A Week Later

I haven't posted in a week, and it's not that there is a lot going, I guess I am just busy adapting to a new way of life. Finding what I can accomplish and what rhythm works for me with having a newborn and a toddler. Yesterday was the first time I attended church on a Wednesday night since Sedona was born. The last time I was there on Wednesday night I was in labor. I haven't figured out how long it takes to get all 3 of us out the door yet, and so I decided to time myself. I set the timer I have on the fridge and started get ready. This morning I saw the timer and it was still counting. I had totally forgotten about it. Can we say frazzled mother?

It's been good though. I was so emotional yesterday that when my little boy was running around in a diaper and a tshirt I wanted to cry because he still has chubby legs and Flinstone feet, but it won't be long before he looses all of that baby fat. I cuddled with my little girl and I almost cried again because I love my kids so much. Then when my husband got home I made a late night run to get bread and milk. When I came home Z was on the drums and J was playing the guitar (while Sedona was strapped to him in the backpack carrier) and he sang the song he wrote and surprised me with at our wedding. That's when I finally lost it. I had been needing to shed tears of joy all day and so I just let it all out. It's a roller coaster ride of good and bad times in this life, but I don't ever want to take all of this for granted.

4 weeks, venturing out

This week was the first week since having the baby that I really got out of the house, besides doctor's visits and such. On Friday I went to H.E.B with both kids and lived to tell about it. Granted, it wasn't a full blown shopping trip, but I got several items from different areas across the store, and to me that is worth bragging about. Then Saturday we went to Joe T. Garcia's for my brother in laws birthday. This was our first time out as a family. Sedona slept the whole time as usual. We made it to church on Sunday even if it was over 30 minutes late. Monday I mailed out all the thank you cards and birth announcements, which was a big achievement then on Tuesday we took both kids to Z's eye appointment. The Dr. wants to examine Sedona's eyes around 10 months because of Z's history, but my prayer is that she won't have any problems. Lastly on Wednesday night we got a baby sitter for Z so that J and I could go to a concert, I'll post more on that later.

Sorry for the boring play by play of my 4th week postpartum, but it just goes to show that we are all doing well and I am starting to get back to life outside of the house, which makes me happy because I am a social creature.

This is the first week I didn't take any photos of Sedona, other than a couple on J's iphone. I hounded him to download them onto my computer today so that I had something to post. So here are a few pics from this week, thanks to my nagging.

Almost a month old!

Z at the eye doctor helping daddy carry the car seat

At the concert

Blurry, but cute

Through Brother's Eyes

Everyone wants to know how the 2 1/2 year old is adapting to the newest member of our home and the answer is GREAT. He loves his baby sister so much and he will say it in those words. He wants to hold her, help carry the car seat, and give her kisses. One funny thing that he does though is call her a "him" or an "it". He says things like "OH NO! It's cwying!" and any squeak or tiny sound she makes is like an emergency to him and he'll say "Go check on him! No, I go check him, it's my turn." Which leads me to the one problem, and that is that he thinks he can take of her and he is way to aggressive so ALL DAY LONG I am repeating "Don't touch your sister. Keep your hands off her face. Don't touch, don't touch her, DO NOT TOUCH HER!"

About a week after she was born we gave him a little disposable camera to document the whole experience.


Keep in mind, he is two, and it is a throw away camera, but with a little tips and pointers from mommy he did pretty good.

3 weeks

Another week has flown by and Sedona is now 3 weeks old. Not much has changed since last week. We did have an appointment at the birth center. I had my hemoglobin checked and I am still anemic. Bummer. We don't have to worry about the baby girl though, she is doing great, eating, sleeping, pooping and definitely growing. She is already just over 10 pounds! Also, her baby acne that I griped about last week has cleared up. It lasted almost two weeks and then just suddenly disappeared, which is right on track with everything I read about it. There is a lot more to tell, but I am typing one handed here so I'll just leave it at that for now.

Wacky Weather

We are certainly in transition around here. Not just because of the new baby, but the weather. It is supposed to be the beginning of Spring, but the forecasts have been all over the place.

Here is Sedona on her first Sunday at church. She has her white shoes on with a cute little spring time outfit and the daffodils in our front yard are in full bloom.

This was the following Sunday (this week).

