And yes, I totally just wasted your time by posting on my blog about a new category that I added. Like anyone gives a you-know-what.

Oh I also wanted to say that if you don’t hear from me in a while, please come looking for me. I know Oklahoma is all about Wind and Sweeping Down The Planes and all but SERIOUSLY? The cover on my grill has blown off twice. Like, completely UP and OVER the grill! Oh and they said the winds will be WORSE tomorrow. Not gonna hang my panties on the clothesline tomorrow, that’s for damn sure!

I’ve been trying to write a blog entry about my little angel baby all day but I can’t seem to ever sit down and get one written. By time I check my Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader it is time to feed her again. We’ll get a routine down eventually, I know it.

Zoey is doing well. She was up a lot last night so I think her nights and days are messed up already. She is starting to wake up every 2-3 hours on her own and ready to eat so we didn’t set the timer at all last night or today. We also stopped writing down how much / when she was eating because I think she is now eating on demand and we aren’t having to wake her up as much to eat. It’s a lot easier not worrying about time like that but boy when she wakes up hungry she wants to eat right then. At least before we had time to make the bottle and have it ready before she could start screaming her little head off. But I am really thankful that she is eating so much better now. She is eating a good 1 3/4 to 2 oz per feeding now. Grow baby grow!

She has also been battling some pretty icky diaper rash. We were using the Method brand diaper cream but that has proven to be a big waste. I think her diaper rash only got WORSE while we were using it so I am not using it anymore. We’re back to using Desitin and I think Gene is going to pick up some Butt Paste next time he is at the store. It seems like it might be getting slightly better but it just looks so painful. She screams her head of when we wipe over that area with a wipe. So we’ve had her in cloth diapers today, regardless of how big they are on her. I’m using a wipe solution of water, baby wash and tea tree oil and we’re using super soft flannel wipes to wipe her bottom. She doesn’t cry or anything when I wipe her with those. I probably wont keep her in the cloth diapers for a while because they just swallow her but we’ll keep using the flannel wipes for the time being because they are good for her sore bottom.

I did really bad with keeping up with pumping today. There is always tomorrow right? Ugh. I just know I should have been better. Today has been a real “off” day. Didn’t pump regularly, never even got out of my pajamas. Gene changed into clothes so he could run a DVD back to the library and pick up our Chinese food for dinner and he is back in his jammies already. We’ve been total slobs today! I am gonna get a shower in a little while because tomorrow morning we’re going to try to make it up to his work, if the weather permits.

The weather here has been a real downer lately. It has been storming and raining and cloudy just about every day this week and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get much better anytime soon. Actually, we’re getting a cold front this weekend and it’s going to be in the 50s and 60s for the highs. In MAY! Ugh. I am so ready for this crap to be over. I need some sunshine in my life (besides my little princess baby, of course)!

We’ve got a pretty “busy” night ahead of us as far as the weather goes. It looks like some pretty bad storms are heading this way. I’m really just crossing my fingers that they tucker out before they reach us. I’ve always loved a good summer or spring evening thunderstorm, however Tornadoes just freak me out! Now that we have a little munchkin under our roof, it is making me on edge even worse.

We’ve already got a plan of action that if there is a tornado we’ll put her in her car seat and put it in the bath tub and then take a ton of pillows in there with us. I’m really hoping it doesn’t come to that. I have a feeling we are going to be up all night tonight and not just because we have a 2 week old baby, but because they are saying these storms wont be gone until after 3 AM.

Please just keep us in your thoughts or prayers or whatever it is that you do. I am going to be staring at the news on TV for the next 6 or so hours.

The good news is that tomorrow we have a high of 70° and on Saturday there is a high of 74°. I can’t even describe how excited I am about this! Saturday we are going to take our cars to the car wash (the one you do yourself) and get them all spiffed up. And I might trim a bush in our front yard. And I might try some new recipes. And seriously, just KNOWING the temperatures are going to be that lovely has already given me a huge boost of energy.

I hate Winter. Well, let me rephrase that: I hate extensive Winters. I like them until January 1st and then I’m done. I want it to end on January 1st. Why is it that the two loveliest seasons (Spring & Fall) are the shortest? I’m actually looking forward to the Summer this year. Not only will I have a brand new baby to take care of but I’ll be at home with her to go outside and enjoy the warm air and go on walks and all of those fun things. Just the thought of it fills me with so much happiness.

I’ve noticed the last couple of years I’ve come down with the “Winter blues” and it seems to take a big toll on me. I wouldn’t exactly label myself as having seasonal depression.. but I have noticed a profound difference in how I feel during the Winter months. They tend to drag on and take it’s toll by February or March.

Things I am looking forward to right now:

• Our next Ultrasound (4D!) around 28-30 weeks
• Picking out the paint colors for our nursery
• Buying a crib and buying the crib bedding
• Romantic get away with my hubby from Feb 14th to 18th.
• Warm temperatures this weekend!
• Wearing capri pants and flip flops this weekend

Right now I’m trying to decide between a waffle cone with soft serve twist ice cream or cereal for dinner. Maybe I could do both? I’m so bad. Nothing else sounds good. Real food sounds barf-worthy at the moment. My appetite has been going through some serious identity crisis lately. Some days all I want to eat is cheeseburgers and then others I just want to munch on some cookies and cake.

