I have too many name ideas for the amount of children I want. I wish I could do themes, if not for all of them then for pairs. These two close ages kids are named after classic authors, these two after classic characters, and these two after...cooking. Yes, I sorta like a cooking theme. Except I only found one cooking name I'd like, which is Julienne. I'm learning how to Julienne carrots right now as well. Anyway, I can't stick to a theme. I originally wanted all K names for girls. That didn't work, our current name has no K's. I also wanted double L's in at least one of the names, as I have all double L's in all three of my names, Bill has them in two of his names, and Katie does as well. It would have been a subtle, neat tradition. I tried to do it with our girl name but it doesn't look quite right. Such a shame. So, no themes here, just fun ideas.
We're slowly creeping towards midnight on Katie's first new years eve. She must know that it's a night when everyone is supposed to stay awake as she has had nothing but two minute naps. Sorta sucky, as I want to be part of the party we're having. Not as easy with a sleepy baby who doesn't want to miss a moment of fun!
She currently is getting her nap in while nursing. Well, not really nursing as much as she won't let go of my nipple. I'm sure Katie will at least get to see her first new years ball drop.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Katie is Eating!!
This morning Katie got her high chair. We woke up early (sorta...I couldn't get out of the bed for an hour after waking, it was like my bones liquified!) and went to Babies R Us. Last week we went there are were told that my favorite high chair was being restocked on Wednesday. So today we go down, no high chairs. We called over an assistant and asked if they were still in the back, thinking if they were just off the truck, then maybe they didn't have time to restock them yet. But she scanned them and said no, not only are they not here, there were none ordered and their computer said to replace that high chair with something else as they probably won't be getting more at all! This, despite that they just put up a big Animal Krackers display case showing the swing, high chair, bouncer, etc just this week. Walmart and target doesnt carry it at all. Well, since I had wanted the high chair for Christmas and didn't want to fool around waiting even longer, we went with Bill's choice. It was more expensive and did a million things (it seats two kids at once, a toddler and a baby) but since we had $20 left on a gift card from the baby shower and I had a 20% off coupon, the high chair was then the same price as the one we wanted to get. So in the end we got a better high chair for the price of the one that was just a basic high chair that just matched the swing.
So we got it home, had it assembled in ten minutes, and put Katie in it. She loved it, surprisingly. It let's her sit up and play with toys, plus she can now be right next to me at the counter watching me cook, which she enjoys. She's not fond of the strapped in part, but she hates being strapped in to anything.
The high chair was bought now originally because the swing needs to get put away soon as she's reaching the weight limit, and so she can be more content sitting outside of my arms. I hadn't planned on feeding her anything for a month of two yet, but today she ended up eating anyway, which she loved! I fed her some liquidy mashed potatoes from the stewy pot dinner I made of green beans, potatoes, ham and mashed potatoes. She really liked tasting something different. It took her a few times to understand how to keep it in her mouth, but she kept opening her mouth and trying to grab my hand to shove more in! I'm going to get her some Cheerios to play around with and see how she does with the potatoes. I'd like to start her on yogurt, as I heard a few recurring cases of baby yeast going away once yogurt was introduced into their diet. If I can never have us get yeast again, I'll be very happy!
I took video and pics of her eating, I'll have to add those later.
So we got it home, had it assembled in ten minutes, and put Katie in it. She loved it, surprisingly. It let's her sit up and play with toys, plus she can now be right next to me at the counter watching me cook, which she enjoys. She's not fond of the strapped in part, but she hates being strapped in to anything.
The high chair was bought now originally because the swing needs to get put away soon as she's reaching the weight limit, and so she can be more content sitting outside of my arms. I hadn't planned on feeding her anything for a month of two yet, but today she ended up eating anyway, which she loved! I fed her some liquidy mashed potatoes from the stewy pot dinner I made of green beans, potatoes, ham and mashed potatoes. She really liked tasting something different. It took her a few times to understand how to keep it in her mouth, but she kept opening her mouth and trying to grab my hand to shove more in! I'm going to get her some Cheerios to play around with and see how she does with the potatoes. I'd like to start her on yogurt, as I heard a few recurring cases of baby yeast going away once yogurt was introduced into their diet. If I can never have us get yeast again, I'll be very happy!
I took video and pics of her eating, I'll have to add those later.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Katie's First Christmas!!
Katie enjoyed her first Christmas this past weekend! Well, maybe not so much the daily dress ups in Santa and tulle dresses with tights (as she hates to even wear socks) but she was a definite fan of the rest. Except for a giant teething melt down while meeting many family members for the first time, she was good all weekend. She loves seeing people, and she LOVES wrapping paper and bows!
We took her to midnight chirch on Christmas Eve. The church was beautifully decorated with trees and lights. Katie actually let me sit inside the mass for longer than two minutes. In fact, we sat in on the choir and then half of the mass before she woke up and had to move out to the mother's area. Bill went with us, and we ended up listening to the rest of the mass and singing songs on the sofa they have in there. We also finally got a meeting date for our first catacysm class, even though the rest of the students are already over half way through their lessons. It doesn't matter too much - either Katie gets baptized in the spring or we wait another year and she can be baptized with the next baby.
Even though Christmas is technically over, Katie and I are still making the most of it. We're slowly opening her toys, we play around the tree, and we still have all of our lights lit and our stockings full. I'm not ready to let go of the holiday season yet! My inlaws take down their tree on Christmas night. Here, we keep it up and shining for as long as it lets us! (Or, at least into the New Year!) I love the way the house looks with a Christmas tree. Next year, if we have the funds for it, I plan on putting up our artificial tree and buying pink lights for it and princess ornmaments.
There was, of course, many many pictures taken over the last weekend. Here are some of them:
Trying Katie's first pigtails on Christmas Eve Eve:
We took her to midnight chirch on Christmas Eve. The church was beautifully decorated with trees and lights. Katie actually let me sit inside the mass for longer than two minutes. In fact, we sat in on the choir and then half of the mass before she woke up and had to move out to the mother's area. Bill went with us, and we ended up listening to the rest of the mass and singing songs on the sofa they have in there. We also finally got a meeting date for our first catacysm class, even though the rest of the students are already over half way through their lessons. It doesn't matter too much - either Katie gets baptized in the spring or we wait another year and she can be baptized with the next baby.
Even though Christmas is technically over, Katie and I are still making the most of it. We're slowly opening her toys, we play around the tree, and we still have all of our lights lit and our stockings full. I'm not ready to let go of the holiday season yet! My inlaws take down their tree on Christmas night. Here, we keep it up and shining for as long as it lets us! (Or, at least into the New Year!) I love the way the house looks with a Christmas tree. Next year, if we have the funds for it, I plan on putting up our artificial tree and buying pink lights for it and princess ornmaments.
