Happy (belated) Mother’s Day to all the Moms!!  Especially my Mom who I would be lost without!  I learn so much from you Mom (everyday!), thanks for always being there for me! :)

I had a beautiful first mother’s day yesterday!  I am so thankful to my husband for all he did for me yesterday to make me feel appreciated and loved.  

A gorgeous bouquet of flowers was delivered Saturday afternoon with the absolutely sweetest note written in the card.  Everytime I walk past the bouquet in the kitchen, I read the note and it makes me smile. :)

Korey got up with Liam all night Saturday night after he got home from work (and all night last night, and plans to do so all night tonight too!).  In the morning, we traded and Korey slept for a couple hours.  Then he got up and made me a fabulous brunch! Chocolate chip pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, and toast.  (Let’s just say I wasn’t counting calories yesterday.)  It was so delicious and such a treat to have him cook AND clean up afterwards!

Then, unfortunately, Korey had to go to work (he works in retail and this is his weekend on and to close all weekend).  Liam and I snuggled a lot and then we went out and did a little shopping.   When I was putting Liam in the carrier to leave, I was folding the blanket in half to put over him, and I had it held in front of my face.  When I brought it down, I was smiling at him, and Liam cracked a huge smile and GIGGLED.  Cutest. Thing. Ever.  Oh my goodness, he is going to have the cutest laugh.  I can’t wait until he is giggling all the time!! 

When we got home, Liam was a little fussy, which is normal for him in the evening. So into the bath he went!  He LOVES taking a bath.  He was so happy and smiley splashing around in there that I just let him stay in there until the water got cold and his toes were wrinkly!  

After I put Liam to bed, I settled down on the couch and started reading Fifty Shades of Grey.  I just HAVE to see what all the fuss is over this book!  It’s good so far (I’m only a couple chapters in), though I’m still waiting to see what people are raving about.  I read on someone else’s blog (I don’t remember who) that they thought it was like a more intense Twilight, and I agree so far.  Especially the whole “I’m no good for you; It’s too dangerous for you to be with me” thing.  I like it so far though.  We’ll see. 

Anyway, yesterday was such a good day!  And I’m off work today, and ready to get a lot done.  I got tons of sleep last night, so no excuses!  This apartment needs cleaned, the laundry needs done, a run needs to be ran, and healthy food need to be eaten.  Let’s go!

I know I haven’t weighed in in a long time.  I’m waiting for the scale to go in the other direction again.  Ugh.

Subtitles: “On Being A Supermom” and “Liam is Two Months Old!!” and “This is a CRAZY Long Post”

Liam’s two month birthday was Tuesday!!  I just can’t believe that he has already been with us for two whole months!  Time is flying by!!  It’s so fun to just watch his personality develop!  He is starting to smile so much more and focus on things and really see them.  Sometimes when I’m talking to him, he’ll be looking all around and then finally find my face and focus on it and crack a huge smile.  I love it so much!  And he is becoming such a little babbler!  My favorite is when I put him in the swing and he smiles and babbles to the two little owls that hang from the top.  It’s just so darn cute!!  He also LOVES his bouncer chair.  He could sit in there for an hour I think and just be so content.  

Seriously, how cute is he?!  I can’t believe I am so lucky to get to look at his cutie face everyday!  Korey and I wonder all the time how we managed to make such a cute baby!

We have a really great routine going most of the days, and he’s slowly but surely getting less fussy and more awake during the day.  THEN the other night, Korey spent the night in the living room with him so I could get a full night’s sleep.  I woke Liam up to feed him at midnight like I always do before I went to bed.  Korey said he slept UNTIL THE SUN WAS COMING UP!  Korey couldn’t remember what time it was exactly, but if the sun was coming up it had to have been around 6am!  Korey said he ate and went right back to sleep until I had to wake him up at 8:30 to feed him before we had to leave.  And last night he slept until 5am and then went back to sleep until 8:30, which isn’t as good, but was still really great!!  Baby boy is on his way to sleeping through the night!!  SO awesome!  I could not be more excited about this!!

I’m especially excited because this was my first week back to work, and I was worried that he would get off his routine and be all messed up and not sleep at night and stuff, but it has all been going so great!  I won’t lie, I was a big ball of nerves on Sunday night.  I just didn’t like the idea of being away from him for that long!  Thankfully, I didn’t have to drop him off at some random day care or anything.  We’re lucky enough to live close (and work even closer) to my in-laws, so Liam was able to spend the day with his grandparents.  I didn’t even cry when I dropped him off, the day flew by, and  my mother in law said he did great!  He was pretty good about sticking with his regular routine, and Deb said he was awake a lot of the day, which is great.

I only work three days a week, so he will be at his grandparents one day, with my husband Korey one day, and at day care one day.  Yesterday was his first day care day, and it was great.  I take him to the in-home daycare of one of my good friends from college and her mom, which is great because I know he is in good hands and it’s nice and small so I know he gets the attention he needs.  

I’m feeling so blessed that this all has worked out the way it has - I love my job, but I’m so glad it’s part time.  And I’m so glad that Liam is able to be with family most of the time and people that love him.  

Anyway, even though I’m only working part time, it is TOUGH to get everything done that needs to get done!  Let’s just say that our apartment is a HOT MESS right now.  Stuff is everywhere, just because I’ve been in such a hurry all week long and so tired on the days I am home that I just don’t feel like cleaning!  On the days I do work, I definitely feel like a super mom though.  Wednesday I was exhausted from getting up with Liam twice the night before (he usually only wakes up once between midnight and 7am), took Liam to day care, went to work all day, picked Liam up from day care, came home, feed Liam, AND cooked dinner.  THEN had to give Liam his bath and bottle before bed.  I was so tired I fell asleep on the couch pretty much right after I put Liam to bed.  Yesterday, I didn’t have to be into work until an hour later than usual, which was awesome.  After work I went for a run (C25K Week 3!) then went to the grocery store then had to pick up Liam from my in-laws and didn’t get home until 8:45.  I ended up eating a bag of frozen vegetables for dinner at 9:30 while sitting on the floor with Liam in his bouncy seat.  

I love it though.  Being a mom is my favorite job I’ve had so far.  And even though I am completely exhausted on those crazy busy days, I feel such a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day!  

So excited to be celebrating tomorrow as a Mom for the first time! :)

I absolutely LOVE that I’m getting to know Liam’s cues and cries and what they mean.  People always say that you’ll know what cry means what, but when we first got home from the hospital I thought that all those people were totally nuts or that I was missing some kind of essential mom radar that allowed me to know what cry meant what.  But it just took me two months to get to know this little guy.  I can tell when he wakes up from a nap whether he’s hungry or needs to burp, and I can always tell when he’s about to poop (sorry - tmi?) because he always gets really still and makes this funny little noise right before.  Of course, there are times when he’s crying and I just think, “I don’t know what you want!!” but I’m definitely learning.  

ALSO, Liam had one of his first true smiles the other day - I was getting ready to put him down for tummy time and was holding him out facing me, talking to him and smiling, and he looked right at me and cracked a huge smile.  Made my week!

There’s a little smirk - he definitely gets that from his dad.