Tonight is A's first night in her crib. Yes, I know she's 5 and a half months old....but I LOVE LOVE LOVE her being in bed with us! I love knowing that she is safe and feels safe sleeping right next to us. Cooper slept in our bed till he was 6 months old, so we are right on track with A. Honestly, I think she could sleep in our bed for a lot longer than C, except for one thing....she rolls around like crazy!
So today we began naps in the crib. Honestly she is such an easy sleeper and child that it doesn't take much to put her in her crib, or anywhere else for that matter. It is completely opposite from what we did with C (bouncing, swaying, back patting....forever!).
Tonight we decided to try the crib out and see how long she would sleep. Well, it's been almost 2 hours and she's still sleeping very well. I'm almost sad that she hasn't woken up yet. And truthfully, I can see myself bringing her into our room for the rest of the night!
She's also eating cereal and bananas now. I used to think (and still do) that baby food in general is not needed. There is NO nutritional value in them and C hated the thought of eating anything else but the liquid GOLD that I produced! Again, different baby though....A reaches for our food, plates, cups, etc all the time. She is so excited to eat her cereal. We even brought back the "singing and dancing" routine that we used to do to get C to open his mouth for food. We had a ton of fun and C joined in on the dancing!
It is such a blessing to watch them interact more and more these days. There are more "No, Aubrey, that is my toy" or "Aubrey, you're too little for that" and "It's okay Aubrey, I'm right here."
Life is Great and God is Good! (now to check on A) :)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Big Truck Coming
I'm not sure what it is about the age 2 years and 8 months that requires repetition in EVERYTHING that is said! I love hearing C talk and I love having conversations with him. I enjoy the fact that he WANTS to learn more and find out how and why something works a certain way. It really does make me smile.
Today was a great day. Aunt Jessi and Uncle Larry are here visiting and we all LOVE it! A smiles at Larry all the time and C loves playing and painting with Jessi. So instead of sitting around the house, we went to play at the Family Fun Center. After building a great Tic Tac Toe game at Lowes, we headed to Spring Branch. We had so much fun and are all TIRED!
C was so tired that when we got home and were outside grilling, he repeated "there's a big truck coming" over and over and OVER! It was funny. I find myself asking him different questions when he repeats things so that he is always having to think of the next answer. It's so much fun hearing his response.
Both kids are out now...hopefully we will have a great nights sleep! Off to enjoy the Wii and a glass of wine! Cheers!
Today was a great day. Aunt Jessi and Uncle Larry are here visiting and we all LOVE it! A smiles at Larry all the time and C loves playing and painting with Jessi. So instead of sitting around the house, we went to play at the Family Fun Center. After building a great Tic Tac Toe game at Lowes, we headed to Spring Branch. We had so much fun and are all TIRED!
C was so tired that when we got home and were outside grilling, he repeated "there's a big truck coming" over and over and OVER! It was funny. I find myself asking him different questions when he repeats things so that he is always having to think of the next answer. It's so much fun hearing his response.
Both kids are out now...hopefully we will have a great nights sleep! Off to enjoy the Wii and a glass of wine! Cheers!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
This is far too familiar!
I remember talking with Cooper's old Pedi Urologist on the phone asking why it was so necessary for him to have another invasive VCUG done when he had had no complications with UTI's or Kidney infections. I remember ending the conversation thinking that the urologist was some sort of "Ego-Centered" person, honestly! He had made one comment to me that bothered me:
"Well, since Cooper has reflux then your baby (I was pregnant at the time) has a 1/3 chance of having reflux as well."
Now this sentence bothered me because he didn't want to look at the positive side of it, that the baby could have a 2/3 chance of NOT having reflux, but instead wanted to scare me into the thought of "what if's".
Isn't that how most of the medical world is. I feel that they are always looking at health, life, and death as such a negative topic. Why is it for example that birth is such an "AWFUL experience" and the only thing that some OB's and nurses talk about is the pain of childbirth? Childbirth is a wonderful time when you are welcoming your baby into the world...it's not supposed to be scary and horrible. I think we could all use a more positive spin on health and medicine and how the two should HELP each other, not hurt each other.
