Sunday, October 28, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
eventbliss.com
oh my goodness! super cute! www.eventbliss.com sent me the best thing in the world! they are mommy calling cards! ah! so cute! its a business card for mommy's they say, alli byrne mommy to deige byrne. and then my contact information. i LOVE this! especially now that i'm going back to work a few days a week. its a great thing to leave with a babysitter. =) i also received some matching stationary with my name on it. it's beautiful. and i'm obsessed with stationary. it's one of my favorite things in the world! so, i felt like such a lucky girl the day these great items came in the mail! =) thanks, marlynn!
XOXO,
alli
zoe and zane's halloween party
our neighbors, zoe and zane, had a halloween party. deige dressed as a pumpkin. zoe was dorothy from the wizard of oz. she's 5 and so so cute~ she was busy partying with her friends...but zane had time to hold little deige. zane was a dragon. so cute! i love the photo of them together. zoe and zane are going to be great friends with deige. having great neighbors makes all the difference in the world. we love them!
XOXO,
alli
XOXO,
alli
Sunday, October 21, 2007
amusemebaby.com
ever since amusemebaby.com sent me a nursing cover, i have literally used it several times a day! it makes it SOOO much easier to go out in public. i took it to my friend's home for a dinner party. i was able to sit at the table and eat with everyone while i nursed deige under the pretty curtain. it's so cute! their fabrics are gorgeous! i would definitely recommend these to all nursing moms. i may have to get another one before i'm done nursing this year! =)
www.amusemebaby.com
XOXO,
alli
Friday, October 19, 2007
Ramalama
So, i know i already wrote a blog about it, but this is just such a fabulous bag that i have to talk about it again! seriously, this diaper bag doesn't even look like a diaper bag. its super chic and so soft! people think it's my purse, not a bulky diaper bag. i LOVE that! it's called RAMALAMA and its from a darling website called www.mamasandmunchkins.com They have TONS of great items if youre a new mom, a mom to be, or even just getting a gift for someone who is a mom. I also love their Built NY double thirsty totes. they strap on strollers or diaper bags and make bottle finding MUCH easier than digging through a bag. they are super cute, too! anyway, thanks to Teri from www.mamasandmunchins.com i now have the BEST diaper bag ever! Don't forget to check them out!
XOXO,
alli
XOXO,
alli
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
aida jane
we went to see his second cousin aida =) she is 3 months and such a doll! her daddy is micah's first cousin. he actually married us =) he is a wonderful pastor...he was actually just out here to do a friend's wedding over the weekend. and we LOVED having them near by. we've missed them so much! he and his pretty wife moved their family of 4 to oregon. we all miss them a lot. if carrie and adam lived here, micah and i would literally be best friends w them and raise our kids around eachother. its a shame we're so far from eachother. but that will make their visits more meaningful. and im sure we'll eventually take lil deige to oregon to see them. did you see how pink aida was compared to my little olive skinned baby? =)
XOXO,
alli
XOXO,
alli
first day of work
i went back to work at the salon yesterday. it was really hard for me to do. but im easing into being a working mom. im only working a few hours 3 days a week. so, its manageable. i really wanted to be a stay at home mommy, but now is not the right timing. i do love my clients and i love my art form, but nothing compares to the love for your child. and because of that, i just always want to be with him. anyway, i will keep you posted as how mommyhood treats me...for more updates on my blog, make sure you sign up for chicmail =)
XOXO,
alli
XOXO,
alli
Saturday, October 13, 2007
nursing happily in public with my new curtain!
yay! this adorable company, www.amusemebaby.com, sent me a really sassy nursing curtain. i don't always have time to pump enough milk for a bottle before i leave the house. so, this nursing curtain is totally going to come in handy! i'm really excited to use it! you should check out their products. they aren't cheezy at all...they are super cute and practical. i'm really into their fun patterns. thanks so much, amusemebaby! i really appreciate the thoughtful gift!
