back in georgia.. for good.

im back in ga. and i am not posting via my droid! starting on my long list of septmber tasks, as my new planner calls them! sending out 1st birthday invites are first. then so on and so on.
oh and my dredies are well on their way! -->

Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.8

WHew!

the baby shower has come and gone! now I am taking a little breather! everything went so well! I will post some pictures when i get them. my house was in tip top shape, the food was fantastic, and the desserts were gorgeous! We had 36 people here! and my house seems to be plenty of space, well at least when it's just me n Nora here, but then you add up to 30 adults, and the space just disappears. The weather was perfect so we got to open up our lovely french doors to the back yard so that definitely helped out. i spent all my energy on the shower, and then last night nora didn't want to sleep very long, at 5 am she woke up and stayed awake until just now. And i need to leave for work at 3:30. but it's all good cause I go up to see hector on wednesday!

I will be missing Jillian's last baby shower, and i feel pretty bad about that, but I really wanna see my hubby love. ANd then him and i are driving back down to GA together, which is always fun! And after Easter we are flying to Ohio to see his family (he has 10 days of leave). I am very excited about going to Ohio cause I'm not such a fatty now, still got some work to do, not necessarily on the weight issue, more about toning up. My legs just aren't the same as they were when I played volleyball, but I guess I shouldn't really expect them to be considering how much time I used to spend working out and playing. Plus Hector's family hasn't seen Nora since New Years, so she is gonna be getting some lovin! (like always)

Ok well I have to go put some clean sheets on my bed and do some straightening up. I have figured out that it is better to keep everything picked up all week long rather than just doing one big clean sweep at the end of the week. It just gets very over whelming!

busy bee

So hector is home, for good! Nora is kinda sicks :( I think it is just a cold with a sore throat. but that sore throat makes her not want to eat, so then being hungry make her not want to sleep, so it the sore throat causes large problems. oh well. 30 min after giving her infant tylenol her throat feels better and she can at least eat a bottle. so I just took a break from my blog and went to put nora down for a nap. ends up.. she doesn't like to be swaddled anymore!! I put her down swaddled and she cried and didn't want to go to sleep, so after about 3 min of that (normally she goes to sleep about 15 seconds after me putting her down) i just un-swaddled her and she went right to sleep!! soo great!! Anyway, I have been getting ready for Jillian's shower that will take place at my house in the 28th! That's 12 days!! and a lot of those days are already taken up by other showers and husband stuff. today is lunch with mallie, thursday is post-op appointment, then after that I am either driving or flying up to north carolina for a birthday party on saturday. then flying or driving back saturday afternoon. Painting my powder room sunday morning, then baby shower sunday afternoon. wow that's a pretty packed schedule. but then I have the rest of the week to do things for the shower. no sweat, nothing a perfect housewife can't handle. (I like to think of myself as the perfect housewife, even if it's not true I like to pay myself a little complement every once in a while lol) Well I'll write soon, maybe!



sick :(




This is nora at one of Jillian's many baby showers!

Long time no write!

so if you read my blog, I'm sure you read my sister's blog as well. She is way more up to date than I am! but in a little recap Hector has been deployed to haiti, originally gone for no more than 30 days. Then we hear that it is going to be 6 months. Then about a week ago we hear that they are coming home Feb 27. So Nora and I have been living down in GA, in our amazing house!! SO we pack things up and drive to NC, awaiting the arrival of our lovely butt (he surely has a lovely butt!!!) Well saturday morning we find out that they aren't coming home, I mean really?? come on!! So we drive back to GA sunday morning. Completely bummed out.
Well this morning we got another E-mail saying that they are for real going to be home hopefully by friday, but definitely by sunday!! I realllllly hope it is true!! Friday morning we are taking the trip again, hoping to be more successful! This time I am just staying with Jeanna so I won't waist any money on a hotel room, until Hector is here for sure. Staying with Jeanna will be way easier than staying with someone else cause she already has all the baby stuff in her house so i wont need to set up camp there.

