Vacation

Noah had his first vacation. It was definitely quite an adventure! First, we left Friday afternoon (at 2:30 pm). By 9:30 that night, we'd only made it to Emporia VA. We finally gave up and found a hotel for the night. Noah woke up at 5:30 the next morning and we were on the road by 6:30. This day went much smoother then Friday and we learned we need to drive early in the day so that Noah isn't so grumpy. We made it to Charleston by about 2:00 and checked into the scariest motel on earth at 3:00. Erin came out and met us, then we drove to Susan's house and went out to dinner. Noah was an absolute angel! We went back to the hotel after dinner and then proceeded to try to sleep. between stupid truckers and a bull frog, it was a long night. Sunday morning we met up with Erin again and then went into downtown Charleston. We checked out the open air market and then spent some time at the pool in Susan's neighborhood.



We grabbed dinner with Erin at California Dreaming, and then we were on the road again to meet my parent's up in Myrtle Beach!

We camped with my parent's for the rest of the week- in a fully air conditioned trailer of course. Since Noah was too young to wear sun screen, we didn't actually do all that much, but I enjoyed having a week with Joe and Noah and my parents and found it pretty relaxing. We went to dinner several times, and made it out to Barefoot Landing (which sucks major donkey butt by the way- they are the most inaccessible place I've ever been to!). I also caught up on my reading!
We bought this outfit for Noah, but he kinda outgrew it before he really got to wear it.


and this is him on the beach, doing his favorite thing(sleeping),and touching sand for the first time...



He also met his great grandparent's while down there! Excuse the tilt on the first one, I forgot to rotate it.



We're glad to be back home and back to our regular routine, but it was fun!

time for my close up

if i had remembered to turn off the flash this would be a great pic of my little guy's smile.




Noah wondering why Mommy always has that funny box attached to her face...


playing at Great-grandpop's house!




sleeping on the beach!

daily randomness

-Teller misses Joe. He wanders around the house crying. which makes me wish that there were shock collars for cats, especially at 2 am when i've just gotten the baby back to sleep and the stupid cat is meowing outside our room.

-I had my 6 week post partum check up today. my doctor said i was 'looking good'. for some reason, i get wierded out when my ob-gyn's give me that compliment...i mean really, there's only one thing they're really looking at!

-there is a bug in my bedroom. it flies, but it's not a fly. I freaked out and went into super cleaning mode, i'm only halfway done but I can see the top of my dresser again!

-my days are basically: feed, change, laundry, repeat. but I get smiles and coos from Noah, and that makes everything I do worthwhile. I would take chapped nipples for a year just for one of his big gummy smiles.

-I breastfeed, and I produce a ton of milk. It gets messy, and I've tried several different nursing pads over the last month. The worst product EVER: Gerber disposable nursing pads. the worst 4.99 i ever spent, the things are absolutely worthless. I should have stuck with Lansinoh, they never did me wrong.

-I bought pepsi yesterday, and I still haven't brought them in from the trunk of the car. hopefully plastic bottles won't burst in the heat. then i'd have a soaking wet car that's also sticky. the car is drying out from the thunder/hail storm 2 days ago...i left the windows open and didn't have time to roll them up before the hail started.

-only 1.5 days til Joe comes home! Only 8 days til we leave for the beach!

nothing much

-Monday Noah and I went to visit my job. He spit up, pooped everywhere, and screamed. it did not go as smoothly as I had hoped.

-Tuesday, we went to grandma's b/c it was super hot, and grandma has central air. While there, we had a major thunderstorm with hail, and the power went out. so much for central air. Oh, Noah also pooped everywhere again...which led me to believe he needed bigger diapers finally.

-Today is Wednesday. We went to Target for bigger diapers and milk, and the mall. i forgot the milk was in the car while we were at the mall, i hope it's still good- i was only in the mall for about 20 minutes. half the mall was without power, so I couldn't buy what I wanted. Starting to think Daddy might get his father's day gift a little late, or he'll be getting an IOU for his major gift. I'm torn for his gift...one, i can't lift so i'd have to have him go with me to buy, plus it won't fit in the car so we'd need the jeep. the other, i just haven't been able to find anywhere.

I just wonder what the rest of the week will bring!


***********update*******
bigger diapers did not solve the blow-out issue. which means, Noah had a bath today. then, he spit up :-( then he ate again, and spit up again. poor little guy has a yucky tummy today.

more randomness

-Noah was laying in his pack-n-play yesterday, and he laughed! He was 'talking' to the bears on his mobile. of course, as soon as Joe turned on the video camera he started fussing and wouldn't do it again.

-Noah has a small red scratch on his nose :-( i'm not sure how he did it, i filed his nails yesterday!

-Joe left for work. He's flying out of BWI later this afternoon and won't be back until Saturday afternoon.

-I have to mail out birth announcements still. yup, he's 5 weeks old and I still haven't sent any out.

-I started a list of all the things I need to take to Myrtle Beach for the baby. Babies need a lot of things!

-I should be cleaning the house or taking a shower while Noah is sleeping. Instead I'm making a post on random things that no one else really cares about...

Random little updates

-Noah has started sleeping more at night. Which would be awesome, except I find myself having to wake up and pump or I'm in a lot of pain. part of me wishes he would wake up and eat b/c nursing is a lot more enjoyable then pumping.

-Joe leaves for a week trip to Orlando tomorrow afternoon. We don't spend much time away from each other, and haven't been apart since Noah was born at all. I'm a little nervous.

-There are only 12 more days until we drive down to Charleston and Myrtle Beach. I'm really excited, and really nervous. Excited to see Erin and her family, nervous b/c Noah hasn't been on a car ride that long yet.

-Time is flying way too fast. I have to go back to work at the end of July and I'm not ready for it. I left Noah with Joe for the first time yesterday. They did fine, but I was a wreck. I just went to the mall for a haircut and pedicure, I called to check in 3 times and I was only gone for about 2 hours. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when I have to be away from him for 10-12 hour days at work :-(

-I finally got all of the FMLA paperwork fixed. still waiting to hear back about the short term disability claim. I wish they'd make it easier to do all of the paperwork.

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one month old!