Project Life - Week 14

Sunday - Today we dropped Maddie's crib down to the next level. She is getting to where she is pulling herself up by the crib bars so we decided it was time. We also drove around to look at neighborhoods. We really like the Lakewood area. Maddie was wonderful and napped the entire time. We also gave Maddie banana for the first time. She didn't really seem to like it and was a little bit hesitant.

Monday - We went to dinner at Dave and Siobhan's this evening. Maddie was great. We stayed until almost 8 and Maddie was perfectly content to sit and watch the adults. We did give her a strawberry for the first time. She loved it! Too funny, guess it's really time to start her on fruits.

Wednesday - I had to travel to KC for work so Maria stayed late and gave Maddie her first taste of sweet potatoes. She said that she didn't like them at all. That surprised me.

Thursday - I gave Maddie sweet potatoes today and she liked them just fine. We found out that Maria gave them to her slightly cold because she was afraid of burning her little mouth. Apparently Maddie likes her veggies warm. She is really getting on her hands and knees and rocking a lot. Sometimes she even launches herself forward. She definitely does the backwards scoot thing. She will end up on the other side of the room in a blink of an eye.

Friday - Yesterday I noticed Maddie has a pretty bad rash on her chin and cheek. Apparently it started Wednesday while I was gone. I put lotion on it, thinking it was from all the milk she drips, but today we decided to go ahead and take her to the pediatrician. It was worse today and now her little chin is scabbing over. Dr. Hubbard said it is excema from all of the drool and wiping of her mouth. She said to put Aquaphor on it, especially at night when she is sleeping so she won't rub it off. They weighed her, with clothes and she was 21 lbs 4 oz. I'm so glad it was nothing serious.

Saturday - Today we took Maddie to the zoo. We put her in the stroller without her infant seat and she did pretty well. She is still a little small, but seemed to enjoy the freedom of sitting and looking around. She was definitely more interested in the people and other children than she was the animals. I did hold her while I fed the giraffes and she was interested. Not interested enough to try and touch the giraffe, but she wasn't scared either. We then went to my in-laws for lunch and we gave Maddie her first tortilla. She loved it and nawed on it forever. She did drop quite a few on the ground, and Maria was quick to give her another. I also fed her peas from the store. I had a few store bought ones that Vanessa gave me that Ashlyn didn't like, so I had packed one for convenience and she ate the entire 3.5oz. Guess she doesn't mind the store bought food. Good to know. We then took Maddie to Nana's so we could go to our missed anniversary dinner and a movie. We ended up just coming home and taking a nap for 3 hours! How crazy. We then grabbed a quick bite at Macarroni grille and went to stock up on more veggies and fruits for Maddie. We bought more broccoli, asparagus, green beans and spinach. We also bought apples, pears, strawberries, and prunes for her to try.

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Project Life - Week 13

I am so far behind in my posts, so here goes a storm of catching up!


Week 13

Sunday - I am still feeling extremely lousy and while Juan is better, Maddie seems to be coming down with it now. She is playing fine, but you can see it in her little eyes. They are watery and red and she is beginning to cough. She ran a slight fever today so we gave her some children's tylenol. Today we gave Maddie toast for the first time. This crazy girl that sticks EVERYTHING in her mouth, refused to put it in her mouth. Every time we tried to put it in her mouth, she just blew bubbles at it. She FINALLY tried it and then couldn't seem to get enough.

Monday - I stayed home ill today, it seems to be in my lungs now. I can't seem to get overe sickness quickly. Maddie is also worse today. She doesn't have a fever but it obviously not feeling well and we gave her medicine twice. She is napping well now, although night has gotten worse. She has trouble going to sleep every night and then seems to wake up. Tonight Juan finally had to pick her up and rock her to sleep in the big chair. She is definitely feeling ill. I gave her toast again today and she did the same thing as yesterday, refused to even try it. Was more interested in the texture of it. Once she realized it was yummy, she couldn't cram it in her mouth fast enough.

