First night alone...

John had to leave town for business, so it's just Henry and I last night and tonight. I wasn't too worried about being alone with Henry, we know the drill by now. Eat and bathe around 8-9 at night, then swaddled to lay on mom & dad's bed to fall asleep. After falling asleep, lifted to bassinet to sleep until the first middle of the night feeding.

After his bath last night I stuck with the routine and it took him about 30 minutes to drift off to sleep. No problem there, as it used to take him a lot longer to go to sleep. I'm in bed by 10, after talking to John briefly. 12:30 am the little one wakes up for his first feeding of the night. It's a little sooner than normal (usually between 1 and 2), but that's okay I'm not going to complain. After his feeding he was a little fussy, so I attempted a few things to calm him down (patting his back to get a burp out of him, swaddling him, pacifier...). Nothing seemed to work, so I decided that he didn't get enough to eat so back to nursing he went. When he was done he was still fussy. This is usually when I pass him to John while I drift back to sleep, but when I look to John's side of the bed no one is there. Damn.

So, I try swaddling him again, and then re-swaddling him because he's a little Houdini who breaks out of the swaddle...this goes on a few more times. The pacifier doesn't work, holding him doesn't work, trying to burp him doesn't work. I get a better look at him with the light of the humidifier and this little guy is WIDE awake. Eyes are wide open surveying the room. The lights are still off, so I'm not sure what he's looking at, but he is very alert. So, I lay him on the bed in his swaddle hoping that he'll fall asleep on his own. NOPE! I'm laying on the bed watching him and he is staring at me. Bright eyed and bushy tailed!

At this point I'm tempted to call John, not that he can do anything, but misery loves company right?! Well, I don't actually call him but I am swearing in my head that he won't be going on that 5 day fishing trip to Canada next month.

So, two hours after Henry wakes up for his first feeding he FINALLY falls asleep. Woo-hoo! Momma needs her sleep, too.

3:15...FORTY FIVE MINUTES LATER, guess who wakes up again?! Yep, it's time for another feeding. Are you kidding me?! I'm hoping that this feeding goes better than the last one and that I'm not up for another two hours. Thankfully it does, and I'm back to bed around 3:30.

Six o'clock rolls around and he's up again for another feeding. Even though I didn't get much rest last night, I am less stressed and will probably still allow John to go on his fishing trip. After all, John's sister is turning 40 next year and I hear that an all-inclusive vacation is in the works to celebrate...I may just have to go there myself!

Henry Update!

I can't believe that he's already TWO months old! Where has the time gone?

Well, he had his two month check up on Monday. He weighed 13 lbs 2 ozs, 20 inches long (I think somewhere someone messed up because at birth he was 21 inces, so either someone is wrong or my child is shrinking...yet gaining weight! such a mystery!). The doc says he's doing great!

He is such a sweet boy! Smiling and cooing at his mom and dad, or anyone else who plays with him. He loves to lay on his back kicking his legs and looking around the room.

Waldo has grown fonder of Henry recently. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that John & I are always with Henry. So, we think that Waldo thinks that if he hangs around Henry, he'll always be around us. Who says dogs aren't smart?! Misty still keeps her distance, although she does give Henry an occasional kiss on the head. :)

Weight Watchers update: As I mentioned earlier I joined WW recently. I am attending the weekly meetings, but I am not strict on counting the points that I am allowed. I do count them, but because I am still nursing Henry I need the extra calories. So, if I'm hungry I eat, no matter how many points I have left (if there are any left at all). As of today I have lost 4.5 pounds since joining WW. I am happy with that progress and will continue to make healthier choices when it comes to meals and snacktime. Although, I won't deny myself a treat if that's what I want. :)

Henry recently had his first plane ride. All of us flew down to Texas for a business/pleasure trip. John needed to do some business there, while Henry & I spent some time with my family. Grammie & Papa were so happy to spend the extra time with him! We'll see them again in early September. Henry also did great on the plane and was a hit with all of the passengers on our flights!

We did have another big trip planned to North Carolina for business, but it was cancelled and now we're just going to head to the west side of the state to visit John's sister at the end of the month. We haven't been to visit since March, so I'm really looking forward to the trip.

So much to do...

There's so much that I want to do and have the energy for...but not necessarily the time.

Since giving birth I feel so much better than I did during the last months/weeks of my pregnancy. I no longer have to use the restroom 3x's an hour (not that I'd have the time to do that anyway with a newborn). I can get up comfortably from any sitting position and walk around without holding my belly afraid that an 8 lb baby was going to fall out at any given moment. I have the energy to take a shower, apply makeup and do my hair...although, having the time to complete these tasks is usually the problem.

So, here are the things that I want to do...I must warn you, though, that they're aren't very exciting.

- Pack away my maternity clothes
- Bring out my summer clothes (the ones that will fit, anyway)
- Organize my kitchen cabinets better
- Reorganize the food in our cabinets so that we can actually see what we have (we don't have a pantry...just cabinets)
- Go through our bills and other mail (I hope nothing is past due!)
- Declutter our house in general
- Write Thank You notes

See? I told you they weren't too exciting. Anyway, I'm sure that I'll get to them at some point.

Since giving birth I've also lost 60% of the weight that I gained (see why I feel much better?!), but I still have some left not to mention I was a little heavier than I wanted to be before getting pregnant. So, two days ago I signed up for Weight Watchers. It's not so much about losing the weight, but I want to make sure that I lead by example and eat healthier for my family. John and I don't have horrible eating habits, but they could definitely use an improvement.