A new resolution

I would like to update this thing more often. We'll see how it goes. Katie Beth is now 5 months old. WOW! I can't believe it. I've been back to work for a little over a month, and we're already on our second nanny. The first's part-time job went to full time, so two weeks later, we had a new nanny! Both have been spectacular with Katie Beth, she just loves them which is a large comfort to me. I am still nursing, and pumping at work, and Katie Beth is growing like a champ!

February 9th we had her Baptized and had a right nice little gathering. Very intimate and special. Her grandparents, and even great grandparents were there, and aunts and uncles (being Jenny, Billy and Jacob) as well. She was just adorable the whole time - simply mesmerized by Fr. Eric. We all could not believe how attentive and pleasant she was as he spoke. And she does it every Sunday too - I swear we might have a Sister Catherine Elizabeth in the making! :lol.

I also bought her a baby book last week, and a pink scrapbook and spent some time on them today. I am so excited to have the room to spread out and do it! So far she has lots of cards from her baby shower, congrats cards from her birthday, and baptismal congrats cards all cutely arranged in it, as well as her baptismal certificate and such. I think tomorrow's project will be to send some pics to wallgreens so I can add them in as well.

Lance is in Texas for an event until Saturday, so I feel like I have the world to myself and time is very fluid at the moment. I miss him, and it's odd to be just me and the girls, but it's a nice break to the routine as well, I have to admit. Especially since KB is in a very pleasant baby stage at the moment. She's just so happy unless she's hungry, wet or tired.... and who can blame her for fussing because of that? The dog on the other hand.... Seriously. I feel like a have a toddler AND a baby. She has been into EVERYTHING today - the thing about her vs a toddler though? When she gets SERIOUSLY annoying, I can go put her on the tye-out, down in the basement, or out on the deck for a breather. I feel bad banishing her, and really try not to, but sometimes you just need a break from the constant, never-ending - "no, quit liking the baby's face, no give me that $20 bill back so I can tape it back together and hope it still works, NO quit pulling toilet paper off the roll and strewing it around the house...." I wonder how I will handle it when Katie Beth gets to that age....Seems like tying her up outside will not be an option.... ;P

Hmmmm.... it's 10:30, and the baby's been asleep since 8pm, and the dog corralled in our room since 8:30 (I told you, she's been seriously annoying tonight...) I suppose I should take a shower before she wakes up to eat, and then get in bed myself. I'm just so happy to be home after working the last 4 out of 5 days, it's so nice to just go to bed whenever and not have to be up at 0500 for work...

Oh yeah! We bought a new house in December too! It's so fun!! :) We have SOOOO much more room now, and it's sooo nice to have a place to call our own :) :)

Update on Life

So I sorta boycotted this thing for a while, but I think I'll give it a go again... we'll see. So what's up? Well, been happily married for a year now, and have a 7 week old baby girl named Katie Beth. She's so sweet! anyways, that pretty much catches anyone up who didn't have a clue what was going on...

I have been searching for a nanny/sitter for the past few days - it's overwhelming! I mean you hear people say it - "nobody can care for my baby like I can"... but really, nobody can! It so hard to think about a stranger taking care of my little bundle in a coupla months. :( Have had several replys, and none seem like ax murderers but still, I wonder - will they hold and comfort my baby when she cries? Will they play with her and keep her company.. or just let her hang out all alone and get paid to make sure she survives... :( :( At least it's only a coupla days a week, and I can screen them enough to at least feel like they won't grab her and run...

On other news, I'm working on my app for Grad school. It's seriously wigging me out. I really want the master's degree, and I think I'm even ok with going back to school, it's just that the new chance for failure/rejection with the app process and then trying to make the grades really stresses me. I like learning, but I don't miss the stress of making the grade....

We are also looking to buy a house, which is a whole 'nother bag of worms. I mean it's so seriously exciting and scary at the same time that in combo with the new baby and grad school thing I'm a little overwhelmed I believe. I feel so old and young at the same time. I mean I'm 24 with a new baby, but at the same time, I'm married with a baby and buying a house?! Where did the time go? yesterday I had a cap and gown on graduating from school seems like!

