All Hallows Eve

Apparently we're the grinches on our street... we don't have our light on tonight.  Mostly because we maybe have eaten most of the candy I had bought to hand out to trick-or-treaters... hehe. 

We had a fairly quiet weekend.  I escaped long enough on Saturday to go to the grocery store and get my hair cut.  Crazy hormones are making it grow so fast! And it was just long enough that when I'd lean over to lay Cecily in her crib in the middle of the night it would fall right in her face and startle her.  Not good.  *grin*  While I was gone Bob got to deal with a mess, which I love.  It's good for him. 

Sunday we made it to church all day and she was really good.  Overall it just felt really good to be back...  We went to the farm for supper.  Pretty much spent the evening watching the baby and laughing at the faces she makes.  They're such grandparents... positively elderly... hehe.  Troy and Trent came down to hold her too.  It amuses me to watch boys hold babies for the first time. 

It's Reformation Day.  I sang "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" to Cecily in honor of the occasion.
Blessings.

Lazy...

It's how I felt while watching John and Bryce remove our leaves. *grin*  Yeah, we were panzes and got somebody else to do it.  At least the somebody elses were Brad's Lawn Care... guys I grew up with... because realistically, the logistics of me trying to rake with Cecily are impossible, and Bob is busy at work and allergic to the outdoors right now.  So it was worth it and our yard looks lovely and leaf free until the last four trees lose their leaves.  I'm hoping it'll get really windy and blow them all out of our yard. 

Today I ventured out to Kmart and then stopped at DJ's Pumpkin Patch on the way home.  Cecily got to sit in the warm cabin while I picked out pumpkins and talked to Jeanne... good times. 

Matt stopped by this evening to see Cecily and check out some electrical stuff.  He's going to help put in a new light and medicine cabinet to replace the worlds most annoying fluorescent fixture.  Seriously, you flip the switch, wait five seconds, *flicker*, five seconds, one light comes on, few more seconds, other side comes on.  So hopefully one of these days he won't be busy or traveling and can come do some wiring.

Blessings.  

Happenings

We ended up having a sort of busy weekend.  We didn't go anywhere... but we had people coming to us.  And church. 

So Amber and Sarah made these awesome science onesies for Cecily... they crack me up. 



And here she's modeling her present from Uncle Jakey... it says "Panzer Division" on it... 

My brothers make me laugh a lot.  This is what Cecily has gotten from them:  a stuffed hedgehog, two panzer division shirts, a John Deere onesie, and a heartland bank bib. 

So Friday night Dang came for supper, but he left fairly early and then Jakey came over for a little bit.  Saturday we were lazy bums all day and young Matt came for supper and the evening (we weren't about to attempt to go to testimonies with Cecily, though I'm sad we missed them).   Rustin and Sharon and girls showed up a little bit later.

And then Cecily had about the worst night so far... she woke up hungry every. single. hour.  Half the time I hadn't even gotten back to sleep yet.  We finally gave her a bottle at 9am so I could get a full hour of sleep and still try and make it to church at noon.   

She looks so sweet and innocent in her new church dress.... not like she was up all night long... so deceptive.... haha.

  



 We on the other hand.... haha.  O man.

We cut out right after the baptisms and came home and all took a nap.  So wonderful.  And then later we got milkshakes and Cecily had a pretty good night.  Huzzah! 

Blessings.



A rose by any other name...

... would smell as sweet. 

Or not.  Sometimes we call Cecily 'miss stinky-buns'.  We're terrible, I know.  *grin* 

Anyway... speaking of names... it's kind of cracking me up how people are having trouble with her name!  It's Sess-ah-lee.  (Sicily is a Mediterranean island and therefore a noun, which we are not fond of.)   Granted, it's not a common name- I only know one other Cecily.  But still- it's an old name.  A very, very old name. So funny, because I kind of figured that our criteria of gender-specific and slightly old fashioned would be easy for people.  Guess not!  *sigh*  We picked a weird name for our daughter and didn't even know it.... woe is us!    

So last night we took her to church for the first time.  I was a wimp and sat by Bob just in case.  (Since, you know, if she cried he would have been able to do something about it.)  She had the hiccups for a little bit, but then she slept pretty peacefully through the rest of the service.  *phew*  Ahhh... I have no idea what I'm doing!  What if she would have been fussy?  At what noise level do you take them out?? 

The rest of the night was not so good... third night in a row... ugh.  And then today some of my coworkers came to visit us, which was fun and slightly weird.  Colliding worlds...   

Blessings.

Weekend

We didn't do much this weekend.  Lots of relaxing and looking out at all the leaves in our yard that we just don't want to start raking.  Haha.  I'm thinking we should borrow a mower with a bagger... or bribe some people...

It was college weekend so Uncle Jakey actually came home and stopped by for a little bit.  He doesn't have much experience holding babies.... *grin* 

Cecily and I went for a short walk.  I feel back to normal, but a short walk is about all I can handle before I start to feel really tired and hungry.

Saturday is pizza night at our house and on a whim we decided to order Firehouse Pizza because it's our favorite.  Their sauce is the best and they deliver to T-town... well, this was the last weekend they were open.  So sad!!  We had to take a picture of the pizza and Cecily because she'll never get to experience the goodness of Firehouse... ok, maybe that's a little melodramatic since there are a few other locations in the area.  :)

Bob's aunt and uncle had a wiener roast on Sunday night.  The weather was great, but we didn't stay very long.  I need to ease into things slowly, and smoke makes Bob's allergies ten times worse.

Blessings.

She rules the night...

..and the nights, seem to last as long as six weeks...

*grin*  Billy Joel was really singing about newborns, right? 

Yeah, it's still pretty quiet around here.  Except that little miss Cecily has decided she wants to nurse for three solid hours in the evenings and then wakes up every hour or so during the night.  ugh.  So I'm tired, and Bob's tired, and this too shall pass right?!? 

We are getting the house clean today... Sally is here vacuuming and I gave the bathrooms a good 'christina clean'. 

One of these days I need to work up the courage to go someplace with her by myself... aahhh... maybe next week.

Blessings.

Quiet

Well, we made it through the first week.  And now Bob's back at work.  We miss him. And it's awful quiet around here... and I'm starting to get bored because I don't have a lot to do.  Since I'm supposed to be resting, and my Mom's been over a few times and done the little bit of work that needed doing, and I don't really need to cook. 

Pretty much all I've done today is read blogs and go for a short walk.  Boring, I know.  :) 

We've had lots of visitors... that helps break up the time a little bit.  And I feel like we have more food than I know what to do with already!  Aaahh.  People are too generous.  :P 

Mom tells me I won't be bored for long...

Blessings.

More pictures

We're home and surviving so far.  I'd appreciate your prayers for us adjusting...

Introducing

Cecily Rose Koch

Our second family picture... Although it doesn't look like it, my hair is now combed... not allowed a  shower yet.  :(

For those who care: She was born at 1:20pm, 7lbs 13oz, 20 inches long.  She's already an overachiever- she joins the 4% and actually came on her due date...  

As far as how it went, email me or something.  :)  All I'm gonna say here is that almost everything I didn't want to happen did... easy pregnancy did not equal easy L&D, unfortunately.  But we both survived and avoided a c-section so it's all good.