We had a Frey family reunion at the park on Saturday and I just had to take little Mally for her first swing on the swings!
It may look like she is about to fall… but she isn’t! I promise!
Then we came home to take a nap… but does it look like she wants to let her Momma and Daddy take a nap?!!? Nope!
One of my goals for my maternity leave was to finish our basement. I started to paint it while I was pregnant, but my legs and feet didn’t like it. (They would swell to unpleasant sizes.) And if I am going to be honest… I lost my drive and energy! : )
Well my drive and energy came back in full force at the end of last week and I dug up my paint brushes and rollers and decided to finish this project off before I go back to work. This way I’ll have a fresh work environment! Plus I’ll have a “play room” for Mally.
Today my Mom came over to go garage sailing… except we only found 2 garage sales!! We didn’t have enough shopping so we decided to head into the city… and we would look for garage sales on the way! ; ) Um… we found Walmart!! She was my personal interior decorator and we found so many fun things to finish off my project!! I am too excited about it so I have to share with you…
The wall on the left is the before. The wall on the right is what I am painting. I have that wood all the way around the room and this house has too much wood for a girl in her 20s!! I decided to paint it! Right now I have all the wood painted and the room already looks and feels brighter!
We got curtains, curtain rods, pillows, a throw blanket, blue accessories… all at Walmart! Who knew you could decorate your house at Walmart!
Yes, we are still working on that bathroom project. My goodness, I never would of guessed that would of taken 7 + months! Our tile is suppose to be here tomorrow!! Once the tile is installed we can put in the sink and put the faucets on the tub… and I think it will be functional!
Alright, I must go wake up my snoring baby! For some crazy reason I stopped doing my “dream feeding schedule” because she extended to 3 hours – so I thought she didn’t need it anymore. Wrong-o! This whole week she has been a restless sleeper. Last night I unconsciously did the dream feed schedule and she slept awesome!! Seriously – my pregnant friends out there – Use this!! Feed them at 6, 8 and then at 10! The 10 feeding they should be really sleepy and almost sleep threw the feeding!
Mallory turned one month old today. Lately I hear a lot of… enjoy this time, she is going to grow up quick. They are so right!! She is growing up quick!
I took a video of her tonight for one month. We don’t have a video camera – I just use my digital camera that takes videos – so they are not the best!
She’s starting to smile! I tried to catch it on video. This video was actually 3 minutes long – I just cut out the smile part.
When I watch this all I hear is my sister talking. I did not realize I sounded so much like her!
A few things have changed now that she is a month old:
~ She has stretched out her feedings to about every 3 hours. Just when I thought I had a schedule last week she went and changed it this week.
~ The dirty diapers are getting… dirtier! Holy man I did not know a little tiny baby girl could smell like that! What is your momma feeding you?!
~ She is very alert and is awake a good amount of time during the day. Still waking up about once in the middle of the night too.
~ I think she is getting addicted to the pacifier already! Naughty Naughty! Although she can’t seem to keep it in her mouth at the moment and keeps spitting it at my keyboard.
Here is the first video I tried taking of her… all she did was cry at me.
