Sleeping Beauty

You may wonder why I have posted all the precious pictures of Mattie Anne sleeping. Well we have really good news! Mattie Anne is sleeping through the night! I didn't want to say anything at first because who knew if it would continue, but we have gone all week! I know that doesn't mean that it will continue and she will never wake me up again, but I think it is a nice start. I started working with her on this last weekend. My book said that when she wakes up to wait a little while before getting her and see if she will fall back to sleep. We started that last Friday and after a few days she was waking up during the night but going back to sleep within 10 mins or so and the past few nights she has woken up but no crying! So, I guess that doesn't actually qualify as completely sleeping through the night...but really really close! This morning she woke up around 5:00 for maybe 5 mins and went back to sleep and I actually had to wake her up at 6:00! She is sleeping between 7.5 and 8 hours so that means I'm usually getting around 6.5 to 7. I am very happy with that, especially since I will be starting back full-time at work in the next week or two.

Pumpkin Patch

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We took Mattie Anne to the pumpkin patch! It was so much fun. We went with our new friends Andy and Sasha Peck. Andy took better pics and as soon as I get some those from him, I'll post them.

Last week was pretty uneventful. I went to work 4 days, still taking Mattie Anne with me. It didn't wear on me as much as I thought it would, but needless to say, I was looking forward to the weekend. Friday night we went out to eat with Clark and Rachel Richardson. We went to a nice Mexican restaurant; it was a lot of fun! Mattie Anne just tagged along and was very well behaved (she slept)! Saturday morning I had a baby shower for Sara Gordon, a friend from church. It was so nice! Then Saturday afternoon was our trip to the Weston Red Barn Farm! That is where the pumpkin patch is. They have an apple orchard and a pumpkin patch, but we pretty much went there for pictures of Mattie Anne!

Our jogging is going steadily, I don't think Matt hates it as much as he used to. I had to cut back a little bit because my knees started bothering me, we think it is from IT band syndrome...which is an over use injury. Pretty much we think I did too much too fast. I started jogging 2 weeks ago and I kept wanting to see how far I could go, well I went 3 miles for the first time probably since high school and was really excited and kept doing 2-3 miles depending on how much time we had (we usually have to squeeze it in). My knees would be a little stiff in the mornings, but nothing too bad, they never hurt when I jogged. Then last Thursday, we didn't have anything else going on and we had done 3 miles and I wanted to keep going just to see if I could do another. Matt stopped because Mattie Anne was getting a little fussy. I went another mile and checked with Matt to see if he cared if I try to do another, he didn't so I kept on trucking. I decided to stop after 5 miles, I was pretty happy with that because I don't think I had ever jogged that far. Well, the next morning my knees were a little more than sore and they continued to hurt when I jogged. I talked to Mrs. Brenda and looked up some of my symptoms and it seems that IT band syndrome is common especially when you over do it. So, I am going to try some stretches and cutting down a little bit. I guess best of all I have found something that I really enjoy. I think that it would be fun to train to do a half marathon. Matt isn't so excited about that idea but is willing to do it with me. I would love to start now but the training schedule is 16 weeks and that would be straight through the winter and I would rather run outside than on a treadmill. The winter in KC can be brutal (especially for us Mississippians) so I think at times running outside would be hard.

Funny story....
This morning I wasn't going to work because I had to take Mattie Anne in for her shots. I had already let them know at work that I wouldn't be in and possibly tomorrow depending on how Mattie Anne did. I set it up with the childcare center that she would start Wednesday. So, I got up this morning and got dressed, and I got the paper out that had the time of her appointment because I forgot to write the time on the calendar. Well, it definitely said Oct. 29 at 10:15. Today is the 22nd...I wrote it on everything wrong. I remember discussing with the nurse the time and day of the week that would be best, I guess that I thought we were talking about the Monday that she turned 8 weeks and she was talking about the Monday after she was 2 months. Oh well, I'm excited I have one more week to spend the day with her! I may even do some work at home this week so I can spend a little more time at home with her. Well, she is waking up for her afternoon meal, I better go feed her!

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Life Goes On

Mattie Anne is 7 weeks old today. Just one more week before the dreaded shots! It is amazing how much she has grown and how alert she can be. She started rolling over, and of course, I missed the first time. I put her down in the craddle on her stomach and went into the kitchen to do something. She started to cry so I went to check on her and she was on her back! I put her back on her stomach to see if she would do it again and she did! This got me all excited so I got the video camera out, well by the time that I had the first roll filmed she had done it probably 7 times and was not happy about it anymore. So as you will see in the video, she is crying, but at least it is on video! Her other trick is standing...no not completely by herself, but pretty close! She has amazingly strong legs! She will lock them out and almost stand on her own, we just have to support her for balance. We will have to try and get that on video soon!






It seems like the question I am asked most is if I'm getting any sleep. Well, I am getting more than I thought I would! Since about 2-3 weeks old I was only having to get up once during the night. The past 2 weeks she has been sleeping between 6-7 hours straight! I usually feed her around 9 and she will wake up between 3:30 and 5:00 am. What is even better about this feeding is that she will eat for 5-10 minutes and go right back to sleep so I can usually get back to bed fairly quickly because I get up between 5:30 and 6:30 on days that I go to work. Then at the 6:00-6:30 feeding she will eat for a while and stay awake. This past week she went a couple of days where she would wake up at 2:00 and then every two hours until 10 and she was hungary! I assume it was a growth spurt because she has now fell back into her old routine. She pretty much stays close to her routine which is: 6:00 am, 8:30 am, 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 7:00 pm, 9:00 pm, and then whenever she wakes during the night. Hopefully soon she will drop the night feeding and go from 9:00 pm to 5:30 am, I'll let ya know when that happens! BabyWise says that they can start sleeping through the night as early as 6-8 weeks but usually by 10-12. We will see when Mattie Anne chooses to do that! I feel that I'm lucky enough to only have to wake up once during the night!

I mentioned earlier that I was going back to work. I started 2 weeks ago, but only went in Thursday and Friday of those weeks. I am taking off today of this week but am aiming to go in the rest of the week, but nothing is etched in stone. Mattie Anne goes to work with me right now! I don't want to put her in daycare until she has her shots. She sits in her infant seat on my desk all day, the women in the office love it! She is fun to have around, and has only inturrpted a few phone conversations with fussing. Starting back part time and taking Mattie Anne with me is a really easy way to get back into the swing of work. It isn't as bad as I thought it would be. The mornings can be hetic, but once we get to work and get all set up it goes pretty smoothly and it is nice to be back around everyone at work.

Not much else is going on in our lives. Matt is doing his Physicatric rotation this month, not his favorite so far, but at least he doesn't have to work weekends. He was able to go to the Kansas City Chiefs game yesterday. He was invited to go with a man from our church who is a politician in Kansas City, so he sat on the 17th row for part of the game and in a box for the other part. Pretty good deal for his first NFL game!

Matt's parents (GP and BB) came into town last week. I felt lucky because I was able to spend all day with them and Matt had to work. The pictures of Mattie Anne in her red jogging suit (from Nana) are from when we went to the park jogging, isn't she adorable. Mattie Anne loves going jogging! Matt and I have started jogging regulary now. His parents jog regularly and when they were up hear they got me out jogging and I realized that I really like it. So, now that Mr. Bill and Mrs. Brenda are gone I make Matt jog with me. He isn't the happiest about my new found love!


Here are some pictures from GP and BB's visit!