Trip to the dentist!

E had her second dentist appointment yesterday and she did so good! She was such a big girl waiting in the exam room playing with a blown up cherry flavored glove (thanks Daddy!) when Dr. Blackwelder came in she just sat in my lap and let him clean her teeth and put flouride on them. She was so good and sat still, I think she was trying to figure it all out because she is constantly on the move! 

In the end we got the ok to floss her front teeth! He told us E has 16 healthy and pretty teeth and she shouldn't cut her 2 year molars for at least 12 months, yay for a teething break!! 

It's so crazy to think that just 6 months ago, E only had 7 teeth at her first dental appointment! 

It's been a while..

Sorry blogging world that I've been mia. Lots of changes have happened in 2 months. Work has been pure chaos and I have been assigned to a new doctor so I'm pretty nervous about that. I've been thinking about life and some changes I wouldn't mind making. I'm thinking about going back to school for occupational therapy, definitely different from nursing. 

E has changed so much in 2 months she now has 11 teeth! She repeats almost everything you say, even if you accidentally say "shit" oops! My sweet girl is so smart she's knows all her body parts, knows the difference between yes and no, can put up her fingers when you say one. E is a little monkey and climbs on everything! Somehow she managed to climb ontop of her high chair and get into my cabinet with a coffee mug in each hand. I do believe I'm going to have my hands full! 

One year of blogging already?!

What?! I just realized I've been in the blogging world for over a year! I really have enjoyed blogging about my adventures as a new mom even though I've been slacking lately. 

E is growing like a weed! She is now climbing on everything she can reach. I found her on top of the tv stand the other day pointing to Mickey Mouse, and today I hear my keys fall and guess who's ontop of the dining room table? Yep, E! She's a monkey just like her daddy :) 

E will be 14 months old tomorrow but it feels like just yesterday I was bringing her home. This year has gone by so incredibly fast, slow down please! 

So a few fun facts about Ellie at 14 months old (almost, in 1 hour!) 

• Baby girl LOVES bananas! Like I have to hide in the closet to eat mine unless I only want one bite of it. And you better not say the B word unless you have one on hand to give her! 

• She has 8 teeth - but I think the molars are getting ready to cut :( 

• Her favorite book is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?" I'm telling you, I think we all have it memorized we read it so much! 

• She's wearing size 4-5 shoes and is in 12-18 months 

• She loves to be in water and swing and play at the park

• Loves, loves, loves to listen to daddy's music and dance! 

• Her favorite shows right now are Doc McStuffins and Mickey Mouse clubhouse 

First birthday?!

Yesterday was baby girls first birthday, where did the year go?! I can't believe I officially have a toddler!! I was actually pretty proud of myself, I didn't even cry ;)

We woke her up for a birthday breakfast of cinnamon rolls which she loved.

She got to spend the whole day with daddy and run errands while I worked. After I got off work, we went to my MIL for a cupcake celebration. Let me just tell you, my child was not so sure about the icing. She would touch it and start shaking her fingers, it was priceless. I would say she had a pretty good day :) 

Mr. Sandman, where are you?

I really wish I could sleep tonight since I have a long day at work tomorrow but I can't, to many things on my mind. I just keep thinking that my baby is going to be one on Tuesday, that's two days from now...2!!! My baby isn't going to be a baby anymore, she will be considered a toddler on Tuesday! I think I'm probably taking this a lot harder than I should and people probably think I'm crazy, but I can't help it! 

Then I keep thinking about her party, I want it to be perfect! I know she won't remember it but this is a BIG birthday, it's celebrating her very first year of birth so I want it to be special. Even if it doesn't turn out perfect, I have to remeber we will be surrounded by our family and friends who love and adore our sweet E, that's all the matters. But there is still lots of things left to do and so little time! 

This seems appropriate right about now! 

Goodnight moon, off to bed I go. 

11 months, oh my!

I know I'm a little late posting but E has been keeping us very busy! She's definitely on the go now :) 

Ok let's see where to start...we had our first family vacation planned for Port Aransas beach for several months and the week before we were leaving E started running a low grade temp. Being in the medical field, you try and diagnose every symptom or try to avoid the clinics and treat at home. Well I'm guilty of that. I gave E Tylenol that Thursday night and watched her all night. I started thinking about other little things I had noticed like her gagging after taking a bottle or trying to clear her throat, coughing here and there. Friday morning I checked her temp, no fever so I went to work. A few hours later Z called and said she had a low grade again so I came home. I finally decided to take her in to make sure it wasn't anything and if it was we could get her better by next Thursday. My poor girl ended up having strep throat! :( she was put on antibiotics and we were ready to feel better. She was definitely a trooper not once did she act like she felt bad! Well a few days later a rash appeared, long story short, we thought it was scarlatina but ended up she's allergic to amoxicillin. We got her meds changed and we were counting down the days till we left.  

