Its been a while...

Ok so it has been a long while since Liem and I have sat down to write a little blog for all of you people who read it, which I can't imagine is a lot of you. So lets start off with a list of what we have to share; job troubles, Samantha visiting, turning 3 months old, shot, laughing, football games, pinching and um breastfeeding, oh and Jennifer! Ok so lets get started!!

Job Troubles:
So lately I have been looking for a job. This is hard because I can only work when Sam isn't working. I mean we can't afford a babysitter, because it would just cancel out my salary. Well so far I have went and applied, and been offered 2 jobs. I was offered a job as a waitress at a very nice restaurant, probably the nicest one in Plattsburgh, but as it turned out, Sam will be working till 7 which means I can't work till about 7:30 and well, they close at like 10, so useless. Oh and I am going to be babysitting, which I will explain later. So that was out. I also applied at Target as well, because we thought Sam would be working later shifts, like after 1, but after I was offered the job, we found out that Sam's schedule will most likely be from 9-7 Sunday-Thursday. The store is only open from 8-9, so I wouldn't be able to work much, besides his 2 days off. Now that wouldn't be so bad except they need me to have a completely open schedule for 90 days. I have a baby, and a husband with a job, that can't happen! So yeah, there went that. But...
I am going to be working as a babysitter for a 10 year old boy named Austin. I should be starting this about next week. He seems like he will be fun! His parents came over and they were super nice. They said he loves dogs, yay for Murphy, he will love baking, and that he is super helpful. Basically sounds perfect. It will help me know what my baby boy will be like when he is older. I am pretty excited, but it should only be a couple hours a day, so not a whole lot more money, but it is money I will be making while being able to be at home with my little man. I am happy about that. Plus Sam can play with him...which I can tell he is a little excited about...
I have also put up an ad offering to bake cakes or desserts for anyone who needs it. I mean I don't want to do wedding cakes or anything but, I bake a lot anyways, so doing it for money only made sense. I want to start it like a small business. I am going to get some business cards and everything...we will see how that goes, updates will come I am sure. Ok so next!

Samantha's Visit:
Samantha came to visit last Friday till yesterday. It was overall very fun. Liem loved it! As you can tell if you watch this video...

So while she was here, we went to Burlington, twice, got our nails done and most importantly went to a Patriots game!! Yay! The first day she was here we took her to Burlington, which was so much fun. I love it there. She also made Liem laugh so much. I think he liked her a lot because she looks like me. Either way, it was so much fun to have her here. We made donuts, and cookies and everything. It went by so fast, and I wish she could have stayed longer. But shes gone and now we won't see her again till Christmas probably! Darn! Here is a pic from the game we went to on Friday.


Turning 3 Months old:
Liem is now a whole quarter of a year old! Yay! He has gotten his first set of shots, started rolling over and playing with his tongue. The biggest thing is that he obviously learned to really laugh. Its by far the greatest thing ever. He is just learning new things everyday. He has also started pinching by grabbing anything and squeezing as hard as he can. It hurts and I have lost lots of hair due to it. Other than that, everyday is a new experience. I have also started breastfeeding exclusively. Which is awesome, because I don't hate it as much anymore.
So in last news...

JENNIFER!!!
So for those of you who don't know, Jennifer, my older sister, is pregnant! Yay! She is due one month before Liem turns 1. It should be so exciting to have another baby in the family! I am so excited that she is pregnant and I can't wait to meet the little one! I mean he or she may not be as cute as Liem, but I am sure they will be cute! I can't wait. Well thats all for now. I will update later!

Oh and by the way my belly buddy/online best friend/Michael's mommy Cerissa got married!! Yay! Congrats to her!

Liem First Birthday Party

So this weekend Liem went to his first birthday party, not like his first birthday but Ethan, Jess's baby, first birthday, but it was Liem first party he has ever been to. He loved the balloons and bright colors, but he really didn't know what was going on. We got to stay the night in Poughkeepsie though, and got to see all of my friends that were at school. Liem also went to the school for the first time. I think that will be the place to go because it is where his father and I met, and it is the whole reason he is here today. The car ride was 4 hours and he slept the whole way. He didn't mind at all.

The weekend before that my parents came and that was fun. We wento Burlington, which is like my favorite place here, and then we went to the Ben and Jerry's factory, which was very disappointing. It was nice to be with my parents for those couple of days. Liem is getting to do a lot of first's though. I can't wait to see him eat ice cream! Well, more will come!

Schedule, Video Taping, etc.

Ok so as I opened this blog, Liem started to cry, of course. Right now he is sitting on his mat, just crying. I know it sounds bad, but I want him to learn to self-soothe. He is actually getting pretty good at it. I am also trying to get him on a schedule. I wrote one up and it seems to work out pretty well. Yesterday was the first day of it, and it got a little messed up, but hey, what can you do! I mean I know it won't be easy and it will need some adjustments but I am willing to do that.

So in other news, my parents are coming this weekend! Yay! I want to start documenting these kind of things now. I am going to become a camera girl, like the mom who consistently has a video camera attached to her arm. Hopefully we get Liem a crib this weekend, which I know we are going to now, and I am so pumped. I can't wait for Liem to see his own little room with a crib and everything. We already have his bed set and a mobile and even a soothing thing. I am pretty excited because I want him to sleep in his room all the time. So far all he has slept in is our bed and the pack and play. I am just excited to get everything. Maybe things will become more solid when he has the crib. Hopefully we also get our garage this weekend too, or soon. The people who own the place are supposed to empty it out, but they haven't called us at all, not even to tell us where to send our rent! I hope they don't get angry! I really just want to have the garage because we have a munch of stuff we are going to store in there, but we can't until they empty it.

