All in the Family!

And the holiday season begins! We traveled home Wednesday night for Thanksgiving at my Grandma Hemesath's. I have been spending Thanksgiving at my Grandma's for as long as I can remember, and this year, we had Maecy to bring along (and show-off)!

Maecy was all dressed up and her hair was as crazy as ever (doesn't it seems to resemble ruffled turkey feathers?!?!)

This was the first time many of the family members met Maecy, and she was such a good girl.  Lots of smiles and snuggles!

Maecy got to meet her "cousins" this weekend as well.  The chaos ensued when we attempted to get a picture of all the great grandkids...these are the kind of pictures you look back on and laugh. I think there were six of us in the little room snapping pictures furiously trying to catch that "perfect picture"! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!



2 month check-up

We had our two month check up this week. She weighs 11 lbs 2 oz and measures 20 1/2 inches. The shots were not quite as traumatic as I anticipated, but when they forgot to give her one of them and we had to return two days later to do it again, I was less than thrilled. She was a champ though and cried for just a few seconds. She even gave the nurse a smile before we left!

Check out that little belly!

Giving Thanks

I just realized that 2 weeks have gone by since that tearful Sunday night before I went back to work...and we have all survived. I dropped Maecy off on Monday and got back into my car before I could think about who I was leaving behind. I made it to school without a tear, but when I walked into the office at school and saw a couple of teachers giving me those "oh, it must be so hard" looks, I lost it. I told myself I wasn't going to think about it, which was easier said than done. Luckily, as the day went on, I got busy with work and before I knew it, it was 3:00 ( I may have left a little early that day).

Maecy is doing great at daycare - she loves watching the two little boys, and she is napping better for K than she is for Mom at home! Our nights have been a little rough. That first night home after daycare, Maecy was inconsolable until she finally wore herself out and fell asleep. All I could think was "This was not how I wanted to spend our two hours together."  I told myself she was just exhausted from her first day at daycare, and it will be better tomorrow. Unfortunately, the next four evening were a repeat of our Monday night, with Maecy crying and me trying to figure how to get  her to stop.  I felt completely inadequate as a mom. We have since turned a corner, and have had some great nights together!


We are getting into a routine and everyone is doing well as we begin the week of Thanksgiving - which of course means we will be throwing the routine out the window as we travel home! Oh well, it will be so good to be back at my mom's, and everyone in the family will finally get to meet Miss Maecy! :)

This year I am most thankful for the beautiful and healthy little girl that God has blessed us with. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Here comes daycare...ready or not!

I have been a wreck the last week...my maternity leave ends Sunday night and Monday morning I start back to work, and Maecy starts daycare. I kept hoping that Steve would win the lottery and I wouldn't have to go back to work, but since that didn't happen, I guess I will be returning to the working world.

I have been mentally preparing myself this week for that inevitable Monday morning. I brought Maecy to daycare for a few hours a couple times this week. Once in the afternoon because I had a meeting to go to (yes - a work meeting while on maternity leave...I know!) and once in the morning so that I could make sure we could actually get out of the house before 10.  Both days were a success for two reasons -  I didn't cry when I left her, and she slept the whole time I was gone!

I have also prepared my work area for my departure from my new little bundle of joy. I have loaded my favorite picture of the moment on the desktop of my work computer and I have purchased a picture frame to fill with her photos for my desk. I am wondering if this will have the opposite effect initially, though, and instead I will not be able to get my mind off of her. I am hoping I will be too busy trying to catch myself up on the goings-on of the last 8 weeks. Either way, it will be nice to have her smiling face right there in front of me.

So ready or not, here we go - me to work, and Maecy to daycare...wish us luck!