SO....all that to say that Aubrey ended up with a UTI a few months back. Part of me wishes I wasn't an aware parent who recognized this and got her to the doctor (although I'm very happy that I am an educated, informed, and responsible mother). After debating with the pedi if I REALLY thought we should do the VCUG on Aubrey, I finally agreed to it. It was awful, there's no way of putting that nicely. It's just an awful test. And the results were not that great either.
When the Radiologist began explaining what I was seeing, I went right back to remembering seeing it for the first time when we had Cooper's VCUG done. She explained everything as if she had it memorized from all of the patients who end up having reflux. It was far too familiar. Aubrey has Grade 2 Bilateral Bladder Reflux. To me this means that we get to add one more thing to the list to debate about with the pediatrician! Good thing she knows my thoughts about invasive medicine. She will most likely out grow it just like Cooper has probably already outgrown his (I wouldn't know, I nicely declined all of the attempts to re-test him).
All this to say....BE POSITIVE! Things happen for a reason. You might not know the reason, but who cares....God is still in control! There is ALWAYS a reason, even if it was just so that you could be a witness with the smile on your face and your 5 month olds face to the person sitting next to you in the waiting room that day. There is ALWAYS a GOOD reason for things to happen, because God is in control!
"Well, since Cooper has reflux then your baby (I was pregnant at the time) has a 1/3 chance of having reflux as well."
Now this sentence bothered me because he didn't want to look at the positive side of it, that the baby could have a 2/3 chance of NOT having reflux, but instead wanted to scare me into the thought of "what if's".
Isn't that how most of the medical world is. I feel that they are always looking at health, life, and death as such a negative topic. Why is it for example that birth is such an "AWFUL experience" and the only thing that some OB's and nurses talk about is the pain of childbirth? Childbirth is a wonderful time when you are welcoming your baby into the world...it's not supposed to be scary and horrible. I think we could all use a more positive spin on health and medicine and how the two should HELP each other, not hurt each other.
SO....all that to say that Aubrey ended up with a UTI a few months back. Part of me wishes I wasn't an aware parent who recognized this and got her to the doctor (although I'm very happy that I am an educated, informed, and responsible mother). After debating with the pedi if I REALLY thought we should do the VCUG on Aubrey, I finally agreed to it. It was awful, there's no way of putting that nicely. It's just an awful test. And the results were not that great either.
When the Radiologist began explaining what I was seeing, I went right back to remembering seeing it for the first time when we had Cooper's VCUG done. She explained everything as if she had it memorized from all of the patients who end up having reflux. It was far too familiar. Aubrey has Grade 2 Bilateral Bladder Reflux. To me this means that we get to add one more thing to the list to debate about with the pediatrician! Good thing she knows my thoughts about invasive medicine. She will most likely out grow it just like Cooper has probably already outgrown his (I wouldn't know, I nicely declined all of the attempts to re-test him).
All this to say....BE POSITIVE! Things happen for a reason. You might not know the reason, but who cares....God is still in control! There is ALWAYS a reason, even if it was just so that you could be a witness with the smile on your face and your 5 month olds face to the person sitting next to you in the waiting room that day. There is ALWAYS a GOOD reason for things to happen, because God is in control!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
It's been too long!
Where has the time gone? It has been too long since I've posted anything.
Let's see....Aubrey is about to turn 3 months old on the 17th! WOW...that went fast. She is still doing well. At her 2 month check up she weighed a little over 13lbs, putting her in the 90th percentile for weight! YAY! She's not as chunky as Cooper was though. I've been told that it's because she is trying to keep her "girlish" figure. She continues to add more rolls though each week...I love it! She rolled over about 3 weeks ago. Since then though she seems to have no interest in that matter. She has recently gained a dislike for the carseat (yipee for us), has been going through another growth spurt (boo for many night feedings), and likes to wake up earlier due to the time change (what can I say, we have a lot of early birds in this house!).
Cooper is now officially a 2 and a half year old. He has definitely gained a strong independent mindset. He likes to do things himself, which is fun to watch. It's neat to seem him grow in such a positive way and learn so much. He is very observant these days which I know he got from me (I'm a people watcher). School (Mothers Day Out) is going SO well for him. He loves his teachers and they love him. He comes home telling us what they learned about that day which is fun to here. He is so excited to learn new things which makes me happy....we will have an eager learner on our hands.