We had these images of E running and playing in the water and having to chase her at the beach, Well that's not exactly how it went. Don't get me wrong she enjoyed the beach but she loved the sand the most. Which was fine because she helped daddy make a mermaid and she even had her own little sand pit to play in. 

We had a great time at the beach and it was a nice family vacation :) 

Once we got home and settled we had to start packing again for our camping trip! I think it's safe to say my child is definitely and outdoor baby. She loves everything outside. We only were able to stay Friday night and left Saturday so we didn't have a whole lot of time camping like we wished we could have, big we still had fun. 

After a long 2 weeks, it was so nice sleeping in my own bed and actually getting a good nights sleep! During all of that, E turned 11 months, has officially gone mobile, started whole milk today, and cut 2 more teeth and has a total of 6 now :) my baby girl is growing way to fast!!! In just a few short weeks she will be one!  How is that possible?!

10 months!

I'm a little late posting but that's ok. Ten months...I can't believe it! So much has changed in a month. E is now taking steps on her own! I think she gets tired of me trying to make her walk because after a few attempts she goes limp until she's on her hands and knees then she takes off in her "sprint-crawl" I call it. She loves to be chased, we could chase her for hours and she wouldn't get tired. She finds it hysterical :) She has also discovered eyes. I found that out the hard way when she poked me in the eye, but I took it as a learning opportunity and told her those were momma's eyes. Now she likes to poke my eyes when I pick her up. E has tried some new food here lately too. We've introduced her to meats and this girl LOVES chicken, like pick it up in hand fulls and shove it in her mouth! We've given her mac n cheese, she wasn't as excited about it as I thought she would be. She's also tried bread this week and think it's safe to say she liked it, she will be getting grilled cheeses now. :) 

E's little personality is starting to show a lot more now too. She's as sweet as can be but she sure does have a little temper. She's very determined I would say. She continually will try something even after you tell her no, for instance playing in the dog food or trying to get in the trash. I think she may even be a little stubborn like me (uh oh sorry babe!) Speaking of my husband, E's vocabulary has increased some and I'm pretty sure she's been calling my husband by his first name! I think it's hilarious but I'm sure he doesn't so we make sure to correct her. She is also doing this whispering thing that sounds like "what's that?" Like if she here's a noise or the phone rings she drops her tone of voice into a whisper and says "what's that?" It is the most adorable thing ever.  

My sweet girl is just growing way to fast and I'm not sure I'm ready for her to be one yet. Planning her birthday party is sad enough but when someone informed me today that she would no longer be considered an infant but a toddler after her first birthday, I thought I was literally going to cry! I just can't believe it. 

9 months already?!

I can't beleive my baby is 9 months old already!! We had E's well child check on Wednesday and everything was great. She passed her developmental test they had me fill out and is growing like a weed. E is 18.09lb (40%) and 27.75" long (50%). E doesn't walk yet but she sure tries! She's crawling and climbing on everything and getting into everything!! She's starting to get brave and let go of things and just stand there, I'm pretty sure I'll have a walker soon.  She now has 4 teeth, yes 4!! She also likes to bite now which is a huge no-no but she's just so darn cute it's hard to be mad at her when she smiles at you right after you get onto her. E has learned how to play "so big" and she is adorable when she does it. Maybe I'm a little biased but I can't help it ;) something else E has started is signing to me. She showed me "more" a few days ago but I wasn't sure that's what she was saying until she kept doing it every time I asked if she wanted more lol. It's just so hard to believe my baby is growing so fast. 9 months flew right past me and now she's almost one. :( before I know it, it will be party time. 

8 months old

Today E turned 8 months old and I just can't believe how fast these 8 months have flown by. It's so crazy how much changes in one month. Last month she was just now starting to crawl and sit up and this month she is pulling up and standing by herself! It's so amazing to watch her grow and to see all of the things she's learning. Her favorite thing right now is waving and saying bye bye and she is just adorable when she does it! She's also started grabbing my phone and putting it to her ear likes she's talking, I guess that means I'm on my phone to much ;) 

We have still be introducing new foods and so far we have only found a couple of foods that upset her tummy. Asparagus and cantaloupe were pretty rough on her tummy so we will hold off on those for a while. I've also been trying to introduce a sippy cup to her. The sippy cup I wanted to use was the sassy grow up cup which is an awesome cup and SLP approved :) she did ok with it at first and even got some water out of it but now she just wants to play with it so we may try switching to a different cup. Any suggestions? 

