Busy, busy, busy,...

This weekend has been BUSY!!! I spent all last week packing and babysitting. Thursday was my last day watching MJ for the summer. I now have to find another way to bring in money (I have an interview w/UPS this week). So Saturday morning I got up early and went to a baby shower that was wonderfully done! Then I moved!!! We moved in with the Sampson's and and I am exhausted!!! I still have tons to do this week but so far things are going good. On Saturday Zoey got sick for the first time. She woke up with throw up all over her from her afternoon nap and then threw up another 6 times in 30 minutes. She didn't have a fever at that point. Later that afternoon she had a fever of 100.3 but she was eating and sleeping like normal within 4 hours of the throwing up episode. So, I guess she's ok!! She's been good today! Well, I think I'm going to go to bed because I'm exhausted. I'll try and post more this week but it depends on how things are going!

Bouncing Zoey

Don't worry, it's a short video, please take a look at it! We got this jumper a few months ago when we got the saucer toy. We tried to put Zoey in it then and a few times since but she had no idea what to do, she's just sit there. Well, we tried it again the other day and she immediately started to jump. She loves it! Here is just a short video of her jumping and enjoying it.

Never Say Never

When I decided to switch over from breastfeeding to formula I told my husband that I still wanted feeding time to be a bonding time between Zoey and whoever was feeding her. I told him I NEVER want her to just have her bottle propped up, I don't have a problem with it and I know I'll probably have to with my second, but she's my first baby and while I have the time to feed her I am! Anyways, as you can see below I should never have said never! With having another kid running around the house sometimes I just don't have the time to sit and hold her, so, the other day when we got back in the house from running errands I propped up her bottle and let her eat! It took me a few minutes to figure out the best way to make sure the bottle didn't fall over. I hate to say it but since this day I have propped her bottle up a few more times!!! Oh well, I know I'm still a good mom!!!

Zoey Sitting!!!

Ok, so she's not sitting completely on her own but she's getting there! I've been putting the Boppy around her because sometimes all she needs is a little help balancing. I can't believe how big she's getting! So here are a few pictures of her practicing her sitting.

She can even sit without the Boppy for a few seconds, she's better at the tripod stance when she doesn't have the Boppy to help her.
Sometimes she leans a little just to get her balance then she's right back sitting straight!
She has to relax after all the sitting practice!!!

Zoey and MJ

Ok, so I know it's been awhile since I've posted. I have a ton of cute posts to do but I just haven't found the time to sit down and do them. Ok, so I sit at my computer all day but all I do is check out others blogs! Anyways, without further delays here is a new post....

During the summer I have been watching a little girl, we'll call her MJ. She is adorable! Well, she has only recently taken an interest in Zoey, usually she just ignores her but now she loved to play with her. I think it might be because Zoeys rolling all over the floor and actually making noise and isn't just sitting there! Anyways, the other day they were so cute together that I took some pictures. In less than 1 hr I took 97 pictures! Don't worry, I didn't post them all, just a few are in the slide show below! Back to the kiddos, MJ loves to give Zoey her pacifier/binkie. Even when Zoey is turning her head MJ will try and turn her head back so she can get the binkie in her mouth. Now Zoey only really likes her binkie when she's tired so there was alot of dropping it and then MJ putting it back in! At one point I turned around and saw MJ trying to pick up Zoey! This was kinda scary because MJ is only 17 months old, way too young to pick her up by herself! Zoey liked to grab MJ's hair when she put her head close enough, it was cute. MJ didn't even cry or anything, in fact, once I would free her she would put her head right back down where Zoey could get it! Well, enough about the girls, enjoy the pictures and look for more posts this week, I really am trying to do better! Love ya'll





PS: if you want to know how to do a slide show of your own here is a link to a friends friends blog that I found! Enjoy (http://jjscrazydays.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-to-picasa-slideshow.html)

$33 and 8 hours = NOTHING

Ok, a few weeks ago I received an e-mail about a hotel in Denton that was selling some of their king mattress sets for $15 because they were getting in new ones. I replied to the contact person and got a reply letting me know that it was a first come first serve and that the hotel would not take names and hold the mattresses. So, last Monday was the scheduled day at 10am. I had made arrangements to borrow a friends truck and Clay had made arrangements to go into work late. We drove all the way to Denton (about 30-40 minutes) to find out that the hotels new mattresses didn't come in and that they had postponed the date till next Monday. I was ok with that, not too upset, I didn't think to call before hand because I didn't expect any problems. We drove back home and said, no problem we'll just go next week!

