Date Night

So, Saturday night Jamie and I hit the town without Kylie!  I am happy to report that I didn't even cry when we dropped her off!  I did shed one very, very small tear in the car afterwards, but I did not cry when we dropped her off!


For our night out we got all dressed up and hit our favorite restaurant The Boatshed.  It may sound familiar since that is where we had our fabulous Valentine's Day dinner.  Once again, it was wonderful.  The food is amazing and the service is top notch.  I can't say enough great things about this place, so Alisa if you're reading this thanks again for suggesting it!


Even though we only went out for dinner the evening was great.  It was nice to go out for a nice meal and be able to order a bottle of wine, relax and take our time.  Here are some photos of our night!

The excited couple!!

And the proud parents!!

Why is it that I always look sooo fat when I take a photo with her!?  I'm going to blame it on the fact that she is so small, so really I just look big!

We're off to Sydney in 45 days!!!

I can't believe I forgot!!

I realize that some of you must be thinking "OMG, 2 post in 1 week!".  I know people, but what I forgot to tell you the other day is worthy of such an act!  I can't believe that I forgot to mention the big news. (Well, it's big to me anyway) As of Saturday night Kylie is sleeping through the night!!! And I mean, REALLY sleeping through the night, not this 5-6 hour crap.

Saturday we went over to a coworker of Jamie's for what we thought was just going to be drinks and conversation. Kylie did really well and most of the time we didn't even realize she was there, so we ended up staying almost 6 hours. She must have been simply exhausted because she went to bed at almost 10 and slept until 6:30am without a peep! We chalked it up to an exciting night and didn't expect it to continue. To our surprise, she followed it up with another 8 hour night and a 10 hour night. Tuesday night she woke up twice but I think that was due to a growth spurt as she ate an extra 10 ounces over the course of that day. I am happy to report that both Wednesday and Thursday nights she once again slept for 10 hours straight! I am still programmed to wake up, but she seems to be enjoying her rest so that's all that matters!

I might as well go ahead and update you all on our weekend plans while I'm on here. It is official, Saturday night will be our first "date night" since Kylie was born. We were able to have a nice "lunch/shopping date" while my mom was here but that was more than 10 weeks ago. Jamie and I are both really looking forward to it so hopefully everything will go as planned!

Hope everyone else has a great weekend!

The McMillan's are coming!!

So it's official, the McMillan’s (the folks that is) will be here in 51 days! Actually they will be in Australia in 51 days but not arrive in Perth until a few days after that. I guess I should have said "we will be meeting them in Sydney in 51 days!" instead.

I think that I have been going through withdrawls not being able to plan any vacations for the past 10 months! I am a little nervous about taking Kylie on a plane, but excited to FINALLY go on vacation even if the trip will be a short one. Jamie, Kylie and I will arrive in Sydney on the 3rd of Sept to meet the parents and then we will all fly to Perth on the 6th. The plan is to spend a week here and then drive down to Margaret River where I've rented a house for us to stay in for a few days. We'll then head back to Perth where we'll wrap up the remainder of the vacay. The tickets have been purchased, hotels/houses booked and the list of to-dos all picked out! We haven't had any visitors since my mom left back in May so we are excited to be able to finally show Kylie off to some family in person.

On the home front things have been pretty quiet. It has been decided that I will not being going back to work just yet so I am spending as much time with my little lady as I possibly can. Last week we started attending our mom's group and met some really nice people that live in our neighborhood. We meet up once a week and talk about different topics lead by the community health nurse and then chat for an hour or so afterwards. Most of the topics do not really pertain to Kylie anymore as she is the 2nd oldest in the group (she was only 3 weeks old when the last group started so we decided to sit that one out) but I figured it would be a good way to meet other people in the area. So far it’s gone well and I can't get enough of them telling me how "well behaved" and "gorgeous" they all think she is! It's nice to know that others think that as well!Kylie also had her 3 month check last week and I am happy to report she is still doing fabulous. She was 11 lbs and 24 1/2 inches long. She's growing out of clothes vertically, not horizontally, which is a good problem to have I guess so I won't complain! She's CONSTANTLY talking now days and does a good job of getting your attention if she thinks you are not giving enough of it to her! The people at my mom's group think it is so funny when she bust out with her baby babble and big ole smile while we are in the middle of a discussion. She's already learning that a pretty smile can get you want you want if you know how to use it!

Here are some recent photos of Kylie for the family.

This was suppose to be nap time but when I looked over this is what I found (11 weeks)

Spending time with daddy after the footy game (11 weeks)

Tummy time! (12 weeks)

Evidently I don't know how to hold it, so she took over! (12 weeks)

One minute she was playing and the next she was out! (13 weeks)

Just chillin' (13 weeks)

By request

The family has asked to see some new photos/videos, so here they are! Last weight/height @ 2 months was 10 lbs 1 oz and 23 1/2 inches!

