Merry Christmas!

Today is Christmas, 2009...Bella's first. Christmas Eve began with a 2 1/2 hour car ride upstate, to Jeff's family. I was so nervous that Bella would cry most of the way, but she did great and slept most of the way. The family was so generous with gifts for Bella. She got so many cute outfits, a big bird she loves already, and her first pair of earrings from Pop. We all had a great time visiting with everyone, but the day goes so fast. Right now, we are watching the Disney parade and it is just making me excited about bringing her to the parks one day. Before I was a mom, I never really understood what people meant by "you really get enjoyment out of seeing your children happy," I now get it.

Winter, go away!

So Bella and I are stuck in the house as Jeff has taken my truck to work with the baby seat base in it...safer than driving his car. This is going to be a quick week anyway, with Christmas coming up, we will be going to upstate NY for the holiday to Jeff's family. I am hoping the weather holds out for us. I am nervous about the long drive with a 12 week old baby...she is def. a back seat driver ;0) I have to post pictures from the snow storm we got. It was nuts...24 + inches! For Hanukkah, I got the Wii Fit, and I love it. It has def. helped me on my diet. Having fun while exercising is a genius idea! However, Bella does not nap much, so it is hard for me to get on to it as much as I would like to. Last time I weighed myself, I lost 6 pounds...I am guessing after the holidays I will gain a bunch back, but it is a start! Jeff will be getting home early tonight, so I will be heading to the store to get some groceries to go with the recipes in my Weight Watchers momentum cookbook mom and dad got me. Glazed pork roast with apricot glaze...yum!

We Have Been Let Out!

So, I started another blog after I forgot the password to this blog, then I forgot the password to that blog, remembered this one again, and now I am back. Bella is now 11 weeks old...12 weeks on Wednesday. I still just can not believe how fast time has gone. Again, I am hoping this blog helps me to be able to look back and see how much time has passed and all of the things we have done. Today we had the end of a bad snow storm...we had about 24 inches! I can not wait until Bella is old enough to play in it! I took some pictures today and will try to remember and come back to post them.
As of last time I wrote, Bella and I did not even leave the house yet to do much of anything other than going to the Dr. and my parents house. Well...against Dr.'s orders, I could not take just being in the house anymore, and honestly I think it was making Bella stir crazy as well. So, I bundled her up and off we went to Babies R' Us and the supermarket. No, not the most glamorous of places, but it made both of us feel better and it sure made the day pass by a lot quicker. You realize how difficult it is to really get out of the house now with a baby. Long gone are the days of just jumping in my car without worrying about heating it first, and jetting off to the store. Now, I must do the following: Step 1. heat up the car, Step 2. get baby bundled up in car seat, Step 3. grab diaper bag, Step 4. realize you forgot to pack clean binky and enough diapers so put baby down (baby begins to scream) grab what you need and get baby...oh, forgot to change baby before you went out...go back a couple of steps and repeat from step 2.
Not easy! Anyway, our trip to the store went well, until Bella started screaming in the middle of the supermarket and people give you one of "those" looks. Give me a break! Overall, I was very happy to get out of the house.
I joined a website called meetup.com, and found a group of moms from Long Island. I actually met up with one of the moms from the group at Borders on Friday. She was really nice and her baby was so cute. I hope we can get together again soon! It will be nice to start to get to meet more people around my age who have babies around Bella's age. Oh, I forgot to mention, while at Boarders, when waiting for the girl to show up, Bella started screaming and these old women playing cards started giving me the most nasty looks...it was very hard for me to keep my mouth shut! Then again, pre-baby if I was out, I know I was one of those women thinking in my head, "control your kid lady!" I learned my lesson...you have no clue until you have your own children! Bella is the boss, and I would not have it any other way :) Oh!! I almost forgot to mention, today was the first day Bella laughed! It was the sweetest sound <3 I am so proud of my little girl.

And Here We Go...!

So I have decided to start a blog as a way to document what is going on with Bella and I day to day, and maybe it will be a little something I can show to her at a later time to share our little adventures. Bella is now 7 weeks old...yes 7 weeks and 3 days and I can not believe it. As of the last time I brought her to the Dr. he told me not to bring her out before she is at least 4 months old. So, here we are, in our house spending "real" quality time together! I will be honest, most of our days probably will not seem very interesting to the average person, but to me they are the best. Tummy time, reading time, music time and repeat...I love every minute of it. I never thought I would even be able to stay home with Bella for even a couple of weeks. But now 7 weeks later, we are still making it by the grace of G-d...and Jeff working 2 jobs. It is not easy, we never get to see each other but we are doing it...somehow!