My Life Lately

 Tyce is already two months old.  I cant believe how fast the time flies and how fast they grow!   We had his two month check up this week, Tyce did so good.  He's a perfectly average baby with his weight, height and noggen size.  We got his first round of immunizations too and he was such a trooper, he did scream bloody murder when they stuck him but as soon as I picked him up he was just fine.  It was probably more traumatizing for me to watch than for him to get them.

 

 

Last night was pure bliss..... drum roll please.... he slept through the night!  He's been showing signs that he was getting closer to this.  Slowly the past week he has been waking up later and later for his middle of the night feeding, so the night before last I didn't go in when he was stirring to eat.  It only took him an hour to go completely back to sleep but before that there was only half hearted wining and noise making.  It paid off too, last night was the first night in two months that I've gotten more than four consecutive hours of sleep at a time.  For those of you that may be wondering, we are doing Baby Wise and it seems to be paying off. (Baby Wise is a sleep training program for infants which if followed should have babies sleeping through the night between weeks 8-12, Tyce is 9 weeks)  Let's cross our fingers that it wasn't just a one night thing.

Our family also welcomed another little soul into our lives this week.  Kyle's step brother Brett and his wife Chantee gave birth to their little girl Isabel Chantee Wyatt on the 15th. We visited last night and she was absolutely adorable.  Tyce's first cousin!

The days left on my maternity leave are slowly dwindling down.  I find myself going into brief panic modes when I realize that soon I'm going to have to go back to work and leave my little baby with a stranger to be taken care of.  I'm dreading trying to find someone trust worthy and reliable enough to watch over the most precious person in my life.  I don't suppose any of you stay at home mommies of mine would be interested in making some extra dinero every month?  *Sigh* Or do you have any suggestions of where to look? Help!  

Tyce's Blessing

Holy Cow!  What a whirlwind it has been the past month.  I have been spending my day with this cute little man. 

I'm learning new things every day about being a parent.  I never could have imagined that my life could be this fulfilling doing nothing but sitting at home changing dirty diapers all day every day.

Yesterday we had Tyce's blessing.  I feel so fortunate that I have a husband worthy to hold the priesthood and was able to give our son his blessing, Kyle did an amazing job.  We are also fortunate to have have the support of our families and friends.  Tyce already has so many people in his life that love him.

Now that I'm finally getting the hang of this Mom thing I'm looking forward to soaking up every minute of the next two months I have off of work and preparing for the up coming holidays with my new little family.

Our New World

Meet Tyce Edward Blanchard, our new little man, the little person that our whole world now revolves around.  We are completely in love!

It seemed like he was never going to get here.  We were set to be induced at 6:30 am on Wednesday the 15th and were delayed 3 times throughout the day only to be told that we would have to wait until Thursday still with no guarantee.   We checked in at 5:30 and they told us they had room.  We were up in a flash and to the hospital by 6:30 that morning.  We settled in for a long day of waiting and visiting with family.

September 16 at 7:55 pm Tyce arrived. 7lbs 11 oz, 20 inches of perfection.

Everything went very smooth, I was surprised at just how fast everything went once we made it to that 10.

We have been entranced ever since.  It turns out our little man has a broken collarbone, he's such a trooper, it doesn't seem to bother him at all.  The Dr says he should be ship shape in two weeks.  Considering everything that could have gone wrong we consider ourselves extremely blessed that the broken collarbone is all that happened.

Now we're all just adjusting to one another and loving every minute of it.  We cant wait for our adventures as a new family. 

New Due Date?

We have been busily preparing for the arrival of our little man.  Part of the preparation has been getting all my paperwork in line to take my maternity leave from work.  One of the documents they need is to be filled out by my doctor stating that I legitimately need the time off.  I picked up the completed paperwork at our last Dr appointment and had it for a few days before I really sat down and read it all the way through.  To my surprise everywhere it stated my estimated due date they have listed 9/15/2010.... um what?  The 23rd has been the only date I've known of since my fist visit. 

I have had long break (3 weeks) between my last appointment as well because the Dr has been out of town, I'll have my next appointment next week.  Everyone keeps asking me if I'm going to ask him about it or not.  I'm not sure, it might be nice to have this kid a little earlier which might not happen if I point out this conflict.  My friend Mandy just gave me the low down on my Dr (we see the same one and she just came back from maternity leave) she said that our Dr is even open to starting me earlier than our due date if we ask him nicely.  Which means "potentially" we could be having this kid in the next two weeks.  Initially the thought of it possibly only being two weeks away scares the crap out of me, but after the nights sleep I just got last night I'm warming up to the idea.

So...Tyce... we might be meeting you sooner than we thought!  We'll see!
 

Found It & Got It

I searched and searched for a diaper bag over the past few weeks.  Last week I finally found one and got it.  Isn't she pretty.

I have actually been doing a lot of online shopping lately which I have never really done before but I'm finding to be quite enjoyable.  The only problem is that I have no patience for the shipping process and I'm too cheap to pay for it to get here faster.

Another purchase that I made was for a Belly Bandit.  Have you heard of these?  I started hearing somethings about them and how well they work shrinking your belly back down to size after you have your baby so I thought I'd give it a whirl.  I'll let you know how it works out. 

I have definitely hit that wall where I'm absolutely sick and tired of being pregnant. I'm uncomfortable ALL the time, exhausted, and just wishing away the days until I get to feel like myself again.  I'd give anything to lay on my stomach right now.... *Sigh*  only 6 more weeks to go.

Nearly Done

Kyle and I are nearly finished with Tyce's room.  We finished up painting the book case donated to us from the Blanchard Grandparents to be and it's just the perfect fun punch of color I was looking for.

I also finished my block letters with some matching scrapbook paper and mod podge.  Kyle built the empty frame to go around it out of our left over trim from the faux wainscoting.

My talented Mom got the finishing touches on the baby quilt and left me with a bunch of left over fabric circles.  I decided to mod podge them to a blank canvas for a wall hanging.

I'm starting to run out of steam but there's still a little more I'd like to get done, curtains for one.  If I don't get them done in time though I think his room is complete enough to leave it be for a while.

Diaper Bag Dilemma

So I'm currently haveing a diaper bag dilemma.  Dilemma number one, I dont have one yet.  Dilemma number two, I don't know how much is too much.

I would really love to have an adorable bag from Petunia Pickle Bottom but they are just rediculously too much money for a bag.  So I was looking into other bags, it seems to me that they're all realitivly expensive if you want something somewhat cute, anywhere from $50 up.  I figure since I will most likely be utilizing this diaper bag for quite a while and it will most likely double as a purse most the time I might could bring myself to spend the money.

I found this very cute bag on Nordstrom.com.  It's still a little pricy, but the custest I've found for the least amount of $, but not too much that I couldn't justify buying it as long as I use it for a year or more.

So, what I need from all you mommies out there is feedback.  Did you spend a pretty penny on your diaper bag?  If yes, was it worth it?  If no, what'd you get for how much and has it held up?