I'm a baby-wearing mama!

First off, let me say that I'm holding Gloria right now without using my hands. I can type with both of them! I'm wearing her on my chest in a Moby wrap that Angela used with Julian. Gloria is sleeping contentedly with her head against my heart. Wish someone would wrap me up and hold me like this.



Our trip to Taylor went well. On the way there she slept most of the way. We only had to stop to feed her and change her once - about 20 minutes away from Rob's house. Then on the way home we only had to stop once as well - about 30 minutes after we got on the road. Gloria was well behaved while at Grandma and Grandpa Harbin's house. We brought her play mat so she could have some familiarity. She played well, ate well, and slept well. I was worried that being in a new place she might not sleep as well at night. Luckily, she proved me wrong by staying with her regular night sleep schedule of about 6 hours, 3 hours, and then an hour and a half.

She liked the bouncy seat at her Grandma and Grandpa's house :)

On our way to Taylor

We're about to leave for our first overnight journey with Gloria. I'm a bit nervous. What normally is 2 1/2 - 3 hours in the car will probably turn into 4 hours after factoring in a stop for feeding and a diaper change or two. We've got some toys packed, along with her play mat, lots of clothes, blankies and burp cloths, diapers, and wipes.

Right now she's in her swing just talking away. She's starting to make longer sounds and different sounds with her mouth. I think she's going to have a cute voice :)

I'm feeling better than I have been for the past few days. I can breathe through my nose again and my head feels a bit less tight. I think I might have kicked this cold to the curb!

A Sick Mommy

Blah. I started feeling sick on Tuesday afternoon - a sore throat. Woke up Wednesday with stuffy nose and sore throat. Yesterday I had a fever - chills then sweating. Today my head hurts with crazy pressure and my ears feel pressurized too. It's not easy feeling like poo when you have a beautiful baby to tend to. It's hard to be feeding Gloria when I have to sneeze and then she gets startled. Or when I'm feeding her and my nose is dripping so I have to lean over to grab a kleenex without disturbing her too much. Hopefully my illness goes away soon. So far Gloria hasn't shown any signs of catching my cold and probably won't since she's on a strict diet of my magic boobie milk :)

Thankfully my mom was here this week so she was able to pretty much take Gloria and entertain her unless it was time for her to eat. I honestly don't know how I would've made it through the last few days without my mom. She has got to be the best mommy in the whole world!

A Bite of Birthday Cake

So it's Monday again. Another day of hanging out with Gloria by myself. Wait. Excuse me - I forgot to mention Boomer and Monet. Boomer is not letting me forget that he is here too. Gloria is 7 weeks and 1 day old today! She just took a very very short cat nap with me. I was hoping for a bit more rest than I got. Now she's sitting in her bouncy seat watching me (it's been almost 20 minutes!) and her bouncy seat fishies. Boomer keeps walking around her chair and sniffing her hands and meowing. Poor Boomer feels left out.

Anyways, it was my dad's birthday last Thursday and on Saturday we had a little birthday party at our house. We enjoyed a wonderful lasagna made by Vicki and a yummy pudding cake. Gloria wanted to taste it!

Of course I didn't really feed it to her, but it looks like she's ready to eat it - doesn't it!

She's getting a little anxious to get out of her seat so I'll share one more picture with you. This is when she was about 2 hours old. Why is she growing up so fast?!

I love my mobile!

Gloria loves to lay in her crib and watch her mobile go round and round. I can pretty much count on 20 minutes where she's content to watch the mobile and I can brush my teeth and do other things that need to be done.

And check out her cool bed set. I love it! It totally matches the yellow that Rob painted on the walls and it's so girlie! Perfect for a cute little girl like Gloria!

The trip to the doctor on Thursday went great. Gloria slept on the way there and woke up after about 15 minutes in the waiting room. She was content for most of the time we were there. I had to wait about 45 minutes until the doctor came in to see me. Right when the doctor came in, Gloria started to get fussy. We had a nurse come in and take her to "visit" the other nurses during my exam. She just wanted someone to hold her :) Overall, my first trip with Gloria by myself went well. I might just have to take her somewhere else by myself - maybe in a few weeks.

Yesterday Rob took the day off to spend with his "girls." It was nice to have him home to play with Gloria and give me a bit of a break. I was able to take a bath and relax. I came out of the bathtub to find Rob giving Gloria a lesson on guitars.

She was also working on her neck/head control.



We even attempted to go out to dinner with her last night to Applebees. She slept on the way there and then for about 3/4 of the dinner. However, when she woke up she thought she needed to cry - and did. Luckily, Rob and I had ordered right away and were ready to go when she was.