Back to work, back to work...

Well, this past week I went back to my job after 10 weeks and Grant went to day care. The first few days were rough, but this is our life now. It's hard to imagine someone else spending most of the day with Grant so we are trying to make the most of the evenings we have together. I find myself not coming home and turning on the TV (life before baby) and getting on the floor in Grant's room playing with him. He is really becoming more aware of his surroundings which is fun to watch. He is sleeping till about 5:30 in the morning which helps me get some good sleep. I have time to take another small nap after I feed him before I have to get ready for work. I am going in to work at 9 for a while until I get a routine that gets me to work by 8. My boss is ok with that so I will continue to do that probably through March.

Other things that are going on...We went to Kansas City for a friend's wedding. It was a lot of fun because we got to see some old friends. We shopped and had a great time visiting with everyone. Grant also had his first dance at the wedding. He loved it or I guess he did because it did not make him fussy. He also joined the conga line when it went by. All the "firsts" are so much fun with him. My friends that have kids have told me that, but until you get to experience it with your own, it's hard to understand the joy.

So much for a blog once a week

Well my goal was to get on here once a week and update everyone on Grant's progress. As you can see that has not happened. It is amazing how I am home everyday right now, but how little time I have for things like this. Most of the day I am feeding, rocking, cleaning, and sleeping. But it has been GREAT! Yesterday Grant was six weeks old. I have always heard that this time goes by fast and that they grow so much, but I never understood until now. He slept in his crib for the first time last night. He did pretty good. We woke up at 2 and at 6. The other night he slept for 6 hours so I am trying to figure out what I did that night to help him sleep that long. Hopefully soon he will be sleeping 6 or more hours a night- I know, just a little patience.

Grant and I had a big weekend travelling to Houston to visit my family. The only person in my family to have seen Grant before that was my mom so it was nice to introduce him to everyone. One of my brothers did not get to meet him because he is working over in Africa right now. However, I was given a web-cam for Christmas which is a blessing. We have been able to talk to my brother and the grandparents through Skype. It is amazing how technology allows people all over the world to feel close to each other when talking.

I have a few more weeks before I go back to work. I pray that Grant is sleeping through the night at that point to help me adjust to being a working mom. But if not, I am sure that I will survive the sleep deprivation as so many other moms do the same thing.

Welcome home Grant!

Well, it is almost a week since the arrival of Grant. For those of you who have not heard, I was in the checkout line at Wal-Mart after an all day conference last Wednesday when my water BROKE! Yes, what a great story that will be. I finished checking out my few items despite the cashier taking his sweet time. I guess I managed to hide the fact that I was about to bring a baby into the world. I got home and got everything ready to go to the hospital. Chad came home from work and proceeded to clean up the Christmas decorations in the yard that had fallen over. Chad-always calm, cool, and collected enough to take care of the decorations. We also stopped by Sonic on the way to the hospital to eat a bite before the big event. I was admitted to a room and about midnight the nurse started me on pitocin to speed along the process. An hour later I was blessed with an epidural! Things went well from there until it was time to push. I guess Grant was embarrassed about the Wal-mart incident because he did not want to come out. After almost 2 hours, the doctor provided a little assistance and out came Mr. Grant- lovely conehead and all!!! He is precious (maybe a little biased). Chad was great through it all and my cousin Carin came up about 6 just in time for the pushing. They were both wonderful to have there for the support and laughter. At one point (early in the pushing) Chad played "Eye of the Tiger" from his phone. Later in the pushing, it would not have been so funny.

Overwhelmed...

Well, there is only one word to describe this past week and that is OVERWHELMING! Quit job, painting, cleaning, baby shower, new job...wow- Grant is learning already what it is like to have a lot of things happening at once. On Tuesday I quit working at the ME's office. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday we sanded a dresser, painted the room (thanks to my mom), cleaned the house (thanks again to Mom). Saturday night we had some friends in town so we all went down to Bricktown and bowled. I decided not to bowl because my belly was wanting to just sit and watch everyone else and not bend over so much. Then Sunday afternoon, I had a shower at church, which was just amazing. When I walked into the room, it was decorated so cute with sea life everywhere. There was so many gifts to open and we were so blessed to have people throw us this shower. Then Monday morning, I started my new job at the OSBI. It has been a bittersweet past two days knowing that I have a great opportunity at OSBI, but sad to not be working with some of my closest friends. I also had a doctor's appointment today that went well and she says that I am on schedule for 34 weeks. Only 5 1/2 more weeks to go! Then maybe I can be comfortable sleeping and breathing again...We are excited about the greatest change in our lives.

The name...

Well, we decided on a name for the baby. We have been calling him George and we still do sometimes, but he now has an "official" name. Grant Michael Cliburn! Chad and I had both picked out names and Chad decided on the name I chose. This way, if he grows up not liking the name Grant, Chad can blame it on me. What a thoughtful father he will be!

Sonogram of our baby boy

Let the blogging begin...

Well, here it is. I decided to get into the blogging thing so that friends and relatives, especially new grandparents could keep up with the changes of a newborn. It is such a wonderful time for us and we are looking forward to this journey we are about to embark on. Only 3 more months to go, which seems like a lot. But, there is so much to do in the next months that I can't even imagine how fast it will go by.