I'm Employed!!

Thought I'd share the good news!
I will be a workin' gal again starting August 4th!

The company is called QLI ( Quality Living Inc.) They are a rehabilitation center housing people with traumatic brain injuries, strokes and disabled military personel coming home from the war. I will be working with the on site psychologist counseling the residents and their families.

If you are curious about the company... take a look at their web-site @
www.qliomaha.com. It's a pretty cool website!

I'm excited to work again, but I have to say it's a little bitter sweet leaving Mya for the first time. Although you know us... we shall adjust. :)

TIps for new moms

I've been reading Jenny McCarhty's "baby Laughs" and in the end she has a few tips for new moms that I found so helpful... and halarious!

This is for my preggo friends, soon to be preggo friends and other new mommies:

#1. "Don't be discouraged by the size of your ass and don't buy new clothes till you've reached your pre baby goal wait. Just have patience."

It's so true! I can't tell you how many times I've been tempted to buy jeans that are 2 sizes larger than I've ever been just to say " hey, at least I'm in jeans again" but I've refrained. I'll stick with my snazzy drawstring pants for now. I really wished someone would have told me that donuts during pregnancy don't disappear into the placenta somewhere. They do show their ugly face right after your uterus has shrunk from the size of a watermelon. Yikes.

#2. " Don't forget to be a wife. Even though baby puke is your new perfume, your husband still needs some TLC."

I would add they need MORE TLC than ever. Something about having a baby makes them remember the days of mom rubbing their back while cooking dinner on the stove and pouring them a nice glass of milk... ALL AT THE SAME TIME. While this sounds nice, you should inform them it's just not realistic.

#3. "Take an extra outfit for your baby EVERYWHERE you go. Shitting up the back can happen anywhere"

HA HA, I say bring two or three extra outfits.

There's more tips in her book, but the last tip she writes is:
" When you think you are truly about to crack and can't take it anymore, keep reminding yourself that it will get easier,I PROMISE"

While I don't know if it really gets easier, I think it just gets better and better! :) Lean on others to help. Not sure what I would do w/o mom, mom in law, sister n laws, friends etc. It makes all the difference in the world. SO THANKS!

p.s. BTW, I have 5 pounds to go till my goal weight!! YEAH!

Quote for the day!

"Faith is not simply a patience which passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit which bears things...with blazing serene hope." -- Corazon Aquino

Happy 4th!

Hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th!
We had a great day topped off by a very good firework show in downtown Omaha!
Mya enjoyed her first 4th of July although she slept through most of the fireworks.

A very happy father's day!

Baby Heilman!

We are so excited for baby Heilman to join the world.
Looking forward to meeting her/or him!
Congrats Chrissy and Dan!