Tuesday - I am STILL feeling poor today, but definitely on the mend. Juan had to fly to San Antonio today and stay overnight. I'm not looking forward to a long night with a sick infant. She did better today. Her eyes weren't quite as watery and she seemed a bit less conjested. I hope the worst of it has passed. She was so tired this evening that she went straight down to bed. Unfortunately she woke up 45 minutes later screaming and it took almost 40 minutes to get her back to sleep. She's woke up about every hour for the past three hours. Today I fed her cauliflower for the first time. She wasn't too excited, but I think that was the cold. I mixed it with zucchini and she managed to eat it all. This girl is crazy. Today I gave her toast, for the third day in a row and she acted again like it was the first time. She wouldn't even tasted it. Once she did, she ate every bit of it. She is also lifting onto her hands and knees. I looked up and there she was, poised to crawl. She gets better at sitting up alone every day.

Wednesday - Maddie really likes bath time. She is not too keen on the hair washing part, but loves all of Daddy's antics.

Thursday - Today Maria caught Maddie pulling down her entire mobile while she was in her crib. Time to say bye-bye to her mobiles. We took them down this evening. She is also pushing herself up enough to almost see out of the crib. Looks like we are going to be lowering her crib this weekend. Also, today Maddie got her first tooth! Maria found it because when Maddie was drinking from her cup she was rubbing it against the side and Maria heard it. Sure enough, a little tooth has popped through on the bottom right front. We didn't even know. She was just a little fussy this weekend, especially at night when I put her down; but I just thought it was the whole nap thing her learning to sleep in her crib. She is such a tough little baby. We bought her a pop up animal box and she really likes it. She hasn't figured out how to make any of the animals pop up, but she has became a pro and pushing them back down. I am convinced that she thinks that is the goal. She has grown out of all her clothes, again! Her 12 month clothes are too small now.

Friday - Maddie loves crackers and eats anything we give her.

Saturday - Today we had Maddie's 6 months pictures taken at JCPenny. Tiffany was back and managed to get a couple of cute shots. Maddie was too interested in the camera and lights and just did NOT want to smile! I also went to see Vanessa's new house and help her do a few move in type things. Such a cute little home.


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Maddie is Crawling!

Check it out! This was last Wednesday, the first time she crawled. She was so proud of herself!

Project Life 2012 - Week 12

Welcome to Project Life 2012! If you are new to my blog, welcome! I hope you will stay a while. I'm Jessica, wife to Juan, mommy to new baby Maddie. I am also an electrical engineer by day and I am participating in Project Life, a different way to record our lives by taking one photo a day. This was inspired by the fabulous Becky Higgins who has put together a wonderful kit to make this challenge easier.



I am using the digital Cobalt kit, find it at http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/2011/10/new-product-has-arrived/ This digital version uses Shutterfly and is SUPER easy to use! See my completed pages for 2012 at http://scraplifterdesigns.blogspot.com/p/project-life-layouts.html


Each Monday/Tuesday, I will post my pictures/journaling from the previous week. Project Life Tuesday was created by Jessica Turner over at The Mom Creative and Project 366 Rewind is hosted by Sarah at Naptime Momtog and Gina at Chic Homeschool Mama. They both host a linky for readers to link up their pictures. So if you want to join in or want to see others POTW, just click the buttons at the bottom of this post.


And finally, my POTW (pictures of the week):

Sunday - I told Juan he had to put Maddie down for her naps today. This morning he put her down and she fell right asleep. This afternoon she cried for about 10 minutes and then finally fell asleep. She slept for about an hour both times. I am extremely nervous about how she will do with Maria tomorrow and whether or not Maria will give in. This afternoon we went to Kaitlyn's 3rd birthday party. She had a chocolate party and each child decorated their own bundt cake. Kaitlyn really enjoyed hers! Happy Birthday Kaitlyn! It was a lot of fun and Maddie enjoyed watching the children and was extra amused by Alice. This evening I started making the mounds of baby food. I only got though the peas, lima beans and broccoli. The peas didn't turn out at all. I bought fresh frozen ones and cooked them, but the skin didn't really blend up well so we were afraid Maddie might choke on it. I ended up throwing out all three batches. We did give Maddie a cracker for the first time today. We only had club crackers, but she loved them. She would have ate the whole box, but we only had a few. Looks like we need to buy some Saltines.

