firsts.......

a weekend of firsts.....

finley (and i) had a fun filled weekend of "firsts".....

the first "first" was on friday.

i had my 6 week OB appointment...and matt had to work a double shift....so finley and i went to my dr appointment! it was our first outing together....just the 2 of us! i was a little nervous, what if she starts crying and i cant get her to stop? what if she has to eat? breastfeed in public???? ive never done that before....

finley in her cute outfit all ready to go...

so i fed her right before we left, and the car ride was GREAT! she slept (i would assume, she was quiet! we dont have a handy mirror yet, so i couldnt see her back there...and i hate that! mental note....need a mirror!").

we got to dr office....only 1 minute late (pretty good if i do say so myself!)....then sat there...for 1/2 hour BEFORE they even called me back to the little room...

its 1:15 now, and i had fed her at 11:30...

they had me weigh in (back to pre-pregnancy weight! woohoo), took my blood pressure (102/70..good!)...and "undress from the waist down and dr. p will be in shortly"...then i sat there AGAIn....for about 15 minutes....and thats when little miss decided to get fussy!

so, here i am, sitting on the exam table, with my blue sheet over my lower half, she fusses, i jump off table, insert binki, it works!, jump back on table.....binki pops out, she fusses, i jump down, insert binki, it works, back on the table i go....for 15 minutes!!!! then dr. p comes in...

now it becomes his job to insert binki!!!

we briefly talk....continue taking prenatal vitamin, what about birth control?....that made me laugh! and im sure all you fellow IF-ers laughed at that too! ummm....it took us 2 1/2 years and IVF to get miss finley, i wasnt on anything that entire time, and you want me to think about birth control??? haha....he ended up writing me a Rx for one, and i can decide if i want to fill it or not...finely is still fussin if her binki falls out....ummm.....SHEs HUNGRY!

he examines me, im all good, appointment done...

now i quickly dress cause shes not fussing anymore, shes crying....i get her out of her car seat....and feel a VERY squishy tushy!

i change her....and she had TOTALLY FILLED her diaper! no wonder she fussing!

now its 2...2 1/2 hours since her last feed, i have a 45 minute drive....what to do? i decide to feed her before i start the drive... i drive to the back of the hospital parking lot, park in the sun (yes! beautiful sun!!)...and feed her..... so i guess i was technically " in public" breastfeeding....;-) another "first" !!!

then, when we are finished i start to pull towards the front of the parking lot....and she starts screaming! (red face, non breathing....) and my cell phone rings.... so i pulled over, answer my call, got into the back seat of the car, got her out and held her for about 20 minutes until she calmed down....and talked to my friend who gave me some much needed encouragement! ("girl, my daughter used to scream all the time in the car, its ok. just pull over and try to console her").

then i drove 45 minutes to my friends house! another "first".

heather has 2 kiddos that hadnt met finley yet, so i headed that way! boy, were her girls wound up! they are 7 and 4 years old.... and loved holding finley! after about 2 hours, finley had had enough...and was crying big time again....so we went home.

that was a big day for a little girl! she was out for 6 hours! so much stimulation! and a lot of "firsts" for both of us!

sophia holding finley....

chloe holding finley...

then saturday.....ugggg...id love to erase saturday. finely was FUSSY! from 11AM.ALL.THE.REST.OF.THE.DAY.EVENING.NIGHT....if she wasnt eating, or in my arms, she was fussing! and matt was at work....so i couldnt catch a break.....oh, and one of the cats were running around the house PUKING everywhere! so, yes, at one point in the early evening....i was sitting here with a miller lite next to me (that i hadnt even gotten to open yet), finley on my lap crying, and i was crying....ugggg....

then she woke to eat every 2 hours throughout the night. i think all that sounds like a growth spurt...? any suggestions?

what? me? im not fussy!!

even in the middle of my melt down....i can just kiss her forever!

then sunday....another "first" ...

we took finley to church! again, i was a little nervous about this, especially since saturday was the way it was....so, i fed her right before we left....and headed to church. and she slept the entire time!!!!! now, we were in the cry room the entire time (just in case....) but it was a success!

look at me all dressed and ready to go to church!

after church, a quick picture of us...but shes not into pictures...she wants FOOD!!!

hurry, one last picture....ok.....now you can eat finley!;-)