Still looking for a Christmas dress for Annelise... There's some really pretty ones at Babies R Us but they all start at 3-6 months. I keep going back in there 'cause I have a gift card, but still nothin'. I might have to go with this other one that isn't Christmassy at all, but it's still cute.

Went to the doctor yesterday and got set up with her formula from WIC. The doctor wouldn't approve her Similac, so now we're switching to Enfamil Lipil with Iron. My little 6 lb 14 oz baby is all ready 9 lbs! I call John and Rachel's baby big chunky, I'm going to have to call Annelise little chunky. She definitely didn't like getting her PKU done again. She was just about to get to sleep while we were waiting and the next thing she knew, she was getting jabbed and squeezed.

Went and applied at a couple places the other day. Picked up the applications Saturday or Sunday... and turned them in yesterday after Felix got home from work... I all ready have been told to call one back today around noon, which is good I guess. They said they really need some one and when I told them I prefer to work only nights, they seemed even happier... so we'll see what happens.

Felix is starting to get more involved with baby at night. Kind of nice. She's starting to get more responsive to things, so I bought her a play mat that will grow with her... it's got a cow on it. :) She definitely needs a bath, that's for sure, she's a mess... but I think we're going to try out her new toy now...

To the cleaning woman! Chop, chop! I'm telling you, that man is so eager to take the baby to Brian's house it's unreal. Show her off to some one else! lol We have so many people that haven't even met her yet.

Anyway, I see it as a good opportunity to do some laundry (mainly hers and his since I'm in "pospartum mommy" mode... athletic shorts and a t-shirt all day... so easy) and vaccuum, since those are both things I can't seem to do when she's here. I also have to clean the kitchen... should probably clean the dining room too, but I'm not going to get ahead of myself here.

Probably going to look for a job tomorrow... wish me luck since I'm going to be wading out into the traffic and crowds with zero patience. Good thing he's off, though and can watch Annelise, otherwise my patience would be below the meter if I had to have her with me. People always seem to drive a lot crazier when you have a baby in the car... other people I mean. You end up driving 35 on the highway. Don't laugh...you'll see what I mean one day if you don't all ready know... and no, I don't do 35 on the highway... I drive the speed limit everywhere.

Baby was given the chair for noncompliance with a sleeping order... 

Another freak out last night. I don't know if it was because Annelise was really tired (she had a big day yesterday and she cried the whole time back from La Marque to the house... about 25/25 mins.). She slept from about 11:00pm to 6:00am last night. She would squirm around then go back to sleep so I didn't bother her. Finally, I went to look at what time it was and woke her up to eat. She ate almost the entire bottle then went back to sleep and resumed the normal routine of getting up every 3-4 hours.

My cousin Robert's wife is pregnant (I didn't even know he was married!). She's about three months I think.

Annelise's two week check up is on Monday... funny thing is, she'll be three weeks old tomorrow.

I told myself I DEFINITELY wasn't going out today. This is the first year since I turned sixteen that I have NOT had to work in retail the day after Thanksgiving. I think of all the places, Best Buy was the worst one to work at... I can't really remember Garden Ridge.

Still looking for a job, but I haven't found anything yet. Still only looking on the internet. I always make plans to do things when Felix gets home, but he's always over at Brian's or playing WoW on the computer or not here... so it isn't like I get any kind of a break to do laundry (which is piling up) or vaccuum... things I CAN'T do while the baby is sleeping. If she were awake, it'd be another story.

Tried out her little baby sling yesterday. I felt like a kangaroo, but she seemed to just want to hang out in it. She was awake, so I guess she found it interesting, she was just checking things out like she normally does when she's awake. Gotta look at every little thing...

The vaccuum handle makes her look like Alfalfa 

There, finally that picture is up.

Appointment went okay today. I lost two more pounds since I last checked myself on.. Sunday? Monday! So I'm down to 174.1, ready to get back up to the 197 I was starting tomorrow considering the holiday. I never really eat much on holidays, though. I don't eat much period come to think of it. I get enough, it's not like I starve.

Thanks, by the way, Kim for telling me! I wasn't sure if I had to download Hello or not for sure.

Felix is off to Brian's house playing XBOX 360. I feel bad for him that we can't afford the system, but Brian doesn't understand our different priorities.