XOXO,
alli
XOXO,
alli
Friday, October 5, 2007
NEW MOM Alli Season TWO
NEW MOM - ALLI SEASON TWO :
my sweet little family
10/04/07
me and my best friend =)
10/04/07
Deige loves his Godmother Molly
10/04/07
deige and his sister ava =)
10/04/07
Godmother Molly in town
9/28/07
My best friend, Molly, came into town yesterday to meet her god-son. =) she's so sweet with him. it's really fun to have her here. she's so natural with him. molly is like a sister to me. she's family and i'm so lucky to have her in my life. and now in deige's life. i'll post some beautiful pictures of them soon. have to find time to upload the photos. =) anyway, she leaves tomorrow and it will be sad to see her go. we miss here. she used to live here in california, but moved home to colorado after college. it's okay, though. we are going to make sure we visit her as often as we can. molly is such an important part of this family. i'll make sure to write more later.
XOXO,
alli
mamas and munchkins diaper bag
9/28/07
okay, so today the mail man came and i was so excited! a) because i got the door BEFORE the dog barked. so the baby didn't wake up. =) and b) because he brought me the best gift in the world! =) www.mamasandmuchkins.com sent me the most beautiful leather brown diaper bag and i'm obsessed with it! it's super stylish and sassy. i'll feel cute in public with a bag like that. it's not at all cheezy like a lot of diaper bags are. so...for any of you looking for a great bag...check this site out! their products are top of the line! i also enjoy their post its for babysitters. they give information numbers and stuff like that on them. super cute. and super useful. it may take me a while to let a babysitter watch my little one. but when i'm ready, the post its will definitely come in handy! anyway, thank you so so so so much, mamas and munchkins! i love the beautiful diaper bag! it's perfect!
XOXO,
alli
loving his swing
9/28/07
the dirty flu
9/28/07
so...on tues morning, around 3am, micah and i woke up super sick to our tummies. not fun. at 1st we thought it was just food poisoning. but then the throw ups and the aches and pains came along. it was really hard to handle while taking care of deige. i took deige to the dr that morning cuz i was paranoid he would get sick. and paranoid that my milk wouldnt be the best since i couldnt eat or drink. but, she assured me that deige would be fine cuz he gets all of my antibodies from my milk. she said, "not to be mean, but you dont matter any more to mother nature. all of your nutrients and antibodies go to deige. especially when youre sick." she said that because of that, it may take me longer to get better. which, was true. by 3pm, micah was feeling much better. and i was still throwing up everything. including water. i was so dehydrated. it was so hard to nurse when my body was running on empty. 7pm rolled around and i lost it. i thought i was going to lose my mind. literally felt like i was having a nervous breakdown. i was nursing and sick to my tummy and keeping nothing in my body. my milk was getting thicker and deige wasn't satisfied. so i constantly had him on my breast. poor guy. it broke my heart. 730 came and i called micah's mom. she took me to the er. we waited there from 8-1130. when we got there, we were one of 2 people in the er. by the time 1130 rolled around, we were in a packed waiting room. everyone kept getting seen before me because their emergencies were worse than mine. although, at the time, i didn't agree that was the case. but it was. there were people in there with chest pains, open wounds, everything. i thought mine was a bigger emergency only because i was trying to feed another human being with my run down body. deige nursed once in the er and fell asleep. thank God. he slept the whole time. by 1130 i was so tired of waiting my turn. already miserable, i decided to just be miserable at home. so karen took us home. micah, karen, deige and i snuggled up in the living room for a lot of the night. we all had blankets and water and watched LA Ink. water finally stayed down. i think the last time i threw up was around midnight. it was a long haul. from 3am to midnight...wow. my body is still recovering. micah's is too. and deige is happy to have his milk back to normal.
i think the neatest thing through all of this is that Deige was protected from my sickness by drinking milk from my body. it's neat that i can protect him even when i'm not protected myself. i love the bond between mother and baby. we are so dependent on eachother, it's crazy. my body made his body. him nursing me, helped heal my body. and him nursing allows me to keep his body healthy. really neat how that works out. anyway, i'm rambling. so, the flu sucked. make sure you all get flu shots this year! its worth it!