There was, of course, many many pictures taken over the last weekend. Here are some of them:
Trying Katie's first pigtails on Christmas Eve Eve:
Fast Asleep after some Christmas Eve partying:
After coming home from Midnight Mass, we put all the gifts under the tree:
Katie's stocking
Playing with her first doll. She loves the big eyes, the hands, and the hair!
Some of the gifts I got: a cast iron pan, a new skillet, a big pan and grillet, and an awesome set of knives (I played with cutting carrots into the smallest slivers for a good two hours!)
Playing with ribbon and bows
Our pretty girls:
Smiling up at her daddy:
No lie, she kept trying to play with Belle over and over. She obviously knows that Belle is already her favorite princess.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Dog land
Bill nearly broke his finger last night after a 100 pound jig box fell on it and very nearly needed stitches. So he took the day off today to give it a little time to heal. Since its a Wednesday, we decided to pack the family up and take Sophie to her doggy social. It changed a lot in the last four months! They changed the location so now there's lots of room. Where there used to only be 8-10 dogs, tonight there was at least 20. Katie loved it! She woke up in the store, she must have thought she woke up in doggy land! She cooed and giggled the whole time we were there and half the owners came up to coo at our baby and our dog. (everyone adores Sophie there, and Sophie knows it!)
I've been working on a craft idea for a few days now. It's a knitted tube scarf with fleece ends for my sister. I was doing pretty well, had about 25 rows on it, until tonight. Why? Well, Katie was whining and telling me she didn't want me to knit. I said "just let me finish this row, there's only a few stitches left!" She obviously wasn't waiting around second in line for that crap, because she kicked my needle as hard as she could. Not only did it fall out of my hand, but I lost most of the stitches. So guess who's working on row #2 again?
I now have most of Katie's first birthday party planned (of course I even have the cake sketched out!) I know quite a few people with little kids (or will have little kids) that will hopefully want to come and even though katie won't remember it (as I keep hearing over and over) she'll still enjoy the day. And I need an excuse to make cake. So...it's happening! Her first birthday is the only one she may get for a few years as I may have a tiny baby for her second birthday and be incapable of pulling it off. Of course, there's still the danger of me havin morning sickness and being pregnant on her birthday. In that case, I may need reinforcements.
I got all but 1 gift wrapped for Christmas now. The last one I'm still working on. Hopefully tomorrow I can do a trial run of some new cookie recipes before having to crank out the 14 dozen needed by the 21st. I miss baking, haven't managed it in weeks (even with new supplies!)
I've been working on a craft idea for a few days now. It's a knitted tube scarf with fleece ends for my sister. I was doing pretty well, had about 25 rows on it, until tonight. Why? Well, Katie was whining and telling me she didn't want me to knit. I said "just let me finish this row, there's only a few stitches left!" She obviously wasn't waiting around second in line for that crap, because she kicked my needle as hard as she could. Not only did it fall out of my hand, but I lost most of the stitches. So guess who's working on row #2 again?
I now have most of Katie's first birthday party planned (of course I even have the cake sketched out!) I know quite a few people with little kids (or will have little kids) that will hopefully want to come and even though katie won't remember it (as I keep hearing over and over) she'll still enjoy the day. And I need an excuse to make cake. So...it's happening! Her first birthday is the only one she may get for a few years as I may have a tiny baby for her second birthday and be incapable of pulling it off. Of course, there's still the danger of me havin morning sickness and being pregnant on her birthday. In that case, I may need reinforcements.
I got all but 1 gift wrapped for Christmas now. The last one I'm still working on. Hopefully tomorrow I can do a trial run of some new cookie recipes before having to crank out the 14 dozen needed by the 21st. I miss baking, haven't managed it in weeks (even with new supplies!)
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Pink paper
I wrapped Katie's Christmas gifts yesterday in white mistletoe wrapping paper that I got on sale. I actually enjoyed wrapping them, which is a big deal as I usually hate wrapping gifts.
Well then today, don't you know, I find EXACTLY the wrapping paper I've been searching for for the last two months. A princess PINK Christmas wrapping paper. SERIOUSLY?? I bought it anyway, and I thought maybe I could take her gifts out and use that wrapping paper for Bill's gifts and rewrap Katie's in the pink. But no, I couldn't. I had a big "moment" last night while wrapping them. It was the very first time I wrapped a gift for Katie and put her name on it. I've dreamt of wrapping a daughter's gift with the name of Katie on it for so long. And I finally did. I can't undo that for pink paper that Katie won't notice anyway.
I'll probably put it away for next Christmas instead. She'll recognize it then anyway.
We made more salt dough ornaments yesterday. We captured Katie's handprint again and even got Sophie's paw print on one. I then made flour paint and painted katie's handprint pink. Which was difficult as I had to paint with a spoon and I griped about it. This morning Bill went out for milk and he brought me home some paint brushes! (and Oreos, I love Oreos...)
It's now two weeks before Christmas. It's actually going by too fast, once it's over it's depressing that it takes a whole year to come back again! But next years will be a lot of fun, with an 18 month old and perhaps another on the way. So much can change in one year!
Well then today, don't you know, I find EXACTLY the wrapping paper I've been searching for for the last two months. A princess PINK Christmas wrapping paper. SERIOUSLY?? I bought it anyway, and I thought maybe I could take her gifts out and use that wrapping paper for Bill's gifts and rewrap Katie's in the pink. But no, I couldn't. I had a big "moment" last night while wrapping them. It was the very first time I wrapped a gift for Katie and put her name on it. I've dreamt of wrapping a daughter's gift with the name of Katie on it for so long. And I finally did. I can't undo that for pink paper that Katie won't notice anyway.
I'll probably put it away for next Christmas instead. She'll recognize it then anyway.
We made more salt dough ornaments yesterday. We captured Katie's handprint again and even got Sophie's paw print on one. I then made flour paint and painted katie's handprint pink. Which was difficult as I had to paint with a spoon and I griped about it. This morning Bill went out for milk and he brought me home some paint brushes! (and Oreos, I love Oreos...)
It's now two weeks before Christmas. It's actually going by too fast, once it's over it's depressing that it takes a whole year to come back again! But next years will be a lot of fun, with an 18 month old and perhaps another on the way. So much can change in one year!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Ramblings
18 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!
I can't wait to make Christmas tree cupcakes and a baby Jesus cake (I'd love to get gumpaste and make an actual baby Jesus for it.) I also have lots of Christmas cookies to make, since I promised my little brother. I need to get my hands on cookie cutters though! I don't think he wants his Christmas cookies to be all in the shape of hearts!
