In Memory of the Paddington Bear sleeper

My baby is finally in bed for the night and Hunny is studying for his algebra test. The Knoxster is six weeks old today!!! Hard to believe. I started packing away some of the clothes that he has outgrown already...his little Paddington sleeper....I was mourning and wondering if it is always this hard to pack away out-grown baby clothes. I loved that sleeper. It has a little Paddington Bear applique right under the collar and such cute short legs. And when we came home from the hospital, it was too big for my boy. I splurged on a Moses basket from Target that looked so long and big and he is almost out of it. I figure another 2 weeks or so and he will be in the crib. I love the basket too. I got most everything at yard sales, including the Paddington sleeper, except for the basket. I was figuring up this weekend that I spent as much on a breast pump as I did on everything else.
I had such fun going out to yard sales and finding all the little sleepers and onesies. Most of them were not more than a quarter apiece. I had some great deals this year--a Gap jeans jacket for Knox for a quarter, a large Brita water dispenser for $2, a Boppie for $2, a baby bath for fifty cents, maternity clothes.... Plus oodles of baby clothes, books, 9 almost brand-new shirts for Hunny for 50 cents each. And all that savings meant that I had more $$ to spend at Old Navy...mwahaha...Hey, I need some new clothes for work....at my last doctor appointment I had lost 40 pounds. That is since the doctor told me to lose 30 before having the baby. So I am very excited. While pregnant, I was eating an extra large honey-bun every day washed down with whole milk. I still couldn't put on weight. I haven't touched one in 6 weeks, I didn't like them in the first place. So new clothes are a must. Now if only my Hunny would let me buy some new shoes. Ok, those are not a must. ((smile))
I stopped in at work on Monday to show Knox to everyone, and I am kinda excited about going back. I noticed since I have been home and feeling better that I get as much done when I am working as when I am at home. I'm on slow time I guess. We will see how it works out, Hunny will be taking care of him and doing school work. I'm not going to put him in daycare and I am determined that Hunny is going to finish school and get his degree, so whatever I can do to help right now...thats a priority for me. Thats teamwork!!
The good news on the homefront is that the Knoxster has missed his middle of the night feeding for 4 nights in a row!!! Dare I hope????? Is is real?????
I'm off to bed--to sleep, perchance to dream....

Life after C-section

Well, I decided to blog some of my thoughts. Ok, I don't go back to work for another 3 weeks and I am feeling great! It did take me a while to feel better--after all, a C-section is major abdominal surgery. Finally!! And for now, Knox and I have weathered the storms of breast-feeding. He's eating, and eating, and eating. I still think the best gift someone could give me s 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep, but last night he was fed at 10 pm, was put down awake at 11 pm, and did not wake up till 5:30 this morming...PTL!! So God does answer prayer, maybe not all at once though. I love being a mother!

I just need to get us all on a schedule and I'm afraid it will take us at least 3 weeks to do it. Hunny's mother will be here for a couple of weeks when I go back to work and she will take care of the Knoxster for us. So for now, the schedule is priority # 1, and filling the freezer with casseroles and finishing the spring cleaning are 2nd. (I know its the end of September....)

I took the Knoxster with me to Greenville yesterday, he was so good and only cried a few times. We visited Wal-Mart and Auntie Amy's Rubber Stamp Convention at the Palmetto Expo Center, and then went to Cherrydale to visit Old Navy. He did great and Hunny got some debris burnt, the lawn mowed and some homework done while we were out.

Last week, we planned a trip to town to go grocery shopping and get the Knoxster's 1 month picture taken. I overheard the father of my child, my Hunny, instructing Knox:

"Now, listen, son. Men don't like to go shopping. Because you are a little boy, Mommy will try to brainwash you into thinking that shopping is fun...Just remember, WE don't like shopping!!"

Well, that trip, he wailed thru Old Navy and even had a sales person ask if he was OK....like the little girl with the curl, when he's loud, he's very, very loud....and when he's quiet--there is a pacifer there somewhere.

Anyway, back to yesterday...he charmed all the ladies at the stamp convention and I only bought a few things for scrapbooking and card making...I found a lot of things that were wonderful, but decided not to buy...I have shelves of art supplies and I always figure that I can find something that will do instead. It was good to get out of the house....here I tend to nurse and watch TV and who wants to get addicted to Ellen Degenerate or Stoned Phillips.....my only excuse is the hurricane coverage has been fascinating to me---since some of my colleagues from work live down there and work remotely.