XOXO,
alli
Daddy and Deige
9/24/07
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nap time
9/24/07
dietary cuts....bummer!
9/24/07
big bummer for mommy, good thing for deigey! little man's tummy is ultra sensitive and i've had to cut nearly everything out of my diet. i cut out dairy, turkey, caffeine, sweets, everything! i was basically eating plain chicken and a few veggies here and there. drinking TONS of water! =) but, anyway, i've slowly added things to figure out what he's sensitive to. i think i've narrowed it down. he is sensitive to apple juice, caffeine, (which, duh, i shouldn't have that anyway...although i feel like it's my saving grace after a long night), turkey, and dairy. little man didn't like turkey when i was pregnant, and he still doesn't like it now. =) how funny. his tummy is ultra sensi. it's fun learning him. i have fun learning new things about him every day. he's so sweet. his personality is super sweet. he loves to cuddle and be close. he's learned what kisses are. and he'll put is face on my lips when i'm holding him if he wants more kisses. super sweet. i love it. and sometimes he'll even smile when i kiss his face off! =) micah shaved his facial hair today for deige's sake. i think he'll like his daddy's soft skin better than the pokey hair. =) i like micah with a shaved face too. i think it makes him look so handsome. anyway, today we gave him his first bath. we couldn't give him a real bath before now because of the belly button healing and also his circumcision. everything is healed now, so we took a bath! yay! it was so fun! micah and i video taped it and took pictures. so fun. he's so funny cause he screamed bloody murder during the bath, but smiled so big when we took him out. he felt so yummy and clean. he loved lounging in his robe and he loved having me massage lotion into his little skin. he smells so pretty! and now that his hair is washed, it looks even more blonde! it's fun to see his features changing before our very eyes. he looks different every day. so fun. baby is the love of our lives. we are so blessed.
XOXO,
alli
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Getting it down
9/24/07
we're starting to get it down...this whole parenting thing. =) we're learning to get into more of a routine. we're learning deige and he is learning us. it's fun. but really tiring. we took deige to see my dear friend rachael yesterday. her parents were thrilled to see him as well. and it got me out of the house for a few hours. micah and i really had fun over there. good friends are hard to come by. it was nice cause they didn't make me feel pressured at all to bring him over, or to see him. even though rachael was only in town for a few days. they are just genuinely good fun people to be around and i felt comfortable bringing my 2 week old baby over to see them. i'm still being protective mommy, though, when it comes to people coming over to our home. i'm still ultra protective around kids especially. he hasn't had any vaccinations yet and the dr. advised me to limit visitors and especially kid visitors. she said that it's especially important because it's back to school time and kids are full of germs and the flu virus is potentially fatal to a little 2 week boy. so, she said any one who comes around him needs to have the flu vaccine. i'm all about that. i get it every year any way.
1st time in swing
9/20/07
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one week old
9/20/07
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9/18/07
very tired, very happy
it's weird being a new mommy. you're so tired, but it's strange cause you just don't care to sleep cause you're so happy to have a little one. i'm definitely running on exhaustion, but i know it will only get better from here. deige has been having fits late at night. they last about 3 hours. it's definitely his fussy time. last night, though, he did well. started his fit early and we were all in bed by 12. deige and i slept about 6 hours last night in between feedings and diaper changes. so, that was the most we've slept in the last week. very exciting.
