Busy Day!

Last night Nadia went to sleep at 7pm and slept until 2:35am. WOOHOO! I nursed her for 30 minutes and thought this will be a one feeding night. Wrong. She woke up at 5:10am only 2 hours later. I was going to just let her cry a little so she could stay in bed until at least 6am as I know she can go longer than 2 hours between feedings, but since I was going to be away so much today, I decided I wanted to nurse her again. So I nursed her until 5:40 and put her back to bed. She slept until 7:30 so she got a little more than 11 hours of sleep last night! :-)

I left for work at 6:40am and spent about 30 minutes making copies of paperwork for the interviews. Then after I taught I drove home. Nadia was in the middle of her first 45 minute nap. After she woke up I fed her and then we headed to the grocery store. I used the Snugli for the first time. She liked facing out and seeing everything, and I liked having two hands free. She's outgrown the sling (at least the one I have). She started to fall asleep on the way home so I nursed her just a few minutes before putting her down for her 2nd 45 minute nap. While she slept I put away the groceries, made myself a sandwich for lunch, and made a chicken dish for dinner. Paul's parents came at 12:30. The doorbell woke her up. I changed her diaper and nursed her about 10 minutes before it was time for me to leave for work (again). She was unhappy. I assumed it was because I had stopped her lunch before she was done so I made her a bottle. She wouldn't take it. Let me tell you it was very hard for me to leave while she was so unhappy, but I had no choice.

I called on the way to work as I thought I had left the chicken in the oven. Well I had left it in the oven, but I had turned the oven off. So it was sitting uncooked in a cold oven. OOPS! Well that's better than burning it! Paul's mom said she cried about 10 minutes but then they were able to keep her happy if they walked her around the house. I left work earlier than planned as Paul wasn't going to be able to get home until after 6pm. I got home at 4:45 since I skipped the last interviews. I was sooo happy to see my little girl when I got home. I missed her!!! She was cooing and laughing for me. She was happy to see her Mommy. I am glad I'm not normally apart from her that many hours in a day.

I was supposed to go to a concert tonight. I had won a year's worth of free tickets from the local Christian radio station back in April. The first tickets were for the week I was in the hospital with Nadia after she was born. Paul's brother and niece used them instead. Tonight I was going to go with my friend. She called this morning and said something came up and she couldn't go. I haven't seen her in a couple of months. I guess I won't see her much any more now that we've moved. I was really looking to the concert also. She and I usually go to a few concerts a year, but I haven't been to any concerts in 2008. So anyhow I was really bummed as I was looking forward to seeing her and also really looking forward to the concert. These concerts really are a boost to me spiritually and emotionally. I could have gone by myself, but I would have felt really weird. Paul would have gone with me, but then we wouldn't have anyone to stay home with Nadia while she slept (she went down at 6:30pm). I called a couple of people to try to find two other people who wanted the tickets or maybe someone else to go with me, but the tickets just ended up in the trash can. It was too last minute to find someone else who could use them.

I wonder why it seems so awkward to go to something like a concert by yourself? Or maybe it's just me that feels too weird going alone. When I eat dinner alone at a nice restaurant (like when I'm at a conference), I bring a book to read while I eat and then it doesn't bother me as much to eat alone. Eating alone at home hasn't bothered me for years, but when I first moved to PA in 1996 I used to always read the newspaper while I ate dinner as that was a transition for me to eat my meals alone all the time. Of course I usually have company these days when I eat even if she's not exactly eating with me yet except for when I nurse her while I'm eating. :-)

Speaking of my little sweetheart, it was one year ago today that I found out my hCG had doubled (and was over 300). This was SUCH a relief as my hCG didn't go up properly with my first pgcy in 2005. I am still sooooo very thankful for our little miracle! Yes, sometimes I feel lonely as I go months without doing some like going out to lunch with a friend (and who knows it might be years until that happens again as I don't know anyone in our new area), but if I had to pick between having a close female friend or two to get together with now and then or a daughter - I'd pick a daughter any day of the week!!! Well speaking of my girl, since I'm not going to the concert I think I'll pump and go to bed. It's rare I stay up past 8pm these days. Once she starts sleeping through the night I'll probably shift back towards what used to be my usual bedtime of 9:30pm.