First 3 Months Video Montage

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3 Months Old!

Christopher has started sleeping for 9 HOURS! He did it Sunday night and Monday night, but reverted to waking up once Tuesday night. Three nights in a row is supposed to be a new "routine." It was so nice being able to sleep straight through the night! Well, except for Sunday night when I was engorged for the first time ever! That didn't feel good at all! Every time I'd roll over on that side, I'd wake up. Uff da! Monday night was much better.

I can't believe that he's 3 months old today! Wow! Time is flying by so fast! Here are some recent pictures of him:



















































Even when he's crying, he's just so darned cute! Of course, I'm biased!

I learned over the weekend that Bank of America is hiring a part-time (20 hours) teller at the branch around the corner from my house. The best part is that they pay for childcare...even for part-timers! An added bonus is that they provide benefits for part-timers, too! I applied online on Monday.

I had a fun experience of babysitting a 15 month old in addition to having Christopher on Monday! A friend from church needed my help, so since I had no plans, I agreed. Not only did I have those two, I also had Brinkley who wanted my FULL attention, too. Uff da! I learned that Shad and I WILL NOT BE HAVING ANYMORE CHILDREN!!! This little girl, Maysen, was GO, GO, GO the entire 3 hours I had her!!! I don't see how mothers with more than one child do it! I told Shad to go ahead and have a vasectomy now so I can't change my mind! LOL! Of course, I'm joking...I think. On a serious note, though, I am perfectly content only having 1 child for now. I'm sure when Christopher get a little older, the baby bug will bite again. I'll just have to remember how rough the first several weeks have been when that time comes!

Milestones: Besides sleeping 9 hours at night starting Sunday night, Christopher laughed out loud for the first time late last week (12 weeks old)! He still hasn't rolled over at all, though. Maybe he needs some more tummy time/floor time.

10 Weeks 5 Days Old

Well, Christopher had one night of sleeping 8 hours!!! Last Friday night (2/24), I put him to bed at 9:30 pm and he didn't wake up until 5:30 am! However, we've been back to him waking up at 3:30 and 4:30 am since then. Oh well. It'll come with time. At least he's really only waking me up once a night and only stays awake long enough to eat, which is about 5-10 minutes. I'm glad the days of him wanting to eat EVERY 3 hours and then staying awake for 1-2 hours at a time seem to be over with! At least I hope so!

As of yesterday (Monday, Feb. 27), I am officially unemployed. I think they're going to list it by saying that I was unable to work the required 40 hours. In order to get Unemployment, I have to have been released "through no fault of my own." Since I was unable to work the required 40 hours, I don't think I'll be eligible like I'd hoped. All this drama and I'm probably not going to get what I wanted in the end! Ugh!

Now that I'm unemployed, I have to find some kind of Work-At-Home job. I'm still thinking about taking in 1-2 kids. I might start off with just 1 at first and see how that goes. If I seem to handle it okay, I would probably take another one. I'm hoping to only do it part-time, though. For example, one mother works Monday-Friday 7:00 am - 1:00 pm. That way, I'd still have my afternoons available for whatever I need to do. Please keep me and Shad in your prayers! We need all the help both financially and job-wise that we can get! Thank you!