carpe diem!

Lily is finally sleeping. She was up more than usual last night. I really hope she will get back to her other schedule soon. She woke up at 6am, ate, and then cried off and on until 8am. Ugh, it was a little much for me so early in the morning, especially since I had been getting up every two hours to nurse her. My mind was filled with everything I have to do today and I was upset that now I had to do that all on a bad nights sleep. Thank goodness for Darin, he watched her while I took a relaxing shower to get my sanity back.

Of course, when I say I have a lot to do, it is because my mom and sister will be over today, which means I can run out and get some errands done! I never thought I would be day dreaming about all the wonderful things I can do when I have a car and a babysitter haha. This is what excites me now.

One of my errands is to get some pictures developed. I don't remember seeing this picture before, but I love it. It's Grandma Lehman holding Lily at the hospital.

Hippo!

This is Lily's Hippo onesie that we bought on our way up north. It's a favorite of mine, but I think this will be the last time Lily can wear it, shes starting to grow out of it while its still on her. I thought I would take one last pic before she busts out of it hehe

1 month growth spurt

Lily is going through a MEGA growth spurt. She sleeps all day and eats allllll night, she is an eating machine!! She starts at about 6pm and eats for 20 min every hour until she falls asleep around midnight. ugh! It was a little stressful to deal with at first, but now that we know its a growth spurt, its not so bad. Hopefully, she will be done soon! Also, my heart goes out to people who have babies with colic. Its crazy enough to hear a baby cry for 10 min, I can't imagine hearing it for more than 3 hours!

Here is some video I shot last night while Darin was helping Lily in-between feedings :) Her hiccups are the cutest!

sigh

I wanted to lay her down so I could make breakfast, and now I guess its time for lunch. It is so hard to do stuff when she is so cuddly!

Getting domestic

Watching the real cooking shows all day is one of my favorite perks of being home all day. My favorite show is Giada at Home. It has inspired me to start learning how to cook delicious meals. Two days ago, I started making home cooked dinners. I'm off to an okay start, I don't expect to be awesome at first, but practice makes perfect, right? :)

The first night, I made grilled salmon with a lime butter sauce. Delicious! I love salmon, and I really love cooking on the grill. I had to grill in the rain though since I have such wonderful timing. Last night, I made a potato & zucchini pancake, grilled chicken, and a cucumber salad. I don't think I will be making the cucumber thing again, it was kinda gross. I would like to find a good cucumber salad recipe (suggestions?), I love how fresh cucumbers are! It goes well with the grilled chicken and heavy potato side. Maybe cucumber and basil and fresh mozzarella? does that go together? hmm...

The thing I am most proud of are the peanut butter banana crepes that I made for breakfast this morning. These were so much easier to make than I thought, and they were delicious and filling. Can't wait for Darin to try them! He has been a trooper, tasting all this food I'm making :) He gives good critique though and maybe I'll be really good by the time Lily is old enough to eat dinner with us haha

Family Weekend 2010

Last weekend, we went on our first family vacation up north to Gaylord. We had fun and it was so nice to get away from the house. It was also so nice to have a million arms that would hold Lily all weekend! She had many Great Aunts that wanted to see her, and she loved every minute of it :)

Here are a few pics from the weekend. Note to self: Must get better at taking family photos! I don't have any of us! :(

A wonderful full (kind of) nights sleep!

I can't believe it, Lily only got up once the past 3 nights!!!! She went to bed around 2:30am and didn't get up again until 7:30am! I really hope this schedule sticks, that would be amazing. (also, please say I didn't just jinx this wonderfulness). Hopefully, this is how she will sleep by the time I go back to work. I decided I would get up and see if I could 'work' all day on this amount of sleep, no naps until 5:30pm. Here goes!

Staying up this morning has been pretty good so far. I am enjoying that 'me' time I hear every mother talk about. Darin and Lily are asleep, and I get to sit here in a quiet house and enjoy my coffee and look at the internet (my google reader has been so neglected). Speaking of neglect, the yard outside is getting very unruly from weeks of neglect. Although, somehow I managed to grow a strawberry!