One Month Old

Can you believe that 4 weeks have already passed since Miss Caroline made her grand entrance? I cannot. She is doing so well and I am looking forward to her one month check up on Monday to see how much weight she has put on (look at those bird legs!).

Life is rough

She can totally pull off the animal print :)

Merry Christmas

We had a great Christmas..with the best gift being Caroline of course :) Besides running around trying to get to different celebrations on-time and with all of our belongs (they seem to have multiplied in great magnitude) it was a pretty low-key holiday.

Speaking of getting places on-time, this seems to have become an 'issue' of mine. I have not once, but two years in a row gotten us late to Christmas Mass. It is not on purpose, but I seem to add on 15 minutes to every mass. If it really starts at 8:00, I will always believe that it starts at 8:15. Not sure why. Of course this year was no different. Gary was less then thrilled with me. According to him...the one time we should really be on time to mass this year...I told him that was a total "dad" comment. Yes, I know that he is in fact a dad, but it was a "DAD" comment...I guess we have officially crossed over.

So, the Fleming family was rushing into church at 8:10 (would have been early according to 'my' mass watch). Brooke was dressed in her Christmas best pajamas as was Caroline. The original plan was to drop the girls off at my parents and then go to mass, since that didn't work out with our time frame, PJ's it was! At least Gary and I made it dressed appropriately.

Caroline while we were opening gifts :)

Brooke's favorite gift was her sequin purse with pretend make-up, phone, keys and credit card. She immediately began calling all her friends :)

Post Pregnancy

There are not too many things that I miss about being pregnant. I do love when the baby first moves..up until they permanently lodge body parts into your ribs, bladder, etc...One of the things that I really do miss, though, is my casual dress and how it is totally acceptable in public for me to wear yoga pants 24/7. It is even viewed as being 'cute!'. It is not so cute anymore when you still wear those yoga pants after the baby is born. People give you the look of...is she newly pregnant?? Did she just have a baby?? I am still in that in-between time frame. I don't need to wear maternity clothes-thank goodness!-but none of my pre-pregnancy clothes fit yet either. So frustrating!!

My New Years resolution this year is going to be to drop those prego pounds (still have 7-8 to go) and maybe a few extra for good measure :) I am in two weddings this year and need to get back in shape! Gary and I decided to re-join our local community center and I am really excited as lots of my friends work out there as well. He was going to give this membership to me as a 'push' present...yeah...not so much. I am also looking forward to joining because I would like to sign Brooke up for some swimming lessons to get her ready for Innsbrooke this year. They also have different mom classes that I am thinking about signing up for on one of my days off. We will see how this goes...I refuse to have to buy new jeans or (yikes) a new wardrobe just because I have a newly adorable daughter :)

Putting on the LBS

We brought Caroline back to the doctors this past Friday. I feel like we spend more time there then anywhere else! I was nervous to put her back on the scale for fear she still wouldn't have gained enough weight. Well, she proved to us that she can pack on the pounds..and quickly! She had been 6 lbs 9 oz on Monday and Friday she hit the scales at 7 lbs even! The bottles that we have been making for her are working! It is a little bit more work for mom, but she is totally worth it :)

I always think that it is hard in the beginning. You really cannot go anywhere (especially in this weather) and all that the baby wants to do is sleep, eat and poop. Not all too exciting right?? They are beautiful to look at and I love to snuggle with them, but my favorite is when they begin to be more alert and lift their heads, etc. Today, Caroline already started to lift of her head (when laying on your chest or shoulder) and stayed up way longer this afternoon than she has the past two weeks. I love it. I cannot wait until she starts to become a bit more playfull. I know Brooke will LOVE playing with her-she is already trying.

Speaking of Brooke..she has a few new favorites as well. She recently discovered the musical Annie. She cannot get enough. Anytime I ask her if she would like to watch a show, Annie is what she requests. I am trying out The Sound of Music next-a huge favorite of mine. Gary is not really a fan of musicals, but my family LOVES them-she fits in perfect :)

Christmas Picture

How can this photo not be shared? Brooke's school took some Christmas pictures on their last day (which also happened to be the day Caroline was born-hence Brooke's shirt). It turned out so cute!! I couldn't' believe that she let them put that hat on her head and that she smiled! Too bad I didn't have this picture before I made the Christmas Card (not so good this year...be forewarned..).

Baby Present

I have a very good husband. When Brooke was born, he surprised me with a new Tiffany bracelet with Brooke's initials on them. I really was not expecting anything following Carolines birth with it being so close to Christmas. We had also decided that we were not going to give each other Christmas gifts this year. We each recently got a new cell phones and that seemed like enough. Well, Gary decided to come home from the mall the other day with a surprise...which is hard for him to do because I am extremely nosy and usually ruin surprises before they happen. I had asked Gary to go to the mall to pick up a shower gift (which he did do) and he also bought me this new wallet!!


Yes, to some people this may be an unconventional baby gift, however, for someone like me-it is perfect. He was considerate enough to make sure that it matched my purse and that it included a check book cover! Yes-I am 28 years old and I still write checks and balance my check book daily-I am OCD..what can I say?? So, I have a great husband and now I have a great wallet :)

Doctor Update

We headed back to the doctor's office today to check and see how Caroline was doing. He really wanted he to be putting on about an ounce a day of weight and we were hoping to see those results on the scale! Well, she didn't gain any weight from Thursday to today-she actually lost an oz-not good. So, we have to start supplementing her feedings and get more calories into this little girl so she can pack on the pounds. I need to loose, she needs to gain :) We are going to go back to the doctors again this Friday and see if the supplementing is working. Keep your fingers crossed! This is a whole new world to me-Brooke was on formula from day one and never lost an oz.

I am hoping to give a good update on Friday and a new picture of a chubbier Caroline :)