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| She woke up with this "mohawk" |
On a sad note, my parents dog, Simba, is not doing too well. So, Natalie and I will be heading up north this weekend to see him, hopefully he makes it at least through tomorrow!
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| Back in June |
Keeping up with our family and our everyday little adventures!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Let's walk...
...on our knees! Instead of walking on her feet, Natalie has recently started walking on her knees. I don't think she quite realizes she can move faster if she walks!
She is getting used to using a sippy cup at mealtimes (mostly dinners). Tonight was nice to have Bobby home on-time and got to eat dinner with us, and feed Miss Natalie! She is now eating our food or the little Gerber toddler entrees. Tonight, she enjoyed chicken and wagon wheel noodles with carrots and peas. As well as Cheerios (the girl LOVES Cheerios)!
On a sad note, my parents dog, Simba, is not doing too well. So, Natalie and I will be heading up north this weekend to see him, hopefully he makes it at least through tomorrow!
On a sad note, my parents dog, Simba, is not doing too well. So, Natalie and I will be heading up north this weekend to see him, hopefully he makes it at least through tomorrow!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
1st Birthday Invitation
Natalie has been sleeping really good this week! I am so thankful!
I sent out her 1st Birthday invitations on Saturday. I think they turned out pretty cute for doing them myself, with some technical help from Bobby, too!
I sent out her 1st Birthday invitations on Saturday. I think they turned out pretty cute for doing them myself, with some technical help from Bobby, too!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Sleeping Saga Update
After the horrible sleeping by Natalie a couple nights ago, we actually had a good night of sleep!
I had been telling Natalie all day yesterday that I was going to let her "cry it out" and that I wasn't going to come in and pick her up and try to rock her back to sleep, so she better prepare herself! As if she could really understand what I was saying! I had even titled my future blog post about having her "cry it out," but luckily didn't have to use it!
After not sleeping the night before, well just sleeping 2 hours at a time. She only took 2 30 minute naps. I tried keeping her awake longer yesterday night, and we made it until 9:30/9:45p. I had not told Bobby about the "crying it out" thing since he hadn't been home. On his way home, I also had him stop and pick up whole milk since she was almost out of formula (yes, I know they recommend not starting babies until they turn a year old, but I also know of others that started earlier and did just fine...so we will see). So, I went to bed after Bobby saying to me "Why are you going to bed?" All I was thinking was 'Really?! I was just up with your daughter all night!'
Well, Natalie woke up at 1am, Bobby went in to get her since I didn't tell him my plan. She only drank 2oz of the whole milk and fell right back to sleep...and...drumroll please...she slept until 8:30am! I was so happy! Also, today she took a great afternoon nap of 1.5-2 hours. We did have to use the "cry it out" technique for a bit with naptime and it worked!
Who knows what made her sleep much better?! It could be a combination of several factors: being really tired from lack of sleep from the night before and not taking a good nap; I put a fan on in her room for 'white noise' all night; kept her up later; fed her some oatmeal (she didn't eat much) since she was up later; and she had just a little whole milk. I don't really care what was the determining factor, I'm just glad she slept and I'm really glad about not having to let her "cry it out" because I hate listening to her scream/cry. Not that I pick her up every time she cries, but her screaming cries I do, but not the whimpering cries.
Natalie is completely over baby food I believe and is completely interested in our food from our plates. This morning she had some oatmeal and then I gave her pieces of banana, which she preferred just to smoosh in her hand and not eat until she was allowed to take a bite out of the actual banana that Bobby was eating off of, then she ate her smaller pieces.
Tonight, she went to bed around 8:15/8:30p, so I'm sure I'll have an update tomorrow. I'm just hoping it turns out to be a good update!
I had been telling Natalie all day yesterday that I was going to let her "cry it out" and that I wasn't going to come in and pick her up and try to rock her back to sleep, so she better prepare herself! As if she could really understand what I was saying! I had even titled my future blog post about having her "cry it out," but luckily didn't have to use it!
After not sleeping the night before, well just sleeping 2 hours at a time. She only took 2 30 minute naps. I tried keeping her awake longer yesterday night, and we made it until 9:30/9:45p. I had not told Bobby about the "crying it out" thing since he hadn't been home. On his way home, I also had him stop and pick up whole milk since she was almost out of formula (yes, I know they recommend not starting babies until they turn a year old, but I also know of others that started earlier and did just fine...so we will see). So, I went to bed after Bobby saying to me "Why are you going to bed?" All I was thinking was 'Really?! I was just up with your daughter all night!'
