Evie's 1st Car Trip

We are leaving this evening for Evie's first trip out of Tallahassee! We're going to spend a couple of days in Apollo Beach (near Tampa) with Blake's parents and then head over to the Space Coast (Cape Canaveral) for some sightseeing. Blake won this trip back in May from Wachovia for being the best seller or something (I don't really understand his job!) so we only have to pay for our gas and breakfast and lunch. Evie is currently napping, so I should probably be packing, but I hate packing and I like blogging so here we are.

I'm growing increasingly tired of having to get up two to four times each night with Evie. She'll be eight weeks on Thursday, and I'm hoping she'll start doing some longer sleep stretches at night in the next week or so. Lately, the most she's been doing is 4/4.5 hours and often as little as 1/1.5. Either way, I don't have much choice in the matter. If she's up and crying and hungry, it is my job to take care of her and feed her. Sigh. Nobody said this parenting thing would be easy.

Contented Baby

When Blake came home for lunch today, Evie had had a good morning nap and was very alert and content (see video above). She is holding her head up very well now and starting to track moving objects with her eyes. Everyday she seems more aware and interested in her surroundings, and she definitely recognizes her mommy and daddy. I love to sit her in her Bumbo and read to her, and I try to give her some "tummy time" each day. The best is when you kiss her cheeks and she smiles and coos at you. Gets better each day!

How Do You Quiet a Crying Baby?

Evie was up from 1:30am to 6:30am and would not go back to sleep. We were extremely tired and trying to get the baby to sleep when Blake found this little quirk of hers. Whenever she starts to cry, Blake would gently blow on her face and she would straigten up, stick out her toungue, and make bubbles. It's something you have to see to for yourself...

Morning Musings

On Thursday, September 11 the girls from my department came over to visit and have lunch with me. Miss Evie was down for a nap (hallelujah!) so they could only admire her from a distance. I promised that next time they'd get their snuggles in. I had a great time having them here. It gets lonely sitting in the house all by myself with the baby. Not that I don't love my daughter and enjoy her, but I'm used to having a lot more interaction than I get on an average day with her.

I had my six week check up that same morning and everything was healing fine. There was only one issue with the way my stitches healed, but we are dealing with it. I have to admit that post partum has been worse than anything that pregnancy threw at me. Even morning sickness. But it is getting better everyday and I feel like we're finally getting to the fun part, with Evie getting more interactive. I'm really just going to try to enjoy these last six weeks I have at home with her as I know they will go fast.

Baby Gear

Once Evie hit 8 pounds we were able to start using our Baby Bjorn. Best invention ever for babies. Allows us to both hold Miss Evie (which is what she usually wants us to do) and have our hands free to do stuff.


BUMBO!! This thing cracks me up. It's designed to help babies develop their neck, back and ab muscles. Evie just swims in hers right now, but it really does angle her properly so that she is sitting up.


Blake snapped this one a few days ago. I've gotten to where I just bring Evie to bed with me after her last nighttime feeding (anywhere from 5-6 a.m.) since I'm just too tired to sit up with her by that point. Evie, of course, loves this and makes sweet baby noises until she falls asleep next to me.

1 Month Check-up

Can you believe that Miss Evie is already a month old?! Well, 5 weeks to be exact. I took her to the pediatrician on Tuesday morning for a check up and she is already up to 8 lbs, 4 oz! I was so excited since with breastfeeding it is hard to tell exactly how much they are getting (other than keeping track of how much they are "outputting"). Obviously she is getting plenty!

This is the first week since she was born that I am on my own all day everyday and so far so good. The most challening part of each day is getting a shower. Though she is a really great sleeper at night and stays in her crib from 8/9 p.m. until 6/7 a.m., once she is up she will not go back down and wants to be held all morning (and usually all afternoon). The only way I can get a shower in the morning is to just let her scream her head off for 20 min. while I get dressed, which is very stressful for me. I've become somewhat of a speed showerer, which those who know me will find miraculous. I can literally brush my teeth, shower and dress in less that 20 min. when it used to take me 20 min. just for the shower part. Nothing like motherhood to show you a new way of doing things!!