I <3 payday. I'm just sayin'.
Brooke is doing better. We had a little vomiting incident in the daycare parking lot yesterday, but my car is now scrubbed and fresh smelling again. Her congestion is much much less. She's done with the oral steroid and continuing the antibiotic and nebulizer treatments.
Her new thing is singing...it's too cute. I would get a video, but she clams up when she sees anyone but Jim and I are paying attention. She asks for "ABC's" and sings A-B-B-B....L-M-N-up (when it's time). She loves to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - she sings the "How I wonder what you are" and "up above hiiggghh" and she just started trying to get out "like a diamond in the sky" even though that line is mostly just moving her lips. She does Itsy Bitsy Spider and does the "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...." in the Lemon Drop and Gumdrop song (I don't know the real title --- you know, if all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops.....)
In just 4 months, we will be leaving after work for Disney World! I am super excited ;-) The hotel is booked, we are going to purchase the tickets in February, and we already have meal reservations with the characters (breakfast at Chef Mickey's and dinner at the Crystal Palace with Pooh and Friends).
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
18 month update
Brooke is 18 months! It's hard to believe that in 6 months, we will be celebrating her 2nd birthday. I'm not sure yet what we're doing as far as a party - just something small for our family that can get here and some friends - won't be too big because I don't know many people with kids here in Miami, and I don't intend on inviting her whole daycare class (only a few that she really seems to get along with).
Anyway, I digress.
She is an amazing little girl. She LOVES to talk, and she is doing great with names especially - now she can say Mommy, Dada (or Daddy), Grandma, Pappy, Nana, Poppop, Emma, Lilly (Wilwy), Riley (Ri-wey), Averi, Jenna, Thad (Daaaaaaad), Heather (Head-ah), and Ron (Rooon). She tries to say Kelly, Kevin, Leslie, Ethan, Megan, Negesti, Amanda, and Arianna. She knows her Sesame Street characters and says their names, and points to Disney characters. She still loves her books and Barney video. She loves her Disney Princess sofa.
She is definitely a runner, not a walker, and she's starting to climb on everything now. Nothing is safe anymore. As far as eating, she is still picky about veggies but is doing much better. Sometimes she gets school lunches now, and she seems to really love them! She's still sleeping through the night and taking one 2-hour nap per day, right after lunch.
I won't know her "official" stats until Friday - at the ER the other day, she weighed a little over 25 lbs, but she was dressed and had a diaper on (at the dr office, she was 26 lbs), so somewhere in that range. I know she's tall because she doesn't fit under our dining table anymore.
I always knew it would be amazing to be a mother - but I don't think I ever imagined the amount of love I could feel in my heart - in my very soul - for one person. It's truly an amazing feeling.
18 months ago, we were only home from the hospital for a few days at this point, still trying to adjust with (thankfully) my parents there to help. We've come a long way, baby.
Anyway, I digress.
She is an amazing little girl. She LOVES to talk, and she is doing great with names especially - now she can say Mommy, Dada (or Daddy), Grandma, Pappy, Nana, Poppop, Emma, Lilly (Wilwy), Riley (Ri-wey), Averi, Jenna, Thad (Daaaaaaad), Heather (Head-ah), and Ron (Rooon). She tries to say Kelly, Kevin, Leslie, Ethan, Megan, Negesti, Amanda, and Arianna. She knows her Sesame Street characters and says their names, and points to Disney characters. She still loves her books and Barney video. She loves her Disney Princess sofa.
She is definitely a runner, not a walker, and she's starting to climb on everything now. Nothing is safe anymore. As far as eating, she is still picky about veggies but is doing much better. Sometimes she gets school lunches now, and she seems to really love them! She's still sleeping through the night and taking one 2-hour nap per day, right after lunch.
I won't know her "official" stats until Friday - at the ER the other day, she weighed a little over 25 lbs, but she was dressed and had a diaper on (at the dr office, she was 26 lbs), so somewhere in that range. I know she's tall because she doesn't fit under our dining table anymore.