Nora updates: Nora is 14 lbs 11 oz. she will be 5 months old on friday. she is now eating 4 bottles of 6 oz a day, maybe 5 if she wakes up early. She sleeps from about 9:30 pm to 8:00 am, at least that is what we shoot for. she only sleeps in her own crib, upstairs; even for naps. She really loves to be on her tummy and watch "your baby can read". I feel like she will be crawling any time now! Oh and she is in size 2 diapers now, holy crap she is growing so fast.









This is Nora Joy in our hotel room waiting for Hector to come home.


here is some more eye candy!!..........




I will write more when Hector gets home! And don't forget Nora boo's 5 month on friday!!!

Dear Nora,

Your 4 months old! It seems like only a couple of days ago I was waking up and getting ready to head off to the hospital. The anticipation of being able to hold you in my arms rather than in my belly was overwhelming. You just seemed so comfortable in there, but the time had come. You are just as comfortable out here in the world as you were in my belly. I can tell by the way you smile when I talk to you, and how you light up when a doggie comes around. Your smile is so big and adorable it puts everyone around you in a good mood, even though all you have is a mouth full of gums! Your grin has turned into a slight giggle, and sometimes even a little yelp (a happy one) when I hold you above my head! Even though you like that so much I can't do it all the time due to the fact that you threw up in my mouth!!! You have grown so much since the last time your Papi saw you, but you won't even remember him being away when you get older.
You like to play with your rattle and reach for stuff (especially dogs!) You love to stand up now, no more sitting down for you. Before we know it you will be pulling up on stuff! You like to play on your little gym that has toys dangling on it, and now you don't even mind being on your tummy because you can push yourself up. Your little toesies clinch onto anything they come in contact with, you get that from me! And your fun loving personality reminds me of your Papi everyday.
To go to sleep you still have to be swaddled, and soon that pink blanket won't be big enough to keep you in!! You are on a 4 hour schedule now and it is working perfectly! you sleep when you need to sleep and eat when you need to sleep, how much more perfect can you be?!? The whole family loves you soo much and you are the center of attention every where we go. Your hair seems to get everyones attention, there is just so much of it!! The last 4 months have just been going by really fast and I am looking forward to slowing everything down and settling into our beautiful house, where your childhood will really take place!

Nora I love you so much, I never thought I could love someone this much after only 4 months.. your just amazing.

sadness

I hate the army. more like I hate the communication, or lack there of, that comes from the army. When we first hear about haiti the time frame is 2 months. Then 2-5 months. Then 2 weeks, then 3-6 months, then only 17 more days. Now we have official word, 6 more months, July 18th. "Well at least it's not Afghanistan"... I'm tired of hearing it, it is just as hostile over there. I am just as lonely here. Nora is still growing up just as fast. So no.......... it's not better one way or the other, it sucks, no matter which way you spell it out, being away from your family for 6 months sucks. When he left I thought I could handle this, but now I am beginning to realize I can't. I want him back here. i need him back here. If you don't want to hear me have self pity anymore then stop reading my blog, cause right now I just want to feel bad for my self. my current emotion right now is empty, and I have a feeling it will stay like this for a while.

things are looking up

We have entered the contest....! "Regins and Kelly -Beautiful Baby Search" go to their website on March 1st and vote. Nora Joy could win $125.000 in college education! don't worry........ I will remind everyone closer to the date!
Well Nora is completely on formula now, and i just can't quiet figure out her schedule anymore..... sometimes she is hungry, and sometime she is not. It has only been about 2 days of being off schedule, but when it has been 3 months of perfect scheduling, 2 days (and nights) are pretty hard. ANy baby wise moms out there have any suggestions??
So Hector is still in Haiti, but he bought a a phone over there so I get to talk to him everyday!!!!! It makes things sooo much better. He finally got to wash himself in someway yesterday, after being there since the 16th.... 11 days, YIKES! He is such a clean freak (and I mean that in a good way) I know he was just dying to be clean! Other than that, he is doing really good over there. I just love him so much, and can't wait to see his bubbly face!!
My house is well on it's way to being a home! SHopping Shopping Shopping, that's all it takes! I refinished some kitchen chairs and they look great!







and I am doing another round of shopping tomorrow, hoping to find a headboard for our master.
I should go to sleep now, gotta be well rested for a full day of shopping tomorrow!