Breastfeeding Weenie

I'm the biggest weenie. I've been home by myself each week since Brian travels for work. Since we only moved here 6 months ago and I've been working from home, I haven't met anyone. Since I have a brand new baby, I don't get out a lot. I was feeling super lonely today so I decided to take Quinn on a walk downtown. She is six weeks and has been fussy in the sling, so I decided to try out the stroller, which she seemed to enjoy. We walked through the park and down the street.

On the way back I decided to stop by the coffee shop and grab a coffee. When I got inside there was another young family in the shop, and they had a little baby. The little boy had baby legs on and was very cute. When the grandfather asked how old Quinn was I told them 6 weeks and asked how old the boy was and he turned out to be two months. So then Quinn started fussing in the stroller so I took her out and the mother complimented me on her diaper cover and asked me what kind it was. Yay! This is another CDing mom, she has a two month old, and is in my small town, I could have a friend! So then Quinn wanted to eat and I froze...I didn't have a nursing top on and I wasn't sure about pulling up my t-shirt to try and feed Quinn since I didn't have a blanket with me. I considered nursing Quinn anyway, but I got too scared. I grabbed a lid for my coffee and headed out, right after I had sat down, and right after the family had talked to me. I must have seemed like the biggest snob! As I was walking home I debated just turning back around, sitting my butt down in the coffee shop and feeding Quinn, and trying to start a conversation with the lady. Instead I continued home feeling like a huge weenie.

Quinn's Room

I mentioned in my "update" post that B and I were living in North Carolina.  We moved when I was four months pregnant.  B got a job within our company doing risk assurance (think auditing with IT) which pays more and has a lot more opportunities.  I was supposed to start a client facing auditing position July 1, but after finding out we were pregnant, I opted to take a temporary work from home position with my department back in Tampa.  After maternity leave I will either be a) applying for a position with our company in NC or b) applying for a position with a private company.

Since getting to our new house, I've had the luxury of being able to start planning for and putting together Quinn's bedroom!  So I thought I'd share some pictures of what we have so far.

I put some of her newborn clothes in the crib to get a sense of the size she'll be when she makes her appearance.

Our basic premise for her room was no theme and nothing too babyish.  We based our choices off the red Nerdy Bears artwork I bought from an art show in Tampa.

Our other inspiration came from the elephant painting I did when I was 10, so basically our colors are red and green.  This also worked out because B and I had purchased some special gifts for each other that will match the red and green.  I have a stuffed green pig, from Angry Birds, that B bought me, and he has a stuffed I Heart Guts red plush heart...the organ, that I bought for him. as well as a green plush Kermit the Frog I got him.

We decided to keep a bed in here as well, since we only have  two bedrooms and want a place for guests to sleep when they come.  We'll most likely just put them in our room and sleep in here if that is the case.