A little Monday humor

As I'm browsing through Pinterest getting ideas for my picture wall and looking at 1st birthday party ideas (I know I'm planning super early!) I came across this funny and had to share! 

Happy Monday everyone! 

Eating slump

My sweet girl has been on the move! She's rolling and scooting everywhere and even trying to sit up by herself! At our last check up, we were given the ok to start giving E 2 meals a day including cereal and fruit/veggies. She's been tolerating that well but for some reason this last week she has not been taking a bottle. At most she would eat 15oz a day which is not normal for her. I started to get really worried about her not getting enough nutrients and possible dehydration so I called the pediatrician. I was told to stop her meals and force the bottle. Easier said than done! E cried and cried for dinner tonight so I let her have some cereal and applesauce, she was content after her tummy was full! She's done well with her feedings today so hopefully we are getting through this slump. I'll keep you posted. 

6 month checkup

E is growing like a weed! We had her checkup on Wednesday and she was 25.5" long and 15.05 lbs, my big girl :) I always dread these checkups because I hate watching her get shots. Being a nurse, I can give kids shots no problem but when it's your own child it's so heartbreaking. E did so good though, she got her shots and cried for a few seconds then smiled at her daddy!

While we were at the visit our pediatrician said it looked like E might get her second tooth soon and sure enough my sweet girl had her second tooth break through the gum on Thursday! E has been doing so good with trying new foods, I haven't found a fruit or vegetable she doesn't like so far but I did find out she doesn't like oatmeal cereal, I can not get her to eat it at all. We were also told we could feed her cereal and a food twice a day now but E isn't so sure she likes eating cereal twice a day because she has yet to finish a meal since then! We did try avocado tonight and it was definitely a hit :) 

E's first tooth!

I'm so excited, E got her first tooth! She has been drooling and chewing on everything lately so I've been feeling her gums daily and haven't felt anything.  Today when I got home from work she put my pinky in her mouth and I felt something sharp so I rubbed my finger over her gum again,sure enough she had a little tooth! I was so excited I yelled "oh my gosh E you have a tooth!" Of course being the emotional momma I am I started crying! lol we had to call Daddy right away, he was at work and just as happy :) 

Our baby girl is growing up so fast, she will be six months old tomorrow and I just can't believe it. Can't time slow down some? 

Sad momma

I am one sad momma tonight. I work in a clinic and the flu has been spreading like wild fire, so I knew it would be just a matter of time before I got it if I was going to...but serously, did it have to be today on Christams Eve?!

I went in to work this morning and got swabbed and sure enough I was positive for the flu. I've been feeling fine and the only reason I wanted to be examined was because I thought I had a sinus infection. Nope, the flu. I got sent home and was told to not to hold my sweet girl or get to close to her to avoid giving her the flu. She was in the clinic this morning as well for a goopy eye so we went ahead and swabbed her for the flu while she was there, negative thank goodness! 

We had Christmas at my house tonight and it was so hard not holding E and helping her open presents and tomorrow we are suppose to have Christmas with my husbands family but E and I will be missing out on that. This sucks, her first Christmas and I can't even hold her or help her open gifts. I'm probably rambling on but I'm pretty upset about ruining E's first Christmas :(

I also wore a mask tonight to avoid getting anyone else sick, thank goodness my sweet niece didn't want me to be the only one wearing a silly mask so she wore one too! Love her! :)

I'm going to make the best out of this holiday and enjoy my sweet girl no matter what! 

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas! 

I love the holidays

It's been a crazy few weeks between Thanksgiving dinners and trying to Christmas shop! 

We had a good Thanksgiving but my little family was pretty tired after our busy day! We spent that morning at Z parent's house. We listened to Christmas music and finished up cooking the last of the sides for our lunch. The kids played and the guys watched football, which isn't a good idea when your baby is in the next room sleeping! After lunch at my in laws we made our way to my dad's house to visit with them. They had just finished eating and everyone was lounging around watching the football game. E is the center of attention of course and has everyone fighting over who is going to hold her! Sh speak mind one but, she knows she's spoiled :) 

E had this adorable turkey shirt on that her Aunt Christina had made for her and she absolutely loved it. She tried to eat the ribbon the entire time, it was like our own Taggies outfit. 

