Inspired by Jo
1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birth date only -without the year.
April 1st
2. List 3 events that occurred that day:
1. 1572 - in the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic. (Jessica: I thought seeing this was interesting. Was this the source of your daughters name by chance?
2. 1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
3. 1979 - Nickelodeon (TV Channel) starts
3. List 2 important birthdays:
1967 - Phil Demmel, American musician (Vio-lence and Machine Head)
1971 - Method Man, American rapper
4. List 1 death:
1984 - Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)
5. List a holiday or observance:
April 1 is known as April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day in many countries. Former New Year celebration day.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
1 month old, how can it be?!?!?
I just can't believe a month passed since my baby girl was born. She is changing so much it seems. She does really well holding her head up when she is upright on my shoulder. She hardly bobbles her head at all. She has always been able to hold up her head since first day home from the hospital but wasn't steady at all and only for a tiny bit. Now she holds her head up for a stretch at a time and turns from side to side easily.
She doesn't like to be left alone unless she's asleep. We pretty much have to hold her when she is awake. She doesn't even like being put down for tummy time. She has stretches of time now where she is awake for 2 hours. At night she sleeps anywhere from 2 to 6 hours at a stretch.
She's nursing very well and gaining weight at a seemingly rapid pace. She's about to outgrow a few sleepers she fit into with room to spare when she came home from the hospital. Her face is filling out more and she's getting a really chubby belly.
She has a little bit of cradle cap and starting to get baby acne. Anyone have any tips for clearing that up?
On friday we have a photographer coming to our house to do a photoshoot. She seems really nice and takes good pictures. Best of all is that her prices are very reasonable. Hopefully all will go well and Trevor will be in a decent mood through it all. I'm happy that someone is coming here so we don't have to go to a studio. Trevor will be more likely to cooperate, and if he doesn't we can always strap him in his high chair. :o)
She doesn't like to be left alone unless she's asleep. We pretty much have to hold her when she is awake. She doesn't even like being put down for tummy time. She has stretches of time now where she is awake for 2 hours. At night she sleeps anywhere from 2 to 6 hours at a stretch.
She's nursing very well and gaining weight at a seemingly rapid pace. She's about to outgrow a few sleepers she fit into with room to spare when she came home from the hospital. Her face is filling out more and she's getting a really chubby belly.
She has a little bit of cradle cap and starting to get baby acne. Anyone have any tips for clearing that up?
On friday we have a photographer coming to our house to do a photoshoot. She seems really nice and takes good pictures. Best of all is that her prices are very reasonable. Hopefully all will go well and Trevor will be in a decent mood through it all. I'm happy that someone is coming here so we don't have to go to a studio. Trevor will be more likely to cooperate, and if he doesn't we can always strap him in his high chair. :o)
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Smiles
Jayden definately is smiling now. They are few and far between but smiles nonetheless. It was so cute. last night she was asleep in her swing. When Travis walked in the room she opened her eyes a tiny bit, gave him a big huge smile and drifted back to sleep. So far I haven't been able to capture any smiles with my camera but hopefully I will soon.
Fifteen Dollah!
So I was cleaning my very messy desk this evening and I found $15 in a bank holiday envelope. It was Christmas money from my Grandma that I had misplaced at Christmas time. Also in the envelope was email addresses for my Aunt, Uncle and cousins that I had looked EVERYWHERE for. Well apparently I didn't look on my desk to well! I love finding money. Maybe I should go clean out couch cushions, coat pockets and old purses to see if my luck continues!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Getting my hands dirty
Today after all the running I had done I checked email to find someone on freecycle offering some flowers. Heck yeah! So I called Brian to see if he wanted to help me plant some flowers. So he went along and did the hard work for me. :o)
This nice lady shared with me:
Hostas - planted around a tree in the back yard
Blue Bells - planted on the sunny corner of the garage. One of the few places we have decent amount of sun.
Day lillies - not sure what variety but she said they are yellow. I got a bunch of them. They were planted on the backside of the garage. I'll have to move them later to a better spot once gutters are up.
Lillies of the Valley - By the stairs to the deck on the East side
Unknown plant (flowering?) - Planted next to the Lillies of the Valley
These were all big plants. We had a laundry basket and a box FULL. Have I ever said how much I love freecycle?
This nice lady shared with me:
Hostas - planted around a tree in the back yard
Blue Bells - planted on the sunny corner of the garage. One of the few places we have decent amount of sun.
Day lillies - not sure what variety but she said they are yellow. I got a bunch of them. They were planted on the backside of the garage. I'll have to move them later to a better spot once gutters are up.
Lillies of the Valley - By the stairs to the deck on the East side
Unknown plant (flowering?) - Planted next to the Lillies of the Valley
These were all big plants. We had a laundry basket and a box FULL. Have I ever said how much I love freecycle?
Today I...
~ Helped move my brothers entertainment center that wouldn't fit in the van with a rented appliance cart, down the sidewalk for 3 blocks. We got a few funny looks!
~ Bought a crib for Jayden
~ Planted a bunch of flowers
~ Assembled a big shoe rack all by myself, well Travis only helped a tiny bit when I needed more hands. This shoe rack is part of my mission organization. I'm tired of shoes everywhere so I put this below the coat rack in my kitchen. Now to train myself to put shoes in the shoe rack!
~Drank WAY more coffee than I should have/normally drink
~ Took I don't know how many trips in the van for various errands
~ Hung clothes out on the line, it was a beautiful day!
Funny how none of that was on my to do list for today that included cleaning the kitchen and the office. So that is the plan for tomorrow
~ Bought a crib for Jayden
~ Planted a bunch of flowers
~ Assembled a big shoe rack all by myself, well Travis only helped a tiny bit when I needed more hands. This shoe rack is part of my mission organization. I'm tired of shoes everywhere so I put this below the coat rack in my kitchen. Now to train myself to put shoes in the shoe rack!
~Drank WAY more coffee than I should have/normally drink
~ Took I don't know how many trips in the van for various errands
~ Hung clothes out on the line, it was a beautiful day!
Funny how none of that was on my to do list for today that included cleaning the kitchen and the office. So that is the plan for tomorrow
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Is it gas or...
A smile? I'm not sure. I wasn't expecting smiles so soon. But I suppose it's possible. I really think it's smiles. Last night before bedtime I was talking to Jayden and she gave me a way big grin. She was in a very quiet alert stage and seemed to be in a good mood.
It happened once today too. But about 20 seconds after the one today she tooted so who knows! But she toots alot so that could just be a coincidence. So we'll see if it continues and if it does then we'll count it as her first smile.
It happened once today too. But about 20 seconds after the one today she tooted so who knows! But she toots alot so that could just be a coincidence. So we'll see if it continues and if it does then we'll count it as her first smile.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Mr. Crabbypants
Wow, today has been a very trying day. We went to a visitation and took the kids along. Trevor has always been wonderful at events of any kind not usually shy and not throwing fits. Well today he was in a perfect mood until the exact moment we walked in the door to the funeral home. He threw himself on the floor and threw a fit. It was just inside the entry only 1 or 2 other people even in sight so it wasn't the crowd. He just wasn't having it.
We tried walking around outside and coming back in. Tried to get his grandpa to coax him in. Cookies. Toys. No dice. There was a 6 month old "bay" (Trevorspeak for baby) And she was right next to the entrance into the room were everyone was gathered. So we talked to the baby for awhile and tried to ease in. Nope.
