Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Dear Dominique: Today marks your 1-month birthday! When they say time flies with babies, they’re not kidding! It still amazes me that you are here and I’m very blessed by that. Right now you’re on a pretty regular sleep/eat schedule. You’re up 1-2 times a night (usually around 1:30am and 5am) for full feedings and diaper changes. Then you usually don’t wake up until 8:30 for another full feeding and sometimes awake time for about an hour or so. During your awake time, you like to be held a lot, or if you’re on the floor, swaddled very tightly, with the arms in. You do not like being lose at all, and gets very mad if your blanket gets undone (so very different from Violet as she hated being wrapped all the time). You’re very alert for only a month old and likes to try to view everything when you can, especially Violet. And is also very content when there’s music on or we’re watching a movie with Violet. You’re also not a big fan of the pacifier, unless you’re in the car seat and tr...

Week 16: What we did: Took Violet out to see the foals at my sister's barn; had a family date to Mongo's; Keith painted an WarHammer Ork pink just for me; 39 weeks pregnant and pre-natal appointment where we found out that Dom was breeched. Supplies Used: All journal cards from  Project Life Midnight Kit ; Title card is  Messy Weekly Lines  with the font Enigma Scrawl for the date. The "Date Night" stamp is from  Date Night Brushes & Stamps. Week 17: What we did: Lots of playing around; my Dad's 50th birthday; Dominique born via C-Section and spending 2 days in the hospital; lots of visitors to see Dom; Keith off work to help me around the house while I recover. Supplies Used: Title card is  Messy Weekly Lines  with the font Never Grow Up for the date; Journal cards are from  Project Life Midnight Kit ; Just Arrived card is a RAK from my PL pen-pal; Filler cards are from  Project Life Baby Girl Kit . Week 18: What we did: More visitors (ma...

Who knew that toddlers were really good at shaving 10 years off your life in 1 week, with 2 separate incidents? Incident #1: Mother's Day, May 11, 2014 Around 9pm, Violet was having her night-snack while Keith was getting his stuff ready for work and I was re-settling Dominique for bed. I heard a crash come from the kitchen and Violet crying. So I quickly ran in there and found Violet laying on the floor. I picked her up and she cried a bit and then went completely limp in my arms. I don't think I've ever screamed her name that loudly. Keith was right there beside me and grabbed her from me. Luckily she came to, and Keith grabbed his wallet and keys to take her to the hospital to check her over (I had to stay home as Dom was sleeping) . While I was waiting for them to get back, I was just hoping and praying that she'd be OK. They got back in just over an hour and I heard the best sound all day, "Hi Mommy! Home!" From what Keith said, the doctor said that she...

Celebrating 6 years of marriage together, today. Here's to many more years of insanity babe! Getting  sleep at night as it seems that Dominique is my night-sleeping baby. Not kidding, average of 4-6 hours in a stretch at night. Loving  how much Violet loves her baby sister. Always giving her kisses, asking to hold her and if she's eating or sleeping. Listening  to Violet talk more and more each day. And loving it.  Healing  from the C-Section. Still have some swelling, but no infections and it gets better when I'm walking and moving. Waiting  to be completely healed so that I can take the girls to the park, let Violet play outside and let Dominique get some sunshine. Dreaming  of my future craft room, which will be coming to fruition in late June/early July when our renter moves out. So many ideas! Breat-feeding  like a pro. Also helps that I have a very supportive hubby in this venture. And that Dom took to it like nothing. Writing  in the g...

In follow-up to my last post about the impending C-Section, here's the birth story of my second daughter, Dominique. As mentioned in my last post, Baby #2 was going to be a repeat C-Section due to the fact that he/she was breeched, yet again. I swear I have stubborn kids. I got a call Monday morning (April 21) for an appointment to see the surgeon that afternoon. You can bet I was definitely stressing at this point, as this was not how I wanted things to go. And to make matters worse, Violet picked up on my stress and was just a handful to deal with. Not a good combination.  The surgeon appointment went well and because it was Easter Monday, he couldn't book the surgery right away, but said that I should get a call tomorrow morning letting me know when the surgery is. Tuesday morning I go the call from the hospital saying that the surgery was planned for 8am Wednesday morning (April 23). Good thing I had already planned where Violet was going for the next couple nights/days as ...

Finally getting some time to do some PL catch-up today before we go in for the C-Section tomorrow morning. And to top this week off (it's not even done yet!), me and Violet both got sick. Mine was more of a stress cold. Same with yesterday. And I can’t really do photography or blog posting needed with a sick kid in my arms all day. But it seems that we're on the mend. So onto Project Life. I’m posting the last 4 weeks in 1 post, just to save time. Not going into too much detail on most stuff, just a general overview and links to products used. Week 12: What we did this week: Lots of playing outside, as the temps finally started warming up. First walk downtown of the year (looking forward to more), babysitting my best friends boy, having a Good Samaritan clear my drive-way with his front-end loader and tea-time with Violet and playing blocks. Supplies used: Font of MadScience on the Title card. All journal cards are from the  Project Life Cinnamon Kit . Week 12 Week 13: What we ...

Sigh.  Where to begin? I had my pre-natal appointment on Thursday (04/17/14) with my delivery doctor. She checked me over, checked to see if I was dilated (softening but no dilation) and then uttered some words that I didn't want to hear... "I'm not convinced that I'm feeling a head down there." Not Again..... She checked my stomach again and wasn't convinced that Baby was head down. Even though so far (until today), she's been convinced that he/she has been head down. And because according to my ultrasound, I'm due on Wednesday, she wanted to get me into a quick ultrasound to see where Baby was and then we'd have to determine from there about what to do. Luckily the hospital was able to get me in within the next half hour, so with Violet in hand, we went over to the hospital. On our way there, I was praying that Baby would be in the proper position and everything would be fine. Rather safe than sorry, right? They fit me in between patients and did...