Week one

We survived our first week! We had a few hard nights, but we managed. We had two doctor visits already, our pediatrician is named Sima Stein. I think she's Russian, she sounds like a vampire.

We learned she needs to be burped after every feeding, and I can't broccoli, beans, cows milk and cabbage. I didn't learn this in my breastfeeding class!! Cuz for lunch one day I had endless soup & salad at BJ's I had clam chowder (milk), minestrone soup (broccoli, cabbage, beans)......We got NO SLEEP. Poor James, I made him put together our bouncer at I don't know what time in the morning. I just remember him half away on the carpet with screwdrivers putting it all together while I fell asleep on the couch with Sora in my arms. The bouncer still didn't work. hehe!

Having a baby is a lot less difficult then I expected it to be, breastfeeding was really hard at first, but I was very determined to make it work...it's a lot easier and painless now. We've had some hilarious diaper moments. For some reason I thought when Sora was born, my belly would magically go back to its original size. nope. Looks like I'll still be wearing maternity clothes for while.....darnnnnn! When I left the hospital, I looked 7-8 months preg, today I look about 3-4 months. I can hang with that. We try to sneak in sleep as much as possible. We've had a manageable amount of visitors stop by. I'm grateful for all the help we have been receiving, I couldn't imagine doing this all alone and how difficult it must be for a single mom, so I am very appreciative. My disgusting rash has gone down significantly, I can't wear dresses or shorts yet, but I can tie my own shoes! and shave my legs! Going from sitting to standing is getting easier too ( I was really sore and my muscles were so weak I needed help) I don't have a lot of energy to do too much, but I took a walk up the block and back again.

James has been amazing again! Cooking my fav breakfast (french toast), supplying Mango-a-go-go's from Jamba Juice or decafe toffee nut lattes and dinner! Steph has been grocery shopping and cooking dinner too :)....leche has been staying out of the way. I think he's handing the new addition pretty well.

new birthday ticker!