3 Months.

Sweet Victoria is three months! I have been meaning to update, but we have so much going on lately I fall asleep before I get to it! I just love seeing her grow. Her Mama and Papa are the best, and they are just the sweetest family. We of course miss them all tons, but love that we can keep in touch via chats, videos and photos! Thank you F&C <3 I appreciate it all more than you know! We are thankful for your friendship.

In this first photo, you see the little baby doll. Sarah and I were shopping at walmart before F&C returned home. We walked past this wall of dolls and she stopped to stare at them all. She then pulled one down and said "mama, I have to get this doll for baby Victoria." And I said "okay, why?" And she replied "well, this doll looks like me, blonde hair and blue eyes, and so I want her to have it so she can remember me!" I thought it was the cutest idea from my little 4 year old. So we bought the doll. You can imagine how excited she was when C sent us this photo of Victoria playing with it!

 Such a beautiful, strong little babe!

Love this family! Adorable on Easter.

Pumping.

As I mentioned earlier in this blog, I had always planned on donating milk to the preemies milk bank. And I have. It was a rough start, many tears were shed - because I had two bouts with DOUBLE mastitis. It was so terrible. It makes you feel like you are on your death bed. BUT, things have been going well every since and we are sitting at 12 weeks post delivery now. I have sent in 8 coolers so far. Each cooler can hold about 300oz of milk, so that is roughly 2400oz I have sent in! I'm definitely getting used to it, and I am getting to sleep through the night. 12am-7am is about how long I can go without pumping. I do aim to pump every three hours, but sometimes it gets stretched out depending on how busy we are. Since having the mastitis I was able to set a schedule since my supply had dropped so much, and now were all adjusted. Anyhow, it is going well (now) and I am thankful that I can help out those sweet little teeny tinys.

Here is a link to just one of the many preemies that milk donors have helped. Inspiring!
http://blog.prolacta.com/prolacta-baby-leah/