Happy Thanksgiving!

I really should be cooking, but instead I'm sitting here posting with my precious little baby girl sleeping on my shoulder. It amazes me that she's already 7 weeks old. She's a bit clingier than Morgan was, which can be very sweet, but also tends to throw a wrench in the housework. Tomorrow's a big day, not just because it's Thanksgiving, but because it's her FIRST Thanksgiving! Morgan was 7 months old for her first Thanksgiving, so she was able to feast on pureed corn, turkey, and peas. This one will just have to get her tryptophan through my milk. :)

My sister-in-law and I will be doing most of the cooking. She's actually got the heavier load: casseroles - broccoli, corn, and sweet potato; twice baked potatoes, 7 layer salad, pumpkin pie, rolls. I'll be bringing cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, pumpkin trifle, and my infamous macaroni and cheese from last year (done the right way!) I hope you guys have a great Thanksgiving!

Turns out it's still a spanking blog...

Hi, guys. Is everyone having a nice autumn? I can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving here in the States, and before we know it, Christmas will be here! As I've mentioned, I collect "Naughty" Christmas ornaments, and I found one this year at Cracker Barrel:

Of course they had a "Nice" version too, but I just bought the Naughty one.

In other spanko news, I got spanked pretty hard last night with the new Spencer paddle. It was kind of a realignment spanking, to get me focused on my new responsibilities as a stay at home wife and mother, as well as to head off some hormonal craziness. Let me just say that it's a VERY effective implement. I'm very sore this morning, not to mention pretty bruised.

I knew it was coming, but the timing of it took me a little off guard. Morgan spent the night with my in-laws last night, so we just had the baby, but it was so late when we went up to bed that I just assumed it would happen today before Morgan got home. Nope, 2:30 in the morning and he was ready to do it. All my reasoning with him about not wanting to wake the baby got me nowhere, so before I knew it he had me on my stomach and my panties down. I have no idea how many swats I got, just that it was probably somewhere over 100. It hurt way to much for me to keep any sort of count, but I did my yelling and crying into my pillow and the baby slept right through it.

There was some very nice time spent reconnecting afterwards, and today I feel much more on track.

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Just rambling...

Hi, all. I don't really have anything to post about - in fact I should take advantage of the baby sleeping and go hop in the shower, but I feel like posting, so here I am. The baby will be a month old Thursday- impossible for me to believe. It seems like I just came home with her. In less than two weeks I will have to quit my job. This is scary for me. I absolutely do not want to go back, but it's also a pretty big leap of faith to give up my income. That said, we do believe that this is God's plan for us, so unless Nick tells me differently in the next couple of weeks, that's what will happen.

There's been no spanking happening, although there has been sex. With Morgan I was about 9 weeks post-partum before I was ready. With this one I was 20 days, and it was lovely at that. I've lost all my baby weight, and even a bit more. I'm a size down from what I was before I got pregnant, which is very nice. It's great to get back into jeans I had just about given up on pre-baby.

So far being a stay-at-home-mom has been tiring, but that's mostly due to the fact that she's nursing so frequently. I've done pretty well at having dinner ready or almost ready by the time Nick gets home, and I usually have the dishes and some laundry done as well. I think it will get easier as she gets a bit older. Right now if she's awake she wants to eat, and if she's asleep, I try to sleep too.

Anyway, like I said, not much to post about, just rambling. I'm going to go try to get that shower in. Have a great day!