So What Wednesday

Today I am joining in Shannon's So What Wednesday posts.

So what...

If i joined pinterest just to deactivate my account 5 minutes later. I like randomly searching on there for ideas, recipes, and things like that... but I don't really see the need in pinning and repinning and all that stuff. Just not my thing, or maybe I just don't get it. Oh well.

If I am in a crappy mood today. I just can't seem to shake it and I am allowed to be in a bad mood once in awhile. Right?

If I am SUPER excited to see my mom tomorrow. Unfortunately I have a golf outing for work all day and her flight lands in the morning so I won't see her until tomorrow night, but I'm just happy to have her here for 4 days :)

If last night when I was putting Kaylee she fell asleep halfway through her bottle so I just continued to hold her and rock her for awhile. Normally I try to lay her down somewhat awake, but last night she looked so sweet that I just didn't want to let her go.

If I can't make up my mind about what I want to do with my hair. One day I like it blonde and long and the next day I want to chop it off and dye it dark. I like changing up my hair (it is just hair after all and it will grow back) so I'm sure I will do something to it eventually I just need to decide what that will be.

If for the past 2 nights I have been way too lazy to make dinner. Thankfully we have soup and leftovers at the house so we haven't gone without eating. Tonight I have all intentions of actually cooking.. maybe.

If yesterday I accidentally called Kaylee my sisters name. Twice. Apparently I must be missing her a lot. Hope to see her soon!

If I am already getting overly excited about decorating for Christmas. I have a few fall decorations out now, but I just can't seem to get into it.. but Christmas? That's a whole other story. I have lots of boxes of decorations that last year just sat in our storage unit, so now that I have a house to actually decorate again I plan on going all out.

 

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Starting Solids

At Kaylee's 4 month appointment a few weeks ago the Dr gave us the OK to start trying solid foods. I was a little nervous about how she would do with it, but at the same time looking forward to seeing her start to learn about different foods.

The first week we started with just rice cereal and it was not so good. She spit almost everything back at me and would fuss until I gave in and got her a bottle instead.

The second week started off better. We added some bananas to the cereal and that seemed to do the trick. She started actually eating the food and not just spitting it back at me. About 3 days into week 2 is when she got sick. Since we were already dealing with that, I decided it was best to hold off on the solids for a little bit.

Now that she is doing I started trying solids again last night. At first I gave her just rice cereal and it ended up all over her face. So I added the bananas and she started smacking her lips for more. She still ended up with a lot (probably most) of it on her face, but at least she was enjoying it and opening her mouth everytime she saw the spoon.

Hopefully it continues like this and we can start trying to add a couple different types of foods and see what she likes. (and maybe she will start learning to actually keep the food in her mouth rather than on her face.. haha)

Vince was working last night so it was just Kaylee and I. Since she kept wanting more immediately after every bite it was a little hard to get many pictures. But I hadn't taken any of her eating before and wanted to at least get a few of those cute cheeks all covered in food ;)

Before food:

First bite.. Mmmmm :)

All the messy goodness...

I love those chubby cheeks ;)

Kaylee's First ER Trip

As always the weekend went way too fast. Thankfully we had nothing planned so I was able to spend all weekend taking care of my sick little girl.

On Friday around 11am Kaylee spiked a very high fever and started screaming uncontrollably. Vince was at home with her since she had been sick since Tuesday with what we thought was just a cold. So I left work, called the Dr's office and since they couldn't get her in right then they told us to take her to the hospital. We ended up being there until about 5pm. By the time we left she had calmed down, her fever got a little better (still high, but not like before), and we got some antibiotics to help her get well.

We were all so drained that night that Kaylee fell asleep quicker than ever, and Vince and I were both in bed by 10pm. (unfortunately the nights are still rough... with her being sick she is getting up multiple times, but is finally starting to get better)

Vince worked a lot this weekend so Miss K and I spent a lot of time snuggling on the couch. The only upside to having a sick baby, was that she was so much more of a cuddle bug. By this morning her fever was mostly gone and her enegry seems to be getting back to normal.

So after almost a week of some very long and at times stressful days I think we managed to survive her first time being sick. I know we will have many more days like this in our future, but for now I am just glad to have my happy healthy baby girl back :)

**Thanks to all of my friends who sent messages/tweets this weekend checking on her, I really apprecaited it!

Fill in the Blank Friday

So yesterday I said I thought Kaylee was starting to feel better. Well apparently I was wrong. Last night was the worst we have had so far. Not only am I sick now too, but my little girl is just not feeling good at all. I hate that there is nothing I can really do to help her feel better any faster :( Thankfully Vince is staying home with her today, but that means I am at work exhausted and still not feeling good. To say I am looking forward to a weekend at home on the couch with my girl might be the understatement of the year.

