Ohio Bound

We three took off for Ohio around 8:40am. It was a little later than we wanted to start but we were off in decent time. Millie had a full belly and took her morning nap. We stopped to feed a couple times. She drank a couple bottles on the road. She was only upset when she got tired. Mil took a big long nap in the afternoon. It helped that Dad drove. I moved from the back to the front, reading Millie books and playing with her. She was such a trooper.


She only got really upset the final 30 mins of the trip. And we were pushing it on her feeding time...we just wanted to get home. So we arrived in Lancaster a little after 8pm. Mama D was so happy to see her again. Kari and kids come over tomorrow morning and we are heading to the Fairfield County Fair!

Dad flys to Atlanta

My family wasn't to keen on my driving to Ohio by myself. Although I had the utmost of confidence in myself (and Millie), I was very thankful to Dad who accompanied me.


Dan McConnell offered to fly Dad down to Atlanta so he could drive back with me. So Dad and Dan flew in on Thursday night.
These two farts have been friends for 44 years. Dan was my Dad's best man in his wedding. Dan & Dona graciously allowed me to live with them when I first moved to Atlanta. Dan gave me the PGA tickets, in which I invited Mat to, which kinda kick started our relationship. They are wonderful family friends of ours.

Check out the new had made by my co-worker (and friend) Jessica!

Mat's Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAT!

The birthday boy got to sleep in which was fabulous for him! Then I attempted to make a birthday breakfast of pancakes and bacon. So I kinds screwed up. Apparently whole-wheat flour does not work the same as regular flour. Hmmm, I didn't know that. So the first batch had to be dumped. I whipped up another batch and those were tons better. We added cinnimon chips AND buttersotch chips that I loved!

After breakfast, I got started on the birthday cake. With the help of GG, we make Mat's birthday cake. Um, it didn't turn out exactly perfect but it was...kinda yummy?!?! Everyone was very kind and had a piece. They didn't take any home! Probably wouldn't get through security! I promised to do better next year!

We were sad to see everyone go!! But we had a wonderful weekend with the family. After we got back from the airport, Millie was in a fabulous mood. We open the shades and took some AMAZING pictures. There are too many to post! Please flip through them and enjoy!!

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Pretty Pink Party Dress

Today while I went to lunch, Mat and the family went to Sidebar to watch the Gator game. Apparently Millie didn't enjoy that so much. She likes it better when they have the outside set-up. Maybe next time.
After the Gator game we went to dinner for Mat's 35th birthday. JCT Kitchen was delicious. A little slow but it was a great dinner. Millie was awake and quiet as a mouse. She really enjoyed the candles and all the noise. For Mat's birthday, Millie wore her pretty pink party dress. This is the first time wearing it (Thank you to Jose and Pavan!).

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Morning Fun Time

We had a great morning of fun with Grandma, Grandpa and GG. GG got these great sock hand (or foot) puppets and Millie loved them!


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Great Grandma Fran (GG) meets Millie

Thursday Video

Millie tells us a bit views on the upcoming VP debate!

Made it through day one...of many

Uh, I am not so sure about daycare.

Ok, fine. I will go!

Despite the busy morning, the day turned out fine. Her "Cuddy Gram" said that she drank all 3 bottles left for her. Her teacher even said that she could stand to drink a little more. We came home and played for a bit. Took some pictures with the fabulous pumpkins that we got over the weekend. Took a bath. And fell asleep chatting with Mom, Dad, Kari, Chloe and Courtney. Yes, we were all video chatting at the same time! She has been passed out since 8pm and it's now almost 10pm. Daycare must have wore her out!

Thanks for all your emails, messages and calls of support. It was a happier day knowing that you all were thinking about me, Mat and Millie!

Stop with the waterworks

Okay, I have been crying for 2 days now. I went to work today so the tears have to stop now.

This morning was hard of course. We got there pretty quickly and had time to drop her off but couldn't find any of the teachers. When we finally tracked them down, we only had time for a quick handover. Millie started screaming as soon as we put her into the ladies arms. My heart melted.

The daycare director emailed me at 11am saying "Hey, Millie is doing great. She is asleep now. She is still getting used to sleeping through noise. Tracy"

That was nice of her to email me. Hopefully Mat can pop by today but he is a busy guy.

Daycare Blues

Rough day today. How am I going to do this? I know the first day of daycare is going to be hard but good lord I can't stop crying and it was just a trial run! BTW, I totally didn't think I would be this way.

We went on a trial run today. I got up and dressed and ready. I pumped while Millie was still sleeping. She has been waking at 7am to feed and then back to sleep. So I woke her when we were ready to go. We pack up and headed for the daycare. I knew then my timing was off. I should have feed her again before we left. She was going to be hungry as soon as I got there (also the time I was supposed to be at work). I need to plan that better but I am not sure how I am gonna do it.
I guess wake her up and feed her at 8:30
leave house by 8:50
drop her off by 9:15
be at work by 9:30

I stuck around for awhile to kinda get a feel for the room and the teacher. While I was there the director came in and showed me where to put everything. She labeled all my stuff. She cleaned out the fridge while I was there and I thought that was gross but whatever. At least she cleaned it out. After she left I fed Millie and kinda just hung out to watch things.

The teacher, who is apparently a sub, is leaving in a couple weeks. She took a job with the "state". Not sure what they are going to do about a new teacher but I might call the director later to find out. They say that everyone has a bachelors but I am pretty sure that the lady in there today does not have a degree. Anyway, she was down on the floor playing with the two babies that were in there. One was really sick and coughing all over everything. Here eyes were all red and she was coughing up a lung. I watch the little girl stick all these toys in her mouth and cough all over everything. I seriously almost lost it right there and started crying! But I held it in.

