So I had no clue how many people were actually paying attention to all those pictures of Carrie I sent out on a monthly basis. Well, now I think I have a pretty good idea since, here we are just 3 days after her 10 month birthday, and I'm getting accosted with questions on when they next round will be posted on Snapfish. They will be posted this weekend, folks! I have to do Tour of Kitchens for Junior League tomorrow ALL DAY LONG, so it won't be till Sunday. Of course, we also need to do some sprucing up on the house so we can hopefully sell this thing. We've had some lookers, just no buyers yet. Send your positive vibes our way!!
Speaking of Junior League, Carrie got dragged along to a meeting last night at Jenn's house. She was a pretty good little Junior Leaguer and made everyone laugh a few times as she was interjecting her own thoughts in the middle of the meeting, in a rather loud voice I might add. She was sick earlier this week with a 103.3 temp, but is now back to her normal self. Tuesday night she just couldn't get comfy and breathe well, so she was up like every two hours, upset at the fact that it's pretty hard to suck her thumb and breathe at the same time when her nose is so stuffed up. Neither one of us knew what to do at those early hours; she was up at 9:45, 11:30, 1:30, 3:30, 5....both of us were dazed & confused since we haven't done that since....well....since she was about 2 or 3 weeks old. I am just hoping that if and when we have another child, the baby gods bless us once again with such a great sleeper.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Adventures in eating
See - two weeks in a row that I've posted something. You all should be proud of me (if anyone's even reading this blog anymore!)
So I think we've entered the "I want to feed myself, thank you very much" phase. She'll still let me feed her breakfast in the morning, which is usually a few cubes of bananas and/or apples. I think she allows this just because it's been roughly 12 hours since she last ate, and she's just hungry and doesn't care to fight. Lunch is a whole different story. Neither Emily nor I are able to get her to really sit down and eat anything for lunch. I think she's just too busy these days pulling up, cruising, and scooting around torturing Bailey. Dinner's also interesting in that she'll deal with me feeding her for a little while, then she just wants down to go play, or would stuff herself full of Cheerios or Gerber puffs simply because she feeds those to herself. Saturday night we had green peas with our dinner, and I put a few of those on her tray and she gobbled them up. We can't tell if she really likes the taste, or just the fact that not only can she feed herself peas, but they roll, which makes mealtime oh so fun. Needless to say, Bailey is LOVING this new stage we're in since only about 50% of the food actually makes it to her mouth. The rest ends up on the floor, which we never have to pick up because our own Puppy Hoover is right there waiting any scraps.
She's also pulling up on everything in sight. People, chairs, the side of the crib, Bailey...you name it. Everything's fair game, regardless of whether or not it's stable. I think we need to take the mobile down from her crib since now that she can reach it I've caught her on the monitor a few times yanking on Pooh and Piglet. I think if I don't take it down I'll come in her room one day and find them laying in the crib with her!
So I think we've entered the "I want to feed myself, thank you very much" phase. She'll still let me feed her breakfast in the morning, which is usually a few cubes of bananas and/or apples. I think she allows this just because it's been roughly 12 hours since she last ate, and she's just hungry and doesn't care to fight. Lunch is a whole different story. Neither Emily nor I are able to get her to really sit down and eat anything for lunch. I think she's just too busy these days pulling up, cruising, and scooting around torturing Bailey. Dinner's also interesting in that she'll deal with me feeding her for a little while, then she just wants down to go play, or would stuff herself full of Cheerios or Gerber puffs simply because she feeds those to herself. Saturday night we had green peas with our dinner, and I put a few of those on her tray and she gobbled them up. We can't tell if she really likes the taste, or just the fact that not only can she feed herself peas, but they roll, which makes mealtime oh so fun. Needless to say, Bailey is LOVING this new stage we're in since only about 50% of the food actually makes it to her mouth. The rest ends up on the floor, which we never have to pick up because our own Puppy Hoover is right there waiting any scraps.
