What they don't tell you before you have kids

If you read the books and magazines you'll always see things about how great it is to be pregnant. That pregnancy is this great time where you are one with your baby and it's a time to bond. Oh, and pregnant women have this glow about them. Let me tell you, it's a lot better not being pregnant. I mean I like being pregnant, but it's really nice not to be pregnant. And I'll tell you why. Today I got to lick out the bowl. You know. I made brownies and then licked out the bowl. I never did that while pregnant because of the uncooked eggs in it. Not that I baked much while pregnant because for most of the pregnancy I either couldn't stand the smell of food or was too tired to cook anything. So that's my point. Much better not to be pregnant. Although I don't know if I should have eaten that because I'm nursing, but I couldn't wait. Which is another thing. Life's better when nursing is done. I was watching a show last night and there were people drinking and that glass of beer looked so good. I almost detached Cordelia and ran to Walmart for formula. Of course it was three in the morning so that might have had something to do with it. I hardly drink, even though I have every reason to drink a lot. No I'm joking. Kind of. But these are the things we do so we can bring beautiful babies into the world. We are sick and/or tired for nine months, followed by months and months of sleepless nights and sore nipples. So magazines and books can dress it up however they want, but let me tell you, being pregnant and nursing is never as glorious as they make it sound. Although it is pretty great.

Cartoon episodes I'd like to see

"Dora's new family"- Dora's parents are charged with child neglect after Social Services discover that Dora often wanders far from home in the jungle and other exotic locales. Dora is sent to live with foster parents and begins seeing a therapist. The therapist tells Dora that there is no such thing as talking monkeys and encourages her to make friends with other children.

"The food chain"- In an all new Go Diego Go kids learn an important lesson about reality when the puma finally gets the tapir.

"Bob's secret"- After reading the bestselling book, Wendy finally realizes Bob the Builder just isn't into her. When the two have a heart to heart she discovers he's more interested in Mr. Ellis.

New baby must haves

1.Lots of onesies and sleepers
2.Desitin
3.DVR
4.Three hands, sometimes four
5. Pizza delivery on speed dial
6. Camera always within reach
7. Extra film and batteries
8. Grandparents nearby

Slept like a baby

The other day I watched "The Greatest Game Ever Played." It was a pretty good movie, I recommend it. Anyway, in one scene a golfer asks another golfer how he slept. He replies, "I slept like a baby... Every two hours I woke up and cried."

Mere musings

An advantage to breast feeding: Mother-in-law was in town visiting and I had the perfect escape. "Has it been two hours already? How time flies. Well, guess I have to feed the baby." So I got to leave for a little bit to feed Cordelia. And don't think for a second that I came back out right when she was done. Of course I took a few more minutes for myself.

More love for the DVR. There are a few shows that it automatically records each week. I've also looked at the guide for upcoming movies that I'd like to see and set it to record them too. When I have to get up in the wee hours of the morning I have something to watch now. Sure, it takes a couple of days to get through one movie, but that's ok. I haven't watched this many movies since... well, before I had kids.

Another advantage of breastfeeding: My breasts. I would never get plastic surgery, but it would sure be nice if they always looked like this. Fred agrees. Of course he does.

I find it funny that my ob-gyn doctor knocks before entering the room on doctor visits. I mean she's seen more of me than I really care for any other human being to see. Is it really a big deal if she would walk in on me while I was undressing?

Quotable Torii

I look at Cordelia as she looks around this new world she has entered and I think "I would love to know what she is thinking". Then I look at Torii and think, "Can you be quiet for just five minutes? Pleeeeease." Actually Torii has been making us laugh a lot lately. He does a lot more listening than I give him credit for.

After we got home with Cordelia, I think it was GG that asked him if she could take Cordelia home with her. Torii said yes, but she had to be gentle with baby. A couple days later Pawpaw Hank asked the same thing. This time he said no, she was our baby.

After being at home for a few days with Cordelia, Torii was no longer thrilled about having a baby at home. When she started crying after a nap Torii begged me not to go get her. "Don't get baby, don't get baby," he pleaded with me.

Torii has been really interested in the baby and since he is in the "why?" phase I have fielded a lot of questions from him. He was really interested in how I fed baby. Later he told Auntie Vicki that he didn't have milk in his breasts.

Babies

I do love babies, but before Cordelia arrived I wasn't that excited about all the extra work I was going to have with a baby in the house. I knew it would be some time before all of us could go out and do whatever we felt like doing. Now we are back to quick runs to the grocery store before we have to be back home so the baby can eat. While I was looking at all the negatives, I forgot how great babies are. Last night I had the World Series on and was feeding Cordelia before laying her down for the night. I have found that she burps easiest if I lay down and put her on my chest and pat her back. So that's what we did. Some time later I woke up, it was the bottom of the 8th, and she was sleeping soundly on my chest. She felt so good. I could feel her little breaths on my neck. Cordelia is also spoiling me in that she is a much better baby than I had expected. She sleeps a lot and I often have to wake her up to eat. She is really laid back so she hasn't been as much trouble as I thought. Which is nice so I can still have time to do things around the house and more importantly have some time with the boys too. Fred went back to work last night so it probably won't be as easy as it has been. We'll see. I haven't been out in public with all three kids yet so we'll see how all that goes too. Really, everything has been going great.