I always knew it would be amazing to be a mother - but I don't think I ever imagined the amount of love I could feel in my heart - in my very soul - for one person. It's truly an amazing feeling.
18 months ago, we were only home from the hospital for a few days at this point, still trying to adjust with (thankfully) my parents there to help. We've come a long way, baby.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
18 months
I had a great post planned for tonight about all of the amazing things Brooke is up to these days at 18 months old. But that's going to have to wait.
For Brooke's 18-month "birthday," she tookd her first trip to the ER.
She's had a cold for almost a week, and she's had some congestion that she was able to clear up by coughing. Yesterday, she started having a yellow discharge from her eyes. Today, it all took a nosedive.
She went to the dr for her eyes this morning and had 3 - yes, THREE - nebulizer treatments - and was still satting 97 (which isn't too terrible) and was super congested. Jim called me and mentioned the words "respiratory distress" and "ER" and I was on the road.
We spent nearly 8 hours in the ER room - Brooke had suctions taken from her nose to check for RSV and a chest x-ray to look for pneumonia (both negative, thank god). It was tough holding her down for that. She also received another breathing treatment, shots of antibiotics, and an oral steroid - and had to be observed for several hours to make sure she was good enough to come home. FInally the dr said she was breathing "beautifully" while calm, and home we came with a slew of meds.
She's now sleeping, and I have to wake her every few hours for a nebulizer treatment. My poor baby girl - here's hoping it gets knocked out fast :(
For Brooke's 18-month "birthday," she tookd her first trip to the ER.
She's had a cold for almost a week, and she's had some congestion that she was able to clear up by coughing. Yesterday, she started having a yellow discharge from her eyes. Today, it all took a nosedive.
She went to the dr for her eyes this morning and had 3 - yes, THREE - nebulizer treatments - and was still satting 97 (which isn't too terrible) and was super congested. Jim called me and mentioned the words "respiratory distress" and "ER" and I was on the road.
We spent nearly 8 hours in the ER room - Brooke had suctions taken from her nose to check for RSV and a chest x-ray to look for pneumonia (both negative, thank god). It was tough holding her down for that. She also received another breathing treatment, shots of antibiotics, and an oral steroid - and had to be observed for several hours to make sure she was good enough to come home. FInally the dr said she was breathing "beautifully" while calm, and home we came with a slew of meds.
She's now sleeping, and I have to wake her every few hours for a nebulizer treatment. My poor baby girl - here's hoping it gets knocked out fast :(
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Update
I made another new recipe on Sunday - Deceptively Delicious Macaroni and Cheese (hiding butternut squash). It was good, but I have a couple changes to make - I'll post the recipe when I'm home for that. I'm also making one this week called "So Simple Supper."
Two other items from my bucket list will be checked off on May 27, 2011! We are taking our first family vacation....to Disney! Jim's sister and her family will be at Disney at the same time, so we'll be spending some time with them and a lot of time on our own! We found great hotel rates and are so excited about going. When we ask Brooke if she wants to go see Mickey, she brings us her favorite Disney book, Farmer Mickey....it is too cute!
I've been worried lately that I might have missed my "window" for potty training. Sigh. Brooke was so interested in it, and she peed several times around Thanksgiving - then, when I went back to work, I didn't want to push too much and it ended up that she rarely got put on the potty (the daycare won't start working with them until they're 2, unless the child starts asking for the potty before then) and now she's more interested in using it as a stepstool. I had intentions of starting over Christmas break, but just never did. I think we'll start introducing it again this weekend and see if she shows any interest.
Two other items from my bucket list will be checked off on May 27, 2011! We are taking our first family vacation....to Disney! Jim's sister and her family will be at Disney at the same time, so we'll be spending some time with them and a lot of time on our own! We found great hotel rates and are so excited about going. When we ask Brooke if she wants to go see Mickey, she brings us her favorite Disney book, Farmer Mickey....it is too cute!
