My wittle baby is getting so big! He went from 15lbs 10oz to 18lbs 3oz. He grew from 25 inches to 26.5 inches tall. The shots weren’t fun, but he stopped crying after a minute, or so. I felt really bad. That part never seems to get any easier. We have to go back next month for a flu shot. They didn’t have any available. I actually think the doctor was lying though. She mentioned a couple of times that she won’t be seeing Emerson again until he’s 9 months old. If I bring him in between well visits, I get charged a $30 co-pay because it isn’t required, or covered under my plan. I think she wants to see him within the next three months, so she is having us come back for the flu shot separately. As long as I don’t have to pay, then I don’t care! She also said that I can give him 1-2oz of water in a sippy cup after he eats solids. I tried last night, but he’s not quite ready for the cup. I’m not going to push it on him. I’ll offer it, but if he doesn’t want it, then that’s fine. She said he’s ahead of the game with solids, so I can start to try some table food as long as its cut up very small. I’m not sure what I’ll try. I did try to give him a small piece of pancake last weekend, but he wasn’t chewing it up well enough. The piece was as small as a crumb though, but he still gagged. Maybe he just didn’t like it?? My mum thinks eggs would be a good thing to try because they kind of melt in your mouth, but still give him a little bit of something to chew. Does anyone have any suggestions? It would be fun to actually eat WITH him, so what can I make for dinner that we’d both be able to eat? I’d post this to my facebook, but I’m afraid of the backlash. I’m sure I’d be told that I A. shouldn’t give solids B. water is bad C. I am a bad mother for not exclusively breastfeeding. I’m still a little upset over the messages I received after Emerson was sick on Monday. I never seem to get any bad judgment here, so I am all for suggestions! As weird as it sounds, I’ve been waiting for the moment when we can sit down together to have “dinnertime”. When I was pregnant, I honestly cried so many nights knowing I had to eat dinner alone. Maybe it was the hormones, but dinnertime always made me acutely aware of how alone I really was. I lived so far from my parents then, so heading over for dinner wasn’t even an option. It’s nice having that family feeling, especially at dinnertime. I’m sure it seems silly to most, but it really is important to me. I grew up having to sit down to dinner every night with my family, so I want to have the same tradition in my house.
After the doctor’s, we went back to my parent’s house for dinner. Emerson slept on the way home and for about 30 minutes after we got back. I fed him some squash when he woke up. I figured that would hold him over, so we could at least do bath when we got home. When we got home, I put Emerson in his walker. He chased the dog and me around for about an hour, while I did dishes and bottles. He is so funny in the walker! I can’t turn my back for a second though. He tried pulling my curtains down one day. I just play it by ear. If I’m cleaning and running around, I’ll put him in the exersaucer. That way, he can’t go anywhere. If I’m just doing bottles and dishes, then the walker is fine. Most of the time, he chases me around anyway. After some playtime, He was in bed by 8:45. Not too bad. I hung out on the couch with the pup until a little after 10. It’s nice to give Kodie some me-time. I’m so glad the dog and baby get along so well. Kodie is still a little asshole though. She always steals our clothes out of the dirty and clean baskets and she always steals Em’s toys, but she gets along with the baby and he adores her. She isn’t too rough with him either. I always say “go see your brother” and she goes right up to him. It’s hilarious. Emerson screams at the top of his lungs at her. She just looks at him like “what the hell is your problem, dude?” Kodie will be 2 years old on August 24th! I can’t believe I’ve almost had her for 2 years (in November). We’ll most definitely be celebrating with some Frosty Paws! Yum, her favorite!
I ALMOST sent Emerson’s dad the two pictures and stats from the doctor’s appointment yesterday, but refrained. If he wanted to know something, or see pictures, he’d ask. I still firmly believe that he stalks me via the internet. I hate the way facebook is. You can’t make your cover photos private. I like having my cover photo of the baby though. It isn’t like I’m hiding Emerson anyway, but I don’t want someone stealing my photos and passing them along like they took them. I don’t think he’s above doing this either. I can totally see him shopping photos around that I took and pretending like he has a relationship with the baby, which he doesn’t. Even with blocking, anyone can make up a new facebook, search you, and see your cover photo/profile pictures. The only TRUE way to be invisible is to have nothing at all, which I don’t think is fair. I’m not really that concerned about it, but I seriously would be PISSED if someone stole my photos. The only reason I even had the fleeting thought to send something is because I got a paper at the doctors asking me all of these questions about myself and Emerson’s dad. I had to fill out all of this information down to “Is the patient living with his biological mother and father?” “Are the patient’s biological mother and father married?” There were a ton of background health and family history that I couldn’t answer either. I had no problem with leaving the paternal side blank, but sometimes I wonder the importance of that stuff. Genetics, etc. I don’t worry enough to actually ask though. He seems perfect though, so I won’t worry myself.