Hope you all have a nice weekend!

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I'm linking up with Lauren for Fill in the Blank Friday. Make sure to join in :)

1. The best thing I did all week was have a nice dinner with Vince and K grilling on the deck on Monday night, before we all got sick.

2.  Kaylee's smiles when I pick her up after work make me super happy.

3. Pets are like family.

4.  My family is the best thing about my life.

5. With the cooler weather I am looking forward to boots, scarves, warm drinks, football games, and pretty fall days :) 

6. Something that's on my "wish list" right now is a new vacuum. Lame, I know... but I hate ours and want to upgrade to a Dyson asap.

7. This weekend it's supposed to rain the whole time so I am going to stay home, relax and do my best to get us all feeling better!

Thursday Randoms..

So last night we took out the infant liner in Kaylee's carseat. (in all honesty it probably could have been removed a couple of weeks ago) It made me a little sad to realize how quickly she is growning already.

My mom surprised me Tuesday night by calling and saying she going to fly out here next week to spend a few days with us. My dad is traveling for work and now that my sister is away at school she has the time to visit a little bit more and I love it. There's nothing better than getting a little mom time, and for her to get some time with her granddaughter too ;) (I'm pretty sure she is really coming because she wants to see K, but I'm just glad to have her.. haha)

I'm tired today. I think Kaylee has passed her cold to both Vince and I, but thankfully she seems to be doing a little better. Hopefully in the next couple of days she will be completely back to her normal healthy self.

On Monday Vince got some good news about his job. After a year and a half of him working 8am to 10:30pm, he is finally getting moved up and will be starting a new position full time during the day. It will be SO nice to be a normal family again and get to actually eat dinner together before 11pm for once. I couldn't care less about the pay raise (ok maybe a little), I am just so happy to have him home again. He has a bunch of tests to take (he is there taking his 3rd one as I type this) and then in a couple of weeks he goes away for a week of training and then finally he will be able to start. So at the most we should only have 1 more month left of his current schedule. YAY!

One thing that I will miss once he switches positions are our lunch dates. Right now he has the time to meet me usually once a week to get lunch, but when he starts he won't be able to do that anymore. It was nice having a chance to get out just the two of us even for just a quick meal. I will miss it, but having him home at night is way better. Guess we will just have to plan a couple more actual dates now ;)

Speaking of nights out, one of my best friends wedding is coming up SO soon and I cannot wait!! I love going to weddings, especially when it's one for someone who means so much to me :) We also have one in December for another friend from high school. I'm excited for that one too, but I'm also a little nervous about it. It's in the city and it's a late recepetion so we will be letting Kaylee stay at Vince's aunt's house that night. I know she will be fine and Vince and I need a night off together, but it will be interesting to see who cries more when I drop her off that night. (I'm guessing me.. lol)

I am so ready for a weekend with NO plans. We do not have one single thing that we have to do and I am looking forward to it. I think after all of us being sick this week it's a perfect time to just relax.

Hope everyone is having a good week, it's almost FRIDAY :)

Naive First Time Mom

Kaylee is finally sleeping through the night. She goes to bed at 8:30pm and gets up between 6:30 and 7:30 am everyday. It is heaven. I no longer stress about bedtime, I know she will take a bottle and go right to sleep.

Well that is until last night.

Last night I laid her down at 8:30pm thinking I would have a couple of hours to relax before I went to bed and then would get a blissful 8 hours of sleep.

Wrong.

At about 9:00pm I heard her start coughing. I figured she would just put herself back to sleep like normal, no big deal. But within 5 minutes she started fussing, sneezing, more coughing.. so I went up and got her. As soon as I picked her up I could hear how congested she was. Being the naive first time mom that I am I thought OK I will just give her some saline drops to clear her nose and then back to dreamland for the night.

Um, yea. Wrong again.

From this point on the night was just a stuffy, sneezing, coughing, yucky mess. My poor baby girl was up all night trying to breathe. Around midnight we opened up the humidifier and tip-toed out of the room hoping that would finally help.

Nope. Not at all.

By 2am we gave up with trying to keep her in her own room. We ended up bring up her swing and putting it next to our bed. I thought sleeping at an angle might make it easier for her to breathe. I gave her more saline drops, fed her, cuddled with her for a bit and when she finally fell back asleep at 3am I gently laid her in the swing.

Then finally my little girl got some sleep. (not good sleep, she was still coughing/sneezing/etc the rest of the night but at least she wasn't waking up every 20 minutes).