Back outside for a walk. Back in fits continued. Finally after another visit with the baby I entered the room with him and he was ok and even in a good mood when we were sitting with family. That was until he found a book he wanted that belonged to an Autistic boy who had left it sitting on the chair in the row beside him while he wandered around. I normally don't let Trevor just play with other kids toys without it being a sharing kind of thing and especially didn't think it was a good idea to take the toy of the boy who was so attached to this special book of his. Freakout to end all freakouts. Luckily there was a bunch of people and it was really noisy so only our close family sitting next to us was subjected to his rolling on the floor/kicking and screaming. And so it was time to go.
We had planned to go out for dinner as we had a gift certificate that needed to be used for the town that we were in. Yeah, that didn't happen. Mr Crabbypants was on the warpath the rest of the evening. I was so glad when he finally fell asleep after crying in his room for a half hour.
We tried walking around outside and coming back in. Tried to get his grandpa to coax him in. Cookies. Toys. No dice. There was a 6 month old "bay" (Trevorspeak for baby) And she was right next to the entrance into the room were everyone was gathered. So we talked to the baby for awhile and tried to ease in. Nope.
Back outside for a walk. Back in fits continued. Finally after another visit with the baby I entered the room with him and he was ok and even in a good mood when we were sitting with family. That was until he found a book he wanted that belonged to an Autistic boy who had left it sitting on the chair in the row beside him while he wandered around. I normally don't let Trevor just play with other kids toys without it being a sharing kind of thing and especially didn't think it was a good idea to take the toy of the boy who was so attached to this special book of his. Freakout to end all freakouts. Luckily there was a bunch of people and it was really noisy so only our close family sitting next to us was subjected to his rolling on the floor/kicking and screaming. And so it was time to go.
We had planned to go out for dinner as we had a gift certificate that needed to be used for the town that we were in. Yeah, that didn't happen. Mr Crabbypants was on the warpath the rest of the evening. I was so glad when he finally fell asleep after crying in his room for a half hour.
Hooray for breastfeeding!!!
I weighed myself today and I am now 9 pounds LESS than what I was when I was 8 weeks pregnant. As I was going through my closet to purge stuff for the free for all this weekend I found some pants that I haven't been able to fit into since before I was pregnant with Trevor. I started putting them in the bag thinking I'd never fit into them. I decided what the hell I might as well see if I could even get them over my hips. Oh my goodness! They fit!!!! I never in a million years thought I would be able to get my rear in a pair of size 8 jeans. I'm so happy! Granted they are probably a big size 8 but the tag says they're and an 8 so that works for me! I didn't have to even squeeze into them. They are quite comfy!
I had another pair to try, my favorite Levi's from many days past. Alas they are a 7 and looked ~alot~ smaller than the prior pair but I thought what the hay! LOL, I couldn't even get my chunky thigh into them. I'm sure they will never ever fit even if I lose another 20 pounds. If I ever could get my thighs into them I'm sure they wouldn't fit over my hips. Pregnancy does wonders for the girlish figure!
My goal would be to lose another 15 pounds over the next few months but somehow I don't think I'm going to get there without exercising. Now if I could only find the time to exercise! Does chasing a toddler count as an aerobic workout? And as my friend Gretchen tells me... I need to lay of the oreos or I'll gain it all back. I ate a whole bag of oreos one day at work. Oops!
I had another pair to try, my favorite Levi's from many days past. Alas they are a 7 and looked ~alot~ smaller than the prior pair but I thought what the hay! LOL, I couldn't even get my chunky thigh into them. I'm sure they will never ever fit even if I lose another 20 pounds. If I ever could get my thighs into them I'm sure they wouldn't fit over my hips. Pregnancy does wonders for the girlish figure!
My goal would be to lose another 15 pounds over the next few months but somehow I don't think I'm going to get there without exercising. Now if I could only find the time to exercise! Does chasing a toddler count as an aerobic workout? And as my friend Gretchen tells me... I need to lay of the oreos or I'll gain it all back. I ate a whole bag of oreos one day at work. Oops!
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Poopy day... literally
Last night was a bad night. Jayden wiggled out of her diaper AGAIN and made a mess requiring changing of her clothes and sheets. Sadly the miracle blanket as well is out of commission until it get's washed. ~Sigh~
I think that I kept her swaddled too much yesterday and she slept most of the day. So sleeping last night for her was a challenge. And even more so once she poo'd on the miracle blanket. ~gah!~ She did not want to sleep in her basinet. I've been trying not to cosleep with her but last night I gave in. I could not have a nurse-a-thon sitting up last night because my back was hurting really bad. So we did the side-lying nursing thing for the first time and it worked pretty good. She actually slept pretty well that way. However, I shall not give in!
So with babe sleeping soundly next to me, Travis talking in his sleep (lol, I won't even share what all he was saying, but it was hilarious!) and Trevor coughing through the monitor I didn't sleep very soundly. Somehow though the kids slept until 10am. :o) I just started nursing Jayden and Trevor starts crying. I plead with him to be quiet for just a little while longer. His whining continues and grumpy me pleads not quite so nicely. I'm thinking he just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
When Jayden finishes I go in to talk to Trevor and Jiminy crickets... he has somehow managed to get his leg completely stuck in the bars of his crib. I have ~NO~ idea how he managed because I tried and tried and could not unstick him. He wasn't screaming like he was hurt or scared, just whining. I felt bad for telling him to be quiet. I had to resist the urge to get the camera. Bad mommy.
He had his leg put through all the way up to his thigh and then somehow his lower leg turned and hooked through the next space between the rails. He was STUCK. I tried lotion to no avail. I really though I was going to have to cut the bars. Of course Brian was gone and Travis was at school. I thought about calling 911.
All the while he was crying and Jayden was screaming in the other room. I slathered him up again with lotion and used a little more force. I had him laying on his side and I had to lift his rear completely off the bed and finally I was able to free his leg. Whew. I have no idea how he managed to get stuck. Hopefully he doesn't do it again. I'm really not ready to give up the crib! He would empty out his dresser and get into all kinds of stuff unless a mattress was all there was in the room.
They've both been extremely cranky all day. I've just now put the laundry in the wash and (knock on wood) they're both asleep. I'm just now realizing it's almost 3pm and I haven't even eaten breakfast yet, though on my 2nd cup of coffee!
I think that I kept her swaddled too much yesterday and she slept most of the day. So sleeping last night for her was a challenge. And even more so once she poo'd on the miracle blanket. ~gah!~ She did not want to sleep in her basinet. I've been trying not to cosleep with her but last night I gave in. I could not have a nurse-a-thon sitting up last night because my back was hurting really bad. So we did the side-lying nursing thing for the first time and it worked pretty good. She actually slept pretty well that way. However, I shall not give in!
So with babe sleeping soundly next to me, Travis talking in his sleep (lol, I won't even share what all he was saying, but it was hilarious!) and Trevor coughing through the monitor I didn't sleep very soundly. Somehow though the kids slept until 10am. :o) I just started nursing Jayden and Trevor starts crying. I plead with him to be quiet for just a little while longer. His whining continues and grumpy me pleads not quite so nicely. I'm thinking he just woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
When Jayden finishes I go in to talk to Trevor and Jiminy crickets... he has somehow managed to get his leg completely stuck in the bars of his crib. I have ~NO~ idea how he managed because I tried and tried and could not unstick him. He wasn't screaming like he was hurt or scared, just whining. I felt bad for telling him to be quiet. I had to resist the urge to get the camera. Bad mommy.
