Jane Rolled Over

Well I am not doing great at writing everyday but I have found that working and having a baby takes up pretty much all of my spare time. By the time we get home from work/daycare, we play for an hour or so and then it's bedtime for Jane. As soon as she is down to bed then I get started on dinner, we eat, I do the dishes and make lunches and get Jane and my own things ready for the next day. Then I maybe relax for a little while with Joe and we go to bed. So I will write when I can but I have given up on the everyday. Yesterday I went to pick Jane up from daycare and they tell me she has been so good and drank both of her 4oz bottles. That is great news, and then just as Tracy was about to tell me she hadn't had a BM all day, she looks at me, smiles and fills her pants. So of course she waited until I got there so I could change her. Well she got poop on her shirt so naturally I had to change her diaper and all her clothes. In addition to no BM all day she also didn't sleep very much. So she was screaming bloody murder the whole time I changed her cause she just wanted to sleep. Finally we got home and she played for a little while and off to bed. She woke up about 2:15am and I fed her and changed her and back to bed on her belly. Well I heard her crying right before the alarm went off at 6:10 and I go into her room to see she is laying on her back. Which means she rolled over in her crib for the 1st time while we were asleep. New goal is to try and get her to roll over so I can see it but at least I know it happened!
Tomorrow we are going to visit the old workplace and have lunch with Michelle so I will try to write more about that tomorrow!

Back to the Grind

Well I didn't do so well at my new goal to write everyday. But now I will just catch up on things. Since the last time I wrote Saturday I went to a Pure Romance party at Kara's house and as much as I didn't want to go I actually had a lot of fun. I get into a rut when it's so cold and I just never feel like going anywhere or doing anything. But I went and am really glad that I did. It was nice to have some girl time and hang out for a while. I was out way later than I planned to be and was pretty tired Sunday. Then Sunday the Superbowl!!! Packers won and Johnny owed me lunch cause he bet on the Steelers. I got Jane a little bib that she wore to cheer on the packers. I am a bad fan cause when the Vikings are good I cheer for them and when Packers are good I cheer for them. I have always liked the Packers a little more but feel like I should be rooting the Vikings, so whatever I don't care that much about football! Monday was my 1st day of work. I am so happy to not be going back to my job at the state. Mom is going to watch Jane on Mondays so I dropped her off in the morning and Johnny and I rode together for my 1st day. It wasn't too bad and I even went home to nurse Jane on my lunch break.  I actually enjoyed my day and really like Mary and Rich so I think this working might be OK. We will just see how things continue to go. I feel like come Summer I am going to wish I wasn't working but at least it's only part time. Money just gets a little tight when Joe is laid off. Tuesday was day 2 of work and Jane's 1st day of daycare. They said she wasn't too fussy and was actually doing pretty good especially for her 1st day aside from the fact that she wouldn't eat. Total she only ate 2 ounces from the bottle. Good thing I could go feed her at 12. Wednesday then was like my friday, again she drank only 1/2 ounce in the morning and I fed her on lunch. Then by the time I picked her up they were able to feed her another 4.75 ounces. So good job Jane maybe she is starting to adjust to this daycare. Hopefully she doesn't relapse every week since she only goes two days a week. Now today the 10th, were home and Jane is currently napping. I woke up this morning and thought man it's cold in here. Looked at the thermostat and sure enough it wasn't really working and it was 62 degrees in here. Yikes, after a call to Joe and some time I decided to go to the gym. Well then Joe called and asked if I would go back home and call someone to get this fixed. So I turned around and came home. When I got here, things seemed to be working again so now Jane is napping and this place is warming up. I am going to try and go to the Zumba class tonight at 5 since Joe won't be home until 7 anyway. Only problem is Jane gets a little fussy at night since her bedtime is 6:30 (or sooner lately) but I will give it a shot cause I really need to lose weight before Jessica's wedding this summer and I have been stuck at this current weight for far too long. Well for now that's about it, I will try to remember to write again tomorrow.

