Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
She's on the move
I should have taken a video last night, but I didn't want to spend all night uploading it. Here's the sweet girl moving around the living room. Imagine it in an action sequence. It took all of two minutes to make this progress.
And after all that excitement, she fell asleep early.
And after all that excitement, she fell asleep early.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New Blog
If you're interested in crafts and entertaining check out my new blog projectsandparties.blogspot.com . I'll try to keep the 'Life is Beautiful' blog about the family, while directing my creative efforts to the other blog.
Betsy goes to the doctor
Betsy and Ben went to the plastic surgeon yesterday for a consult about the spot on her nose and a second opinion about the bump on her chest.
The doctor compared the red spot on her nose to a blood blister. He said it will go away, it make take three months, maybe 6 months, maybe a year. He wants us to monitor it and we have a follow up in three months for him to take another look.
He also looked at bump on her chest. It causes no pain, moves around if you push on it and is not discolored. This is all good news. The doctor said if it seemed to cause her any pain he would have elected to remove it immediately but since it doesn't we'll just keep an eye on it.
And finally we asked the doctor to take a peek in her right ear which she's been tugging on lately. No worries, it's not an ear infection, she just gets tired and pulls on the ear.
Ben and Betsy enjoyed their day together, I know they are both going to love being home together in the summer. Betsy has a new found love of these hard, textured balls that my friend Mandy gave her. She rolls them around and crawls toward them to pick them up. Yesterday she took a nap holding one in her hand. She chowed down on squash and pears last night, had her bath and bottle and put herself to sleep at about 9.
That's all for now, I'll try to take some fun pictures tonight :)
The doctor compared the red spot on her nose to a blood blister. He said it will go away, it make take three months, maybe 6 months, maybe a year. He wants us to monitor it and we have a follow up in three months for him to take another look.
He also looked at bump on her chest. It causes no pain, moves around if you push on it and is not discolored. This is all good news. The doctor said if it seemed to cause her any pain he would have elected to remove it immediately but since it doesn't we'll just keep an eye on it.
And finally we asked the doctor to take a peek in her right ear which she's been tugging on lately. No worries, it's not an ear infection, she just gets tired and pulls on the ear.
Ben and Betsy enjoyed their day together, I know they are both going to love being home together in the summer. Betsy has a new found love of these hard, textured balls that my friend Mandy gave her. She rolls them around and crawls toward them to pick them up. Yesterday she took a nap holding one in her hand. She chowed down on squash and pears last night, had her bath and bottle and put herself to sleep at about 9.
That's all for now, I'll try to take some fun pictures tonight :)
Monday, May 11, 2009
Like magic!
Birthday
One month
Two months
Three months
Four months old
Five months old
I've heard other moms say "At 3 months it was like someone flipped a switch and he could ______". Betsy's development for the last 5 months has gradually flowed from one thing to the next. UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. It was like magic! Presto changeo she's a big girl. It's like someone flipped a switch at five months and she does all kinds of things.
Betsy is sitting up for a good 10 or 15 seconds unassisted. She is thisclose to pulling herself up to sit on her play mat. She can stand and hold on to things on her own. She's developing balance.
She rolls around like a ball (not like a log). She rolls over her shoulders like she's flipping. I don't know HOW but I'll lay her down one direction on her stomach turn my back and she's 4 feet away on her back facing the opposite direction. In like, 15 seconds she does this!
Her hand eye coordination is getting better. She holds things, bottles, balls, stuffed animals. And picks up her ninnie if it falls out of her mouth.
On the potential soccer star front- she can pick up things with her feet as well. Weird.
This morning she held her bottle for the first half of her feeding.
She takes her ninnie out of her mouth, turns it around and tried to put it in the mouths of her little friends.
She also tries to roll over and hug her friends when they lay next to her, and put her fingers in their mouths or chew on their fingers if they get too close to her mouth.
If there is a baby in her vicinity she tries to talk to them.
She laughs. She's giggled for a long time, but look at the video below, she can't contain her laughter.