He had his leg put through all the way up to his thigh and then somehow his lower leg turned and hooked through the next space between the rails. He was STUCK. I tried lotion to no avail. I really though I was going to have to cut the bars. Of course Brian was gone and Travis was at school. I thought about calling 911.
All the while he was crying and Jayden was screaming in the other room. I slathered him up again with lotion and used a little more force. I had him laying on his side and I had to lift his rear completely off the bed and finally I was able to free his leg. Whew. I have no idea how he managed to get stuck. Hopefully he doesn't do it again. I'm really not ready to give up the crib! He would empty out his dresser and get into all kinds of stuff unless a mattress was all there was in the room.
They've both been extremely cranky all day. I've just now put the laundry in the wash and (knock on wood) they're both asleep. I'm just now realizing it's almost 3pm and I haven't even eaten breakfast yet, though on my 2nd cup of coffee!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
My house...
... will very soon be breathing a big HUGE sigh of relief! This weekend our local freecycle group is having what is called a "free for all." Imagine community wide garagesale. Then imagine everything is FREE. That is a free for all. :o) Fun times.
So being that we have WAY WAY WAY too much stuff in this house, and adding more to it everyday with the birth of our daughter, I am going on a massive decluttering fest. My goal is to fill our van with stuff by Saturday. And I plan to be VERY selective in the stuff that I bring home. The only things I'm searching for is a few kitchen items. Clothes that will fit my kiddos at sometime in the fairly near future. And maybe some books and girly type toys for Jayden. That's IT!!!!
Oh, and sigh of relief #2 is that Brian is moving into his own place in the next few weeks. So even more stuff will be out of our house. He's hoping to find some stuff to outfit his new place.
I guess #3 would be that we are finally getting gutters put on our house after being gutterless since we moved in. Long story... when they did the roof they had to take off the gutters because they were lead and we have been way to broke to do anything about it. Man, gutters are expensive! I had no idea it was going to be this much. We're looking at probably $800 - $1000!!! On the bright side hopefully it will limit the flooding in our basement and now I'll be able to finally plant flowers in the beds around out house. I planted some last spring and I think they all drowned. :o(
So being that we have WAY WAY WAY too much stuff in this house, and adding more to it everyday with the birth of our daughter, I am going on a massive decluttering fest. My goal is to fill our van with stuff by Saturday. And I plan to be VERY selective in the stuff that I bring home. The only things I'm searching for is a few kitchen items. Clothes that will fit my kiddos at sometime in the fairly near future. And maybe some books and girly type toys for Jayden. That's IT!!!!
Oh, and sigh of relief #2 is that Brian is moving into his own place in the next few weeks. So even more stuff will be out of our house. He's hoping to find some stuff to outfit his new place.
I guess #3 would be that we are finally getting gutters put on our house after being gutterless since we moved in. Long story... when they did the roof they had to take off the gutters because they were lead and we have been way to broke to do anything about it. Man, gutters are expensive! I had no idea it was going to be this much. We're looking at probably $800 - $1000!!! On the bright side hopefully it will limit the flooding in our basement and now I'll be able to finally plant flowers in the beds around out house. I planted some last spring and I think they all drowned. :o(
Zippity do dah
Oh what a happy day. Travis updated my computer. Our stuff came from tigerdirect yesterday and I was ohhhh so happy! He put a new motherboard and other various things in my computer so now it is pretty darn fast! And an added bonus of being able to log onto blogger and post from my own computer. It's so much better than emailing it to myself and hopping on one of our other computers to post.
We have 3 computers in our office, which is tiny. My computer, Trav's computer, and the "middle computer" which would be best described as our AV computer. It's our jukebox, tv (has a tv tuner) and once our DVD burner for it comes it will be home for our home videos. We just got a 250gig hard drive for it and I plan to upload our home videos off of our camcorder and make them into dvd. ahhhh that will be a daunting project. If anyone has any ideas on what to do with video of Trevors birth/time in the hospital that has absolutely NO sound I would love to hear them. I'm thinking of putting it to music but have no clue what music to use so ideas on that would be good too. As far as why we have no audio on them... Trav copied them to vhs and we started reusing the cassetes (8mm I think?) We gave a copy to Trav's mom and a week or 2 later she asked us do you realize there is no sound? We looked at our copy and sure enough, no sound on it either. I have no idea how it happened, but by the time we realized it we had taped completely over everything from birth to maybe into the first week home. I cried so hard! We don't have so much luck when it comes to videotaping I guess. Because of a miscommunication we don't have any video of our wedding either. :o(
So since this post is pretty much about computer stuff I'll share a picture of our office. It is a big HUGE mess at the moment since everything that doesn't have a home ~somehow~ lands on my half of the desk. One thing on my list of "projects to complete while on maternity leave" is to declutter the office and come up with a better system of organization. Right now there really is no system of organization and that is the problem. I think I'm going to have to take everything out of the room and put things away one thing at a time.
~Honest~ the rest of my house does not look like this!
Picture 1 is my desk, picture 2 is the "middle computer" and picture 3 is Trav's desk
We have 3 computers in our office, which is tiny. My computer, Trav's computer, and the "middle computer" which would be best described as our AV computer. It's our jukebox, tv (has a tv tuner) and once our DVD burner for it comes it will be home for our home videos. We just got a 250gig hard drive for it and I plan to upload our home videos off of our camcorder and make them into dvd. ahhhh that will be a daunting project. If anyone has any ideas on what to do with video of Trevors birth/time in the hospital that has absolutely NO sound I would love to hear them. I'm thinking of putting it to music but have no clue what music to use so ideas on that would be good too. As far as why we have no audio on them... Trav copied them to vhs and we started reusing the cassetes (8mm I think?) We gave a copy to Trav's mom and a week or 2 later she asked us do you realize there is no sound? We looked at our copy and sure enough, no sound on it either. I have no idea how it happened, but by the time we realized it we had taped completely over everything from birth to maybe into the first week home. I cried so hard! We don't have so much luck when it comes to videotaping I guess. Because of a miscommunication we don't have any video of our wedding either. :o(
So since this post is pretty much about computer stuff I'll share a picture of our office. It is a big HUGE mess at the moment since everything that doesn't have a home ~somehow~ lands on my half of the desk. One thing on my list of "projects to complete while on maternity leave" is to declutter the office and come up with a better system of organization. Right now there really is no system of organization and that is the problem. I think I'm going to have to take everything out of the room and put things away one thing at a time.
~Honest~ the rest of my house does not look like this!
Picture 1 is my desk, picture 2 is the "middle computer" and picture 3 is Trav's desk
That's some good sleepin'
Up until the last 3 days or so Jayden has been good about sleeping in her pack and play or in her swing during the day. The last few days as soon as I put her down the wakes up and cries and won't go back to sleep until I pick her up and nurse her again. Even if she just finished nursing 15 minutes before. Then she will nurse for a few minutes and fall asleep. I put her down and the cycle continues. arrrr it's driving me crazy. I'm afraid she is going to want to be held nonstop and that really isn't possible. I really would love to but when she gets bigger I won't be able to carry her all day because of my back. So it's a habit I don't want to start. And Trevor gets jealous when I'm holding her all the time.
