Funkity Funk

Gah.  I'm not sure what is going on but I am in a rut and neeeeed to get out.  I figured if I wrote a pity post then that would snap me right out!  Aren't you excited?  

Reasons for said funk...
1.  WEATHER.  I am over winter.  I know we have a mild winter compared to a lot of you but it seems like there have been more dark/rainy/gray/icy/gross days than sunny but still cold days.  Move on winter.

2.  I was sick last week.  Sick like whoa.  It started on Wednesday while B was at MDO but she was home with me the rest of the week.  I barely survived Thursday.  All I wanted was to curl up in a ball and she was like LET'S PLAY JUMP RUN TOYS FOOD POTTY MOM!  It was not easy.  She was especially NOT independent and she was not having the "night night" game which is usually a fave.  We made it through.  

pretty much sums it up...

3.  Lonnie was on call this weekend.  I was still sick so that makes for bayyyysically no fun at all.  

4.  I miss my Lonnie.  It seems that we haven't had any time just the 2 of us in 47 months.  I'm exaggerating.  You get my point.  We have a little getaway planned for the next time he is off so I am counting down the days...hours...minutes...  

5.  I am kind of at a loss as to what to do about wanting to try for another baby.  I've never felt this way about it.  Before I just called the clinic and we got started in that direction.  But since our clinic completely screwed us over in July I'm just not sure I can go back there.  So then what?  Any other clinic will require minimum of 5 hours of travel one way or a plane flight.  Does that sound easy to you?  No.  So here I sit just wavering on what to do next.  I am ready to do something I am just not sure what.  It makes me feel yucky.  

6.  I am starting to feel the need for a change around these parts.  I am sure all of the above whines lead my brain to thinking these things but I am just not feeling the stay at home mom gig right now.  The other day someone asked me what I had been up to.  Simple and innocent question.  But all I could come up with was shit.  I am sure they didn't want to hear about the fact that I had spent 3 hours that morning bribing Blakely to sit on the potty.  Recently she has become deathly afraid of pooping.  Apparently it hurt once or something so she was trying to hold it in.  No amount of marshmallow bribery would work.  We would play, she would grab her butt and yell poop, we would go to the toilet and she would jump right off of it.  Repeat every 30-45 seconds for 3 hours until we had success.  I literally could not come up with any other topic of conversation for my friend.  Probably an ex-friend now!  (I think we have since solved this problem.  Thank God because one more episode like that may have sent me to crazytown)  I am just itching to use my brain for something other than dishes, laundry, poop, bills, toddler games, dishes, cleaning, more toddler games, cooking, grocery shopping, more damn dishes, blah blah blah now I'm rambling.  See?  I have mushy brain.  

Ok.  I think that is enough.  Woe is me and I need to get over it.  I know and I will.  Riiiight after I show you a little of this.  

All photos by HER

I mean who could be in a funk after seeing those pics?  And these aren't even the best ones! Winter family pics for the win.  

Feel free to kick me in the booty for such a whiny post.  At least there are pictures?  

Flashback Friday-One Year Ago

Since my little lovebug turns 2 this Sunday, I have been going through lots of pictures.  These two were at her one year photo shoot and it is AMAZING to me how different she is now.  Of course, I expected her to be different but still.  I mean look at her?  THAT IS A BABY RIGHT THERE.  

She had hardly any hair.  She had just learned to walk and I remember her falling in those leaves a hundred times.  She could only say a few words and it was easy peasy to get her to smile or laugh.  Fast forward a year and she runs like lightening and jumps off of anything she sees.  She talks in 5-7 words sentences most of the time and that hair?  It is down to her shoulder blades in the back.  She still smiles and laughs a ton but not if you have a camera in her face.  Back then she was 100% dependent on me to get food for her.  Now?  She raids the pantry every single chance she gets.  

On the other hand, I had balloons for her at that photo shoot a year ago and she was scared to death of them.  Today, a nice man blew one up for her at the car dealership and she completely melted down because she hates balloons.  I guess some things will never change.  And I am totally okay with that too!  

Happy Birthday Eve Eve sweet bug.  I can't wait to see all the ways you change and all the ways you stay the same in the next year!  

a little bit of this...a little bit of that...

Dudes...I got my blog printed into a book and it freakin' rocks!  I am so pumped.  I started this blog in January of 2011 so I just printed all of that year into one book.  I will definitely be doing this each year.  I was always so worried that I would lose all of this one day.  I try to save each post into a document but I forget a lot of the time.  Since this blog is basically my journal it was really important to me to have a hard copy of it.  I can't even tell you how easy it was and I don't know why it took me so long to do it!  

Blakely has been learning new things every single day.  She now says quite a few different words and her new favorite thing is to throw her food on the floor.  I am not the biggest fan of this at all.  