I think I’m going to change the way Emerson’s bottles are sent to daycare. It’ll make things a little easier on me. Now that he’s eating solids, I should pull back SOME milk. 4 5oz bottles was the norm before he started to eat solids. I still send that amount. Daycare says he isn’t eat many solids because he has this big bottle first. I’m going to change the bottles and reduce them down to 5 4oz bottles. This way, I’m still sending 20oz, but it’s just being sent a different way. He’s having solids at 8am and 11am, so having a 4oz bottle and solids should satisfy him plenty. They’ll have a 5th bottle if he seems a bit hungrier. When I pick him up later on, I’m going to talk to the daycare about this. I don’t mean for them to feed all 5 bottles either. They should work with the 4oz and solids before trying to ram a 5th bottle down his throat. It’ll be nice for me if he starts to eat 16oz of milk with the solids. I’ll still pump the same amount, but having a small stock would be nice. The solids should be relieving me a little bit. I haven’t had that luxury yet. The only reason I’m even worrying about it is because the other day I couldn’t even pump what I usually send. I ended up being short 2oz, so I sent 3 6oz bottles instead of 4 5oz bottles. My body is slowly started to produce a little less, but that’s because of the solids. You produce what you need. I’m hoping if I reduce the bottles to 4oz, then it’ll be a little easier on me when I’m short. If he seems to hate it, then I’ll go right back to the way we are doing it now. Whew. Okay, I’ll update after I’ve tried this out for a few days.
This weekend, I’m painting my basement where I’m setting up Emerson’s playroom. I can’t wait to see what it looks like when it’s all done. I’m anxious to complete it now before winter time. I remember it being really cold down there when we moved in. I can’t remember if it only felt that way because I didn’t have my heat blasting, or what. There is a heater vent right above the area I’m setting up, but I’m sure the insulation isn’t the best down there either. A space heater will probably be sufficient while we are down there. Obviously I wouldn’t leave it on unattended, or on without my supervision. I always feel like I have to defend myself because the first thing I’ll hear is “You do know you shouldn’t leave that on unsupervised,right?” Sorry, I just am really over being talked down to like I’m a completely fucking moron. Okay, I have to go pump now!! Happy Thursday!
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Mummy is fired up!
Where to begin?! These past couple of days have been a bit hectic. On Monday, I was in the office working. Emerson was at daycare. I got a call around 2pm that he was running a fever and needed to be picked up. Of course, I couldn’t pick him up. My bus doesn’t start running again until 3:15pm! It sucks! I guess it doesn’t get much use during the day after all of the business people are in town, so they shut that route down until the afternoon when everyone is leaving work. I hurried and called my mom and sister. They both went up to the daycare to pick him up. I was so thankful neither were at work that day. They had to buy diapers and motrin on the way home. Luckily, daycare had an extra bottle left, so they gave them that bottle too. I didn’t get to my parent’s house until 4:30pm. Emerson was sleeping when I got there. My poor baby. He’s been teething again very badly, so I’m pretty sure that’s what’s bothering him. Luckily, he has a doctor’s appointment tonight, so he can be checked out. Because he was sent home from daycare, he wasn’t permitted back for 24 hours. Brittany babysat yesterday. He was a bear! He did sleep from about 9am-1pm, but before and after that, he was just fussy. A motrin/Tylenol combination only does so much. I also gave him some teething tabs. He’s been chewing on everything. Last night, we did bath, boob, and TRIED to do bed. He must have felt better because he was laughing and playing instead of going to sleep. It was fairly early (8pm), so I got us all out of bed and headed back downstairs. I figured I’d let him play awhile. I cleaned, did bottles, packed lunch for today, and got his diaper bag ready. Around 9pm, he started to fuss, so I tried bedtime again. No go. He was all wound up. Around 10, he finally crashed and stayed asleep until 5am. I wasn’t feeling very well last night either. My stomach was really bothering me. I’m really tired today, but just trying to make it through. My mum is going to the doctor with us. I’m not sure if they’ll give him shots considering he had a fever on Monday and Tuesday. He seemed really upbeat this morning though. I sent him to daycare with a dose of motrin in his system, so hopefully I don’t get any more scary calls today! I’m in town, so it will be a definite repeat of Monday.
