Quick story I thought I'd share to make you laugh. Please laugh at the story and not me though, promise? I was opening the fridge to get out some baby food. Not a second later, like a wrecking ball full speed ahead, down comes the gallon of cranberry juice smacking me atop the head. I fall to the floor as Dave frantically starts wiping up cranberry juice which is slowly carpeting our entire kitchen floor (all while making sure I'm okay). A few minutes later I head for the phone on my desk downstairs (to cancel a 7:00 meeting with a client) to find a HUGE puddle of cranberry juice all over my desk. On my monitors. In my hard drive. Splattered on the wall. On my chair. All over the carpet. Soaking through all my files.
So next time you think to store that gallon of juice on top of the fridge, think again. It may cause more than a splitting headache.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
happy stuff
So after that last sad post I thought I'd follow up with some happy thoughts. Here's another "About Emma" list. These are fun for me and I know I'll look back and be glad I did them.
Emma hates anything green (peas, green beans etc.) I have to mix them with something sweeter to get her to eat them (sweet potatoes, carrots etc.)
Her list of foods now includes: oatmeal, rice cereal, bananas, peaches, pears, apples, mangoes, carrots, green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, and winner winner chicken dinner
When she's done eating she makes raspberries and spits out everything left in her mouth
She loves chewing on straps - especially the one on her highchair
She goes to bed at 7:00 after dinner, a bath and cuddle time with mom in her rocker
During cuddle time she always burps twice then nuzzles in to my armpit with her thumb in her mouth. I know it's then time to put her down
She loves to bounce, especially in her Jumperoo, which we got free from a neighbor
We read a book before every nap. Her favorites are the Foot Book, Guess How Much I Love You, The Runaway Bunny and Puppy Love (touch book)
She wakes up at 7:15 am, eats breakfast and takes a nap until about 9 every morning. The she has a fruit and oatmeal, a bottle with rice and takes another nap at around 10:30. The third nap comes around 2 and sometimes even a fourth at 5. What a difference from a few months ago.
She immediately calms down when you sing to her. I'm running out of songs. Anyone know a good lullaby CD?
She giggles when you change her clothes.
Her favorite bath toy is a butterfly made out of a washcloth, given to her by our friends Dayna and Kelly. His name is Mr Butterfly and we have to say goodbye to him when bath time is over.
After her bath we have lotion time. I put a small amount in my fingers and rub it until it's warm. She giggles in anticipation.
She got her first tooth on Thursday July 28. Number two popped out yesterday. They are both on the bottom in the center.
Her tired signs are rubbing her eyes, pulling her ears, sucking her thumb and scratching her head.
She doesn't have a binky yet, but she loves holding her burp cloth close to her face.
Cooper is her favorite - she reaches out to him when he passes by and laughs.
Her new thing is to hold her breath and grunt - her face gets all red and it freaks me out.
She sucks her left thumb. A lefty? I hope so.
She is starting to "kiss" but with an open mouth and her face squished against mine.
She loves my necklaces. Especially the one I got from my best friend Nikki. She tries to eat it.
When she's nursing she likes to play with my hair.
Phones, remotes and keyboards are very intriguing to her.
She's wearing 9 month clothes and in a size 2 shoe. Socks don't ever seem to fit.
Her hearing is impeccable. She'll stop what she's doing if she hears daddy, Cooper or Grammy in another room
If she's on her play mat she will inevitably find the fringe on the rug, no matter which direction she's facing
Her nicknames are: Baby, peanut, pookie, muffin, munchkin, Em, stinker (daddy calls her that), sweet pea
She nurses 5 times a day (7:15, 10, 1:30, 4:00 and 7) and eats three meals of solid foods (9:30, 2 and 6:30).
She loves the butterflies on her curtains.
She's starting to make "ba ba" sounds.
She's ticklish under her arms.
She has a cold right now and when she's stuffy she wrinkles up her nose and breathes hard. It's adorable.
She's content in her crib for a good 30 minutes before I get her in the morning.
Daddy kisses her goodnight every night after her bath and before cuddle time with mom.
Emma hates anything green (peas, green beans etc.) I have to mix them with something sweeter to get her to eat them (sweet potatoes, carrots etc.)
