Visitors and Sleep

We had a fun time with friends!  Their stay was much too short but definately needed.  While I love my Lucas, it was nice to be able to leave him with family and go out and have a good time.  Mommy even got a little drink!

We spent a lot of time playing travel agent.  We made a trip to San Antonio to visit the Alamo

and visited some places in Austin.  We even got my favorite "Hey Cupcake"

Eventually they had to leave and life went on.  Lucas was restless on my chest last night while I was trying to put him to sleep so I layed him down in his RockNPlay and he put himself to sleep around 10 PM.  We're slowly trying to move up his 11 PM bedtime without throwing the little schedule we have off.  E had to be at work super early this morning so when he left he informed me I would need to be aware and do the 4 am feeding.  I felt like either time stood still or I had slept through Lucas crying.  I frantically rolled over only to find that it was 6:52 AM and my son was still sleeping!  It was awesome!  Since my alarm was going to go off at 7 and I still needed to feed him and get dressed myself I decided to just get out of bed.  I was able to do all the things I needed to do and drop him off at my Sister's by 7:45 so I could go and get an ultrasound of my gallbladder.  That was quick and I was back home by 9:30.  We spent the afternoon at my Sister's house and then came home.  Lucas took an almost 3 hour nap and I was able to get the laundry done and snuck in some lunch.  He's been sleeping like crazy today so I'm assuming he's also growing.  We were able to sneak in a photo session too.  lol Mom was a little bored today:

7 weeks and a dilemma

My little munchkin is 7 weeks old.  This is his outfit of the day. We went to run some errands today which included going by my work, Target, my BILs shop, car wash and the gas station.  He was an angel the whole time we were gone.

He's sleeping right next to me, he acts like his life is just so hard!  lol I had my camera out earlier trying to catch a good picture of his smile but he wasn't having it.  He would only smile when I took the camera out of my face-so of course I wasn't able to catch it.

I'm in a bit of a dilemma.  When I left work I had in my mind I would be staying home and not going back until March 5th.  Now that the time is here I find myself wanting to go back to work now.  I'm bored at home, my Sister will watch him and so I don't have to worry about daycare availabilities.  It makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong and it isn't a good decision but really, I don't like being at home all day.  I need some outside interaction.  I miss my coworkers and I know if I go back a couple weeks early that's more vacation time put back into my bank.  E and I like to travel so it's always good to have the extra days and if Lucas gets sicks I would have days to take him to the dr and not have to burden my Sister.  I'm still on the fence and haven't made my full decision but what sparked these feelings was when I went to visit my coworkers and pick up a check, my boss asked "When are you coming back!?!" lol She's so anxious for me to get back to work.  I can't believe I've already been out of work for   8 weeks.  It's insane.  I'll keep you updated on my decision.

This weekend is going to be awesome!  My friend Nicole from Oregon is coming to visit along with Kate and Mark from New Jersey.  I met these girls while planning our wedding on theknot.com and we became bestfriends.  I visited with them when we went to Boston and Connecticut!  They are a big part of my life and I can't wait until they get here because I need some serious adult interaction.  I keep telling Lucas all about them so he will be prepared.  :) 

6 week Post Partum Check-Up

I had my 6 week check up with my dr today.  She did a breast exam and a pap smear (oh joy!) and checked my incision.  The incision is healed, she said the scar will begin to lighten.  It already looks pretty light and it doesnt bother me, so I could really care less if it stayed the light pink it already is.  The overall drs appointment went well.  I still weigh the exact same as I did a month ago.  She gave me the okay to exercise so I think i'll continue my videos at home and then start zumba when the new month starts back up.  She changes the songs and routines each month so I dont want to be behind if I just jump in now.  I can't wait to get back! 

 Since I've never been on birth control before we talked about a few.  She told me about the pills, the shot and the IUD.  I decided to go with the pill because she didnt recommend the shot and she said an IUD is more recommended for people who plan to wait closer to 5 years before having another child.  Since thats definately not our case, I opted for the pills. 

I also told her about the pain that is still in my chest area.  I let her know i had been doing research on my own (all those late nights up with that dumb pain!) and everything led me back to my gallbladder.  She put in orders for a gall bladder ultrasound and if all things come back okay with that-she will refer me to a gastro dr to see what they say.  I'm ready to just get this pain over and done with.  She explained that if it was heartburn, the pain would have been taken away right after the baby was born.  We think that it could have been my gall bladder the whole time and it was just confused with the heart burn since that is what usually happens when you're pregnant.  I'm getting the pain at least once a week but here lately its been twice a week.  It sucks!

This weekend E has offered to do all the night time feedings (which is usually only once at 4 am but you never really know) and strictly on 100% baby duty so I can get some rest.  I was so thankful to hear that!  I will enjoy sleeping in tomorrow but I know I won't be able to sleep through the night without waking up when I hear him whine.  I just need to learn to let go and trust in E.  I know he's a good Father and he can handle it....but my mind and body just have a hard time letting go. It'll happen.

I am also going to focus on cleaning our house this weekend.  I want to post some things on Craigslist to sell and get rid of.  We are also going to be expecting house guests next Saturday and I am super excited about them visiting!  We need to get the nursery back to being organized because Edgar and I will be sleeping in there and allow Nicole to sleep in our room.  I don't want her to have to hear us get up with the baby at night and no guest should have to sleep on the couch in the living room.  We can't wait for their arrival! 

Lucas is asleep in his crib right now.  I'm trying to transition him slowly.  Nap times are working for us now and next weekend since we will be sleeping in the nursery, he will be in his crib.  That will be the final transition for him.