Happy Birthday...

...to My Baby Daddy 

(times 5!)

I love you to the moon and back 

(times 5!)

7 Quick Takes: Volume 9

1)

So, I'm not a huge fan of breastfeeding, as I've said before.  It's a sacrifice of love and I do it because it's good for mom and baby and it's free.  But now that I'm pumping at work everyday, I am so tempted to just stop.  Pumping hurts, and it is slightly embarrassing and impractical to kick out my co-worker for 20 minutes twice a day so I can pump, and then when I go home and nurse Xander...now that hurts because I'm sore from pumping.  I really want to try to make it as long as possible, but it seems the cons are outweighing the pros.  I think I just need some encouragement from moms who have pumped while working full-time.  Got any?

2)

Other than the inconvenience of pumping, work is going very well.  I love being in this Catholic and friendly environment.  Phil walks by my office at least once a day to say hi...which makes all the office ladies smile.  My co-worker says Phil is getting his "sweetheart fix" :)

3)

Xander seems to be adjusting to the nanny well.  She is still figuring him out and what/when he needs things.  When I'm home with him and he cries, I can just nurse him, but she obviously doesn't have that capability.  Lucky for her he LOVES his pacifier.

4)

Can you believe January Jones stole our name??

5)

The boys ask every weekend to play their DS or Leapsters during rest time (while Maggie naps).  I have been giving in much more since Xander's birth, but they still only get about an hour on Sat and one on Sun.  How often do you let your kids play video games/Wii?

6)

I lost 1.8 pounds this week!  I think it was only because I was able to exercise a lot.  But now I'm sick with a cold and haven't worked out since Sunday!

7)
Sooooo, Phil and I caved in and let Maggie sleep in the same room as the boys.  She has been crying at bedtime  and saying she's scared to sleep in her room all by herself.  We tried to make her feel better by telling her that when Xander gets bigger, he will sleep with her. which worked for a few nights.  But then the crying continued and she just looked so pathetic, and I never wanted to sleep alone either, so I really felt bad for her.  Once she started waking up during the night having nightmares, we realized we needed sleep more than we needed to stick to our guns about her sleeping in her own room, and so we set her up to sleep in the boys room until Xander is ready to sleep with her.  She loves it and sleeps so well now.  I hope this doesn't come back to bite us.  Choose your battles, right?

Funny Girl

Since Alexander has been going to his babysitter's house, he comes home smelling like the Portuguese cuisine she cooks daily.  If anyone knows Portuguese food, you know that they use a lot of spices, thus creating some strong (but usually delicious) odors.

Maggie was giving Alexander a kiss and stated "He smells Chinese!"

She meant that he smelled like chinese food....and he did. 

Then this morning, she said while hopping off to school..."I'm going to tell all my teachers that Xander smells Chinese!"  I yelled after her "No, don't say that!!", knowing they would not understand the context, and think I was raising a racist little girl. 

I hope she heard me, but I wouldn't be surprised if I get a phone call or note sent home later.  Oh, my poor politically-incorrect daughter!

7th Heaven

October 4, 2004

Andrew's Actual Birth Day:

Andrew Turns One:

2nd Birthday:

Happy to be 3:

Now He's Four:

Celebrating Five at Friendly's:

The Sports Fan turns Six:

And today my handsome Andrew is SEVEN!!

We love this little man, he's our "elephant boy" because he never forgets anything, and our "philosopher" because he asks such thought-provoking and insightful questions!  

You are so sweet, so smart, so affectionate, and so adorable.  And we are so in love with you.  

We will celebrate tonight with chocolate chip pancakes for dinner (his request) and make-your-own ice cream sundaes.  And we gave him a scooter for his present:

Happy Birthday Andrew Pauric!

On My Desk at Work

P.S. I've never been called Mrs. Martin before.  This should be interesting....

It's the First Week of October!

Geez, 2011 has just fuh-lown by!  Right?

Lots of stuff happening this week.  We went to a wedding this weekend.  It was fun but we ducked out early to get Alexander to bed.  The bride looked so beautiful :)

I went to visit a friend who had her first baby.  Look at all that beautiful hair (mom and baby!)  

Monday is my first day back at a full-time job.  It's a new job too, and one I am very excited about.  I'm now officially the Business Manager at our Catholic high school (where Phil teaches).  

BUT...it's also my first day away from Xander B (that's what Eamon calls him).  It's a sad world we live in where moms have to work away from their babes just to make ends meet.  I wish we lived on a farm and had zero debt.  I may just be a tad bit emotional over leaving him :(

Tuesday is Andrew's 7th birthday.  Yippee!  Andrew is an old soul and I always feel like he is older than he is.

On top of that, we have two soccer practices, three games, and a friend's birthday party for John-Paul.

I think I need to go make a to-do list to help get my OCD under control.  Yes, just typing "list" makes me feel more relaxed.  Did y'all know I was Type A and slightly OCD?

Excuse me if I'm not around as much, but I'll be checking blogs on my lunch break!