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.