Random things..

The past week has been a little crazy. I did pretty well during my first week back at work, but I'm still getting used to being away from Lily. And my body is definitely feeling it! after bed rest for 3 months and then being home a lot after Lily was born I am so sore from going back to work. My feet are not responding very well to it!

Lily is doing amazing, growing like a weed and doing new things everyday! My favorite is how much she moves her legs now. I lay her down on the on a blanket and she goes crazy just kicking away! She also loves to kick the water in the bath! And I think it's just adorable :) She is starting to coo and ake tons of little sounds also! Bedtime has also been getting better, she is only waking up once at night, sometime 2 if it's one of her "rough" night. I am definitely looking forward to the first time she sleeps through the night!

She i smiling all the time now, and is a pretty happy baby most of the time!

her cheesy smile!

Mike and I babysat our nephew Dylan the other night and had a blast! He is 8 months old so he is a lot of fun! we even got brave and went out to dinner with him and Lily. people seemed confused, ha ha. But Dylan loves Lily!

It was so cute!

"Show us your life friday" How I met My husband

Today on Show Us your life Friday - it's "how you met your husband/wife/fiancee".

so here it is....

 

Me and my husband, Mike met through work. We both were Lifeguards at Ocean Breeze Water Park. I didn't know it then, But those were the best 4 summers of my life.

 

A good friend of mine, started to date a good friend of his..We were all at in service on Tuesday July 13th 2004 ( can't believe I remember that!) and after, I was going to go with my friend to her new boyfriends house to hang out. We walked out back to get in his truck, I didn't drive yet since I had just turned 16 about 2 weeks prior to this. He only has  2 seats in his truck, and I remember saying " i can't fit in that with you guys!" So Ryan  told me that his friend Mike had planned to come over as well, and I could ride with him. I look over to where Ryan was pointing and that's the first time I saw him. He was putting his stuff in his car, so I walked over to him and said " I'm riding with you!" he looked confused but just agreed. So that's it... I got into a car with a complete stranger!

 

We talked the whole way to his friends house and I knew that we were going to be together!

on July 21st 2004 we became a couple an it's been the best 6 years of my life!

Here is us when we had just started dating!

I was 16 and he was 17!

 

In July of 2007 he asked me to be his wife, to which I happily agreed..

The on June 28th 2008 we became Mr & Mrs Thompson!

Back at work...

Yes, back to work I went today. After 5 months off!

When I first stopped working after I went into preterm labor and was put on bed rest I was miserable. All I could think about washow badly I wanted to be working. (crazy, huh?!) I was so bored on bed rest, I would even cry some days because of how bored and alone I felt. But I knew it was for a bigger purpose, and I was going to do everything in my power to keep Lily from coming early. The day she was born I lost ALL desire to go back to work. Now that I was "free" and could go any where I wanted, and wasn't restricted to being at home on the sofa, I was loving being out of work. For weeks I dreaded the thought of going back, for tons of reasons... I don't want to miss anything! I want to be there when she rolls over for the first time, giggles, or sits up. Also, she still isn't sleeping that great at night. One night she will do aweosme, the next night.. not so much. I am a person who likes my sleep! I was worried how I would do having to go back and work on little sleep. Plus, Mike and I were able to spend a lot of time together these past 5 months. He works his 40 hours a week in 3 days, so thurs- sun we spent all day together. I really enjoyed that, and it's something I know I will miss.

Overall, my first day back was much better then I expected. I got to see so many people that I missed. The regulars who come in everyday and I already know what drink they are going to get and exactly how they want it. I caught on pretty quick and remembered pretty much everything. It was smooth and the day didn't drag too slow. It turns out I enjoyed it, not the being away from Lily part, but it was nice to have a few adult conversations. I'll only be working about 25-30 hours, which is a big relief. Also, I stepped down from my managment position. At first I had no intentions of this. Once she was born, that changed. She is my priority and I want to be able to go to work and come home to her. As a supervisor I was always having to hang over some one, and push this or make sure the baristas are doing this and that. I realized I just wanna clock in and out, and be done.

