Friday, June 26, 2009

We're back (in more ways than one!)

I couldn't resist this precious picture of Paige in her bathing suit!! 

It has been forever since I have updated, but I have been out of town! Paige and I headed north to visit my mom and dad while they summered in Alaska.  I spent a year there while my dad was with Nabors Drilling, and I keep going back every summer.  It is where David and I got engaged, so I have some wonderful memories there! Plus I hate being away from my mom for too long, so no way could I have gone all summer.  We missed David like crazy though, and it feels nice to be back home.

Flying = easy! Granted, I did spring for first class.  I was very nervous about a 5 hour flight (from Salt Lake to Anchorage) with a two month old, but she was great.  She had a massively dirty diaper while we were taxiing from the gate to the runway, so I had to wait about 15 minutes until we reached cruising altitude before I could get up and change it.  Luckily I sat next to some very baby-friendly people who didn't mind.

Everything was copasetic until yesterday (2 days after we got home).  She would not eat.  She would scream out in hunger pains, so we would sit down to feed her.  She would eat for maybe 10-15 seconds, then scream in pain, stiffen up her body, and flail hear little arms about.  This lasted all day! I was frustrated to tears, I called David several times, and this continued into the night.  She normally has 22-23 ounces per day.  Yesterday, she got down 12.  Finally at 10:00 PM, I paged the nurse.  I was so upset that David had to talk to her.  It is so hard to watch your baby be in pain.  I was so sad for her.  She said that since we are able to console her, we should just keep her over night and bring her in the next morning.  If that changed (meaning if we weren't able to console her, and she appears to be in constant pain), then we were to head to the ER.  Thank goodness that didn't happen, and at 4 AM, she actually woke up and ate! 4 ounces! With no apparent pain! YAY!!! So I am going to see how it goes this morning before I decide if I am taking her in or not.  
Great hair translates in all 50 states!
Goofy morning smiles!

Reunited with daddy at the airport! We missed you so much!

Camp mel! My mom's name is Melody and one of her girlfriends made shirts when they visited Anchorage.  My mom really does run a camp!


I have come to the conclusion that being a mom can just be hard some days.  When you think you have everything figured out, they throw you a curve ball.  

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Fun game on a rainy day!

8 THINGS I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO:
Paige smiling!
Going to Alaska with Paige
Getting a pedicure
Losing 10 pounds and putting on a swim suit!
Being pregnant again (I know I am nuts)
Getting better a golf
Eating at Moose's Tooth in Alaska

8 THINGS I DID YESTERDAY
Mopped my floors
Went to TJ Maxx and Target
Changed about 10-12 diapers
Played golf with the Frasier family
Ate fajitas and drank wine
Cleaned Paige's poop and pee at the country club
Cleaned bottles
Did abs
(love the life of a housewife!)

8 THINGS I WISH I COULD DO
Get pregnant by having sex
Get a hole in one
Fix my car by blinking me eyes
Lose weight by eating ice cream and drinking wine
Make Bob Stoops my boyfriend
Make Obama be less annoying (Oh no I didn't just say that!)
Have David all of a sudden decide he doesn't like golf that much and would rather just hang with me
Walk into the Bellagio spa right now for a few hours

8 SHOWS I WATCH
American Idol
Beverly Hills, 90210 (original)
Locked up Abroad
I survived
Intervention
FRIENDS
Grey's Anatomy
The Hills (Freaked out when K. Cavallari showed up at the end! Snap!) 

8 FAVORITE FRUITS
Strawberrys
Grapes
Oranges
Pineapple
Kiwi
Blueberry
Blackberry
Cherrys
I love fruit

8 PLACES I’D LIKE TO TRAVEL
Greece
Spain
Germany
Australia
Thailand
Southern California
New England
Scotland

8 PLACES I’VE LIVED
Anchorage, Alaska
Edmond, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Norman, OK
That is it.

I am not going to tag anyone - so copy and paste and play if you want to!! : )

Fore!

My cute bug
David and I about to go out for our anniversary!

With my new baby Bjorn! I love this thing! I call Paige my little marsupial when she is in this.  So cute and she loves it!

Our first trip to the golf course...hence the title of this post.
We went out with Charlie, Michelle, and Ethan.  Michelle was smarter than me and brought her Bjorn.  But we had so much fun! Paige and Ethan were so good.  I did have to change a diaper on the #11 tee box, but no one seemed to mind.  We let a group play through us, and Paige started to coo a little in one of the guy's practice swings, but she quieted down in time.  Daddy has high hopes of Paige loving golf, so hopefully this got her started off on the right foot.

Other baby news:  Paige sleeps through the night.  11 PM to 7:15 AM last night.  Praise God! And we are getting closer on the smiling thing.  I saw Ethan smiling away at Michelle last night and it made me so excited for when my little one starts.  Come on, Paige! Mommy is funny...SMILE!!!!!