Monday - Today Maria put Maddie down for a nap at about 9am and she slept for an hour with no problems. Then she slept again for an hour at about 11am, with still no crying. Juan tried to put her down at lunch for anthother nap, but she would have none of that so they let her up and then Maria put her down again later and she only cried for about 10 minutes. I am so glad that she seems to be catching on. Today I gave Maddie lima beans for the first time. She made some very funny faces. I think the consistancy may have been too thick. She only ate about 1 oz and then refused any more.

 
Tuesday - It POURED all night long. Vanessa texted me at about 11pm last night that the roof was leaking. Great! I was awake most of the night stressed about it. Our inspection is Thursday morning and I am just sure they are going to demand we fix it....if they don't just back out completely. Maddie took naps again today well in the morning for an hour and then in the afternoon for only 30 minutes, so Maria made her stay in the crib and apparently she cried for an hour and then finally fell asleep at 2:30pm. I felt bad for her. I told her that as long as she takes at least two naps and sleeps at all, that is fine. She fed Maddie oatmeal for the first time today, but I think was too runny so she didn't eat it well. This afternoon I gave her broccoli for the first time. She really seemed to like that and eagerly opened her mouth for more. About 3/4 of the way through it she stopped eating it so I tried it and realized that it was completely cold. Poor thing had been eating it cold. I heated it up some more and then she ate the rest ok. I felt so bad. This evening she had difficulty going to bed again. She cried for 10 minutes or so and Juan finally went in and rubbed her back until she fell asleep. I guess it is going to take her awhile to figure it all out.

Wednesday - Maddie will wear her shades most of the time. I don't know if she's realized that she can take them off.  They seem to sort of freak her out when she is wearing them though. Maddie did better today with her naps. Maria said she took three naps, one for an hour, and (2) for 30 minutes. She did go to bed better tonight. We went to look at the leak and it was just the water heater flue needed to be sealed at the roof. Juan took care of it, but said the roof looked really bad. We went ahead and called the insurance agent.

Thursday - Today is our 3rd anniversary! I love you so MUCH! This is a terrible picture of both of us. Juan stayed home sick today and our planned night out turned into another night in. That's ok though. The third anniversary is leather. I wanted to get Juan a leather watch, but I couldn't seem to find one I thought he would like so I bought him a belt, a Puma watch, and a Puma shirt. He got me three cards, to make up for the lack of cards on my birthday, Valentine's day, etc. LOL! He also said he hadn't bought my present yet because he needed my help with it. He is buying me an IPAD. Maddie was pretty excited during all of the hoopla and managed to roll under the chair. I'm not sure how she even gets in these positions! I am SO very blessed! I thank God every day for all of my blessings!

Friday - Juan is sick. He stayed home from work today, although he ran a million errands. I don't think he understands the definition of "staying home sick". He is a terrible patient. I literally had to pour niquil down his gullet. I also gave Maddie brussel sprouts for the first time today. She seemed to like them ok, at least better than the lima beans. I did have to urge her to finish them. Maddie is getting to be a pro at sitting up unassisted. She especially likes sitting on her changing table and she has a new fondness for being naked!