Unfortunately I had to work Black Friday so I didn't get to go shopping but that's ok I made up for it by online shopping ;) 

My family is so ready for Christmas this year we had our tree up before Thanksgiving! I think Christmas is going to be sooo much fun this year because it's E's first Christmas and our first Christmas in our home! It's finally starting to feel like December to but the weather here lately has been pretty crazy. One day it was almost 80 degrees and the next it was below freezing, crazy Texas weather! 

I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving and I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas just in case I don't blog again until after Christmas! 

Cara Box Reveal!

Ok so this was my first time doing the Cara Box exchange and I loved it! I had a great time getting to know both of the girls. If you don't know what the Cara Box exchange is go check it out, it's a great way to meet and make friends from around the world and send them some things based off of what they like but sticking to a theme, The theme this time was Fall, my favorite time of the year! What you do is get linked up with two ladies, you get to know them both for about a month and you send a box to one the ladies and the other one sends to you.

I got paired up with two lovely ladies Stephanie and Ami. Both of these girls were so sweet and I enjoyed getting to know them both. The more we talked the more we had in common, football lovers, coffee drinkers, hoodie and boot lovers, and most of all we adore our kids. :)

I received my box from Stephanie and it was kind of short notice but it all worked out. She was super sweet and sent me and E both some things. :)

 

I got so excited about my coffee mug I forgot to put it with the rest of the box to take a picture of it lol. I love everything I got and I know E does too!

 

I definitely enjoyed doing this and I can't wait to do it again! :)

Busy girl

Sorry it's been a while since I've blogged.

We've been busy since the last post, or I should say E has been busy. She's rolled over a few times from her belly to her back! She was so funny when she did this, she was doing tummy time then turned onto her side, she was trying so hard to roll over she started getting mad and crying, when she finally did roll over she was shocked I think because she looked at us like "what just happened?" I was so excited and we even got it on video! E is officially signed up for preschool! I know this may sound silly but there are very few preschools in our town so the waiting list is long. I know people who registered their kids before they were even born! I had mixed emotions about this, I was happy thinking about the future but sad thinking about her being that old and how fast time is going.
She has also started grabbing at things and trying to eat everything in sight!

E turned four month old on the 8th and we went to her four month well child check and she took her shots like a champ! She cried for a few seconds and then just kind of whimpered and made "ow" sounds lol. She is growing so fast she now weighs 13.03  pounds and is 23.5 inches long. She's growing perfectly! :)

We gave E cereal for the first time last night and she wasn't real sure on what to think about it. She would push it out and make a face then smile, I think it's growing on her because she seemed to enjoy it tonight. in a couple of weeks I'm going to add bananas and see how that goes!

Introducing formula

The sad day has come. I've started feeding E formula. :( 

 Since I've been back to work my supply dropped drastically. Even with two 15 minute breaks my supply decreased. I guess it's my fault because there would be days I was just so busy at work I would forget to pump. I hate that I didn't make it to my 6 month goal but I'm glad I was able to provide her with breast milk for almost 4 months. On Saturday I started the transition from breast milk to formula. E doesn't seem to mind, it bothers me more than it does her. I'm not saying anything bad about formula feeding your baby, it just wasn't my choice and I'm glad I at least was able to breast feed while it lasted. 

Pumpkin patch fun!

It's officially fall y'all, and I'm so excited! This is my favorite time if year :) 

This is a late post by the way. Last Saturday we went to the Sweet Berry Farms pumpkin patch and it was such a neat place. When we got there it started to rain and it got really hot and humid! I made E a cute orange tutu to match her pumpkin shirt but we didn't leave it on her for long because it was just to hot. We were all soaking wet from sweat. We got some really cute pictures and got to pick out 3 nice pumpkins for our family of 3! :) I think we may wait until E is a little bigger before we take her back but we had a good time anyways! 

Baby girl is getting big

We had a busy weekend this weekend. Our friends from out of town came to visit  and to meet E for the first time, we had a great time catching up and laughing!  

Today I did my first full day back at work. It was hard but I came home for lunch and saw my sweet girl so I managed to make it through the rest of the day. Today was also Daddy's first day to keep E all day by himself. I think he did pretty good! ;) Z is a fireman and works 24/48 and keeps E on his two days off. I think he's pretty lucky to have those two special days with her for daddy/daughter bonding. 

We went to my in laws tonight for supper and I set E down in the bumbo for the first time tonight and she did so good! She looked like such a big girl, I can't believe how big she is getting.