The sucky thing is teething is forever until he has all of them in. I swear, he will suffer so much, which means I suffer too. I feel bad because I can only do so much for him. I hate it. My pleasant, upbeat baby turns into a monster. Let’s just hope after the top ones come in we get a semi break from teething. I thought we’d get a break after the bottom two were in. Boy, was I wrong! It seems like they are just piggy backing on top of each other. Maybe that’s the way to go. Suffer for a while, get them all in, and then finally get a decent break. We will see how this goes, but I can tell you, it is NOT fun! The random call from daycare really threw me through a loop. My friend and I were just chatting about that scenario right before it happened! I said I wasn’t too worried about it. Boy, did I become worried REAL quick! Thank God my mum has a carseat base in her case and dad didn’t take her car that day! We are now taking the base out of her car just in case. The carseat is always left at daycare now, so having that piece won’t be an issue. The issue will occur when he’s no longer in a carrier and I’m not taking the actual carseat into daycare. We’ll just make sure we get a second carseat for my parent’s car.
I was really annoyed yesterday. I understand that yes, I am a first time mother, so I take things a bit more seriously. The concerns I have, or the things that rile me up the most, aren’t necessarily a big deal to parents with more experience. A lot of parents do not think a fever is a big deal, or a baby being sent home from daycare. Well, I do. It really pisses me the fuck off when someone talks to me like I’m stupid. I wasn’t asking for a diagnoses, advice, or anything when I posted on my facebook that A. He had a fever B. He was sent home from daycare C. I was thankful of my mom and sister for picking him up. Nowhere in that statement did I ask for someone to diagnose my child, or to tell me that it really isn’t that big of a deal. Well, yes it is, mother fucker. He has NEVER had a fever, so of course, it scared me. I watched my nephew seizure so many times from fevers as a baby. One time, he literally dropped on the beach, seizured, stopped breathing, and turned blue. The entire family is absolutely scarred from that situation, so when we hear fever, we see seizure. Additionally, it is a big mother fucking deal that he isn’t permitted at daycare for 24 hours AFTER being sick. I have a job, bitches. I need to make money to provide for my child. I don’t see you assholes out there busting your hump! I am NOT a stay at home mom, while my husband goes out working all day. I work, I take care of the baby, and I fucking do it all, so you can pretty much go fuck yourselves. It IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL WHEN I AM STUCK IN TOWN AND CAN’T PICK MY CHILD UP. This is the shit that a single mother has to deal with. I am so sick and tired of people writing my shit off like I am making a big stink out of nothing. The craziest is I have a sunny disposition 99% of the time. The biggest compliment I receive from people is how pleasant and upbeat I am. Well, I don’t like to dwell. My son is freaking amazing and makes me so happy! I hear all of these mothers bitching and moaning all of the time and complaining WHEN THEY HAVE HELP AT HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“I don’t know how you do it yourself, Ashley” is what I hear all of the time
“Yea, I don’t know why you’re fucking complaining!” is what I say when I hear this all the time in my head
It is so insane to me. The people who think they know it all are typically the ones who complain the most, but have help at home!! Okay, that was my rant for the day. I am so sick of it though. I am a really good mom and I am doing the absolute best that I can. I just can’t stand when people sit on their high fucking horses and act like I am stupid and don’t know what the hell I am doing. If I needed advice, or help, I’d fucking ask. I’m not too proud to say “I just don’t’ know”, but I’d ask my pediatrician before I asked any of those mother fuckers who claim to know it all, WHICH I did call the ped 2 minutes AFTER the daycare called me, so yeah, go fuck yourself.
Sidebar: I saw a really hilarious post on Instagram one day about not liking to swear, but needing those words to make your point be heard. So, while I don’t really like to swear, especially now that I have a baby, it is absolutely valid in this situation…so if you don’t like it, DON’T FUCKING READ IT! I feel so much better now!
Anyway, my little bubs is feeling much better. I hope that he has a better day today. I’m going to take a half day on Friday, so we can hopefully log some pool time. I plan on working 6am-10am, which won’t be too bad. He won’t have to go to daycare either. It’ll be nice to have some mommy/Emerson time and to extend the weekend a bit. Okay, that’s all I have for today.
The sucky thing is teething is forever until he has all of them in. I swear, he will suffer so much, which means I suffer too. I feel bad because I can only do so much for him. I hate it. My pleasant, upbeat baby turns into a monster. Let’s just hope after the top ones come in we get a semi break from teething. I thought we’d get a break after the bottom two were in. Boy, was I wrong! It seems like they are just piggy backing on top of each other. Maybe that’s the way to go. Suffer for a while, get them all in, and then finally get a decent break. We will see how this goes, but I can tell you, it is NOT fun! The random call from daycare really threw me through a loop. My friend and I were just chatting about that scenario right before it happened! I said I wasn’t too worried about it. Boy, did I become worried REAL quick! Thank God my mum has a carseat base in her case and dad didn’t take her car that day! We are now taking the base out of her car just in case. The carseat is always left at daycare now, so having that piece won’t be an issue. The issue will occur when he’s no longer in a carrier and I’m not taking the actual carseat into daycare. We’ll just make sure we get a second carseat for my parent’s car.
