I just went back through PhillyBou to check out Casey's 1- and 2-month photos to ensure that I was posting a 3-month one that was similar enough.
What I noticed was that I used to write GOBS of stuff on here. I know that some of you loved reading my endless paragraphs - and for those of you who didn't, skip ahead to see the 3-month picture, because... I've got a keyboard tonight and I'm not afraid to use it!!
I chalk up the lack of recent long posts to these three things:
1) Casey's growth! As she gets older, this little "cherub" (people actually laugh that I call her that!) also gets more active. And as I've healed from surgery and settled into my Mommy role, I too have gotten busy!
Basically, we're into a pretty steady routine now (with just a few days where we're "off" a bit). Casey wakes up somewhere around 8:30AM, and after I feed her, she plays for nearly an hour by kicking her legs, flailing her arms, talking to me, and cooing at either our ceiling fan or the little animals hanging on her activity gym. When the hour nears an end, she starts some quiet whimpering, so I take my cue and get her in a fresh diaper and a new outfit for the day. I feed her again and then she takes a nap in her swing.
Casey's morning nap usually lasts about three hours (WOW!), and like I said, I've gotten more active, too! So, the second she's in that swing, I go racing through the house to shower, do laundry, prepare meals, pay bills, you name it. The time usually flies on by, and then Casey's awake and ready to eat again. During the rest of the afternoon, she may take a quick 30-minute nap or so, but I don't have much time where she's not happiest in my arms.
Tee Jay arrives home around 4:30PM, and he usually gets Casey in his own arms right away. (If he needs to run upstairs for a bathroom break or change of clothes first, she watches him go and waits for his return - it's the cutest thing.) I start dinner, and our evening has begun. This time usually consists of several more-clustered feedings, lots of spit up, and our new routine of getting Case in her PJs, Teej reading her a story, our saying prayers together, and then laying her down in the co-sleeper to learn how to fall asleep on her own (instead of in our arms).
So, as she gets older, I find I have less time to write.
2) TV! Yes, I'm going to blame our 'little' addiction on not posting as much. When we're juggling dinner, nursing, and a fussy spit-monster during the early-evening, Tee Jay and I sometimes manage to catch Jeopardy but not much else. So around 9:00PM when we really settle in on the couch, we've got to watch Medium, American Idol, House, Survivor, Brothers & Sisters, Amazing Race, Hell's Kitchen, and goodness knows what else. It's soooooo terrible, but yes, we're TV nuts.
3) Lastly, (and this is as bad as #2), Facebook! I used to be on Myspace, and people kept telling me that I needed to check out Facebook... and that maybe my maternity leave would be a good time to do it. I was a naysayer, but then when my sister Tree came to help out a week after Casey was born, I learned that even she and my brother-in-law were on Facebook. And that they were 'friends' with my Mom on the site. And that Tee's Mom was on there. And his grandmother. And a million other people.
So, I tried it out. And now I am ashamed to say that when Tee Jay and I are taking care of the TV addiction, I've also got the laptop on (like right now, as we watch the American Idol finale and I type away).
Whew. Three reasons for my apparent "absence" from this blog - and only ONE of them is good!!
And, if you've lasted this long, thanks for reading...
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