— Here’s What I Have to Say —

Guess what I did?! I quit my job! That’s right. Last Tuesday, I finally made the decision to stay home. I had been thinking about it since I found out I was pregnant. My neighborhood is full of stay at home moms (SAHM) so we have a great neighborhood for me to do the same....

Kraft Foods makes a bunch of foil dinners. I think they are brilliant and so simple. This one was really tasty. I made 4 foil packs and had two for leftovers. I ate mine just the way it was. Just dumped it on a plate. Chuck put his in tortilla shells. We both enjoyed the...

This was another meal from Kraft Foods. It was really simple to make and very tasty. I did add a little worchestershire sauce to it. I think all beef meals need some! I made this with some mashed taters and we gobbled it up! I highly recommend giving it a try!

Miss Maddie was 7 weeks old yesterday! She’s smiling more as you can see! And I am happy to say that I have officially quit my job to stay home with Maddie. She’s a wonderful boss! I am so excited for this new adventure and I am so blessed to be able to stay home....

After many weeks of sitting on the couch, eating out and zero exercise, it’s time to start eating better. I’ve always loved Kraft Foods website. But I have started to make more meals lately. They are quite simple without too many ingredients and I can usually get a meal done between feedings. This meal was...

This may not make any sense, but that’s ok. I sit and look at Maddie for so many hours during the day. Something about her is so familiar to me. Like I have known her little face forever. Maybe other moms or parents out there feel the same way. Or maybe I am just insane....

I have learned after watching the videos I have taken of Maddie that I am bad at taking videos. I’ll hopefully get better, though. 🙂 And I have to get over my dislike for hearing my voice on the recordings. I don’t think anyone likes hearing their own voice, though! 🙂

A video of Maddie playing. I’m so glad Chuck taught me how to upload and attach videos!

Today marks 6 weeks since we welcomed our sweet little baby to our family. I can’t believe she is 6 weeks old already. And I can’t believe its been 6 weeks since all the craziness from my delivery happened. I had my postpartum doctor’s appointment today. It went great. My doctor was so happy I...

When my grandma died a number of years ago, I took her dining room set. In our last house, the furniture fit great! Everything had a nice spot. But in this house, I could never get it to look right. So my brother took the set! I’m glad it’s still in the family. He sent...

My fabulous hubby surprised me with a fabulous gift! He got me an iPad! He said it was sad to see me struggle with my laptop while I sit on the couch all day nursing. I was so surprised! Especially since I didn’t think we’d ever get Apple products again with Chuck working for Microsoft....

I just had to mention how excited I am that Maddie slept through the night last night! I know this may be a fluke, but any parent of a new baby knows how exciting it is to get many hours of sleep in a row at night. The past few nights (or maybe a week)...

I can’t believe Maddie is 5 weeks old today! Time really does fly. I also can’t believe how quickly the days go. It’s already 2:00! How did that happen? I really thought that I would do a lot more blogging when I was home with the baby and I have definitely done WAY less. I...

Our baby is one month old already! I can hardly believe it. It’s been the best month ever. I can’t imagine my life without her! We learn more about what makes her happy every day! The other day we gave her a bottle for the first time. She did just fine. We waited until Maddie...

I know I am biased, but man, my brother took some gorgeous pictures of our beautiful baby! Here are the few he has given me so far and he’ll get the rest to me soon. When he does, I will post the rest of them. Oh, I just want to snuggle her all day. Oh...

We have had so many visitors come to see Maddie. Both in the hospital and at home. Here are some of the pictures of people that came to see us. At the hospital, we had friends and family come to see us. We had lots of visitors because I was there so long! Chuck’s mom.who...

I am on lots of meds these days after I had Maddie. The biggest one is for my blood pressure. They hope to wean me off that at my 6 week appointment at the end of March. I am hopeful the BP meds are just temporary.  Here are pictures of the pills I take.morning, afternoon...

Both my work and Chuck’s work sent us flowers after we had Maddie. It was so sweet and thoughtful of them. Thank you to WCK and Microsoft for thinking of us!

It’s been a long week. Since I last posted, there has been so much that has happened. Some good, some bad. I’ll see what I can do to write it all down. Tuesday night, February 15th, at 41 weeks 2 days pregnant, I was admitted into the hospital for the beginning of an induction. My...