So, today we woke up, I called the hotel and asked if they were still selling their mattresses at 10am. They said they were and so we dropped off Zoey at a friends house (she was also having the other little girl I babysit for dropped off at her house while I picked up the mattress), went to borrow the truck and drove back out to Denton. We got there and went around back and you'll never guess what happened...they didn't have any mattresses! The lady said we had been misinformed and that the first come, first serve mattresses were already gone and you could only pick up a mattress if you had reserved one. I was just a little upset!!! So we had to turn around and go home AGAIN with NO MATTRESS. Maybe we're not meant to have a King size mattress. I guess it's a good thing that I didn't sell the bed set this weekend like I almost did, otherwise we'd be sleeping on an air mattress!

Moral of the story, if it sounds like a great deal it's probably too good to be true!!

Gas in Car - $25
Babysitter - $8
Cell Minutes - 10
Hours - 8
= NO MATTRESS

Hope you all sleep well in your beds tonight.

Memories (you have to sing it like 'Cats')

Ok, I really like this idea so here it goes...

1. Leave one memory that you and I had together, as a comment on my blog.

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll check to see if you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. (If you don't have a blog, I'll just post a memory to yours!!)

Love you all -

Grandpa Face

Zoey has this face that she's been making lately and it's so cute! When my mom was here the other day she said that the face reminded her of Grandpa when she made it. Ever since we have been calling her 'Grandpa' when she makes the face! It really is just so cute!
We took probably 20 pictures of this face but these are the only two that came out. Zoey kept shaking her head and smiling at the camera!

Bragging about Zoey!!

Zoey had a Dr appointment this morning and I can't believe how she's grown! The doctor was amazed at how well she eats (8 oz 4 times a day). She is SOOO big, she is in the overall 99th percentile for her age!

Weight: 15 lbs 15 oz
Length: 26 inches
Head: 17 inches

Well, as everyone knows, at well-child visits they usually get shots, Zoey sure got hers today! In the past she has done pretty well with her shots, just a few cries but only for a few minutes after, she usually calms down pretty quick. But today was pretty cool! She got 4 shots, (Dr. and nurse come in together and each give her one at the same time, that way it's over faster and it seems to work pretty well.) Well, they each stick her with the first shot and her eyes get real big, she doesn't cry though, then on the second stick from them she starts to cry. Of course my heart starts to hurt because who likes to hear their baby cry :( Then, before the Dr and nurse even have a chance to stick on the bandaids she stopped crying! She was blowing raspberries and laughing before I even had a chance to stick her pants back on her and pick her up from the shots! I have the most amazing daughter ever!

Here's another great part of it, I put her down for nap later in the afternoon and I hear her wake up but I'm working on stuff so I figured I'd let her play in her crib while I finished what I was doing. When I go in to check on her she has pulled off 2 of the bandaids and was playing with them! Now these bandaids were under her pants so she had to of pulled her pants up to get to them! It was so cute!

Anyways, we have another appointment in 2 months and I hope it goes as well as this one did!

Now it's picture time!!!!!

I know there are a lot of pictures on this post but I have to show some before and after pictures! All the before pictures were taken when she was only 1-2 weeks old. All the after pictures are from the last month or so. She's even grown since some of these pictures!

This is her in her car seat, she's so tiny...

I removed the pink headrest from her carseat within days of taking this picture.

I remember when she had problems keeping her binkie in her mouth...

Now she can take it out and put it in all by herself! (She loved to put in in upside down sometimes!)
She slept in this blue seat the first week of her life...
Now she watches TV in it!

This was taken within hours of her being born (before we left the birth center). I've had to pack away the clothes she was wearing already...

Now she's such a big girl with her bows and jewelry! She use to be so tiny in my arms...
Now she can sit on my hip and is almost at the point of sitting on her own.
Well, thank you for taking the time to look at all these pictures and stroll down memory lane with me!