Family Living: Abbott Style

It's not even noon yet and I am already having one of those days... I think my kid hates me.  She tends to cry...all.the.time.  Unless she is eating or sleeping.  It kinda makes me feel like I can't do anything right.  She slept 7 hours straight last night.  I'm digging the long stretches of sleep, but she got up at 3:30 this morning and refused to go back down.  She's too young just to "cry it out", so I was trying to do everything I could think of to calm her down.  Eventually she stopped screaming at me and we got a few more hours of sleep.  Then when we got up this morning, it was the same deal.  I'm hoping the phase will pass soon.  Now she is passed out in her swing, so I need to use this opportunity to be productive and clean house.  I'm sure I'll update more later...I just needed a moment to vent before I actually got busy.  I usually call my mom and vent but she didn't answer the phone.  Dang you mom.  ( : ...

We've all heard it a thousand times from our parents and grandparents--"Well, back in my day...." And we never actually picture ourselves saying such things.  But now I am starting to get it. It started last week... I WAS driving a very nice Lincoln MKX.  It was a SUV with all of the bells and whistles.  After Haley was born, I became very fond of the remote opener/closer for the back hatch.  It made pulling out the stroller almost effortless.  The only problem with it was we owed a little bit of money on it still.  Not a big deal, nothing that was breaking the bank, but I just hate car payments.  I hate paying for things every month that we already "own", that are depreciating in value. Also, I am a stay-at-home mom.  I don't even need to drive everyday besides to the gym and back.  The most I really drive is 10 to 15 miles from the home.  What's the point in having such an expensive SUV when I don't even bring in an income any...

I hate getting up early. I hate getting up early and getting somewhere 15 minutes early so you realize you could have slept and extra 15 minutes. Haley was nice enough to sleep 8 hours again. Perhaps she is making up for yesterday. It wasn't an all bad day. Nothing is all bad. I had another odd dream thanks to getting extra sleep. I think it was a cross between the Butterfly Effect and Speed. it begs the question...if you could go back and change events in your life...would you? If I could go back and change something to avoid beeing pooed on, I might consider. Anyways...today may be a busy day. My 6 week check up is today. Which means, in theory, my body should start forgetting I was pregnant. Also have a thousand other arrands. Well its time for cycle class...so I'm off to excercise.... Until next time. Update: So cycling class kick my tail and the seat hurt my rear!  It was fun-ish...but the 60-something-year-old woman next to me kept telling me how the ...

I've been shit on..both literally and figuratively. Peed on. Spit-up on. I knew I should have stayed in bed.

Well, another successful weekend at the lake.  One without incident.  Speaking of, our co-pay for having a baby is the same for Ian to go to the emergency room for his knee.  Go figure.  I would like to thank my insurance for covering all of my epidural, I promise you, it was worth EVERY PENNY. Haley refused to take a nap Saturday, which made things tricky but not bad.  She enjoyed sometime outside when it wasn't too hot.  I didn't get as much sun as I would have liked, but I am sure my skin thanks me.  Then she slept for 8 hours straight last night to make up for her lack of napping.  That is twice this week the girl has slept that long over night.  Not that I am complaining, I just don't want to get spoiled by such wonderfulness. It just dawned on me that Ian will be returning to work in a week and a half.  I can't believe how fast his 8 weeks off went by.  I am going to miss having him around.  I also can't believe that ...

Oh ya...she's ready for the lake! Sorry kiddo, it will be a few. years before you'll be riding one of those! Published with Blogger-droid v1.7.1

Whoa!  Let me tell you, I have some energy today.  8 hours of straight sleep!!  Haley went without a real nap all day yesterday, so she must have been exhausted.   I forgot what it felt like to actually get uninterrupted sleep.  To actually sleep long enough to have dreams. So I was up at 6:30, bright-eyed and bushy tailed. I just love this picture of Haley and Ian napping.... Haley has an eye infection.  Which isn't my main point...my main point is that my pediatrician is awesome.  I called this morning (thinking I was going to have to bring her in and pay yet another $20 co-pay and 3 hours of waiting around the office), and then nurse said she would let him know and send out for a RX! YESSS..thank you doctor! What else.  I just finished my 4th week straight of working out (5 days a week for at least and hour).  Not too shabby considering I gave birth almost 6 weeks ago.  The last three weeks I've been going to ...

Somebody come get my bedding out of the dryer and put it on my bed.  Thanks.  I hate when I forget about laundry....ugh.   P.S. I've been up since 2:30 a.m.--you would think that I would have more sense then to still be up...but I clearly don't

Is it Monday again already? I had a very enjoyable weekend.  Blew my diet.  Didn't work out.  So this morning, I had a face off with the scale.  I think I'll weigh in on Wednesday when I've been good for a couple days.   Note to self, next time I get pregnant, let's not gain a bajillion pounds.  So good news, Haley slept another 5 hours straight last night.  We have a pretty good schedule down.  Today, my 5 week old fit into a 3M onesie.  This, I was not okay with.  She is growing way to fast. Apparently she smiles.  Never at me.  Nope.  Not the one that sacrificed her body for 9 months; sole provider of food; the one whom sacrifices sleep; changer of the diapers.  Nope, won't smile at momma.  In fact, she generally seems unhappy anytime I am holding her and not feeding her.  I tried reading her a book last night before bed.  She started screaming in the middle of "Hey Diddle Diddle" so...