She then informs me that the other little girl likes to bite, pull hair and pinch. In my head, I was like WHAT?! Please don't let that girl get close to Millie!

They wanted me to write her schedule down. I haven't a clue. She eats every 2.5 hours based on the time she gets up. She sleeps one hour after she feeds. I felt really stupid cause they wanted times and I didn't know. Kari has been telling me to write it down for weeks.

Anyway, we left after awhile and cried all the way home.

It's a combination of things. I have been trying to give her a bottle a day and she doesn't want it. Will she take a bottle from this lady? How long is this lady going to stay? Do they seriously actually clean all the toys? Is she going to be read to? Are they going to take as good of care of her as I do?

I think this gets better over time? At least that's what they tell me.
I don't want to think or talk about it anymore.

Pumpkin Patch and Hike

We had a great Sunday. Mat didn't have to work and we took advantahge of that. Despite the gas shortage, we took a road trip. I head waitied in line for gas on Saturday so the Pilot was pretty full. We packed up Millie and Siler went up to Burt's Farm.

"Come experience the fall season at Burt’s farm in the secluded North Georgia Mountains where the only thing more beautiful than the fall foliage is the sea of orange created by thousands of Burt’s pumpkins. At Burt’s farm we have pumpkins that range from an eye popping 150 lbs. to a modest 1 lb. We grow thousands of pumpkins, so the selection is vast and the quantity is never ending. One of the most fascinating features of Burt’s farm is the impressive selection of every type of pumpkin, winter squash, gourds and fall decoration. Indian corn, cornstalks and hay bales are also in never ending supply at the farm. We also offer hayrides and fieldtrips pulled by our John Deere tractors that take you through a winding trail filled with nature and beauty. Don't forget to check the "barn" store for Burts fresh baked pumpkin pie and pumpkin roll, candied popcorn and a whole assortmen of other goodies, also shop for Burt's farm wear and other fall decorations."

After picking out the best pumpkins, we geared up for the hayride. Millie slept through her first hayride.

Finally we loaded up all of our pumpkin purchases and headed to Amicalola Falls State Park. We hike up to the middle of the falls and decided not to go the 425 ore steps to the top. We went around the West Ridge path and back down. We went up to the top of the Falls (in our car) to go to the Lodge for dinner. It was a great day.

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We finished up the day by waiting in line again for another 30 mins for when we got back into town. Millie didn't seem to mind. All and all it was a great Sunday. Welcome Fall!!

update

Millie is on a pretty good schedule over these last weeks.
Wake
Feed
Play
About 1 hour after she first starting feeding, she cries and wants to take a nap. It's like clockwork which makes it "easy" for me to find out why she is crying.

This week we moved her cradle from the living room to her bedroom. She seems to like it in there. Sometimes I will peek in there and she is just laying in her cradle, swaddled, just looking around.

Millie is also doing really great at going to bed. I am trying not to rock her to sleep because that will be hard to do in a crib. Sometime it works. Sometimes it doesn't. If all else fails: SWING!

We are having some problems with her taking a bottle. I hope this gets cleared up next week when daycare begins. Otherwise, we might have problems. When she was first born, we were giving her a bottle every night. But then we kind of slacked. It was much easier to just nurse her. Plus Mat was doing the overnight bottle. Then he had to go back to work. So it was just easier to nurse. Well, we might have screwed up there. Hopefully the change of scenery will convince her that a bottle isn't so bad!

We didn't go to Sidebar today for the Gator game. And that was probably best. Or we might have been the Gators good luck charm. Mat is very depressed now after the Gator loss.

2 month check up

Millie did excellent at her doctors appointment. She got a clean bill of health and several sticks of vaccinations. She screamed like crazy but that's okay. I am sure it hurt!

Mat came with me and was a trooper. She pretty much slept all day long. So much so that I called about 3 of my mommy friends to make sure I shouldn't wake her. But I guess with the tyenol and the shots, she was puckered out. I hopefuly back on schedule by Friday. I have been trying to give her a bottle of pumped milk every day so she gets used to that. Daycare will be giving her about 3 bottles per day. Dr. D said that she will get the hang of it soon. Babies are smart and realize if they are hungry, this is how they are getting food. Other than that, all is well. We go back to the doctor in December.


New stats:
weight: 10.21lb
length: 22.9in
head: 15.4in

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Tuesday

Today was our last Mommy & Me meeting. They are on Tuesdays at 10:30am so I will be working. I got a little misty eyed as I left today. These ladies have been so helpful to me and Millie. I have learned so much and I will miss meeting and bonding with these fabulous women. Millie and I have lots of new friends now and it's just been so great. Hopefully we will meet once a month to bond and see how the little ones have grown!

I must return to work one week from today. I am trying not to be sad about it so Millie and I are taking advantage of every minute together!

After the meeting we searched around to find a gas station that actually had gas. We finally found a place and waiting in line like everyone else. It took awhile but Millie slept through the whole thing.

We came home and packed up to go on a walk with our new neighbor friend Meg and her daughter Annabelle, Check out Millie's new ride! This stroller was a gift from Jose/Pavan at our baby shower. Meg and Annabelle were great walking partners and we hope to do that again soon!

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Lots of fun pictures!

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Monday

Monday, Millie and I had a great day. We hung around in the morning and then met some of our new friends for lunch. We met for lunch in Decatur and then went for a great walk in the Decatur cemetery. It was a great day for the two of us!

Look how much she has grown!

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I'm 2 months old today!

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I thought her bubble mouth was funny! This was from Sunday morning playtime with Mommy and Daddy!