This last week has been an adventure for us. Monday we had our first real snowfall. So much fun. Can you feel the excitement? I have a feeling this is going to be a long cold winter. Which is great since I can't keep a hat OR coat on Carleigh.
Carleigh was a sick little chicken this week. She had a 103 fever on Wednesday, which I was able to get down pretty quickly with Motrin and Popsicles. So, Thursday we had a "well" baby visit which quickly turned into a "sick" baby visit. She has a double ear infection and a very very bad cold. Poor thing- she can hardly breathe and is SOOO irritable. She hasn't sleep more than an hour at a time all week, so it has been rough for us. I quickly discovered the only way she could sleep was sitting up, so we slept sitting up on the couch from Tuesday night until last night. 3 days of antibiotics later and she is almost back to normal, praise God!
On other news, Andy is coaching football again. His team made it to the finals and had to play a REALLY good team yesterday to move to the regionals. They were not able to pull out a win, but is the first time they have made it this far! Go BlueJays! We are very proud of the boys for making this far, even though the road to a championship ended yesterday.
I am super excited for Thanksgiving this week. One, for the short work week and two, for Miss Chicken to have all the yummy food!
I have a TON of pics to upload; hopefully I will get a chance over vacation.
By the way, I have started organizing Carleigh's first birthday party. Our theme will be Wizard of Oz. Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions for decorations or party favors? Send them my way!
I am not sure if I have mentioned it before, but I have a couple of side businesses. "Useless Bikinis" is a company my sweet friend Vicki and I started over the summer. We make custom bikinis to your exact measurements and whatever fabric/appliques you would like. Go to www.myspace.com/uselessbikinis to check us out. Another thing I have started doing is homemade body scrubs. If anyone is interested email me through here and I will get you samples/orders whatever you want. I can do any scent you would like. I have a vanilla sugar one that is fabulous! :)
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
It is more difficult than I first figured to go all the way back to 9 months ago and archive Carleigh's life. I have made the decision to skip to month 8 and go from there. I could copy straight from my baby book, but lets be honest. All that consists of is post-it notes EVERYWHERE! I will make note of her achievements though...
Carleigh cut her first tooth on August 1st and crawled on August 12th- her 6 month birthday. She is now cruising and can take a couple of steps every now and then on her own.
We now have 4 teeth and a habit of biting her mother. She loves to dance. I will have to post a video of it. She also likes to prop her feet up on her high chair during meals.
Her favorite foods now are macaroni and cheese, bananas, Dora yogurt, avocado, Cheerios. She eats everything and then cries when it is gone. We have her 9 month appointment this Thursday, so we will see what she weighs. We went a month ago for a cold, and she weighed 18 pounds- she is a chunk!
She has two favorite things- her stuffed Mickey Mouse and her puppy, Lucy. She will point at Lucy and say "Doh-Doh". Of course, Lucy loves her and thinks she should be licked and kissed often. Lucy has finally adjusted to not being the baby anymore. I think she has realized that Carleigh is here to stay.
Carleigh LOVES mirrors. Anything where she can see her reflection, watch out! Her grandpa says she is not conceited, she is convinced! :)
She is getting better with talking. Like I said before, she says doh for dog, dada, mama, and a WHOLE lot of jibber jabber that reminds me of the dad from the movie The Christmas Story. Remember when the dogs eat the turkey and he yells at them and you can't understand what he is saying? That is exactly what Carleigh sounds like. Also, we have a huge framed picture of her on the wall, and if you ask her where the baby is, she will point to it and laugh and wave. So cute.
We have had a lot of trouble the past 5 weeks with her sleeping thru the night. She has slept thru the night since she was 5 weeks old, so this has been a rude awakening- literally. I am not sure I can handle letting her "cry it out". That seems to be the suggestion I get from everywhere though. I went today and bought a sound machine. Wish us luck. I think she is just so darned excited about walking/talking/eating that she can't just lay there. I will say this for the sound machine- I used it tonight for the first time and she was out like a light alot sooner than usual.
If anyone has any suggestions for a good nights sleep, feel free to let me know. Oh, also, did/does anyone have problems when it comes to dressing/undressing/diapering? She will NOT be still to change her diaper or clothes. Is this a stage? She is freakishly strong and is able to easily get away from me....
