Baby Shoes

Everyone knows that tiny shoes are possibly the cutest thing about a baby. I am so excited to have found these mini adventure sandals for Rylie!! Slightly excessive, but seriously - so worth it. I can't wait to see her and try them on.

It's July - Hallelujah

Too much stuff has gone on to recap it all, so I’ll just pick up from the last few weeks.  Rylie got really sick in June.  She had flu like symptoms for a few weeks, with seven days of throwing up.  I took her to the doctor three times before they finally agreed with me that she just didn’t seem to be getting better.  I pushed for an IV and so we had to go to the PCMS ER for that – not an experience I ever want to repeat.  But I’m happy to report that a day later she was a hundred times better and then two days later was a thousand times better. 

We all really struggled through it, and of course the moment she got better Joe and I both got it.  We were miserable and sick and I turned 30 and we got in an argument with family and we went to work and we stayed home and we just switched into utter survival mode.  But again…I’m happy to report good health for all in our household.

After all of this, we are trying to make some changes ‘round here.  We are trying to get out more both with and without Rylie.  We need to exercise our right to get a babysitter and/or leave Rylie with friends who have graciously offered.  We need to get take our little monkey on more adventures, even when it’s hard.

So for now, I’m gonna say “BUH-BYE JUNE – don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out!".  And say "HELLO JULY! Come right in, can I get you something to drink?".

Undelete

Oh Blogger, you know me so well!! Here I am again, after a couple of months of hiding inactivity. It's like sometimes I just want to get some things out. I know that nobody reads this, but I think I like it that way.

Stuff I don't really want to know

A coworker of my husband is looking at taking her son to our daycare. He is just a couple of months younger than Rylie. She has been going to the class and sitting for an hour each day this week. She came back yesterday and told Joe that Rylie sat on the floor and cried and her teacher did nothing about it. Uhm, thanks for nothing!!! I don't want to hear shit like that. I am a realist - I know that she cries during the day, I know that she doesn't get picked up right away. There isn't much I can do about it. In some ways, I think it can be good, if she gets held all day then she won't ever learn that it's okay to play on her own. On the flip side, you never know how much is too much. But, the bottom line is that I don't know what I can do about it. Besides quit my job and stay home. And of course vow to never let her cry. Because it's not like she doesn't cry at home. I know she isn't feeling great this week, and honestly she has tested my patience at times too. But I can't take the week off when she has the sniffles. Again, not a damn thing I can do about it. Now I am pissed and grumpy and feeling guilty. Again, thanks for nothing.

Weekend

I got so wrapped up in Rylie’s Birthday party I haven’t been able to do much else lately.  Thank goodness it’s done.  It went great, all the food turned out good and we had just enough guests.  A few folks that I would have loved to have had didn’t make it, but still lots of fun.  Rylie totally ate up all the attention – she grinned from ear to ear and played with her cake and got frosting in hair.  Thank goodness it is over though (did I say that already!!); seriously it was a lot of work!

So other big things, Rylie is standing on her own.  Trying to walk already???  CRAZY!!  It is so fun to watch, she blows me away every day.  Within a month I think we’ll have a toddler on our hands.  She has been a pretty fun and happy baby.  Her napping has been shifting a little, she is sleeping one long nap and one catnap on weekends.  It actually works out great for us, she naps in the morning and then sneaks in a nap in the car in the afternoon.  Can’t wait till we are down to just one long nap – I’ve been waiting for this for sooooooooo long!!

Deserving of its own paragraph: RYLIE IS SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT EVERY NIGHT!!!  Been about 17 days in a row I think??  So glorious this sleep thing!!

And cow’s milk seems to be going great too.  My only reservation about switching over completely during the day is that it will make weekends more challenging because we’ll have to give her a bottle before naps….hum.  Not sure how she’ll feel about that….I did give her a warmed sippy of straight cow’s milk over the weekend and I think she drank an ounce or two.  She seemed happy enough about it too, so that was good.  I’m a little sad to think that weaning is right around the corner.  Hard to know how difficult it will be for her.  And me!!  More to come on that, I’m sure.

Finally, Sunday was great.  I road up Emigration with Carrie and then we got to test out our new grill Sunday night.  Joe made some a-mazing steaks!!  And it only took like 10 mins.  Yum, yum J Can’t wait to cook up some more stuff this wee

Been too long!!

Just a snippet of the kidlet with her mama