For some reason, Katie looks like she went from baby to little kid over the last few days. I keep saying she barely looks like a baby now! She knows how to do so much, she's doing lots of baby babble and her face is just so different from months ago.
She also got really light colored hair now. It keeps showing up as gold blonde for the last 3-4 days. I think it's really getting light now.
I was starting to get a bit worried about April these past few weeks, as that's when we're supposed to start ttc. I figured with everyone I know either having a brand new baby, finding out they're pregnant, or finding out the gender of their baby lately that I'd be like "awww, I want another!" oddly enough I haven't been at all. Not even tempted by little newborn babies or the excitement of pregnancy. I've been relieved that it's not me! Which was worrying as i want to set up Katie with a close sibling. However, a few days ago Bill was being a jokester as usual and he came up and put his hand on my belly and said in such a tender, sweet voice "hello, new baby." I knew he said it only to panic me, but it did the opposite. I finally felt something good, some anxiousness for when that does happen. And now that we have two solid names for a baby girl or boy (plus a few backup names) I feel more ready. Not so ready as to try next month (like Bill does so be can get his Libra) but by April I should have that want back, especially with how fast Katie is growing up! She hardly resembles my little baby now! April is only 4 months away already!
It's the simplest things Katie does that I know I'm going to be sad when she stops. Katie loves for me to sleep with her right now because she gets night terrors. So when I'm nursing her to sleep, she often reached out and holds my finger, or sometimes grabs a fistful of my shirt to ensure that I can't slip away when she falls asleep. I also love when she tries to wipe the sleep from her eyes with the back of her chubby starfish hands. It's so adorable the way she does it. It's neat to see her not only noticing her hands, but to be capable of controlling them now. She hasn't slapped herself in the face and then blamed it on me for a while! She has no real interest in her toes, however.
I discovered today that Katie's nose is the perfect, exact shape of a crispy cereal piece in Count Chocula. Even Bill agreed it was!
We got more fish yesterday as some of ours from our very first batch had died about a month ago. Katie loves all the new additions, she can sit there an watch the fish swim up to her for hours. I bought some Mickey ear fish too, just to add a little Disney in the tank for her.
I'll add pictures later.
I can't wait to make Christmas tree cupcakes and a baby Jesus cake (I'd love to get gumpaste and make an actual baby Jesus for it.) I also have lots of Christmas cookies to make, since I promised my little brother. I need to get my hands on cookie cutters though! I don't think he wants his Christmas cookies to be all in the shape of hearts!
For some reason, Katie looks like she went from baby to little kid over the last few days. I keep saying she barely looks like a baby now! She knows how to do so much, she's doing lots of baby babble and her face is just so different from months ago.
She also got really light colored hair now. It keeps showing up as gold blonde for the last 3-4 days. I think it's really getting light now.
I was starting to get a bit worried about April these past few weeks, as that's when we're supposed to start ttc. I figured with everyone I know either having a brand new baby, finding out they're pregnant, or finding out the gender of their baby lately that I'd be like "awww, I want another!" oddly enough I haven't been at all. Not even tempted by little newborn babies or the excitement of pregnancy. I've been relieved that it's not me! Which was worrying as i want to set up Katie with a close sibling. However, a few days ago Bill was being a jokester as usual and he came up and put his hand on my belly and said in such a tender, sweet voice "hello, new baby." I knew he said it only to panic me, but it did the opposite. I finally felt something good, some anxiousness for when that does happen. And now that we have two solid names for a baby girl or boy (plus a few backup names) I feel more ready. Not so ready as to try next month (like Bill does so be can get his Libra) but by April I should have that want back, especially with how fast Katie is growing up! She hardly resembles my little baby now! April is only 4 months away already!
It's the simplest things Katie does that I know I'm going to be sad when she stops. Katie loves for me to sleep with her right now because she gets night terrors. So when I'm nursing her to sleep, she often reached out and holds my finger, or sometimes grabs a fistful of my shirt to ensure that I can't slip away when she falls asleep. I also love when she tries to wipe the sleep from her eyes with the back of her chubby starfish hands. It's so adorable the way she does it. It's neat to see her not only noticing her hands, but to be capable of controlling them now. She hasn't slapped herself in the face and then blamed it on me for a while! She has no real interest in her toes, however.
I discovered today that Katie's nose is the perfect, exact shape of a crispy cereal piece in Count Chocula. Even Bill agreed it was!
We got more fish yesterday as some of ours from our very first batch had died about a month ago. Katie loves all the new additions, she can sit there an watch the fish swim up to her for hours. I bought some Mickey ear fish too, just to add a little Disney in the tank for her.
I'll add pictures later.
Friday, December 2, 2011
5 MONTHS!
Wow, it's the 2nd today! I totally nearly missed that Katie is FIVE MONTHS OLD today! Time is just flying by.
I was looking at her newborn pictures yesterday as I'm putting together an order for Shutterfly, and I can't believe how different she looks already. Her face in general looks like a little kid with distinguishing features. Her hair is at least twice the length and twice the curliness. And she's just SO tall now! She's grown over an inch every month so far, and doubled and a half her weight. Five months doesn't seem like an eternity for most, for me it is - Katie already seems so old!
I adore how much joy she finds in everything. There's nothing quite like playing with a 4/5 month old where everything is so exciting and fun. Now that she's using her hands more, can see things better, and can understand things, she's just delighted at such simple things. It's fun to re-explore the world through an infant's eyes.
It's just a shame she can grasp the idea of Christmas yet, or she'd go crazy in excitement. Next year, she's going to be my little Christmas princess.
I was looking at her newborn pictures yesterday as I'm putting together an order for Shutterfly, and I can't believe how different she looks already. Her face in general looks like a little kid with distinguishing features. Her hair is at least twice the length and twice the curliness. And she's just SO tall now! She's grown over an inch every month so far, and doubled and a half her weight. Five months doesn't seem like an eternity for most, for me it is - Katie already seems so old!
I adore how much joy she finds in everything. There's nothing quite like playing with a 4/5 month old where everything is so exciting and fun. Now that she's using her hands more, can see things better, and can understand things, she's just delighted at such simple things. It's fun to re-explore the world through an infant's eyes.
It's just a shame she can grasp the idea of Christmas yet, or she'd go crazy in excitement. Next year, she's going to be my little Christmas princess.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
A first thanksgiving and beyond!
I know, I know - its been a while since I posted anything! It's not because I'm bored of this, I swear. It's just that I kept starting blog posts, then not finishing them, and then they'd become too outdated to post. So I'm going to attempt to sum up how things are going.
Katie had her first thanksgiving last week. She did surprisingly well and let me eat almost my whole dinner. This year we went to my mom's house, and Katie loves her little aunt and uncles so she behaves really well there usually. To think, last year I spent the day traveling nearly two miles, throwing up the entire way, and then barely getting to eat (possibly how I'll be again next year!)
