MON 3-31-08

WELL LAST WEEK WAS A MUCH BETTER WEEK THAN THE LAST. THINGS HAVE STARTED TO CALM DOWN A BIT. I HAVE REALIZED THAT BEING A FIRST TIME MOMMY IS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. EVEN AFTER ALL THE BABYSITTING I'VE DONE, IT DOESN'T PREPARE YOU FOR YOUR OWN. THE FEEDINGS AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, THE PROJECTILE POO, THE DIRTY DIAPER RIGHT AFTER YOU CHANGE THEM. IT'S DEFINATELY A CHANGE FROM A YEAR AGO WHEN I WAS PLANNING A WEDDING, MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE, AND CHANGING JOBS.
ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK WE TOOK A TRIP TO SEE DADDY AT WORK. EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE CAME BY TO SEE TALAN. LUCKILY HE WAS ASLEEP, SO NO FUSSING. ALTHOUGH, WE WERE ONLY OUT FOR 2 HOURS AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES FROM THE HOUSE SOMEONE GOT HUNGRY. I EXPECTED THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIMEFRAME I WOULD GET.
ON THURSDAY WE HAD OUR FIRST TRIP TO A RESTAURANT. GRANDPA, ASHLEY, DADDY, AND I WENT TO OLIVE GARDEN. WELL AGAIN MOMMY WASN'T PREPARED WITH A BOTTLE AND AS SOON AS DADDY GOT DONE EATING HE HAD TO GO OUTSIDE WITH TALAN BECAUSE HE WAS FUSSY. WE THEN HAD TO SIT IN THE CAR FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO FEED SO THAT TALAN DIDN'T SCREAM THE WHOLE WAY HOME. I HAVE DEFINATELY LEARNED THAT I NEED TO BE PREPARED WHEN GOING OUT. ANOTHER FIRST TIME MOMMY THING.
SUNDAY WE TOOK OUR USUAL TRIP DOWN TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S HOUSE. I DON'T THINK YOU WERE PUT DOWN THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE THERE. WE ARE DEFINATELY GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH A SIGN UP SHEET AS TO WHEN EVERYONE GETS TO HOLD YOU. EVERYONE KEEPS CALLING GRANDMA A "BABY HOG". CAN YOU BLAME HER?
WELL WE ARE BANISHED BACK TO THE COUCH FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AS DADDY HAS TO BE AT WORK AT 7AM. IF I COULD JUST LET YOU SLEEP IN YOUR BED! OH WELL YOU WON'T BE MY BABY FOR LONG SO I WILL HOLD YOU AND SLEEP WITH YOU AS MUCH AS I WANT.

SUN 3-23-08

TODAY IS EASTER. WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING SPECIAL. I WANTED TO TAKE YOUR PICTURE WITH THE EASTER BUNNY, BUT DADDY SAYS YOU ARE TOO LITTLE. DADDY WORKED MOST OF THE DAY. TAX SEASON IS ALMOST OVER AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MORE OF HIM. HE'S WORKING HARD FOR US. WE ARE GETTING GOOD AT SLEEPING ON THE COUCH. YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO SLEEP WITHOUT MOMMY YET.

SAT 3-22-08

TODAY EVERYONE CAME OVER TO SEE YOU AND HAVE LUNCH. GRANDPA COOKED KBOB WHICH IS MOMMY'S FAVORITE. YOU DEFINATELY KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME FOR US TO EAT BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS WAKE UP. DADDY HAD A SOCCER GAME TONIGHT SO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA STAYED LATE WITH US UNTIL DADDY WAS ALMOST HOME.

