There was a special visitor who appeared in Isla's crib this morning. Waiting there was an elf sleeping from a long trip to our house from the North Pole. She had a note from Santa and a Book that tells what she is all about. The first thing on the agenda was to name her. Maceo and I wrote down all the "Christmas-themed" Names we could think of. We put all the names in a bowl and set the bowl in front of Isla. It was a long process but she grabbed a name-Mom quickly snatched it from her grasp. "Sparkle" was the name she chose. VERY Fitting with the sparkly skirt she adorned. We will have to see what she brings in the month to come! So Exciting....
Day 1 The Elf With Isla there in the crib with the book to read to name the elf.
Day 2 Hanging from the ceiling fan hanging in the spot that Isla loved to look at when she was a baby
Day 3 Making hand prints out of dough
Day 4 "Snow" Angels Sparkle used flour silly elf
Day 5 Spa day a day to pamper our s"elf"
Day 6 Green Milk- yummy treat!!
Day 7 Snoozing in the bathroom
Day 8 Holding the camera
Day 9 Nail paint
Day 10 Playing in with Isla's stuffed animals
Day 11 Tiny pancakes
Day 12 Lifting Weights
Day 13 Riding Charlie
Day 14 Sitting pretty in Isla's Bumbo
Day 15 Oh my, oh, my , oh my laundry
Day 16 Reading books
Day 17 Playing on the computer
Day 18 Getting ready for a fire
Day 19 Hanging out with the bouncer
Day 20 Drawing on pictures
Day 21 Holding the remote
Day 22 Playing Hide and Seek
Day 23 Drawing on pictures naughty elf
Day 24
Day 25
Day 26 Goodbye
Friday, November 29, 2013
Thanksgiving
We had a great time at the Anderson's for Thanksgiving. Hosted by Great Grandma Anderson. We had almost everyone show up....except for the people that actually got the ball going on having the whole family together. We were just a little disappointed by that, but it was nice to have family together for the holidays. Isla had TURKEY, SWEET POTATOES and WHOLE GRAINS-it was a Gerber 2 Food, along with here rice and oatmeal cereal. She also ate some of Mom's potatoes and Squash and LOVED IT (Not that I didn't think she would).
Afterwards, we went around to check out some "AFTER" Thanksgiving sales-Surprisingly K-mart has some great stuff! We found a Holiday Dress (haven't decided if it will be Christmas or NewYears). We also tried Wal-mart, but decided that the one thing that we found wasn't worth waiting in line for 2 hours. So we went home.
Afterwards, we went around to check out some "AFTER" Thanksgiving sales-Surprisingly K-mart has some great stuff! We found a Holiday Dress (haven't decided if it will be Christmas or NewYears). We also tried Wal-mart, but decided that the one thing that we found wasn't worth waiting in line for 2 hours. So we went home.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Isla Artwork (Infant 1) 2013/2014
will be posting pictures as I can get them uploaded....just trying to keep your interests ;)
Monday, November 18, 2013
Happy 6 months!!!
What an adventure the last 6 months have been. I feel blessed everyday Isla is with us and making us smile.
Today is her "official" 6 month. She had a rough night at home and day at daycare. We had to go pick her up early because of a 101.5 temperature. She wasn't acting like her self all day either. I am hoping all it is-is teething....but just to be on the safe side. We have an 8:45 appointment tomorrow morning.
I will continue working on this.....
Well, it is the next day. I had to call to cancel her 8:45 am appointment because we had taken her to the ER. her 101.5 temp even after acetaminophen her temperature rose to 103.2. I let Maceo know we needed to head to the Hospital. I tried to call the phone number that was listed for the hospital that we were headed too to make sure we were doing the right thing-I was transferred to another department and the lady asked all this information then after 15 minutes she still is indecisive (we were on our way to the hospital anyway-but if we weren't I WOULD HAVE BEEN PISSED that we just wasted this time that we could have been headed to the hospital.
The temperature is unknown, but we have been doing the right thing with the acetaminophen-but found out we could give her more medication than what we were giving because she is bigger than before (obviously), but we were only told to give x amount so we didn't want to over medicate.
We stayed home today. We tried to rest, FAILED, but we tried. I have a feeling that we will be having a long week....
We have been battling this sickness. I can not wait for our baby to be better.
Today is her "official" 6 month. She had a rough night at home and day at daycare. We had to go pick her up early because of a 101.5 temperature. She wasn't acting like her self all day either. I am hoping all it is-is teething....but just to be on the safe side. We have an 8:45 appointment tomorrow morning.