Her list of foods now includes: oatmeal, rice cereal, bananas, peaches, pears, apples, mangoes, carrots, green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, and winner winner chicken dinner
When she's done eating she makes raspberries and spits out everything left in her mouth
She loves chewing on straps - especially the one on her highchair
She goes to bed at 7:00 after dinner, a bath and cuddle time with mom in her rocker
During cuddle time she always burps twice then nuzzles in to my armpit with her thumb in her mouth. I know it's then time to put her down
She loves to bounce, especially in her Jumperoo, which we got free from a neighbor
We read a book before every nap. Her favorites are the Foot Book, Guess How Much I Love You, The Runaway Bunny and Puppy Love (touch book)
She wakes up at 7:15 am, eats breakfast and takes a nap until about 9 every morning. The she has a fruit and oatmeal, a bottle with rice and takes another nap at around 10:30. The third nap comes around 2 and sometimes even a fourth at 5. What a difference from a few months ago.
She immediately calms down when you sing to her. I'm running out of songs. Anyone know a good lullaby CD?
She giggles when you change her clothes.
Her favorite bath toy is a butterfly made out of a washcloth, given to her by our friends Dayna and Kelly. His name is Mr Butterfly and we have to say goodbye to him when bath time is over.
After her bath we have lotion time. I put a small amount in my fingers and rub it until it's warm. She giggles in anticipation.
She got her first tooth on Thursday July 28. Number two popped out yesterday. They are both on the bottom in the center.
Her tired signs are rubbing her eyes, pulling her ears, sucking her thumb and scratching her head.
She doesn't have a binky yet, but she loves holding her burp cloth close to her face.
Cooper is her favorite - she reaches out to him when he passes by and laughs.
Her new thing is to hold her breath and grunt - her face gets all red and it freaks me out.
She sucks her left thumb. A lefty? I hope so.
She is starting to "kiss" but with an open mouth and her face squished against mine.
She loves my necklaces. Especially the one I got from my best friend Nikki. She tries to eat it.
When she's nursing she likes to play with my hair.
Phones, remotes and keyboards are very intriguing to her.
She's wearing 9 month clothes and in a size 2 shoe. Socks don't ever seem to fit.
Her hearing is impeccable. She'll stop what she's doing if she hears daddy, Cooper or Grammy in another room
If she's on her play mat she will inevitably find the fringe on the rug, no matter which direction she's facing
Her nicknames are: Baby, peanut, pookie, muffin, munchkin, Em, stinker (daddy calls her that), sweet pea
She nurses 5 times a day (7:15, 10, 1:30, 4:00 and 7) and eats three meals of solid foods (9:30, 2 and 6:30).
She loves the butterflies on her curtains.
She's starting to make "ba ba" sounds.
She's ticklish under her arms.
She has a cold right now and when she's stuffy she wrinkles up her nose and breathes hard. It's adorable.
She's content in her crib for a good 30 minutes before I get her in the morning.
Daddy kisses her goodnight every night after her bath and before cuddle time with mom.
Monday, September 8, 2008
a pretty rough week
I apologize for not posting sooner, but last week was one of the worst weeks in a long time. I look back on it and wonder why I only had one meltdown - it was that bad.
A few weeks ago, after we got home from the beach, we started noticing bumps on Cooper's face. He's had bumps like this before, many time in fact, and we thought it was more of the same thing. But, this time he wouldn't stop scratching them and he broke skin a few times. We took him in and a few hundred dollars later were sent home with some medicine. Fun.
About a week into the medicine Coop starting acting funny. He messed in the house one night and just couldn't hold it. Poor guy. We took him off the meds. Friday morning he started throwing up. A lot. He hadn't eaten all day and every sip of water came back up onto our carpet. After a long day of this, and many trips to the backyard we noticed he had blood in his stool. It was after hours so we decided to take him to emergency. Three hours later he was sent home with some medicine for vomiting and acid. About a minute in the door he was bleeding rectally again and we agreed he needed to go back. Something wasn't right. It was almost 10pm at this point and knew he'd be staying over night at the vet.
