May 2009 | lauren blogs... sometimes.

I worship the sun…

May 302009

…and I have been smote! I have a sunburn from going to the pool this morning. I am fair skinned and should always wear sunscreen but we don’t have any so I went without it. Luckily it isn’t too bad but my arms and legs are radiating some heat. I’m a rock lobster! At the beginning of each summer I get badly burned. Once. That’s all it takes for me to remember how stupid I am and how painful it is. I have missed school and work because of bad sunburns. I have had second and third degree burns. I have had blisters. I attended the last day of school my freshman year of high school without a bra on because I had a huge blister (quarter-sized and stuck out about half an inch) on my back. I have laid out in the sun without sunscreen on and then couldn’t move for a couple of days. When I worked at an amusement park when I was 20 I almost got fired because I had to miss three days of work because of a sunburn that was so painful I thought my skin was going to fall off. It itched and I cried and no amount of aloe vera was going to help me. The damn stuff just made me sticky.

I’d like to think that I’ve learned my lesson but it happens EVERY SINGLE SUMMER. I guess I’m not as smart as I pretend to be and even though being outside with a sunburn kind of hurts I still plan on going swimming again tomorrow. This time, though, I think I’ll wear some sunscreen. Maybe I can learn from my mistakes.

And don’t worry – Peanut didn’t get sunburned so don’t call Child Protective Services on me.

Water baby!

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May 292009

( Pay no attention to the fact that I have no ass and that I probably shouldn’t be in public in a bathing suit.)

SHE. IS. TOO. CUTE.

She didn’t smile or laugh at the pool but she didn’t cry either which means that she probably enjoyed herself. It was her first time and as you can see she can’t do anything on her own but she looked adorable!

If I post one more blog about sleeping….

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May 282009

I am going to punch myself in the face.

I guess I better take off my rings and get the ice pack ready.

Shut up.

Peanut slept from 11:45pm – 6:00am last night. What the hell is going on? She took a nap til about 9pm last night and when she woke up I fed her, bathed her, gave her to her dad so he could play with her, read to her, and snuggled for a bit and BAM she fell asleep. I swaddled her nice and snug so she was warm and toasty and when she fell asleep I waited about 10 minutes to make sure she was really asleep and then I put her in her crib and she stayed there until 6am. I had a hard time falling asleep because I kept thinking that it was just too good to be true and that at any moment she was going to start screaming at me through the monitor but it never happened! My baby ROCKS!

I woke up to the sound of her cooing this morning and with a smile I got up and started my day. I was so stoked about getting that much consecutive sleep that I didn’t even try to get her to go back to sleep this morning. We had breakfast and played and had plenty of time to get ready to run errands. Today was fabulous and I hope tonight she’ll do well again. It’s currently 9:30pm and she’s been asleep for almost 2 hours so I’m guessing that this is just a nap. We shall see!

(Peanut and her Grandma(my mom))

Why leave the house when you can stay in and snuggle?

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May 272009

I lost my keys and my cell phone. I know they are in one of three places: JuJu’s car (he says they aren’t), my step-dad’s van (we picked the parents up from the airport in their van last night), or my parents’ house. At least, I hope so. I wasn’t able to go anywhere today or call anyone but that’s alright. I’m resourceful. I did laundry!

Peanut is taking her only daytime nap right now but at least she’s in her own room. I think she might get too much sleep at night. Is that even possible? She goes to sleep around 1am and sleeps until about 5am, then from 6:30am-9am, and then I usually try to coax her back to sleep until 11:30am so that mommy can get more sleep. Which means that she is awake from 11:30am to 1am which is 13 hours minus a 3-hour nap somewhere during the day (like right now). She power-naps but I worry that she isn’t getting enough sleep. She just likes to party with her mommy all day! I love playing with her and snuggling but I don’t want her to be exhausted.

We’ll figure it out. I started swaddling her for naps and bedtime and that seems to help keep her asleep in her crib. When we cosleep she isn’t swaddled because she doesn’t startle herself awake while laying next to me but she does it when she’s alone in her crib. I have to swaddle her before she falls asleep otherwise I’ll end up waking her up to swaddle her and that’s just stupid.

