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Monday, November 14, 2011
Coming Soon to a Blog Near You
Ok, the wedding between BFF Sam and her man Alex is now over (Congrats guys!!!) and the cake is finished and all the DIY parties are over, so, I am going to try to get back to blogging on a regular basis. So, in the coming days/weeks I will post a recap of wedding related events, Bri updates (she has graduated to a booster and the highchair is "all gone"), and tons and tons of pictures! But since I only worked one day last week, I have tons of catch up to do, so I will make this a short post and leave you with a big fat... Stay Tuned!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
A Perfectly Pumpkin Day
I have been super busy and have not had time to post anything this week, and yes, I realize this is supposed to be a wordless Wednesday post, but I didn't think I could explain why I haven't posted without actually using words... Basically I'm skipping my WW post because I have time to do a real post now and may not later...
Sunday was a beautiful day and we spent it at the pumpkin patch at Blooms and Berries. We made it a true pumpkin kind of day by starting off with pumpkin pancakes though, which Brianne LOVES!!! She doesn't even need syrup, just a little touch of butter and she is super happy. The farm we went to was really crowded and the line was soooo long for the hayride that we decided to skip that part and just roam around and let Bri play. Which she did, and we did, and we all had a fantastic time. We petted goats, and took pics, picked out pumpkins and I got 2 gorgeous baskets of maroon mums, and ate caramel apples and Bri got to ride around in a little wagon and go through a maze made of bales of hay. Fun fun fun!!! And then to keep in the pumpkin spirit, we finished up the day with a Jack's Pumpkin Ale at home, yumm!
Brianne had so much fun petting the goats!! She didn't want to leave the goats but we finally convinced her there were other fun things to do and see. The outhouse photo op was hilarious too. Mine turned out so realistically that one of the girls I work with saw the pic on my husbands computer and was like "oh my! are her pants pulled down?"
And, because I got busy I am going to leave you in anticipation and post the pictures tomorrow!
Sunday was a beautiful day and we spent it at the pumpkin patch at Blooms and Berries. We made it a true pumpkin kind of day by starting off with pumpkin pancakes though, which Brianne LOVES!!! She doesn't even need syrup, just a little touch of butter and she is super happy. The farm we went to was really crowded and the line was soooo long for the hayride that we decided to skip that part and just roam around and let Bri play. Which she did, and we did, and we all had a fantastic time. We petted goats, and took pics, picked out pumpkins and I got 2 gorgeous baskets of maroon mums, and ate caramel apples and Bri got to ride around in a little wagon and go through a maze made of bales of hay. Fun fun fun!!! And then to keep in the pumpkin spirit, we finished up the day with a Jack's Pumpkin Ale at home, yumm!
Brianne had so much fun petting the goats!! She didn't want to leave the goats but we finally convinced her there were other fun things to do and see. The outhouse photo op was hilarious too. Mine turned out so realistically that one of the girls I work with saw the pic on my husbands computer and was like "oh my! are her pants pulled down?"
And, because I got busy I am going to leave you in anticipation and post the pictures tomorrow!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
A Beautiful Fall Day
And we will be spending it at the pumpkin patch! We are going to Blooms and Berries (as soon as Brianne wakes up from her nap) for a hayride through Pumpkin Town to pick our pumpkins and then to their petting zoo area and the hay maze. So in honor of our pumpkin patch day, I made us pumpkin pancakes this morning, yumm! It's such a pretty day and the leaves are changing colors and I'm loving fall today (but dreading winter).
Since Halloween is so close that means it is scary movie time again! Yesterday we watched The Hitcher, Pet Cemetary and Wrong Turn 2 (I think). Today I watched The Shining and now am watching two tivo'd episodes of American Horror Story (which, if you haven't watched yet, record it and watch it after the sun comes up... trust me).
I have some adorable pics of Bri in her witches hat from today too but I will wait and post tomorrow with our pumpkin patch pics. But I think Princess Pea is waking so for now, that is all.
Since Halloween is so close that means it is scary movie time again! Yesterday we watched The Hitcher, Pet Cemetary and Wrong Turn 2 (I think). Today I watched The Shining and now am watching two tivo'd episodes of American Horror Story (which, if you haven't watched yet, record it and watch it after the sun comes up... trust me).
I have some adorable pics of Bri in her witches hat from today too but I will wait and post tomorrow with our pumpkin patch pics. But I think Princess Pea is waking so for now, that is all.