She sleeps well at night IF I swaddle her. So today I swaddled her during the day and she's back to sleeping good. So she seems to like being swaddled but part of me hates to have her confined all the time like that. LOL, kinda like someone said before about it being a baby straightjacket. I don't know if that makes any sense at all. I just hate that I have her swaddled all night and a good chunk of the day too. I'm feeling better about though since someone shared this link with me today. The video clip shows a way of swaddling I hadn't seen or thought of. It might be good to try with a guazy fabric when the weather gets too warm for the blanket.
BTW... I love the miracle blanket and apparently she does too. :o) She slept for 4 hours straight this afternoon swaddled and in her swing. I noticed she was sleeping so soundly she had bubbles! The miracle blanket was the only thing that allowed Trevor to sleep soundly. And lately it's working wonders for her too.
She sleeps well at night IF I swaddle her. So today I swaddled her during the day and she's back to sleeping good. So she seems to like being swaddled but part of me hates to have her confined all the time like that. LOL, kinda like someone said before about it being a baby straightjacket. I don't know if that makes any sense at all. I just hate that I have her swaddled all night and a good chunk of the day too. I'm feeling better about though since someone shared this link with me today. The video clip shows a way of swaddling I hadn't seen or thought of. It might be good to try with a guazy fabric when the weather gets too warm for the blanket.
BTW... I love the miracle blanket and apparently she does too. :o) She slept for 4 hours straight this afternoon swaddled and in her swing. I noticed she was sleeping so soundly she had bubbles! The miracle blanket was the only thing that allowed Trevor to sleep soundly. And lately it's working wonders for her too.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
First bath
Yeah so I'm a slacker and just gave Jayden her first real bath. We've just been doing sponge bath/wipe downs since she's been sick and our house has been drafty. I didn't want her getting sicker. She was wide awake for the whole thing and in a seemingly good mood. Well until I rinsed her off, then she was pretty mad. We took 46 pictures and videotaped. I'm determined not to let Jayden have "second baby syndrome." If anything I'm doing a better job documenting her first weeks than I did with Trevor thanks to this blog. Poor Trevor!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Trevor talk
Somehow between when Jayden came home from the hospital and today Trevor has had a language explosion. The funniest thing is that he picked up a handful of food words/expressions when he was sick and not eating. So here is a run down of the vocabulary he has picked up in the last 2 weeks.
~ “oooohh was zat!?!?!” with much emphasis to ask about something that catches his interest. When he was supposed to be napping yesterday he said this about 30 times. I had a bunch of clothes lying on the floor in his room so I think that was what he was talking about, though I’m not exactly sure.
~ “more” with hand outstretched. Indicating that he wants what you are eating, not necessarily more of what he already has.
~ “all gone” with both hands out, palms up
~all of the above can be combined for effectiveness. Ie: I’m eating a granola bar and he says “oooohh was zat?!?!” So I tell him, “granola bar” and he says “more?” So I give him 1 for each hand because he has to have 2 pieces or he gets mad, yet he promptly says “more” I say, “you need to finish what you have” he crams the rest into his mouth and says “more” with more emphasis
~”otay” said to Jayden when crying to tell her “it’s ok”
~ “yet’s go” with much excitement, when we go “bye, bye”
~ “ooooohh see coot” Referring to Jayden and that she is cute. We got this one pretty much for the first few days home from the hospital, but not so much lately
~ “bay” as in baby, usually said when I’m looking at baby/small child pictures on the computer
~ Also fruit, go, hi, ow
I’m sure there are more but that’s all I can think of for now.
~ “oooohh was zat!?!?!” with much emphasis to ask about something that catches his interest. When he was supposed to be napping yesterday he said this about 30 times. I had a bunch of clothes lying on the floor in his room so I think that was what he was talking about, though I’m not exactly sure.
~ “more” with hand outstretched. Indicating that he wants what you are eating, not necessarily more of what he already has.
~ “all gone” with both hands out, palms up
~all of the above can be combined for effectiveness. Ie: I’m eating a granola bar and he says “oooohh was zat?!?!” So I tell him, “granola bar” and he says “more?” So I give him 1 for each hand because he has to have 2 pieces or he gets mad, yet he promptly says “more” I say, “you need to finish what you have” he crams the rest into his mouth and says “more” with more emphasis
~”otay” said to Jayden when crying to tell her “it’s ok”
~ “yet’s go” with much excitement, when we go “bye, bye”
~ “ooooohh see coot” Referring to Jayden and that she is cute. We got this one pretty much for the first few days home from the hospital, but not so much lately
~ “bay” as in baby, usually said when I’m looking at baby/small child pictures on the computer
~ Also fruit, go, hi, ow
I’m sure there are more but that’s all I can think of for now.
Spring is finally here (I hope)
After a snowy, blustery day on Wednesday, yesterday and today have been wonderful! The sun is shining and the birds are singing. I hung clothes out on the line today to sun bleach them (whites and diapers) It was crazy to see the snow on top of the grass that had just turned green. So this picture is out my front door on Wednesday shortly after it started to snow. We were supposed to get up to 3 inches though it really didn’t amount to all that much. Just enough for the roads to get fairly icy when I was on the way home from Jayden’s Dr appointment.
Things about Jayden I never want to forget
~The first moment when she was on my tummy and turned out her lip to pout and let out a little wail. That pouty lip will undoubtedly win her some battles in the future if we aren’t careful
~ In the hospital she would look at us with her one eye (left?) closed and the other eye open.
~ Tiny, tiny little fingers wrapped around mine
~ Her perfect rosebud lips. It’s funny how clearly they showed up on the ultrasound. The ultrasound tech even said, “Look at those rosebud lips”
~She usually sleeps so soundly with her arms outstretched above her head
~ When she wakes she stretches her arms a little, then a little more, straightens out and stretches her legs, yawns a little, smacks her lips a few times then her eyes slowly flutter open.
~ When she’s nursing and swallows too much milk and gets a little cough. It’s a delicate little girly cough and the way she “nods” her head as she coughs. It’s cute, though the first time she “choked” it scared the crap out of me and I though she stopped breathing and it took awhile for Travis to calm me down.
~ When she’s ready to nurse the “rooting” that she does and little “snorkel” noises she makes when she’s hungry
~ Most precious of all is the wide open mouth smiles she flashes when she sleeps. She’s got a dimple on her left check just like her mama
~ She is the wiggliest baby EVER I think. She can bust out of the tightest swaddle in nothing flat. So far we have not been able to keep her hands in a swaddle yet. She is able to even break free of swaddling in the “amazing miracle blanket” that kept Trevor swaddled until he was almost 3 months old.
~ Wiggling continued… she has numerous times wiggled out of her diaper! I thought it was just because of the biliblanket, but nope, she has wiggled her behind out of the diaper on four occasions since being taken off the blanket. Wiggly baby = big messes!
~ Nuzzling her soft fuzzy head. I ~LOVE~ fuzzy baby heads. Her hair is so soft and fine. I’m sure it’s going to fall out so I’m loving every minute of baby fuzz.
~ The expression on her face is so cute when she is soundly sleeping. Her lower lip is pursed out a bit and it almost looks likes she’s grumpy
~ The soundness of her sleep when she’s been sleeping in my arms for awhile. I can pick up her arm a little bit and let go and it just flops… she doesn’t even stir. That is until I put her down and then she’s wide awake (well sometimes anyway… usually when I most want her to stay asleep then she wakes up)
~ The intentness of her gaze when she is in her quiet/alert state. She stares very intently at my face, out the window, or at an object. A few days ago she stared at Trevor’s green ducky he got for Easter for nearly 15 minutes.
