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| Purple flower outfit, polka-dot blanket |
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| Hanging out with Mr. Bear |
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| Baby chair at G-ma and G-pa's house |
Thursday, October 10, 2013
TBT
Here we go! Throwback time!
GO LYNX!!!! They are playing game 3 of the finals as I write this post.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Bottles
I've kind of been at a loss about what to post this week. Callie started extended day preschool so she was gone all day Monday and today. Yesterday was a great day. No major screaming fits or attitude... just a pleasant day and we had fun.
Since Callie was gone I spent a lot of Monday and today holding a sleeping baby. Which means I watched a lot of Netflix and laid on our bed.
And I'll be honest...I was a little bit bored! I've been so used to the fast paced world of living with a preschooler, that just having to take care of a sleeping baby was...well...calm.
I'm sorry, future Maya, I don't mean you are boring, I just felt very strange being "forced" to lay in bed and hold you. (Because remember your sleeping rules? You still hold fast to needing to do most of your napping in someone's arms).
But don't get me wrong, baby snuggles are THE BEST. So I'll take as much as I can get, and I'm thankful to have this one-on-one time with baby #2.
Speaking of baby #2, she has ZERO interest in bottles.
Gulp.
We've tried different kinds of bottles. We've tried it with me out of the house. We've tried it when she's hungry. We've tried it when she's not. We've tried it when holding her. We've tried it with her on her pink chair.
No matter what, we're met with either screaming resistance, or playing around not sucking.
So we have less than 3 weeks to get this figured out, or it is going to be a TOUGH transition when I go back to work.
Why is it that the only other things that go in her mouth she will suck on (almost) immediately, but will just gum or ignore the bottle EVERY SINGLE TIME?
If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to send them our way.
Since Callie was gone I spent a lot of Monday and today holding a sleeping baby. Which means I watched a lot of Netflix and laid on our bed.
And I'll be honest...I was a little bit bored! I've been so used to the fast paced world of living with a preschooler, that just having to take care of a sleeping baby was...well...calm.
I'm sorry, future Maya, I don't mean you are boring, I just felt very strange being "forced" to lay in bed and hold you. (Because remember your sleeping rules? You still hold fast to needing to do most of your napping in someone's arms).
But don't get me wrong, baby snuggles are THE BEST. So I'll take as much as I can get, and I'm thankful to have this one-on-one time with baby #2.
Speaking of baby #2, she has ZERO interest in bottles.
Gulp.
We've tried different kinds of bottles. We've tried it with me out of the house. We've tried it when she's hungry. We've tried it when she's not. We've tried it when holding her. We've tried it with her on her pink chair.
No matter what, we're met with either screaming resistance, or playing around not sucking.
So we have less than 3 weeks to get this figured out, or it is going to be a TOUGH transition when I go back to work.
Why is it that the only other things that go in her mouth she will suck on (almost) immediately, but will just gum or ignore the bottle EVERY SINGLE TIME?
If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to send them our way.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Weekend Wrap-Up
We had a really fun weekend! It started Friday night when we went to Edinborough for some indoor play time at the bounce house and the gym.
Then on Saturday Callie participated in her first solo race! She did the Toddler Trot as part of the TC Marathon weekend. It was a 50 yard dash with a bunch of other 3-year-olds and it was awesome.
Callie's First Race!! from Baby Goose on Vimeo.
She was very proud of her "gold medal."
Later that night we went downtown to have dinner at Boom andBops' house...and then to Izzy's for ice cream!
Before bedtime we had some family cuddle time.
Today we went to church and then hung around the house. Auntie Cat came over to play too!
Then Chris and I went to the 1st game of the WNBA finals. The Lynx won!!! We got to sit courtside with my parents, so we were REALLY close up to the players...our favorite is (who else?) Maya Moore!
G-ma and G-pa babysat again...and did some dancing!
I have 3 weeks left of maternity leave. I can't believe how fast it has gone, and how long a "summer" I have had. I hope I remember how to teach when I go back!
Then on Saturday Callie participated in her first solo race! She did the Toddler Trot as part of the TC Marathon weekend. It was a 50 yard dash with a bunch of other 3-year-olds and it was awesome.
Callie's First Race!! from Baby Goose on Vimeo.
She was very proud of her "gold medal."
