Monday, Monday, so good to me

Today wasn't all that eventful, but Avery and I had a good time together! She is always smiling and it melts my heart.

She sat in the Bumbo for the first time and loved it!

Ok, totally random, but I'm in the crafty mood and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on what I should do? :)

Feelin hot, hot, hot!

My husband and I went to one of his coworker's wedding today. They had it indoors at a club and boy was it hot! The man performing the ceremony had sweat dripping down his head (yuck). By the time we left, my hair and every other woman's hair, was pretty much shot! We managed to get one picture of us when we went outside to get some air...which was humid anyway.

On top of it being insanely hot at the wedding, we only knew a couple people and mostly sat and hung out by ourselves. That has been the story of our life for the past year and it's pretty lame!

We moved here in March of 2009 and I still don't even have one friend here. I lived in Pennsylvania from age 5 to 15 (in two different towns) and then moved to Massachusetts when my dad got a job there. I met my husband at a church youth group when we were 16 and decided to get married at age 20 when my parents announced they were moving back to Pennsylvania. My husband and I made the decision to move to Pennsylvania when we got offered a house from my grandfather and couldn't pass it up because we were over paying for our small apartment. I had gotten used to living in Massachusetts and wasn't too big of a fan of moving back to Pennsylvania, but who wouldn't want a free house?! I moved here expecting to be bored out of my mind, but didn't realize that I'd still be bored almost a year and a half later. We moved to a town that is basically dying. Alot of the businesses are closed down and the majority of people are struggling financially. The closest place to do anything (mall, movie theater, restaurants etc.) is 45 minutes away! I hadn't lived in this town since I was 12 so I didn't have friends to come back to either. The majority of my family live here but I only get together with a few of them due to alot of them being drama. I basically am at my parents house everyday with Avery hanging out with my mom (whoo! :/). My husband has made a couple guy friends through church and work though. I want to get out of this town (and state for that matter) but it will be so hard to take Avery away from my parents who absolutely adore her. I trust that God has a plan for my life, I'd just like something to happen to point us in the right direction.

Ok, I'm done whining now :)

I'll leave you with a picture of my sugar plum in a darling outfit my grandma had someone make her.

Flashback Friday (well, supposed to be Friday)

My high school graduation in 2006 (with my parents)

Got milk?

I don't. My milk supply went way down when I was taking the antibiotics for mastitis. I was taking fenugreek once a day and it went up a little but not enough for how much she needs. Then, I started taking two a day and it went up a tad bit more but I noticed that she was getting tummy aches and really "soupy" (sorry) poo so I've stopped taking it. It still never went up enough for how much she eats, so I've had to supplement with formula. Now that I've stopped taking it all together, I can hardly even get 4 ounces out total (and that was after about 5 hours since I last pumped). I'm having to give her alot of formula and I'm wondering if it's even worth it to keep pumping the small amounts of milk that I can get out. I can't bring myself to just give up on giving her breastmilk. I'll feel so guilty if I just strictly formula feed her! I'm not saying that formula feeding is horrible, but I so badly wanted to breastfeed Avery until atleast 6 months. When she stopped feeding at the breast, I was glad that atleast I could pump it for her, but now I can't even do that for her! Does anyone have any suggestions for bringing up my supply? I'm desperate!

Here a few pictures of my sweet pea from today:

Love

I'm so thankful to God that he answered my many prayers and blessed us with this sweet baby girl. I love her more than I ever could have dreamed!

New camera!

I got my new camera and I love it! Obviously, I'm not very good at taking pictures with it :p







Being silly with daddy



My parents

Flashback Friday

My husband and I at our senior prom in 2006...man I'd like to have that body back!

Boring

Today was such a boring day! Avery and I woke up around 9am and then she slept from 1pm-4:30pm and then 6pm-9pm! She is now back sleeping at 11pm. I felt like I didn't have a baby today! We did however take some time to take a few pictures:

Speaking of pictures, I can't wait to get a new camera! I'm so jealous of all of the bloggers I see with amazing pictures. My husband agreed to buy one for Christmas, but I'm thinking I might have to persuade him to get one sooner :)

Avery's nursery

I know this is a little late, but here is Avery's finished nursery:

The pink bear was mine when I was born and that adorable owl was made by my sister in-law :)

A girl can never have too many shoes...right?

Two Months

Avery

-is no longer breastfeeding :( but still getting breastmilk in a bottle
-is in 0-3 month clothing
-is cooing alot
-has a fussy time around 8 or 9 o'clock until she goes to bed
-is still sleeping about 4 hours at a time at night and a couple times she slept 8 hours (gasp!)
-is a "snacker" when it comes to her bottle
-loves riding in the car and going for walks in her stroller

I'm so sad that she won't breastfeed anymore! I think it all started when my husband's family came to visit when she was a month old. I started pumping alot and giving her alot of bottles and basically just breastfeeding her at her nightime feeding because I didn't want to always be taking the baby since it was their first time seeing her and they were only getting to see her for a week. Well, after they left I was still pumping here and there but breastfeeding also and she was doing fine. Then I got mastitis :( I was misled and thought that I shouldn't be feeding her my milk so I stopped breastfeeding her and was "pumping and dumping" and giving her formula. By the time I realized I could give her my breastmilk and she'd be fine, she didn't want the breast anymore. I have been trying ever since then and she'll latch on for a little bit but then just spit it out and get frustrated. So, I'm pumping about 5 times a day now and having to give it to her in a bottle. I tried to get her to latch on on my bare breast today (I usually use a nipple shield) and she definitely wasn't having that! I don't think I'm ready to completely give up on it though so I'll still be trying to get her to feed on the shield at least. Does anyone have any advice?

8 Weeks old