Such A Big Girl!!!

My little princess is such a big girl, I have no doubt that within the next two weeks, she'll be sleeping through the night. She almost did it last night. She slept from about 9pm until almost 3 in the morning. This is by far the longest stretch she has ever had. Of course, she had to wake up and eat. But she fell right back to sleep afterwards.

She is enjoying some quiet time in her Bouncy Chair right now. She looks like she is about to fall back to sleep, if she can keep her binky in her mouth.

Have an errand to run in a few hours, so need to make sure I'm ready once my ride comes (yes...I said ride. I'm not allowed to do anything by myself and I made the mistake of telling someone I had something to do today and they will be here shortly to pick me up!! Me and my big mouth!! :-))

Big Girl Bath Tub!!

I gave Taylor her first bath in her tub that her daddy brought for her the other day. I thought she was going to have a fit, but she didn't. I guess she really does like to take baths. She had some problems at first, but I had to adjust her and keep an eye on her and she just sat there and let me give her a bath. I took a picture, but I have to post it later, as I'm too tired to do it now!!! LOL!!!

She let me wash her hair again. The only time she cried was when I took her out. She even let me lotion her up and feed her from one of her new bottles afterwards. Now she is just sitting and relaxing in her bouncy chair.

Hopefully tomorrow, we will be able to go outside. It's supposed to be around 50, with rain in the late afternoon. Good, as we will be out in the morning, handling some business.

Have to go and get the little lady out of her chair and fix some lunch really quick. Talk to you later!!!

Sorry....Your Request Has Been Denied!!!

Okay,

That was a cute title to this post. But I just tried to go outside so I can go and get D's report card and it was raining cats and dogs!! I mean pounding rain...so much for my weekly venture outside the house. I so wanted to go to the store and buy some snacks or something. Papa got the junk food, but no juice or soda!!! Oh well...looks like I will be in the house all day today. And possibly tommorrow.

I spent like 10 minutes trying to get Taylor (dressed in her pretty pink snowsuit) into her new Soft Carrier thing and she fit into it perfectly, but I haven't used one of those things since 93 (yeah...that long ago), so I wrapped my arms up under her to make sure she didn't slip out. I adjusted the thing and got her all snug and we headed out the door, lets just say we did not make it out the front door. Well, now I have no excuse not to wash Taylor's laundry and relax. Seeing as how I'll be on lockdown for the rest of the day!! :-)

Have to go, the little princess wants to come out of her Bouncy chair (I promise I'll post a pic tonight).

TTYL

Busy Day

Today is going to be a busy day. Have to pick up D's report card and go to the post office and stop at the store.

Yesterday was a good day, Taylor hit the jackpot and became even more spoiled than she already is. Papa got her the Bouncing Chair thing I wanted. But it didn't stop there, he also brought a pretty pink tub that she can now take baths every other day in, one of those soft carrier things, new bottles and a big case of diapers. She is truly a "Daddy's Girl". I wish I had taken a picture, but they had this moment where he picked her up and was talking to her and she was just looking at him like "I Love You Daddy". So sweet.

Taylor is going to meet her other grandmother this weekend. So she has to be extra pretty for her. Will be a fun trip, as I'm sure C, M & M will be there and they just love Taylor to death. Auntie M might also be there.

That's all I have to post for now. Have to start getting Taylor ready for the day, yes...it is early...but I'm slow as heck and I'd like to have her dressed and ready to go first, before starting on myself!! :-)

Kodak Moment!!!

Yesterday,

I missed a wonderful Kodak moment. It reminded me that I needed to get some new batteries for the camera ASAP!!! Yesterday, I decided to let the boys hold Taylor for the 1st time. Actually, the night before (Saturday Night), J was in the bedroom with me and Taylor and he wanted to get a good look at her, so he climbed up on the bed and sat next to me. I asked him if he wanted to hold her and at first he said no, then I said something to him and he changed his mind. So I let him hold her and she looked up at him and probably was thinking "This is the little dude that offered me a cookie if I came out of mommy's belly!" :-) Then she started to fuss a bit, so I picked her up and she attacked J and he just found it so funny.

So sometime on Sunday, I called all the boys into the bedroom and had them sit one by one on the bed. First, D held her and she cried. Then J had to get another turn, she cried with J. But then, we called S in and told him that he had to hold her. He sat down and held her like she was a little football and she laid in his arms and looked up at him and did not cry at all!!! She knew that he is the one that has all the good food and snacks. She knew where to go to get the food!!! :-) I should have taken a photo, but as always, my camera is going through a thing.