~ The “startle reflex” when she sleeps sometimes. She’s not near as bad with it as Trevor was. He would wake himself up so easily.
~ She’s such a good sleeper. For the last week she’s been sleeping a stretch of 5-6 hours at night
~ When she is done nursing the contented sigh and milky lips
~ When she’s hungry how she grasps and pulls anything she can get a hold of towards her face.
~ In the hospital she would look at us with her one eye (left?) closed and the other eye open.
~ Tiny, tiny little fingers wrapped around mine
~ Her perfect rosebud lips. It’s funny how clearly they showed up on the ultrasound. The ultrasound tech even said, “Look at those rosebud lips”
~She usually sleeps so soundly with her arms outstretched above her head
~ When she wakes she stretches her arms a little, then a little more, straightens out and stretches her legs, yawns a little, smacks her lips a few times then her eyes slowly flutter open.
~ When she’s nursing and swallows too much milk and gets a little cough. It’s a delicate little girly cough and the way she “nods” her head as she coughs. It’s cute, though the first time she “choked” it scared the crap out of me and I though she stopped breathing and it took awhile for Travis to calm me down.
~ When she’s ready to nurse the “rooting” that she does and little “snorkel” noises she makes when she’s hungry
~ Most precious of all is the wide open mouth smiles she flashes when she sleeps. She’s got a dimple on her left check just like her mama
~ She is the wiggliest baby EVER I think. She can bust out of the tightest swaddle in nothing flat. So far we have not been able to keep her hands in a swaddle yet. She is able to even break free of swaddling in the “amazing miracle blanket” that kept Trevor swaddled until he was almost 3 months old.
~ Wiggling continued… she has numerous times wiggled out of her diaper! I thought it was just because of the biliblanket, but nope, she has wiggled her behind out of the diaper on four occasions since being taken off the blanket. Wiggly baby = big messes!
~ Nuzzling her soft fuzzy head. I ~LOVE~ fuzzy baby heads. Her hair is so soft and fine. I’m sure it’s going to fall out so I’m loving every minute of baby fuzz.
~ The expression on her face is so cute when she is soundly sleeping. Her lower lip is pursed out a bit and it almost looks likes she’s grumpy
~ The soundness of her sleep when she’s been sleeping in my arms for awhile. I can pick up her arm a little bit and let go and it just flops… she doesn’t even stir. That is until I put her down and then she’s wide awake (well sometimes anyway… usually when I most want her to stay asleep then she wakes up)
~ The intentness of her gaze when she is in her quiet/alert state. She stares very intently at my face, out the window, or at an object. A few days ago she stared at Trevor’s green ducky he got for Easter for nearly 15 minutes.
~ The “startle reflex” when she sleeps sometimes. She’s not near as bad with it as Trevor was. He would wake himself up so easily.
~ She’s such a good sleeper. For the last week she’s been sleeping a stretch of 5-6 hours at night
~ When she is done nursing the contented sigh and milky lips
~ When she’s hungry how she grasps and pulls anything she can get a hold of towards her face.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Near miss
Trevor has this lovely little habit of throwing his toys over the gate. Not thinking we’ve had Jayden’s swing parked next to the living room gate for lack of a better place to put it. Last night when Jayden was in her swing Trevor flung a metal tractor over the gate and it hit her swing! Oh my gosh! I freaked out. It would have seriously hurt her if it hit her in the head. Needless to say… the swing was promptly moved.
Silly boy!
I was waiting in the van with the kids while my brother ran into the mall. Jayden had started to fuss so I climbed in the back to get her out so I could nurse here. As I was leaned over I heard Trevor chuckle and felt him poking me in the rear. I turned around and he gave me a little bit of a devious grin. As I turned back to fish Jayden out of her seat; the chuckles and poking resumed. I turned around again and he gave a bit of a squeal. Little turkey!
“Cha ching”
Oh glorious spring time, my favorite time of the year. My brother and I headed out early in the morning to hit some garage sales… baby needs some new clothes!
Travis stayed in bed and the kids stayed with him. It was nice to be “free” for awhile. I had to be back by 10am though for Travis to leave for class. We hit 4 sales and oh my goodness did I hit the motherload! Only 1 of the sales was a bust. Brian got 2 really nice lazy boy type rocker/recliners for $50. I was mad because I wanted them, but he saw them first.
I needed clothes for Trevor. He’s still in 12 month clothes but his pants are way too short and his shirts are getting a little snug. I only had a very little bit of clothes from a freecycle member. Jayden also needed more clothes. We really only had a handful of girly stuff, and a bunch of unisex stuff from Trevor. But I ~REALLY~ want to dress her in girly clothes. So I went a little crazy! Trevor is now set with all he needs for 18 month size and I added quite a bit to the 2t, 3t, and 4t collection. Jayden has way more clothes than she really needs until 9 months.
By the time everything was washed I had done about 7 loads of laundry just for yardsale finds! I spent way more than I had intended (a little shy of $200) but considering that 1 of those things was a winter coat for Trevor, brand new with tags! It was a London Fog coat with a price tag of $70! Plus a ton of the clothes were Old Navy, Tommy, Gap, etc. Sooooo I figure that my spending was well justified. I can’t imagine how people can afford to clothe their children in only brand new, name brand stuff! That coat plus a few of the name brand outfits brand new would have been $200 easy! There were only a few things that I paid more than $1-2 for. And I’ll probably earn back my $ when I sell it on eBay.
Travis stayed in bed and the kids stayed with him. It was nice to be “free” for awhile. I had to be back by 10am though for Travis to leave for class. We hit 4 sales and oh my goodness did I hit the motherload! Only 1 of the sales was a bust. Brian got 2 really nice lazy boy type rocker/recliners for $50. I was mad because I wanted them, but he saw them first.
I needed clothes for Trevor. He’s still in 12 month clothes but his pants are way too short and his shirts are getting a little snug. I only had a very little bit of clothes from a freecycle member. Jayden also needed more clothes. We really only had a handful of girly stuff, and a bunch of unisex stuff from Trevor. But I ~REALLY~ want to dress her in girly clothes. So I went a little crazy! Trevor is now set with all he needs for 18 month size and I added quite a bit to the 2t, 3t, and 4t collection. Jayden has way more clothes than she really needs until 9 months.
By the time everything was washed I had done about 7 loads of laundry just for yardsale finds! I spent way more than I had intended (a little shy of $200) but considering that 1 of those things was a winter coat for Trevor, brand new with tags! It was a London Fog coat with a price tag of $70! Plus a ton of the clothes were Old Navy, Tommy, Gap, etc. Sooooo I figure that my spending was well justified. I can’t imagine how people can afford to clothe their children in only brand new, name brand stuff! That coat plus a few of the name brand outfits brand new would have been $200 easy! There were only a few things that I paid more than $1-2 for. And I’ll probably earn back my $ when I sell it on eBay.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Panty parade!