On a Roll

Well this is the 2nd day in a row and I almost forgot to write, so we'll see how this goes. We didn't do too much today. Jane and I went to visit Amy and Isabella for a couple hours and then just played around at home. It was good to see them and I am excited to see Amy's new baby in two weeks from today. Jane was pretty good the whole time playing with some toys and sucking on my arm. Not sure what is going on with her lately but every time I hold her she wants to suck on my shoulder or arm. It's kind of funny but I hope it's not cause she is starving or something? I feed her plenty and she is growing like a weed so I think she's doing OK. Joe and I got an external hard drive to try and put some movies on so we don't have to save them all on my laptop. However we cannot figure out how to get the movie to play when we plug it into the TV or the Xbox, we can still only figure out how to play things on the laptop. So hopefully we can get this figured out, otherwise I guess we'll just have to play them on the laptop but at least we have some more room! Well that's about it for today, pretty uneventful day!

Trying again

Ok, so I am not a very good blogger. But a friend made a good point in why she blogs and it's so that she doesn't forget anything cause these times go so fast. So I am making a new goal and am really going to try and write in my blog daily or maybe every other day but certainly more than I have been.
Jane is already 4 months old. I can't believe how fast the time has been going. She went from this tiny little peanut who couldn't do anything for herself to a big girl that plays all by herself. We started trying to give her a little taste of baby rice cereal and so far she is NOT interested. I can't even get her to open her mouth and try to eat so it's not going so well. Dr said it will take some time so I am not too worried yet but I will keep trying. I borrowed a book from Ashley that shows you how to make your own baby food. I am kind of excited to try some of those things out. Most of the recipes say babies are ready at 6 months for this stuff, so I still have plenty of time to teach Jane how to eat before we break out the real food!
Next week I go back to work. For those of you who know me I am thanking GOD that I am not going back to my old job at the State. I have a new part time job at Hanzlik Financial in 1st State Bank. I am looking forward to a new experience but a little worried about being away from Jane for almost 9 hours, 3 days in a row. Fortunately mom has Monday's off and will be watching her on Mondays, so only two days of daycare. Even better the daycare is 1 mile from the bank so I can go and feed her on my lunch break! We will see how it goes. She sure does love her mama so I am a little nervous how she does. I have done a good job of getting her nice and spoiled cause how can you not want to hold your little baby all the time?
One funny story and then I will call it a day. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and Target while Jane stayed home with dad. Once I got home Joe was holding Jane and watching out the window. Every time I got close to the house Jane got excited and smiled, when I went back out to the car for more groceries she got fussy. Finally I came in and went to the bathroom. Jane started crying cause she could no longer see me, the second I walked out of the bathroom and she saw me, she immediately stopped crying, jumped a little and a big smile on her face! I am glad my little girl loves her mama! 

Updates

I have decided that I am not a very good blogger since I don't seem to ever have new posts. Not that I don't have a lot to say but Jane likes to be held at pretty much all times so I don't get many opportunities to sit and write. Currently she is sitting in her swing but not sure how long this will last before she starts fussing cause I am not holding her. Anyway this past weekend was a busy one. Friday Rachel and Alyssa came down to visit for the weekend so they babysat Jane while Joe and I went on a date. We went to dinner and to a movie, it was very nice to do something just the two of us but of course I missed Janie while we were out. Saturday we had a baby shower with the Whall side of the family so off to Jess and Luke's house. It was a lot of fun and everyone got to hold Jane a little bit. The only down side was Jane didn't take much of a nap so she was pretty overtired and fussy Saturday night. Not that I had to deal with it since she was home with her dad and cousin but made me feel bad for her daddy. Joe met me at Jess and Luke's to pick Jane up and I headed to Rochester with mom, Rachel, and Laurie for the Jeremy Camp concert. I could watch him play every day and it would never get old. Joe said he got Jane to bed around 11 or 11:30. I didn't pump then on the way home thinking that she would want to eat when I got home since it was about 1:30. Well I was wrong cause she slept until almost 4am. I guess that's what happens when they finally get to sleep after having almost no naps during the day. Sunday then no plans, so we got up and Rachel and Alyssa were over until around 12. Then mom and grandma Bev came over to see the baby. They were disappointed that she was sleeping but of course it didn't take long until she woke up. Then Johnny came over, so overall a very busy weekend with lots of visiting! This week has been pretty low key, Monday we went to Target and the grocery store and we did NOTHING yesterday aside from we went on a walk. I am trying to walk and get some exercise but my weight loss is still stuck. I am down about 23 which is good, but I have been stuck there for about 2 weeks now. I still need to lose about 18 more pounds to get to my goal weight. Dr appointment is the 1st week in November and then I will either be back at Victory for the fat blast classes or I will be at the YMCA and hopefully some more intense working out will help shed those extra pounds. This weekend we have a Halloween party to go to and Jane is going to be a little flower. I will make sure to take and post some pics of the flower costume! That's all we have planned so I will try and write next week to report how that went.