The doctors did an x-ray and learned that he had a growth on his spleen. Not sure what it was, they ordered an ultrasound for the next morning. We were told that it's one of two things, inflammation or cancer. That night was pretty rough. We googled every possible scenario and tried really hard to keep our spirits up. I've always been a believer in things happening for a reason, but I just couldn't understand why this was happening to us. To make a long story short we'd been bombarded with work and things just kept going wrong last week. We were both exhausted and this was the breaking point. We prayed. We made calls for others to pray and I cried. My poor Coop's destiny was in God's hands, but I just couldn't come to terms with the fact that he could be very very sick.
We didn't sleep very well that night. I just couldn't close my eyes knowing that in the morning I could wake up with terrible news. I think aroud 2 am exhaustion took over.
Our prayers worked. Saturday morning we got the call that it wasn't cancer. Coop was suffering from a very bad case of inflamation in his intestines, lymph nodes and spleen. We still don't know what caused it or if the medication we're giving him is helping, but he's home and we're very happy that he's with us. He's still very tired and lethargic, but he's eating and still as lovable as ever.
As for the wee one, she's doing pretty good. Big news around the house is that she got her first tooth about a week and a half ago. She's so proud of it too and if everything in the house would fit into the palm of her hand it would end up in her mouth with that tooth. I think she's working on number two because man has she been grumpy!
Little miss thang is so stinkin cute these days. She's all over the place trying to crawl and just can't sit still anymore. She wants to move and won't stop for anything, even a bottle! So much for my little cuddle muffin, this girl's got places to go and people to see! It won't be long before she's crawling around the house, and man are we in for it.
I've taken some video but it's way late and I'll try to get it uploaded tomorrow. I'm just too tired to find the memory card. More updates to come! g'night!
A few weeks ago, after we got home from the beach, we started noticing bumps on Cooper's face. He's had bumps like this before, many time in fact, and we thought it was more of the same thing. But, this time he wouldn't stop scratching them and he broke skin a few times. We took him in and a few hundred dollars later were sent home with some medicine. Fun.
About a week into the medicine Coop starting acting funny. He messed in the house one night and just couldn't hold it. Poor guy. We took him off the meds. Friday morning he started throwing up. A lot. He hadn't eaten all day and every sip of water came back up onto our carpet. After a long day of this, and many trips to the backyard we noticed he had blood in his stool. It was after hours so we decided to take him to emergency. Three hours later he was sent home with some medicine for vomiting and acid. About a minute in the door he was bleeding rectally again and we agreed he needed to go back. Something wasn't right. It was almost 10pm at this point and knew he'd be staying over night at the vet.
The doctors did an x-ray and learned that he had a growth on his spleen. Not sure what it was, they ordered an ultrasound for the next morning. We were told that it's one of two things, inflammation or cancer. That night was pretty rough. We googled every possible scenario and tried really hard to keep our spirits up. I've always been a believer in things happening for a reason, but I just couldn't understand why this was happening to us. To make a long story short we'd been bombarded with work and things just kept going wrong last week. We were both exhausted and this was the breaking point. We prayed. We made calls for others to pray and I cried. My poor Coop's destiny was in God's hands, but I just couldn't come to terms with the fact that he could be very very sick.
We didn't sleep very well that night. I just couldn't close my eyes knowing that in the morning I could wake up with terrible news. I think aroud 2 am exhaustion took over.
Our prayers worked. Saturday morning we got the call that it wasn't cancer. Coop was suffering from a very bad case of inflamation in his intestines, lymph nodes and spleen. We still don't know what caused it or if the medication we're giving him is helping, but he's home and we're very happy that he's with us. He's still very tired and lethargic, but he's eating and still as lovable as ever.
As for the wee one, she's doing pretty good. Big news around the house is that she got her first tooth about a week and a half ago. She's so proud of it too and if everything in the house would fit into the palm of her hand it would end up in her mouth with that tooth. I think she's working on number two because man has she been grumpy!
Little miss thang is so stinkin cute these days. She's all over the place trying to crawl and just can't sit still anymore. She wants to move and won't stop for anything, even a bottle! So much for my little cuddle muffin, this girl's got places to go and people to see! It won't be long before she's crawling around the house, and man are we in for it.
I've taken some video but it's way late and I'll try to get it uploaded tomorrow. I'm just too tired to find the memory card. More updates to come! g'night!
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