She has a tooth! I didn't see this coming. No runny nose. No fussy face. There are copious amounts of drool happening (and she sticks her fingers in her mouth) but I didn't attribute it to teething until yesterday.
They grow so fast, it's amazing.
One month
Two months
Three months
Four months old
Five months old
I've heard other moms say "At 3 months it was like someone flipped a switch and he could ______". Betsy's development for the last 5 months has gradually flowed from one thing to the next. UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. It was like magic! Presto changeo she's a big girl. It's like someone flipped a switch at five months and she does all kinds of things.
Betsy is sitting up for a good 10 or 15 seconds unassisted. She is thisclose to pulling herself up to sit on her play mat. She can stand and hold on to things on her own. She's developing balance.
She rolls around like a ball (not like a log). She rolls over her shoulders like she's flipping. I don't know HOW but I'll lay her down one direction on her stomach turn my back and she's 4 feet away on her back facing the opposite direction. In like, 15 seconds she does this!
Her hand eye coordination is getting better. She holds things, bottles, balls, stuffed animals. And picks up her ninnie if it falls out of her mouth.
On the potential soccer star front- she can pick up things with her feet as well. Weird.
This morning she held her bottle for the first half of her feeding.
She takes her ninnie out of her mouth, turns it around and tried to put it in the mouths of her little friends.
She also tries to roll over and hug her friends when they lay next to her, and put her fingers in their mouths or chew on their fingers if they get too close to her mouth.
If there is a baby in her vicinity she tries to talk to them.
She laughs. She's giggled for a long time, but look at the video below, she can't contain her laughter.
She has a tooth! I didn't see this coming. No runny nose. No fussy face. There are copious amounts of drool happening (and she sticks her fingers in her mouth) but I didn't attribute it to teething until yesterday.
They grow so fast, it's amazing.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day
What a wonderful day! This Mother's Day has been the best I could have asked for. My Mom is in town to celebrate the weekend with us! We had a great time last night, grilling baby back ribs, chicken, and all the delishious fixings. My in-laws, my Uncle Bo's family and some of our friends came over to celebrate.
Friday I worked my normal 7:30 to 11:30 schedule and came home to the most wonderful surprise! My mom and dad surprised me with a new porch swing and Ben and his Dad were hanging it up as I arrived. Also, my mom took care of Father's day for Ben and bought the coolest light up cooler (which we used when everyone came over last night). To add to the atmosphere of relaxation on the back porch my mother and father-in-law gave me a beautiful windchime which we hung on the back porch. I love it, I find the sound so relaxing.
And FINALLY my BIGGEST Mother's Day surprise, was BETSY'S FIRST TOOTH!! This morning we sat uploading pictures and Betsy kept guiding Granny's hand to her mouth where she discovered *gasp* THE TOOTH. Of course pictures of the little tooth aren't possible yet. But as soon as I get Bets asleep I endeavor to document it on film.
Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!
Windchimes
Porch with new swing
Mother's day porch swing
The manly men who hung my new porch swing.
Enjoying the swing and the company.
Betsy looking like Minnie Mouse.
Shannon's first Mother's Day.
Friday I worked my normal 7:30 to 11:30 schedule and came home to the most wonderful surprise! My mom and dad surprised me with a new porch swing and Ben and his Dad were hanging it up as I arrived. Also, my mom took care of Father's day for Ben and bought the coolest light up cooler (which we used when everyone came over last night). To add to the atmosphere of relaxation on the back porch my mother and father-in-law gave me a beautiful windchime which we hung on the back porch. I love it, I find the sound so relaxing.
And FINALLY my BIGGEST Mother's Day surprise, was BETSY'S FIRST TOOTH!! This morning we sat uploading pictures and Betsy kept guiding Granny's hand to her mouth where she discovered *gasp* THE TOOTH. Of course pictures of the little tooth aren't possible yet. But as soon as I get Bets asleep I endeavor to document it on film.
Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Happy Mother's Day to all the moms!
Windchimes
Porch with new swing
Mother's day porch swing
The manly men who hung my new porch swing.
Enjoying the swing and the company.
Betsy looking like Minnie Mouse.
Shannon's first Mother's Day.
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