I was really annoyed yesterday. I understand that yes, I am a first time mother, so I take things a bit more seriously. The concerns I have, or the things that rile me up the most, aren’t necessarily a big deal to parents with more experience. A lot of parents do not think a fever is a big deal, or a baby being sent home from daycare. Well, I do. It really pisses me the fuck off when someone talks to me like I’m stupid. I wasn’t asking for a diagnoses, advice, or anything when I posted on my facebook that A. He had a fever B. He was sent home from daycare C. I was thankful of my mom and sister for picking him up. Nowhere in that statement did I ask for someone to diagnose my child, or to tell me that it really isn’t that big of a deal. Well, yes it is, mother fucker. He has NEVER had a fever, so of course, it scared me. I watched my nephew seizure so many times from fevers as a baby. One time, he literally dropped on the beach, seizured, stopped breathing, and turned blue. The entire family is absolutely scarred from that situation, so when we hear fever, we see seizure. Additionally, it is a big mother fucking deal that he isn’t permitted at daycare for 24 hours AFTER being sick. I have a job, bitches. I need to make money to provide for my child. I don’t see you assholes out there busting your hump! I am NOT a stay at home mom, while my husband goes out working all day. I work, I take care of the baby, and I fucking do it all, so you can pretty much go fuck yourselves. It IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL WHEN I AM STUCK IN TOWN AND CAN’T PICK MY CHILD UP. This is the shit that a single mother has to deal with. I am so sick and tired of people writing my shit off like I am making a big stink out of nothing. The craziest is I have a sunny disposition 99% of the time. The biggest compliment I receive from people is how pleasant and upbeat I am. Well, I don’t like to dwell. My son is freaking amazing and makes me so happy! I hear all of these mothers bitching and moaning all of the time and complaining WHEN THEY HAVE HELP AT HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“I don’t know how you do it yourself, Ashley” is what I hear all of the time
“Yea, I don’t know why you’re fucking complaining!” is what I say when I hear this all the time in my head
It is so insane to me. The people who think they know it all are typically the ones who complain the most, but have help at home!! Okay, that was my rant for the day. I am so sick of it though. I am a really good mom and I am doing the absolute best that I can. I just can’t stand when people sit on their high fucking horses and act like I am stupid and don’t know what the hell I am doing. If I needed advice, or help, I’d fucking ask. I’m not too proud to say “I just don’t’ know”, but I’d ask my pediatrician before I asked any of those mother fuckers who claim to know it all, WHICH I did call the ped 2 minutes AFTER the daycare called me, so yeah, go fuck yourself.
Sidebar: I saw a really hilarious post on Instagram one day about not liking to swear, but needing those words to make your point be heard. So, while I don’t really like to swear, especially now that I have a baby, it is absolutely valid in this situation…so if you don’t like it, DON’T FUCKING READ IT! I feel so much better now!
Anyway, my little bubs is feeling much better. I hope that he has a better day today. I’m going to take a half day on Friday, so we can hopefully log some pool time. I plan on working 6am-10am, which won’t be too bad. He won’t have to go to daycare either. It’ll be nice to have some mommy/Emerson time and to extend the weekend a bit. Okay, that’s all I have for today.
Monday, August 4, 2014
CAMP EMERSON!
Camp Emerson was a success! On Friday, my sister came over after she was done working at 10:15pm. Emerson was snoozing and in bed already, so her and I worked on decorating and making all of the food. We made the executive decision to set everything up indoors. Thank God we did! It POURED halfway through the party! Luckily, the kids had about 2 hours to play outside on the slip n slide and in the pool before it rained. It turned out so amazing. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day! The décor was absolutely gorgeous and so adorable! I really outdid myself. I better step up my game for his first birthday party. Everyone can’t wait to see what I come up with for that! I have some pretty good ideas circulating already.
My favorite piece of décor was the indoor tent that I created using gauzey white curtains. It looked so adorable! Additionally, I cut out green pine trees and taped them all over the tent. I called it “The forest”. It was so cute. I filled it with a ton of pillows. The kids loved it! I also set up a “fire” in front of the tent using my fire pit and red/yellow tissue paper. ADORABLE! I put tea lights in clear jars to resemble “fireflies” and also had twinkle Christmas lights set out to create stars. It created such a beautiful glow in the living room!