Travis and I loaded up the kids to go to Wal-Mart. Travis and Trevor both needed hair cuts and being that Uncle Sam finally came through with my moolah we had a bunch of stuff that we needed to get. We first stopped to get hair cuts and the girl asked if Trevor needed to sit in my lap or would he sit on his own. For the last 2 times prior Trevor has done awesome and sat on his own. So I figured all would be good this time. Yeah, not so much! I parked him on the booster and he began to scream as if he was being poked with a hot poker! So I got to sit with him this time. He squirmed and fussed most of the whole time. The girl was really good/patient with him. He wouldn’t let her come near him with the clippers and freaked out when she spritzed him with water. The funniest thing was when she was working on the front and he saw the hair falling he started laughing uncontrollably as long as he could see hair falling. Then he would start crying until the next clip of the scissors. Next time we start with the front!
We had just gotten a tandem stroller and figured Wal-Mart would be a good place to try it out. It doesn’t handle the greatest and is way bulky but what can one expect for nearly half of what the other options are? Anyway… I was wandering around the intimates section and when I was finished I headed out into a main aisle. I noticed a lady looking at Trevor and busting into giggles. I walked to the front of the stroller to see what was making her laugh. ~OH my gosh!!!~ he had somehow managed to snag a pair of very fancy, very lacy panties off of the rack. Too funny!!!
We had just gotten a tandem stroller and figured Wal-Mart would be a good place to try it out. It doesn’t handle the greatest and is way bulky but what can one expect for nearly half of what the other options are? Anyway… I was wandering around the intimates section and when I was finished I headed out into a main aisle. I noticed a lady looking at Trevor and busting into giggles. I walked to the front of the stroller to see what was making her laugh. ~OH my gosh!!!~ he had somehow managed to snag a pair of very fancy, very lacy panties off of the rack. Too funny!!!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
2 week check up
Jayden’s Dr said she’s doing great. She doesn’t look nearly as Jaundiced. Even the whites of her eyes are starting to like white finally. She still gets really ruddy when she cries. It’s funny how different babies are! I never remember Trevor getting red when he cried. But then again when she gets really mad she does this breath holding cry.
Anyway… here are Jayden’s stats for her 2 week check
Height: 21” 75%
Weight: 8lb 8oz 50%
Head: 14 ¼” 50%
The nurse originally had put down 33” for head measurement and I didn’t think anything of it. The Dr. plugged in the number apparently not thinking either and she was completely off the charts. He was saying, “Her head doesn’t look THAT big lets re-measure.” Turns out the nurse wrote her head in cm!
She doesn’t need to go back until 2 months for her immunizations but he said we could bring her back at 1 month if we like to check ht and wt.
Anyway… here are Jayden’s stats for her 2 week check
Height: 21” 75%
Weight: 8lb 8oz 50%
Head: 14 ¼” 50%
The nurse originally had put down 33” for head measurement and I didn’t think anything of it. The Dr. plugged in the number apparently not thinking either and she was completely off the charts. He was saying, “Her head doesn’t look THAT big lets re-measure.” Turns out the nurse wrote her head in cm!
She doesn’t need to go back until 2 months for her immunizations but he said we could bring her back at 1 month if we like to check ht and wt.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Happy lab results
Today we had to take Jayden in for another lab draw for the Jaundice. Later in the afternoon when they called back they said that she was down to 13 and in the clear. :o) So no more pokes, no more formula supplementing, and no more waking her up to eat. So now I can nurse her on demand and let her sleep when she wants. This makes me sooooo very happy!
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Easter
We didn't do outside Easter egg hunts because the weather was so cold. I especially wasn't going to take Trevor out in the cold with his cough/runny nose. (yeah, he's still sniffling, poor guy) I couldn’t even drag myself out of the house to go to church. We didn't go to family dinner like we were hoping because of the nasties that we have in our house. I don’t want to pass it on to anyone else. I was also a little worried about everyone wanting to play pass the baby with Jayden and with all the crap that’s going around now; I don't want her to get sicker.
Trevor and Jayden got Easter baskets from the "Easter Bunny" and Trevor enjoyed his first milk chocolate bunny. He had more fun with his basket than any thing. It was a cute plush monkey basket for my "little monkey" he wore the basket on his head for awhile and got mad when I put it away. Attached are pics of my babes with their Easter baskets. I was feeling pretty crummy on Sunday so the Easter bunny didn't visit until evening for Trevor. And the pictures of Jayden with her basket were shot the next day when I was feeling better and could take advantage of some natural light.
Hopefully next year will be a little more spring like so we can partake in the Easter festivities. I was really looking forward to going on an Easter egg hunt. It’s a fond memory from my childhood and I’m anxious to share it with him.
Trevor and Jayden got Easter baskets from the "Easter Bunny" and Trevor enjoyed his first milk chocolate bunny. He had more fun with his basket than any thing. It was a cute plush monkey basket for my "little monkey" he wore the basket on his head for awhile and got mad when I put it away. Attached are pics of my babes with their Easter baskets. I was feeling pretty crummy on Sunday so the Easter bunny didn't visit until evening for Trevor. And the pictures of Jayden with her basket were shot the next day when I was feeling better and could take advantage of some natural light.
Hopefully next year will be a little more spring like so we can partake in the Easter festivities. I was really looking forward to going on an Easter egg hunt. It’s a fond memory from my childhood and I’m anxious to share it with him.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Sleepy baby :o)
Last night I decided to pretty much let her sleep. I figured as much as she nursed in the afternoon/evening hours it might do us both good to get a little extra sleep. Last night was ~wonderful~ she slept about 4 hours at a stretch. She was awake and alert for about a half hour this morning and has been back to her fairly good natured, sleep in her bassinet self.
I’m feeling a thousand times better today and I’m so glad. I’ve had enough energy to do a few loads of laundry and type up all of these blogs. I wanted to get all of these 1st days typed up and posted before I forget all of the little details. That’s a lot of typing, 5 pages worth in Word. Unfortunately my computer is messed up so I can’t post to blogger. So I type it all up in word, cut and paste it to email, email it to myself and use Travis’ computer to post to blogger. It’s a major pain but hopefully soon it will be resolved. We think my motherboard is on the verge of crashing.
I’m feeling a thousand times better today and I’m so glad. I’ve had enough energy to do a few loads of laundry and type up all of these blogs. I wanted to get all of these 1st days typed up and posted before I forget all of the little details. That’s a lot of typing, 5 pages worth in Word. Unfortunately my computer is messed up so I can’t post to blogger. So I type it all up in word, cut and paste it to email, email it to myself and use Travis’ computer to post to blogger. It’s a major pain but hopefully soon it will be resolved. We think my motherboard is on the verge of crashing.
Friday, April 06, 2007
One tired mama
Last night I went to bed earlier than usual. I was soooo tired. I’ve been feeding her every 3 hours max and waking her up if she doesn’t wake on her own, even through the night. I set the alarm on my phone to wake me up. I was so tired that I didn’t even hear it go off. The first time Travis woke me up. She had been asleep for 5 hours! The 2nd time, I woke up and she had been asleep for 4 hours.
Travis was feeling a bit better and went to school. He came home a little while later… apparently his coughing fits were disrupting class so he was sent home. After I got home from taking Jayden for her daily needle poke I could barely haul my behind off the couch. All I wanted to do was sleep.
The nurse called around 5pm and said the bili levels were still higher than they would have hoped for. Still 15 something. They wanted her back on the biliblanket, thinking I still had it. When I told them we had taken it back they said we’d ride out the weekend, doing what we have been and test again on Tuesday. I’m so glad they weren’t going to make the nurse come back out and hook her up again. I really hope that her levels are down around at least a 13 when Tuesday comes. She continues to look better with each day.
