Some Good Pics, a Happy Easter, and Such

Wow. This week has been adventurous...and I guess a little confusing for Syd (see above pic to get a better idea of her utter bewilderment).

I went back to work (AND left the baby overnight while we celebrated our 2^nd wedding anniversary – more on that tomorrow.) Yep – went back to work just twelve hours a week. It’s just enough time for me to feel like I have something of my own going on without missing the baby too too much. Stephen’s mom Janice is watching Syd while I’m gone. She is AMAZING with her and it’s easy to tell that this child is always going to have a strong attachment to her Grandma.

I was a bit worried about the whole bottle situation, because Sydney sometimes refuses to take one. The transition went smoothly for the most part. I say for the most part, because when I come home at about 7:30 from my evening shifts, she is plain ‘ol MAD at me. And she doesn’t try to hide it. On Tuesday, I could hear her hollering when I got out of the car in the driveway. When I came in and tried to feed her, she would suck a few times, then look me straight in the eyes and yell for a few seconds, then suck again. This child actually tells me off.  How dare I take those precious milk-making boobies away from her for three whole hours?!?!…oh God please save me from her teenage years.

Something else that's been on my mind...

Little did I know how familiar I would become with bodily fluids. Sydney is a “projectile-puker”. Any of you moms have one of those babies? Steve and I fight over who has to hold her after she eats, cause half of what she just ate is sure to come right back up, and you never know where it’ll land.

And then there’s the poop…the exploding poop that somehow seems to miss the diaper and completely cover her outfit. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I can’t get too excited about a cute new outfit I put on her, as it won’t last long. Here she is waiting for me to get her bath ready after one such incident…

Honestly though, the bodily fluids seem to bother Steve a whole lot more than they bother me. I realized this the other night when he asked me if I thought I could wash our sheets the next day. “Why??” I asked, “I just washed them.” He went on to remind me that the baby had puked and peed on them numerous times within the last 24 hours. Hmmmm…hadn’t thought of that.

On to more pleasant issues…

Sydney’s had her first Easter!!! She was so beautiful in her dress (that took me all day on Saturday to find btw, and it still wasn’t really what I was looking for. I think the retail world forgot about Easter this year.) She loved the dress anyway…sucked on the big white bow almost all day.

We went to church at SFL and Syd had the time of her life being passed around and held by so many people. She even stayed awake for two hours without getting fussy J

 Syd with Hannah - looking a little concerned for some reason, but I promise she loved you Hannah!

Syd with Danae

Lovin' Cristina and "Ria"

First Easter as a family of three :)

Anyway, that’s all for now… I just wanted to show you all some cute pics and give an update on our weekend/week. I hope all of you had a great Easter (I’m late, I know!)

Happy Sunday,

Em