Hello Again

Welcome. I am not sure if people will be visiting as much since we have had the baby, but I thought I'd post again anyway.

We are all doing really well as far as schedule and adjusting, but we are all sick (except baby thank G-d and I hope it stays that way). Everyone has some form of the sniffles and so far I am the only one to actually get a slight fever (yesterday). This has not stopped us from living though. We are going to the movie Chicken Little in about 30 minutes. Avery's first movie, though she will spend it asleep or nursing. The kids had a half-snow day. Even though the road conditions were red (for non-military folk that means only mission essential vehicles are allowed on the road) they did not close or delay school (I had a hard time understanding this). Instead at about 11am we got phone calls that the kids would be released at noon since it never did stop snowing and visibility was low. Wouldn't it have been safer just to keep everyone at home??? Meanwhile the roads are better now and the theater is only about 3 blocks from the house, so I'd say we are good.

Avery is a great baby! We had a rough start as she was VERY impatient about waiting for my milk to come in. The first day after she was born she was on the breast ALL day, let me tell you I thought they were going to fall off! The next day I managed to get her to take a binkie (pacifier) for a few minutes to give this ol' cow a bit of a break. When my milk came in (OWWWW ENGORGEMENT) I finally got hours between feedings as now her tummy was quite full and she was content. Even before my milk came in though, she did sleep for a 7 hour stretch the first three nights of her life, though now she is down to a 5 hour stretch, still pretty good. She is content to be left on her mat and will relax and look around long enough for me to cook diner (usually). Still, I don't seem to have enough time in the day to get everything done. Basically I alternate days: one day is an errand day, the next is a cleaning day, the next day I may take a nap. It seems to be keeping me sane so far...lol.

I do have a bit of something to brag about regarding myself. While the diet for the diabetes was a pain (and I have stuck with it even after birth with some exceptions) it did have one very nice result. For the first time since BEFORE I ever had kids, this not-so-fat-a** of mine fits into a size 12 jeans!!! I was a size 12 back when I was a soldier and since I have been anywhere from a 16 to a 14 (though after having Keagan I was even an 18). The pants I had packed to wear home were falling off me on the way to the car! Mind you in some brands I do still wear a 14, but in at least one brand I am officially a 12 with, amazingly enough, some wiggle room. Now, ask me in a year what size I am, I have a feeling it will be a 14, but who knows.

Well, I guess that is it for now. I would like to thank you all for all the congratulations! Additionally, soon I will be posting a TON more pictures for the picture website. I did take the birth announcement photo's today. I tried printing them with my computer but they are still a little fuzzy, so I guess I will take them to the photo mart to get printed. If I am lucky I will send them by x-mas!

Thanks for stopping in, may you have a fun snow day in your future!