8 months and going to Vegas...in a week..as of sunday.

So it's the last day of March and my baby is 8 months going on 9 in the next 20 days. I can't believe how time has gone by so fast, its a little scary. Well in a week we'll be heading to Vegas for my birthday, this will by my little monster's first trip away from home for more than a night. I'm so excited to share this with her cause at her age was my first trip to Vegas. Well here's what's been going on:

• 4 more teeth have come in, but only 3 have actually broken skin
• She's crawling and standing up while holding onto furniture
• She went to a wrestling event with her daddy (so not approved by me)
• In a couple of days she will have her first playdate with another little girl
• She's found a love for rice, pure fruit smoothies, and eggs
• Moved up to a size 3 diaper (not sure if I've said that already, but am too lazy to look at older posts)
• started kissing the mirror
• become much more vocal 

So that's it for now, but I'm pretty sure there's gonna be a lot more to come in the next couple of months. I'm hoping to start her on a sippy cup soon and we're starting to plan her 1st birthday party. the verdicts out on the theme though since she shares her birthday with her uncle and the party is for the two of them kind of. Her uncle says he's okay with it being mostly about her, but I still want to include him. Well toodles for now gotta go get a bottle ready. 

Valentines Day and Other February Achievements

So Its been over a month since my last update, but a lot has gone on so I waited to update on my little wiggle worm (which is her newest nickname).

• Started eating jarred baby food and some fruit that I mashed up myself
• Babbling tons more
• Celebrated her 1st Valentines day with a trip to the zoo
• Got the first half of the flu shot (she was sick for a week afterwards)
• Has turned in to a wiggle worm and is mobile by rolling around everywhere on the floor
• Starting to show signs of wanting or starting to crawl
• Went to her first kids birthday party

There might be more, but I'll have to do another update soon. Currently I am sick as a dog and my mom is taking care of the wiggle worm.

A topic away from my little one

So this has almost nothing to do with my daughter, but it does have to do with being a mommy and interacting with other mommies. These mommies are all new moms like myself, they are 3 other ladies I went to college with. Now when we were in school, we got along great (or atleast thats how I seen it), but anyways its been almost 3 years since we graduated and over the years we've tried to get together (this was before all of us had kids). Yet now that we all have kids some how the other three new mommies have had chances recently to get together and I have had some complications. Now one of the ladies just threw a 1st birthday for her little one and I wasn't invited. I'm deeply hurt at the moment and don't know how to deal with it. I think its mostly because I've become so alienated from everyone that them not inviting me was just a knife in the heart. Even the my friends who don't have kids don't bother with me, well most of them. My best friend on the other his a whole different story, she tries to make plans with me that include my little one. Anytime I have to cancel with her, we just make plans for another time cause she knows that I have responsibilities, just like she does. I don't know what to do, I need to find other moms to connect with cause I feel like I depend on my best friend too much. She has other friends who she hangs out with and I'm here with...well no one it feels like most of the time.  I hate being stuck in the house because my boyfriend doesn't like to do anything on his days off with me. He prefers to sleep, eat, play video games, go meet his mom for dinner, and complain about me. I can't take it, I need someone to talk.

2011

My Piggy's Achievements:

• Sat up for the first time
• Had her first Christmas
• Tried mashed potato
• Stayed up for New Years Fireworks at midnight
• Moved up to a size 2 diaper

Its the new year so there's many more things she'll be learning, discovering and so on. I'm so excited to see what this year has in store for us. Especially her 1st birthday in July, I can't wait to throw her a summer birthday party. 

4 months (almost 5)

My piggys achievements:

• Rolled over about 5 times in last 3 weeks
• Has her 2 front teeth coming in (the second one broke skin two days ago)
• her grandpa gave her a taste of apple (she liked it)
• tried mashed potatoes and peas one day ago and it was somewhat of a success
• Took her first professional pictures, but wouldn't smile

I've been busy

Originally posted September 3rd, 2010
So it's been a while since I last gave an update, but there have been some major changes. The biggest of all would be my little girl was born July 20th, 2010 at 6:42 A.M. (4 or 5 days after her original due date). She came into this world with her eyes wide open weighing 6lbs 13oz and 19 1/2 inches long. My mom, fiancees mom, and my fiancee were in the delivery room with me, after spending the whole day/night before with me in the hospital. It was a painful experience, but all worth it when I got to hold my little one in my arms for the first time. I had her naturally, got an epidural though at midnight only because I couldn't handle the pain I'd been experiencing since about 4 A.M. in the morning of the 19th. Granted the pain I'd felt at 4 was nothing compared to the pain I felt at 10 at night that same day.

I did it though and I could not imagine my life without my little piggy (she's a serious eater).

25 Weeks

So I'm about 6 months along and that means only three more months left (well if she goes to full term), but I am so nervous. I never thought I'd feel this excited or scared about something. Just to update you a bit because I've been lagging a lot on updates, on March 5th we found out we are having a little girl and on March 19th I switched to the doctor that will be delivering our little girl. Not much has happened, my mood has dropped a bit though. The last couple of weeks have been really hard for me, I've felt so alone and frustrated. Yes, I do have my fiancee, but at times it feels like he doesn't care what happens to me as long as our little girl is okay. Which I want her more than anything to be okay, but what about me? Doesn't the fact that his mother stresses me out every chance she gets bother him at all? Doesn't the fact that as of right now we have no room at all for our baby and don't even know where we're gonna live bother him? We don't have that much time left and he says he knows, but does he?

Our baby shower is June 5th, both my mom and his mom are throwing it at my parents house. The guest list is pretty big and I'm worried that not everything is gonna come together. There's gonna be too many people, not enough room and not enough food.  I just hope we get at least half of what we need cause with all the bills we have..I don't even want to think about cause thinking about it makes me tear up.  The cool thing about this baby shower is I picked an Alice in Wonderland tea party theme, so the backyard of my parents house is perfect. Bad thing is we're having this shower right about the time it starts heating up. I guess it won't be to bad since we're having it later in the day rather than when the sun is right overhead. Right now I'm just crossing my fingers everything comes together, we're having a hard time finding any alice in wonderland stuff because everything is geared towards the new alice in wonderland. I want the disney cartoon alice in wonderland.

So I'm not starting not to fit into the jeans I got when I first found out I was pregnant and my little girl is giving me stretch marks. Their not bad right now, but thats why I have my fiancee rubbing coco butter on my belly every night. She's also moving a lot now a days, I can feel her little kicks and flutters. Its a nice comforting feeling, even if she's kicked her daddy in the head two or three times. I get worried every now and then just cause I read all these heartbreaking stories about women losing their little ones at the around the same stage of pregnancy I am. Feeling her move around kind of takes the edge off.

I feel like such a nutcase right now with everything that's going on, that I don't even feel like celebrating my birthday next Sunday (April 11th) in fear that it'll be a big flop.  Ooh, well..Lets just keep hoping for the best (as usual).