back out to a high.

But hey at least I wasn't bored!

Tuesday

High- We took a field trip to school. If I only worked with adults, I may have done it sooner. But too many germs exist at school so I didn't chance it earlier. We went today because there was an outdoor event so fresh air was involved. It was nice to see my people. The kids were excited to see me and were unhappy that the baby stayed in his car seat, hidden from the breeze. (& them) ;)

Low- while I have a plan to solve the problem, his tummy isn't all the way better yet. Frustrating.

Old news- I survived my 6 week checkup yesterday. It hurt les than I was anticipating, so that was good. I'm still not 100 percent though and he said the pain can last for months in the few places I'm still feeling it. (joy!) He did discover that the polyp was still there and that the baby did't dislodge it as they assumed happened, so he removed it. I finally got to meet that which bugged me since July. So thankful that it's gone now.

Sunday and Monday

Sunday's High - Low key, peaceful day. I did a little scrapbooking, Mike watched the Masters. Baby took a nap.

Monday's High - We successfully went out to lunch in a restaurant as a family of 3! (Pure luck, but we will take it!)

Low of the two days combined - Something is up with the little guy's belly. He's not very happy about it. This led to being awake until 4:45am. Mike stayed up from 12 to 2:30 while I slept and then I came back down and we switched. The silver lining is that it happened on a non-work night for Mike so I wasn't on my own. Thank goodness!

Highs and Lows of a Regular Day

At dinner tonight we talked about how today was the first day that really just felt like a "regular" day in many ways. We woke up at (a new life) reasonable time (AFTER I SLEPT FOR ALMOST 6 CONSECUTIVE HOURS WHICH I HAVE NOT DONE SINCE EARLY PREGNANCY!), went to the farmer's market, ran a couple errands, came home, I scrapbooked while the baby napped and Mike ran, we cooked and ate dinner, and watched the Orioles game. It felt like for a tiny little bit of time, we were in a groove and just living life. We even ALMOST got a smile on film today. Even though he doesn't quite get the whole smile going, he totally says "hi".

Heh...you heard it, right? ;) I remember when I took linguistics in college they taught us about how babies are all hard wired to make every possible sound for every language that exists. Eventually we lose the ability to make the sounds from other languages which is why we can't easily mimic the clicking languages of sub-Saharan Africa at this point in our lives. But it made me laugh that the random noise he made today sounds like hi.

But the real HIGH of today is that my best friend had her baby! How fun that our kids are just 6 weeks apart!

Low: I dunno. But that's ok. Who wouldn't want to have a day with no lows?! Better than a day with no highs. :)

Two More Days

In so many ways, life seems like "Groundhog Day" right now. However, I am disappointed that I wasn't at least jotting down something from the early days because the whole first couple weeks blend together so I am trying to look for anything that's different.

Thursday:
High: we got out and about! After group, we returned something to Kohls, perused a local consignment shop, and stopped for Sweet Frog on the way home. There was also an afternoon nap that lasted long enough in one (unheld!) place that I got some stuff done around the house.

Low: the evening was hard. Mike grilled dinner after his run but he was racing the impending rain and I didn't time baby dinner right so we ate in shifts, one handed, and tried to appease the screaming baby. Rough.

Friday:
High: we got out and about again! It was thunder storming terribly when I woke up and was wondering how to finagle a car seat, stroller, and kid in a downpour when it finally lightened up. We went to Panara with a couple other local mommies. He had a full belly and slept in the car seat the whole time. So nice to get out and socialize!

Low: a terrible night. (it wound up leading to a nice morning though I guess) He ate at 11 pm last night and then 1:30-2 and woke up again at 3! After the 3am meal he made it to morning though. Silver lining? :) Oh and double low- today was payday, and my check was gone. Not looking forward to making it work on one salary for the foreseeable future, that's for sure.

April 9 and 10

Yesterday:
Low: what had been a 5 hour night time stretch was only 3 and a half. Bummer.
High: The lack of night time sleep meant a good mid day nap!

Today:
Low: He was so tired today, but he couldn't take a nap. Such a weird phenomenon...to be so tired that you can't sleep! Once 4pm hit, he finally caved and got a pre dinner snooze in.
High: I got to eat a hot dinner with two hands! (which is good, because it was taco night and that's a hard one handed meal) ;)