I'm 1 month and I have George Costanza hair

Seriously, I mean, I know babies lose their newborn hair but doesn't it usually happen in the back where they lay on it? I don't repeatedly rub her head so I just don't get the receding hairline.

Regardless of her 'do (and the stink eye she's giving me) I think she's super cute. I can't believe a month has gone by already. She's gotten SO much bigger and she's so much more alert. She'll sit on her play mat and look at the things Athena shows her, so Athena is totally loving the interaction.

She's a TOTALLY different baby than Athena was, and this was evident from birth on. Zofia came out quietly, sounds like a kitten when she cries, and will sleep for 3 1/2 hours at a time. Athena came out SCREAMING and didn't stop for like 4 months and never slept for longer than 2 hours until she was 6 months old. They appear to be similar in the clingyness department though. We's got cuddly kids.

I'm going to love watching these two grow together :)

Zofia Nicola

I think almost everyone has seen the pictures of my little precious, but I like to show her off everywhere. It's my God-given right.

This birth was SO different from Athena's. I actually got to go into labor on my own! I woke up at 6am on June 14th with a HORRID stomach ache. I chilled on the couch for a while figuring it was indigestion from the MASSIVE amount of food I ate around midnight... then I noticed that the pain was coming in weird waves. I called my husband to tell him labor may be a possibility, and then called my sister in law to see what labor felt like. Jill and I concluded that I wasn't really in labor since I was still playing with Athena and doing housework, so I went about my business. My mom, on the other hand, did not agree with us and thought I should head to the hospital since the waves were coming every 5 minutes at that point. I did NOT want to go to the hospital only to get sent home, so we compromised and she took me to get checked by my OB. That's where I found out I was having contractions every 4 minutes and I was dilated to 5cm. Oops. I guess I was in labor. He told me to go immediately to the hospital and not to stop for a burger first. (He knows me!) I actually went home first so I could see Athena off to Yia Yia's myself since I wasn't going to see her for a couple days. Then it was off to the hospital.

Have you noticed who I haven't updated?

Louis. He was FREAKING OUT. He had himself convinced I was passed out from labor pain on the kitchen floor and Athena was kicking me trying to wake me up.

Oops. He needs to be invited to the hospital too.

So Louis, my mom, and I all head to the hospital where I'm moving right along and feeling fine. They were going to let me deliver her vaginally up until she started compressing her cord and OH MY GOD WHY IS HER HEART RATE ONLY 65??? GET HER OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to have another c-section. Ya know what? Oh well because here she is and that's all that matters!!

Holla!!!!!

Guess who can access Blogger again!!!
Guess who's got the best mother in law in the world!!!
Guess who won't put coffee ANYWHERE near electronics anymore!!!

That's right. It's me. Yia Yia got Athena and me a new laptop for our upcoming birthdays. I will NOT spill an entire glass of any beverage on this one. In fact, I think I'll start using sippy cups like Athena as I'm clearly not ready for big kid cups.

What is your favorite music downloading site?

So I've had one of these:

for about a year and a half. I have something against mp3 players, so I've never opened it. Well, since I don't really want to haul a boombox with me to the hospital, I figured this cute little thang might do the job for me quite well.

Given the fact that I don't know how to get music from the internets, I need help. Where do I go to download really uncool, old music?

OK, I've decided on Zofia's room

I've always loved the "Bee Room" that I made for Athena. I was just going to stick Zofia in the Bee Room and call it a day. Well, I decided that the bees will always be Athena's thing and I will keep them just for her and move it all into her new big girl room.

Given all the drawing and stuff I did on the nursery walls for the bees, I wanted an easy transition.

Voila, I'm going to make a bunch of these, but in white:

They will be flying around function as the boarder on her walls.

Hopefully Zofia is going to like insects as much as Athena.

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Mommies, give me your opinions.

The time has come to start shopping for Zofia's arrival. Man, I'm so so so grateful that I don't have to buy any of the big stuff for her.

For some reason I'm having trouble making decisions on some of the smaller items.

Tell me, what are your favorites?

Bottles:

I can't use Avent because that's Athena's brand. Weening her from her nighttime bottle while Zofia is gleefully drinking away out of the same kind seems like more trouble than it's worth.

These are the ones I'm looking at:

Soothie: And then use the Soothie pacifier, again, a different brand from Athena's.

Dr. Brown's: I know people say all the parts can be a pain, but my dishwasher has baskets and a sanitizing function. Couldn't I just use that?

Adiri: I mean, come on. They LOOK like a boob. That should help get Zofia to go along with this, right? Plus, they look NOTHING like Athena's beloveds.

Any pacifiers you highly recommend?

Also, did anyone forgo the infant car seat for the convertible ones? Would I regret not being able to move her in the seat and ALWAYS having to take her out?