Day two.

So today was a day full of Betsy smiles and Betsy poop.  A serious amount of Betsy's poop. It is Friday and her last deuce was Sunday.  She decided to save up I guess to really have a party today.    

A day in the life of b.k.  

A day in the life of b.k.  

Here was her breakdown today: 

wake up, eat, nap, bath, eat, poop, nap, poop, bath, poop, nap while dad and grandma went to lunch, get weighed (10,10!), come home and get a bottle from grandpa, poop, then lots of smiles.    I would smile too if I had just dropped a quarter of my body weight into some diapers (and all over my clothing and back and everywhere else). 

Now it's off to Washington, mo.  Road trip! 

Betsy.... gamechanger!

If my daughter is ever in a relationship like I have with this website.... I will not be pleased.  I am quite neglectful when it comes to this page, but oh well.   I am back, and taylortholen.com accepts me with open arms because that is our dynamic.  

Pam and I had a kid!   Betsy Kay Tholen was born in February and has changed everything.  I feel like I am in a new club now that has a shared experience of trauma, joy, fear, excitement, nervousness, stress, but mostly total LOVE.   If you'd like to see some picture of her I'll give you some options. #dailyBetsyfix on instagram or facebook is a good place to start.  I also bought her name as a domain because of some sort of tech geek nesting instinct.  It wasn't the only one I bought.  It's like a weird tech land grab... hard to explain.

Seven and a half weeks have now passed and Pam went back to work today.  I am taking the next couple weeks to stay home with Betsy and have a few goals for myself when I am home.  One of which is to chronicle our days on this site, because I actually have something to write about.   I also discovered an old pal who has been writing a blog and I'd be lying it I didn't admit that it sparked this a little as well.  Nicely done kimBERLY. 

Day one of this experience is today.  Pam got off to work and I didn't get washed over with nearly as much panic as I thought I might.  I have changed some diapers, fed the little lady, played with her some (although I am likely just entertaining myself), and TRIED to get a few things done.  Not much extra time really.  I just put Betsy down for a nap and should probably be using this brief time for a shower or other things but here I am.   

More on this later.....

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