Then Jayden started an all evening nurse-a-thon. My sleepy baby had turned wide awake and ready to eat pretty much from 1pm to 11pm. I would nurse her and she would seem sound asleep until I lay her down to try and get something to eat myself and she would cry about 2 minutes later. I’m not sure if she is hitting a growth spurt or if she is just nursing for comfort because she’s feeling lousy.
I gave up at 11 and asked Travis to take over. Trav gave her the rest of a bottle and came into the kitchen as I was heating up my dinner. I was crying. I was hungry yet sick to my stomach, oh so tired and way stressed out. He gave me hugs. I ate and went to bed. I was afraid it would continue through the night and into the next day.
Travis was feeling a bit better and went to school. He came home a little while later… apparently his coughing fits were disrupting class so he was sent home. After I got home from taking Jayden for her daily needle poke I could barely haul my behind off the couch. All I wanted to do was sleep.
The nurse called around 5pm and said the bili levels were still higher than they would have hoped for. Still 15 something. They wanted her back on the biliblanket, thinking I still had it. When I told them we had taken it back they said we’d ride out the weekend, doing what we have been and test again on Tuesday. I’m so glad they weren’t going to make the nurse come back out and hook her up again. I really hope that her levels are down around at least a 13 when Tuesday comes. She continues to look better with each day.
Then Jayden started an all evening nurse-a-thon. My sleepy baby had turned wide awake and ready to eat pretty much from 1pm to 11pm. I would nurse her and she would seem sound asleep until I lay her down to try and get something to eat myself and she would cry about 2 minutes later. I’m not sure if she is hitting a growth spurt or if she is just nursing for comfort because she’s feeling lousy.
I gave up at 11 and asked Travis to take over. Trav gave her the rest of a bottle and came into the kitchen as I was heating up my dinner. I was crying. I was hungry yet sick to my stomach, oh so tired and way stressed out. He gave me hugs. I ate and went to bed. I was afraid it would continue through the night and into the next day.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Yuckies
Today I had to take Jayden for labs. We had to wait for about an hour because the doctor’s office never faxed over the order and they had closed up shop for lunch. All I wanted to do was go home and sleep because I was feeling yucky. It was the first time I had Jayden out in the sling and I was so glad I did because with my complete lack of energy it was so much easier than carrying her carseat into the hospital or messing with the stroller.
Jayden’s stuffy nose seemed to be a little worse late in the afternoon. I had been suctioning her nose and it was a yucky shade of yellow so I called the Dr to see if I should bring her in. They scheduled her for 7pm. Grandma B stopped by to visit for a little before I had to head out with her to go to the Dr.
Her weight at the Dr's office was 8lb 4 oz! I can’t believe how much her weight had gone up in just 2 days. The got the results from her labs and her bili levels were at 15.6. The Dr said her lungs sounded fine and that we were just to watch her for appetite changes, fever, or if she has labored breathing. They also wanted her to go back for labs again on Friday. I’m so tired of having my baby poked with needles. :o(
Jayden’s stuffy nose seemed to be a little worse late in the afternoon. I had been suctioning her nose and it was a yucky shade of yellow so I called the Dr to see if I should bring her in. They scheduled her for 7pm. Grandma B stopped by to visit for a little before I had to head out with her to go to the Dr.
Her weight at the Dr's office was 8lb 4 oz! I can’t believe how much her weight had gone up in just 2 days. The got the results from her labs and her bili levels were at 15.6. The Dr said her lungs sounded fine and that we were just to watch her for appetite changes, fever, or if she has labored breathing. They also wanted her to go back for labs again on Friday. I’m so tired of having my baby poked with needles. :o(
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Our little Adventure
Today Travis is still sick and in bed most of the day. Trevor still is stuffed up and tires out easily but seems to be getting better everyday. Brian is still sick. And worst of all now Jayden has a stuffy nose. I’ve been checking her temp with every nursing since she started the bili blanket and thankfully she hasn’t been running a fever. Taking care of both of the kids for the last 2 days mostly by myself makes for one tired mama!
I took my first outing with both kids in tow. We went to take back the bili blanket and go to target. Mistake #1 going by myself, Mistake #2 going when it was Trevor’s naptime, Mistake #3 going when it was super cold outside, and mistake #4 spending way too much time at Target.
Usually Trevor does a good job walking down the side walk and to the garage. Of course he chose today to wander of the sidewalk and into the very muddy yard. I had Jayden in her carseat in one hand and in my other hand was the diaper bag and keys with the case holding the biliblanket unit on my shoulder. By the time I put everything down and chased after Trevor he fell in the mud. I got him back on the sidewalk and headed towards the garage. By the time I picked everything back up he buzzed right past the garage and headed for the alley. Grrrrr
I finally get him in the garage and loaded into his carseat in the van. When I go to put the base for Jayden’s seat in the van, the seat belt won’t lock in. I had forgotten that since it is older it doesn’t have the locking seatbelts. So back to the car it goes, I get her loaded, then get Trevor out of the van and into the car. I really should have given up at this point!
When we get to where we have to drop of the biliblanket, I have to carry Trevor, Jayden in her carseat, plus the blanket because Trevor throws a fit and won’t hold my hand to walk across the parking lot. He throws a fit in the lobby because I make him sit on a chair when he wants to run around and get in trouble. Do you think I give up and head home… nah… we still go to Target because I need to shop ya know.
He did really good for awhile. Saying “Hiii-eee” to absolutely everyone we encounter. Laughing uncontrollably every time we come across kids goofing off. (Gee… I think that’s a glimpse of my little troublemaker to be) I’m buzzing along getting things I need and things I don’t. Trevor’s keeping himself occupied with things I give him to “be in charge of” and we trade out frequently to keep him occupied. All is good until we are in the automotive section and he freaks out when I won’t let him have the WD40 and amor all. That was a tantrum I was not going to give into! As if I’ll let my baby play with a bottle of toxic chemicals. He screamed all the way to the check out. At the checkout he cried a little and “talked” to the cashier in his woeful way; surely telling her what an awful mommy I was.
After checking out I realized I had forgotten to take any pictures of our outing so I snapped some en route to the door. People probably thought I was nuts taking pictures of my cranky toddler! Trevor fell asleep before we were even out of the parking lot. Jayden slept through the entire trip. As I pulled in the driveway I realized I forgot the one thing that sparked the trip to Target… some nursing camisoles. Grrrrr
By the middle of the afternoon I have a tickle in my throat. Ugggg, I so don’t need to get sick now.
I took my first outing with both kids in tow. We went to take back the bili blanket and go to target. Mistake #1 going by myself, Mistake #2 going when it was Trevor’s naptime, Mistake #3 going when it was super cold outside, and mistake #4 spending way too much time at Target.
Usually Trevor does a good job walking down the side walk and to the garage. Of course he chose today to wander of the sidewalk and into the very muddy yard. I had Jayden in her carseat in one hand and in my other hand was the diaper bag and keys with the case holding the biliblanket unit on my shoulder. By the time I put everything down and chased after Trevor he fell in the mud. I got him back on the sidewalk and headed towards the garage. By the time I picked everything back up he buzzed right past the garage and headed for the alley. Grrrrr
I finally get him in the garage and loaded into his carseat in the van. When I go to put the base for Jayden’s seat in the van, the seat belt won’t lock in. I had forgotten that since it is older it doesn’t have the locking seatbelts. So back to the car it goes, I get her loaded, then get Trevor out of the van and into the car. I really should have given up at this point!