The food and drink came out amazing too. I made potato salad, pepperoni casserole, “dirt” dessert, hot dogs, buffalo chicken dip, baked beans, and set up a s’mores bar. It was adorable with my food tent labels and big camping signs. To go along with that, I made bug juice (fruit punch) and creek water (lemonade iced tea), which I put in two adorable glass drink dispensers. I set out a jar of goldfish crackers aka catch of the day. My mom brought a cake for Emerson to smash and cupcakes for all of the kids. Emerson didn’t eat any of the cake, but he had a blast tearing into it! He got a sink bath when he was done to clean off all of the cake!
The kids had such a good time on the slip n slide and in the little pool that I set up. I’m so glad we decided to still put out chairs and a couple of small tables in the yard. It felt very cramped inside of my house once we had half of the guests there. I started to get nervous, but it panned out well once the kids migrated outside and some of the adults too. In totality, we ended up with about 15 kids and 15 adults. Emerson received so many books! I can’t wait to build a little library for him. I am so grateful to have such amazing people in our lives. I made a note that gifts weren’t required because the party was more for the kids to just come and have a good time, but if anyone insisted, they could bring a book (new or used). Everyone was overly generous and brought more than one book and even gifts outside of books. My best friend bought him a sippy cup! I’m anxious to give that a try! My parents, in true amazing fashion, came with a huge gift bag filled with diapers, wipes, toys, and books. I love them to pieces for doing that and bringing something that helps me out.
Now, let’s talk about Emerson. He was such an angel during the whole party. He didn’t fuss at all! He had a great time. I felt like I barely saw him because everyone kept stealing him from me! He looked adorable in his Camp Emerson shirt too. He smashed right into his cake and went to town! We tried to give him a little taste of it, but he was more interested in digging his hands into it. I love him so much! He is just such a ham! After the party, we had to go to my parent’s house to pick the dog up. I was way too afraid someone would let her out, so I took her over to their house before the party started. We hung out for a bit, but I was beat! My entire house was a wreck too. We went home and went to bed though. I saved the cleaning until Sunday. 80 minutes later, my whole house was back to normal!
After the house was clean, we went to my parent’s for a bit. My sister and I took Emerson to the mall to walk around because it was a little rainy again. We didn’t feel like sitting around, so we went to the mall and window shopped. I spent $3 on an owl puffy vest for Emerson. I saw it a few months ago, but it was $17.95. $3 was way too good of a bargain to pass up, so I bought it for him. Afterwards, we went to babys r us just to look around. We went back to my parent’s house for a little bit, then headed home. Emerson played in his walker (Thank you Auntie JOJO!) for a long time before I put him down for a nap. Now, I thought he was only going to nap for a little bit, but he ended up sleeping until 1am! I stayed up until 10pm, then went up to bed. I fed Em at 1am and around 330am. I finally woke him around 6am for daycare.
We don’t have too much going on this week. Tomorrow, I’m working from home, but Britt is babysitting Emerson. On Friday, I’m taking a half day, but working from home. Emerson isn’t going to daycare. We need to do laundry on Friday, so I’ll see if Britt wants to come with us after I’m done working. I’m hoping the weather is nice, so we can log some pool time. We haven’t swam in a few weeks! The weather is awful. Now, the water is going to be freezing. I’m hoping it’s hot enough his week that by the time Friday rolls around, the water isn’t that cold. We’ll see. As far as the weekend, we have no real plans. It would be nice to go to the park too. I’m sure we’ll squeeze that in somewhere. This past weekend was so busy. It’ll be nice to just relax with my baby!
I totally forgot to mention that Emerson has his 6 month check-up and shots on Wednesday! I put him on the scale with me the other day and I think he weighs around 18lbs. We will definitely see on Wednesday though. I’m so excited to see how he’s grown! I’m going to ask the doctor about water and at what point should the milk be supplementing solids instead of the other way around. Also, Emerson hasn’t bit me AT ALL since I last blogged. I’m so glad! Maybe he realized it wasn’t okay when I said “NO” and unlatched him?? I don’t care what made him stop. I’m just glad that it hasn’t happen again! Ouch! That really hurt!
How is mummy doing? I barely ask, or answer this question. I seem to forget about myself most of the time. Today, I am wearing a shirt that has a huge hole in the elbow, messy hair, and dress capris that are entirely too big. I look like a real mess, but I’m glad I’m dressed and didn’t miss the bus this morning. Otherwise, I am doing well. Just busy and on the go as usual. I’m happy though. The happiest I have been in YEARS, which is really amazing considering I’m doing the hardest job ever (being a mum, duh!). I literally have 14 cents in my bank account and still smiling, so that must tell you all something! We have everything we need though, so we will be fine until I get paid on Friday. I have so many leftovers from his party too, which is awesome because I made all of the food and it tastes amazing! (tooting my own horn!)