i'm still really trying hard to heal my body. it's been rough. i have these horrible leg pains on the top of my legs from my hips to my knees. it's a tingling sensation that feels much like the tingle of the epidural. and when the tingling stops, i get surges of hot blood running down my legs and it makes me cry. it's horrible. i went to the dr yesterday to check it out and she said i have nerve damage from holding my legs so hard during labor. she said it's normal for some women. and to let it take it's course. she also thought i was anemic because my head was feeling dizzy when i would have leg pains. and i would almost black out because of it. but, i took a blood test, and i'm fine. just a weird coincidence that the head aches, blackouts, and dizziness is all at the same time as my tingling legs. anyway, hoping it gets better every day.
i still feel really icky and haven't wanted any men around because of it. i've felt bad because i haven't wanted the two grandpas around because of the icky way i feel. and its hard to have friends over for the same reason. i don't know if other moms have felt this way or not, but i really only want women around me. for a while, my husband even drove me nuts to be around. i wasn't the nicest to him in the hospital. but, we're learning to help eachother become parents and from that, we've fallen in love all over again. so, that's a good thing. but, my raging hormones, my aching body, and all my leaking going on in the boob department has really made me not want men around at all. my dad, bless his heart, has been so understanding. he flew here from colorado and really doesn't make me feel guilty about not wanting men around. he leaves tomorrow, so i'm sure he'll spend some time with deige today. anyway, the baby is crying...i have to go feed. i'll spend more time writing later.
XOXO,
alli
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a proud daddy
9/16/07
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I'm a mommy!!!!
9/15/07
yay! i'm a mommy! it finally happened...baby deige came into our world on september 11, 2007 @4:55am. i had a 9 hour labor, but pushed for 45. they tried to stop my contractions because they were so big and one on top of the other. it was very painful, had two epidurals...still felt the birth! =( so, it wasn't pleasant, but it wasn't the worst thing in the world, either. i'm so much in love with my son. i would have labored for 9 months, and been pregnant a day if that was what it took. he is perfect and i'm so thankful that he is healthy and strong. he weighed 7 punds 12 ounces. he is nineteen inches long. and he has blonde hair and blue eyes at the moment. he looks exactly like micah's baby pictures. =) super sweet. he is a biscuit. we LOVE this little man! i'll write more later. still recovering...i'm very tired.
XOXO,
alli
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my sweet little family
10/04/07
me and my best friend =)
10/04/07
Deige loves his Godmother Molly
10/04/07
deige and his sister ava =)
10/04/07
Godmother Molly in town
9/28/07
My best friend, Molly, came into town yesterday to meet her god-son. =) she's so sweet with him. it's really fun to have her here. she's so natural with him. molly is like a sister to me. she's family and i'm so lucky to have her in my life. and now in deige's life. i'll post some beautiful pictures of them soon. have to find time to upload the photos. =) anyway, she leaves tomorrow and it will be sad to see her go. we miss here. she used to live here in california, but moved home to colorado after college. it's okay, though. we are going to make sure we visit her as often as we can. molly is such an important part of this family. i'll make sure to write more later.
XOXO,
alli
mamas and munchkins diaper bag
9/28/07
okay, so today the mail man came and i was so excited! a) because i got the door BEFORE the dog barked. so the baby didn't wake up. =) and b) because he brought me the best gift in the world! =) www.mamasandmuchkins.com sent me the most beautiful leather brown diaper bag and i'm obsessed with it! it's super stylish and sassy. i'll feel cute in public with a bag like that. it's not at all cheezy like a lot of diaper bags are. so...for any of you looking for a great bag...check this site out! their products are top of the line! i also enjoy their post its for babysitters. they give information numbers and stuff like that on them. super cute. and super useful. it may take me a while to let a babysitter watch my little one. but when i'm ready, the post its will definitely come in handy! anyway, thank you so so so so much, mamas and munchkins! i love the beautiful diaper bag! it's perfect!