It's November 15th and we now have our Christmas lights up outside. Yes, I know it's early...but that's what happens when our neighbors put theirs up and Cooper fell in love with them! It was a lot of fun watching Randell and Cooper hang the lights. Now when should we put up our tree?!?! (Don't worry, we're not the first on our street to do that either. Our good friends and neighbors just put their Christmas Tree up today).
I'm doing lots of crafts these days. I am looking forward to having both kids sleeping at the same time for a good length of time so that I can get some sewing done. For now though the nights are full of sewing.
We are looking forward to the holiday season. This year will be lots of fun since Cooper is getting excited about celebrating Jesus's Birthday.
Let's see....Aubrey is about to turn 3 months old on the 17th! WOW...that went fast. She is still doing well. At her 2 month check up she weighed a little over 13lbs, putting her in the 90th percentile for weight! YAY! She's not as chunky as Cooper was though. I've been told that it's because she is trying to keep her "girlish" figure. She continues to add more rolls though each week...I love it! She rolled over about 3 weeks ago. Since then though she seems to have no interest in that matter. She has recently gained a dislike for the carseat (yipee for us), has been going through another growth spurt (boo for many night feedings), and likes to wake up earlier due to the time change (what can I say, we have a lot of early birds in this house!).
Cooper is now officially a 2 and a half year old. He has definitely gained a strong independent mindset. He likes to do things himself, which is fun to watch. It's neat to seem him grow in such a positive way and learn so much. He is very observant these days which I know he got from me (I'm a people watcher). School (Mothers Day Out) is going SO well for him. He loves his teachers and they love him. He comes home telling us what they learned about that day which is fun to here. He is so excited to learn new things which makes me happy....we will have an eager learner on our hands.
It's November 15th and we now have our Christmas lights up outside. Yes, I know it's early...but that's what happens when our neighbors put theirs up and Cooper fell in love with them! It was a lot of fun watching Randell and Cooper hang the lights. Now when should we put up our tree?!?! (Don't worry, we're not the first on our street to do that either. Our good friends and neighbors just put their Christmas Tree up today).
I'm doing lots of crafts these days. I am looking forward to having both kids sleeping at the same time for a good length of time so that I can get some sewing done. For now though the nights are full of sewing.
We are looking forward to the holiday season. This year will be lots of fun since Cooper is getting excited about celebrating Jesus's Birthday.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Double the Experience!
What a weekend we have had! Let me see if I can recap it in a great way.
Friday - I was able to enjoy a relaxing morning with Aubrey while Randell and Cooper went to buy a pallet of grass (we're really working on getting a functional backyard going). Aubrey slept on my chest for about 2 hours until I finally realized that I had to get ready for a dr's appointment. It is the first time since she was born that she has wanted and/or been able to sleep on my chest with no interruptions.
So we went to the hematologist for a checkup. The counts for Cooper came back the highest they have ever been...still not at the normal range, but we're making improvements! Aubrey's counts came back good as well. The doctor doesn't find any reason to be concerned, although we will continue visiting him every 3 months at this time. He's such an awesome doctor!
Saturday - Enjoyed a GARAGE SALE! Is it possible to enjoy one? Apparently it is! We had a garage sale along with 4 other moms from my moms group. It was a lot of fun despite the threat of rain all day. We made some great money and have decided that since there is still stuff left, we'll do it again next weekend! If anything it gives us a chance to be childless for a bit.
Last night (Saturday night) was the first BIG thunder storm that we've had in a long time. It woke everyone up except for Aubrey (sleeping like a baby!). Cooper got to learn about lighting, thunder, rain, wind, and who made all of it. It was a sweet hour in the wee hours of the morning. Thankfully we all went back to sleep.
Sunday (today) we finally got back to Sea World. We love Sea World. Aubrey did amazingly well. Cooper also enjoyed Sea World a lot more this time since he is older. Cooper and Randell even went on a roller coaster (the log ride). Randell said that after the first "slide" down Cooper was ready to get off. The look on Cooper's face coming down the second "slide" was priceless. I wish I could have gotten it on my camera. Next time we will get pictures.
What a great weekend...now if we can only get into a good schedule with Aubrey's sleeping...then we'd really feel like we've got it together.
