Just shy of 6 weeks

At least one person in the household can relax...


I have learned many things over the past (almost) 6 weeks with my darling daughter. The highlights include:

* Don't bother getting dressed in cute clothes b/c it is inevitable that they will become drenched in spit-up. The stench is so-quite-lovely... (this goes for mother and child)

* Hot lunches are a thing of the past. Who are we kidding? LUNCH itself is a thing of the past.

* Daddies should not have chest hair because daughters will grab at it.

* Apparently Drew Carey and The Price is Right is the funniest thing ever to a newborn.

* Every day is laundry day.

* I thought hubby made the weirdest noises in his sleep... that was until Lucy came along. Now I see where she gets it.

* Everything is better in song.

* My daughter loves the freecreditreport.com commercials just like mommy.

* Sleep should be a 4-letter word...

It has been a trying and tiring 6 weeks, but I wouldn't change them for anything. What started out as a 8lb angel, is now a 10lb precious porker that makes her Mommy and Daddy melt. She is cute, and boy does she know it. Especially when she saw her pictures on the screensaver, and for the first time, Mommy and Daddy saw her first real smile and coo! Oh good grief, the hellian is about to come out! Look how long I am already! I definitely did not inherit height from my mommy!

But I definitely got my silliness from my Daddy - I mean, just look at him!

just some cute pictures of lucy

Julie sent me 2 cute pictures of Lucy, and I thought I would share them quickly... I will post more pictures later when Amanda, John, and the girls get here.
Daddy and Lucy


I can totally see how adorable I am!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's to the Farm we go!

The Billy Goats Gruff!


Today was Lucy's first trip out to Grandma and Grandpa Klement's farm. She thoroughly enjoyed it! There were 3 baby goats born today (2 were twins), and then another set of twins born as we were leaving. I am excited for Lucy because she will get to have many adventures out at the farm. She will also get to enjoy "not" doing certain things that her Grandma and Mom refuse to do (chores with any animals, anything in dirt, etc.). Daddy thinks she will be a tomboy, but I am determined to raise a girly-girl. I don't do insects, bugs, or anything that smells, and I intend to pass on those teachings to my pristine daughter. See, I will teach her important life lessons after all!
Grandma, Lucy, and Patches

The Hubby

Here is a video of hubby trying to copy baby girl's movements. Kinda cute if you ask me!

Last night my wonderful husband allowed me to stay sleeping at 2:30 am while he attended to miss Lucy. I was so excited about that, until about a half-hour later I heard "babe..." over the baby monitor. It seems little miss fussypants projectile vomited all over her miracle blanket, pjs, and daddy. So, up I am cleaning and getting her tummy semi-filled again, and back to bed. I felt bad for hubs because he tried so hard... he kept apologizing for waking me up. I told him it would have happened regardless of who was feeding her, but he still felt guilty. I mean, why? Was he rattling her like a milkshake and causing her to combust? I think not. I think I will let him try again tonight :)

Oh, and while we are talking about crazy random things - what the heck is up with Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice? I think that Shonda Grimes lady is satan-like making us wait until September/October to see who all lives.... not nice. Now I am stuck watching reality television until then... thank God Big Brother comes on soon. That will occupy my time 3 nights a week. Since the little lady bug keeps me up at night, I might as well subscribe to the live feeds to give me something to do at 3am. Wow, I am pathetic.

Thought to ponder: Why do 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and 'ABCs' have the same tune? Could the creators not think of an original background? Was there a lawsuit for stealing? Interesting things cross your mind in the middle of the night.

Getting into the Groove

My narcasistic baby girl :) I wouldn't look in a mirror right now if you paid me!

I am starting to get the hang (*fingers crossed*) of this whole motherhood thing. I wasn't sure at first how to get anything done other than baby, but now I thank his holiness for the beauty of the afternoon nap. So far, she is napping well, enabling me to get my wash done and house cleaned. But, alas, now that I wrote it for publishing, the naps will be taken away I am sure - all the while my baby smirking... oh well.

When I was little, I used to rearrange the furniture in my room for "fun", and I actually liked to clean. I would clean when I was bored, and I still do that to this day. While pregnant, I went through nesting for 2 months. I have the most organized closets, and my tupperware drawer has all its matching lids on bowls! I hate dust and don't like to see it gather, and I despise seeing anything on the carpet -- I inherited this trait from my father who is known as a "carpet-dirt-pickeruper." I also like my house to smell wonderful at all times - which, thanks to febreeze, is lavender fresh. With a new being occupying my every waking second (and sleeping second for that matter), I am having anxiety attacks about my now dirty-in-my-eyes home. Everyone tells me to forget about it and focus on the baby, but that advice does not bode well with me. Consider me the Danny Tanner of moms - I am a neat freak! So, I cherish naptime to at least get my house in some semblance of order. At least it lasts for an hour or so! Thank goodness some of my dirt-phobia has rubbed off on my husband. He picks at the carpet lint more than I do.

Welcome to my Blog

After being tormented and prodded to publish my thoughts and prolific visions (whatever) on the world wide web, I have finally succumbed. I may never forgive myself for this, or get over the public humiliation I will now suffer by sharing my randomness with the world. However, the main reason for my submission is my new daughter, Lucy. I figure I might not have something interesting to say, but she most likely will. Plus, my sister-in-law, Amanda, made this really amazing book for her twin daughters out of her blog.. so I am thinking that will be a possibility for Lucy in the future.

My husband and I were pretty much never popular until this adorably squishy person came into our lives last month, and now we are the life of the party. Ah, how things change so quickly. A month ago my days were filled with reality television, exercise, grading papers, and getting pedicures. Now, they are spent wondering what sleep used to be like, changing diapers (often during mid-mess), and hesitantly questioning what I signed up for over the summer. All in all, a big, scary, sometimes frustrating, but overall exciting change. It has been almost 3 weeks, and every day is a new adventure and new challenge.

I am excited to teach my daughter about all the important things in life... how Starbucks has made the world a better place; Leslie Sansone is next to godliness; QVC clothing sizes make a curvy girl feel so much better about herself; self-soothing can be solely found in the beauty of gelato; shoes make the outfit (even though 2 of her toes are webbed); etc. I am sure I will be posting about more than just my lovely baby girl; but for now expect posts filled with gushing mommy garble and the occasional begging for help.