FRI 3-21-08

TODAY WAS OUR 1ST TRIP TO THE PEDIATRICIAN. HER NAME IS GRACE. YOU WEIGH 7LBS. 4OZ. THEY ARE A LIL WORRIED ABOUT YOUR JAUNDICE STILL, BUT MY MILK HAS FINALLY COME IN SO HOPEFULLY FEEDING WILL COME A LIL EASIER. AUNT JAYME CAME BY, BUT YOU SLEPT MOST OF THE TIME THAT SHE WAS HERE. MIMMI ALSO CAME OVER. SHE HELPED US WITH THE BREASTFEEDING THING. YOU ARE STARTING TO EAT BETTER NOW. WE HAVE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE COUCH BECAUSE MOMMY CAN'T LET YOU MAKE NOISES AND STILL SLEEP. I'M NOT READY FOR YOU TO NOT BE IN MY LINE OF SIGHT AT ALL TIMES. I KNOW I WILL HAVE TO GET OVER THIS, BUT NOT YET.

THURS 3-20-08

DADDY WENT BACK TO WORK TODAY. HE WILL COME BACK AND PICK NUS UP WHEN THEY RELEASE US. YOU WENT BACK TO SEE THE PEDIATRICIAN AND MOMMY SLEPT FOR AN HOUR WHILE YOU WERE GONE. GRANDPA AND ASHLEY CAME ABOUT 10:30 TO HELP US TAKE STUFF HOME. GRANDPA IS SO PROUD OF YOU, HE ALREADY HAS YOUR PICTURE IN A FRAME. WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL AT NOON, YOU LIKED RIDING IN THE CAR. WE FINALLY GOT YOU HOME. GRANDPA AND ASHLEY LEFT AROUND 4. GRANDMA CAME TO STAY THE NIGHT WITH US. WE WERE UP MOST OF THE NIGHT FEEDING YOU AND CHANGING DIAPERS. ANY LITTLE MOVEMENT OR NOISE YOU MADE GOT US UP. YOU NEVER DID STAY ASLEEP VERY LONG IN YOUR PLAY YARD. POOR GRANDMA HAD TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.

WED 3-19-08

SO, WE HAD LOTS OF VISITORS TODAY. GRANDPA SHARGHI CAME EARLY. GRANDMA AND MINDY CAME BY AT LUNCH. GRAMMY AND TROY, MIMMI AND DAVID, JORDAN, MICAH AND ALYSSA WERE ALL THERE AT LUNCH. WE DID YOUR HEARING TEST - YOU PASSED. WE TOOK PICTURES - YOU CRIED AND CLOSED YOUR EYES. GRANDMA CAME BACK AFTER WORK SO DADDY COULD RUN HOME. KELLY CAME BY THAT EVENING TO SEE YOU. JOANNA, JASON, LIL J, AND JACI ALSO CAME BY. TONIGHT WAS A LIL BETTER. YOU STILL AREN'T EATING WELL. THE PEDIATRICIAN SAYS YOU HAVE JAUNDICE AND WILL RECHECK IN THE MORNING.

TALAN'S BIRTHDAY 3-18-08

I WOKE UP TODAY AT 5:15 AM. I COULDN'T SLEEP WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF YOUR ARRIVAL. WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AT 7:15AM. THE NURSE, MEAGHAN BROKE MY WATER AT 9:30. BY AROUND 11:30, I NEEDED DRUGS. OUR VISITORS INCLUDED GRANDMA AND GRANDPA SHARGHI, ASHLEY, GRAMMY, MIMMI AND PIPPI, AUNT JOEY, UNCLE BILLY, AUNT JAYME, UNCLE TROY AND GIRLFRIEND ASHLEY, UNCLE JOSH AND AUNT ANGIE, MIMI, JOANNA AND LIL J. DR. CONSTANTINE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AROUND 6:00PM. IT WAS POURING ALL DAY AND HE GOT STUCK IN TRAFFIC. AFTER ABOUT 1.5 HRS OF PUSHING AND LOTS OF HELP FROM DADDY, GRANDMA AND AUNT ASHLEY OUT YOU CAME AT 6:36PM. YOU WEIGHED 8LBS. 2 OZ. AND WERE 19 INCHES. YOU WERE DEFINATELY A CONE HEADED BABY, BUT WHAT DID YOU EXPECT BEING SO BIG? WE FINALLY WENT TO OUR ROOM AROUND 8:00 AND IT WAS A ROUGH FIRST NIGHT.