*I had to return to work (Skywest) on October 18. I bawled the night before, but didn't cry at work. I was proud of myself! Work hasn't been that bad cause I'm only part time and it has been slow. It's kind of a nice break but I miss her like crazy when I'm gone.
*October 20th was our anniversary! It has been four years since I married the love of my life! He is so wonderful and always treats me like a queen. He has given me a beautiful daughter and is such a good daddy. I love you babe! My mom was nice enough to watch the peanut while we went to dinner and a movie. This was the first time she wasn't with Jason or I since we came home from the hospital and boy she had a hard time. My poor mom had to deal with a crying baby pretty much the entire time we were gone. The little lady bug finally wore herself out and fell asleep about a half hour before we picked her up, the little stinker. But we were still able to enjoy our time together :)
*We had an early Thanksgiving dinner with the Button family at our cabin Nov. 20 and then the 21st Jason, Everley and I packed our bags to go to Kentucky for the actual week of Thanksgiving. We wanted Grandma and Grandpa Great to meet her. She did awesome on the 3 1/2 hour plane ride both ways. Grandpa Great said he had never seen such a good baby in all his 90 years. She really was perfect and even slept all through the nights the entire trip! She also had her first taste of rice cereal and applesauce while we were there and gobbled it right up! It was a short but sweet trip and it was really good to see them.
*November 29, Everley had her 4 month checkup and she is doing great! She was 23 3/4 inches long (26th %) 11 lbs 3 oz (5th %) and her noggin measured 40 cm (20th%). So she is still just a little lady but the doc said she is where she should be since she was born 4 weeks early. She took her shots like a champ again and only cried for about 2.7 minutes and was fine. I really think I'm in more pain than she is. Even though she will be 5 months on Christmas Day, she still wears 0-3 month size pants and 3 month size onesies! She is our petite little girl! But she has more than doubled her weight since she was born! She still spits up all the time from her reflux and the little muscle that is above her stomach not being fully developed so she lives in a bib. So much for showing off her cute clothes! Sometimes I will take it off to snag a few pix but other than that there is one on her all the time. Which means that we are doing even more laundry cause she goes through 6 or more bibs and burp cloths a DAY!!!
*Yesterday, I turned the big 27! Weird! I feel like I stopped aging at 23 :) It was a busy but great day! Jason had to work, so we went out the night before to dinner and a movie (The Tourist has a good story but it is really slow. Don't get me wrong, I still liked it, but I would recommend waiting to rent it through redbox instead of spending the money!) So on the actual day, I went out to lunch with my sweet Mother in-law and then to her house for some chit chat, then I met up with my family (it's my Mom's birthday too!) for dinner at Zupas and then went to my sisters house for presents. OK, so it doesn't sound busy, but when you factor in taking care of your child and all the spit up she gives to me plus pumping, plus all the crazy traffic and having to run all the way back home for more milk for the babe and then back out to dinner, IT WAS CRAZY :) My sweet little girl is now sleeping through the night EVERY NIGHT:) She has always been a good sleeper, only waking up once in the night but now it's even better! It has been so nice to get a straight eight hours of sleep! YAY!
So that's it in a nutshell. I would have liked to write more on some subjects but I have gotten so far behind it would make for an entirely too long of a post. So you get what you get! Enjoy all the pix!