Now that the party is over, my next project is putting together a play room for Emerson. I have an entire theme picked out already. It’s going to be all clouds and very cheap to put together. It’ll take me awhile. I think I have it projected out through October, but that’s okay. It’ll be worth it in the end. We need some more space. He is very mobile now, so having a designated area to play in will be nice. I’m a pretty thrifty person, so I’m hoping that works in my favor! Okay, I am wrapping this up now. I hope everyone has a good, but fast week!
My favorite piece of décor was the indoor tent that I created using gauzey white curtains. It looked so adorable! Additionally, I cut out green pine trees and taped them all over the tent. I called it “The forest”. It was so cute. I filled it with a ton of pillows. The kids loved it! I also set up a “fire” in front of the tent using my fire pit and red/yellow tissue paper. ADORABLE! I put tea lights in clear jars to resemble “fireflies” and also had twinkle Christmas lights set out to create stars. It created such a beautiful glow in the living room!
The food and drink came out amazing too. I made potato salad, pepperoni casserole, “dirt” dessert, hot dogs, buffalo chicken dip, baked beans, and set up a s’mores bar. It was adorable with my food tent labels and big camping signs. To go along with that, I made bug juice (fruit punch) and creek water (lemonade iced tea), which I put in two adorable glass drink dispensers. I set out a jar of goldfish crackers aka catch of the day. My mom brought a cake for Emerson to smash and cupcakes for all of the kids. Emerson didn’t eat any of the cake, but he had a blast tearing into it! He got a sink bath when he was done to clean off all of the cake!
The kids had such a good time on the slip n slide and in the little pool that I set up. I’m so glad we decided to still put out chairs and a couple of small tables in the yard. It felt very cramped inside of my house once we had half of the guests there. I started to get nervous, but it panned out well once the kids migrated outside and some of the adults too. In totality, we ended up with about 15 kids and 15 adults. Emerson received so many books! I can’t wait to build a little library for him. I am so grateful to have such amazing people in our lives. I made a note that gifts weren’t required because the party was more for the kids to just come and have a good time, but if anyone insisted, they could bring a book (new or used). Everyone was overly generous and brought more than one book and even gifts outside of books. My best friend bought him a sippy cup! I’m anxious to give that a try! My parents, in true amazing fashion, came with a huge gift bag filled with diapers, wipes, toys, and books. I love them to pieces for doing that and bringing something that helps me out.
Now, let’s talk about Emerson. He was such an angel during the whole party. He didn’t fuss at all! He had a great time. I felt like I barely saw him because everyone kept stealing him from me! He looked adorable in his Camp Emerson shirt too. He smashed right into his cake and went to town! We tried to give him a little taste of it, but he was more interested in digging his hands into it. I love him so much! He is just such a ham! After the party, we had to go to my parent’s house to pick the dog up. I was way too afraid someone would let her out, so I took her over to their house before the party started. We hung out for a bit, but I was beat! My entire house was a wreck too. We went home and went to bed though. I saved the cleaning until Sunday. 80 minutes later, my whole house was back to normal!
After the house was clean, we went to my parent’s for a bit. My sister and I took Emerson to the mall to walk around because it was a little rainy again. We didn’t feel like sitting around, so we went to the mall and window shopped. I spent $3 on an owl puffy vest for Emerson. I saw it a few months ago, but it was $17.95. $3 was way too good of a bargain to pass up, so I bought it for him. Afterwards, we went to babys r us just to look around. We went back to my parent’s house for a little bit, then headed home. Emerson played in his walker (Thank you Auntie JOJO!) for a long time before I put him down for a nap. Now, I thought he was only going to nap for a little bit, but he ended up sleeping until 1am! I stayed up until 10pm, then went up to bed. I fed Em at 1am and around 330am. I finally woke him around 6am for daycare.
We don’t have too much going on this week. Tomorrow, I’m working from home, but Britt is babysitting Emerson. On Friday, I’m taking a half day, but working from home. Emerson isn’t going to daycare. We need to do laundry on Friday, so I’ll see if Britt wants to come with us after I’m done working. I’m hoping the weather is nice, so we can log some pool time. We haven’t swam in a few weeks! The weather is awful. Now, the water is going to be freezing. I’m hoping it’s hot enough his week that by the time Friday rolls around, the water isn’t that cold. We’ll see. As far as the weekend, we have no real plans. It would be nice to go to the park too. I’m sure we’ll squeeze that in somewhere. This past weekend was so busy. It’ll be nice to just relax with my baby!
