6 months :)

Time has sure flew by! Lily just turned 6 months. She is growing so fast. I returned back to work 2 months ago, working 4 days a week. Its been an adjustment working, taking care of Lily and doing things around the house while still finding a little me time and the occasional date night.

Its's truly amazing how much Lily changes each week. Let's face it the first 2 and a half months were beyond challenging. She had a bad case of colic. The average nightly sleep that TJ and I would get was somewhere between three and five hours. We wouldn't dare leave the house past 5 o'clock. She would begin getting cranky around then. She would cry off and on till near 1 in the morning. She would drift off for a couple of hours. Wake up and cry till about 7 in the morning. Needless to say you get my drift we were pretty much zombies during this time.  Netflix was my best friend many nights. I truly have a new appreciation for parents that have had colicky babies.

It is just crazy to think how fast they are able to develop. At 6 months she can roll all around, sit and play with her toys. She loves to laugh and smile and is a much happier baby all around. She knows her Mom and Dad and loves her dog Loui. She eats her toes and does ab crunches. Shes eating solids her favorite foods are avocados and carrots. She sleeps through the night in her own room. However she does not take a nap longer then 30 mins durring the day. She absolutely loves being outside and is enjoying her stroller more and more.  We are still working on car rides shes still not a fan of the car and hates riding in it at night.

As for me I am loving the adventure of being a mom. Its getting easier each passing day and we have so much fun on our days together playing. Its been a rough few weeks I have had Mastitis twice in a month. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. Work is good its getting busy again. Id love to stay at home but I'm thankful to only have to work part time. As for my me time I chose to spend it working on my fitness goals.  That has probably be the biggest adjustment to having Lily. I was an avid gym goer and I mean really really dedicated 5 to 6 times a week for at least an hour each day. Now well not so much but I do my best to make it 3 days a week for 45 mins. Lily is old enough to goto child care and the kids just love her. She has a couple baby buddies that are the same age as her. Call me a bad mom or whatever but I think every mom deserves 45 mins to an hour to do something for themselves a couple times a week. I just chose to spend my time doing this. I am happy with my post baby Bod I just aspire to be more tone and stonger its a work progress. I am up to 230 on the leg press. Pretty proud of that.

We are so very excited to see what the next few months bring our little family :)

Labor and Post baby!

Wow I'm a little behind! So baby Lily is here, she came 18 days early. I wanted her to come into this world early but I could have used another week to prepare :)  I started having those so called fake contractions but only at night and usually only 3 of them.

The morning of the 22nd I was woken up with those damn fake contractions, which by the way hurt! Again only about 3 of them and they stopped. TJ went to work and I was going to have lunch with a friend around 1230 and then going to hit the gym and finish up some house work. It was around 1130 I had another one of those fake contractions (so I thought). I was getting ready to goto lunch and I kept having them. They were about 10 mins apart and some a little more. So I called my lunch date who happens to be a nurse as well and she suggested I drink a big glass of water and walk. So I bundled up and took the dog out for a walk. (By now my contractions were about 6 minutes apart). I made it half a block and had to turn around. By now I was pretty sure Lily was going to come! Called TJ and told him I think that Lily was coming. Of course his response was are you sure! I wait for him to get home.

We head to the hospital around 230 pm by the time they check me in and hook me up to see if I was indeed in labor it was close to 330. They check me and I'm a tight 3 (deliver at a 10)  my contractions now were every couple mins. I get the epidural around 5, phew what an amazing thing! I wasn't getting a break between contractions so holding still during the process was hard since my contractions were about every minute.  The Dr came in and checked me and I was now a 4. She broke my water and told us she didn't think Lily would make an entrance tonight!  I was no longer feeling the contractions so I was all good and waiting for the Blazer game to start.

The nurse came in to check me around 930 (the game had just finished) thank goodness cuz I was now a 9 and ready to start pushing. The nurse started me out while we waited for the Dr. I had no idea that you push 3 times in one contraction. Push for 10sec breath and repeat 2 more times. I did 3 sets of those pushes before the dr comes in and says I have to wait because she has to deliver another baby before mine. (What are you kidding...I just want this baby out)  meanwhile I'm still not feeling a thing. I was able to push well enough I got to keep my epidural going :) thank you!  Dr came back and I pushed 2 more contractions and Lily was here! I was beyond lucky pushing for 20mins total not bad! I like to think it's because I stayed in such good shape during my pregnancy! She weighed 7lbs 2oz and was 20ins long. Born 1037pm. Less then 12 hrs from my very first contraction to giving birth to the beautiful Lily who I have so much love for it's crazy!

Being a mom is so challenging but very rewarding at the same time. I have not had more then 4 straight hours of sleep in the three weeks she's been here.  My mom stayed the first week! That was a lifesaver I'm so thankful for all her help. I would have probably gone crazy sitting in the house by myself with a newborn. Not knowing the first thing about a baby. Breastfeeding is a challenge but has its benefits. That pain it causes at first means my stomach is going down yay! So I'll take the pain if it has that outcome right... being a mom is a huge learning experience but each day we get better at it! I'm so thankful for a healthy baby girl even if she is super gassy at night and for TJ who is an amazing dad who keeps me sane and helps out so much!