Friday - I was able to enjoy a relaxing morning with Aubrey while Randell and Cooper went to buy a pallet of grass (we're really working on getting a functional backyard going). Aubrey slept on my chest for about 2 hours until I finally realized that I had to get ready for a dr's appointment. It is the first time since she was born that she has wanted and/or been able to sleep on my chest with no interruptions.
So we went to the hematologist for a checkup. The counts for Cooper came back the highest they have ever been...still not at the normal range, but we're making improvements! Aubrey's counts came back good as well. The doctor doesn't find any reason to be concerned, although we will continue visiting him every 3 months at this time. He's such an awesome doctor!
Saturday - Enjoyed a GARAGE SALE! Is it possible to enjoy one? Apparently it is! We had a garage sale along with 4 other moms from my moms group. It was a lot of fun despite the threat of rain all day. We made some great money and have decided that since there is still stuff left, we'll do it again next weekend! If anything it gives us a chance to be childless for a bit.
Last night (Saturday night) was the first BIG thunder storm that we've had in a long time. It woke everyone up except for Aubrey (sleeping like a baby!). Cooper got to learn about lighting, thunder, rain, wind, and who made all of it. It was a sweet hour in the wee hours of the morning. Thankfully we all went back to sleep.
Sunday (today) we finally got back to Sea World. We love Sea World. Aubrey did amazingly well. Cooper also enjoyed Sea World a lot more this time since he is older. Cooper and Randell even went on a roller coaster (the log ride). Randell said that after the first "slide" down Cooper was ready to get off. The look on Cooper's face coming down the second "slide" was priceless. I wish I could have gotten it on my camera. Next time we will get pictures.
What a great weekend...now if we can only get into a good schedule with Aubrey's sleeping...then we'd really feel like we've got it together.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Enjoying the Family
Aubrey is 4 weeks old! WOW...that has already flown by so fast. It's been my goal to cherish EVERY moment...even the cranky ones with Aubrey. She is such a great baby. We have been having some great nights of sleep lately which is nice. We're still working towards a schedule but I'm in no hurry right now. It's nice to know that one day a schedule will come just as it did with Cooper at 6 months!
Cooper continues to do very well with all of the adjustments. The one thing that has become more frequent are the "drama" that is added to a trip or small fall...or when we say it's time to go in. I can't decide if this is baby related or MDO related. Yes, he started "school" (mothers day out) last week and has done SO well with it. He's even napping for the teachers on a nap mat (my baby is all grown up). He has a lot of fun. This morning it was beautiful weather so we walked to school. I pushed him in the jogging stroller and wore (in the bjorn) Aubrey. It was a great 2 mile walk and Cooper really enjoyed it. I think it will become part of our MDO routine.
I have become very much into crafts. I have a great group of ladies that get together 2 Wednesdays a month to sit around, chat, and do crafts together. I'm starting with making magnet boards for the kids and then I'll be working on fun Christmas gifts for the kids and family.
Randell and I will be joining a running club (really just a group of friends with kids) soon. I am determined to train for the half marathon and I think I might have convinced Randell to do the same!
That's about it for now. More to come...I'm going to work on writing down all of the funny things Cooper does because I seem to forget when it comes time to blog!
Cooper continues to do very well with all of the adjustments. The one thing that has become more frequent are the "drama" that is added to a trip or small fall...or when we say it's time to go in. I can't decide if this is baby related or MDO related. Yes, he started "school" (mothers day out) last week and has done SO well with it. He's even napping for the teachers on a nap mat (my baby is all grown up). He has a lot of fun. This morning it was beautiful weather so we walked to school. I pushed him in the jogging stroller and wore (in the bjorn) Aubrey. It was a great 2 mile walk and Cooper really enjoyed it. I think it will become part of our MDO routine.
I have become very much into crafts. I have a great group of ladies that get together 2 Wednesdays a month to sit around, chat, and do crafts together. I'm starting with making magnet boards for the kids and then I'll be working on fun Christmas gifts for the kids and family.
Randell and I will be joining a running club (really just a group of friends with kids) soon. I am determined to train for the half marathon and I think I might have convinced Randell to do the same!
That's about it for now. More to come...I'm going to work on writing down all of the funny things Cooper does because I seem to forget when it comes time to blog!
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