I taught her how to hold her first finger up when she is asked "How old is Blakely??".  It took a few days but she has it down now.  So adorable by the way.  I started early because I wanted her to be able to actually do it on her bday.  I need to get a pic of this...  I still can't get her to clap her hands though...been trying that forever!

Lonnie came home from work in the middle of the day yesterday because he was covered in blood from the chest down.  He came home to take a shower and get new scrubs.  He undressed in the garage and left everything out there.  His brand new shoes (which were light gray) are completely red.  Gross.  I tossed everything but the shoes.  I am going to wash them in some oxyclean or something.  We have been together 7 years and he has never ever had to come home in the middle of the day.  It is things like this that stress me about his job.  Getting soaked in someone else's blood?  Not cool....

Blakely went to my mom's on Sunday from about 11 to 630.  I came home and watched football and relaxed most of the day.  Lonnie slept.  It was the ultimate lazy Sunday and I loved every second of it.  I also won my fantasy football game so yay!  

I'm not sure if I ever posted any of B's 6 month pics.  I just finally got the cd...I totally procrastinated.  It was weird to look at them because she is so much bigger now and has WAY more hair!  I couldn't even believe how thin her hair was.  She had just learned to sit up in these pics.  Here are a few of my faves.  

It was freezing that day.  We tried to do some outside ones but that didn't last too long.  

Definitely my favorite one for sure.  

This was the last picture taken.  When B gets sleepy she sucks on the back of her hand.  She has done this forever.  I knew the photo shoot was over when she did this while sitting up!  I love this pic...so sweet.  

Speaking of pics, I need to schedule her one year pictures.  I think I want to do family pictures also.  I'll have to talk Lonnie into that.  

Ok baby is awake from her nap!  Gotta run :)  

TVT

Thought Vomit Thursday...because I don't have time for anything coherent right now.

1.  I am frantically getting everything ready for our beach vacation.  Laundry, errands, packing, but most of all baking!  I am making 2 batches of "just the best cookies" and then 2 batches of peanut butter fudge.  Yeah, I'll probably gain weight on this trip...

2.  Since we are going to be gone, I am also busy trying to make sure our shaved ice stand is stocked up so our partners don't have to deal with any of that.  This means making a shit ton of syrup...I'm thinking about 40 gallons.  It's messy...

3.  I am going to use our cloth diapers on our trip.  I'm a little nervous about it and have considered backing out of it but I feel like I need to try.  Wish me luck!

4.  Blakely has figured out how to actually jump in her jumper.  And, OMG, it is the most awesome thing EVER!  She wants to bounce constantly and she gets a look of sheer excitement on her face...I love when she's happy.  

5.  Speaking of B, I'm not sure if I posted this pic or not....preview of 6 month photos

I mean seriously.....I can't believe I am even still alive after seeing that picture...

both photos from Melanie McKnight Photography

6.  I've stopped pinning.  I know this is a sad thing but that damn Pin.terest makes me feel like a LOSER!!!  There are so many things on there that I want to do and when I don't have enough time to do a single one I feel like as asshole.  I had some great ideas for Mother's Day....yeah, none of them happened.  I pinned some things to do for Father's Day and I'm sure those won't happen either.  I get on there and I want to eat and workout at the same time.  So I just eat the crap I have here and get sad that I don't workout.  See what I mean???  It was actually making me stressed and anxious to PIN!!!  Sweet Jesus!  So I've backed off...not to say I won't ever pin again but not now ;)

7.  I am, however, completely addicted to Insta.gram.  Heart it bunches...  If you want to follow me just let me know :)  

8.  Blakely has 11 new outfits for our trip.  We are only there for 7 nights.  Hmmmmm........

9.  If I don't get a pedicure before we leave for our trip, I am going to hurt someone.  Probably my husband...

10.  Hope y'all have an amazing weekend!!! 

Prepare yourself...

For an unbelievable amount of cuteness!!!!!!!

Those eyes...omg....

This was the last picture taken because this is when she realized there was a bunny on her....

Also, Blakely turned 6 months old....WHA????  That post coming up...
AND, I had some 6 month pics taken as well.  Yes, I know, 2 weeks after these bunny pics.  I couldn't help myself....

Easter 2012

We went to my brother and sister in law's house for Easter weekend.  They live about three hours away from us and we hadn't been up there in a while.  We drove up on Saturday and spent all afternoon playing outside.  

Me, Syble, and Blakely

Collier, Lonnie, B, and Syble

This is seriously the best baby toy ever...

This was Blakely's first time to swing and she absolutely loved it!

Big smiles!

We went to church with them on Sunday morning.  We never go to church so this was a little bit out of our norm.  We had a good time and Blakely did so well...she only talked a few times and it wasn't loud or anything.  

 I love her...

