Our Little Football Fan

We apparently have a football fan on our hands. I came home from my run on Thursday to find Emile and Natalie watching the first game of the season together.

And of course, we had to put her in her Viking onesie (from our friends Chris and Ros) for the first Sunday of NFL season. Although we don't like her to "watch" TV, we've made an exception for football. I'm sure tomorrow night she'll be snuggling with Emile while watching the Viking/Packer game.

Now that Natalie has better neck support, I have started wearing her around the house more. In the beginning, she didn't like facing in when in the Moby Wrap or the Bjorn but now that she can face out, she's very content being in them. I like that it gives her a different view of the world and gives her an opportunity to learn new things while walking around with me while I do laundry, etc.

We decided to fire the nanny this past Friday. I wasn't warming up to her and was not happy with her approach to most things related to Natalie. I decided to go with my "mommy instinct" that she wasn't the right one for our family. We interviewed another woman last weekend, Silvia, who will be starting next Monday, Sept. 15. She's a very friendly, older woman whom I think will be easy to warm up to. Her references had great things to say about her and I envision she'll be wonderful with Natalie. I'm crossing my fingers that she works out!

I did decide to give up on the bottle and strictly breast feed Natalie during the day. I think it's made a big difference with Natalie. There, of course, was no crying over trying to get her to take the bottle (from her or me!). And she stopped waking up every 1.5-2 hrs in the night to feed. She actually had a number of nights this week of pretty long stretches of sleep -- 4.5, 5.5 and 7.5 hrs. Unfortunately, some of these stretches were in her swing instead of the crib because she put up such a struggle going to bed those nights but I'm hoping as time goes on and she gets used to the crib more that she'll begin sleeping longer in it also.

Great news for me -- I'm able to fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes again!!! YAY! I'm not yet back to my pre-pregnancy weight but I can fit into my jeans and everything else without a huge belly hanging out. I'm super excited about this! Running has really been paying off! I'm still training for the half-marathon in November but now that I'm back at work, I'm not always able to get runs in during the week. I think it should still work out though; I'm making sure to get my long runs in on Sunday.