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How do you leave the house?

I see women out and about with their babies. I just don't get how. Seriously. I'm not kidding. HOW? Let's say Mo eats at 10:30am. That could take up to 45min-1hr with all of the trouble we're having with breastfeeding. That puts us at 11:30. He is ready for a nap 1hr-1.5hrs after he woke up. That would mean a nap at noon. Sleeping in the car seat is out, he doesn't like that much. I tried to have him in the stroller/car seat yesterday and keep him covered so I could run some errands and that went over like a lead balloon.
Today I went to the luncheon after Bible study, because I didn't feel like I could nurse him at Bible study. When I was talking to the women in my study, most of whom have 4-6 children, they all just kinda laughed. "Oh, yes. The new mom thing. You'll get it." Whaaa?? Not the help I was looking for :)

Gotcha!

This may not be the best picture, it was hard to get, but it is the first smile I've been able to catch!!

I ran, I finally RAN!

Can you believe it? I hardly can! I got in a soild 35min run yesterday. It was not fast, it was not impressive, but it was running, and on occasion, it was walking really fast :) I cannot tell you how much I have missed running. It was way too painful to run by 30 weeks into my pregnancy and while I enjoyed other forms of exercise I have been looking forward to the day when I could lace up my shoes and go. I can harldy wait until Moses is big enough for our jogging stroller! The kid has NO IDEA what's coming. Have I told you about me wanting to name him Miles? :) Jeremiah vetoed that idea.
I will probably be very sore by this evening, but I am already hoping I get to do it again today.
For those of you who have kids and love being active, one of the blogs I follow, Baby Steps, would be worth checking out!

Too funny!

This picture just cracks me up. What a sweet, silly face!! It is funny how different he looks in pictures than in real life!

So very glam.

So today I went in to get Moses at 6am for a feeding and as soon as he sees me he just unloads in his pants. I know better than to intervene at this point so I give him his paci and let him finish his business. About 20 minutes later he lets me know he's done so I go get him and change his diaper, which he soils before I can even close it up. There is something about a clean diaper that just calls to this kid. So I smile at him and close it up, off to the couch to feed him. After I grimace through the first latch he unloads in his diaper again, I just giggle. We get through most of the feeding when Daddy gets up and comes to see us. (We split the night, Jeremiah takes the first half on the couch while I'm in the bed, then we switch.) It is then that I realize my hair is standing on end, I'm wearing yellow shorts, bright green fuzzy socks and a nursing bra. I just kinda smile at Jeremiah. Amazing, he still likes me :) As I smile I put our son over my shoulder and as if on cue he spits up all down my back. Jeremiah comes to my rescue and cleans me up. So now in addition to my cute outfit I smell like spit-up :) What a GREAT way to start the day - and I'm not kidding. This mom stuff is kinda fun.

Daddy's Home!

Today was Jeremiah's first full day back at work. Waa Waa! That protest comes both from Moses and I! Jeremiah surprised us by coming home for lunch and can I just say that Moses and I BOTH were elated! When Jeremiah came home this evening Moses had a big, gummy grin for his daddy. They really seem to like each other :)
Mo's new favorite thing, by the way, is to hang out in his crib with his paci. No mama time, no swing, no bouncer (aka - da' bounce), just himself and his paci in his crib. I don't know what he likes so much! Maybe now that he is A MONTH OLD he needs time to reflect on his life hence far. If that is the case, like father like son!