Olivia is doing much better with tummy time now. She doesn't start crying right away. :) She is cooing much more and smiling a little more. Night bedtime is fairly stable around 7pm (now 6pm with the time change!) Last night we had dinner at the Reilly's and Olivia fell asleep in the car and slept through the whole visit! I fed her a tad when we got home and then it was sleepy time. :) Olivia sleeps most of the way through the night and I dream feed her around 11pm right before turning in for the night. Hopefully she'll gain a bit more weight from me doing that. Her naps are not regular yet, but we'll see how she settles in over the next couple weeks. Right now she takes 3-4 short naps during the day at varying times.
Olivia is graduating to size 2 diapers this week (12-18 lbs) even though she's only just shy of 11 lbs. I figure it's easier to go up a step than buy a small pack of the size 1s. She loves the toy from cousin Walter that spans her bassinet and has spinny, musicky, flashing lighty thingies on it. :) Mom and Dad like it too because Olivia is occupied for a few minutes. Otherwise, she loves to be up on your shoulder, looking around the room. This morning we propped her sitting up in bed and she was trying to turn her head 360 degrees! Silly little girlie!
I've been spending time today figuring out pumping logistics for work. Not sure how that's going to work out the first day, but we'll see. I'm hoping we manage to get up early so we can leave early. Otherwise, I'm uploading photos to smugmug to catch up, and intend to assemble and enchilada casserole for dinner during the week. I'll also do one last layer of leather protectant on my fancy Texas boots!
Kevin is out figuring our materials to caulk and touch up the beautiful crown moulding that was installed throughout the house last week. What a difference that moulding makes! Trina, the installer, made a few mistakes (boards too short) but overall the effect is fabulous! Once the caulking and finishing is all done it'll be even better. I think that was the last major whole-house upgrade! No more moving furniture out onto the back patio! Now, if only we could get rid of the last bits of clutter, clear the garage and do the master bathroom, and finish the door frames and window frames, we'd be ready for Christmas! I'm so ready to be done with the house remodeling and to have our weekends for other stuff. I'm pretty sure Kevin is even more tired of the reno than I am since he does all the hard work!
So, while I was on maternity leave we:
1) had a beautiful baby girl, Olivia Eleanor :)
2) kept Olivia alive and healthy and growing for 3 months
3) found and started daycare
4) figured out pumping and have kept it up (though I'm not sure I'll make it a whole year)
5) had hardwood floors installed
5) installed and caulked the baseboards
6) had crown moulding installed
7) chose and planted two Autumn Blaze maples along the street
8) agreed on the other trees that will be planted in the backyard
9) planted all my little plants along the periphery of the backyard (I did that :) )
10) bought a new computer and started getting used to Windows8 (ugh!)
11) bought a new fancy camera
12) hosted Gparents B
13) stopped a little water leak in the master bathroom
14) cancelled our Murietta's Well wine club and picked up the final shipment
15) hired a property manager and got the 1690 Civic Center home rented
16) I'm sure some other stuff I don't remember. Oh, and met a few other local new moms that I'm trying to keep a relationship with and getting Smugmug handled.
I didn't quite get to:
1) Resume updates
2) Budgeting/Finance/Insurance updates
3) Washing my car
4) learning how to use the new camera
5) finish reading the Sleep Habits book from Annie & Joel
6) transferring all my music from the old computer to new one.
OK, since Olivia is still sleeping, it's time to put that casserole together and upload some more photos. Eventually I'll add pics to this blog too.... eventually.
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