I've been worried lately that I might have missed my "window" for potty training. Sigh. Brooke was so interested in it, and she peed several times around Thanksgiving - then, when I went back to work, I didn't want to push too much and it ended up that she rarely got put on the potty (the daycare won't start working with them until they're 2, unless the child starts asking for the potty before then) and now she's more interested in using it as a stepstool. I had intentions of starting over Christmas break, but just never did. I think we'll start introducing it again this weekend and see if she shows any interest.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Strange feeling....
I had a strange feeling this morning when I dropped Brooke off at daycare. It was happy, proud, and sad, all at the same time.
Now that she's wanting to walk everywhere, I've started letting her walk in/out of school as long as she's holding hands. (I'm hoping that holding hands there - she does great - will lead to her always hold hands while we're out so that we can avoid a "leash" for her). I digress. This morning, she walked in and upon reaching the classroom, let go of my hand and ran to Ms. Negesti - exactly how she normally runs to me when I pick her up.
Happy? Yes - she obviously loves her school.
Proud? Yes - she's so grown up and running to give Ms. Negesti a hug is such a show of affection.
Sad? Yes - She's my little girl and I can't help but worry that, if she's that attached to her teacher, maybe she spends too much time there (she basically goes on a regular school schedule - even longer. 8:30 am - 5 pm mostly every day - Jim doesn't get to keep her home too much anymore).
Mostly, the happy and proud are winning out - she's grown into such a sweet girl with a big heart.
I hope the next 5 hours fly by so I can see her running towards me like that ;-)
Now that she's wanting to walk everywhere, I've started letting her walk in/out of school as long as she's holding hands. (I'm hoping that holding hands there - she does great - will lead to her always hold hands while we're out so that we can avoid a "leash" for her). I digress. This morning, she walked in and upon reaching the classroom, let go of my hand and ran to Ms. Negesti - exactly how she normally runs to me when I pick her up.
Happy? Yes - she obviously loves her school.
Proud? Yes - she's so grown up and running to give Ms. Negesti a hug is such a show of affection.
Sad? Yes - She's my little girl and I can't help but worry that, if she's that attached to her teacher, maybe she spends too much time there (she basically goes on a regular school schedule - even longer. 8:30 am - 5 pm mostly every day - Jim doesn't get to keep her home too much anymore).
Mostly, the happy and proud are winning out - she's grown into such a sweet girl with a big heart.
I hope the next 5 hours fly by so I can see her running towards me like that ;-)
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Bucket List: New Recipe, Week 2 (and 100 posts!)
How fitting that my 100th post would be another new recipe!
Tonight was Jim's pick:
TACO CHILI
Ingredients:
1 lb lean ground beef
2 cans (15 oz each) seasoned chunky tomato sauce (I used crushed tomatoes - would definitely do diced next time)
1 can (15 oz) chili beans with chili gravy
1 can (15 oz) whole kernel corn, undrained
1 envelope taco seasoning.
Brown beef & drain fat. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cook on low 4-6 hours.
I topped mine with shredded Mexican cheese.
I'll be making this again because Jim loved it. I prefer regular chili, as this doesn't seem to have a lot of spice to it, but I really did like the corn in the chili. That being said, we're both having leftovers tomorrow for lunch. ;-)
Tonight was Jim's pick:
TACO CHILI
Ingredients:
1 lb lean ground beef
2 cans (15 oz each) seasoned chunky tomato sauce (I used crushed tomatoes - would definitely do diced next time)
1 can (15 oz) chili beans with chili gravy
1 can (15 oz) whole kernel corn, undrained
1 envelope taco seasoning.
Brown beef & drain fat. Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cook on low 4-6 hours.
I topped mine with shredded Mexican cheese.
