Monday Mashup

1. Pretty sure this will be my first "normal" post which does not have to do with the baby. *gasp!*

2. I desperately need the following: a haircut, to go to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned, and a pedicure. My hair is the longest it's ever been, my teeth feel manky and my toes...let's not even go there.

3. It was 105 DEGREES this past Friday and Saturday. I can't even begin to explain to you how hot that is. I didn't leave the house. I stayed cool indoors.

4. I have this weird thing, I guess you could call it a habit, where I think the TV and lights in a room make the room hotter. I don't think I'm imagining it. So needless to say I was trying to keep TVs and lights to a minimum on Friday and Saturday.

5. This weekend we're having cement poured in our backyard for a large patio. I took a before picture and can't wait to get the patio all set up with our rugs, table and chairs and plants to get an after photo.

6. Mom and Dad are coming for this Father's Day weekend so Dad can help Kevin frame out the patio, and to also celebrate Father's Day, of course.

7. I'm mostly looking forward to having Mom here to watch the Babe so I can run some errands on my own for once!

8. Kevin's family is all in St. Thomas for 12 days on vacation. We're not jealous at all YES WE ARE. Kevin's uncle lives there and charters a sailboat. If you're ever in St. Thomas and want a great sailboat tour, check out Jester Sailing Adventures!

9. On Friday I went to the grocery store and only purchased beer and wine. One hundred dollars worth. No food. My justification of this is twofold: 1) We did need to stock up, and 2) Since I can drink again (in moderation) I just want to drink all the things!!!

10. Let's not talk about the gigantic black widow (along with it's hundreds of black widow babies) Kevin and my BIL found under an old deck in our backyard that they tore up yesterday. I won't even post the picture of it because it makes me want to vomit every time I look at it. The disgusting thing was so big it could barely walk! *gag* Gross!

Hope you all had a nice weekend!

Shots of Shots

When Preslie had her two month checkup on Monday, she was all smiles and so talkative. I kept thinking to myself "Oh baby girl, you have no idea what is about to come your way."

She ended up getting three shots (she'll get the other three at her four month checkup) and one vaccine was by mouth. She took the liquid vaccine with no problems. She was flirting with the nurse and holding her finger for the longest time.

She has a bad habit of lifting up her dresses. We need to work on that. ;)

Then the shots came and boy oh boy was that nurse quick with administering them. I guess you have to be when it comes to screaming children.

Here's a run down of Preslie's reaction to her vaccines...

First shot was just about being injected. It hasn't quite registered with Preslie yet, but she's sure giving that nurse a good look.

The second shot has definitely registered. 

And the third and final shot just ticked her off. I have never seen her face turn that red before!

I was surprised that I didn't cry. She was just too pathetic that all I could do was laugh. When I picked her up her bottom little lip was just sticking out and she was so sad. Bless her sweet heart.

After all the drama, she settled down and went right to sleep. She was fussy that night and a little the next day because I think her chunky little thighs were sore, but she's back to her old self now.

Preslie Kay at Two Months

I'm a couple days behind, but oh well!

Preslie turned two months old on Sunday, June 2nd. She is literally growing before our very eyes. And FAST!

 This was the best we could do for this monthly pic.

And this pretty much sums up how Preslie feels about photo shoots. So much drama!

Measurements
Weight: 11lbs 8oz (53%)
Height: 23 1/4" (82%)
Head circumference: 16" (90%)

The doctor said we have a tall girl on our hands! She certainly doesn't get that from Kevin or me, so it must be from some distant relatives.

Appearance 

• The hair on the top of her head kind of thinned out but it is growing back with a vengeance. She's going to have a head full of thick, dark hair in no time.
• Her eyes are still a very clear, bright blue. They'll either stay blue or they might turn green, but the doctor said they definitely won't be brown.

 

• She's got a belly on her that shows her love of milkies.
• She has the longest, darkest eyelashes I've ever seen.

Sizes

• She's in 0-3 month and 3 month clothes, now. She no longer fits into anything newborn - all those tiny outfits are packed away.
• She wears size one in diapers.

Personality

• She is a really good baby. She rarely cries and is generally very content and happy. She had some vaccines yesterday and has been a little weepy the past day and it just breaks my heart. But even still, she's happy the rest of the time. 
• She loves to smile and we'll do just about anything to make that happen.

