Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to me! It's been a great first mother's day but I will tell all about it later since I am going to enjoy my day. Being a mom is the greatest thing ever!!!

The weekend is here!

So we've had a busy weekend already and it's only half over. :) We left this morning for virginia beach and got here around lunch time. We had lunch out and then Matt's mom, Lily, and me went to babies'r'us. Babies'r'us is like heaven! Especially since we don't have one in Lynchburg. Toys'r'us SUCKS in comparison. Anyways - so I spent a long time in there and Matt's mom got Lily a bunch of new clothes and some other things. Yeah!! Then we finally came home and before I knew it it was time for Lily to go to bed.

It's been a good day so far and I'm excited about my first mother's day tomorrow and getting to hear my hubby preach! Off to relax some before bed. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

hump day

Well, not too much going on this week (which is good because I needed some down time!). Monday was recovery day from the weekend. Yesterday Lily and I went to a few stores and I tried out a new recipe for dinner - Taco Bake. It was pretty good. Today we ran a few errands and took a walk. Then this afternoon we met Alicia and Andi at the mall for awhile.

I've been trying this week to make new recipes or at least something not boxed. I have found that it's easiest to make recipes where you combine things together that can be predone and put in the fridge. Then just take it out right before I put Lily to bed and put it in the oven. Tonight I made broccoli-chedder chicken - delicious! The recipe is off the back of the campbell's broccoli-chedder cheese soup.

Tomorrow is laundry day since we are going away for the weekend to Virginia Beach. I'm looking forward to it. Matt is going to be preaching on Sunday too - he's been hard at work preparing.

I also put up some new videos of Lily tonight on youtube. Check them out at www.youtube.com/bruns924.

Since I don't have much "fun" stuff to blog about. I will leave you with a cute picture of Lily waking up from her nap today and a sweet picture I took of her yesterday morning:

a fun weekend!

Wow - this weekend felt VERY busy but it was VERY fun!!

Friday evening Tara and Anthony got here just in time to tell Lily goodnight. Then the rest of the evening we had a chance to just catch up and eat a good dinner together (yes, I can cook!). I have to say thank you though to Alicia for her delicious chicken pot pie recipe!

Saturday morning we went to Sears to get some pictures taken of her. We got a sitting up pose, propped up on her hands, and then one standing up in her dress. She was of course very cute although by the time the dress picture came time, she was starting to get fussier since we had been messing with her so much. We should get them back in about a week. Picking out pictures is usually VERY difficult for me though. We also had to pick out stuff for family too. Pictures (even at cheaper places) are definitely not cheap! It's worth it though cause she's only little once.

Saturday afternoon we had a big cookout at Peak's View Park with all my girl friends from college and our families. It was a big more difficult having a baby at the park especially since she is not supposed to be in direct sunlight yet (can't wear sunscreen) for extended periods of time. We were able to find some shade though to sit in and we had brought her pack-n-play so she could sprawl out and explore which she loves to do. We also bought this umbrella that could attach over the pack-n-play to keep her in the shade. All in all, it was a very fun time and we had some delicious cook out food. YUM!! Lily did really good too.

Afterwards, we convinced Tara and Anthony to stay another night since it was later and we were all tired - plus we enjoy their company. :) So last night we had "the office" marathon on tv since we have all the seasons. I was so pooped though that I got on the air mattress with Tara and I think we both fell asleep!

Today was just a relax day from the weekend! We skipped church and then this afternoon went to Old Navy and a few other stores. Now I am just enjoying being at home!

In a Lily update - the past two nights she has woken up once in the middle of the night with *i think* reflux. She has these times where it's like milk comes up her nose or something and it freaks her out. So I just went in and held her up for a few minutes while she settled down and she fell right back asleep. I have started using diaper doublers (they look like maxi pads - ha) in her diapers at night to alleviate the peeing out her diaper every night problem. We tried all the brands and nothing worked since she doesn't get it changed for 12 hours while she's sleeping at night. I read about the doublers on a mom forum and they worked like a charm! Like I said, it's just like a maxi pad and you put it inside the regular diaper for more absorbency. WONDERFUL!!

Next weekend will be another busy one - we're headed to virginia beach. So for now I'm going to enjoy some down time at home with just us!

a busy few days

Lots to talk about!! First I will recap our last two days. Yesterday we went with Alicia and Andi to the mall. Alicia is going to Mexico for a wedding and she needed to find a dress. So we had fun shopping and then had lunch. Then today Lily and I went to a few stores together and this afternoon went walking in Wyndhurst with Alicia and Andi. While we were walking, this girl who was walking her little boy stopped and asked us if Lily and Andi were twins. HA! That's funny. They look NOTHING alike! Anyways, it gave us a good laugh.

Yesterday Matt got a letter from his work saying that due to a budget deficit at the agency, they are going to be cutting out some of their sick leave and all personal leave as well as only giving a 1% increase in pay (they usually get 4% a year). ARGH! Anyways it made us both very not happy. We were planning on using his increase this year to pay for his school loan payments which will be starting again once he graduates from seminary (August). I guess God will provide. He always has so far and I just have to trust that it's going to work out.

My sister has a scheduled due date. I don't know if I already talked about this, but if not her official c-section date and babies birthday is going to be June 2nd! Yeah!!! As always, that is pending that nothing happens sooner!

We have a busy weekends coming up that I am very excited about!! Tomorrow, Tara and Anthony are coming in to town and will be staying the night with us. Then on Saturday Lily is going to get her pictures done at Sears! I'm so excited because it's been too long since she had them done last and she's a different little baby now! Saturday afternoon all my girl friends from college and our families are having a cookout at Peaks View Park. It will be so great to have everyone together again and a bunch of them haven't seen Lily in awhile either.

Lily has been doing quite a few new things too. I know for sure that she really recognizes her name now. It's SO cute how she turns and looks for us whenever we call her name. By the way, I LOVE her name. I'm so happy that we picked that and it just fits her so good. She's also figuring out that you can actually jump in the jumperoo. She won't do two feet at a time but she wobbles back and forth alternating between the two legs. It's hilarious seeing how excited she gets! Last night we put Lily in her big girl bathtub for the first time. It's one of the inflatable kind that you can put in the bathtub. She did great and I think really loved it since she had more freedom to explore!

As I said, lots of news! We've had a great week and I'm excited for the weekend to start!