Weekend shopping trips

First immunizations - She did well, I on the other hand was a mess!! So sorry to all the parents of the babies I've given shots to or taken blood from!!

Watching basketball with daddy. Game 7 of the finals - GO LAKERS!!

Nap time. This is how I walked in and found her, she was talking to her frog. Too cute!!

Video - Jamie was trying to teach her the Tiger Rag. They do this on a nightly basis.

Getting back to normal

This is the first time in a while (like 2 months) that I feel I actually have something to post in addition to a Kylie update! We've actually started to get out-and-about again and are moving toward a "normal" life.


Last Monday I celebrated my 29th birthday. I woke up with Kylie around 7ish and by 8 I was eating homemade beignets prepared by my fabulous husband! Just so you know he actually made the dough and everything since they don't have canned biscuits here! After a wonderful breakfast it was time to open gifts and I must say that once again, he did a great job. I got lots of great stuff for my scrapbooks, including some new cartridges for my Cricut. We spent the rest of the day hanging around the house and taking Kylie and the girls for a walk. It was a wonderful day.

The rest of the week was pretty vanilla with nothing really exciting to report. I spent the first part of the week calling around to daycare centers trying to get information on part time care (which seems really hard to get around here), had a doctor’s appointment on Thursday and another interview on Friday. The interview went really well and I was called back an hour after I left to talk about proceeding with the hiring process even though I was told in the interview it would be next week before they made any decisions. My problem now is figuring out what I want to do.

There are 2 main reasons I am hesitant to go back to work. The first is how they do scheduling. You can't work just one specific shift. All nurses work all shifts, no exceptions! I know that it's not really a big deal, but I don't like the idea of having to work an evening or night shift right now for 3 very good reasons.

1) If I work the evening shift I will have all morning with Kylie but by the time I get home she will be in bed. It will be the next day before I really get to spend any time with her.
2) After Kylie goes to bed is the only time that Jamie and I get to spend with just the 2 of us. If I work the night shift it could be days before we spend time together.
3) If I work the night shift more than likely we would put Kylie in daycare the day I get off so that I can come home and sleep. I feel like a horrible person knowing that I am home and she is being taken care of by someone else! I just know that I won't get any sleep and I'll end up going to get her early. Another problem with this is what if I work a night shift and then they put me on an evening shift? It could be 2 whole days without getting to see her! (I don't think they would schedule like this, but just go with me on it).

The next issue is with finding a daycare that can accommodate this type of schedule. For part time, it's anywhere from $70-$83 per day. You have to give them the specific days that you will need care; you can't change them every week. Most of the places near us or where Jamie and I would both be working has a waiting list. We were told that it was hard to get into some of the daycare places last year when we moved here, but I had no clue it would be this difficult! We actually put our name on a waiting list for one last October and were told that it would be about a year wait, which at the time was no problem. I called them this past week and they told me it's looking more like January before they could get Kylie in. That's crazy!! Not to mention that the baby rooms here have children from ages 6 weeks to 2 years. In my opinion 2 years is a little old to be in a room with infants that are only a few months old. I know they have people in there watching them, but it seems a little dangerous that they have kids old enough to run around in a room with babies that are just learning to crawl. I think it's an accident waiting to happen. Am I crazy to think this??

So, I am at a crossroads as to what I should do. I want to go back to work, but I don't like all the drama that is coming along with this decision. So again I am stuck with the question; what to do, what to do??

On another note yesterday we decided to get out and have lunch somewhere besides a fast food joint. We had a great afternoon and Kylie was actually alert and seemed to enjoy the new environment. We had a great time and were actually comfortable enough to enjoy our lunches...not inhale them!

Video for grandparents

This video was made for the grandparents but it was too big to upload in an email. Now you all get to enjoy it!!

Update and 1st lunch date with Daddy

It's been about 2 weeks since our last update and a lot has happened. We've had our 6 week check-ups and her new weight as of last week is 8lbs 12 oz. She's also 21 3/4 inches long. We've outgrown the newborn clothes mainly due to her length, but luckily, thanks to a lunch date with daddy this week all newborn clothes were worn at least once!

This past weekend Kylie also experienced her first shopping trip. It probably would have gone a lot better if we would have tried it on a weekday, but for the most part she did really well. The problem is that everything around here is open 10 am to 5:30 pm Monday thru Saturday and closed on Sunday so Saturday's are a madhouse!! It was crowded and really loud, so who could really blame her? Lucky for us we were finished at that time and Jamie was already headed for the register. We were able to get her in the car and home before she knew it.

As I mentioned before this past Tuesday Kylie had her first lunch date with daddy. We've only taken her out to eat once and that was our dinner out with Nanna Trahan when she was here (Kylie was 3 weeks old) so we thought we'd try it out again. Kylie and I got all pretty and headed downtown to meet Jamie at the office.

And this is how she was the entire time!

And when we got back home...

Wide awake again!