WOW, After posting my last post I noticed at least three big spelling/ grammar errors.  I must be tired.  Good Night all.

Oh man...I am totally not good with keeping up with my blog recently.  Must be the whole "mom" thing. The last two weeks Ian and I have had two weddings to attend...along with our little guest of honor, Haley Michelle. The first wedding was a little brutal.  Ian's knee injury was very fresh and he was still on crutches (on a side note the MRI showed that he has a torn ACL, Meniscus, and cartilage., surgery is somewhere in the near future-however he is walking without crutches, and getting around OKAY).  Anyways, Haley was pretty much awake the whole time.  She didn't really fuss at all, just awake.  But it was so much for me to juggle carrying everything and such.  Then at one point. I had to change her in the bathroom.  No changing table, so I was trying to change her on the bathroom sink as her head is falling into the sink, she decides to continue pooing all over as soon as I took off her diaper (wasn't quick enough with diaper no. 2)....

So I figured I would update while I had just a few minutes... My dad's heart transplant when "textbook perfect".  He is recovering very very well!  I am so excited for him to basically get a second chance at life.  Before he got his heart, he was in bad shape and what he could do was greatly limited.  Once he recovers, he won't have any limitations!  I've been working my butt off to get into shape, so I am looking forward to running a 5K with him in the future. Thursday we find out the damage on Ian's knee.  If he needs surgery I am hiring a nanny and a house cleaner because I don't know how I am going to keep up this pace! That's all for now....I'm exhausted.

4 a.m. we got the call. My dad is getting a new heart! Went to see him this morning in the hospital. Now we wait....within 24 hours he should be on his way to recovery....and a new life. I promised I would run a 5k with his new heart...I better start training! Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.9

Wednesday afternoon, Haley and I were finally enjoying a nap.  My phone went off but I was so tired I couldn't remember how to answer it.  That is how you know your sleep deprived.  When something as simple as answering the phone becomes difficult.  I stirred myself awake and called him back. I have a serious question.... Should I drive myself to the ER or do you want to take me? Ian plays jokes on me all the time.  But I knew this time it was not a joke.  I could hear it in his voice.  I could sense his pain.  My heart broke for him.  I was scared.  My mind felt numb.  Overwhelmed.  But not anger. He explained his incident with his ATV that resulted in a leg injury.  As he relayed what happened to me, I felt sick.  He explained the way his leg below his knee twisted in an unreal way.  And how he had to "pop" it back to the way God designed it.  I knew it was bad. We went to the ER Wednesday and ...

Well....things just got interesting. Details to come. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.9

The inevitable post-baby workout has begun. Last night was kick-boxing.  I knew it was going to be a long workout when I fell on bum during stretching.  The rest of my workout pretty much followed suit.  Luckily I have a pretty good sense of humor about the state of my fitness.  I found myself laughing at myself most of the time.  I can't even do ONE push-up.  Really?  I wonder what happened to the girl who played basketball 7 days a week for hours.  I'm pretty sure anyone in that class would have been shocked to know that at one point in my life I was a pretty dang good athlete. Anyways, I stumbled through kick-boxing and lived to workout another day. First thing in the morning, I was off to the gym again for turbo-kick.  Turbo-kick is a lot milder than kick-boxing in my opinion.  However, once again--I got my butt kicked. It does feel good to go workout for an hour.  Baby blues....what baby blues?  I'm high on my...

This happened way sooner than I had anticipated. The plan was to have Haley sleep in the bassinet next to our bed until she was about 3 months.  I figured this would help me out in a couple ways.  First, I can lean over and check on her as much as my neurotic little heart desired.  Second, it would make breastfeeding easier since all I had to do is pick her up, feed her, and put her back into the bassinet. Three weeks in and I am exhausted.  (Duh, what new parent isn't).  With her at my bedside, I wake up at every peep, every coo, every grunt.  So in addition to waking up every few hours to breastfeeding, I wasn't really sleeping much between feedings.  Last night, I was reaching the end of my ropes.  My husband had a busy weekend at work, so I hadn't gotten much time alone with him.  I was ready to regain just a bit of my sanity.  So I gave her the boot. At 9 p.m., I fed her and put her in her own room in her own crib for the...

Another weekend away. It was a hot one but I actually gotu to enjoy the sun and go for a boat ride during Haley's nap times. Nothing keeps the baby blues away like sun shine and sometime at the lake... One of the things I love/ hate about the lake is the lack of cell service. No blog. No texting. No emails. No phone calls. No facebook. There is something so peaceful about being unplugged for a few days. The cable even went out this weekend. It made for boring breastfeeding sessions but was once again peaceful. Now we are headed back to our new reality. I think we are settling into parenthood smoothly. This week I plan to start back at the gym to shed the baby weight. Haley has a check up with the doctor. And we have a handful of other arrands, so it should be a pretty busy week for us. Published with Blogger-droid v1.6.9