Me and Marshall...Lonnie's brother

My little family...I love them so much

 Blakely checking out her Easter basket

 What?  A new Soph.ie the Giraffe teether???  I don't care what else is in there mom!

 I told Syble to be very careful when Blakely was sitting up because she still falls over sometimes and she put her arm around her.  She was also reading the Bible to her because she wanted to.  melt.my.heart.

 Her fun new toy...a huge hit!

After church we had a huge lunch that Marshall made for us.  It was fantastic and I was so ready for a nap after all that food!  Before we left we tried to get a picture of all the kids.  It didn't go so well because Blakely super hungry and sleepy...not good.  Here is how they turned out :)

Sophie Grace is looking at Blakely like why the heck are you crying??

Also, I had some Easter pics of Blake taken last week.  I haven't placed my order yet...need to do that like now.  But here are the preview ones she put on Fac.ebook.  Can you even believe the cuteness?????  I nearly died....

I'll post a few more when I get them...   Happy Wednesday!!!

Newborn Pics and Doctor Appointments

We had Blakely's newborn pictures done on October 19th.  She was 6 days old.  We were supposed to go in on Tuesday the 18th which was my due date but we ended up having to take her back to the doctor that day.  

I don't think I have mentioned that yet.  We took her for her first appointment when she was 4 days old.  It was a Monday.  On Sunday night we noticed that she looked a little bit jaundiced.  We knew that a little bit was normal and since we were going in the morning we didn't worry too much about it.  Well when we got her to the doctor and undressed her she looked MAJOR jaundiced!  I guess it was the fluorescent lights but WOW...she looked like a pumpkin.  Lonnie and I just looked at each other like HOLY SHIT...we should have called last night.  

Her pediatrician was out of town so we saw his partner, who is wonderful as well.  He explained to us that if her bilirubin was 19 or 20 then she would have to be put in the hospital under the bili lights.  He guessed she was going to be very close to that number.  She had also lost close to 10% of her birth weight.  She weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces at birth although it somehow got recorded as 8 pounds 6 ounces in her chart.  I know for sure it was eight seven because I have a video of when they weighed her!  Anyway, at four days old she weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces. They sent us home said they would call within an hour to let us know if we needed to go to the hospital.  

As you can imagine this led to a crying/boo hooing mommy.  Yeah...not good...  They finally called and said her level was 16 so no hospital...but come back in two days for another check and to check her weight.  We worried about this ALL NIGHT LONG.  In the morning my husband decided that we weren't going to wait until the next day, we were going in that morning.  He called and they got us in.  Her bilirubin had gone down to 14!  I was so relieved. She had also gained 2 ounces...so no formula for Miss B! 

It all ended up being fine but it was very stressful at the time!  I took her for an appointment when she was 2 weeks old and she weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces so that was great...almost back to her birth weight.  We go back on Monday for her one month check up and I am interested to see how much she weighs because she is starting to look much bigger.  Her newborn clothes are starting to be too small and I can get some 0-3 month stuff on her.  

Speaking of doctor appointments, I go for my post partum check up on Thursday.  For some reason I am nervous.  I am afraid that I am going to cry when I see Dr. C.  I am sure I will.  He just took such good care of me while I was pregnant and during labor and delivery.  He never made me feel like I was being difficult when I would ask him questions or when I would worry too much.  He was just awesome and I am so glad he delivered my Blakely.  Also, I am nervous about him messing around down there.  It still hurts and I am hoping he is just going to look at it...no touching!  It is going to go back to normal right????  My husband needs to know :)

So anyway, the next day we took her for her newborn pictures.  These are the few that she posted on Facebook.  I have ordered them all and I will post some more when they come in.  I think they turned out so good.  There are so many great ones on B and Lonnie...I love it!  

Our little family of 3!

 melts my heart...

 Jaundice?

I ordered a big one of this to go over the queen bed in her room...

Funny story....In the last pose that we put her in (I don't have a pic of that one yet) she was laying on her stomach with her legs tucked under her and her little booty stuck way up in the air.  I got her situated and then Melanie (photographer) would get the camera ready and then I would let go and get out of the way.  Well as I backed away Blakely pooted.  It made me a little nervous because I had fed her about 10 minutes before this.  Melanie started snapping away and before I knew it Blakely was projectile pooping!!!  I am not even kidding you it went all the way across the room....like I'm surprised it didn't hit the wall!  I can't really even explain what it looked like.  Sort of like a water gun...so much power behind that poop!  I was dying and Melanie just kept snapping because B wasn't bothered by it and the shot was so adorable...minus the poop :)  Melanie was so wonderful.  I kept apologizing and trying to clean it up.  She just told me to clean up B and she did all the rest.  Love her!  Anyway, it was hilarious...I couldn't stop laughing!  I am sure she has had her share of pee and poop with her newborns but I'm not sure she has had it quite like Miss B did it...