Friday, October 14, 2011
18 Month Stats (Continued)
Brianne had her 18 month well care visit with her doctor yesterday and everything went great. Bri only had to get one shot and it was a flu shot so that was easy peasy! She still cried and sobbed and was very unhappy about getting a shot, but one is better than four. The doc said that Bri is in the 95th percentile for height, weight and head circumfrence and has give us the okay to put her on 2% milk (since she eats all her fruits, veggies and grains) and that she can have peanuts at the age of 2. She suggested we start doing baths daily to help with the eczema, but only use soap every day, and after bath lotion her up before she is completely dry.
She said she is right on track with her speach and physical milestones and at this point the word preemie no longer applies to her as she has "caught up" in all aspectives of her growth. That makes for one happy mommy. One thing that concerned me though, and I got so distracted when the doctor came in I forgot to mention it was that when we got there, the receptionist gave me a form to fill out that was titled "Pediatric Asthma Patient Care"... What?!?!?! No one has ever said to us that she officially has asthma. The doctor at Children's Hospital told us they don't officially diagnose children with that until they are 4 because children younger than 4 that display asthma symptoms usually outgrow it. I believe they diagnosed her with reactive airway disorder and told us we only needed to use the inhaler when she had a respiratory infection that affected her breathing. But I was an idiot and forgot to ask about it...
So here are the big stats:
Height - 34 1/4 inches tall
Weight - 29 lbs 6 oz
Head Circumfrence - 50.2 mm (cm?)
And we don't have to back until she is 2, can you believe that?!?!? They aren't making us come back in 3 months, we have a whole 6 month hiatus! Although with cold and flu season upon us I am certain we will be in to see the doctor before Bri's second birthday.
So, it's finally Friday! I had my big interview today and it was nearly 2 hours long and I interviewed with 2 different doctors (one was the head of the PICU and the other was the head of the Nephrology dept and the CACN) and a nurse, an HR person and 2 people from the Dialysis clinic, phew! I think they all really liked me and I have a follow up call with the head doctor on Monday. From the sounds of it the benefits are excellent, free parking, daycare at the hospital, tuition reimbursement and discounted tuition at UC (where I graduated from). When I told the doctors that I was considering going to nursing school they thought that was terrific idea and told me that this position would be great at not only getting my foot in the door but would get my whole body in the door. I'm very excited at the chance to work with this doctor too because he is apparently brilliant and was recruited from Texas Children's and now CCH has the only Nephrology dept in the country and it's only about a year old so I would be getting in on the ground floor. They gave me a tour of the dialysis clinic and said that they want me to routinely go through the clinic with rounds and whatnot just to keep a human element to the job, and possibly even participate with the clinical trials which would look great on my resume.
I also went to the eye doctor today and got some new glasses that I am super excited about. I don't actually get them for another 10 days though but the frames are Fendi and were on sale and with my insurance it was super cheap. I'll post a pic when I get them.
As for weekend plans, we are going to the pumpkin patch tomorrow for a hay ride and to pick out our pumpkins. It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend too so we may hit the park again on Sunday. Whatever we do I'm sure I'll have a ton of pics to post on Monday. And we do have a couple DIY and artsy-crafty things planned as well - and I am going to make some sample cakes for Sam as well... ok, enough for today. I will try to post through the weekend but won't make any promises. Being able to post on weekends is totally up to Bri and most of the time, she doesn't allow it...
She said she is right on track with her speach and physical milestones and at this point the word preemie no longer applies to her as she has "caught up" in all aspectives of her growth. That makes for one happy mommy. One thing that concerned me though, and I got so distracted when the doctor came in I forgot to mention it was that when we got there, the receptionist gave me a form to fill out that was titled "Pediatric Asthma Patient Care"... What?!?!?! No one has ever said to us that she officially has asthma. The doctor at Children's Hospital told us they don't officially diagnose children with that until they are 4 because children younger than 4 that display asthma symptoms usually outgrow it. I believe they diagnosed her with reactive airway disorder and told us we only needed to use the inhaler when she had a respiratory infection that affected her breathing. But I was an idiot and forgot to ask about it...
So here are the big stats:
Height - 34 1/4 inches tall
Weight - 29 lbs 6 oz
Head Circumfrence - 50.2 mm (cm?)
And we don't have to back until she is 2, can you believe that?!?!? They aren't making us come back in 3 months, we have a whole 6 month hiatus! Although with cold and flu season upon us I am certain we will be in to see the doctor before Bri's second birthday.