The day after, Katie had a busy day. She met her great uncle, her second cousins and Santa all at once! Poor Katie waited and waited for Santa and suffered through three outfits changes. Then when I finally convinced him to come see her, she instantly fell asleep! Oh well, she saw him for a little while!
We got katies first Christmas tree on Sunday! It's the earliest ive ever decorated but I was too excited to wait. We got a perfectly plump tree that Katie, my sister and I decorated along with the rest of downstairs. I LOVE having a tree in the house! It makes all of downstairs glow and the whole place seem more cheerful. I love Christmas! I keep wanting to wrap Katie's gifts but I want to see if I can find any pink paper first.
This Sunday, Katie will be meeting more family for the first time. Her oldest uncle will be visiting from South Carolina. The last time I saw him was two years ago - so much has changed for both of us since then!
Today I was frustrated (for the third day) at the lack of neat ornaments for baby girls first Christmas. I was looking for pink and princessy. Nothing! And disney's semi ok but badly reviewed one was way too much. So, I made one myself. I made salt dough and made one with Katie's handprint, one with Katie's footprint, and two large princess decorations for her room. I'm thinking about making more Christmas ones, it was fun!
KatieKate is awake and crying, so I'll have to finish later!
Katie had her first thanksgiving last week. She did surprisingly well and let me eat almost my whole dinner. This year we went to my mom's house, and Katie loves her little aunt and uncles so she behaves really well there usually. To think, last year I spent the day traveling nearly two miles, throwing up the entire way, and then barely getting to eat (possibly how I'll be again next year!)
The day after, Katie had a busy day. She met her great uncle, her second cousins and Santa all at once! Poor Katie waited and waited for Santa and suffered through three outfits changes. Then when I finally convinced him to come see her, she instantly fell asleep! Oh well, she saw him for a little while!
We got katies first Christmas tree on Sunday! It's the earliest ive ever decorated but I was too excited to wait. We got a perfectly plump tree that Katie, my sister and I decorated along with the rest of downstairs. I LOVE having a tree in the house! It makes all of downstairs glow and the whole place seem more cheerful. I love Christmas! I keep wanting to wrap Katie's gifts but I want to see if I can find any pink paper first.
This Sunday, Katie will be meeting more family for the first time. Her oldest uncle will be visiting from South Carolina. The last time I saw him was two years ago - so much has changed for both of us since then!
Today I was frustrated (for the third day) at the lack of neat ornaments for baby girls first Christmas. I was looking for pink and princessy. Nothing! And disney's semi ok but badly reviewed one was way too much. So, I made one myself. I made salt dough and made one with Katie's handprint, one with Katie's footprint, and two large princess decorations for her room. I'm thinking about making more Christmas ones, it was fun!
KatieKate is awake and crying, so I'll have to finish later!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Katieness
I read about how Katie is supposed to be going from vowel sounds to incorporating condo stew I to her vocabulary now. I first noticed this happening yesterday when I actually paid attention tO her crazy noises and listened to what she was able to say. She does have condo area working in there, mainly G, N and W so far, but it's really interesting to hear what she's learned. Before it was all ooooo ehhhh ahhhh and now she's working on building words and shaping her mouth to say these things. She also smiles when I say her name or when she hears it in a song I'm singing.
Unfortunately, she's becoming more mobile! I enjoy her little blob self, but apparently that doesn't satisfy her. She can plant her feet and arch her legs, back and shoulders a few inches off the floor, she can lift her head, neck and shoulders off the floor, and she can roll a bit. The rolling is what scares me!
I'm planning on making her a tag blanket when I can get to Walmart next. I found a cute pink fleece pattern and Beauty and the beast ribbon there last time. I think she's at an age that she'll begin enjoying taggie things. There's so much that I need to get though! I have to find like 20lbs of poly pellets that won't cost me a fortune. Most places have 1lb for 6.50$! Joanns is supposed to have them for a little over a dollar but I never get down that way. I'm eager to experiment with making weighted blankets, especially bc the blankets I'm using for it are soo soft!
At the worst time of the year, Bill's work is shutting down all overtime for the month. Of course, when we need to go buy a tree, a tree topper and Christmas gifts they cut off our extra money! We'll be doing lots of budgeting and skimping over the next month so we can still get our Christmas stuff. At least it means Bill will be home for the best month of the year!
I have to keep putting all of my favorite Katie clothing away as she's growing out of them in rapid speed. One of my favorite sleepers is being used for the last time on her today as its too small now. I got out all of her clothes from 9-12m for her to wear. The smallest she can wear now is 6-9m.
Katie's nursery is getting delightfully pinker. I look at it and wonder what I would have done if my first born had been a boy (probably would have needed lots of therapy later! Lol) I adore all the girly stuff! I can't wait until after Christmas, when she'll have even more pink and girl things to add. Or when we convert our hobby room into Katie's toddler room. I already have the whole thing mapped out.
I so wanted to have a name for the next baby girl before getting pregnant, but it doesn't look like I will. Im totally stuck on one name, and it's a name Bill hates. We do, however have a first name for if we have a third girl (as I'm determined to not use it until then) but that doesn't help us now. Lol. I keep coming up with reasons why my name makes so much sense as our next daughter, but he isn't sold yet. Sometimes I think I see him wavering, but he also has good comebacks as well! Oh well, we'll figure something out eventually...right?
Boys will probably be easier to name.
Unfortunately, she's becoming more mobile! I enjoy her little blob self, but apparently that doesn't satisfy her. She can plant her feet and arch her legs, back and shoulders a few inches off the floor, she can lift her head, neck and shoulders off the floor, and she can roll a bit. The rolling is what scares me!
I'm planning on making her a tag blanket when I can get to Walmart next. I found a cute pink fleece pattern and Beauty and the beast ribbon there last time. I think she's at an age that she'll begin enjoying taggie things. There's so much that I need to get though! I have to find like 20lbs of poly pellets that won't cost me a fortune. Most places have 1lb for 6.50$! Joanns is supposed to have them for a little over a dollar but I never get down that way. I'm eager to experiment with making weighted blankets, especially bc the blankets I'm using for it are soo soft!
At the worst time of the year, Bill's work is shutting down all overtime for the month. Of course, when we need to go buy a tree, a tree topper and Christmas gifts they cut off our extra money! We'll be doing lots of budgeting and skimping over the next month so we can still get our Christmas stuff. At least it means Bill will be home for the best month of the year!
I have to keep putting all of my favorite Katie clothing away as she's growing out of them in rapid speed. One of my favorite sleepers is being used for the last time on her today as its too small now. I got out all of her clothes from 9-12m for her to wear. The smallest she can wear now is 6-9m.
