birthday and other things

 *thank goodness for auto save!! i forgot my computer had warned me it was restarting and suddenly all my windows closed!!! this entry was nearly complete but autosave saved it ALL. *phew*

look at all those tickers! crazy!

you’ve all been asking me how Lia is doing. very well, i’d say. not only has she been sleeping well (5 or 6 hours at night and then she tends to come to bed with me but last night, she didn’t sleep quite as long. i’m not sure what was wrong. she had a fussy evening so i wasn’t expecting a lot of sleep. i think she still had 3 or 4 hours?) but she’s so cute and sweet 🙂 i could swear she looks happy to see me  or Dennis when we pick her up. sometimes she just looks so amused with the world. she thinks Sawyer is very interesting but i think Beau is a bit too much for her at the moment. i think she’ll find him funny later.

her birth was…enough to talk you out of ever doing it again! she got a little stuck so they helped me get her out. i was so tired and so done by the time i finally pushed her out. *phew* i had some gas during my labour to help me separate/distance myself from the pain. i have stitches 🙁 and i had leg pain and whatnot but i think i’m healing up fine. i had high blood pressure at the doc’s yesterday (i booked an appt for Lia and for me) and i already saw the chiropractor (such a relief to get rid of some of the back pain the delivery caused.) so, in all, i’m a mess 😉 Dennis was great during the labour/delivery. i’m so proud. he was a good coach (the nurse helped him figure out what to do) and he even SAW her come out (normally, he tries not to see LOL) and even said it was kinda cool. he’s not great with blood and stuff so that’s a major feat. he had no choice though. there was no way he could stand where he couldn’t see without actually leaving!

she weighed 9 pounds 14 ounces and i think the placenta was 3 pounds or something like that with a VERY long cord (it was around her neck but they weren’t worried. it had all kinds of room.) i was carrying around a LOT of water too. but of course i haven’t lost that much weight. blah. i hope more keeps coming off in the next few weeks. i lost at least 30 after i had each of the boys and then had to lose the rest with work. i’m older now though and this is baby 3 so we’ll see.

Beau and Sawyer are doing fairly well with her. i think Sawyer is more disappointed in the fact that he has to go to school every day than he is in the fact that Lia takes up a lot of our time. he’s not big on grade 1-less playtime, more work, homework…he’s just not into it. we haven’t had to buy any supplies for him. we had to give a $2 donation for the day planner all the students were given and the teacher asked us to send in a box of tissues (still have to get some! have to remember that.) gotta love his school 🙂 he got a Mario backpack but Dennis spilled gas on it (carrying a gas can and the bag in the same hand ) and on Beau’s school bag (trashed)  so hopefully we don’t have to buy another one. any tips?

we’re hoping my mom will watch the boys tonight (i’ll ask when she comes over today-she said she was bringing me a present! i’m such a kid. i love surprises) so we can go shopping for my birthday (we’ll take Lia along.) i tire out really easily still so i think we’ll hit a maternity store to find some nursing tanks and maybe a shirt or bra and wal-mart to see about some Mario shirts/toys for Beau’s birthday and maybe some really girly scrapbooking stuff for me 🙂 i haven’t even STARTED Lia’s book. i’m so behind. our crop group didn’t meet all summer (ppl were too busy) so i really need a crop soon. we will probably eat somewhere as well. where? i dunno. hopefully Lia does as well for this trip out as she did yesterday (we took her to dennis’s work and to the doctor and to wal-mart for a few things we needed.) she already is easier to take out than Beau was when he was months old. though we’ve been supplementing her here and there, we didn’t need to yesterday. i nursed her while Dennis went in and got us some food at mcd’s. she didn’t get formula at all yesterday, now that i think about it. we’re supplementing very little. just a top up here and there. the first time we gave her one, she was so relieved, it seemed. she’s a big girl and feeding her is a lot to keep up with! but supplementing doesn’t seem to be hurting anything so far so i’m glad i told myself before i had her that it was ok for her to get a bottle now and then. with Beau, i exclusively BF him every 1-2 hours for 8 months straight. i just can’t do that again. we couldn’t do ANYTHING. a simple shopping trip (remember, we live 30-45 mins from any good malls and 20 mins from a Wal-Mart and a few other stores that aren’t as good as the bigger cities) was an ordeal.

last night, i managed to put the boys to bed by myself (Dennis went to do a special training session at the club) but i was really quick about it bc Lia’s not really taking to the swing as well as Sawyer did (Beau didn’t like it either.) i really hope she will get used to it and take some swing rides so i can get a break. she likes to sleep right beside me on her nursing pillow best of all. that would work if i didn’t have Beau to take care of (Dennis is always around when Sawyer is but he’s not tough to care for anyway) too.

so, yes, i love having my very own baby girl 🙂 i LOVE dressing her and she is so sweet and adorable. she’s going to wrap all my men around her finger, esp. her daddy.

now i can’t wait to see my faves’ babies (Taylor and Jenna!!!)

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