P.L.O.M

that stands for "poor little old me"
when i was little and us kids would feel sorry for ourselves, mom would say "are you going to tattoo P.L.O.M. on your forehead?"
well, i think i just might!!!!!! kidding!!!!!
By the way, while I am on the subject of moms, you dont ever fully appreciate your mother until you are a mother yourself. And I can't even imagine having other little ones besides Kaius.

Well, I am feeling like a rotten housewife.
We just moved to a very unfamiliar city. Our house is a sty. Boxes everywhere. I am the worlds worst organizer, but once it gets organized I am usually pretty good at keeping it that way-somewhat. Its hard for me to accept that the house will have to get worse before it gets better. Clothes arent hung in the closet. Dishes are not washed (since being in a box). Therefore, dinner is not made at night. To top it off, the other night we were looking for a new car since the Lexus died, and I remember holding the camera in the car. Haven't seen the camera since and I have been looking everywhere. So I'm a non-cleaning, non-cooking, non-organizing, camera-losing kind of housewife. I usually can say, im pretty awesome, but, im not pretty awesome lately.
Kaius is almost to where he can sit in his Boppy. We are going to buy a new camera before then. I gotta capture his new first experience with it.

Well, on the very bright side, I have this face to look at all day.
His favorite time to smile is at changing time, and laying there after being changed. He likes to giggle a little bit too.


bahahahaha...

I LoVe my Boys. They are miNe forever.

Happy Birthday Josh!! Big Three-Oh!

My husband turned 30! He always had the goal of becoming a father before 30, and he did it!
To celebrate my mom babysat Kaius and we got a couple's massage & went to TGI-Fridays. We got this for dessert:

Peanut Butter Mousse Pie...
I couldnt rest until I could have more. Not that I had the option to rest ;)

I didnt find the recipe, but I made one myself. Josh says it was better than TGI-Fridays. I dont know that it was THAT good...but it was good.


He looks so happy in this picture. I think its because I hadn't cooked anything in forever.
I love the spit up marks Kaius left on his shirt moments earlier. Sportin' em like a good daddy should :)

Here is a picture of us sooo happy about the new teeth we got!

(Billy Bob gummy teeth that my mom got Josh for his birthday)

Costume Giveaway

Alice in Wonderland! These are cute costumes! at this blog.

So Blessed

Had some ups and downs this week but we are ending it with all ups. The health insurance problem is solved, because Josh's old boss gave him an offer too good to refuse. He's going to beat his current salary, pay for all his gas, normal health insurance, a car to use, and pay for us to relocate 2 hours north. So we're moving in a few weeks!
My clogged milk duct... turns out I've paid ahead to my O.B. so any postpartum visits are paid for. So I was still able to go get an antibiotic, and I'm feeling quite swell. Also, my friend Katie is letting me borrow her Medela, and it is FREAKING AWESOME. I have a manual that doesnt work for me at all but I love that Medela. Thank you Katie! You are such an awesome friend and I'll miss living only 4 miles away!
Next blessing (Is this #7? I dunno, I've lost count) A new volleyball club approached Josh and asked if he wanted to coach the 17 year old girls. He coached a team earlier this year and it was a friggin' blast. The girls are awesome and we get to go to fun tournaments in Vegas, Denver, and Southern California (shoutout to all our friends and family in those areas!), hopefully I can be a chaperone again this year. Plus, it's a little extra income so that's nice!

Since I am able to pump now, I was able to leave Kaius with my mom tonight and Josh and I went to the temple. It was my first time away from him, and boy did I miss him!!

Kaius now sleeps 5 or 5 1/2 hours at night, then feeds, then sleeps 2-3 more ours. Sleep is heavenly!

Oh, and I finally started reading Nie Nie after seeing her on Oprah...I keep having this urge to call Josh "Mr. Brecheisen" on my blog.

One Month Old

This morning, Kaius and I happened to be awake when Josh was getting ready for work (because Kaius woke up like right after I finished my last post). There was a couple minutes that we just held him and stared. Its not too often he gets BOTH of our undivided attention at the same time. Well, today was the first day he was completely awake, and smiled and laughed! I was like "Whoa, thats a first!"
I'm so glad Josh and I got to share that moment, and that I wasn't just telling Josh about it.

ugh. Groan.

**Disclaimer: If you are not into reading about mommy-stuff and boobies..don't read on.
Sitting here at 5 AM. Feeling so sorry for myself.
I put the baby back to sleep an hour ago, after an oh-so-painful feeding. But I've been busy researching. About what?
Mastitis.
An infection in the breast that causes fatigue or flu-like symptoms (clogged milk duct that got infected). I made an appointment tomorrow to see the doc, but realized that our insurance has changed on Oct. 1st since Josh got a new job. His previous employer was really nice and kept him on "as an employee" for three months until we had our baby. Paul is his name. the previous employer. He loves Josh.
Josh was told by the new employer that we were eligible for health benefits after 3 months, so Oct. 1st was the first month we could be eligible. Josh went to get me the member number and all that since we havent received our cards yet.
Welp. turns out they never enrolled him. And this new employer is extremely cheap, and health benefits monthly fee is DOUBLED at this new job.
So...no health benefits. We are working on other options though.
Been googling how to get rid of mastitis. Got the same answers as my sister Jana, sister-in-law Melinda, and my friend Katie. You have to keep the breasts empty. which means if baby doesn't drink it all, you have to pump the rest out. Pumping hurt before. I am absolutely TERRIFIED to pump now. So I haven't done it. I've taken the warm shower and tried to express it out.
I am constantly freezing. When I take an Ibuprofen, I am extremely hot.
I thought that it was just super hot in the house, so I got Kaius into just his diaper. When Josh got home today he surprised me saying it wasnt hot in the house. woops.
Oh well, Im sure my body heat kept him warm. since he would NOT sleep anywhere but on my chest. Every time i put him down he'd wake up.

Oh, and I was going through my Facebook friends yesterday messaging close friends and family about Kai's baby blessing, and started feeling sick about halfway through. So if you feel skipped, its not because you arent invited, i am just feeling too achy to really do much of anything.