The sweet little munchkin has been laying on my bladder for a good week now. It’s slowly getting worse, I guess as she grows. I have to get up and pee about once every 30 minutes. It is quite possibly one of the most annoying things ever. I already have a huge aversion to the bathroom as it is (as in: I hate going to the bathroom. It seems like a HUGE waste of time and I try to get in and out as quickly as possible so as to not waste any precious time) and the fact that I am going about four times more than usual is about to drive me batty. Probably the only pregnancy side effect I’ve disliked thus far. But I still have 3 more months, so bring it on!

Tomorrow night is our last Baby Basics class. We’re going to bathe, diaper, swaddle, clip [fake] nails, etc. on plastic baby dolls! I can’t even BEGIN to tell you how excited I am about this last class! We’ll have breastfeeding and birthing classes in the first couple of weeks of April.

These guys really enjoyed the tiny bit of snow we received last week. It was more ice and sleet than actual snow but they still enjoyed romping around in it. As for me? I could be perfectly happy not seeing anymore winter weather until next year. This year? I’m too nervous on the ice.

In about 15 minutes I’m going to take my blood sugar and then hop in the bath. I’m gonna relax in the tub for a little while and then maybe look through the baby names book some more. I cleaned the kitchen up after dinner and nothing feels quite as good as knowing that your kitchen is CLEAN before you go to bed. It’s not something I get to experience very often, but when I do it is an amazing feeling. I’m a slacker sometimes, what can I say?

This weekend our only real plans are to run into Sam’s Club so I can get some bottled water and nuts and then grab a gift for a baby shower I’m attending in a couple weeks. It’s really windy outside right now, it sounds like the trees are going to blow away. Cold front coming in tonight and then getting warm again next week. It is SO weird to drive home from work in January with the sun roof up. This winter has been a REALLY strange one here. I’m still wondering if we’ll even see real snow this year? Who knows.

In baby related news, I’ve been feeling this baby girl do somersaults for the last 30 minutes or so. I still can’t see or feel anything from the outside (remember, I’m a puffy girl) but I can feel the pokes and flutters from her movements inside. It’s reassuring belong belief. I can’t wait to meet you little baby girl. Mommy and Daddy are so happy to have you in our lives already and we hope you continue to grow and be healthy.

So here we are, on a Typical Monday. Everything started out wonderfully until about 20 minutes into my day. And then things went straight into the gutter. And things kept piling up in the gutter. And now my head wants to explode. It seems as if I get a headache every day, even on my days off. And a good one hour nap will usually nip it in the bud. But, sometimes when you are at work, it isn’t exactly possible to lay down and take a one hour nap. I look forward to going home to see my puppies and get our dinner together. I look forward to relaxing until it gets later and then taking a short, sweaty walk around the neighborhood.

See, I’ve gained a LOT of weight since our wedding. I don’t even have the balls to tell anyone exactly how much I’ve gained. Yes, it’s that bad. My goal starting today is to start eating better and start exercising more. I’ve got to shed the pounds. Most of my clothes do not fit me comfortably right now and it is a sore reminder every day of how I’ve let myself go. I cried a little bit last night as I fell asleep and just kept telling myself that tomorrow is a new day. That tomorrow I could change everything.

So far today I haven’t struggled with snacking like I usually do. I had a smaller bowl of cereal than I usually do. I ate a Lean Cuisine for lunch even though I was tempted to stop at McDonalds or Taco Bueno while I was out getting my allergy shot at lunch. I went home and resisted any tempting snacks and instead just grabbed a Diet Caffeine Free Coke from the fridge. I did eat about 4 Chocolate Chip cookies that I made yesterday. Those are bad, I realize this. But I’m workin’ on it. I plan to bring some up to work tomorrow and to practice a personal mystery illness that is Self Control.

So due to the ridiculous temperatures around here recently, I haven’t been able to take a whole lot of pictures. It’s no fun taking pictures outside when you are literally pouring sweat. So we’ve been staying inside as much as possible and trying to keep cool. I’m ready for the temperatures to go back down into the 70s or 80s so I can actually enjoy it outside! Everything here is dying and it is starting to look like Fall outside because of the heat. My parent’s have had to rake leaves in their yard for the last few weeks because one of their trees has about no leaves on it anymore. It’s crazy!

Somebody please cool this place down!!!!!

I’m going to try to get through the next couple of days without punching holes in the wall and crying. I’m going to keep going to the gym and eating right. I refuse to let this pull me down!

Anyway.. Good news is that I’ve been eating right over the last few days and as of this morning I had lost almost 7 pounds. Of course, we ate a buffet tonight with my parents but I think I did pretty decent in my food choices. I definitely ate too many calories and fat but I also had only eaten a small bowl of cereal and about 1/4 of a sandwich total earlier in the day. I know it’s a stupid excuse but it works for me ;)

Welcome March!!! I’ve missed you so. Please bring good weather and happiness to all. Try to forget about what your horrible brethren February did to us all. Time to move on.. to happier, sunnier, warmer days!