Reaching Nursing Goals

Happy 9 months Nursing to L & me.


Today we reach one very Important milestone. I've arrived and it feels damn good. It's kinda easy now. No more battles, the only thing I struggle with now is his height. My arms can only reach so far. He loves to nurse, If i have a bottle an offer it he would look at me like "are you crazy ma".

He has begun his "exterogestation" with him beginning to crawl. So I 'm not sure how long we will nurse past 1. It's his choice, but I will begin to prepare myself for weaning. "Wean me with love for I am your mother".....

Mom & dad party HARD!

My boobs we're extremely constricted..can you tell?..These girls are gorgeous aren't they!

me & birthday boy :)

Although this weekend proved to be fun, i love being at home with Mr.L. Even if he's super crabby from teething. I do miss going out with friends but I could no longer do it every weekend. This Saturday we celebrated a dear friends birthday. My husband and I had dinner at Blue Maguey. It was very affordable for a downtown restaurant. Then we went to Proof Bar for drinks and a little dancing. I got a little inebriated I have to say. I was babbling fool. My husband took care of his drunk wife. Around 1-2ish I felt my boob pressure, I knew it was time to go and relieve some of the pain. I was drunk so I didn't feel pain but by touching them I felt a little panicky. They were about to explode. We went into a gas station and pumped for about 10 minutes. It wasn't enough. Finally we got home and pumped for about 20 minutes, before going to sleep and calling it a night.It was 4:00 a.m. uh-oh! Did I mention that the kiddo was at grandmas.? It was a good fun night!. We needed that. Thankfully I didn't get a hangover, I had to get up again at 8:00 a.m. to pump again. Man was I exhausted. Sometimes We have to be reminded that we are more than parents. Maybe we'll do it again next year. ha....Happy birthday Mr. Edgar.

Love of my eternal life. The best shoulder to lay on

a little cuckoo

Teething is driving me nuts. Seriously. Lucas is extremely irritable. He wants to nurse constantly and wants to be held all the time. Yeah, he was going through serious separation issues, but now it's like "No lady you better not put me down." I baby wear him mainly so I can get something around here done. He wants to either be "walked around" or be held. I even place a whole lotta toys on the ground to try to lure him to sit and NOPE. He's very frustrated. He has figured out that there is sooo much space around him and things he can't get to. All the while crabby over sore gums. I know he will get there with the crawling and the teeth? Yep they will soon come to the surface. 

Scary stuff

I wanna write a bit about last night. As you know We've been co-sleeping with L since 3.5 months. I placed him in bed and slept way better than getting up and spending hours trying to get him to go back to sleep in his crib. CIO is not for us. Anyway last night as any other nights, we went to sleep. L was nursing and I sleeping. Dh was watching a movie. I woke up around 12 p.m. both boys passed out, the T.V. still on. I got up to turn it off, when I returned to bed I saw L on his side. He never ever sleeps on his side he always is on his back. I though it was cute and went back to sleep. I woke up around 4ish. As a nursing momma to a very hungry boy it's very uncommon to go almost 6hrs of sleep without nursing. I swear to god I thought L was facing down. I waited for what seemed the longest seconds of my life to see or hear him breathe. He didn't. I immediately grabbed his limp, sleeping body. He was facing up. He was startled that I grabbed him like that but I didn't disturb his sleep. My heart was racing so fast I could practically hear it.I spent a minute with my hand over his chest and I couldn't believe how crazy my head had spun. I know that the risks of SIDS are when you co-sleep. I never have anything around him, meaning pillows, covers. I'm always fully alert. But last night for some reason I felt so scared of him being in my bed. I thought I'd share. I'm so sorry if this TRIGGERS any bad thoughts or memories to any of you.

spring?

Weather bug love.

It's March and it feels like May or early June. It really take me back to last year when I had my humong belly.

I can't believe how sweet & wonderful it feels to have nice weather again. Even though we're such babies. This winter was extremely mild compared to what goes on around here by Chicago. We do get those crazy drops in tempereature that you never expect. I'm gonna start a summer bucket list and every item must be completed by the end of August. I have a feeling this might be the best summer ever. We have my first "official" mother's day & the third one I've celebrated. Fist father's day. I have a ton of projects, I'm still doing a photocard for each holiday for Lucas. Coming up is St. Pat's, Easter then Cinco de Mayo. I'm planning my husbands Graduation Fiesta theme. So proud of him by the way!!!  I'm doing some crafts for the big 1st birthday. Which I know I may be going a little crazy over since He won't remember any of it. Lot's of money well spent.

I will try to start getting organized and maybe post a little more

Love, A

mmmum-monday

Breastfeeding

I'm extremely excited to say that in a couple of weeks I'm gonna reach my 9 month nursing goal. If anyone would have told me I would have nursed this far the first month I would have called them crazy. From the get-go I knew 6 months seemed plausible but 9? and a year? to self-wean.The first month was a wreck. I was sleep deprived and very cranky. I also have posted here that I had a bit of depression right after coming home. The first month feedings brought me anxiety, my nipples really ached. Specially the left. The left is my "weak" one. 4-1 ounces pumped compared to my right one.Our struggles now have to do with him being to big to hold while feeding in public. I still love it though, and I'm so thankful I was able to BF. I don't look forward to him self-weaning. Hope he goes easy on me. It feels amazing to know that I've accomplished something so dear to my heart. It almost makes me wonder why more mom's wouldn't wanna breastfeed. I totally get that it's challenging but man it's rewarding as hell. I actually was reading a stupid magazine, On the cover was "Snooki" ( hey it was a long drive) She wanted to bf with the intent of loosing weight. Her "fiance" was quoted saying he wasn't sure it was better than formula.! Crazy..

Doubled up weekend.

Horray!! for nice weather
This weekend we walked around 2 towns
The town of Geneva & Galina
Both small towns
Both very pretty

This time Grandpa D joined us
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Geneva's Downtown 

Had Brunch at Little Owl...ahhh it was alright

my two boys rock

pretty river

Then we decided to drive a little more west..

We didn't think it be 54 miles away.

Thank god we found Galina.

We visited president's Grant Home.

And I also think Galina may be the mecca for Antique shops.

Pretty cool for nerdy me

content with the 3 hr drive

Galina's old town feel

The hubs wasn't sure the food would be good..he was wrong.

BAD HAIR DAY

Torta

Horse on the window

They make me smile

Sooo funny!

damn you closed Antique store!!!

a little late on trifting love tuesday but ...

another vintage Polaroid for my collection

i also needed new books ..i love the pages.

& AREN'T THOSE CANVASES AWESOME!

WALK AROUND TOWN!

Our zoo trip never came true.

Ava had a small fever so we decided to just eat lunch and walk around town..

OAK PARK
I love this town, it's very spunky & young
What's damn cool about Oak Pk......
Frank Loyd Wright museum :)
Ernest Hemingway was born here.

The kiddos enjoying each other. A needs a sibling

Trying out the new baby carrier ; ) easier on my back & cheap.

mouth watering..

Miss. A trying a very tasty macaroon 

shopped here

He he :   ]

Cute card from Mikwhick

Motherhood..

Funny cards

Breastfeeding & walking ;)

she said..it's a rocket Adriana

Then we walked a little more and into this awesome bakery

 The thing "mural" kinda looked like penises

 ^ What an awesome & cute business card right? ..Lol Alma you look funny

she's a darling