Stress, Stress, Stress

Thank goodness Gilbert and I leave on Saturday for vacation. This week has been super stressful!
For starters, the person that was covering for me during my maternity leave did not have a clue how to do my job and has really messed some things up. Now I have to take everything back and fix it - on top of additional duties. Plus I discovered a fraudulent loan this week - not good. It has been really tough to get things done this week because Gilbert did not have a day off and his day off last week was July 4th. So I haven't been able to have a single work day in the past 2 weeks to just focus on work and not Eva. Too much to do and never enough time!! I am going to start my nanny search when we get back from vacation!
On top of this, I noticed something with Ricco this morning (I will spare you the details) and I have to take him to the vet tomorrow. So the day before vacation I have to take a 7-week old baby and a crazy cocker spaniel to the vet to spend money that I don't want to spend!!
And if I didn't need anything else, Humana drafted my account for $400 more than what they should have this month and when I call they tell me that their mainframe is down and I will have to call back. They are hoping it will be fixed in a few hours. What??? I need to get to the bottom of this NOW! I am sure I will need that $400 for the vet tomorrow!
Ugg. Can anything else happen?

Bigfoot Sighting!

Not really. But we did finally capture Eva's smile on film.

This was just too cute not to post

Feed Me!

Eva has 2 speeds - happy & content and panicked & hungry. When she is hungry, there is no period of fussy behavior - she goes directly into crying. I can understand - when you want to eat - you want to eat!!

Hungry

Full - notice the beautiful bracelet (a gift from Mimi)

Another full and content shot.

I am getting more comfortable feeding her in public.

Dinner with the Mata's

On Saturday night we went over to Joe & Rebekah's for dinner. It was great to spend time with friends!

Since Joe & Rebekah are Aggie fans, I had to change Eva!

I can't get over how much Joanna has grown!

Me & Jojo. I am so jealous of her curly hair.

Ryan

Ryan with his Tio Lupe before bed.

Joe spending some quality time with Eva.

My Little Firecracker

We started off the day with a nice walk with Eva and the dogs. The dogs were so happy - it made me feel super guilty for not taking them more often...

Other than a trip to JC Penny & Target we hung around the house. Gilbert grilled hotdogs for dinner (it just isn't the 4th without hotdogs!). The only fireworks were from Eva. I hope this horrible gas passes soon!!

Eva spent a little time in her swing. She even fell asleep for about 20 minutes!

Taking a quick siesta

Daddy love

Squeaking

Can you tell that I LOVE being a Mom??

Push Present

So even though I didn't technically push, I couldn't pass up the opportunity for a present! Gilbert's friend Tony came through once again as he re-created a Tiffany necklace that I saw in a magazine for much, much less. It is 3 hearts - one for Gilbert, me & Eva. It was made with all gold - white, yellow and rose. I love it!

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