Later that night we went downtown to have dinner at Boom andBops' house...and then to Izzy's for ice cream!
Before bedtime we had some family cuddle time.
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| Kona wanted in on the fun, but couldn't figure out how to face the camera. |
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| Helping Mom with laundry |
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| Daddy and his girls |
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| Reading with Auntie Cat |
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| Bouncy baby! |
Then Chris and I went to the 1st game of the WNBA finals. The Lynx won!!! We got to sit courtside with my parents, so we were REALLY close up to the players...our favorite is (who else?) Maya Moore!
G-ma and G-pa babysat again...and did some dancing!
I have 3 weeks left of maternity leave. I can't believe how fast it has gone, and how long a "summer" I have had. I hope I remember how to teach when I go back!
Friday, October 4, 2013
Favorite-Things-Phone-Dump Friday
This has been quite a week. Monday feels like so long ago. Here are the favorite things:
Have a great weekend!
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| Favorite Thing #1: Miss Independent She likes to do things on her own, which is just fine with me. Unless it deals with water. |
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| Favorite Thing #2: Miss Squish Smiling more and screaming less...I'll take it. |
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| Favorite Thing #3: The girls LOVE THEM |
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| Favorite Thing #4: Beautiful weather |
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| Favorite Thing #5: Caribou A place for Mommy and Baby to go during preschool. A place to drive-thru 30 minutes before bedtime to calm cranky girls. |
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| Favorite Thing #6: Family trip to the MOA |
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| Favorite Thing #7: Preschool field trip to the Apple Orchard! |
Thursday, October 3, 2013
TBT
It's Throwback time!
I have FOUR of them for you today...three normal ones and one that's all Callie.
I have FOUR of them for you today...three normal ones and one that's all Callie.
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| Now that it is getting cooler, Maya can wear more of Callie's baby stuff. |
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| It's BUMBO time!!! |
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| Callie and Callie in the BUMBO! |
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| Baby Panda |
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
That Time When Your 3-Year-Old Floods the Upstairs Bathroom and You End Up with Holes in Your Mudroom Ceiling
So our mudroom ceiling currently looks like this:
Huh, you might say to yourself. I wonder why they have holes in their ceiling?
Let me tell you what happened. It was a string of unfortunate events leading up to one big catastrophe.
Around 1:15, nap time rolled around. Callie actually napped both Monday and Tuesday, and since she had preschool today I figured she'd be tired enough to nap today too. But after about 15 minutes she came down asking if she could have quiet time instead.
I decided not to fight the battle. So I went upstairs, put the timer on, and went back downstairs to try and get Maya to sleep. She was doing great and playing with her toys.
Then Maya got fussy and I stopped paying attention to the monitor.
BIG MISTAKE.
After about 5 minutes I got Maya calmed down and started feeding her, and I heard the water running upstairs. I yelled at Callie to turn it off, which in turn made Maya upset again, so I decided to just finish feeding her and then check on the three-year-old. The water did not stop but I figured she was just playing in the sink like she likes to do sometimes.
BIG MISTAKE.
Five minutes later I decided to end the feeding early because I STILL heard the water. I came up to find this:
You can't really see it, but there is a TON of standing water on the bathroom floor, and as you can see, the water also seeped out into the carpet outside the bathroom. Her shirt is soaked and she isn't wearing pants or undies. She spent at least the ten minutes that I was dealing with Maya downstairs, dumping full cups of water onto the floor. Just for fun. She also managed to dump some in her room.
Chris got home shortly after (thank goodness), talked to G-pa, and within an hour or so he and Chris were drilling holes in the ceiling trying to figure out the extent of the damage.
G-ma took Callie since Chris and I were BEYOND pissed, and I took Maya and went out to eat with Adrea (who unfortunately for her had to witness almost the entire debacle).
Needless to say, we talked to Callie about how she was really in trouble. Her iPad privileges are gone until the ceiling is fixed. TROUBLE.
After I picked her up tonight, we were driving home and the Taylor Swift song "Trouble" came on. I just started laughing and I couldn't stop. Partly because of how we had talked about how she was in TROUBLE, and partly because I couldn't stop picturing the screaming goats version of the song.
Haven't seen it? Here you go:
So there's the story. Thanks to G-ma and G-pa for swooping in and helping us out when we were in crisis mode. Family rocks.
