Fall...

So Fall is officially here. Soon it will be time for my favorite holiday, Halloween. Yeah! I already decorated last weekend. Jeremy just kind-of rolled his eyes throughout, but I enjoyed myself. Adrienne is going to be a pumpkin. We actually got the costume as a shower gift. She obviously won't be Trick-or-Treating, but we are going to take her to our parents' houses. Hopefully Mommy will get some candy! :)

Speaking of Adrienne, she is growing well. She was eight weeks old yesterday. Time is flying! I can't believe how fast it really goes by. It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant. We will be weighing her and measuring her on Wednesday because she will be two months old. She is taking the bottle good when she is with her Grammy during the day. She drinks/eats 10-12oz. while she is there. She still sleeps through the night, waking up between 4 and 4:30 in the morning. She usually is asleep by 8:30pm every night as well. She seems to have taken to her schedule very well. I still am not a big fan of the pumping that I have to do while at work, but it is all in the name of Adrienne. Today I went to the Vitamin Shoppe to get something to boost my breast milk production. I bought two boxes of Mother's Milk tea to drink. It smells horrible! The taste is a little better, but that could be from the two teaspoons of honey that I put in it. I am supposed to drink 3-5 cups a day, but I probably won't take any to work so it will just be 2 cups a day. That shouldn't be too bad because I am pumping 9oz. a day now so I really don't need that much more. She is starting to smile and talk a lot more. She is getting too smart for her own good. When I get the camera out, she tends to just stare aimlessly most of the time instead of doing the cute thing she was doing when I went to get the camera. What a goofball! She loves to "sing" and "dance". Music generally puts a smile on her face. She also loves to go outside. She can be mid-tantrum and if you take her outside, she goes silent. It is amazing! She goes to the doctor on the 10th to get her shots. :( I will let you know how that goes.

Work...

So, I went back to work on Monday. Yeah, it sucked, but it is a necessary evil. Adrienne is spending her days with her Grammy now and she is doing well. I miss her, but doing my work keeps my mind off of it. Speaking of work, it is time to vent a little bit. No one, and I mean no one, took responsibility for running my team in my absence. This of course means that they goofed off and I came back to a mess. Shocker! I will have it cleaned up by the end of the week, but it is irritating because when I left, we were a day ahead and now we are a half day behind. And that is after busting our butts for the past three days. I know that these are little complaints in a world of problems, but it felt good to type it. Back to good things, Adrienne is such a good baby. She sleeps through the night. Well at least until 4am which is when I need to get up to feed her before work anyway. It is amazing! I can't wait until she gets to the stage when she plays and talks more. She gets to be more fun everyday.

Adrienne's Here!

Adrienne has been here for 5 and a half weeks now. I am dreading going back to work on Monday. She is so amazing to watch. There is something new everyday. She slept for 8 hours last night. Awesome! She is such a happy baby. She does have tantrums occasionally, but then again she is my child so go figure. :) Rocky is curious and tries to lick her sometimes. but he is really good with her other than that. Adrienne is getting very good at holding her head and looking around. She is very curious and determined to see what is going on.

We weighed her and measured her height on September 1st. At one month old, she weighed 9.6lbs. and was 21 inches tall. She is growing like a weed! We have had numerous people tell us that she looks like she is going to a redhead. That could explain the temper! :) She eats very well and burps very loudly. She occasionally gets gas which we try to remedy with Mylicon. Overall, we are extremely thankful that we now have this beautiful little girl to take care of. She is truely the love of our lives and we can't imagine life without her.

Before Adrienne

We were married on January 15, 2005 after 6 years of dating. We lived in an apartment up the street from my parents for a year. Then, we bought a house in January 2006. We brought Rocky home on February 15, 2006. He was quite a handful when he was a puppy. He has become quite the big brother. :) We started trying for a baby in November 2006. We discovered we were pregnant on November 27, 2007. I just felt funny for a couple days. Who knew? It was an amazing time! I loved being pregnant! I can't wait to do it again. Well, ok, I can and will but it was wonderful nonetheless. I worked until the day I delivered and wouldn't change that because it gave me a lot of time with her after she was born. I had a very uneventful preganancy with little to no discomfort other than the heartburn. I was very lucky. I woke up at 11:45pm on Thursday, July 31, 2008 soaken wet from the waist down. I changed my clothes (twice!), woke up Jeremy, took a shower and called the doctor. We got to the hospital between 1am and 1:30am. I was admitted and attached to the monitors. My blood pressure was a little high, but I blame it on being so excited. I got pitocin between 3am and 4am to help my labor progress. Then the contractions really started hurting. (Up until this point it just felt like strong cramps.) By 7am, I was ready for my epidural. However, due to the shift change taking place, I had to settle for Stadol. I do not recommend this. It makes you feel very drunk. I was able to get my epidural around 9am after about 45 minutes of very painful contractions. The epidural was wonderful! I was 10cm at 12pm. At 12:45pm I started to push. Adrienne arrived at 1:14pm. She was 7lbs. 4.7oz. and 18.5 inches.