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If you live in Michigan’s lower peninsula, please turn your heat down a couple degree. I would rather be a little chilly tonight and tomorrow night than have no heat at all while it’s this cold.

(It should be noted I turned ours down to 67 not 65 because R is 3 months old and I don’t feel comfortable with the heat being that low when her room already runs cold)

She plays with her hair while she eats and my heart can barely handle it

The morning stare down

One of the cheerleaders that I coached was killed in a car accident yesterday. This hit me right in my new mom heart and I’m just not okay. That makes me want to go scoop R up out of her crib and hold her all night.

Why is my 9 week old doing this to me

Tomorrow marks two months since the best day I’ve ever had.

I always thought people were full of it when they said that they forgot the pain or that it all just went away.

Every cliche is totally accurate.

It’s been (nearly) two months since this sweet girl became an air breather and after about a month of some fierce baby blues, mastitis, two weeks back to work and prepping for our first Christmas as a family of four (Loki will always be our first child) I can say that I am absolutely in love with being her momma.

(At the risk of sounding like a bad parent) I didn’t feel like I liked being “mom” until a few weeks ago and I’m finally coming to grips with the fact that that is okay. I love being her mom now and the baby blues have settled.

I have also started telling people exactly what their role is and isn’t (Nicks dad specifically)

❤️🎄🎁

SEVEN

ROSIE SLEPT 7 HOURS IN A ROW

The day my world stood still

So... R is almost 6 weeks old (whaaat?!) and I want to write down what I can remember about the day we met before I start to forget some of the details.

Anyways

I was induced on 10/24

We arrived at the hospital at 5:45 (15 minutes early because sNick was too excited) and our nurse just happened to be a girl that I graduated from high school with. One nurse couldn’t get my IV (two failed attempts) so Lauren had to try and got it on the first shot (thank God).

Dr. N came in at about 6:30, checked me and called me 4cm and 60% and broke my water. Then, we met Nurse Mary who is a freaking ANGEL. Seriously, I love that girl. Mary was my nurse for all of my labor because our hospital’s nurses work 7-7. Anyways, once I was hooked up to my monitors etc. and my pitocin was started, we started walking the unit. We talked about boy and girl names and the spellings for the boy name. We found sNick’s baby brothers name plate on the hospital wall and we bickered a little about the spelling because I wanted that for a boy middle name but I didn’t like the way it was spelled and we came back to that conversation several times through the day.

After a couple hours of walking, I asked Mary to check me again because I was having some noticeable pain and I planned on getting an epidural as soon as I got the OK. I had made a tiny amount of progress but any progress is progress, so I got the OK for my epidural and they called my CRNA in to get things started.

While I was getting my epidural, I was a nervous wreck because Nick had to be out of the room and I was having contractions, Mary held my hand and pressed her forehead against mine and then, of course, I cried.

Once I had that magnificent epidural in place, Nick and I hung out and watched Deal or No Deal.

My labor stalled at 6cm for 3 hours (ugh)

And stalled again at 8cm for an hour (double ugh)

When Dr. N came in to check me at 3:45, she said I was still at 8cm and 80% but said she would be back at about 4:15 to check me again.

Dr. N called and asked Mary to check me again around 4:00 and I hadn’t made any progress and Mary started to talk with me about Dr. N considering a C-Section because I stalled again and baby was having increased heart rates with my contractions. I really didn’t care how the baby got out, as long as he or she was safe.

Dr. N was back in my room at 4:15 and checked me again (still 8 and 80%) and talked to me about how the C-section would go and that it didn’t mean I wouldn’t ever deliver a bang vaginally in the future. Then, she said she would like to have me TRY a couple pushes just to see if we could jump start my cervix a little.

I tried one push at 4:25 and pushed myself to 10cm and 100%

Dr. N asked Mary to get things ready for delivery and told me to rest through my next couple contractions so I would have the strength to push for as long as I needed to get the baby out.

I started pushing again at 4:37 and at 5:03, I learned that:

A) I am excellent at following directions

B) Dr. N should coach some sort of sport

C) Baby L is a girl

D) My world has never been more perfect

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he’s making a list, he’s checking it twice!

he’s gonna find out who’s on thin fucking ice!

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🎶 Santa Claus is callin’ you out 🎶

My ideal Saturday night

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The most beautiful thing you will look today

3 years it took this girl to turn this piece of truck garbage into her home and it was beautiful. 😍😮 Have a good trip!

My mother in law comes over to “see R” but once she takes a picture with her, she leaves.

She only comes over to take a picture of her with the baby so she can get “likes” on Facebook. Alas, husband doesn’t think this is the case and I’m considering being “out of the house” with Rosie every time she comes over.

Take that, Amy.

I still remember the days when I prayed for what I have now. 🖤

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