Well, Natalie woke up at 1am, Bobby went in to get her since I didn't tell him my plan. She only drank 2oz of the whole milk and fell right back to sleep...and...drumroll please...she slept until 8:30am! I was so happy! Also, today she took a great afternoon nap of 1.5-2 hours. We did have to use the "cry it out" technique for a bit with naptime and it worked!
Who knows what made her sleep much better?! It could be a combination of several factors: being really tired from lack of sleep from the night before and not taking a good nap; I put a fan on in her room for 'white noise' all night; kept her up later; fed her some oatmeal (she didn't eat much) since she was up later; and she had just a little whole milk. I don't really care what was the determining factor, I'm just glad she slept and I'm really glad about not having to let her "cry it out" because I hate listening to her scream/cry. Not that I pick her up every time she cries, but her screaming cries I do, but not the whimpering cries.
Natalie is completely over baby food I believe and is completely interested in our food from our plates. This morning she had some oatmeal and then I gave her pieces of banana, which she preferred just to smoosh in her hand and not eat until she was allowed to take a bite out of the actual banana that Bobby was eating off of, then she ate her smaller pieces.
Tonight, she went to bed around 8:15/8:30p, so I'm sure I'll have an update tomorrow. I'm just hoping it turns out to be a good update!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
As I sit here...
As I sit here at 4:23am...been awake since 3:45am...thanks to no one else but...yep, you guessed it...Natalie, I keep wondering...how the heck am I going to do this with 2 babies?! Hopefully, baby #2 will be a good sleeper for the first 6-8 months like Natalie WAS! So, maybe that will give Natalie the time she needs to STOP getting up every 2-3 hours at night and start actually SLEEPING! At first I felt bad for her because she was just getting over being sick, but that feeling has now left and I feel more annoyed!
Tonight she went to bed around 8/8:30p, got up at 10p and drank a bottle. Got up at 1:15am and drank a bottle. Got up at 3:45a and did not want a bottle or need changed, just wanted to play and would get made if I left the room. So, by 4:00am I just sat in the office (next to her room) and browsed Pinterest until 4:25a when she finally was sleeping (I hope). I'm afraid to go into the room to check on her because usually when I do she is laying down being quite and then as soon as she hears you...up pops her head and a little "hi" comes out of her mouth...such the stinker.
I thought also being on the computer I could find ways to get her to sleep through the night again, but didn't really come up with anything. She used to sleep SO good...I can't handle this sleep-deprive thing. And, where do you think Bobby (and Rusty) are?! Of course, ASLEEP!!!! Even though, the baby monitor is right next to Bobby's head...seriously, you can't hear our crying/screaming child?! I find that hard to believe...I'm going to say Bobby has really good "selective hearing!"
4:31am: She's crying again (more like an annoying whimpering)...ugh!
Update: Up again at 5:45am and 7:45am. I made Bobby get up with her at 5:45 and I brought her into our bed at 7:45, and of course she just wanted to play. So, Bobby put some toys in her crib and put her back in it, but that only lasted until 8:30am. Now we (Natalie and I) are awake for the day, I hope she has some good naps in her future because she is going to be a grump! Guess who is still sleeping?! Yep...you guessed right!
I don't know what caused her "unsleepiness" but it seems like she is getting/has a cold since she is sneezy and the return of the runny nose...yay! She also had her last dose of her flu shot as well yesterday, so who knows. But let's hope tonight is better!
Tonight she went to bed around 8/8:30p, got up at 10p and drank a bottle. Got up at 1:15am and drank a bottle. Got up at 3:45a and did not want a bottle or need changed, just wanted to play and would get made if I left the room. So, by 4:00am I just sat in the office (next to her room) and browsed Pinterest until 4:25a when she finally was sleeping (I hope). I'm afraid to go into the room to check on her because usually when I do she is laying down being quite and then as soon as she hears you...up pops her head and a little "hi" comes out of her mouth...such the stinker.
I thought also being on the computer I could find ways to get her to sleep through the night again, but didn't really come up with anything. She used to sleep SO good...I can't handle this sleep-deprive thing. And, where do you think Bobby (and Rusty) are?! Of course, ASLEEP!!!! Even though, the baby monitor is right next to Bobby's head...seriously, you can't hear our crying/screaming child?! I find that hard to believe...I'm going to say Bobby has really good "selective hearing!"
4:31am: She's crying again (more like an annoying whimpering)...ugh!