Katie's nursery is getting delightfully pinker. I look at it and wonder what I would have done if my first born had been a boy (probably would have needed lots of therapy later! Lol) I adore all the girly stuff! I can't wait until after Christmas, when she'll have even more pink and girl things to add. Or when we convert our hobby room into Katie's toddler room. I already have the whole thing mapped out.
I so wanted to have a name for the next baby girl before getting pregnant, but it doesn't look like I will. Im totally stuck on one name, and it's a name Bill hates. We do, however have a first name for if we have a third girl (as I'm determined to not use it until then) but that doesn't help us now. Lol. I keep coming up with reasons why my name makes so much sense as our next daughter, but he isn't sold yet. Sometimes I think I see him wavering, but he also has good comebacks as well! Oh well, we'll figure something out eventually...right?
Boys will probably be easier to name.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Sleep? What sleep?
Katie's refusing to sleep still and it's driving me nuts! I heard someone say that there's such a thing as WW19 - what someone jokingly said the ww stands for World War. If I remember correctly, it means Worst Weeks for babies, and one of the biggest ones is week 19. Which
I think Katie is (yes, I'm a terrible mom - I lost track of exactly how old my daughter is!)so I suppose that explains the fact that she hasn't napped in days! She falls asleep and whether I lay with her or not, she is awake, literally, within five minutes. She falls asleep usually twice a day and those 1-4 minutes of sleep she gets are quite the power booster apparently. She does, however, sleep all night (I assume from pure exhaustion!) she fights sleep until she's delirious, falls asleep at 1 am and sleeps mostly until 9. Then she wakes up, nurses and falls back to sleep until 10-11. (she also wakes to nurse during the night, it's not a straight sleep, but I can snooze through those at least!) It's almost like she refuses to sleep unless Bill is home. She'll sleep while he's here perfectly. Then he leaves for work and she fights me whenever I try to get her down. Once he comes home at midnight, she laughs that he's here and plays with him for a few minutes, then goes to sleep! Like all she wants is to see her daddy before going to sleep. Apparently this child isn't happy with just a stay at home mommy, she wants both parents home all the time! Lol
All the babies around her age are going through this currently, according to their moms. Lots of sleeplessness, crankiness and frustration. I do hope she grows out of it soon, the house is suffering and the one time of the year that I need it clean is around the major holidays! I'm cracking out the Christmas stuff next weekend!
Katie even hates the sight of the bed now. Where before she'd cry to go to bed to take her naps, now when she sees it she cries bc she knows what it means and she doesn't want to try napping! She just wants to play, even when her eyes are bloodshot and barely staying open.
On the other hand, all of these crying fits she's having about going to sleep has let me see that her eye ducts have developed - she now cries real tears! It makes her sadness all the worst to see actual tears coming out. Can't help bit to cuddle her to make them go away!
I have no idea if this is determined so early, but she serms to be right handed. She picks up everything with her right hand, and she's always practicing opening and closing with that hand more than the other.
Katie's tooth is so close to the surface that I keep thinking its finally popped out but not quite. She does lots of tongue chewing and choking on excess drool lately. Every hour she starts having a choking problem with her drool, and it scares me every time!
Currently Katie has her eyes closed, but she's not going down without a fight! She's too tired to keep them open, but she keeps kicking and throwing her hands up and letting out little whines. Even cuddling her doesn't help (I just get kicked harder!) I guess im going to try singing her to sleep. Pictures to follow later.
I think Katie is (yes, I'm a terrible mom - I lost track of exactly how old my daughter is!)so I suppose that explains the fact that she hasn't napped in days! She falls asleep and whether I lay with her or not, she is awake, literally, within five minutes. She falls asleep usually twice a day and those 1-4 minutes of sleep she gets are quite the power booster apparently. She does, however, sleep all night (I assume from pure exhaustion!) she fights sleep until she's delirious, falls asleep at 1 am and sleeps mostly until 9. Then she wakes up, nurses and falls back to sleep until 10-11. (she also wakes to nurse during the night, it's not a straight sleep, but I can snooze through those at least!) It's almost like she refuses to sleep unless Bill is home. She'll sleep while he's here perfectly. Then he leaves for work and she fights me whenever I try to get her down. Once he comes home at midnight, she laughs that he's here and plays with him for a few minutes, then goes to sleep! Like all she wants is to see her daddy before going to sleep. Apparently this child isn't happy with just a stay at home mommy, she wants both parents home all the time! Lol
All the babies around her age are going through this currently, according to their moms. Lots of sleeplessness, crankiness and frustration. I do hope she grows out of it soon, the house is suffering and the one time of the year that I need it clean is around the major holidays! I'm cracking out the Christmas stuff next weekend!
Katie even hates the sight of the bed now. Where before she'd cry to go to bed to take her naps, now when she sees it she cries bc she knows what it means and she doesn't want to try napping! She just wants to play, even when her eyes are bloodshot and barely staying open.
On the other hand, all of these crying fits she's having about going to sleep has let me see that her eye ducts have developed - she now cries real tears! It makes her sadness all the worst to see actual tears coming out. Can't help bit to cuddle her to make them go away!
I have no idea if this is determined so early, but she serms to be right handed. She picks up everything with her right hand, and she's always practicing opening and closing with that hand more than the other.
Katie's tooth is so close to the surface that I keep thinking its finally popped out but not quite. She does lots of tongue chewing and choking on excess drool lately. Every hour she starts having a choking problem with her drool, and it scares me every time!
Currently Katie has her eyes closed, but she's not going down without a fight! She's too tired to keep them open, but she keeps kicking and throwing her hands up and letting out little whines. Even cuddling her doesn't help (I just get kicked harder!) I guess im going to try singing her to sleep. Pictures to follow later.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Katie's likes and dislikes!
Poor Katie. She's sick, teething and battling shots all at the same time. She was throwing up and coughing yesterday, today she's just miserable. She also gags herself with her fingers when she tries to reach her (probable sore) throat and doesn't want to nurse. Naps seem to be the enemy right now, maybe because for two days she bad 3-5 hour naps in the day and then slept all night. Her body is going through a lot! After screaming for hours with nothing that would calm her down, she just slept for maybe ten minutes. She's much happier now, though I had hoped to use her nap time for cleaning...or even a nap for myself!
Its crazy how much of a personality she has now. She has lots of likes and dislikes, things she demands and wants to do and things she refuses. At only four months old, she's such a little person!
Katie's favorite things:
Her best friend is Sophie
Her favorite toy is her seahorse (who has accidentally been named Sunflower after I had too many nights of not enough sleep and kept saying "give me the sunflower!" to Bill until he finally guessed I meant seahorse!)