We missed church because I rolled down my windows to get the snow off of them so that I could see while driving, but the back passenger window malfunctioned and wouldn't go back up! I took Sedona out in her car seat, just for a quick photo of "her first snow", which believe me I was not expecting to happen this early in her life since it is after all Springtime in Texas, but you just never know.

Today was lovely. We've had highs of 75 since Monday and I picked a bunch of flowers from the yard and they are now a pleasant looking, and smelling, decoration in my kitchen. Of course as I write this, just a couple hours later, we are in the middle of a huge thunder storm. Z just asked me "what's that?" (about the lights and noises outside) and I said it's thunder and lightening and he responded "Oh, Lightening McQueen?" His whole view of the world revolves around Disney characters.

Easter is already a week and half away. I really hope it warms up enough for Sedona to wear her first dress, but I guess having a plan B, would probably be a good idea.

Baby's Birth Day Trivia

Here is are a few random tidbits from the day Sedona was born that I would like to remember. Some interesting coinscedences that were well documented on the internet ahead of time.

1. A week before Sedona was born I wrote this on the blog post titled 38 weeks

"Z was born at 39 weeks, so in about a week we'll know if this pregnancy is shorter or longer than the last"

Turns out this pregnancy was shorter, but only by an hour and 12 minutes. Strangely enough Z was due September 9th, born on the 4th at 1:52 am, and Sedona was due March 9th, born March 4th at 12:40 am. That means they were both born at 39 weeks +1 day + an hour or two.

2. This also means that they are 2 1/2 years apart or EXACTLY 30 months! So they were born on complete opposite ends of the year. Here I am at 30 weeks with Z

and here is 30 weeks with Sedona

Both photos were here in Texas. I wonder what other ways they will be opposite.

3. In August I took a poll on this blog for what day the baby would be born on and I said March 4th. I gave the same answer when my mom did her own poll on Facebook. My friend Tracy also guessed that date, so we were both right, unfortunately there are no prizes.

4. Last year I shared 25 random things about me on here and facebook. Random fact # 3 was that I sleep indian style at night (or criss cross applesauce as they call it these days.) and #19 was that I bathe more than I shower. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised then that the short time I was in labor I was in the bath tub sitting indian style. I would do a little push up to lift myself off the floor of the tub with each contraction. I would have never predicted that I would labor this way, but when I look back at #3 and #19 it just makes sense.

5. Back in September I wrote a post titled "Pam and I are both pregnant" and talked about the excitement of sharing such a milestone with a beloved character from the NBC show The Office. So even though The Office isn't real (unlike Lost) it is still fun that after making a big deal about the whole thing we both had girls and we both had our babies on March 4th! Okay, okay, fine. I had a baby on March 4th, the episode where Jim and Pam had a baby aired on March 4th.


Noticing and remembering little things like that are why I love writing and I like using the internet to document things, and that is why I plan on keeping it up.

2 weeks

Today Sedona is 2 weeks old. She has already changed a lot. She seems to have a lot more control of her neck and tries lifting her head for a few moments here and there. She is awake and alert a little more often, which also means she cries a little more as well. Last week she hardly made a noise, but she's still laid back. Unfortunately she has also broken out with a bad case of baby acne. It is really bad, and even though I know it doesn't hurt her and it just has to run its course it is all over her neck, around her eyes, and just makes her face look inflamed. The doc said she is doing great though.

She had her first well baby check-up and she even gained an ounce which is a big deal at this age when they are often loosing weight.

As for me I was in my eleventh day postpartum and I was feeling pretty good. I went to church and I took Sedona's newborn photos for her baby announcements.

I don't know if I caught a bug, food poisoning, or just pushed it too hard for the day, but by dinner time I started feeling really sick. I went to bed early with a mild fever only to wake up in the middle of the night having to throw up. I spent half the night in the bathroom vomiting and the next day sleeping and fighting a fever. So it looks like I am one of those women that really need a full two weeks of recuperation after giving birth. I am doing good now though, and I even just had my first day with the at home with the kids and no help. My mom went back to Kentucky on Tuesday and J works all day on Wednesday so I was entirely on my own.

The visitations have slowed down, the last home made meal is coming tomorrow, and I guess real life as a mother of two is about to begin.



The first photo is of Sedona's first time out which was for her doctor's appointment, the other is one of her newborn photos, more to come.