K's First ...

... middle of the night feeding in 5 weeks occurred last night. It was a tough decision. She woke up at 4:30 am and I tried to calm her down to go back to sleep but she was so stuffy and sad. So I decided to feed her. I would've felt so bad leaving her to cry plus I think the extra fluid was good for her even though it was a big disruption of my sleep.

She's feeling much better now though. And I'm so glad. No more constant stuffy nose. Just a smiley girl!

Sick

K's sick. She woke up this morning with a stuffy nose, all sorts of boogies coming out of her nose, and a cough. I'm guessing it was from lots of people holding her and not enough people washing their hands yesterday, especially at church. Church just seems to be a very dirty place.

So today will be filled with lots of fluids for K, lots of sleep, and some time spent in the steamy bathroom while I shower. Hopefully we can get her on the mend soon.

In better news, K and I just got home from a quick store run. We bought new onesies and pants for her. So fun.

Responsibility

This is one of the toughest parts about having a baby. While everyone else is in the living room, I'm chilling in K's room feeding her. Yeah, I could sit out there with everyone but I choose to not. Plus it's easier in her room.

I miss out on other activities in an attempt to take care of the babe which is rough sometimes. I like playing and having fun so it makes me a little sad when I have another responsibility.

But at the same time, I love my little girl. Feeding time is one of my favorite times of the day. It's time when we just get to spend time together. Well, she doesn't do much but I just enjoy it. With future kids, feeding time will probably become even a better time.

Dairy Queen

That's right. I am the queen of dairy. I love it all from yogurt to cheese to ice cream ... it's all so yummy. But the worst part is that K pays for it. I'm really lucky in that she doesn't cry at all when I eat it, poor girl just has really bad gas and diapers if I eat it excessively.

That's what happened yesterday and last night and today have been full of awful diapers. But it's really hard for me to not eat diary products. It's all just so good, including the yummy cheesecake Mike and I made.

K is getting quite a bit of chunk on her. It's quite funny to see all the rolls she's getting and her little fat dimples. So cute.

She also is just smiling a lot which is so fun. I enjoy putting K on the bed next to Mike every morning so he can wake up to a talkative, smiling cutie. He brought her in yesterday morning to wake me up with her like I do to him but it's just not the same. She was hungry and grumpy. But after eating, she was all smiles and wanted to tell us all about it.

Reactions

Last night we drove to a neighborhood picnic. We came straight from the store and so we decided to just drive.

K and I ended up walking home (it was about a 2-minute walk) and when we got home, there was a nasty surprise at our door. It was a gigantic wolf spider. I freaked out and called Mike. He was driving the car home but was taking forever. He also didn't believe that it was "huge." When he got home and saw it he ended up showing Joe, our upstairs neighbor and landlord, who killed it for us.

But the most interesting part of all of this was K. She had the most interesting reactions to me as I screamed and ran around.She would look surprised, then she would cry as I was screaming, then she would smile ... oh, I just love how well she can express emotions!