Motherhood

Being a mommy is better than I ever could have imagined.  Sure the never sleeping all through the night because every little noise she makes wakes me up isn't always that fun.  THen there is her waking up at 6:00 all ready for the day.  However there is far more good than bad.  Here are some of my favorite things with being a mommy:

1. Hearing her babble, so darn cute
2. The way she smells after bath time
3. The way she snuggles right into me
4. Rocking her in the same rocking chair my mommy rocked me
5. Her smile
6. Her giggle
7. How her face lights up when she sees me in the morning
8. How her face looks whenever she sees me
9. Her beautiful face
10. Her tiny little feet
11. Her button nose
12. The way she opens her mouth when I try to give her kisses
13. Watching her discover new things, like finding her feet
14. Just watching her
15. The feeling when she grabs my fingers
16. How she grabs my shirt when I hold her, like she doesn't want me to let her go
17. Her curiosity
18. That she is my little girl
19. Squeezing her tiny cute little butt
20. Watching her change
21. Watching her grow
22. Holding her
23. Loving her
24. Playing with her
25. Watching her play by herself
26. How she flails her limbs when she is overly excited
27. How adorable she looks with her headbands and bows/flowers

Motherhood is amazing and I wouldn't change a thing about it.  Who knew you could love someone so much before you meet them, then when you finally do the love increases beyond measure.  She is the most amazing little girl and I feel so blessed to get to be her mommy.  I love my little Peanut.

-Mama Lucas

4 1/2 months

So I've fallen a little behind on the blog so I'll try to do as much updating as I can.  The weekend Peanut turned 4 months daddy was in town for Fathers day.  I can't believe I have a 4 1/2 month old baby.  She is the most amazing thing I could ask for.  In one day she rolled over from her back to tummy and then perfected it.  Any time you would put her on her back to her tummy she would go.  Which makes it hard after she is done eating because then she will spit it all back up.  She has also found and enjoyed her voice.  She talks A LOT and it is adorable.  I love it.  I can't wait to hear what she sounds like when she starts speaking words.  She also recently started giggling.  I might love that more than her talking.  Best sound to a mama's ears.  


She had her 4 month appointment on the 15th.  She was 12 pounds 3 ounces and 25.5 inches long.  She is long and skinny.  I think she gets that from the Liekhus side of the family.  One problem with that though.  She is too skinny for her 3-6 month pants but her 0-3 months are too short.  Its a good thing it is summer, shorts and skirts it is.  She still fits some of her 0-3 but I am thinking of just moving all her 3-6 months over.  However, after washing all her clothes is so hard to switch over.  My baby is growing up.  


I will have a lot to blog about coming up.  Abby is going to be taking her first vacation.  We are going out to CA in 2 weeks to meet the other side of her family.  Everyone is so excited to finally get to meet her.  We will be out there for a week so as long as I can keep my butt in gear I will have many pics and things to blog about.  Until then, here is my adorable Peanut:  

-Mama Lucas

Great Grandma and Grandpa

Today Peanut got to meet one of her Great Grandma and Grandpa.  It was so great having them drive down to meet her.  She was pretty good while they were here as well.  Got a little cranky towards the end but thats what happens when she misses nap time :)  We got some great 4 generation pictures.  For your viewing pleasure:  

-Mama Lucas

Breastfeeding

By the title you can figure out what this post will be about.  If the title makes you uncomfortable than I just advice you to ignore this post. 

I can't rememeber if I ever mentioned this topic before but early on Peanut and I struggled with this.  It took 3-4 weeks before I didn't want to cry every time she latched on.  I struggled through it trying desperately to get through it knowing it would be beneficial to my baby.  Now that I made it through I love it. Its personal time to continue to bond with my Peanut.  I was also able to produce a lot of milk in the beginning.  No, not a lot, and insane amount.  There were a few times I could pump close to 20 ounces AFTER feeding her. Even though I have a lot of milk stored away I don't want to stop breastfeeding.  Like I mentioned before I enjoy it.  Since going back to work I've noticed a dramatic drop.  It's so hard to do something you want to do but your body doesn't want to cooperate with your ideas.  For the first time this weekend I didn't have enough to make my baby happy.  It broke my heart that she was getting so frustrated becuase she wasn't getting what she wanted from me.  I had to heat up a bottle to finally make her happy.  This wasn't just one occurance.  If it was one I might be able to handle it a little better thinking it was just a fluke.  However it happened a few times in a row.  I was hoping to make it the whole year with feeding her breastmilk and not having to do any formula.  The way my supply is dropping I'm worried I won't be able to do this much longer for her, and it hurts my heart.  I know whatever happens happens.  And I know I have done a lot for her already, doesn't make it any easier if you have a plan and it doesn't work.  Doesn't make it any easier that I love breastfeeding and I might not be able to make it as long as I wanted. This all makes me sad, but I'm not going to go down without trying my hardest to bring my supply back up.  No matter how much extra work it makes for me.