I'm glad I finally got over the big hurdle and went back.. though if given the oppertunity I can't say I wouldn't jump ship and stay home!

well baby check up!

Yesterday Lily had her 2 month check up. I was extremely excited for this appointment because I was dying to know how much she weighed. I was not looking forward to her shots, that's not my thing. Thankfully Mike was off, and went with us so that I didn't have to be the one to hold her. She did pretty well, she only cried for about 30 seconds. She was knocked out for the rest of the day! Which was a good thing considering she was super cranky from the shots! I mean SUPER cranky.

Here are the stats!

She is 9 lbs 8 oz! ( way off from my guess of 8 lbs 5oz, and mike's of 8 lbs 8 oz)

She is in the 16th precntile for weight, up from the 3rd at her 2 week check up when she was 5lbs 14 oz.

She is 22 inches long! and in the 33rd precentile for height

She is still a tiny baby, But she has filled out SO much. She was 5 lbs 10 oz at birth and was really skinny! I can't believe the difference 2 months makes!

Here is her first bath at home- skinny minny!

As you can see, she was not a fan yet!

Here is her a few days ago! all chunked out!

and loving baths now.

She has stolen my heart!

2 months! Already!!

My Little lady is 2 months old today. I can't believe it! feels like I just had her. I love seeing her personality coming out, but I feel like it's going by SO fast. She smiles amost every time I call her ' Lily Pie' and is now only waking up one time at night around 2 or 3 to eat!

 Birth

1 Month

2 Months!

It is sooo amazing watching her grow! what a cutie :)

And, she looks SO much like her daddy!

Our first night out

Last night me and mike went out together for the first time in 8 weeks. His cousin offered to babysit, and a friend of ours was going out for her birthday, so we decided to join. I'm still learning how to let other people watch Lily. I was proud of myself though, I only "checked in" 3 times.

We started the night off at dinner at cheeseburger in paradise. I don't drink often, more like never, really.But I got brave and ordered a drink. by far it is the best drink I have ever had! I can't drink things that taste like pure vodka, haha. So I was suprised to find a drink that I liked because that normally doesn't happen. from there we headed down to the oceanfront. Me and Mike are not bar people. i'm almost 22 and am probably the only person my age who has never been to a bar, but we said what the heck. A few shots later with the birthday girl and I was just giggling away. Mike didn't drink because he said he would take care of Lily when we got home, so me and my twin sister got a little ahead of ourselves. I had 12 shots! yes 12! And I was feeling good, having a blast dancing. I don't let loose to often and it felt really good to just dance and have a good time. That is, until it hit me, like a ton of bricks. I looked at mike, and he knew.. it was time to go home. By 11:30 pm I was done, haha. We got home and he put me to bed.. Lily still isn't slleping through the night so I woke up around 3 am to help Mike then was back asleep.  I woke up this morning with Lily, suprised to find that I feel great. I was so worried last night that I would be feeling crappy,but, nope! i'm lucky.

All in all, I really enjoyed having a night out with my husband, sister and a few good friends!

Pregnancy

Here I am.. making my grand entrance into the world of blogging.

Life has been amazing, crazy, sleepless, joyful and so exciting since our Lily has arrived. I am still in shock that she will be 8 weeks old tomorrow. I still feel like I am pregnant, it all happened so fast. I really wish I would have just slowed down and enjoyed my pregnancy a little better. I was so busy counting down the weeks until I could meet Lily that I forgot how wonderful pregnancy was. I rushed through it and I'll never get those moments back. We will have more children, so I know i'llget to expirence pregnancy again, but not Lily's pregnancy.

After years of worry about infertility, due to endometriosis, I never thought we would be able to get pregnant so quickly. When it happened I was so happy, then when pre term labor followed by bed rest happened at 26 weeks, that is when I began the countdown. My goal was to just make it one more week, then another week, and another after that. and before i knew it I was 37 weeks and she was here! having her here has been the best few weeks of mine, and Mike' life. But I find myself wishing I enjoyed her growing inside me for just a little longer.