Her favorite shows are Blues Clues and the nick jr Face commercials.
Her favorite activities are singing, being sung to, and dancing.
Her likes:
She likes car rides - as long as they're not too long!
Being walked
Going on walks in her stroller where she can she Sophie in front of her
The flower mirror toy on her exersaucer - it has a big smile on it and it makes her ways smile in return!
Cuddles and/or snuggles
Music
Other kids/babies
Clean diapers
Swings
Mirrors
Katie dislikes:
Naps
Boredom
Me baking
Laying still
When mommy does chores
Pacifiers
She hates:
Being constrained
Swaddled
SHOTS
Getting dressed
Not getting attention
Teething
Tummy time
Its crazy how much of a personality she has now. She has lots of likes and dislikes, things she demands and wants to do and things she refuses. At only four months old, she's such a little person!
Katie's favorite things:
Her best friend is Sophie
Her favorite toy is her seahorse (who has accidentally been named Sunflower after I had too many nights of not enough sleep and kept saying "give me the sunflower!" to Bill until he finally guessed I meant seahorse!)
Her favorite shows are Blues Clues and the nick jr Face commercials.
Her favorite activities are singing, being sung to, and dancing.
Her likes:
She likes car rides - as long as they're not too long!
Being walked
Going on walks in her stroller where she can she Sophie in front of her
The flower mirror toy on her exersaucer - it has a big smile on it and it makes her ways smile in return!
Cuddles and/or snuggles
Music
Other kids/babies
Clean diapers
Swings
Mirrors
Katie dislikes:
Naps
Boredom
Me baking
Laying still
When mommy does chores
Pacifiers
She hates:
Being constrained
Swaddled
SHOTS
Getting dressed
Not getting attention
Teething
Tummy time
Monday, November 7, 2011
4 month check up
It's getting harder and harder to wake myself, Katie and bill up so early in the morning. Today was Katie's check up, which meant a 7:15 am wake up to get everyone ready and out the door to get there by 9. I was so worried we'd be late - turns out it didn't matter bc even though we had an appointment card saying today was our check up date, thy had never entered it into their computers so we weren't scheduled. My heart fell - the only thing worse than having to wake up early to get Katie shots is having to do it twice! I've already worried myself sick for two weeks about these shots. Thankfully Katie's doctor was called and she said that she'd fit her in anyway.
Katie's stats are now 17lbs, 9oz in weight, just over 26 inches long, and she's perfectly healthy. My doctor said that we were doing everything perfectly and we have the same ideas about how to raise babies, which is rare. Exclusively breastfeeding, delayed vax and delayed start on baby foods to avoid Open Gut, and she likes how well informed we are about everything. When we first met her, she said that she'd go along with our requests as long as we proved to her that we knew what we were saying, instead of just demanding things we didn't really understand. Thankfully I do tons of research and read everything, and then thoroughly explain it to Bill and have him read the books too, so when she asks us "why?" about certain things, we have prepared educated answers. In return, she's been very easy to work with and gives us no problems on anything we choose to do with Katie. In fact, she approves.
I spoke to her about what had happened last time Katie got shots and she was appalled. She wrote all over Katie's chart that she is to be consulted before anything happens with Katie, and if I have any questions for her, they must page her before continuing, even if she's out of the office they have to call her. That made me feel a lot better! She said what they did last time was absolutely wrong and if I ever have to take Katie for a nurse's visit again where they're doing things I don't approve of, I should make them call her and refuse treatment until they do. She definitely won some bonus points with that, I'm glad she's looking out for Katie and is willing to put such effort into her care.
Katie did worse with the shots today. She got bright red and screamed so much. Last time I cried, this time I managed to only feel horrible guilt on the inside. She refused to nurse, or listen to anything calming. Finally Bill got her calm, and then while we were wrestling with reception she started to cry again, but this time Blue's Clues was able to cure her.
We came home to what I'm thinking probably won't be but was meant to be Katie's last Christmas gift. It's a Minnie mouse pink blanket with her name embroidered on it. I bought it on sale - cheap enough that I even thought of getting one for Sophie, as Sophie loves blankets and pillows of her own. I'd love to get Katie a Disney snowglobe yet, as I'd love to get one for her each year but I may need to wait to start it next year. So far she has a Winnie the Pooh snowglobe, and my Beauty and the Beast snowglobe.
As I'm on mobile again, pictures will come tomorrow.
Katie's stats are now 17lbs, 9oz in weight, just over 26 inches long, and she's perfectly healthy. My doctor said that we were doing everything perfectly and we have the same ideas about how to raise babies, which is rare. Exclusively breastfeeding, delayed vax and delayed start on baby foods to avoid Open Gut, and she likes how well informed we are about everything. When we first met her, she said that she'd go along with our requests as long as we proved to her that we knew what we were saying, instead of just demanding things we didn't really understand. Thankfully I do tons of research and read everything, and then thoroughly explain it to Bill and have him read the books too, so when she asks us "why?" about certain things, we have prepared educated answers. In return, she's been very easy to work with and gives us no problems on anything we choose to do with Katie. In fact, she approves.
I spoke to her about what had happened last time Katie got shots and she was appalled. She wrote all over Katie's chart that she is to be consulted before anything happens with Katie, and if I have any questions for her, they must page her before continuing, even if she's out of the office they have to call her. That made me feel a lot better! She said what they did last time was absolutely wrong and if I ever have to take Katie for a nurse's visit again where they're doing things I don't approve of, I should make them call her and refuse treatment until they do. She definitely won some bonus points with that, I'm glad she's looking out for Katie and is willing to put such effort into her care.
Katie did worse with the shots today. She got bright red and screamed so much. Last time I cried, this time I managed to only feel horrible guilt on the inside. She refused to nurse, or listen to anything calming. Finally Bill got her calm, and then while we were wrestling with reception she started to cry again, but this time Blue's Clues was able to cure her.
We came home to what I'm thinking probably won't be but was meant to be Katie's last Christmas gift. It's a Minnie mouse pink blanket with her name embroidered on it. I bought it on sale - cheap enough that I even thought of getting one for Sophie, as Sophie loves blankets and pillows of her own. I'd love to get Katie a Disney snowglobe yet, as I'd love to get one for her each year but I may need to wait to start it next year. So far she has a Winnie the Pooh snowglobe, and my Beauty and the Beast snowglobe.
As I'm on mobile again, pictures will come tomorrow.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Pic Post!