Update: Up again at 5:45am and 7:45am. I made Bobby get up with her at 5:45 and I brought her into our bed at 7:45, and of course she just wanted to play. So, Bobby put some toys in her crib and put her back in it, but that only lasted until 8:30am. Now we (Natalie and I) are awake for the day, I hope she has some good naps in her future because she is going to be a grump! Guess who is still sleeping?! Yep...you guessed right!
I don't know what caused her "unsleepiness" but it seems like she is getting/has a cold since she is sneezy and the return of the runny nose...yay! She also had her last dose of her flu shot as well yesterday, so who knows. But let's hope tonight is better!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Basketball
Bobby is in the church basketball league and tonight was the first night Natalie and I were able to make it to a game. Usually they are too late and she is already in bed or should be about ready for bed. I wasn't sure how she would do since it is about an hour long or so, but she actually loved it. She sat still (for the most part) on my lap to watch her Daddy play. She was laughing and clapping. Her attention was on the most of the game! I hope she continues to enjoy basketball because I would love to go see her play when she gets older!
Monday, January 2, 2012
New Year's weekend
We really didn't do a whole lot! Basically just stayed home and hung out. We slept in which was nice (Natalie too), but Natalie also woke up a lot at night (on average 2 times). I don't think she has gotten in her sleeping routine since being sick!
On New Year's Eve, the only plans we had were that we were invited to one of Bobby's co-workers parties, but we didn't have a babysitter. We didn't really ask for a babysitter either because we figured everyone else would have plans and I didn't really want to take her anywhere with the Christmas flu she had, even though she is definitely feeling much better! So, instead, we had an impromptu gathering with 2 other couples. We had a good time and didn't go to bed until 3:30a (Natalie was STILL awake)! Natalie went to bed around 8p, but then was up by 10p and stayed up to watch the ball drop. I thought for sure she would go to bed shortly after that, but NO! She stayed awake until who knows when because I fell asleep at 3:30a and she was still awake at that time! Silly girl!
She tried my sparkling cider (non-alcoholic of course) and HATED it:) On her 2nd little sip, she spit several times afterwards, so she was not a big fan!
Sunday was Natalie's 1st day in the nursery at church and she did great! Give her a toy and she's good for awhile unless she's tired. At our church, your child has a number and if you see that number on the screen during the service, it means to come back and get your child...we didn't have any of that (not that I thought we would)!
Our living room turns into a disaster area when she is awake and playing! However, with all of her toys, she still prefers to go after Rusty's toys and Bobby's electronics.
I should have taken a video of her tonight because she was nuts! I was Skyping with my parents and she was all over the place, then would stop and jump up and down! Hopefully she wore herself out enough to sleep through the night...if only I could be so lucky :)
On New Year's Eve, the only plans we had were that we were invited to one of Bobby's co-workers parties, but we didn't have a babysitter. We didn't really ask for a babysitter either because we figured everyone else would have plans and I didn't really want to take her anywhere with the Christmas flu she had, even though she is definitely feeling much better! So, instead, we had an impromptu gathering with 2 other couples. We had a good time and didn't go to bed until 3:30a (Natalie was STILL awake)! Natalie went to bed around 8p, but then was up by 10p and stayed up to watch the ball drop. I thought for sure she would go to bed shortly after that, but NO! She stayed awake until who knows when because I fell asleep at 3:30a and she was still awake at that time! Silly girl!
She tried my sparkling cider (non-alcoholic of course) and HATED it:) On her 2nd little sip, she spit several times afterwards, so she was not a big fan!
Sunday was Natalie's 1st day in the nursery at church and she did great! Give her a toy and she's good for awhile unless she's tired. At our church, your child has a number and if you see that number on the screen during the service, it means to come back and get your child...we didn't have any of that (not that I thought we would)!
Our living room turns into a disaster area when she is awake and playing! However, with all of her toys, she still prefers to go after Rusty's toys and Bobby's electronics.
I should have taken a video of her tonight because she was nuts! I was Skyping with my parents and she was all over the place, then would stop and jump up and down! Hopefully she wore herself out enough to sleep through the night...if only I could be so lucky :)
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Happy New Year!
We have had an AMAZING year and look forward to the many blessings to come in the year 2012! Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I would be pregnant...AGAIN! ...for the 2nd New Year's in a row!
Shining Moments of 2011:
January:
February:
The rest of the year was pretty much a whirlwind, but I'll try to just hit on the main parts. Filled with LOTS of firsts! Bobby and I learned a lot (still learning) about balancing parenting and marriage, which is extremely difficult by the way!
March: Natalie got her first of many "sniffles." She got out of newborn diapers and moved into size 1. We had our first date night since she was born.
April: Natalie had her first long sleep...9 hours! Also, started sleeping in her crib. She rolled over! Celebrated Easter.
