Hectic Weekend

It's been a hectic weekend. Friday I took Alexis to the teddy bear picnic here on base with Kelli, Jessica, and the 3 girls. It was very hot out. She pretty much slept through the whole thing. I didn't have a teddy bear for Alexis but we had a stuffed giraffe. We had another doctors appointment for Alexis. She gained 3 oz in a week, and they put her on Zantac for acid reflux. So hopefully she'll gain even more weight now. It's become a weekly routine going to the doctors for weight checks. It's annoying but well worth it. I want to make sure my baby girl is healthy. She's almost 3 months. Time flies, it feels like it was just yesterday when we brought her home from the hospital.

After the appointment, we went to Gymboree and got $110 dollars worth of clothes for $30 dollars. Such a good deal. After the mall we went to dinner and mini golfing with Issy and Myles. Let me tell you I still hate mini golfing... I suck at it so bad, I usually give up by the 9th hole, and I did. It was the 1st time bringing Alexis mini golfing... It wasn't bad, she pretty much slept through the whole thing. The only hard part was the stairs... Trying to carry a stroller up and down stairs isn't fun.

Saturday the 1st thing on our list was grocery shopping. I hate grocery shopping, but who doesn't. It was a pretty quick shopping trip. We came home and unloaded the car and it felt like we were back out the door to go pick Pieter up. Carly had to go to Ohio for a wedding, and the bride and groom didn't allow kids... So we took him for her. It wasn't bad at all. He listen to us very well. It made me think that maybe Josh and I can handle another baby in like 4 years.

Sunday was also busy. We made breakfast, had to give both the kids a bath. Both Josh and I had to shower as well. After all the baths were done, we left the house to go check on Pieter's cats and Nick's fish. After leaving there we were running rather early. We went to Wal-Mart, to pick up Jenna's birthday present. After Wal-Mart we were still an hour to early, so we drove around for like 20 minutes then finally went over to the party.

Pieter had fun at the party there were tons of kids for him to play with. He didn't want to leave but we had to go home and cook dinner so we could bring him home. Let me tell you he did not want to leave at all. It was sad :[ He cried when we were leaving. We told him he could come visit us anytime. We came home and pretty much went right to bed. We were exhausted.

Over a month

It's been over a month. My Mom came down and finally met her grand-daughter. It was nice seeing my mom. I missed her. Alexis had her 1st fourth of July. We didn't see any fireworks... It got to buggy to sit out side. We went to the freedom fest on the 2nd. It was okay. The food wasn't good and it was way to packed. The 3rd we had a cookout with our friends. It was fun. My mom helped out a lot, so it made things much easier. On the 4th Carly came over and took pictures of Josh, Alexis and I. After Carly left, we went to go visit my mom and her old friend Dave. We didn't have long before we had to head out to go to Patriot's Point for the fireworks. We got there and it was way to buggy and didn't have the best smell.

We left Patriot's Point and came home. On the way home there we're these kids shooting fireworks off in the Burger King parking lot. It was a pretty funny show. The BK manger came out yelling at them, and the boys started shooting them towards the building. After that we came home and just relaxed. My mom left on the 6th to go back to New Hampshire.

We had a doctors appointment for Alexis on the 1st for her 2 months shots... That was so hard for me. She did pretty good with the shots tho. She cried but I cried more. She fell asleep soon after getting her shots. She was such a trooper. After wasn't that bad, she didn't run a fever at all. (Thank god)

She had another doctors appointment on the 7th... The old doctor was concerned because Alexis isn't gaining weight fast enough. She was gonna try to admit Alexis to MUSC... Which I find kind of a drastic measure, since the doctor hasn't suggested anything, like changing the formula and such. Alexis was 6 lbs 6 oz at birth and is now 9 lbs 5 oz... She'll be 3 months on the 22nd, but both me and josh are small & petite.

The new doctor told me to stop feeding her on demand pretty much and to feed her 3 oz every 3 hours using 5 oz of water and 3 scoops of formula. Hopefully it's working. She has another Doctors appointment this coming Friday to see if she has gained any weight. I hope she has. I hate seeing my baby girl so tiny. I want her to plump up :]

Well she just woke up so I'll have to finish later!

It's been almost a month

It's been almost a month since my last updated, but I've just been so busy. My sister has come and gone. She left Saturday the 5th. I was sad to see her go but she had some stuff she had to do back home. I officially had my 1st day alone with Alexis on Monday. It went very well. We took a walk with Kelli & Maddie, Jess & her girls! I had a good time.

Alexis is getting so big. She smiling and cooing. It's amazing. I wouldn't change anything. She is getting such a personality. I'm still waiting for the giggles to start. She is awake more and I have my hands full more now, then when she 1st came home. I love waking up in the morning and going to look at Alexis in her bassinet and she just smiles up at me. It's the best feeling in the world.


Josh's mom and his niece are supposed to come down the weekend of the 19th. I'm excited. Josh's mom hasn't seen Alexis since she was born and it will be his nieces 1st time meeting her. My mom is coming down June 26th-July 7th. I can't wait. It's been since February 09 since I've seen her. She's finally gonna meet her 3rd granddaughter!

First bath!