I don't have time for an actual blog post ATM, but I finally got pictures downloaded onto Bill's computer (as mine is currently dead) so I'm going to play catch up with a picture post:
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
4 Months!
Katie is officially 4 months old today! It's amazing that it's been 4 months. On one hand, I can't believe she's only been here for suh a short amount of time. It seems like I've known her forever, she's become so ingrained with my own identity. On the other hand, there's still a time of every day that I look over at her and think "holy crap, I have a baby! I'm a MOMMY! Woah!" (that's usually followed by a giant cuddle session where I sing "you're my baby!" over and over and she giggles like crazy. I still wake up multiple times a night and hold my own breath just to make sure that she's still breathing normally. She seems so brand new and so old already at the same time. It terrifies me that she's growing up so fast, I would keep her a baby forever if I could. With my imaginary third hand, I'd like to point out that my little beauty still has blue eyes, and they're such a pretty color. She's so wide eyed that it makes my heart melt every time she looks up at me. She looks at me in a totally different way than everyone else and I adore that look. She doesn't have to try to figure me out, she just gives me a glance once in a while to reassure I'm still with her, and smiles like she feels secure and happy that i am. I love this curly haired little girl of mine. It's still so surprising that she exists and even more, that she belongs to me!
Katie is loving her exersaucer. I put her in it for the first time last Saturday. She loves the smiling face flower toys, the mirrors, and the things she's able to lick and chew on. She's able to sit up fine for about 10 minutes but after that she starts to wobble so we're working up to it. It took me about 3 hours of bleaching, soaking and scrubbing out that entirely pink and girly saucer I bought her while pregnant. If I didn't think she'd like it so much I probably would have trashed it instead of spending all the time on it (I only paid $5 for it, along with the full line of toy attachments). It's nice to have a substitute for the swing, as that's starting to bore her.
Katie looks like such a big kid in the new pjs I bought her there pink and Disney princesses and it makes her look like a little toddler! I'm planning on pickin her up a fee more pairs in Tink and Minnie as they're just so cute.
My goal is to start getting Katie to sleep without nursing her down, and then be able to get up and leave her. I do this for naps, though it's not going well. She seems to be throwing a napping strike. Two days ago she fell asleep twice, both for under five minutes and that was it for the day! She finally slept at midnight, but woke up shortly after for two hours. You'd think she'd HAVE to sleep all day the next day but nope. Just one short nap (she fell asleep to me rubbing her belly and singing to her) and then an hour one at 9:30 PM. She did sleep well last night though. I'm hoping for more naps today, as we both woke up early to go shopping this morning (I had to comb two different stores searching for crazy things like almond paste, wheat pastry flour and Dutch processed unsweetened cocoa.)
Katie loves Sophie now. Have I mentioned that before? She giggles like crazy whenever Sophie comes near. Sophie really has no interest in her right now (she's not a big baby dog, unless there's food in her little hands - she'll have plenty of interest then!) but when she even just sits in front of the exersaucer, Katie goes nuts. Theyll be some crazy partners in crime, ganging up against me later.
Katie gets her second round of shots on Monday. I'm dreading it!
Katie is loving her exersaucer. I put her in it for the first time last Saturday. She loves the smiling face flower toys, the mirrors, and the things she's able to lick and chew on. She's able to sit up fine for about 10 minutes but after that she starts to wobble so we're working up to it. It took me about 3 hours of bleaching, soaking and scrubbing out that entirely pink and girly saucer I bought her while pregnant. If I didn't think she'd like it so much I probably would have trashed it instead of spending all the time on it (I only paid $5 for it, along with the full line of toy attachments). It's nice to have a substitute for the swing, as that's starting to bore her.
Katie looks like such a big kid in the new pjs I bought her there pink and Disney princesses and it makes her look like a little toddler! I'm planning on pickin her up a fee more pairs in Tink and Minnie as they're just so cute.
My goal is to start getting Katie to sleep without nursing her down, and then be able to get up and leave her. I do this for naps, though it's not going well. She seems to be throwing a napping strike. Two days ago she fell asleep twice, both for under five minutes and that was it for the day! She finally slept at midnight, but woke up shortly after for two hours. You'd think she'd HAVE to sleep all day the next day but nope. Just one short nap (she fell asleep to me rubbing her belly and singing to her) and then an hour one at 9:30 PM. She did sleep well last night though. I'm hoping for more naps today, as we both woke up early to go shopping this morning (I had to comb two different stores searching for crazy things like almond paste, wheat pastry flour and Dutch processed unsweetened cocoa.)
Katie loves Sophie now. Have I mentioned that before? She giggles like crazy whenever Sophie comes near. Sophie really has no interest in her right now (she's not a big baby dog, unless there's food in her little hands - she'll have plenty of interest then!) but when she even just sits in front of the exersaucer, Katie goes nuts. Theyll be some crazy partners in crime, ganging up against me later.
Katie gets her second round of shots on Monday. I'm dreading it!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Katie seems like she has her nights and days mixed up again. Not sure how, as I make it very clear when it's night time and when it's time for bed. Lately she seems to think we're having loads of fun while she's sleeping and desperately wants to be a part of it so she constantly fights me with going to sleep. She refuses to be nursed down, as she constantly has to look around to find where all the fun is. She knows it's somewhere! Last night she constantly broke our latch and kept turning to look at her daddy. I guess she thought "hey, that's the man who plays games with me! Maybe if I yell loud enough he'll want to be fun again." so she kept staring at him and calling to him. What she failed to understand was that Bill had to wake up at 4 am and, like she should have been, was already asleep. Still it took her a long time to finally give up and go to sleep. She's very tired of being treated like a baby now. She wants to be a big kid and she's gonna scream and stay awake to demand she be treated like one! She's doing it again tonight.
Its like she knows that I have Chinese food upstairs waiting for me, something we only splurge on once every 3-4 months. To end this chilly day Bill and I decided to grab Chinese food and eat it while watching a movie. Katie fell asleep, I put her in bed, set up the camera, did a happy "she's actually sleeping" dance up the stairs, sat down and opened my Chinese containers, put my fork in, told Bill how awesome it was that she was asleep, and went to take my first bite. Yep, that's when she started to cry. I ran down, got her and brought her up, then shovelled as much as I could in while watching a movie through her waaahs and squeaks. When she kept crying and wouldn't nurse, I brought her down to bed as her nap was only ten minutes long. I've been trying to get her down for over a half hour. She's still crying and insisting she knows I have fun plans and wants to go with. Meanwhile my food is now ice cold and I have a dog sniffing it up in hopes that I don't come back for it. So much for a nice evening!
Katie saw her first snow today. She was very interested in it for about 20 seconds, then she was done. It's ok, that's as long as I cared for it. If it's not Christmas morning, I don't want it to be under 60 degrees out (Christmas it can snow though, who doesn't like a white snowed in Christmas? Maybe we'll get it this year.) I'm Mr. Heat Miser, but that defintely makes Bill mr. Snow Miser. He hates summer and loves the snow. He wore shorts today in this blizzard. I had him put sweatpants on like a normal human being when he came home.
