It is almost time...

.... to go back to work...  :(

I thought I would go stir crazy just being at home, but so far I LOVE it!  It also helps that there are a few new mommies in my circle of friends and it is nice to chat with them about the little ones, day to day life and everything else in between...

On the bright side, my mom is going to be here soon and she will watch Oliver when it is time to go back to work... Thankfully my bosses are also pretty amazing and I will be able to spend less time in the office and work more from home...  Let's see how it will be once I am back at work...

Being a Mommy

Now that I can reflect on the last 4 weeks - I enjoy being Oliver's Mommy :)

We have learned a few things together, we have cried together and we ate together... It is amazing how quickly one adapts to do things with one hand! Like EATING!!!!! Or not eating because you simply forget about it or can't really make anything with one hand...

There were nights I woke up with a baby in my arms and had no recollection where he came from!!!!  Speaking of "the nights" usually he wakes up two to three times...

And why is it so difficult to get yourself and the baby ready by a decent time in the morning???

Here a little status update on Mommy's little guy :)

Just the other day he started lifting his head up and keeping it up for a bit... He also just now started to enjoy Tummy Time :)  The only time he really smiles is either by accident or right before he falls asleep... As far as I can tell he only has one dimple... We will see if his eye color will stay blue (dark blue) but since birth his hair has been getting lighter...  I can't wait for his one-month-well appointment and find out how much he has grown... :)

Oliver Patrick Lamb

He is finally here!!!

After almost 26 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing Oliver Patrick Lamb was born Saturday August 7th 2010 at 04:07 am... he weighed 8.1 lbs and was 20.75" long...

Immediately after his birth the doctor placed him on my stomach and according to Patrick I had the most surprised face expression - Wow is that a baby? Where did he come from? -

The feeling of holding him for the first time is indescribable and overwhelming yet fulfilling...

Now that he is a week and a day old we already faced the following challenges:

- Oh my God what do you do with the baby when he cries?

- I am glad to be out of the hospital, but what do you do the first night?

- Breastfeeding how can you be more difficult and painful than birth?

- How can the farts of a 7.11 lbs baby be louder and juicer than anything we've ever heard before?

- Stupid hormones, leave Mommy alone!!!

On the bright side the breastfeeding challenge lays in the past now and Oliver's current routine is similar to Julia Robert's new movie (no desire to see it) "Eat, Love & Pray" his is more "Eat, Shit & Sleep". He wakes up during the night about every three hours, which is not as bad as I thought it would be... Falling back to sleep has not been that hard...

Frankee is handling the new baby in the house pretty good... for the most part she doesn't care about him too much, walks by him and gives his feet the occasional sniff or lick and moves on... But I can see it in her eyes, that she is wondering if someone is going to come pick him back up soon, so we can go back to our normal threesome routine... Poor Frankee, he is here to stay and soon you are going to be able to play with him on the floor :)

any day...

and so the waiting game begins...

I am 39 weeks and 4 days pregnant and so far I've been very blessed with an easy pregnancy... We are expecting our first child and we are looking forward to meet and hold Oliver Patrick Lamb :)

My due date is this Friday!!! I can't believe how quickly time has been flying by....

His room is ready, the hospital bag is packed and we are ready ~ as ready as you can be for your first child ~ now it is just a matter of when...

Sea Legs VS Land Legs

Every year a bunch of guys from work do this deep sea fishing trip in NC... This year they asked if Whitney and I would join and WHY NOT???

It was something I had never done before and it wouldn't hurt to try it out...

I guess I am not made to be a pirate because my adventure at sea was not THAT great...

Everything was fine on the ride in and on the ride back, but the rocking while everyone but me was fishing was just something my stomach couldn't handle...

The guys and Whitney caught 21 tuna!!!

Regardless I had a great weekend and would even try it out again...

I am a Citizen

Here I was thinking becoming a Citizen of the United States takes forever... BOY was I wrong... Once I passed test and all I was offered to do a swear in at either noon or 3pm... Unfortunately I had to postpone the date, due to me flying to Germany THAT night...
There was no need to be worried that they may forget about me because while still in Germany I received my notification date...

Friday June 19th was my D-Day!!!

It was pretty cool, we were 53 people at the 11:00am ceremony...

53 people that had one thing in common... We all got a little Flag... j/k

They were from all over the place, all kinds of races, all kinds of languages were spoken in that room... And soon we were all going to be US Citizens...

It was very moving when all applicants did the oath, followed by the "Pledge of Allegiance"

I am glad that the picture on my Naturalization Certificate came out good ~ unlike my drivers license... LOL

Since becoming a Citizen I've registered to vote (here I come election 2012) and I still need to go the Social Security Office to update my status in the system... I hope it doesn't effect the voters registration?!?!? and I've already filled out my application for a passport... Just need to make the trip to the post office... Last but not least I survived my first 4th of July as a Citizen... :)

The appointment date

I have my interview date.... June 9th!!!!

Everything is going pretty fast, faster than I thought... Now it is time to study...