I'll be making this again because Jim loved it. I prefer regular chili, as this doesn't seem to have a lot of spice to it, but I really did like the corn in the chili. That being said, we're both having leftovers tomorrow for lunch. ;-)
Monday, January 10, 2011
A whole lotta nothin'
Today is Brooke's first day in a new "class" at daycare. They call this class the "Twaddler" room, and the kids are all 18 months - 2 years old. Brooke is now the youngest in her class again. She really likes the teachers - Amanda and Negesti - so I think it will be a good move :-)
Last night Brooke woke up at 11 pm and didn't go back to sleep until 2 am. She would start to fall asleep and then wake up screaming, like something was scaring her. I have no idea what it was. Jim had to stay late at work, so I was on my own. It was rough. I would get her calmed down, lay her back down (she goes to sleep better laying in her bed than if I try to hold her) - and she would doze off for about 20 minutes. Just as I was almost asleep and she was about to go into a deep sleep, it would start all over again. She's been drooling and chewing on her fingers and I felt some bumps in her mouth - I thought "teeth," and gave in and gave her Tylenol at midnight. No go. I could tell she peed, so I changed her diaper and gave her some milk - still didn't work. Finally, I just let her scream bloody murder and call for me (Momma, Momma, Mommyyy, momma) in her sad crying voice - while I sat in my bedroom and cried myself. It took 25 minutes and she was out like a light.
I'm pretty sure Brooke's going through a growth spurt now - she's eating a ton, all day, every day. WAY more than normal - maybe that explains the crappy sleeping? I'm open to suggestions!
We spent the weekend doing nothing at home. I finally got all my Christmas decorations down. I enjoyed it - I drive so much during the week that I love having "downtime" with Brooke and Jim on the weekends. Jim starts overnights Wednesday, so he'll be working/sleeping this weekend, but the weekend after will be a 4-day weekend for him and I'm looking forward to finding something fun to do that weekend! I would love to do a little roadtrip - any suggestions for a road trip in Florida that's relatively inexpensive and involves kid-friendly activities?
Today is officially the start of my diet. I got on the scale this morning - so disappointing. I'll update every week using this format:
Wt loss this wk:
Total wt loss:
Notes/observations:
Never will you know my true weight ;-)
Also, my face and SCALP are broken out. Worse than a hormone-driven teenager. I have no idea why - it's been so long since my skin was this bad. I have combination skin - more on the dry side. Any suggestions what to use to clear it up? I'm trying to avoid salicylic acid products........
Last night Brooke woke up at 11 pm and didn't go back to sleep until 2 am. She would start to fall asleep and then wake up screaming, like something was scaring her. I have no idea what it was. Jim had to stay late at work, so I was on my own. It was rough. I would get her calmed down, lay her back down (she goes to sleep better laying in her bed than if I try to hold her) - and she would doze off for about 20 minutes. Just as I was almost asleep and she was about to go into a deep sleep, it would start all over again. She's been drooling and chewing on her fingers and I felt some bumps in her mouth - I thought "teeth," and gave in and gave her Tylenol at midnight. No go. I could tell she peed, so I changed her diaper and gave her some milk - still didn't work. Finally, I just let her scream bloody murder and call for me (Momma, Momma, Mommyyy, momma) in her sad crying voice - while I sat in my bedroom and cried myself. It took 25 minutes and she was out like a light.
I'm pretty sure Brooke's going through a growth spurt now - she's eating a ton, all day, every day. WAY more than normal - maybe that explains the crappy sleeping? I'm open to suggestions!
We spent the weekend doing nothing at home. I finally got all my Christmas decorations down. I enjoyed it - I drive so much during the week that I love having "downtime" with Brooke and Jim on the weekends. Jim starts overnights Wednesday, so he'll be working/sleeping this weekend, but the weekend after will be a 4-day weekend for him and I'm looking forward to finding something fun to do that weekend! I would love to do a little roadtrip - any suggestions for a road trip in Florida that's relatively inexpensive and involves kid-friendly activities?
Today is officially the start of my diet. I got on the scale this morning - so disappointing. I'll update every week using this format:
Wt loss this wk:
Total wt loss:
Notes/observations:
Never will you know my true weight ;-)
Also, my face and SCALP are broken out. Worse than a hormone-driven teenager. I have no idea why - it's been so long since my skin was this bad. I have combination skin - more on the dry side. Any suggestions what to use to clear it up? I'm trying to avoid salicylic acid products........
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