The Boppy!!!

The Boppy has been one of the best things that we could have purchased (or got for a baby shower gift for that matter).  The first two weeks of being home with Kendall consisted of me taking her (and the boppy) back and forth from her room to the living room to the family room - where ever we wanted to hang out that day.  Baby in one hand, boppy in the other.  It was quite a sight - considering there were times that I had two burp cloths, a blanket, my cell phone, and even possibly my laptop coming along for the ride. 

One night we needed some additional things for Kendall so my parents graciously volunteered to go to Babies R Us for us.  I handed them quite a list of things as well as my BrUs credit card.  Last minute I decided to add another Boppy to the list.  I was tired of dragging it everywhere since I used it for every feeding and didn't always want to feed her in her room.  Let me tell you - best purchase I have ever made!  We keep one in Kendall's room and one in our family room (where we spent 90% of our time when we are awake).  We always have it when we need it and now that we aren't feeding Kendall in our arms we still use it to lay her against on the floor while she drinks her bottles.  There are times where we even use it as a pillow as well.  It sure is comfortable and  might even be our travel pillow during our drive to NC in August. 

So my first piece of advice for new and expecting moms?  Buy or register for 2 Boppy Pillows and plenty of covers!!

Who says you have to be "on time"?

Apparently my daughter decided that she did not want to show up on or before Monday October 4th so, as I would on any typical day, I got up, showered, and got myself ready for work followed by taking our usual weekly belly shot.

I greeted my fourth grade students that morning the same as I did every morning and many of them came in expecting not to see me, but Kendall had other ideas as to when she wanted to meet the rest of the world.

Tuesday came along and....nothing.  I went to work again and did my same old routine.  We had our Dr. appt that afternoon and picked our induction day.  We decided that Thursday would be the day that we would like to meet our daughter.  Once again....Kendall had her own agenda.

Thursday morning we went into the hospital bright and early, got ourselves checked in and got myself dressed and ready for baby.

My doctor came in at 8:15am and went ahead and broke my water.  Now let's just make this clear - I was dilated a big ole GOOSE EGG.  Zero, Zip, Nada!  Not dilated one darn bit.  We knew from then on that it was going to be a long ass day and Kendall's idea of being "on time" was to be LATE!

There's a first time for everything.....

First time blogging...

First time giving advice...

First time writing things down for more than myself to read (scary!)...

and as my Blog title says....First time Mommy.

I became a Mommy in October 2010 to a beautiful little girl who is just the light of my life.  Her smile melts my heart and I love when she giggles at funny things that her Daddy and I do and her reactions to her puppy Charlie.  It's amazing to me how fast time has flown by now that she is 9 months old and how much I've learned in the last 18 months about how to be a Mom.  My hope is that this blog will not only help me tell the story of Kendall's life and the experiences we have with her, but also to offer some advice to any other first time Moms out there that want to read.  I don't believe that I am by all means an expert of raising a child, but there are many things that I've discovered that do or don't work for me that I feel are important to share with other Mommys to be.

So please feel free to read, to comment, and to question - I like to stay on my toes!  Happy reading!