So, it's finally Friday! I had my big interview today and it was nearly 2 hours long and I interviewed with 2 different doctors (one was the head of the PICU and the other was the head of the Nephrology dept and the CACN) and a nurse, an HR person and 2 people from the Dialysis clinic, phew! I think they all really liked me and I have a follow up call with the head doctor on Monday. From the sounds of it the benefits are excellent, free parking, daycare at the hospital, tuition reimbursement and discounted tuition at UC (where I graduated from). When I told the doctors that I was considering going to nursing school they thought that was terrific idea and told me that this position would be great at not only getting my foot in the door but would get my whole body in the door. I'm very excited at the chance to work with this doctor too because he is apparently brilliant and was recruited from Texas Children's and now CCH has the only Nephrology dept in the country and it's only about a year old so I would be getting in on the ground floor. They gave me a tour of the dialysis clinic and said that they want me to routinely go through the clinic with rounds and whatnot just to keep a human element to the job, and possibly even participate with the clinical trials which would look great on my resume.
I also went to the eye doctor today and got some new glasses that I am super excited about. I don't actually get them for another 10 days though but the frames are Fendi and were on sale and with my insurance it was super cheap. I'll post a pic when I get them.
As for weekend plans, we are going to the pumpkin patch tomorrow for a hay ride and to pick out our pumpkins. It's supposed to be a beautiful weekend too so we may hit the park again on Sunday. Whatever we do I'm sure I'll have a ton of pics to post on Monday. And we do have a couple DIY and artsy-crafty things planned as well - and I am going to make some sample cakes for Sam as well... ok, enough for today. I will try to post through the weekend but won't make any promises. Being able to post on weekends is totally up to Bri and most of the time, she doesn't allow it...
General Updates and Zoo Pics
I actually typed this post yesterday but never got around to posting it, so here it is, a day late...
So today is Brianne’s 18 month well baby doctor appointment and vaccines… assuming I make it to the doctor’s office on time, and that I go to the right office. I can’t wait to find out how much she weighs and how tall she is now. I have been marking her height on her growth chart at home after every doctor’s appointment because right now she is too young to understand “stand still while I measure you”. I really hope the shots are easy for her and she doesn’t cry too much. She cried last time and it was very intense crying but it only lasted a few minutes (basically once the nurse left the room, she stopped crying). We’ve been lucky so far too in that she doesn’t seem to have much of a reaction to the shots, ie. No high fevers, rashes, side effects etc. so I hope to continue that luck, but if not I planned the appointment at a good time because my parents watch her tomorrow and then she will be home with us Saturday and Sunday.
Couple of cute things I wanted to share: when we dropped her off at daycare the other day she was again the “popular kid” because of her outfit. She was wearing a Sesame Street t-shirt and it had Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar etc. on it. Well as soon as we walked in her little BFF as we like to call her came over to her and was pointing to her shirt, pointing as in touching her shirt. She was very excited saying “big bird!” then all the other kids came running over and had surrounded Bri and were all pointing to her shirt (one boy was shouting elmo and another girl was shouting sesame etc.). Well we of course thought it was hilarious but Bri looked a little frightened. We’re pretty sure Bri was thinking “please mom, never make me wear this shirt again”.
We’ve had a good week though as far as the separation anxiety goes, well, at daycare anyway. Every morning we have taken her to daycare she has willingly ran to her teacher when we put her down. However at home, it has been a different story. At home she has been very clingy to me, to the point that I can’t go to the bathroom or upstairs without her and if I try to she throws a fit. I am under the impression that she may have some more molars coming in though because she has been sucking on her hand a lot lately and tugging on her ears and whenever she doesn’t feel good she becomes mommy’s girl. I will of course be mentioning this to the doc today though so she can check her ears (which she always does anyway).
And while we’re on the daycare subject, she made us some pretty artwork this week, and yesterday when we went to pick her up, she was sitting on the floor with all the other kids playing “kitchen” and she had some plastic food and a little plastic frying pan in her hands and rather than just dropping them and coming to us, she stood up, ran to the toy box and put the toys in it, then ran over to us. I said “wow, she made sure to put her toys away first, that’s great Bri” and we clapped for her. Then her teacher told us that she is always really good about putting her toys away for them. I was so proud of her!