The snow put me in a big Christmas mood today, despite it still being two days shy of Halloween. I looked up tree toppers and found an adorable Mickey and Minnie one, where they're kissing under mistletoe. Bill didn't like it though, he said he didn't want Christmas to be totally commercialized and would rather an angel or star. I understood and agreed, but told him I'd go along with that as long as he gave me another girl next. Then they'd get their own little Christmas tree in their bedroom decorated completely in princess and Disney. I think I got the better end of the bargain! So now I'm shopping for neat looking normal tree toppers. I haven't found an angel I like yet, so we may go with a star.
Katie is grabbing at my wrist and giggling. I guess she decided now that she's going to make her own amusement. She's laughing in the dark, refusing to nurse and grabbing at me wherever she can reach.
Bill just came in with an eggroll for me and the DVD to watch on a little DVD player. I guess this is plan B for us. One day I'll get this munkin to sleep.
Its like she knows that I have Chinese food upstairs waiting for me, something we only splurge on once every 3-4 months. To end this chilly day Bill and I decided to grab Chinese food and eat it while watching a movie. Katie fell asleep, I put her in bed, set up the camera, did a happy "she's actually sleeping" dance up the stairs, sat down and opened my Chinese containers, put my fork in, told Bill how awesome it was that she was asleep, and went to take my first bite. Yep, that's when she started to cry. I ran down, got her and brought her up, then shovelled as much as I could in while watching a movie through her waaahs and squeaks. When she kept crying and wouldn't nurse, I brought her down to bed as her nap was only ten minutes long. I've been trying to get her down for over a half hour. She's still crying and insisting she knows I have fun plans and wants to go with. Meanwhile my food is now ice cold and I have a dog sniffing it up in hopes that I don't come back for it. So much for a nice evening!
Katie saw her first snow today. She was very interested in it for about 20 seconds, then she was done. It's ok, that's as long as I cared for it. If it's not Christmas morning, I don't want it to be under 60 degrees out (Christmas it can snow though, who doesn't like a white snowed in Christmas? Maybe we'll get it this year.) I'm Mr. Heat Miser, but that defintely makes Bill mr. Snow Miser. He hates summer and loves the snow. He wore shorts today in this blizzard. I had him put sweatpants on like a normal human being when he came home.
The snow put me in a big Christmas mood today, despite it still being two days shy of Halloween. I looked up tree toppers and found an adorable Mickey and Minnie one, where they're kissing under mistletoe. Bill didn't like it though, he said he didn't want Christmas to be totally commercialized and would rather an angel or star. I understood and agreed, but told him I'd go along with that as long as he gave me another girl next. Then they'd get their own little Christmas tree in their bedroom decorated completely in princess and Disney. I think I got the better end of the bargain! So now I'm shopping for neat looking normal tree toppers. I haven't found an angel I like yet, so we may go with a star.
Katie is grabbing at my wrist and giggling. I guess she decided now that she's going to make her own amusement. She's laughing in the dark, refusing to nurse and grabbing at me wherever she can reach.
Bill just came in with an eggroll for me and the DVD to watch on a little DVD player. I guess this is plan B for us. One day I'll get this munkin to sleep.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
A Positive Negative
I'm not pregnant!
Yes, I know everyone already knew that. But after two weeks of reoccurring nausea, I was getting worried. Bill kept saying I wasn't, but then would joke that I was having morning sickness. I didn't feel pregnant, but I didn't think I felt pregnant with Katie either. So I waited over a week, and when I felt sick again last night and this morning, I figured I'd put my mind to rest.
I was a little worried at taking it, as I remembered when I was ttc, I would get so depressed to see the not pregnant signs. Not this morning though. I felt nothing but relief and felt excited that I wasn't. It meant that I had more time, we didn't have to stress out, and I could devote more time to Katie being an only baby. I actually went to Bill beaming to tell him. Of course all he said was "alright", but he has been saying I wasn't this whole time outside of jokes. So anyway, phew! Had I been, I think I would have been a sobbing puddle of guilt for a while.
I got my wedding rings back today. They actually came in about a week early, so I was delighted. Now that they're replated, they're super shiny and perfectly white gold. My engagement ring hasnt been white gold in a long time, it was a light yellow gold. I've never been fond of gold, so I definitely wanted to get it taken care of right away. For the first time, my engagement ring and my wedding ring match perfectly together, and all 30 diamonds and shining perfectly at the same time. It feels good to have them back again. Besides my stud earrings, they're the only jewelry I ever wear.
Katie went trick or treating at the mall yesterday. I dressed her up as Sophie and put a blue tulle bow at the doggy ear. I then matched it with a black and blue tutu that I made the other day, and she wore pink sleeves/pants underneath. She wasn't too happy about the standing in long lines to get candy she won't eat part, mainly as she was tired and hungry so we didn't stay too long. But it was still her first Halloween. With the Halloween parade, carving pumpkins, and going trick or treating, I think we celebrated this holiday fully.
Yes, I know everyone already knew that. But after two weeks of reoccurring nausea, I was getting worried. Bill kept saying I wasn't, but then would joke that I was having morning sickness. I didn't feel pregnant, but I didn't think I felt pregnant with Katie either. So I waited over a week, and when I felt sick again last night and this morning, I figured I'd put my mind to rest.
I was a little worried at taking it, as I remembered when I was ttc, I would get so depressed to see the not pregnant signs. Not this morning though. I felt nothing but relief and felt excited that I wasn't. It meant that I had more time, we didn't have to stress out, and I could devote more time to Katie being an only baby. I actually went to Bill beaming to tell him. Of course all he said was "alright", but he has been saying I wasn't this whole time outside of jokes. So anyway, phew! Had I been, I think I would have been a sobbing puddle of guilt for a while.
I got my wedding rings back today. They actually came in about a week early, so I was delighted. Now that they're replated, they're super shiny and perfectly white gold. My engagement ring hasnt been white gold in a long time, it was a light yellow gold. I've never been fond of gold, so I definitely wanted to get it taken care of right away. For the first time, my engagement ring and my wedding ring match perfectly together, and all 30 diamonds and shining perfectly at the same time. It feels good to have them back again. Besides my stud earrings, they're the only jewelry I ever wear.
Katie went trick or treating at the mall yesterday. I dressed her up as Sophie and put a blue tulle bow at the doggy ear. I then matched it with a black and blue tutu that I made the other day, and she wore pink sleeves/pants underneath. She wasn't too happy about the standing in long lines to get candy she won't eat part, mainly as she was tired and hungry so we didn't stay too long. But it was still her first Halloween. With the Halloween parade, carving pumpkins, and going trick or treating, I think we celebrated this holiday fully.
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