Evelyn: Three Months

Evelyn turned three months old last Friday (oops, late again). Time sure does fly with the second baby. I remember with Will it seemed like those early months moved at a slow, sleep-deprived crawl, but with Evelyn it's like time is on fast forward. Since I know she's my last baby, I'm really trying to enjoy each moment.

Here's what she's up to these days:
-Cooing galore. This girl loves to talk. Sometimes after I'm done feeding her she'll just sit in my lap and we'll have a chat for about 10 minutes. Oh, and speaking of feeding, she's very aware of her environment now. So instead of eating, she wants to look around or look up at me and "talk". I've tried throwing blankets over her head (sort of like a bird in a cage) to get her to focus and eat, but it doesn't work. She just wants to look at the blanket instead.
-Giggling. That just started last week--really might be the cutest sound around. No really.
-Holding her head up. No more bobble head.
-Trying desperately to sit up, but still has a few more months before that happens. I think.
-Drooling and gnawing on her hand. That just started. Please don't let it be a tooth already (Will had two teeth at four months and six teeth by six months. This breastfeeding mama would really appreciate it if that didn't happen this time around, mmmmkay?)
-Sleep. Sort of. She's now doing about a six hour stretch at the beginning of the night and then another 3-4 hours afterwards (then eats again and goes back to sleep until 9:00am). Sometimes she'll even give me an eight or nine hour stretch. Those are lovely nights. She's still a total nightowl (goes to bed around 10:00) and then likes to sleep in...must reverse this.
-Naps. We're starting to get a little more normal here, but still need to work on it. She usually takes one around 11:00, then another around 2:30 and then maybe a shorter one around 4:30. Can't wait until we really have this nailed down.

Happy three months, Evelyn!

Heartfelt

Good Lord things are crazy busy between work, company all last week (Billy's bro and his family were in town--good times with an update to come soon), packing for Illinois where we are headed tomorrow for my mother-in-law's 60th birthday (happy birthday Pam!) and caring for two kids all at the same time. Sometimes I just get overwhelmed and overextended and over-tired. But then I take a deep breath and think about how oh, so lucky, how very blessed I am. These two kids, ya'll, man do I love them (tantrums and poopie diapers and all). Sometimes so much it makes my heart ache. So in lieu of bitching about all the "stuff" going on in my life, I wanted to leave you with these songs that seem to say it better than I can.

This one makes me think of my sweet boy. And this one and this one make me think of my sweet girl.

So very lucky, indeed.

Hi ho, hi ho...

I started back to work this past week. Granted, I'm working from home for the month of April, but it's work nonetheless. I had my misgivings about going back because, if you remember, this job--while a great opportunity--was sort of driving me nutso before I went on maternity leave. I was working part-time but they really needed a full-time person. Or three. So the thought of jumping back into that craziness was not appealing. Don't get me wrong: I want to work (part-time), think this company is very cool and has amazing potential, but coming home stressed and in tears was not something I could continue to do, particularly with a new baby on board.

I have a new boss who started the same day I went back to work (last Monday). Turns out he's great. He is a true marketer at heart. Not just a sales person or ops person doing marketing on the side. He gets it. He wants to hire two more people. Love.

I am excited to be back. It's nice to be in the mix of things again, using my brain in a non-mom capacity and having the flexibility to work part-time and be home part-time. And like I said, the company is way cool (check out tabbedout.com if you want to see where I spend these 20 hours a week). But, ask me how I feel in another month when I have to go into the office and leave Evelyn in someone else's care. NOT looking forward to that.

Summer Haircut

Apparently someone came and took my baby boy and replaced him with this big boy. Can you please bring the baby boy back, even just for a little bit? Mmmkay? Thanks.