March Shenanigans

March was full of being sick. Between Trey and I, we were sick a good chunk of the month....all while Allan was gone for Army Annual Training. I had so many of plans of getting stuff done and then NONE of it happened. :( That's okay though....lots of cuddles for mom!

sleeping sick baby. :(

fun with Aunt Daelynn!

breakfast pancakes with nutella, whipped cream and raspberries!

ALL the army stuff. :P

Trey's new hat!

trey and the chicken satay. he LOVED it.

fun with dad!

ballet baby!!

Trey LOVES standing by the door. It's his favorite.

first time in the swing!

my date for girl's night!

he suddenly decided he likes to eat my toes! EWWWW!

waiting for dad at the airport!

SO happy to see dad!

Hank the Cow snuggles

Trey cut his inside of his lip....on his birthday no less. :(

it healed nicely and he's totally doing fine now!

Halloween

Lindy helped us pick a family themed costume of "My Little Pony" we had a blast dressing up and going to parties and trick or treating together. These memories are the best.

Trey was "Spike" even though his costume wasn't purple

we went to a fun haymaze place!

my pumpkin

Trey's pumpkin

Lindy's pumpkin

Allan's pumpkin

Lindy helped me make monster rice krispie treats for a halloween party we went to

the whole family! Discord, Spike, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkles

cousins trick or treating!

Mother's Day

Mother’s Day was nice this year. I have always felt like a mother since marrying Allan, but having my own baby made this year’s Mother’s Day extra special.

A photographer friend of mine, Anbre Elise Photography, offered free mini-sessions for moms and their kids as a Mother’s Day gift. These were done at a cute nursery with beautiful flowers the day before Mother's Day. I took advantage and went and got some photos of me and Trey. They turned out so cute!!

Allan cooked a lovely meal for me and all in all it was a great day. :)

"Newborn" photos

We had our newborn photos done by the amazing Lindsay Romer Photography. I really didn't want these photos to be done when Trey was on oxygen, so we waited until after his one-month appointment. 

He was a little stinker and didn't stay sleeping for most of the photoshoot, but Lindsay still got some ADORABLE shots.

Lindy just LOVES her little brother and is constantly talking about how cute he is. She tells anyone who will listen about her baby brother. Melts my heart.

Like Father, Like Son.

How I just love his chubby cheeks and awesome hair.

FMLA: aka 12 weeks of Maternity Leave

So…. The United States pretty much sucks when it comes to maternity leave. Other than having this great thing called FMLA where your job is protected for 12 weeks, one gets nothing for taking time off after having a baby. Weber’s policy is that you can get paid with whatever sick leave and PTO you have built up. I didn’t have a ton (I tried so hard!) but Allan and I both decided we would make 12 weeks (most of that without me getting a paycheck) work.

I am SO GLAD that we did this. Those 12 weeks with Trey were so wonderful. I was definitely ready to come back to work (more on that later) but I loved being a stay at home mommy for that short time.

I did my best to go out about once a day and do something so that I wasn’t always cooped up inside my house, but I’m not going to lie there was a lot of Netflix binging. My two favorite shows that I binged through everything they had to offer: Fixer Upper and The Good Wife. I now want to tear down all sorts of walls in my house Joanna Gaines style. ;)

Basically, life was pretty grand and now I’m back to work and I’m trying to find my new “normal.” If there is such a thing….