On the sleep front we have been doing well too in that she has been sleeping longer in her crib at night. Several nights this week she slept the entire night in her crib, and over the weekend I even let her take her first nap in her crib, in our bedroom, with the door closed, out of my sight, with the baby monitor turned on though. She slept really well during that nap too so I am going to continue to do naps in the crib from now on so that I can hopefully transition her crib from our room to her own room by her second birthday. Baby steps, that’s what I have to do. I did set this goal before though. I told Jason that we would move her to her own room after her 1st birthday, then I told him I wasn’t ready but that we would move her by the time she was 18 months. Well she will be 19 months old in 4 days and she is still in our room… I can’t help it. I know she will sleep fine in her room (probably better) but I know that I won’t. At least not at first I won’t. But, she can’t sleep in our room forever so I will have to start taking those baby steps I guess…
And now, as promised, here are a few pictures from our trip to the zoo.
So today is Brianne’s 18 month well baby doctor appointment and vaccines… assuming I make it to the doctor’s office on time, and that I go to the right office. I can’t wait to find out how much she weighs and how tall she is now. I have been marking her height on her growth chart at home after every doctor’s appointment because right now she is too young to understand “stand still while I measure you”. I really hope the shots are easy for her and she doesn’t cry too much. She cried last time and it was very intense crying but it only lasted a few minutes (basically once the nurse left the room, she stopped crying). We’ve been lucky so far too in that she doesn’t seem to have much of a reaction to the shots, ie. No high fevers, rashes, side effects etc. so I hope to continue that luck, but if not I planned the appointment at a good time because my parents watch her tomorrow and then she will be home with us Saturday and Sunday.
Couple of cute things I wanted to share: when we dropped her off at daycare the other day she was again the “popular kid” because of her outfit. She was wearing a Sesame Street t-shirt and it had Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar etc. on it. Well as soon as we walked in her little BFF as we like to call her came over to her and was pointing to her shirt, pointing as in touching her shirt. She was very excited saying “big bird!” then all the other kids came running over and had surrounded Bri and were all pointing to her shirt (one boy was shouting elmo and another girl was shouting sesame etc.). Well we of course thought it was hilarious but Bri looked a little frightened. We’re pretty sure Bri was thinking “please mom, never make me wear this shirt again”.
We’ve had a good week though as far as the separation anxiety goes, well, at daycare anyway. Every morning we have taken her to daycare she has willingly ran to her teacher when we put her down. However at home, it has been a different story. At home she has been very clingy to me, to the point that I can’t go to the bathroom or upstairs without her and if I try to she throws a fit. I am under the impression that she may have some more molars coming in though because she has been sucking on her hand a lot lately and tugging on her ears and whenever she doesn’t feel good she becomes mommy’s girl. I will of course be mentioning this to the doc today though so she can check her ears (which she always does anyway).
And while we’re on the daycare subject, she made us some pretty artwork this week, and yesterday when we went to pick her up, she was sitting on the floor with all the other kids playing “kitchen” and she had some plastic food and a little plastic frying pan in her hands and rather than just dropping them and coming to us, she stood up, ran to the toy box and put the toys in it, then ran over to us. I said “wow, she made sure to put her toys away first, that’s great Bri” and we clapped for her. Then her teacher told us that she is always really good about putting her toys away for them. I was so proud of her!
On the sleep front we have been doing well too in that she has been sleeping longer in her crib at night. Several nights this week she slept the entire night in her crib, and over the weekend I even let her take her first nap in her crib, in our bedroom, with the door closed, out of my sight, with the baby monitor turned on though. She slept really well during that nap too so I am going to continue to do naps in the crib from now on so that I can hopefully transition her crib from our room to her own room by her second birthday. Baby steps, that’s what I have to do. I did set this goal before though. I told Jason that we would move her to her own room after her 1st birthday, then I told him I wasn’t ready but that we would move her by the time she was 18 months. Well she will be 19 months old in 4 days and she is still in our room… I can’t help it. I know she will sleep fine in her room (probably better) but I know that I won’t. At least not at first I won’t. But, she can’t sleep in our room forever so I will have to start taking those baby steps I guess…
And now, as promised, here are a few pictures from our trip to the zoo.
When we first got to the zoo, Bri had just woken up (that's why she doesn't look so happy)
Me, my mom, Bri as Minnie Mouse and my dad
Brianne looking in at some baby wallabies and a baby ant eater
Bri, me, Jennifer, Olivia and Tara
Brianne's first carousel ride
And at the end of the day, we had two exhausted little girls
Me, my mom, Bri as Minnie Mouse and my dad
Brianne looking in at some baby wallabies and a baby ant eater
Bri, me, Jennifer, Olivia and Tara
Brianne's first carousel ride
And at the end of the day, we had two exhausted little girlsWednesday, October 12, 2011
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