She's also pulling up on everything in sight. People, chairs, the side of the crib, Bailey...you name it. Everything's fair game, regardless of whether or not it's stable. I think we need to take the mobile down from her crib since now that she can reach it I've caught her on the monitor a few times yanking on Pooh and Piglet. I think if I don't take it down I'll come in her room one day and find them laying in the crib with her!
Monday, February 11, 2008
Milestones
I really must get better about posting here, seeing as how I haven't posted in almost TWO MONTHS...I am going to shoot for once a week from now on. We'll see how long I stick to that schedule! Of course, most of you know me well enough to know that if I set myself a goal, it usually helps me to actually do something!
Let's see - so much has happened in the past two months. Christmas was a big time for all involved. Christmas morning brought Carrie sleeping in until about 9 (we'll enjoy it while we can!). Once she woke up we all did stockings, and that was about all she could handle before a morning nap (must be nice). After her nap, she awoke to find what Santa brought her - a big shiny red wagon! I have to say I was a bit skeptical when Jerry said that's what Santa was going to bring her. I mean, seriously - the kid's 8 months old, how much could she enjoy a wagon? I was apparently sorely mistaken, as Carrie squealed the whole time she road around in it, red nose from the cold and all. I'll have to be sure to post some pics here. It's still a big hit with Carrie now. She, Emily, and Bailey go for a wagon walk around the neighborhood each day, so the Radio Flyer is getting plenty of miles these days.
She's still army crawling, although in the past couple of days she's getting up more and more on her knees. She'll take a few "real" crawls then plop back down on her belly. I have no doubt it'll be no time before she's scrambling all over the place.
We FINALLY have a tooth, folks! I didn't think it would ever happen, but we found one in her little mouth on February 6th. You'd normally think you wouldn't have to find it, that the child would be fussy or something...apparently Carrie's too busy for that nonsense. I swear she's been acting totally normal, then all of a sudden she grabs my finger, puts it in her mouth and clamps down and I thought she had something sharp in her mouth other than a tooth. Hey, I'll take non-eventful teething anyday. I still say on the next child Jerry and I are completely and totally in for it.
On the family front, we're moving to Savannah in about a month! We're really excited about it. We're in the process of finding a nanny for Carrie once we get there. We've had such great luck with Hayley & Emily here in Gainesville that we are hoping for similar luck in Savannah!
Let's see - so much has happened in the past two months. Christmas was a big time for all involved. Christmas morning brought Carrie sleeping in until about 9 (we'll enjoy it while we can!). Once she woke up we all did stockings, and that was about all she could handle before a morning nap (must be nice). After her nap, she awoke to find what Santa brought her - a big shiny red wagon! I have to say I was a bit skeptical when Jerry said that's what Santa was going to bring her. I mean, seriously - the kid's 8 months old, how much could she enjoy a wagon? I was apparently sorely mistaken, as Carrie squealed the whole time she road around in it, red nose from the cold and all. I'll have to be sure to post some pics here. It's still a big hit with Carrie now. She, Emily, and Bailey go for a wagon walk around the neighborhood each day, so the Radio Flyer is getting plenty of miles these days.
She's still army crawling, although in the past couple of days she's getting up more and more on her knees. She'll take a few "real" crawls then plop back down on her belly. I have no doubt it'll be no time before she's scrambling all over the place.
We FINALLY have a tooth, folks! I didn't think it would ever happen, but we found one in her little mouth on February 6th. You'd normally think you wouldn't have to find it, that the child would be fussy or something...apparently Carrie's too busy for that nonsense. I swear she's been acting totally normal, then all of a sudden she grabs my finger, puts it in her mouth and clamps down and I thought she had something sharp in her mouth other than a tooth. Hey, I'll take non-eventful teething anyday. I still say on the next child Jerry and I are completely and totally in for it.
On the family front, we're moving to Savannah in about a month! We're really excited about it. We're in the process of finding a nanny for Carrie once we get there. We've had such great luck with Hayley & Emily here in Gainesville that we are hoping for similar luck in Savannah!
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