Well other than that, tomorrow my parents will be here! I am so excited, I want to take them everywhere, and I want them to see my little man! We will probably go to Burlington, which is where I want to get married I think. I hope that it doesn't rain too much, which it is supposed to. I know my mom is excited, and I think my daddy is too. They are driving 12 hours just to see us! I hope they like our house, which I think they will. I bet Liem will be excited to hang out with someone other than us! Sam and I are going to ask if we can go see a movie while they are here. We really want to see the Batman movie!

Well back to baby watching! (By the way his favorite thing to do now...Watch tv. Such a mommy and daddy thing.)

Living the Dream

So I might have found a job! Yay!

Life as a Stay at Home Mom

So my life is now in a pattern. We have a schedule for dinners, we know what time Sam needs to leave ad about what time he comes home. I love it. I feel like I am a real mom and a real wife. I make dinner for Sam when he gets home, I take care of Liem all day. Its pretty awesome. I still haven't found a job, which I would love because I could work, and because I would meet people and get out of the house, but if not, then hey, this is fine. I have decided that I want to kind of form a schedule for the day, so that Liem sleeps at certain times and that way he sleeps well at night. He is asleep right now, and he has been for about 2 hours. He is such a sleeper, and I can't help but let him be becuase he is so cute!

So speaking of Liem, like I always am, we made his first appointment at the pediatrician here. I am excited. I want to see how much he weighs, and what his doctor is like. This could potentially be Liem's doctor for a long time, and our next child's doctor.

This is all I have for now...

Happiness

Ok so I was read this article in Parenting magazine that says most parents, mothers to be exact, aren't actually happy being parents. I mean people always say they are happy, but most are unhappy, stressed and don't enjoy the stressful time with their children. Well I can say honestly that I am happy being a mom. It is a full time job, it is a life time job for that sake. And they say you should love your job, which most people don't, but I do! I LOVE MY JOB!! I Love love love love love, I could go on all day, my job. I love Liem. When he cries and can't stop, and when he laughs that cute little laugh. I love ALL of it. I guess it might be because I don't get annoyed with him. I know it sounds like a lie, but its not I swear. I am happy doing everything. The only problem I have had this whole time is that my shoulder hurts because I want to hold him all the time. He is so cute that I don't even want to put him down. I was watching a show today where a two year old came out and wouldn't speak because he missed his mom. I want that. I want Liem to be so attached to me that I can't get a free moment. I take the moments in when he looks up at me and smiles. I even love it when he farts when I am holding him! Sounds stupid, but I know it means he is comfortable. I can tell he loves me already. This job could be stressful but I think its everything else in life that is stressful, not the baby. I mean Sam going back to work and not being around alot is stressful, and moving 900 miles away was stressful. Other than that how hard is being a mom? When he cries, he wants something. When he gets tired he sleeps, when he needs to go to the bathroom, he has a diaper. Its all so easy because it comes naturally. I may not get to take showers when I want, or exercise without stopping, but hey what can you do? Be happy with what you get and move on.


I will always love my little man no matter what he throws at me!

Moving on Up, To the East Side

The last box is unpacked and the pictures are hung! We are officially moved into our new home! Here is a picture that tells you how Liem feels about it....

I know! He is by far the cutest thing ever. Let me just say that right now I am so unbelievably happy. This little boy has bought so much happiness into my life, I don't mind the breastfeeding pains, the late nights awake or even the crying with high pitch screechs. It is all amazing and wonderful and by far the greatest thing that has ever happen to me. He is my favorite person in the entire world. How could he not be with that smile? It melts my heart.

So obviously my little guy is learning the smiling game. He was just smirking every once and a while before but now its full on smiles. He even trys to laugh sometimes. Its funny to watch him learn how to do things for the first time. We already know he is going to be a walking baby soon. He can stand on his own two legs, with help from us keeping him from falling over of course. I can't wait till he recongizes me for the first time. I love him this small, but I am just so excited to see him grow up. I am so proud of everything he does right now.

Today was Sam's first day at work, well it still is. He had to work 10 hours. I feel bad for him, so I decided to make cookies for him, from scratch. I want the house to smell of fresh baked cookies when he comes it. That and also his dinner, because he will be hungry after working all day. I bet he misses Liem, I would, I know he does actually. While Sam was working though, Liem and I had a very productive day. We first went and got the utilities put in our name. Then we went and signed up for a grocery card at Price Chopper, returned the movies, then finally went home, and signed up for trash removal. AMAZINGLY Liem slept the entire time! I was happy about that! After we got home I spent time finishing up the house by putting up the pictures and cleaning up all the odds and ends. Then I made cookies for my mister. I have yet to actually stop yet. I have been constantly doing something. I pulled out movies to watch and put them in, but never actually got down to watching them! After all of that I am now finally sitting down to write this blog, because I want to keep people informed...

So I may not be working yet, but I am trying to find ways to make it so Sam and I can save money. So my new hobby, cutting coupons! I have been doing research and finding out how to save money with coupons and when to use them, so forth. I think I am getting it down pretty good. I never realized you could save so much with coupons. I want to try to do this full on so it actually makes a difference in our grocery bill.

Other than all of that excitement, nothing much more is going on in my life besides a few family excitements, but I will share those later! The little duckling and I send our love to all!