I will post pics from her Olan Mills photo shoot, and some random ones from the past couple of months....
Carleigh cut her first tooth on August 1st and crawled on August 12th- her 6 month birthday. She is now cruising and can take a couple of steps every now and then on her own.
We now have 4 teeth and a habit of biting her mother. She loves to dance. I will have to post a video of it. She also likes to prop her feet up on her high chair during meals.
Her favorite foods now are macaroni and cheese, bananas, Dora yogurt, avocado, Cheerios. She eats everything and then cries when it is gone. We have her 9 month appointment this Thursday, so we will see what she weighs. We went a month ago for a cold, and she weighed 18 pounds- she is a chunk!
She has two favorite things- her stuffed Mickey Mouse and her puppy, Lucy. She will point at Lucy and say "Doh-Doh". Of course, Lucy loves her and thinks she should be licked and kissed often. Lucy has finally adjusted to not being the baby anymore. I think she has realized that Carleigh is here to stay.
Carleigh LOVES mirrors. Anything where she can see her reflection, watch out! Her grandpa says she is not conceited, she is convinced! :)
She is getting better with talking. Like I said before, she says doh for dog, dada, mama, and a WHOLE lot of jibber jabber that reminds me of the dad from the movie The Christmas Story. Remember when the dogs eat the turkey and he yells at them and you can't understand what he is saying? That is exactly what Carleigh sounds like. Also, we have a huge framed picture of her on the wall, and if you ask her where the baby is, she will point to it and laugh and wave. So cute.
We have had a lot of trouble the past 5 weeks with her sleeping thru the night. She has slept thru the night since she was 5 weeks old, so this has been a rude awakening- literally. I am not sure I can handle letting her "cry it out". That seems to be the suggestion I get from everywhere though. I went today and bought a sound machine. Wish us luck. I think she is just so darned excited about walking/talking/eating that she can't just lay there. I will say this for the sound machine- I used it tonight for the first time and she was out like a light alot sooner than usual.
If anyone has any suggestions for a good nights sleep, feel free to let me know. Oh, also, did/does anyone have problems when it comes to dressing/undressing/diapering? She will NOT be still to change her diaper or clothes. Is this a stage? She is freakishly strong and is able to easily get away from me....
I will post pics from her Olan Mills photo shoot, and some random ones from the past couple of months....
Month 2 and the dreaded return to work date....
February and March flew by! By her second month I started getting into the routines of mommyhood. We figured out schedules, feedings, much needed naps, venturing out into the COLD Michigan winter, and visiting friends and family nearby.
I returned to work on March 24th. Andy and I are blessed enough to have his mother and my mother watch Carleigh for us while we work. I would love to be a stay at home mom, but my shopping habits must cease for this to happen.....
I returned to work on March 24th. Andy and I are blessed enough to have his mother and my mother watch Carleigh for us while we work. I would love to be a stay at home mom, but my shopping habits must cease for this to happen.....
Carleigh Elizabeth Green
The love of my life was born February 12, 2008 at 10:28 pm. She weighed in at 6 pounds 13 ounces and was 21 inches long. I started having contractions Monday the 11th around 9 pm, and went to the hospital the next day at 1pm. Labor and delivery wasn't too bad for me, of course, I had the epidural, so that may have made a slight difference! :)
I dilated pretty quickly from 6 to 10, then whoa mama! She was ready to come! I think I pushed maybe 5 or 6 times, and there she was! It was the most exhilarating, heart warming and SCARY time of my life.
* A funny side note! When the nurse was cleaning her up, I heard the nurse say, "Oh Boy...look at that hair!" In my drug induced state I thought she had proclaimed that SHE was a HE. I immediately freaked out thinking my poor little boy would be sleeping a pink room- but alas, it was untrue...
Get a load of this child's hair. It still makes me laugh....
38 weeks and counting...
This is the last pic I took before I went into labor. I was a little over 38 weeks here. Carleigh arrived at 39 weeks and 4 days.... All I can say is no wonder my back hurt! :)
New Blog!
Hi everyone! I am trying the blog thing one more time! I have LOTS of family and friends all over this great country that would love updates on Miss Carleigh, so I am determined to keep this going this time! I am going to start at the beginning when Miss Priss arrived, so check back often for new posts and updates!
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