Yes my little girl is now 1 month old, and I can’t believe it!  I don’t feel like she’s been here that long, but I guess a big part of that is the fact that I spent the first 9 days laid up in a hospital bed. 

She’s surprising me everyday, and it amazes me how fast she’s growing.  A few days ago I noticed her preemie clothes were starting to get a little snug, and by the end of the weekend she couldn’t straighten her legs in any of her preemie sleepers.  We have officially moved on up to newborn size!  I guess that’s only fitting since her actual due date falls on Turkey Day.

Speaking of Turkey Day, as the mother of the only grandchild on either side of the family I’m also learning how hectic things are going to be for us this year.  We’ll be running all over the place tomorrow because every grandparent and great grandparent expect to have the baby at Thanksgiving dinner.  Hubby will be happy because he’ll have plenty of excuses to eat all he can, but I have a feeling I’ll be thoroughly exhausted.  Then we get to turn around and do this all over again in a month for Christmas! 

Things are definitely going to be a lot different this holiday season, that’s for sure.  We’ll be planning everything around the baby instead of us.  Even the items on my Christmas gift wish list have changed.  I’ve gone from scoping out things I’d want like BCBG Max Azria handbags to checking out diaper bags. Instead of buying another tv as our joint Christmas present to each other we’re looking at baby swings. Yep, things are definitely going to be a lot different this year.  What scares me is knowing how many gifts this child will probably get from her Grandparents.  We already received so much stuff in our baby showers that we don’t have enough room to put it all in the nursery.  I don’t know what we’ll do when Christmas gets here because the Grandparents are already buying like crazy.  I may just have to start moving things into storage.  I can at least pack up the clothes she won’t wear until Summer and move those to the attic.  The problem is I never have the time to actually do it.

This weekend was definitely a busy one.  We’re still adjusting to life with a new baby and the fact that there just aren’t enough hours in the day.  We also learned just how difficult it  really is to pack up a newborn for trip out of the house…even if that trip is just a quick run to the Dollar General for some essentials to get through the weekend. 

Needless to say I’ll be shopping while Hubby stays with the baby from now on…or at least until she’s big enough to sit in the buggy.  The shopping carts at Dollar General are the half sized variety, so no matter how you turn it a car seat will NOT fit in one.  Ahhh the joys of being a new parent…so many lessons to learn!

I also thought I’d have more time on the weekend to get my work done since Hubby would be here to help me.  The truth is I have more free time during the weekdays while the baby sleeps.  Things were a lot more chaotic with all of us home.  Add in a fussy baby who’s going through one of those I want to eat nonstop phases, and I hardly got to touch the pc.  I didn’t get a bit of work done. 

Normally if I see emails for stuff like diet pills, discount ink, and discounts on belize hotels I’ll just delete the emails, but I spent so little time online that I was actually willing to read all the junk mail in my inbox this morning just to give me something to do online. I knew she wouldn’t be asleep long enough to actually get any work done. I remember a time when I was actually naive enough to think I could setup a work schedule according to the baby’s schedule. Right now I laugh and think schedule? What schedule? How long before she settles into a schedule, and will I ever be able to work around it? I just keep telling myself she’ll eventually go to sleep, and when she does I’ll take advantage of those times like I’m doing right now no matter how long it lasts.

Now let’s see if I can grab a quick nap before she wakes up again.  Then again just the thought of a nap seems to trigger her to wake up.