I've been trying to find a job through the internet, but I think I'm going to have to go out and look in person. Definitely not this weekend... Maybe starting Monday. I would like to start ASAP just so that I can get some nice things for Felix, Aireka and Annelise for Christmas, but who knows where my money will go. Good thing that one the first of the month my money gets back on my card so we can buy more groceries. I have to admit, though, we did really good for the past few weeks. I think staying in the hospital three days helped save the meat from being eaten and I don't cook every night anymore. Felix doesn't come home for lunch much, really, so our fridge, freezer and pantry are all still stocked to the brim. The lettuce is dying, though... seems to always happen that way. No love for the lettuce.

Anyway, we should be heading to bed now that the monkey is finally asleep... prepare myself for tomorrow. Four hours in a car with a 19-day old... she does okay on short trips but who knows about tomorrow... among other things, I have to prepare all her baby paraphernalia. It's like shopping from your Christmas list, you have to check it a million times before you finally lose it in some shopping cart... along with your mind.

The face that stares at me all day. 

What they neglect to tell you going into your third week postpartum in the "What to Expect the First Years" Book:

1. You're think, "This is the longest time of the month I've ever had"
2. You're start to make up new words to the music box nursey rhymes you have to play to get the baby to sleep at 4am.
3. Driving with an empty carseat never felt so good.
4. You can't wait to pawn the baby off on your husband/boyfriend/significant other because for the first two weeks you were on house arrest and now you're so excited about getting out of the house, you don't care if it IS only grocery shopping.
5. You feel bad for your pet becaue she's a little high strung and all you every do is yell at her to "Go to bed"
6. Your baby keeps smiling in her sleep and you think to yourself, "Here comes the poop."

Okay, I had some really good ones at four o'clock this morning when Annelise refused to go back to sleep. SHE FLIPPED ME OFF! lol Now she's sitting in her chair grinning and I just know I'm in for a poopy diaper later. She's awake now, though... but it loks like just barely.

Hey, does anyone know why the pictures I'm trying to post aren't coming up? Do my photos have to be hosted first?

Anyway, I have my two week check up today in Galveston. Mom asked when she was going to see the baby again and so we made an arrangement for her to watch her while I go to the island for a couple hours. I told her, "Any time you want her, let me know." LOL

Felix decided not to go to Iraq after some "discussion" I guess you could say.

Have to go to Columbus tomorrow to visit my grandparents and show Annelise off to them. Felix can't go because he's on call.

The batteries are dead in her chair so I guess it's harder for her to fall asleep... another evil poop smile. Mom said she wished she had one of these things when we were kids... I don't know how my parents did it, I tell you. This chair is the best thing I have. It's like a secret weapon... "Go to sleep or I'll give you the chair!!!"

Change the baby, feed the baby, burp the baby...

That woud be the routine, I suppose, wouldn't it? Really, Annelise is a good baby, but it still feels like I'm babysitting some one else's child. (Guess the joke is on me, since no one is ever going to come pick her up!) She is 16 days old now and still looks just as small as when I took her to her two day check up... Mom says she's visibly getting bigger and has more hair than before, but I guess I don't see it because I see her everyday and changes are less subtle when you see a baby less than everyday. Darrell says she looks like a healthy baby, which puts my mind at ease a little more. She has moments where she freaks me out, but all in all, I know it's just normal baby... "stuff" I guess.

Felix's brother Tony wants him to work with him overseas for Halliburton. He thinks it's going to solve every financial problem we have, but he knows it won't. He should also know that if anything happens to him over there, there's no benefit for me... I think he's using it as a reason to run from Annelise. I don't know if he's scared of her or what... it doesn't seem like it. I know what will happen if he goes overseas as well, which is another reason why I don't want him to go. The main reason is because he's always talking about how he missed out on Aireka's "firsts" and all that and if he goes, he will most definitely miss out on Annelise.

But there has been no real discussion of it with me. It was just something he decided he was going to do regardless and didn't really consult me at all.

Anyway, I still have another 33 pounds to lose before I'm back to my prepregnant weight... it isn't just that either, I have to get my jelly belly back where it was or somewhere remotely close anyway. I've all ready lost 21 pounds just from having her alone... I think the townhouse thing might help anyway... That and the fact it's a two story townhouse on the second and third floor of the complex.