No Doubt About It

As a breastfeeding mom, I am constantly questioning my "skills." For obvious reasons, one cannot see how much the baby is drinking, cannot measure how much the baby is getting per feeding or per day or whatever. We are told to count the baby's dirty diapers, but that never gave me much comfort. With Jillian, she was always on the small side so I was constantly wondering if my milk supply was sufficient or was I feeding her enough? were her nursing sessions long enough? etc..... The questions were endless but the point of all the questioning was "Is Mommy good enough?"

Well, with Rocco, there is no doubt about it, Mommy is good enough!!!!

We had Rocco's two week appt. this morning and after dropping to 7 lbs 10 ozs on his 4 day weigh in, this morning, Rocco weighed

9 lbs 5 ozs!!!!!!!

I cannot even do that math. I teach kindergarten remember??? But that is a lot of weight gained in 10 short days!!!!!! Way to go Mommy's milk!!!!

Here is the chubster in his second week:

First trip to church (Mommy took kiddos by herself as Daddy was working on the floors. We call that Super Mommy!!!)

Daddy got the kisses. What's up with that??

Jillian will NOT look at the camera as Beauty is on the TV (that is Sleeping Beauty for those of you who do not speak Jillian). Surprise, surpise, Rocco was not interested..

and sleeping as usual!!!

Renovations Part 2

Isn't that what everybody does? Have a baby and go through major home renovations at the same time? Bryan loves to test my patience. With the help of Bryan's friend, Wally, in August (when I was 4-5 months preggo), they replaced our nasty carpet with laminate flooring in our master bedroom. I spent 3 weeks sleeping on the living room floor. It was not pleasant.

So Bryan gained confidence with the successful completion of the floors in the bedroom and proclaimed he would do the floors by himself in the living room. In all honesty, I did not think there was a chance in H-E-double hockey sticks that he could possibly do it. BUT he is proving me wrong. With the help of his brother and the rest of the family cheering him on and being great supervisors, the floor is looking good. It is not finished (that is Bryan's weakness - finishing any project) but it is looking good and should be completed by this weekend. Our hallway in our house is very tricky so I hope this weekend goes well and my house can return to normal with great new floors!!!!

See how well my Dad is supervising!!!

Halfway done!

Looking good!!!!!

It's Been One Week

That's right! Time flies! Rocco has reached the one week mark. We visited the Dr. for a weight check and he is dropped down to 7 lbs 10 ozs but the Dr. thought that was perfectly normal. He sleeps a lot and has done well with breast feeding so I don't think we will have any trouble getting him back to his birth weight by his next appt. Here are some shots from the first week:

Polka Dots

When my daughter is throwing a tantrum, hitting somebody, saying she "doesn't like it," squeezing Rocco too hard, she will randomly show me the good values and lessons I am trying to teach her.

When she saw that I had dressed Rocco in his new Baby Gap onesie with matching hat, she was so excited. Who wouldn't be after seeing this cutie?

She insisted immediately that she change into her polka dot jammies so she match his polka dot outfit. Matching is a big deal around here.

Here are my two polka dot angels. Now, if I can only tackle the other issues in this house like the tantrums, I might be mother of the year. Ha ha!!!

The Power of a Nap!

I know that I am one of many moms out there who wonder how they can possibly love Baby #2 as much as Baby #1. I have been pondering that question for nine solid months.

When we got home from the hospital on Saturday afternoon, we were exhausted. Bryan suggested I curl up and take a nap. How could I do that with two children needing my attention?

Well, somehow I did it. Jillian curled up on one side and I held Rocco on the other. For two and a half hours, we napped. Pure Bliss! In that moment, I decided I would not spend one more second pondering "How can I possibly love two?"

My cup runneth over.

Meeting Rocco and Going Home

We were all a little nervous on how Jillian would take to Rocco. At the hospital, she was talking all excited about meeting "Baby Rocco." But once he was brought to the room and began making noise and moving all around, Jillian changed her mind about being excited. Her dolls at home do not make noise or move so this was a bit weird. She did not want to come near him.

This is a picture taken right before he started moving and making noise.

Now she is starting to freak out!

This is about how close she would get to him.

Rocco looks so adorable in his waaaaay too big Baby Gap outfit.

All Aboard!!! The Pearce Express is on the way home!!!!

Introducing......

Rocco Harrison Pearce



Rocco arrived on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 10:15 p.m.

He weighed in at 8 lbs 2.5 ozs and is 21 inches long.


He came out with a head full of dark hair and a nice healthy pink color.

We could not be more blessed.