Maternity Leave??? among other things....

Someone forgot to tell all the dentists and orthodontist that they needed to slow down for the next couple of weeks. My brother has been working all hours of the day trying to catch up with work. I have felt helpless watching him drag in at 2am only to get up again at 5am to head back to the office.

We have however found a way for me to do the office manager part of my job. I am able to tie into the computer at work from my house and input our invoices and pay bills...etc. It's not helping him out as far as lab work goes, but at least these things are not piling up.

As you can see below, my secretary is fast asleep on the job. This is actually a GOOD thing!!! She has been asleep for the past two hours and that is a record for her in the past two days. Abbie Grace has wanted someone to be holding her.....already a high maintenance girl like her mom!!!
We had her 2 week check up today. Looks like Abbie Grace is progressing great! She has made it back to her birth weight, which was the goal by two weeks. Our next check up will be in June for her two month appointment.

Uncle Brent and Lucius

This past weekend my brother, Brent, came home from Auburn. Poor thing now has to share a room with Abbie Grace. Tom and I had already taken over his original room, so he was relocated to the dining room when we moved into my parents house. Now Abbie Grace has her stuff in the dining room. It's no wonder he prefers to stay in Auburn.....(just kidding!)

Uncle Brent and Maggie.

One of the reasons that Brent came home this weekend was to meet his newest niece for the first time. He was unable to come the day that Abbie Grace was born....darn those college classes....

Uncle Brent and Abbie Grace.

I know that this seems to be a marathon post, but I'm almost done.....

The last thing that I wanted to let you know about is that I am officially starting my pre-pregnancy diet!!! I had lost over forty pounds before I got pregnant with Abbie Grace and managed to gain it all back plus 5 extra pounds. YUP...45 pounds. I have already lost 25 of those pounds (nursing helps out a lot girls!!!). But, I've gotta work hard to lose those other 20. The reason I'm telling you this is that I hope that my friends out in blog world will help hold me accountable. Just check in with me to make sure I am sticking to it. The 'diet' that I follow is actually called Body for Life and it is more of a life style diet instead of 'starving' yourself. Eat healthy, exercise, and the weight falls of. I should know...I've lost lots of weight doing this...I just keeping getting pregnant and gaining it all back!!!

Lucius and Me

This was the best 'current' picture I could find of myself. Wish me luck...........