I totally forgot to mention that Emerson has his 6 month check-up and shots on Wednesday! I put him on the scale with me the other day and I think he weighs around 18lbs. We will definitely see on Wednesday though. I’m so excited to see how he’s grown! I’m going to ask the doctor about water and at what point should the milk be supplementing solids instead of the other way around. Also, Emerson hasn’t bit me AT ALL since I last blogged. I’m so glad! Maybe he realized it wasn’t okay when I said “NO” and unlatched him?? I don’t care what made him stop. I’m just glad that it hasn’t happen again! Ouch! That really hurt!
How is mummy doing? I barely ask, or answer this question. I seem to forget about myself most of the time. Today, I am wearing a shirt that has a huge hole in the elbow, messy hair, and dress capris that are entirely too big. I look like a real mess, but I’m glad I’m dressed and didn’t miss the bus this morning. Otherwise, I am doing well. Just busy and on the go as usual. I’m happy though. The happiest I have been in YEARS, which is really amazing considering I’m doing the hardest job ever (being a mum, duh!). I literally have 14 cents in my bank account and still smiling, so that must tell you all something! We have everything we need though, so we will be fine until I get paid on Friday. I have so many leftovers from his party too, which is awesome because I made all of the food and it tastes amazing! (tooting my own horn!)
Now that the party is over, my next project is putting together a play room for Emerson. I have an entire theme picked out already. It’s going to be all clouds and very cheap to put together. It’ll take me awhile. I think I have it projected out through October, but that’s okay. It’ll be worth it in the end. We need some more space. He is very mobile now, so having a designated area to play in will be nice. I’m a pretty thrifty person, so I’m hoping that works in my favor! Okay, I am wrapping this up now. I hope everyone has a good, but fast week!
Friday, August 1, 2014
Mummy's bad weather
Well, happy hour was fun, but not what I expected. My expectations were to have an explosion of fun, but it was more mellow. It took me nearly an hour to drive down with traffic, which makes me rethink things. I definitely won’t be doing that again. The commute made the entire experience not worth it. I left the house at 3:50pm. I got to happy hour at 4:45pm. I stayed until 6:45pm. Within that two hour period, I had 1 beer. It took me that long to drink it! It was nice to catch up with everyone, but I probably won’t be doing that again unless I am already in town, or it’s closer to home. I didn’t get to my parent’s house until about 7:25pm. The baby was sleeping in his swing when I got there. My sister said he was a bit fussy, but that he had slept pretty much the entire time. We stayed until almost 8:30pm. Emerson slept for about 45 minutes longer after I got back, so I didn’t want to wake him. After he woke though, I packed up our stuff and headed home for a bath. We ended up delaying bath by 45 minutes because I was chatting on the phone with my cousin. Her baby will be a year old in October. It’s nice having someone else in the family with a small baby. She’s coming to Emerson’s party on Saturday too! I can’t wait to see them! Anyway, after bath, Emerson had dinner, the boob, then bed. He only woke up one time last night around 1:30am. Not too bad. I’m hoping that’s a good sign that we’re getting back to some normalcy.
Today, I drove into work, so that Johanna can put all of the baby stuff that she brought me into my car. We’re going to run down around 12:30pm. I hope it all fits! I’m kind of nervous. If not, she’ll have to take some stuff back with her, which I’ll feel bad about doing. I’m excited to see what she brought though! I hope she brought a walker. I know Emerson would absolutely love using one! He is so mobile. It makes me sad though. Last night, he kept trying to wiggle out of my arms. He didn’t want to be held. When he was teeny tiny, all I wanted was for him to get bigger because I thought it would be easier. Now, I just miss my little baby so much! He didn’t bite me at all when he nursed last night. I could actually relax for once and it was nice just being able to hold him. That’s about the only time he really wants to be held now. He’s so curious about everything. It’s neat to watch, but still very bittersweet. I’m happy that we still have nursing at least. I’ll be really sad when he’s weaned and we lose that time together.
Okay, enough of that sad talk. He is developing and growing so well, so that’s all that really matters. Yes, I’d love for him to stay my sweet little boy, but he’s ready to be on the go! Anyway, I hope she brought a walker, so that I can plop him in it while I clean and get things ready for his party tomorrow. Can you believe it’s tomorrow already?! I feel like I’ve been planning this thing for months. In reality, it’s only been about 1.5 months of planning. I hope it all looks really cute. I have to get chairs and a table from my parent’s house. I’m hoping my sister can put some stuff into her car before work and then drive it over tonight. I’m hoping to get Emerson to bed by 915pm. That way, if he does wake up, hopefully it isn’t until after I go to bed. I really want Britt and I to be able to cook all of the food tonight and potentially set up the table and chairs in the yard.
