Stupid phone.

So I was going to upload a bunch of new pictures of Clara, but my phone is being retarded. If it keeps up, it'll be on the list of things that are getting replaced!!

We had a busy weekend!

Friday night we (Adam, myself, my mom & dad) dropped Clara off at Grandma & Grandpa Mueller's house and met my brother and sister-in-law at Mackinaw's in Green Bay for our "Tin Can" supper. What the heck is "Tin Can" supper, you might ask? Well, we've been saving aluminum cans for quite some time and my Dad finally cashed them in. It came to around $84!! So those of us who contributed to the can collection got to use the money towards dinner. It was a great time!

Saturday Adam's mom came down by us and picked up Clara for the afternoon. I got quite a bit done! Her laundry got done, I did a LOT of grocery shopping, and I got a little homework done. Adam got a lot of homework done, too! Then we packed up and headed to his parent's house to pick up Clara and have dinner with Grandpa. It was a great time! And it was nice to see Grandpa again. He can't believe how big Clara has gotten since Christmas! While we were there I got a call from my Grandma Ruby. She wanted to come down on Sunday to visit.

So, Sunday my Grandma, Uncle Russ, and Uncle Carl all came down to my parents' house for a visit. Clara got all dolled up. She looked so adorable!

In other Clara-related news, we've started her on single-grain rice cereal in her morning bottles. Her appetite seems to be pretty voracious lately and plain breastmilk doesn't seem to be doing the job anymore. We're slowly introducing the rice cereal, so hopefully she'll be staying full longer. We'll also be adding it to her bottle before she goes to bed. She's been waking up earlier and earlier everyday. This morning she was up at 3am! Not cool, little girl. :)

I bought her a Bumbo. So far she's liking it, though not for long periods of time. Hopefully she'll get more used to it. Here she is sitting in it. Scooter was checking her out, too. He just loves his little "sister!"

Big changes.

So there have been some major changes in Clara's room! On Thursday night, Adam's parents brought the crib over. We, of course, wasted no time putting it together. I also started getting her clothes separated to be washed.

Today we made the trek to Appleton and did the BIG baby-shopping spree at BRU. We got her travel system, a bunch of feeding supplies, some covers for the changing pad, a mattress pad, some sleep sacks, a few more receiving blankets, some pacifiers, and a diaper bag for me. I'm sure there were a few more things on that list, but that's all I can recall off the top of my head. We also went to Target to get a few more things (mostly little things). We came home with a whole truck-load of stuff! I even managed to get everything put away in the hour before we left for dinner! Her room is really starting to look like someone is going to live in it! Here's a couple quick pictures. I'll post some more of the room when we get the Dr. Seuss decals up on the walls....and the room gets cleaned up a little more! I ran out of energy today to do it. We're also going to find some hooks to hang on the wall to hang the diaper bags and carrier on, rather than where they're hanging in the closet at the moment.

A great week so far!

After such a fun weekend, I was sad to have to come back to work. But it ended up not being so bad.

I got a pretty good night's sleep on Sunday night-something that doesn't happen often anymore. Aside from the a/c being out in the building where I work (again) and it being 90 degrees, it was actually a somewhat pleasant day at work! When I got home Adam & I went grocery shopping, finally, and then my Mom & I went to a friend's house for a Tastefully Simple open house. I bought some boxed soup mixes for after Clara's born.

Tuesday was another hot day, but not unpleasant as far as work goes. I went home in the afternoon and immediately crawled back into my pajamas...and stayed there! lol I did a little laundry and cooked some dinner. The only damper on the night was the fact that I had 3 or so Braxton-Hicks contractions in about an hour and half. I decided it was time to go lay down. Well, I ended up falling asleep. But I think it was 7:30 anyway so it's not like I wasted a lot of time, and I can use the sleep!

Today I got to work, only to find that the supervisor who is usually on is goose hunting! It's almost like a vacation at work! AND I have an interview for a promotion today! I've been trying to get this promotion for over a year now! I'm not expecting miracles, especially since I'll only be at work until 10/28, but I'll take what I can get at this point!

Tomorrow, I'm hoping for the same sort of workday as today. The weather's even supposed to be a lot cooler. It's good because I am SO OVER being hot all the time! Then tomorrow night Adam's parents are bringing the crib over. That'll be really exciting! I'm going to wash some of the sheets tonight so I can put them on tomorrow....except I just realized I don't have the waterproof mattress pad yet. Ok, well I'll wash the sheets and just hang them on the side of the crib until I get the pad on Friday.

Friday we are doing our marathon baby-shopping trip! We'll be taking all of our remaining wedding/baby shower money, gift cards, and coupons to Babies R Us and purchasing all of the remaining things we still need for Clara. Some of the heavy hitters: Travel System, bouncer, swing, feeding items, diaper bag, and a lot of other little stuff. We got a few items in the mail from Target yesterday...a pacifier sterlizer, a bumper set, and a cooler bag for bottles. It's going to be a long day, but it should be fun anyway. Though I think I'll have more fun once we get home and I can finish organizing the nursery! My family is buying our dresser and it hasn't gotten purchased yet, but it should be soon and that will really be the final item we're waiting for-other than Clara!