Megan's first steps!!

This evening as i was making sure that Megan didn't do any permanent damage to Blair who was sitting in the baby papasan, the most wonderful thing happened...Megan took her first steps!! i can't believe i was actually there to see it either. She was standing by the papasan and all of a sudden she was no longer holding on and then she shuffled her feet (2 little steps) and was moving. As soon as it happened, it was over with and she was back to crawling. i immediately called nick to tell him, it was that exciting. later on in the evening she stood again on her own. i don't think it will be too long and she will be walking on her own. I can't wait for the day to come, yet i am nervous because then my baby will no longer be my baby. she will be a full fledged toddler ready to take on the world.

I thought...

that your brain cells were supposed to "regenerate" after you had a baby. I am obviously still waiting for that to happen. Case in point - About a week or so after i had Blair, a friend and I went to Target to go shopping. The lady who was checking us out asked me what the name of my baby was and how old. I totally spaced and for the life of me i could not remember her name. Thank God for Lin who was kind enough to tell the lady Blair's name. Another example - I ordered announcements for Blair's arrival. I thought we bought enough. Not the case at all. I went online and ordered another set of 24 pictures thinking that was going to be enough. WRONG!!! I had to go back online again and order ANOTHER set of 24. I hope for the sake of everyone out there that i get my brain cells back before something terrible happens like I forget my own name.

Going on Week 5

Blair is almost 5 weeks old (as of this coming Monday). the sleep we are getting is still iffy. Pathetic actually. Blair sleeps well at the beginning of the night and then it is downhill from there. she makes the most noises of any baby i have ever met. she gruts, groans, stirs, high pitch cries, etc... Needless to say, between the hours of 4 and 8am, nick and i are tossing and turning. Actually, at that point i am exhausted and able to fall asleep till she needs to be fed again. nick on the other hand is up most of that time and getting frustrated by the minute. Right now Blair is sleeping. i wonder why i am not doing the same and i figure it is because the only thing i have had for dinner has been Halloween candy, 4 slices of cinnamon bread and pretzels. not the healthiest meal on the planet but one of these weeks i will be able to work out again and hopefully get back to my weight when i first met nick (11 years ago). we all can have dreams and aspirations, right?

My first kiss

Before Blair was born, I had been trying to get Megan to give me a kiss. Last night she finally gave me one. It was not the conventional type of kiss with mouth closed and lips together. Megan's version was to open her mouth as wide as possible and kiss me that way. Not saying I minded at all, it was the cutest thing she had done with/for me in a while. I still have suspicions that she is mad at me for bringing Blair home (i.e. her face lights up when she sees Nick and it doesn't seem to do that for me anymore) but this made me hopeful that she is starting to forgive me. I guess there is hope after all.

Blair Francis

Nick, Megan and I welcomed a new addition to our family on the morning of Monday September 29, 2008. Her name is Blair Francis. she was born via c-section at 2:46am, weighed in at 7lbs 6oz and is 21 inches long. She was born with a full head of dark hair and is a really good baby so far. There was a bit of jealousy when we brought her home but luckily it was short lived. it has been a bit hard to get used to a new baby in the house and having to feed every 3 hours but we are adjusting well. We go into the pediatrician on Tuesday for a post hospital check up. I have to say that i think Blair was born so early because i danced at Pat and Kristin's wedding on that Saturday!! Either way, we are glad that she is healthy and adjusting to life outside the womb well.

Megan's 1st Birthday Party

We had Megan's first birthday party last Saturday the 20th at our house. We had quite the crew show up to watch her open presents and dig into her cake. Megan had caught a cold from the back up daycare i took her to on Thursday (her actual birthday) so she was a bit crabby at times and quite the mama's girl. I was not one to complain about her being the mama's girl because i love to hold her when i get the chance (which is next to impossible since she is always on the go). Megan received a ton of really nice gifts. Some of her favorites are the Tickle Me Elmo (batteries are almost dead on it already), the blue ball and the Dora Mobile (as I like to call it).





After presents we moved on to cake and ice cream. We sang Happy Birthday to her and then i blew out the candles. We gave Megan her own 7 inch cake and stood back to see what she was going to do. After waiting for a minute, Nick took her hand and put it in the icing. After a little bit of prodding, she started to get into the spirit of things and pretty much destroyed all the icing on the cake. The cake was a disaster, Megan was covered in blue icing, the floor was a mess and so was the highchair. The birthday party was a success and so was the bath that she got that evening.

My baby is 1!!!

Megan turned 1 yesterday. it was quite a momentus occasion considering how her little life started out (www.caringbridge.org/visit/meganroehl).







She had quite a big day yesterday. i decided to take her to the back up daycare that my work provides so i could bring her to lunch with my co-workers who were giving me a baby shower. i dropped her off at 7:30 with no issues. i picked her up at 11:30 to take her back to work. Megan was a HIT with my co-workers. she had some graham crackers and pizza and then just wanted to get out of her stroller and crawl. we shut the doors to the conference room and let her do just that. she also got a chance to play ball with Brian who i work with. she was having a blast. we left to go back to daycare just before 1pm and then i walked back to work for another 3 hours till i had to go and pick her up again (just so you know, the walk from work to the daycare is approximately 6 blocks, i am 36 weeks pregnant and i did the walk 6 times). We arrived at home around 5:30 and had dinner. she was so tired from her eventful day that she ended up going to bed at 8:30.

Tomorrow is her big birthday party with the family. i think i am more excited than she is about it.