Coping with the stress of a dirty diaper

Balancing baby & homework

After my bath

I know Skylar will be mad at me later when I show these pictures to her friends, but I wanted everyone to see her cute chubby rolls.

Bedtime routine

Even though Larry is super busy with his homework & stays up until at least midnight every night, he always helps me put Skylar to bed. He is so good at it & I am not. We start by giving her a bath & she hates this so she screams her head off! Then Larry blow drys her hair, & she loves this. We take her in her room & I feed her & read her a book. After that Larry swaddles her & puts her in her swing & then into her crib for the night. This almost always works. Last night she was extra fussy so Larry asked me to leave the room & go take a bubble bath. When I got out of the tub I could hear him reading to her...but he was reading her his homework in a very expressive voice. She was out like a light. He put her to bed. We decided not to put a tv in our bedroom so we could spend more time hanging out , talking, reading, etc. Every night it's the same thing...we both fall asleep with a book in our hand. Having an infant is very exhausting but worth it. She's a lot of fun. We are really enjoying seeing her smile (her latest thing) Taz our German Shepherd sleeps part of the night in our room & part of the night in Skylar's room & he always gets up with me when I feed her. During the day he lays by her swing when she is in it. They are so cute together.

Cute as a button

Skylar's room

Here are some pictures from Skylar's room. The pictures don't do it justice. It is such a cozy place with a little reading area & a play area. For the past 3 days she has been sleeping in the crib in her room instead of the bassinet in our room. I check to see if she is still breathing several times during the night. The other night she slept for 6 1/2 hours. That was the longest stretch yet. She really loves her Fisher Price rain forest aquarium as you can see in the pictures. Today was a sad day. We had to get rid of our Lab Sierra. She could not be trusted around the baby so we had to make the difficult choice to give her up. Larry & I have been really down about this all day. She will be missed very much, but we need to keep a safe home for Skylar.

Our Family Photo

Last night Larry's teacher invited the whole class over for a pot luck. We had a great time. Everyone said Skylar was so cute & lots of people held her. She got a little fussy but overall did pretty good.