One thing I will say about Taylor is, the girl has major attitude and she's only 18 days old. If she doesn't like something, she will let you know in a heartbeat. But she loves being pampered. Brush her hair, give her a bath...and she is good to go. Change her diaper...she just may spray you...which she did do at 4 this morning!!! Don't feed her the way she wants to fed or when she wants to be fed and you have a problem!!! People said that I needed to calm down and be cool and relaxed while pregnant or she was going to come out just like me, and guess what? She is exactly like me. Impatient as heck...but loves to be pampered!!! Wants to be the center of attention.

Will post more later. Make sure you check out my personal blog and see what I finally did/plan to do with my domain name I purchased. I forgot to post the domain name and all of that. But will be doing another post on that blog later on today. I just put what I'll be focusing on (outside of the house). Kind of wanted to have my own little thing to speak out about. If you've been reading my blog here before I put it all for Taylor, then you should have an idea of what I want to help out with. Okay..none of that made any sense to me...but I'm a scatterbrain right now, will try to come back later and clear it up.


Talk To You Later!!

Easy and Very Cold Day!!

Today was a very easy and cold day. We really didn't do much of anything except watch the Bear's lose (again).

Taylor had a somewhat easy day. She finally got more nursery water and enjoyed her late noon feeding with that stuff. She quickly fell asleep in her favorite spot (on my chest of course) and slept there for awhile. Today was a lot of napping and long periods of being alert. I read about a cool trick you can do with newborns. If they are really quiet and alert, have them no more than 10 inches from your face and stick your tongue out at them!! Silly...I know...but try it. The thing I read says that they will mimic what you are doing within a few seconds. It works. If you have a newborn or young baby, try this with them. It's fun to see them do this.

Taylor also had a moment where she lost her mind. I guess she didn't like me fixing the bed this morning and talking about the condo in Justice, but when I put her in her carseat to fix the bed and everything, she made such a fuss that it was getting to the point of being very annoying. Turns out, she scratched the side of her face really bad while she was in the car seat. I have to cut those claws of hers.

BTW, check out my blog (starting tomorrow). I finally figured out what I wanted to do with a domain name I brought some time ago. It was going to be for a cotillion society, but due to a health issue...I have decided to use it for something else. A very good cause. More info will come later.

Just Random Posting!!

Today was a lowkey day. It was absolutely freezing outside, so everyone kept themselves indoors. We were supposed to get a visitor today, but that did not pan out.

Anywho, today started off kind of late. Woke up around 10am or shortly after that. Got online for a minute and then started to get on with the day. Taylor took another bath today and she seems to love baths. She just hung out on my arm and let me wash her up really well. I washed her hair again and she just hung out like "Okay...am I supposed to cry or something!" She only fussed when it was time to get dressed. I put on this outfit that she does not like, as you have to work with her arms and legs to get it in. It was the outfit she came home from the hospital in. Then she ate and was cool. Taylor seems to be on an every 3 hour cycle now. With a few bumps every now and then. But she generally wakes up every 3 hours and is fed, depending on what time it is, she may stay up for a bit or go right back to sleep.

Today was an easy day for her. Only 2 poopy diapers and a couple of wet ones. No tummy issues, which reminds me that I have to stock up on more nursery water for her. Her face is definately filling out and she's becoming a little chubsters. But she is no match for her fellow Chicago Mocha baby Isiah, who was born on Thursday and weighed a whopping 10 pounds and 4 ounces. YIKES!!!

She is asleep now, but I know she's going to wake up for her favorite tv program. The PBR World Championships!! :-) She wants to see Adriano and Guilerhme take on some big bulls!!

Trying to come up with an idea for the family vacation. Not really sure how much to budget for it or where to go. As we are planning on buying a house or condo very early next year. So depending on how early we buy, this could affect where we go and how much we spend. I know you are wondering or saying to yourself "They just moved!". Yeah...everyone knows it was only temporary and to remove ourselves from a housing situation that we had no control over. I want to buy as early as February, but that would mean uprooting the kids in the middle of the school year. Where I am really interested in buying is an entirely new school district. I don't know, the only alternative to buying in the same location would be to wait it out until the summer.

Have some thinking to do. Hope everyone is having a blessed weekend. Be safe!!