Sorry I haven't posted in a while...

Oh Em Gee....things have been so crazy! Now that work is in full swing I am so busy! I never have time to get on the computer!! But the last couple of weeks have been busy. Labor Day weekend we went to watch fireworks, I celebrated my 24th birthday, Blaine got very sick, went to Abbey's 1st Birthday, Blaine spent the night off for the first time, Football season started (Go Gators), and we celebrated on the 1st Anniversary of my  18 year old cousin getting cancer (she is now cancer FREE)!! So here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks:

Fireworks, Labor Day 2011

Blaine's reaction to the fireworks!! LOL

Sweet Baby laughed out loud for the first time!! :)

Happy Birthday To Me!! Dinner at Olive Garden and a yummy Strawberry-Mango Margarita!!

My poor sick baby, I basically held him for 3 days! He did not want to be put down!! :(

Happy Birthday Abbey!

Wearing Mickey Mouse ears at Abbey's birthday!

Wearing his "Off to Grandma's" outfit, to go spend the night off for the first time!! :(

Football Season Started!! GO GATORS!!!!

Cancer Free Katie....doesn't get much better than that!! FIGHT LIKE A GIRL!!

Ok...sorry for the information overload, but I told you we have been busy! Oh and one more thing:

BLAINE HAS SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK!!!

Week 9

Ok...so LOTS has happened!! First off I went back to work this week!!! :( It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be though!! I didn't even cry!! It is so nice to know that your baby is in good hands and you don't have to worry about him. I would have been a mess if I would have had to use a day care!! Private care is the way to go!! The peace of mind is WONDERFUL!! So work was good this week, exhausting, but good. And it is like Blaine knew I started working this week and he let momma get some sleep! :) He was on a wonderful schedule all week!! He would eat at 6:30 pm and be asleep in his crib by 7 and not wake up until 12 or 12:30 am. I would feed him, change him, and have him back in his crib by 1 am. Then he would sleep until around 5 am. Not too shabby for a 9 week old baby!! :) So yesterday Blaine had is 2 month checkup and I went and got a Mirena put in!! (no babies for us until we are ready) I am so glad I chose it, worry free for up to 5 years and there was no pain involved in getting it put it!! So back to Blaine, I swear they do shots at 2 months just to sabotage all your hard work at parenting and getting your baby on a schedule!!! He was not feeling too well after his shots yesterday and had a low grade fever (typical). He would not finish a bottle so he was eating less ounces and more often!! And I just got him to sleep tonight!!! So much for that 7:00 bed time!! Hopefully tomorrow we can get back to routine!! Also at the checkup the Dr. heard a heart murmur. They can be very common and cause no issues once so ever, but there is also a chance that a heart murmur can indicate a problem so we are off to the pediatric cardiologist on Tuesday! We are praying for good results and for just an innocent, common, heart murmur that he will outgrow! I will update yall on Tuesday!! :)

9 weeks old today!!

BTW....Mr. Blaine weighed 14 lbs 4 oz!!! He is in the 97%!!! My big boy!!

Week 4

Dad finally stayed home with us this week, and I am so glad because I needed a break! He is such a great help too. I feel useless when he is around. He does it all, feeding, diaper, burping, bathing...everything. We started putting Blaine in his crib this week and he started sleeping much better. We should have done that from the start because I missed sleeping in my bed. Before then Blaine and I were in the living room and he would sleep in his bassinet while I slept in the recliner (well I wouldn't call it sleeping, just resting). Things started getting really bad at the end of this week though. I decided that I would not be able to keep up with the pumping when I returned to work, so I started giving Blaine more formula and less breast milk. Well the more formula he got the more gassy and fussy he got. He stayed up screaming from 10:30 pm - 4:00 am one night. IT WAS AWFUL! We tried everything, gas drops, different bottles, rocking, bouncing, swaddling, leg excercises, everything. If I read it helped with gas, I tried it because he was so uncomfortable and so gassy.We reached another milestone this week too....SIZE 1 DIAPERS!

4 Weeks Old Today

Week 3

Things are getting a little easier by this week...sleep is still a thing of the past, but easier nonetheless. We didn't have any Dr. Appt's this week, THANK GOODNESS. Because leaving the house is just way too difficult! So me and Blaine just hang out at the house all week. He is eating every 2 hours around the clock which is exhausting but I am getting pretty used to it. Dad comes home in the evening and helps so mom can get a little sleep. But then I let Dad go to bed at a decent hour because he has to get up to go to work every day...it's hard on me but he helps when he can. Usually from about 4:30 - 11 at night. I am still pumping which is very difficult to keep up with on top of feeding him every two hours.

Blaine at exactly 3 weeks old.
His umbilical cord fell out today.
Woo Hoo...now he can have a real bath.