I will continue working on this.....
Well, it is the next day. I had to call to cancel her 8:45 am appointment because we had taken her to the ER. her 101.5 temp even after acetaminophen her temperature rose to 103.2. I let Maceo know we needed to head to the Hospital. I tried to call the phone number that was listed for the hospital that we were headed too to make sure we were doing the right thing-I was transferred to another department and the lady asked all this information then after 15 minutes she still is indecisive (we were on our way to the hospital anyway-but if we weren't I WOULD HAVE BEEN PISSED that we just wasted this time that we could have been headed to the hospital.
The temperature is unknown, but we have been doing the right thing with the acetaminophen-but found out we could give her more medication than what we were giving because she is bigger than before (obviously), but we were only told to give x amount so we didn't want to over medicate.
We stayed home today. We tried to rest, FAILED, but we tried. I have a feeling that we will be having a long week....
We have been battling this sickness. I can not wait for our baby to be better.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Playing Catch Up...
Ahhhhh....we are finally on the same schedules for our whole family.
Mom's Last day at Everts was yesterday. Sad day I only cried once. Isla had a day with Grandma Hamer and they met me for lunch. :) We closed at 5 but still had people walking in around 5:30. I was extremely glad when Brian (the boss) said we closed at 5, we do re-open tomorrow at 12:00. I was able to get Isla from the Hamer's and get home close to 7pm.
Now the fun comes on playing catch up for all the days we haven't done housework. We figure if we just work on one room at a time we will get there. And we have and only have been working for a few hours. WOW, when you don't have the same schedule and you have 6 day work weeks...the house can sure take over. This would NEVER have happened before....I was a slight bit of a NEAT FREAK!!! But, now we can get back to that...maybe a little more relaxed...but back to that.
Well, enough of me talking about catching up I really have to get back to work!
Mom's Last day at Everts was yesterday. Sad day I only cried once. Isla had a day with Grandma Hamer and they met me for lunch. :) We closed at 5 but still had people walking in around 5:30. I was extremely glad when Brian (the boss) said we closed at 5, we do re-open tomorrow at 12:00. I was able to get Isla from the Hamer's and get home close to 7pm.
Now the fun comes on playing catch up for all the days we haven't done housework. We figure if we just work on one room at a time we will get there. And we have and only have been working for a few hours. WOW, when you don't have the same schedule and you have 6 day work weeks...the house can sure take over. This would NEVER have happened before....I was a slight bit of a NEAT FREAK!!! But, now we can get back to that...maybe a little more relaxed...but back to that.
Well, enough of me talking about catching up I really have to get back to work!
Friday, November 8, 2013
Halloween has come and passed
Halloween 2013
Isla's First Halloween
We had so much fun!!! (Still writing and adding photos...)
Isla's First Halloween
We had so much fun!!! (Still writing and adding photos...)
I now am a Certified Mandatory Child Abuse Reporter
I have 5 years now before I have to re-take this test. Whewf!! 2 hours of videos and tests. I was trying to figure out how to post my lovely Certificate that I am proud to have earned, but for some reason it wouldn't let me. So, I just won't.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Oh MY the Changes...
Well, I can't believe the time has flown like it has...well, actually I can....
I started a new job 2 weeks ago. I am now a Senior 2 teacher at Generation Next. I LOVE IT!!!
http://www.generationnextia.com/
I still am currently working at my previous job Everts Flowers Home & Gifts, for the next couple of weeks too...So 6 day weeks (luckily only 3) for me working until the 16th.
Maceo will be starting a new job come next week. Now we will all be on the same schedule again. I can not express how excited I am to have that happen.
Isla is now in daycare 5 days a week.
We are excited though with the new jobs come better hours for our family to be together. And perks!
I can't even think of everything I wanted to say. But just to say for now.....if you don't hear anything from us on here in a little while, we aren't lazy....JUST REALLY BUSY!!!
I started a new job 2 weeks ago. I am now a Senior 2 teacher at Generation Next. I LOVE IT!!!
http://www.generationnextia.com/
I still am currently working at my previous job Everts Flowers Home & Gifts, for the next couple of weeks too...So 6 day weeks (luckily only 3) for me working until the 16th.
Maceo will be starting a new job come next week. Now we will all be on the same schedule again. I can not express how excited I am to have that happen.
Isla is now in daycare 5 days a week.
We are excited though with the new jobs come better hours for our family to be together. And perks!
I can't even think of everything I wanted to say. But just to say for now.....if you don't hear anything from us on here in a little while, we aren't lazy....JUST REALLY BUSY!!!
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