XOXO,
alli
loving his swing
9/28/07
the dirty flu
9/28/07
so...on tues morning, around 3am, micah and i woke up super sick to our tummies. not fun. at 1st we thought it was just food poisoning. but then the throw ups and the aches and pains came along. it was really hard to handle while taking care of deige. i took deige to the dr that morning cuz i was paranoid he would get sick. and paranoid that my milk wouldnt be the best since i couldnt eat or drink. but, she assured me that deige would be fine cuz he gets all of my antibodies from my milk. she said, "not to be mean, but you dont matter any more to mother nature. all of your nutrients and antibodies go to deige. especially when youre sick." she said that because of that, it may take me longer to get better. which, was true. by 3pm, micah was feeling much better. and i was still throwing up everything. including water. i was so dehydrated. it was so hard to nurse when my body was running on empty. 7pm rolled around and i lost it. i thought i was going to lose my mind. literally felt like i was having a nervous breakdown. i was nursing and sick to my tummy and keeping nothing in my body. my milk was getting thicker and deige wasn't satisfied. so i constantly had him on my breast. poor guy. it broke my heart. 730 came and i called micah's mom. she took me to the er. we waited there from 8-1130. when we got there, we were one of 2 people in the er. by the time 1130 rolled around, we were in a packed waiting room. everyone kept getting seen before me because their emergencies were worse than mine. although, at the time, i didn't agree that was the case. but it was. there were people in there with chest pains, open wounds, everything. i thought mine was a bigger emergency only because i was trying to feed another human being with my run down body. deige nursed once in the er and fell asleep. thank God. he slept the whole time. by 1130 i was so tired of waiting my turn. already miserable, i decided to just be miserable at home. so karen took us home. micah, karen, deige and i snuggled up in the living room for a lot of the night. we all had blankets and water and watched LA Ink. water finally stayed down. i think the last time i threw up was around midnight. it was a long haul. from 3am to midnight...wow. my body is still recovering. micah's is too. and deige is happy to have his milk back to normal.
i think the neatest thing through all of this is that Deige was protected from my sickness by drinking milk from my body. it's neat that i can protect him even when i'm not protected myself. i love the bond between mother and baby. we are so dependent on eachother, it's crazy. my body made his body. him nursing me, helped heal my body. and him nursing allows me to keep his body healthy. really neat how that works out. anyway, i'm rambling. so, the flu sucked. make sure you all get flu shots this year! its worth it!
XOXO,
alli
Daddy and Deige
9/24/07
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nap time
9/24/07
dietary cuts....bummer!
9/24/07
big bummer for mommy, good thing for deigey! little man's tummy is ultra sensitive and i've had to cut nearly everything out of my diet. i cut out dairy, turkey, caffeine, sweets, everything! i was basically eating plain chicken and a few veggies here and there. drinking TONS of water! =) but, anyway, i've slowly added things to figure out what he's sensitive to. i think i've narrowed it down. he is sensitive to apple juice, caffeine, (which, duh, i shouldn't have that anyway...although i feel like it's my saving grace after a long night), turkey, and dairy. little man didn't like turkey when i was pregnant, and he still doesn't like it now. =) how funny. his tummy is ultra sensi. it's fun learning him. i have fun learning new things about him every day. he's so sweet. his personality is super sweet. he loves to cuddle and be close. he's learned what kisses are. and he'll put is face on my lips when i'm holding him if he wants more kisses. super sweet. i love it. and sometimes he'll even smile when i kiss his face off! =) micah shaved his facial hair today for deige's sake. i think he'll like his daddy's soft skin better than the pokey hair. =) i like micah with a shaved face too. i think it makes him look so handsome. anyway, today we gave him his first bath. we couldn't give him a real bath before now because of the belly button healing and also his circumcision. everything is healed now, so we took a bath! yay! it was so fun! micah and i video taped it and took pictures. so fun. he's so funny cause he screamed bloody murder during the bath, but smiled so big when we took him out. he felt so yummy and clean. he loved lounging in his robe and he loved having me massage lotion into his little skin. he smells so pretty! and now that his hair is washed, it looks even more blonde! it's fun to see his features changing before our very eyes. he looks different every day. so fun. baby is the love of our lives. we are so blessed.