When we get to where we have to drop of the biliblanket, I have to carry Trevor, Jayden in her carseat, plus the blanket because Trevor throws a fit and won’t hold my hand to walk across the parking lot. He throws a fit in the lobby because I make him sit on a chair when he wants to run around and get in trouble. Do you think I give up and head home… nah… we still go to Target because I need to shop ya know.
He did really good for awhile. Saying “Hiii-eee” to absolutely everyone we encounter. Laughing uncontrollably every time we come across kids goofing off. (Gee… I think that’s a glimpse of my little troublemaker to be) I’m buzzing along getting things I need and things I don’t. Trevor’s keeping himself occupied with things I give him to “be in charge of” and we trade out frequently to keep him occupied. All is good until we are in the automotive section and he freaks out when I won’t let him have the WD40 and amor all. That was a tantrum I was not going to give into! As if I’ll let my baby play with a bottle of toxic chemicals. He screamed all the way to the check out. At the checkout he cried a little and “talked” to the cashier in his woeful way; surely telling her what an awful mommy I was.
After checking out I realized I had forgotten to take any pictures of our outing so I snapped some en route to the door. People probably thought I was nuts taking pictures of my cranky toddler! Trevor fell asleep before we were even out of the parking lot. Jayden slept through the entire trip. As I pulled in the driveway I realized I forgot the one thing that sparked the trip to Target… some nursing camisoles. Grrrrr
By the middle of the afternoon I have a tickle in my throat. Ugggg, I so don’t need to get sick now.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Cordless Baby!
Travis was really sick today. He was only out of bed for a combined total of about an hour. Brian worked on bailing out the basement all morning/afternoon for a total of about 6 hours until he had to go to work and the water was STILL coming in! I worked on it a little in the evening and was finally able to stop the flooding. We HAVE to get gutters on our house this spring. I’m sure that is why the basement is flooding.
A new nurse, Shareen, came today. Jayden now weighs 7lbs 14.5 oz, total weight gain since Sunday of 5.5 oz. She is now above what her birth weight was. When the nurse called back later in the day her bili levels have gone down to 16 and the Doctor said she could come off the blanket. The nurse advised to keep her on until bedtime as the unit is rented until midnight anyway. We have to take her in for labs on Thursday and to the Doctor for a checkup on Friday. Jayden came off the blanket at 10:45. Yeah!!! My baby is cordless! It's so nice to be able to walk around the house with her in my arms. :o)
A new nurse, Shareen, came today. Jayden now weighs 7lbs 14.5 oz, total weight gain since Sunday of 5.5 oz. She is now above what her birth weight was. When the nurse called back later in the day her bili levels have gone down to 16 and the Doctor said she could come off the blanket. The nurse advised to keep her on until bedtime as the unit is rented until midnight anyway. We have to take her in for labs on Thursday and to the Doctor for a checkup on Friday. Jayden came off the blanket at 10:45. Yeah!!! My baby is cordless! It's so nice to be able to walk around the house with her in my arms. :o)
Monday, April 02, 2007
Weather Woes
It was so nice not having a nurse visit today! Today has been pretty uneventful for the most part. Trevor seems to be feeling better. He’s eating and hasn’t gotten sick at all today. He still has the sniffles and a cough but that is so much better than what we’ve been dealing with.
Travis is coming down with it too. He has been stuffed up most of the day. My brother who lives with us is also sick with a cold. I ~really~ hope Jayden and I don’t get it.
Today was my first day home solo with the “kids” since Travis went back to school after being out for nearly a week. It didn’t go too badly though there were a few times when it was difficult because both of them were crying for my attention at the same time. At least it was only for 4 hours.
Thunderstorms started at 9:30 so we had to unplug her again. I was going to leave the blanket on her but storms were forecasted for most of the night so I figured I might as well enjoy snuggling with my babe cordless. :o) As much as I hate it storms I must say it was nice. Though still a little annoying because the unit costs $100 a day to rent and I’m not sure how much insurance is going to cover. So the longer she’s unplugged the longer we’ll have to rent it.
At about 3am as I was in the middle of a diaper change the power went out just as I was reaching for a diaper. Talk about timing! It was out for about an hour and a half. So much for going back to sleep! I can’t sleep very well anyway during thunderstorms and without the fan to drown out some of it I didn’t even attempt to for awhile.
We went downstairs and Joy of joys the basement is flooding! We couldn’t even use the wet/dry vac to start bailing water because we didn’t have any power!
Travis is coming down with it too. He has been stuffed up most of the day. My brother who lives with us is also sick with a cold. I ~really~ hope Jayden and I don’t get it.
Today was my first day home solo with the “kids” since Travis went back to school after being out for nearly a week. It didn’t go too badly though there were a few times when it was difficult because both of them were crying for my attention at the same time. At least it was only for 4 hours.
Thunderstorms started at 9:30 so we had to unplug her again. I was going to leave the blanket on her but storms were forecasted for most of the night so I figured I might as well enjoy snuggling with my babe cordless. :o) As much as I hate it storms I must say it was nice. Though still a little annoying because the unit costs $100 a day to rent and I’m not sure how much insurance is going to cover. So the longer she’s unplugged the longer we’ll have to rent it.
At about 3am as I was in the middle of a diaper change the power went out just as I was reaching for a diaper. Talk about timing! It was out for about an hour and a half. So much for going back to sleep! I can’t sleep very well anyway during thunderstorms and without the fan to drown out some of it I didn’t even attempt to for awhile.
We went downstairs and Joy of joys the basement is flooding! We couldn’t even use the wet/dry vac to start bailing water because we didn’t have any power!
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Happy Birthday to me
Happy birthday to me! The nurse came at 1:00 today and Jayden now weighs 7lb 9oz. More pokes of course and the nurse says she is looking better by leaps and bounds. Her bili levels came back at 17 so we are back where we started on Friday. It was good news to hear they are on they’re way down. She thinks they will continue to go down now as usually they don’t go up once they have started to go down. So we shouldn’t have to take her back to the hospital. That’s the best birthday present I could get. :o) The nurse also talked the Doctor into skipping a visit on Monday and testing again on Tuesday. So her poor little heels get a break from being tortured.
Speaking of presents… on Friday Travis gave me my birthday present early. He got me a back massager thing that goes on my office chair. I got it early because I’m having a lot of back pain from my epidural. It is wonderful!!! He also got me a cake and ice cream.
I wanted to take a picture on my birthday with Trevor and Jayden but unfortunately that isn’t in the cards. Trevor is still sick. :o( Diarrhea has gone away but now the vomiting is back. Gah! He is pretty much out of clean clothes and we are totally out of clean towels. I need to do laundry in a big way!
Speaking of presents… on Friday Travis gave me my birthday present early. He got me a back massager thing that goes on my office chair. I got it early because I’m having a lot of back pain from my epidural. It is wonderful!!! He also got me a cake and ice cream.
I wanted to take a picture on my birthday with Trevor and Jayden but unfortunately that isn’t in the cards. Trevor is still sick. :o( Diarrhea has gone away but now the vomiting is back. Gah! He is pretty much out of clean clothes and we are totally out of clean towels. I need to do laundry in a big way!
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