• We just think she's so much fun.  
• She's "talking" a lot more these days.

Likes

• She stills loves her bath. When 7:30 rolls around and she's not in her tub, she'll start to fuss to let us know that's what she wants. Oh, and we have to keep her diaper on her during bath time until the very end because we've had some poop fiascoes in the tub in the past that just don't make for a successful bath time.
• She is obsessed with her bouncy seat and play mat. She spends up to an hour on those things and is just happy as can be. She prefers to play by herself. When we're on the ground with her she'd rather look at her toys than us.
• She enjoys taking naps in her swing.
• Today, I discovered that she is a fan of the Moby Wrap.

• Milkies.
• Looking at Kevin and me. We turn into mush each time.

Dislikes

• She does not like to take naps in her crib. I've learned that I can get her to take a full two-hour nap in her crib for her 8:30am nap because she's usually pretty tired then, but any other nap time she will fight it to the very end if I make her sleep in her crib. She prefers the other naps in her swing (or the Moby now).
• She doesn't particularly enjoy tummy time. We have to make sure we don't do tummy time right after she eats because she'll throw up. She can stand maybe five minutes on her tummy and then she's had enough.
• She fights her swaddle like no tomorrow. In the beginning we were swaddling her with the Aden and Anais blankets and they were working, but as she's gotten older/bigger/stronger she's been breaking out of those bad boys so we use the SwaddleMe swaddle blankets now. Those things are lifesavers! Anyways, she fights them but settles down after a minute or two once she realizes it's time for nigh-nights.
• If I have to wake her up for a feeding during the day, she is not a happy camper. She gets so grumpy. I would be too.
• She doesn't like to have her clothes put on or taken off. I think she'd be happier in the nude.

Eating

• She eats five ounces of breast milk six times a day: 3am, 7am, 10:30am, 2pm, 5pm and 8pm.
• She nurses maybe twice a day but I mostly pump and we bottle feed her the breast milk. It just works out better for us this way.
• She was falling asleep during almost all of her feedings, no matter what we did (undressed her, cold washcloth, tickle her feet, etc) but she's starting to stay awake during them a little more often now.
• My supply has increased a whole lot within the past two weeks so I'm hoping I can keep her on breast milk as long as possible; or until I'm sick and tired of pumping.

Sleeping

• She takes three, two-hour naps during the day (8:30-10:30am, 12-2pm, 3-5pm) and then a little cat nap in the evening.
• She's slept through the night more often this past month which has been great! If not, she'll usually go six or seven hours the first stretch, and then four hours after her 3am feeding.
• The night of June 2nd she slept 10 hours straight!!!
• This past month we've been working on her learning how to self-soothe by doing some Crying It Out (CIO). I'll admit it wasn't easy at first, but we rarely have to do it now. We put her down in her crib when she's drowsy but not asleep, and she'll fall asleep on her own once she's swaddled.  When we first started CIO, we started with five minutes. After five minutes we'd go in and soothe her and leave the room. She'd cry again. We'd do this in five minute increments until she'd fall asleep. As she's gotten older we upped it to 10 minute increments. Usually, if she's been crying for 20 minutes (two ten-minute increments) we'll pick her up and check her diaper and more often than not she has a dirty diaper, we'll change her and she'll fall right to sleep after that.

New Experiences

• She was a little sunbathing beauty and hung out with the ladies by the pool in May.

• She met her Grandpa Barry for the first time.
• She celebrated Cinco de Mayo with her parents, Uncle Machew and Grandpa Barry.

• We spent almost a whole week at Grammy and Grampy's house, visiting.

• She helped celebrate her mommy's first Mother's Day.

 

• She attended two BBQ's at friends' houses and did great both times.
• She celebrated Memorial Day with a BBQ at Grandma's house.

 

• She rode in her stroller without her car seat for the first time like a big girl and loved it (fell right to sleep).
• She visited Daddy at work and got to meet all his co-workers.
• She joined Mommy and Daddy on a lunch date at Chili's.
• We had a play date with Mikaela and Kesara.

 

We can't wait to see what this next month will bring!