XOXO,
alli
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Getting it down
9/24/07
we're starting to get it down...this whole parenting thing. =) we're learning to get into more of a routine. we're learning deige and he is learning us. it's fun. but really tiring. we took deige to see my dear friend rachael yesterday. her parents were thrilled to see him as well. and it got me out of the house for a few hours. micah and i really had fun over there. good friends are hard to come by. it was nice cause they didn't make me feel pressured at all to bring him over, or to see him. even though rachael was only in town for a few days. they are just genuinely good fun people to be around and i felt comfortable bringing my 2 week old baby over to see them. i'm still being protective mommy, though, when it comes to people coming over to our home. i'm still ultra protective around kids especially. he hasn't had any vaccinations yet and the dr. advised me to limit visitors and especially kid visitors. she said that it's especially important because it's back to school time and kids are full of germs and the flu virus is potentially fatal to a little 2 week boy. so, she said any one who comes around him needs to have the flu vaccine. i'm all about that. i get it every year any way.
1st time in swing
9/20/07
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one week old
9/20/07
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9/18/07
very tired, very happy
it's weird being a new mommy. you're so tired, but it's strange cause you just don't care to sleep cause you're so happy to have a little one. i'm definitely running on exhaustion, but i know it will only get better from here. deige has been having fits late at night. they last about 3 hours. it's definitely his fussy time. last night, though, he did well. started his fit early and we were all in bed by 12. deige and i slept about 6 hours last night in between feedings and diaper changes. so, that was the most we've slept in the last week. very exciting.
i'm still really trying hard to heal my body. it's been rough. i have these horrible leg pains on the top of my legs from my hips to my knees. it's a tingling sensation that feels much like the tingle of the epidural. and when the tingling stops, i get surges of hot blood running down my legs and it makes me cry. it's horrible. i went to the dr yesterday to check it out and she said i have nerve damage from holding my legs so hard during labor. she said it's normal for some women. and to let it take it's course. she also thought i was anemic because my head was feeling dizzy when i would have leg pains. and i would almost black out because of it. but, i took a blood test, and i'm fine. just a weird coincidence that the head aches, blackouts, and dizziness is all at the same time as my tingling legs. anyway, hoping it gets better every day.
i still feel really icky and haven't wanted any men around because of it. i've felt bad because i haven't wanted the two grandpas around because of the icky way i feel. and its hard to have friends over for the same reason. i don't know if other moms have felt this way or not, but i really only want women around me. for a while, my husband even drove me nuts to be around. i wasn't the nicest to him in the hospital. but, we're learning to help eachother become parents and from that, we've fallen in love all over again. so, that's a good thing. but, my raging hormones, my aching body, and all my leaking going on in the boob department has really made me not want men around at all. my dad, bless his heart, has been so understanding. he flew here from colorado and really doesn't make me feel guilty about not wanting men around. he leaves tomorrow, so i'm sure he'll spend some time with deige today. anyway, the baby is crying...i have to go feed. i'll spend more time writing later.
XOXO,
alli
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a proud daddy
9/16/07
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I'm a mommy!!!!
9/15/07
yay! i'm a mommy! it finally happened...baby deige came into our world on september 11, 2007 @4:55am. i had a 9 hour labor, but pushed for 45. they tried to stop my contractions because they were so big and one on top of the other. it was very painful, had two epidurals...still felt the birth! =( so, it wasn't pleasant, but it wasn't the worst thing in the world, either. i'm so much in love with my son. i would have labored for 9 months, and been pregnant a day if that was what it took. he is perfect and i'm so thankful that he is healthy and strong. he weighed 7 punds 12 ounces. he is nineteen inches long. and he has blonde hair and blue eyes at the moment. he looks exactly like micah's baby pictures. =) super sweet. he is a biscuit. we LOVE this little man! i'll write more later. still recovering...i'm very tired.
XOXO,
alli
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