I know it's just a cold and nothing crazy, but she has never been sick before. So to me this is a whole new learning curve and it breaks my heart knowing that she doesn't feel good. I have to say though she has been a good sport so far... she's still smiling and chatting like normal (just a little more stuffy sounding now).

I'm sure we are going to have a few more long nights, but hopefully it won't last too long and soon my baby girl will be back to herself (and back to sleeping through the night again). Because it's only been one night so far and this mama already misses her sleep.

Thankful Thursday

As always on Thursdays I am thankful that it's almost Friday. I think after having a short week last week it just made this week feel so much longer.

I am thankful for a MIL who introduced me to the Banana Republic Outlet this past weekend. Not sure how I didn't know it was there, but I'm now so glad I do. I got 4 new pairs of work pants and a few cute sweaters for the fall for half the price they would have been at the normal store. You can bet I will be visiting there much more often ;)

I am thankful for a baby who has decided to start sleeping through the night again. (praying that I am not jinxing it as I type!) The past few weeks of her getting up again were not fun. Hoping she decides to continue these 10 hour stretches.. fingers crossed!

I am thankful for my friends. I don't say that enough, but I really do not know what I would do without them.

Speaking of my friends.. I am very thankful (and excited!) that I get to spend the weekend celebrating with one of my best and favorite lady's at her shower and bachelorette party!

I am thankful for a husband who stands by me 100% of the time. We are in the process of making some big decisions and it's so nice to know that no matter what he's always by side <3

I am thankful that the weather is starting to get a little cooler. There are still some hot days, but fall weather is on it's way! I LOVE fall, there's nothing better than boot and scarf season!!

and last but certainly not least.. I am thankful for my relationship with my sister. The older we get the closer we become. She is one of the most important people in my life and I love her to pieces ;)

Happy Thursday! What are you thankful for?

Excuse me while I whine for a moment..

Last week I said work was finally starting to slow down. Well, apparently I jinxed it. A couple of days after saying that we got swamped again.

These past two weeks have been way too busy. I feel like I leave work each day with an even longer to-do list that when I got there. It's never ending and I am exhausted.

I was looking forward to a weekend with nothing to do but hangout with my little girl at home in sweats for two days. Then this morning I come to work and get an email saying we all have to work this weekend. Fabulous. 

Normally I wouldn't get too upset about it, because I know it comes with the job. However this weekend Vince is out of town (he's going with the rest of my family to visit my sister at Ole Miss and go to the game. I was supposed to go, but can't really take the time off right now) and that means I don't have him hear to help with Kaylee while I work.

Thankfully, after talking to my office manager she said I could just be on call. Basically get some stuff done from home and just be backup in case they need an extra person at the office. So I am keeping my fingers crossed that they don't end up needing me, because I really need sometime off.

OK.. I'm done whining now. (even though I could whine for a while about how jealous I am that I'm not with my family this weekend!)

Hope you guys all have a nice weekend! HAPPY FRIDAY :)

iphone pictures aren't cutting it anymore.

 A few weeks ago I posted that I was setting a new goal for myself and wanted to start trying a new recipe at least once a week. Well, so far I'm actually doing good.

So today I wanted to do a post showing you some of the dinners I cooked to prove it and then I realized I can't because I didn't take pictures.

This made me start thinking about how I seriously need to start using my camera. 

Vince bought me a Nikon dslr camera that I asked (more like begged for) for Christmas almost 2 years ago. It's nothing crazy, but it's good enough that I should have no excuse for not having nice pictures. And I really couldn't care less about having good pictures of food, but I most definitely want to have good pictures of Kaylee. Iphone pictures just aren't cutting it anymore.


To be honest I have NO desire to learn how to work all of the different things on my camera. I know the basics and that's enough for me. I just want to make myself USE it more often.


Typically when Kaylee's doing something cute and I want to get a picture of it, it's a lot easier to just grab my cell phone rather than go to the closet and get out the camera. Besides by the time I did that whatever cute thing she had been doing would be over.


So from now on, I am keeping my camera out of the closet and out of the case. So that way I am much more likely to use it (at least when I'm home) and actually capture cute little moments like these ones from after I picked up K from daycare yesterday...

all smiles

she would much rather eat bows than wear them lol

having a little chat with her monkey ;)

After I get myself more in the habit of using my camera, I think I will try to convince myself to start editing my pictures a little. Heck I work with Photoshop and InDesign every single day for work, so I know I how to do it I just need to start doing it for me and not work once in awhile.


However, that's another goal for later on. Right now I need to just take this one step at time. ;)