She's here! Well actually she's been here for awhile. Miss Munchkin arrived on August 31st with a head full of hair and a face full of chubby cheeks! All 7lbs, 13oz of her. My dr. was convinced she was going to be over 8lbs and after listening to my mom's horror stories of her second child (coming in at nearly 10lbs!!!) needless to say I was a little worried. her arrival into this world was a little scary due to her heartrate dropping suddenly and continuing to do so whenever I moved even the slightest bit. This lead to a very uncomfortable position for me for about a half hour then a painful left side until she made her arrival. Which made up for all the kicks, pains and aches. Two pushes and she was out. No pain (thanks to the epidural!) or issues. Daddy was beaming from ear to ear and I could see the look in his eyes that every daddy gets when he holds his little girl for the first time. That "Whatever you want, its yours; any boy breaks your heart its over; you already have me wrapped around that adorable little finger of yours." Of course, with a face like hers she's hard not to love!
Big Munchkin started school the week before she was born so he was going through a lot in his little life. For 5 years he was an only child and had all of mommy & daddy's attention and now this little pink bundle of screams, crys and poo is invading his life. Time to rebel....I get a call from his school principal telling me he hit a kid. Now it happened on a playground and the kid's parents complained to the principal so we don't know all the details of who started it and how it "went down". Not to defend my child but he's not a hitter. He'll give you attitude before he even lifts a finger and that takes a lot to get him to do. So we were a little mad since we didn't know what all happened. Later that same day I get another call. He hit another kid!! WTH is happening to my sweet little boy? Apparently it was time to pick up and the other boy wasn't helping so he hit him on the back to get him to help out. When we asked Munchkin about why he did it all he would say was "he wasn't cleaning up." So after a good talking to, a few letters of apology and a favorite toy taken away, we got it under control. Mind you this was the day I was going to the hospital to have Miss Munchkin. Not a good day for this mama at all. There were lots of tears, crying, shaking, wondering where I went wrong and of course some comforting chocolate consumed. BUT! Munchkin is on track and doing great. He's actually mastered everything he needs to know and more at this point in time for the year. I just hope he doesn't get too bored and start causing trouble again :-/
I am back to work again which was much easier this time than it was last time. This time I came back to a job where I work on a lake, surrounded by nice quiet woods, with great people and no one yelling at me that we don't have their size or its my fault their coupon expired two months ago and they didn't realize it. Last time I returned to a job a month before the holiday shopping season started to a building full of people who were not wanting to deal with angry holiday shoppers, a manager who was a total wench (being nice here....) and ridiculously long hours an hour away from home. Thank goodness I'm not in retail anymore! To those of you who are, good luck! I'll be thinking of you while I'm curled up on my couch on Black Friday, wrapped in a snuggly blanket and cuddling with two of the cutest kids in the world while you are dealing with all the crazies and whack jobs who are out trying to save a little bit of cash on a sweater or that amazing hot toy of the season!
Happy Halloween all! Enjoy all the sweets you collect and try not to scare the kiddies too bad ;-)
