March Excitement!!

Maci and I have been having another great week!  She is going from a very poor eater to quite the lil porker when it comes to meal time :-)  We are happy to see our sweet girl loving to eat and putting on the lbs!!  We also had a big first last night.  Clint and I wanted to get some food out since we didn't have a meal planned.  Typically, one of us has ran for carry out while the other stays home with Maci but this time we decided to all go for a ride.  When we got to Potbelly, there was no one in the sandwich shop so we decided to try having us all eat in the restaurant together and Miss Maci slept the whole time!!! YAY  This has us getting really excited for our upcoming activities in March!  Next Monday Maci and I start a 6 week Mommy & Me class!!  It is for mom's and their newborns ranging from 1-12 weeks of age.  It is ran by certified nurses and they cover all sorts of new mom topics but it is also a way for mom's to get out and relate to other women in the same situation/make some new friends :-)  Maci and I will be going to this every Monday from 10-12 for the next 6 weeks and we cant wait, those that have done the class in the past have nothing but great things to say!!!  In addition to this class, we are opening the house for visitors again (hands washed first of course) but we cant wait to see friends and family!!  Lastly, on March 12th Maci and I will be going into Cargill to see Clint and all of my co-workers for my rescheduled work baby shower!  They were going to have a shower for me at my 39 week mark but Miss Maci decided to come at the 38 week mark so now she just gets to make a guest appearance at the shower!  We also have a lot of out of town visitors towards the end of the month - Grandma/Grandpa Mondell, Emily P and potentially Grandma Janet/Aunt Molly & Christie!  We are so happy to be healthy and getting a good handle Maci and all sorts of baby stuff!!

Speaking of health, Miss Maci does have an ultrasound for her hips on Friday.  Since she was breach (not sure how long) they tend to want to do ultrasounds on babies once they are 30 days old to see if the hip joints fused fully or if a brace will be needed to help this fully fuse before she is too old.  I am hoping she has no issues but a brace on her leg for a few weeks should be nothing compared to the RSV hospital scare!  Next week Maci also has a follow up Dr appt just for a "mommy piece of mind" weight check.  I can tell she is getting bigger but I look forward to seeing just how much she has grown since our last check 2 weeks ago  :-)

I am on my way out to my cookbook club at a good friend from work's house!  Lisa had her first baby (Brody) the end of December and we basically went through our whole pregnancies together since she sits on the other side of the cube from me :-)  Needless to say I cant wait to see her and my other coworker friend Megan to catch up and ask Lisa all sorts of random mommy questions!!  Daddy and Maci will have some good quality time until I get home later tonight.  Maci loves her cuddle time at night with Daddy - see the last time they had some quality cuddling!!

Catch up soon!
Love,
C, K & M