*Miscellany Monday*

I'm sorry I've been such a bad blogger lately.  It just seems like every time I sit down on the computer to write a post, I just can't think of anything fun/interesting to write about...and then Isabella wakes up from her nap.  So, I figured MM would be a great post to update what's been going on with me, and to just be random...because, if you don't know by now, I love to be random.  ;-)

*  Isabella is 2 months old today!  I can't believe it.  I know I say this every time, but seriously...WHERE has the time gone?!  I'm going to do a little photoshoot with her tonight, so I'll post those pics/updates sometime this week.

*  I go back to work exactly 3 weeks from today.  Again, I can't believe it.  WHERE has the time gone?!  How did 12 weeks go by so. damn. quickly.???  I can't even really think/talk about it because it makes me cry.  How am I going to drop my little baby off at daycare with a stranger?!  Moms - please tell me it's going to be OK, and that gets easier over time.  I'm seriously kind of freaking out over here. 

*  We celebrated Isabella's first Easter last weekend.  It was a great day!  We had to drive all over the state to see all of our families, but, it wasn't too bad...and B was such a good girl the entire day!  Here's a few pics from our weekend:

Somebunny Special  :)

Mommy & Bella

Passed out

Family pic

Happy and smiling for daddy!

*  I'm so glad the weather is finally getting warmer around here!  It's been no fun being cooped up in the house all day when it's rainy and cold outside.  Bring on spring/summer!!  

*  Did I tell ya'll (I love saying 'ya'll', even though I'm not from the south.  :P ) that my SIL is pregnant again?!  The SIL that just had her first baby the past September!  Craziness.  And, they're pretty sure they're having another boy!  I can't believe this Thanksgiving/Christmas there's going to be THREE new babies to celebrate with.  I'm so excited!  :-)

*  Honestly...I love Isabella SO much, I can't even explain it.  She's such a sweet baby, and she's SO good.  I don't know how I got so lucky.  I had a pretty great 9 months during pregnancy, and now I have a great baby.  I thank my lucky stars every single day for being so blessed.  (I swear I'm not trying to be an AW or anything...I'm just so thankful.)

*  Speaking of loving Isabella...you know what I don't love so much?...the amount of poop/pee that comes out of this little girl!!  lol  Seriously, it's insane.  I've had enough blowouts in the past couple weeks to last me a lifetime!  And yesterday, her diaper was so full (I had just changed her not even 3 hours earlier!), that when she peed, it came out the sides of the diaper all over my legs.  Thankfully she was sitting on ME, and not on the couch or something! 

Question - Is it crazy that my 2 month old is having to wear size 2 diapers already??  I mean, she's not a big girl or anything, she just goes to the bathroom that much sometimes that her diaper is SO full it can't hold it all!  During the day, I change her diaper roughly every 3 hours, sometimes more, before she eats.  Should I be changing her more often??  Or, is going up a size in diapers the right move?

*  Sorry, enough of the poop/pee talk.  But, that's been my life lately.  Glamorous, no?  ;-)  Don't worry...I love every minute of it!  I really do!  Because, how can you not love this sweet face?...even when she's pooping/peeing all over you.  :P

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*  Did mention how well breastfeeding has been going for me and B??  Like, I love it...L.O.V.E.  And, before I had Bella, I never thought I would say that!  I was very laid back about it before she was born, and was planning on going with the flow...if it worked, great...if it didn't, we'd go with formula.  No big deal.  Now?  I have such an attachment with breastfeeding Bella, and I enjoy it so much, I don't even like it when Hubs has to give her a bottle of breast milk.  I don't know if that's a good or bad thing.  Don't get me wrong, it definitely hasn't been easy, that's for sure.  The first 3 weeks alone...with the 'omg-I-think-my-nipple-is-on-fire' feeling when she latched on, and simultaneously slamming my foot on the ground so hard and screaming out loud from the pain...was enough to make me quit.  But, I didn't...and I'm so glad I didn't.  Because you know what?  One day (about 3 1/2 weeks in), I was feeding her and it just hit me..."Whoa.  My nipple doesn't really feel like it's going to fall off anymore!"  I couldn't believe it.  And now, it doesn't hurt...at all.  I'm proud of us.  :-)

*  Isabella has finally been giving me regular smiles and 'talks' to me all. the. time. now.  It's THE cutest thing ever!!  I've been trying to get some good pictures/videos of her doing it, but of course every time I break out the camera, she just stares at me and does nothing.  *lol*  Typical.  But, I did get 1 or 2 cute videos of her cooing and talking last week.  I'll have to upload those sometime this week!

Happy Monday, everyone!!  :-)

**Edited to add a few more randoms.