Not a fan of Photos

Well yesterday we had Kelly come out to take some infant photos of baby Jane. I made sure to wake her up, feed her, change her diaper and everything before Kelly got there to make sure Jane would be in a good mood to get her picture taken. You see so many infant photos and they are so adorable so really hoping here. She made it through a couple of shots and then baby Jane started in with her very loud crying. Like her uncle Matt said it sounds like you're skinning a cat when she cries. I held her and got her back to sleep but as soon as I set her back down and we tried a few more poses the crying began again. We finally got to a point where no amount of soothing was calming her down, we threw in a couple quick family shots and called it a day. I haven't seen any of the pics yet but hoping that at least some of them will turn out. She is so cute so I would imagine at least some of them worked. After Kelly left Jane fell asleep again and was pretty much down for the night. She woke up to eat about every two hours though which is not usual for her. Usually she had been sleeping at least 3-4 hours and even had one 5 hour span. This morning still a little fussy and not quite sure what her problem was. So we went to visit Uncle Johnny at the bank. Well that was a disaster cause she fell asleep on the way there but then once we got there and she woke up it was cry city all over again. I gave her a bottle which calmed her down for a minute but she didn't drink much so the calm didn't last long. Finally we said farewell and came home. Once home I attempted again at a bottle and she actually drank almost the whole thing. I am very great full that she seems to be good at nursing and also taking a bottle. Grandma Marich is coming over tomorrow to babysit so I am hoping she takes a bottle good for her too. After the bottle I laid down with her and we cuddled and took a little nap. She is so cute and I loved laying down with her. I wish it wasn't a bad habit and dangerous to let your babies sleep with you cause I would love to cuddle all the time with her. I wanted to attempt a walk again today but she is still sleeping and then Grandma Fohrenkamm along with Mary and Susan are coming over in a little while to visit so unless they want to go I might not make it today either. Am I trying to do too much and expecting too much cooperation from a 2 week old. Maybe I should just be keeping her home in the house until she is a little older? I don't know, I'm new at this.

Home with Baby Jane

It is not the easiest task in the world to write on a blog when you're home with an infant. so this is my first since baby Jane arrived. I can't believe it has been almost three weeks already that I have been off work and almost 2 weeks since she was born. She is pretty much the cutest baby I have ever seen ( I am sure all moms say that about their babies). We attempted a bath last week and she pooped instantly and cried the whole time, so I would say unsuccessful. Since then I gave her a couple sponge baths, then today tried a bath in her little tub again but this time she liked it so I am happy she is learning to like the bath. She HATES when I change her diaper or her clothes so I really hope she learns to like those things a little better eventually. Other than that I can't complain about much. She is a good baby and sleeps usually 3-4 hours at a time at night. Every night is a little different but for the most part she sleeps well for an infant I think. Today we're getting her newborn pictures taken and I really am hoping they turn out great. She tends to get a little fussy in the evening which is when we're taking the pics so I hope she will be in a good mood today so we can get some cute ones.

 I tried taking her for a walk in her stroller yesterday and I am not sure what was bothering her but she wasn't a fan. She was asleep when I left but thanks to the gravel road she woke up right away, once we got to the blacktop is when she started crying, could have been the bumps, the sun or the wind that she didn't like. I tried to hide her from the wind and sun as best as possible but it wasn't an easy task. So we walked about 2 blocks before turning around and walking home. I want to try again but wished I had an infant carrier and I could walk like that cause she always is a fan of being held. I've managed to drop about 23 pounds but gained 38 with the whole pregnancy so I have quite a ways to go before I am back to myself..which is why I want to walk so bad. Overall things are going well and Joe and I are loving being parents!