I hope your Wednesday evening ended without you getting holes in your ceiling, because it really kinda sucks.
Huh, you might say to yourself. I wonder why they have holes in their ceiling?
Let me tell you what happened. It was a string of unfortunate events leading up to one big catastrophe.
Around 1:15, nap time rolled around. Callie actually napped both Monday and Tuesday, and since she had preschool today I figured she'd be tired enough to nap today too. But after about 15 minutes she came down asking if she could have quiet time instead.
I decided not to fight the battle. So I went upstairs, put the timer on, and went back downstairs to try and get Maya to sleep. She was doing great and playing with her toys.
Then Maya got fussy and I stopped paying attention to the monitor.
BIG MISTAKE.
After about 5 minutes I got Maya calmed down and started feeding her, and I heard the water running upstairs. I yelled at Callie to turn it off, which in turn made Maya upset again, so I decided to just finish feeding her and then check on the three-year-old. The water did not stop but I figured she was just playing in the sink like she likes to do sometimes.
BIG MISTAKE.
Five minutes later I decided to end the feeding early because I STILL heard the water. I came up to find this:
You can't really see it, but there is a TON of standing water on the bathroom floor, and as you can see, the water also seeped out into the carpet outside the bathroom. Her shirt is soaked and she isn't wearing pants or undies. She spent at least the ten minutes that I was dealing with Maya downstairs, dumping full cups of water onto the floor. Just for fun. She also managed to dump some in her room.
Chris got home shortly after (thank goodness), talked to G-pa, and within an hour or so he and Chris were drilling holes in the ceiling trying to figure out the extent of the damage.
G-ma took Callie since Chris and I were BEYOND pissed, and I took Maya and went out to eat with Adrea (who unfortunately for her had to witness almost the entire debacle).
Needless to say, we talked to Callie about how she was really in trouble. Her iPad privileges are gone until the ceiling is fixed. TROUBLE.
After I picked her up tonight, we were driving home and the Taylor Swift song "Trouble" came on. I just started laughing and I couldn't stop. Partly because of how we had talked about how she was in TROUBLE, and partly because I couldn't stop picturing the screaming goats version of the song.
Haven't seen it? Here you go:
So there's the story. Thanks to G-ma and G-pa for swooping in and helping us out when we were in crisis mode. Family rocks.
I hope your Wednesday evening ended without you getting holes in your ceiling, because it really kinda sucks.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Sleep- Update
It is rather funny (and kind of amazing) that after Maya "posted" her sleeping rules, she broke a lot of them today.
The most exciting one she broke was SLEEPING UNTIL 6AM this morning! She ate about 10:30 last night, didn't fall asleep until after 11, but the SLEPT TIL MORNING. Like regular morning, not middle of the night morning. I awoke with a start at 5:30am and looked at her sleeping away peacefully. It was pretty awesome.
THEN, during two of her naps today SHE LET ME PUT HER DOWN. The following two pictures show her napping OUT of my arms and on the bed on two different occasions.
You guys, I got to fold laundry! And I didn't have to wake my left arm up after falling totally asleep.
I don't expect all of this great sleep stuff to happen again, though, because that would just be weird. I've gotten used to losing feeling in my left arm because of holding a 13+ pounder just so, and being able to get stuff done during the day? I have no idea what that is even like and can't fathom it still.
But I'll take WHATEVER baby steps she gives me...sleep related, that is. Totally not ready for ACTUAL baby steps yet.
The most exciting one she broke was SLEEPING UNTIL 6AM this morning! She ate about 10:30 last night, didn't fall asleep until after 11, but the SLEPT TIL MORNING. Like regular morning, not middle of the night morning. I awoke with a start at 5:30am and looked at her sleeping away peacefully. It was pretty awesome.
THEN, during two of her naps today SHE LET ME PUT HER DOWN. The following two pictures show her napping OUT of my arms and on the bed on two different occasions.
You guys, I got to fold laundry! And I didn't have to wake my left arm up after falling totally asleep.
I don't expect all of this great sleep stuff to happen again, though, because that would just be weird. I've gotten used to losing feeling in my left arm because of holding a 13+ pounder just so, and being able to get stuff done during the day? I have no idea what that is even like and can't fathom it still.
But I'll take WHATEVER baby steps she gives me...sleep related, that is. Totally not ready for ACTUAL baby steps yet.
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