My angel is waking up! That’s good news for my breasts because they are starting to hurt! Gotta love that burning feeling in my nipples. Awesome!

Two months old.

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May 252009

My little lovebug is two months old today! I can’t believe I have managed to keep her alive this long! Hell, not just alive but thriving too! I am currently trying to get get her to go back to sleep so I can put her in her crib. Usually after her 5am feeding she’ll go back to bed with me but I am slowly getting her to sleep in her crib and right now her 1-5am ‘nap’ takes place in her crib and that’s it. She takes power naps during the day so she isn’t asleep long enough to put her in her crib. I honestly don’t think she’s getting enough sleep. I will talk to her pedi about it this week at her two-month checkup.

Bathing suit season = DIET FAIL.

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May 252009

My in-laws worked on their pool this afternoon but it’s still too chemical-y and cold to go swimming. It might be ready tomorrow but I didn’t bring my bathing suit on this trip. I am scared to put it on for fear that my body is really as bad as I think it is. I know, I know, I’m 8 weeks post-partum and 4-weeks post-op. Not only did I just have a baby but I had surgery so it’s not like I’d be able to do any strenuous exercise anyway. Thank goodness that I’m breastfeeding because that is probably keeping me from gaining weight again since I’m not terribly active these days. Avery and I go for walks but mostly we lounge on the sofa or have tummy time on the floor. I guess I need to do more. JuJu and I have tried dieting but then one night we’ll get lazy and order pizza. We keep starting over but we keep failing. I am tired of feeling squishy and unattractive. I’m glad that my face isn’t swollen anymore because then I’d be really depressed about my appearance.

Ooooooooooooooklahoma

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May 222009

My little family will be going to visit JuJu’s parents in Oklahoma for Memorial weekend. JuJu has a four-day weekend so it seemed like the best time to go. We hardly ever visit them because by the time JuJu gets off work on Fridays it is pretty late and we don’t really get to spend much time with them.

They also have their pool ready for Memorial weekend and while I do not feel attractive at all right now I will don a swimsuit because I love to swim! I don’t think we’ll get Avery in the water since it will be too cold.

Look, I realize that today’s post sucks. I felt obligated to write something and it’s 5 in the morning. Right now I am trying to get my angel to go back to sleep.

Haha – evidence!

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May 192009

Sorta.

She is too cute.

Haha!

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May 182009

Avery laughs! It’s so cute! She only does it when she is sleeping but there is no mistaking it! If we didn’t have a feeding at this most ungodly hour I would have missed it.

I love my daughter.

Turn me off.

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May 142009

On an average day I:

-Send 27 text messages
-Receive 21 text messages
-Check my email 12 times (both accounts)
-Update Twitter 8 times
-Watch 9 hours of television (the TV is on, I might not be focused on it but it’s on)
-Read 121 blogs
-Check my Myspace and Facebook 6 times
-Spend 2 hours on Baby Center

While doing all of these things I manage to keep my house relatively clean. I also play with Avery. A LOT. In fact, most of this interwebbing takes place while she is sleeping or just hanging out in my lap. Anyway, I am done. I realized that I listen too much to what others say in reference to their own lives (through their blogs or articles) and I try to make it work for me in mine and it doesn’t always fit. I noticed that if I don’t know what to do in a situation I will do what someone else is doing if it sounds like something I would want to do if I only knew how. I will emulate that person or group of people and make their beliefs MY beliefs. Like breastfeeding. Did I feel like it was something I just had to do in order to be a good mother? Yeah. But that pressure being put on me was my doing and not anyone else’s. It’s like I made it up. You don’t have to do what everyone else is doing!!!!!!!! And I realized that I don’t have to be perfect! What a relief! I was trying way too hard and it was exhausting. With that said, I AM DONE.

I am going to unplug until Monday. I will come back mentally refreshed (hopefully) and with pictures! This weekend will be Peanut’s first road trip. Travelling with a newborn – it can’t be THAT bad, right?

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