                   She is just so darn cute!!!


-Mama Lucas

Where has time gone

So its been a little bit since I have been on here.  My apologies.  There has been a lot that has happened in the past few weeks.  To sum it up short, week 2 of back to work I decided to take my last day of the week off and hang out with my baby girl.  Week three day 2 I end up taking her in to the Dr to check for pink eye (none thank goodness).  When texting the daycare lady, M, I find out that one of the other kids had lice.  Awesome.  So I end up staying home with Peanut the rest of the week.  Made it through week 4 of work and am almost done with week 5.  Peanut seems to like the daycare lady, she smiles bunches at her when I drop her off.  Makes me feel good and sad at the same time.  


We went to 2 Twins games where they won both.  I think Peanut might be a good luck charm.  The second Twins game we went to was on Mother's Day.  First one and I think it was a success.  We had a great day with Nana.  The weather was beautiful, couldn't have asked for a better day, well maybe a little less wind, but overall it was great.  

Mommy and Peanut on Mothers day

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Nana and Peanut

5' Piggy bank

Lastly our little Peanut is now 3 months old.  Where has this time gone.  I can't believe she is already 25% of the way to 1 year old.  She is getting so big.  She loves to talk now, its the cutest sound I've ever heard.  It is so great watching her grow and change every day.  She has also started to grab items.  Including my arm today, ouch. 

I'm 3 months?  ooooooo

Walk like an Egyptian

First week down

We made it through our first week.  Well more so I made it through our first week.  Abby did great at daycare and they seem to love her, but how could you not.  She is such a good baby.  Peanut has picked up a bit of a cold, which was pointed out to me isn't surprising since she just completed her first week of daycare.  Hasn't been around that many germs yet.  Towards the end of the week M, the daycare lady, showed Peanut how to press the keys on the piano.  After just a couple of views Peanut was having a fun time playing the piano by herself.  M took some pictures so I will post them when I get them.


Being back at work isn't fun.  I don't totally enjoy my job, just working here until I can finish my degree.  That is one thing that made coming back so hard, I don't really want to be here, but this is real life and in real life you have to pay bills.  Well if you want good credit you have to pay bills. 

I loved getting to spend all weekend with Peanut.  Lots of snuggles included :)  Made going back today hard but not as hard as the first day. 


Here is a fun photo from the weekend:

-Mama Lucas

Going back to "normal" life

Today was a very sad day for Mama Lucas.  I had to go back to work after 2 wonderful months with my baby girl.  After getting 4 hours of sleep my long day began.  I was so sad having to drop her off at daycare.  The longest I had been away from her was maybe 6 hours and then she was with Nana.  This is the first time I have left her and she wasn't with Nana or Daddy.  So hard on Mama and its not going to be any easier to repeat tomorrow.  I miss spending all day with my little girl.  Seeing every smile and hearing every noise she makes.  Someone else gets to experience all that while I sit in a cube and process orders.  That makes me sad.  I wish I could stay at home with her all day long and never have to go back to work.  


I was told she did great in daycare.  She was very alert and smiling to all the other kids.  Not that I doubted my wonderful little one.  Among all the little milestones of daycare and mama going back to work, my little girl is 2 months old today.  I can't believe it.  Where have these 2 months gone.  I don't remember what life was like before she came and I don't care.  Four hours of sleep and having to work 10 hours, then come home and take care of some things.  I'll take it in a heartbeat to have this beautiful girl with me.  I am so blessed and happy for her I can't imagine my life without her.  

My first day of daycare

-Mama Lucas