Alexis got her first real bath the other day. She did wonderful! She didn't cry at all. I think she is gonna be a water baby. She doesn't seem to mind the water. She sat in her tub like a big girl and sucked away on her fingers. I feel like shes getting so big already. We got her weighed on Friday and she was at 6lbs 11oz. Talking about weight. I've lost 23 pounds since having her. I mean most of that was baby, placenta and fluid, but its pretty good since I gained 39lbs during my pregnancy. Yesterday we went shopping for some new shirts for me. It was my mother's day present, and it felt good to buy myself something. Josh made me breakfast in bed as well. It was a nice relaxing day.

I'm excited! My sister flies in tonight! I can't wait. It's been a while since I've seen her. She's excited to get to meet her niece! We'll we have some errands to run before she gets here!

Busy Couple Days

It's been a busy couple of day. Tuesday we had Alexis's 2 week check up. She weighs 6lbs 10 oz now. She's getting so big, it's crazy. It's going so fast already. From the doctors we went to PSD to add Alexis to Josh's PG2 & DEERS. (Military stuff) After running to PSD, we went to the commissary and went food shopping the fastest we've ever done. We were in and out in no time. We came home and unloaded the groceries when we got the call that our car was ready. We had been driving a loaner until the car we purchased was shipped to the dealership. We picked up the car and came back home.

After coming home, we gave Alexis a bath and got her ready for bed. I fed her and went to go change her diaper... and noticed her umbilical cord had fallen off! So now we can give her a real bath! Today Alexis and myself hung out with Ashley for a bit when Josh went and got the 45 day base pass. After Ashley went home, Josh, Alexis and I went to Wendy's to get some food. I didn't feel like cooking... But its been like that since I've had Alexis. I can't wait for Monday, that's when my sister flies in! I can't wait. It's been over a year since I've seen her. Well Alexis should be waking up soon for a feeding, after her feeding, I'm heading to bed!

Its been a super long time.

Its been awhile, since I've last updated. But I figured I'd finally update. Since my last update, we found out we were having a little girl way back in December. We spent Christmas with Josh's family. We move into a beautiful base housing.


But the biggest thing is... we finally had our beautiful baby girl. She came on April 22nd 2010 at 11:24 am. Labor wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be. I started having contractions on the 21st about noon time, well I had a doctors appointment that day at 2:15 and they checked me and I was 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced. By 10:30 PM I couldn't take the pain of the contractions which were still 7 minutes apart, but I called the doctors anyways and they told me to come in and get checked. So we made the trip to the hospital, thinking we were gonna get sent back home, but surprisingly they kept me there. I ended up getting my epidural at like 2 :30 am, and tried to get some good sleep. At 7:35 am they came in to check me and I was 6 cm dilated. They broke my water at 8:30 and i started pushing at 9:45 and had our beautiful baby girl 1.5 hours later. It was totally worth every pain and ache I had. We came home from the hospital Saturday the 24th and the fun begin. Josh and I are so happy to be parents, Josh is doing wonderful with her too. He is such a great daddy. Even tho i'm breast feeding he still gets up with me at night to keep me company. He even gets up when I'm sleeping and does house work. It's amazing. I still can't believe how wonderful being a mommy is. Its amazing to think that she was inside of me for 9 months.


Since she was born we've gotten a new car. Which i love by the way. I can actually drive it and its brand new :]. We got a 2010 Kia Forte Koup. My sister is gonna be coming to stay with us for like 2 months to see her new niece. I can't wait to see her. We also got the news that Josh wont be going to Virgina! We're both super excited about that! Alexis is doing amazing at home. She is such a happy and good baby. The only thing I got to learn is when to change her. Every time I change her, she poops like 2 seconds later. Its pretty funny. She doesn't cry much and I swear if I didn't wake her up to feed her at night, she would sleep right through. We go to the doctors tomorrow/today. I wonder how much weight she has gained since last week. She weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces when she was born, and when we left the hospital she went down to 5lbs 15oz, we had a doctors appointment last Monday and she had already gained back almost all of her birth weight, she got back up to 6lbs 4 oz.

Well I'm off to bed, tomorrow is gonna be a busy day for us!

Been awhile!

Well its been awhile. Nothing much has changed. I'm officially in my second trimester! I'm 17 weeks this past Saturday! We've heard the baby's heart beat twice. 175 the 1st time, and 159 this past month. It's exciting! We've picked up the baby's nursery furniture, now were just waiting to see what the sex of the baby will be! We should find out the sex Dec 17th! I can't wait! The perfect Christmas Present! I feel like I'm getting huge!
Other than feeling like I'm huge, I'm trying to deal with the back pain, and the random aches and pains. My back gets set off by me just putting the dishes in the dish washer. I don't know how much longer I'm gonna be able to handle the pain when doing the dishes. Hopefully it doesn't get worst. Thanksgiving is coming up! I'm excited I definitely have an appetite :]. I sometimes out eat Josh! My birthday is Saturday the 29th. I'll be the be 2-0! I've already made Josh help me set up the Christmas tree! I love Christmas time! Dec 3rd Josh and I will be married for 1 year! Its been a long and crazy 1st year of marriage but well worth it!