So I bought a sling today for Katie Beth... I think it will be SERIOUSLY handy as I will be able to have both hands to do stuff and my arm won't be so tired carrying her around ... yay! We ran to petsmart, publix and target after I bought it to try it out. A lot of people looked, but everyone seemed to think it was a cool/novel idea. Yay no weird looks like "what was she thinking?" - not that it would change my mind, but it was nice to feel innovative and hip ;).

hmm... baby is in her crib fussing. We are trying to work on falling asleep better in the crib. I think it would help if we could get into some sort of schedule or routine, but at the moment our days are sortof haphazard. Hate the "crying it out" method, but as so far she's not really crying, just sortof talking and fussing it's ok so far. Don't think I'll be able to hack it if she works up into the "OH MY GOD MOMMY COME GET ME SERIOUSLY I MEAN IT" cry. It's too much. I never thought it'd get to me that much, but when she starts that all I can think of is how much she must feel like I'm failing her by not coming to see and help her, and so I end up running to the rescue. It's so comforting to both of us to hold her and whisper to her and comfort her. But someday we have to learn to sleep.....


hmmm.... In the mean time, I will look forward to a walk outside in the lovely fall air with Sadie and KB in sling, instead of trying to fight dog and stroller, or end up out of luck b/c stroller is in daddy's car with him at work - sling stays with me! :)

better go work on a list of questions I wanna know from my childcare interviews....

laters!

Plugging along

Started Night shifts for the first time last week. Monday night I drew blood and started an IV successfully... Whoohooo!!

Am beginning to feel like I have a little bit more of a handle on things re:reception... we'll see how long that lasts.... but am starting to get RSVP's back for the wedding! YAY! they make me so happy to see people will actually be coming.. it's so much easier to get excited about events like that when other people are also excited... I'm always afraid people come to stuff because they feel like they have to or whatever - Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to be marrying Lance, but all the planning (being done by an anti-planner nonetheless) gets old - I'm ready for it to be Sept 2nd and everything's perfect and happy and yeah. dreamy sigh - keeping the chin up, it's gonna be great and everyone's gonna have a good time and be happy :) Yay! :D

Wedding/new job

So. Am on the hunt. What is special/unique to me and Lance that can be incorporated into a wedding reception. Am fresh out of creative ideas and need something to make our reception "different". Holla if you have a clue what this might be, because I don't.

Otherwise, wedding planning is going ok - invites went out today after I finally decided I had everyone's address, or something close enough to get the invite to them, been shopping around looking at the bridal sections at all the craft stores, just to see what's out there... still so much to do....

In other news, my new job is pretty cool, am finally about to start into what I will actually be doing on the floor, instead of just boring orientation classes. YAY! Work my first night shift tomorrow night... am trying to get psyched for it - should be interesting staying awake, but we'll see. My goal for the next few weeks? NOT GET FAT sitting around the nurse's station eating to try and stay awake all ni ght. It's gonna take some effort. sigh. Can't wait to really get settled in down here... so far feels like I am always lost and not just geographically. Am starting to get the hang of things around here a little, but still can't wait until I get some sort of semblance of a comfort zone going.... anyways.... lots of stuff to do, better get back to it.... laters!

Spring Break

YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!! I am officially DONE with classes... and the rest of my semester will consist of working (unpaid :( ) 36hrs/week one on one with a nurse in the peds unit at UK untill I have 222 hours of experience, in which case I get to GRADUATE! :) :) yay! Am psyched - Am on the home stretch!! :)

In other news, got to go on women's SEC road trip last weekend.... LONG BUS RIDE! But overall a pretty good time, despite the random group of people there... :P lol, all I have to say is there is NOTHING to do in North Little Rock - but it's all good, we made our own fun, including watching lots of old people break it down on the dance floor in the hotel bar - wow.

Am deep in the middle of wedding planning, am also psyched about being able to really get going now that I'm done studying my butt off (or feeling like I should be anyways) all the time. yay nothing hanging over my head :)

So for spring Break? Had some loose ends to tie up yesterday after getting back from womens sec, and am then heading to Nashville today to visit Lance, and for a job interview at Vandy on Friday AM. Then home for the weekend, and back to lextown monday to start synthesis. Whoohoo :P good times by all ;)

Save the Date!

Yay! So we officially have a church, a priest, and a DATE for the wedding!! :D Mark your Calendars.... Sept 2nd (the Saturday of Labor day weekend) in the 'Boro.... Wheee!

Candlelight

YAY I LOVE MY SISTERS!!!! just so everyone knows... the candlelight couldn't have been more special tonight...THANKS to all for all your support and you have no idea how happy I am that you all know now. It was SO HARD to not tell!!! :) YAY!