eight+ inches... gone!

gone til november

• Ryan is going to be a banana for Halloween!
• I have an appointment tomorrow for my first haircut in ohhhhhh, seven months... I have decided to officially do a major chop. It's way way too long.
• Steve and I are doing the HeartWalk in DC this Saturday - and bringing Luke! He's going to have a ball...
• It's hard to keep your house clean with a new baby at home.
• The Indonesian Peanut Saute at Noodle & Co. is a new fave.
• Last Friday was our first night "out" - drinks and schmoozing at some bars in Fairfax... never would have imagined, but after so long without alcohol, I actually don't miss it that much.
• Eight more days until the election - cannot wait.
• Babies poo a lot.

sleeping beauty

Little miss Ryan had her portraits taken at our house on Sunday... she slept through the majority of them until we tried to have some taken with Daddy. Otherwise, she was the perfect little model! I can see her getting bigger now that she's almost a month old... it's so sad! Of course, I was already dreading her getting any bigger when she was a few days old... but what can you do. She's asleep in her swing right now - word of advice to the eight (yes, EIGHT) pregnant people in my life: buy the swing. It will save your sanity. She has been napping for about two hours now, allowing me to shower in peace, get dressed, clean bottles (fun!) and get on the computer for a few quiet minutes... swings are great. D batteries are your friend.

bagh-daddy-o

My dad has been visiting since October 4th (pretty funny that I actually thought the baby would wait until after his arrival to join us)... and he's leaving on Saturday. So sad. Two weeks went by way too fast. Luckily, we're meeting up in January to go skiing in Canada... so we don't have to wait another six months to see him. Ryan will be so big by January - hard to believe.

Speaking of Ryan, she's wearing little blue jeans (babyGap!) for the first time today. She's asleep next to me on the couch while I watch the debate on Tivo

life gets in the way

I don't have much time to blog anymore (big surprise)... but even less so this week. We were in the hospital the majority of the week - Ryan's umbilical stump fell off and we were greeted with a nasty infection underneath. After taking her to the doctor Monday afternoon, we were sent straight to the children's hospital at Fairfax Inova. We had no idea we would be admitted that night and stuck there until Thursday afternoon... but we were! Ryan was a great little patient - she had the tiniest IV ever and a newborn-sized hospital gown and she was such a trooper. The doctors were concerned that she had a urachal remnant, which would have meant the infection spread to her bladder. Luckily, it was just a local infection inside her bellybutton and it looks much better today!

She still has just as much hair as she did two weeks ago... and we're still just as tired.

one crazy week

Ryan is one week old! I have been a mommy for one whole week and what a crazy and unbelievable week it has been... she is amazing and wonderful and so adorable - I could go on forever. Steve went back to work today so this was my first day at home alone with her and the dogs... it's a lot of work - but definitely worth every tiring minute. :)

P.S. I've lost 30 pounds in one week!

Childbirth is the ultimate weight loss tool.