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. 

2 month old well child check...

Today we took E to her 2 month well child check. She is growing perfectly! she is 21.5 inches long and 10 pounds even, our baby girl is growing, growing, growing!! She had to get vaccinations today and after talking with the pediatrician, we decided to go ahead and give E all vaccines at one time instead of spreading them out like we originally thought about doing. I feel confident in my decision and feel like this was what's best for her. 

Now when she got her shots, she cried and turned bright red...mommy cried and probably turned red too! It's so hard watching your child get stuck and be in pain even when you know it's for their own good! Now after seeing that and how hard I took it, I'm not even sure I coulf have been able to handle her getting shots every month. 

My baby girl is getting so big! 

Going back to work

I successfully survived my first week back at work! Even though I'm only working half a day for a few weeks, it was still extremely hard leaving my baby girl in the mornings and being away from her for 4 hours. When I would get home and look at her, I felt as if she changed in just a matter of hours. I hate the thought of being away from her and missing some of her firsts, but we are lucky enough to have my grandma watch her!  As much as I would like to be a stay at home mom, it's just not an option...unless we win the lotto! ;)