Saturday - There was a death in the family of some Juan's parents old friends, so Maria had to go to the funeral today. Since Juan is still sick, I got to take care of both Maddie and Juan today. The bad news is I think I am now getting sick as well. Maddie has found her feet and loves to pull on her socks and the feet of her sleep N plays. Today's photo is of our taxes. I figured out taxes on Turbo Tax, as I do every year and for whatever reason it said we owed $2600. So we went to H&R block this evening, hoping I had done something wrong. Unfortunately, I did not. We made less money than last year and now have Maddie to deduct, but that didn't seem to help. They got it down to $2461 but then we had to pay them, so it was a wash. I guess we can't complain. If we weren't blessed with such great jobs, we wouldn't owe as much in taxes so we will happily pay our dues without complaint. Although I am going to look into having them take out extra for next year. We were going to take Maddie's 6 month photos this morning, but I was feeling so miserable that I cancelled it. I spent the day in bed and Juan spent the day with Maddie. I don't know if Maddie has learned a new trick or if it was because she is not feeling well, but she has started squeling at the top of her lungs. Sometimes laughing, most of the time irritated about something.

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Project Life 2012 - Week 11

Welcome to Project Life 2012! If you are new to my blog, welcome! I hope you will stay a while. I'm Jessica, wife to Juan, mommy to new baby Maddie. I am also an electrical engineer by day and I am participating in Project Life, a different way to record our lives by taking one photo a day. This was inspired by the fabulous Becky Higgins who has put together a wonderful kit to make this challenge easier.



I am using the digital Cobalt kit, find it at http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/2011/10/new-product-has-arrived/ This digital version uses Shutterfly and is SUPER easy to use! See my completed pages for 2012 at http://scraplifterdesigns.blogspot.com/p/project-life-layouts.html


Each Monday/Tuesday, I will post my pictures/journaling from the previous week. Project Life Tuesday was created by Jessica Turner over at The Mom Creative and Project 366 Rewind is hosted by Sarah at Naptime Momtog and Gina at Chic Homeschool Mama. They both host a linky for readers to link up their pictures. So if you want to join in or want to see others POTW, just click the buttons at the bottom of this post.


And finally, my POTW (pictures of the week):

Sunday - The first photo is of the babies and their mommas. How cute are they? The second photo is of me, Shannon and Angie. Shannon got all of us Paper Ho shirts for Christmas. We are the instigators of this fabulous weekend!Maddie did great her first night away from home and in a pack-n-play. She went down like clockwork at 6:00pm (she was exhausted) and slept until 4:45am (5:45am because of daylight savings). I fed her and she slept for another hour. She didn't nap much throughout the day, but was really good for a 6 month old. She loved everyone and didn't mind being passed around at all. She was also extremely interested in the babies and watched them constantly.

Monday - Maddie did great again last night. I was extremely stressed and worried, but she went down after reading Goodnight Moon twice. She woke up about 30 minutes later, but then went right back down and slept until almost 6am! We left OK at about 11:30am and she only slept about 40 minutes then entire trip and cried almost the rest. Nana started out riding with Vanessa, but after about and hour and a half into the trip we had to stop because Maddie just wouldn't stop crying. She needed her diaper changed and we had lunch and let the kids out of the car for awhile before starting off again. For the second half, Nana rode with us and I was VERY glad as the last hour she literally had to play peak-a-boo the entire time to keep Maddie from crying. She was exhausted, ready to be out of the car, and ready to be home. She was also VERY glad to see Daddy! He missed us both a ton. We gave Maddie a bath tonight and she kicked/splashed for the first time. She was having a blast kicking in the water and is amazed when Juan pours water from the pitcher. She tries to catch it in her hand. She is still too timid to splash her hand, but loves kicking her feet. Daddy bought flowers for me and Maddie her own separate bouquet of gerber daisies in her room. It was so sweet!

Tuesday - Maddie sat up alone for about 30 seconds today for the first time. Here she is showing Daddy her new accomplishment while gazing at the flowers he bought her. She also played with her plastic stacking rings and managed to take the rings off by herself. I laid her on the floor and put her cloth book about three feet away and told her to get it.....amazingly, she did! She rolled over to it and picked it right up...and it went right in her mouth. I was so surprised.