May: My 1st Mother's Day. Bobby ran the Mini and I walked it. My great-grandma (Natalie's great-great grandma) passed away. I started back to work :( and Aunt Amanda started watching Natalie and living with us 3 days a week (what a lifesaver)!
June: We started the process of buying a new home and putting our other one on the market (still on the market...grrr). Natalie's 1st taste of baby cereal. Bobby's 1st Father's Day. Natalie's 1st play date. Aunt Amanda's bridal shower.
July: Our crazy, busy month! We moved to our new house! Amanda's bachelorette party, family reunion, Amanda and Matt got married, and my mom graduated from Ivy Tech's LPN program. Celebrated 4th of July. Went to Natalie's 1st fair. Natalie tried "real baby food"...carrots. Now into size 2 diapers.
August: Natalie is sitting up. Went to Holiday World. Natalie got her 1st tooth! Bye-Bye Aunt Amanda, Hello Daycare :( Bobby celebrated his 10 year class reunion.
September: Bobby and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary in Colorado. Had to lower Natalie's crib. Andreae family pictures. Bobby's sister and family moved to Maryland. Natalie's 1st trip to Tennessee. She has 2 teeth. Crawling everywhere! Can pull herself up on furniture now. Found out we were expecting baby #2!
October: 1st camping trip. Said 'good-bye' to Bobby's Uncle Bob...such a neat person! Covered Bridge Festival. Natalie can say 'Dada.' Wearing size 3 diapers. 3rd tooth. Her 1st Halloween! Announced we were expecting baby #2!
November: Bobby turned 29! Natalie is walking along furniture. Natalie has 4 teeth. I got contacts. Heard baby #2's heartbeat! Natalie's 1st Thanksgiving. She can clap, wave bye-bye, can climb steps and walk behind her car.
December: Bobby and I got to spend some time in NYC! I turned 28. Natalie met Santa Claus. Natalie's 1st Christmas. Natalie's 1st flu :(
Shining Moments of 2011:
January:
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| Last Year bringing in 2011...super pregnant and tired! |
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| Showered with many gifts |
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| Said 'good-bye' to a great man...Coach Hutton |
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| Very pregnant and ready to meet our little girl! |
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| Before we were 3! |
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| Finally getting to hold our little miracle! |
March: Natalie got her first of many "sniffles." She got out of newborn diapers and moved into size 1. We had our first date night since she was born.
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| First Date Night |
April: Natalie had her first long sleep...9 hours! Also, started sleeping in her crib. She rolled over! Celebrated Easter.
May: My 1st Mother's Day. Bobby ran the Mini and I walked it. My great-grandma (Natalie's great-great grandma) passed away. I started back to work :( and Aunt Amanda started watching Natalie and living with us 3 days a week (what a lifesaver)!
June: We started the process of buying a new home and putting our other one on the market (still on the market...grrr). Natalie's 1st taste of baby cereal. Bobby's 1st Father's Day. Natalie's 1st play date. Aunt Amanda's bridal shower.
July: Our crazy, busy month! We moved to our new house! Amanda's bachelorette party, family reunion, Amanda and Matt got married, and my mom graduated from Ivy Tech's LPN program. Celebrated 4th of July. Went to Natalie's 1st fair. Natalie tried "real baby food"...carrots. Now into size 2 diapers.
August: Natalie is sitting up. Went to Holiday World. Natalie got her 1st tooth! Bye-Bye Aunt Amanda, Hello Daycare :( Bobby celebrated his 10 year class reunion.
September: Bobby and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary in Colorado. Had to lower Natalie's crib. Andreae family pictures. Bobby's sister and family moved to Maryland. Natalie's 1st trip to Tennessee. She has 2 teeth. Crawling everywhere! Can pull herself up on furniture now. Found out we were expecting baby #2!
October: 1st camping trip. Said 'good-bye' to Bobby's Uncle Bob...such a neat person! Covered Bridge Festival. Natalie can say 'Dada.' Wearing size 3 diapers. 3rd tooth. Her 1st Halloween! Announced we were expecting baby #2!
November: Bobby turned 29! Natalie is walking along furniture. Natalie has 4 teeth. I got contacts. Heard baby #2's heartbeat! Natalie's 1st Thanksgiving. She can clap, wave bye-bye, can climb steps and walk behind her car.
December: Bobby and I got to spend some time in NYC! I turned 28. Natalie met Santa Claus. Natalie's 1st Christmas. Natalie's 1st flu :(
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| Happy New Year! May you be blessed beyond measure! |
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