2 Months!

Wow, my sweet little baby is already two months old. I cannot believe it. I've been so anxious to see what he weighs----10 pounds, 14 and a half ounces!!!!!! I was so happy, because it's nice to have concrete and numerical confirmation that I'm doing a great job feeding him. It is a true commitment to exclusively breastfeed a child, and it's one I love. But that doesn't mean I don't worry and stress that he gets enough. It's hard when you can't see or tell exactly how much they are getting. He's as healthy as can be, and I was happy to get a good report. And the ped says his thrush is gone:-) He was due for six vaccines today, and I don't have time for that soapbox. But long story short, I think that's absurd and I'm putting Drake on an alternative schedule. He'll never get more than 1-2 vaccines at a time. No combo shots. And we are delaying all non essential vaccines with really low risk of contracting the disease. He got the one to protect against bacterial meningitis. The one for H-influenza is on national backorder. He will get rotavirus in two weeks, and the Tdap/polio at 3 months. Hep B and A will be delayed until school age, as well as MMR. Anyway, I really don't want to go on and on about that.

I've got a busy week with lots of errands and nonsense to take care of. I go back to work 2 days a week at the end of next week, and start fulltime (3 days a week) the first week of April. It will be nice to get back to normalcy, but I am really going to miss being here with Drake all day. I am going to miss him SO much. I know I'll cry the first day I go back.

Eric is still working in Cary 2 days a week, and it may increase to 3-4 days a week soon. He is still trying to convince me to move, but I'm still holding out. I love Charlotte! However, with his job there, it will allow me to eventually stay home for the most part, so that is his HUGE bargaining chip. I just want to be room mom.

We head up to Buffalo the last week of March, before I go back fulltime. We are excited to introduce Drake to all of his NY family! We hope his cousin Lacey will be here by then!

Have a good week!

Dave Ramsey

On Sunday Eric and I are starting a 13 week series of classes called Financial Peace University, by Dave Ramsey. I first heard about it from my family in SC, b/c most of them are taking it. I'm excited about it! I can't wait to learn more about financial matters, and getting out of debt. I started finding money management interesting about 3-4 years ago, but now I'm quite curious. I want to know how to get out of debt, and stay out of debt.....so I can stay home with my kiddos. I only want to work 16-20 hours a week, so I can be room Mom. And soccer mom. So in any case, I'm excited about this course.

Drake and I are in Florence, but will be heading back to Charlotte tomorrow after Bridget's shower. I can't wait to spend some time with Eric in the nice weather. Tomorrow night we are going out for our friend Kim's birthday, and I'm so excited to go out with friends! It has been since last March that I've been out downtown dancing. And funny enough, that was also for Kim's birthday. My mom is coming to Charlotte to watch the Drakester for us, so we can go out and not worry about him.

We need to interview another nanny or two, and hopefully make a decision soon. So many things to do......

I sure do love this kiddo.

Drake's Smile and Snow

I finally captured that elusive smile!!! It was quite difficult. And watching it on video made me realize how silly I sound while I'm trying to make him smile. I don't really care though--I will do anything to see that beautiful smile! We actually took Drake outside in the snow. Enjoy the video!

And BTW, I'm still working on getting the Hawaii video to post on blogger; it's being difficult.

LOST VIDEO!

So, since I've started using this application called I-movie on my Mac, I've discovered old video taken with my old camera. It apparently downloaded itself with my photos, and has been hiding somewhere in my computer. I thought it was pretty cool, if I do say so myself. Eric and I went to Hawaii last January, for two weeks. It was heavenly! Here is some video:

I'm now addicted to recording and posting video. I can't wait to go to the apple store and learn about all the cool stuff I-movie can do. So, the video getting ready to go up has three parts. The first is to show the world Drake's adorable purple face. He has thrush, and traditional medicines have done nothing at all. We've resorted to natural old school remedy, recommended by the lactation consultants, and my midwife. It's called gentian violet, and it kills the yeast that causes thrush. It also stains everything bright purple, including Drake's face. So, that's the first part of the video. The second part is to show you how strong my big guy is! And the third is of this nonsense known as snow in March. I'm quite ticked about this weather. I want sun!!! And warmth!!! So anyway, that's the video. Enjoy!

Snow again?

What is this crap---it is March, and we are forecasted to get snow for the THIRD time this season. I am so sick of this nonsense....where is spring? I'm so anxious for warm weather, and so is Drake. We love walks, especially with Lucy and Linus. It's been raining all weekend, and I'm so ready for it to stop. Eric and I are getting ready to go to the mall, just to walk around and browse. We've got to get out of this house! I'm going to try and blog later about the Dave Ramsey course we are starting next week. I'm quite excited about it, so I can't wait to share about it with you all. And I really hope to shoot some more footage of my cutie patootie, and post it. Later!