Wednesday - These are the flowers Maddie and I came home to this past weekend. The first picture is the flowers for Maddie and the second is the flowers for me. How sweet in my hubby? We gave Maddie Zucchini for the first time today. She liked it as much as the first squash that we gave her! We also got an offer on Juan's house today. It was quite a bit less than we were hoping for, but they want to close May 1st which is perfect. We are going to counter tomorrow with a pretty high number.

Thursday - I can't believe that Maddie is 6 months old today. It seems like yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital. She is growing so fast. She is sitting by herself for longer and longer periods of time. She is also beginning to shake and bang objects to make noise, even if that means banging them on herself. She reaches for toys and even is managing to take the rings off the stackers by herself. Daddy helps her do it with her feet and she thinks that is hilarious. She still LOVES to kick. This is her monthly photo with her Elefant. She is now the same size as this huge stuffed animal. She smiles and laughs so much now. She is such a happy baby. House updated: they countered our counter offer on Juan's house. They came up a little, but not what we were hoping for.

Friday - Today was Maddie's six month well baby visit. Juan had a management course that he was taking for work, so Maria went with Maddie and I. Maddie was 20 lbs and 11 ounces at 95% she off the charts. She was 28-1/4" long at also 95th percentile. Her head circumference was 17-1/2" and at 92nd percentile. Dr. Hubbard said she is definitely a big baby, but as all of her stats are off the charts and in proportion she is not worried. We told her that Maddie is just not napping in the crib. She is doing great at night and going right down and still sleeping 10-11 hours straight, but if we put her in the crib during the day she only naps for maybe 10 minutes; hence the reason Maria holds her to nap. Then she sleeps 2-3 hours. Dr. Hubbard says we have to break her of that now or when we come in at 9 months we will be telling her that now Maddie's nights are screwed upa nd she is not sleeping through them. She said that at 6 months Maddie is learning to reason and that she will eventually question why does she have to sleep in the crib at night and not in the day. She said to do some sort of routine when she gets sleepy and then put her in her crib and leave. She said to let her cry it out, even if it takes an hour. She said do not go back in and pick her up. She said at 10 minutes go in and tell her everything is ok and that we are here but she has to nap. She said leave again and return in another 15 minutes. Maria was continually saying no, no, no. Dr. Hubbard also told us that if she was taking to solids well, give her more; feed her 2-3 times a day and feed her two different things. She still recommended giving her all the new vegtables first, then fruits and then meats. She also said we could continue to give her a bottle before bed for as long as we wanted. I also asked her about pierced ears. She said if we wanted to pierce Maddie's ears we should do it sooner rather than later. As she gets older she moves around more and we won't be able to get them even on both sides. She also said that she probably would pull on them or notice them this early. So I decided to pierce them today! It was $100 I wanted her pediatrician to do it since she is so young. Poor Maddie screamed a lot during the first one, then she screamed even more for the second. It was very hard to watch. Then we turned around and she was immediately given her three shots. It was a very rough day for her. She was pretty traumatized that the time.

Maddie cried a lot this afternoon and Maria gave her Children's tylenol. I gave her another dose before bed. We also accepted the offer on Juan's house and finalized the contract today. It should go to the title company tomorrow. Yeah!

Saturday - Today we went and bought Maddie a ton of fresh veggies from Central Market. We went way over board; but I wanted to make a ton of food to freeze and last us the next couple of weeks. This was the pile for Maddie, the pile for Juan and I wasn't nearly as healthy. Maddie was only running a very slight fever this morning 100.6 degrees, but I went ahead and gave her a dose of Tylenol. Juan had his management class today, so I had Maddie all day. I decided to try an put her down for her nap at about 1pm. She cried for an entire hour and never did fall asleep. It was terrible and I was totally stressed out. I am really worried about how this is going to work. We went to Alice's 1 year birthday party this afternoon.There were lots of kiddos and Maddie was enthralled with all of them.  Alice especially liked her birthday cupcake. Happy Birthday Alice.  This evening Maddie had a lot of issues going down to bed. I am so worried! I will also be adding the photo of Juan's house contract to our album for today.  Lots of photos today!