After work, I’m going home to unload my car, let Kodie out, then going to pick Emerson up and running to the grocery store. I have to get a couple of last minute things. I need to go over my list to make sure I don’t forget anything! The last thing I want to have to do is to run out tomorrow. There are showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for tomorrow. If we do have to move the party inside, I’ll just cut it short. I can set it up really cute still, but it’ll definitely be crammed. So far, it looks like there is a 50% chance of rain during the day and an 80% chance of rain that night. The party is 4-8pm. LOL I am guessing this is going to be an indoor event, but I’ll hold out hope that I’m wrong. Britt and I can mess around to see how we can rearrange and set up for there to be room for everyone. I’m thinking as long as we can hang out a bit, feed everyone, sing happy birthday to Emerson, and open gifts, that’ll be good. It doesn’t have to be a 4 hour deal. We can try to rush through and be done with it in three. I hate to think that way, but rain is just going to kill the mood here. I don’t want to move the entire party. The same forecast is predicted for Sunday too. I just worry about the kids. What the heck will they do for three hours?? Maybe I can organize some crafts, or something. At least that’ll occupy them somewhat. Outside of that, eating, cake, and presents they might be occupied enough before boredom sets in. We were having water balloons and a slip n slide, but if it rains, that’s obviously off the table. I’ll talk to her about this later, but hopefully we can use the yard for most of the day before the rain sets in. Cross your fingers…and toes.
Alright, I guess I will let you guys know how this turns out! I hope well!
Today, I drove into work, so that Johanna can put all of the baby stuff that she brought me into my car. We’re going to run down around 12:30pm. I hope it all fits! I’m kind of nervous. If not, she’ll have to take some stuff back with her, which I’ll feel bad about doing. I’m excited to see what she brought though! I hope she brought a walker. I know Emerson would absolutely love using one! He is so mobile. It makes me sad though. Last night, he kept trying to wiggle out of my arms. He didn’t want to be held. When he was teeny tiny, all I wanted was for him to get bigger because I thought it would be easier. Now, I just miss my little baby so much! He didn’t bite me at all when he nursed last night. I could actually relax for once and it was nice just being able to hold him. That’s about the only time he really wants to be held now. He’s so curious about everything. It’s neat to watch, but still very bittersweet. I’m happy that we still have nursing at least. I’ll be really sad when he’s weaned and we lose that time together.
Okay, enough of that sad talk. He is developing and growing so well, so that’s all that really matters. Yes, I’d love for him to stay my sweet little boy, but he’s ready to be on the go! Anyway, I hope she brought a walker, so that I can plop him in it while I clean and get things ready for his party tomorrow. Can you believe it’s tomorrow already?! I feel like I’ve been planning this thing for months. In reality, it’s only been about 1.5 months of planning. I hope it all looks really cute. I have to get chairs and a table from my parent’s house. I’m hoping my sister can put some stuff into her car before work and then drive it over tonight. I’m hoping to get Emerson to bed by 915pm. That way, if he does wake up, hopefully it isn’t until after I go to bed. I really want Britt and I to be able to cook all of the food tonight and potentially set up the table and chairs in the yard.
After work, I’m going home to unload my car, let Kodie out, then going to pick Emerson up and running to the grocery store. I have to get a couple of last minute things. I need to go over my list to make sure I don’t forget anything! The last thing I want to have to do is to run out tomorrow. There are showers and thunderstorms in the forecast for tomorrow. If we do have to move the party inside, I’ll just cut it short. I can set it up really cute still, but it’ll definitely be crammed. So far, it looks like there is a 50% chance of rain during the day and an 80% chance of rain that night. The party is 4-8pm. LOL I am guessing this is going to be an indoor event, but I’ll hold out hope that I’m wrong. Britt and I can mess around to see how we can rearrange and set up for there to be room for everyone. I’m thinking as long as we can hang out a bit, feed everyone, sing happy birthday to Emerson, and open gifts, that’ll be good. It doesn’t have to be a 4 hour deal. We can try to rush through and be done with it in three. I hate to think that way, but rain is just going to kill the mood here. I don’t want to move the entire party. The same forecast is predicted for Sunday too. I just worry about the kids. What the heck will they do for three hours?? Maybe I can organize some crafts, or something. At least that’ll occupy them somewhat. Outside of that, eating, cake, and presents they might be occupied enough before boredom sets in. We were having water balloons and a slip n slide, but if it rains, that’s obviously off the table. I’ll talk to her about this later, but hopefully we can use the yard for most of the day before the rain sets in. Cross your fingers…and toes.
Alright, I guess I will let you guys know how this turns out! I hope well!
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