Well, it's a good thing I was asking Jordan about the date when he left for Dallas, so he could ask me, "Are you working on your blog again?" "Oh, no I thought... no I'm working on school things, but I SHOULD be blogging because it's once again been a week! Yikes!
Well this past week was rough on our little Jewel! Starting Sunday, the 4th Zearley's nose has been running so she's had quite the cold. Then starting during the middle of the night Tuesday, the night before Jordan left for Dallas of course... Zearley was struck with a bad case of the FLU! In almost 14 months it was the first time Zearley had ever vomited and that was very heartbreaking to watch. Zearley woke up in her crib at about 2:45 vomiting. Between then and 6:00, she had gotten sick five times, poor girl! Jordan made a trip to Hy-Vee around 3:30 after the third time she had gotten sick to get some Pedialyte to see if that would help nourish her a little. She wasn't able to keep water down really either. Mommy went to work Wednesday and she stayed with grandma Lisa, where she continued to get sick a couple more times. Thursday, she did okay with my mom, just not very hungry and still tired. Friday, she stayed with my dad since Lisa wasn't feeling very well and that's when diarrhea started and has continued through today, hopefully it will clear itself up very soon, so she can feel her best again.
Jordan went to Dallas with his dad, Brady, and Joensy Wednesday through today. Zearley wore her Cowboy's cheerleading uniform for a little bit last night before bed, but it didn't help the Cowboys get a "W" unfortunately!
On Saturday, Zearley and I attended my mom's side Christmas in Decorah at the community center. Zearley learned there that she likes to play the piano! Let's hope it's a long time before she realizes grandma and grandpa Zaputil have one at their house... or it will never be quiet again!
Zearley and mommy spent the day Sunday relaxing at home and it was very nice! At nearly 14 months, Zearley enjoys taking the Christmas ornaments off the Christmas tree, and unfortunately so does Ezra, however she also chews them! Which she did with Zearley's 2011 ornament so we will have to get a new one along with some other ornaments! So it was from this experience, that Zearley has learned to tell Ezra to "Get!"
Zearley loves to drink from a straw and she is starting to show more interest in climbing on her chair she got for her birthday. She showed more interest in her stuffed cow this weekend, and she also likes to put coins in her play piggybank and sit on riding toys, she hasn't quite gotten them to go with her feet yet! She's also started to try and run a little! She's growing up way too fast. It's time to go it doesn't sound like Jordan's enjoying his first night back home with Zearley wide awake and mad upstairs with him and it's 11pm! No time for pictures again this week!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
December 4, 2011
Zearley is growing up so fast...she not only wants to walk everywhere... now she's starting to learn how to run! I really enjoyed this weekend with her, like all weekends, but Saturday as rainy and cold as it was outside we stayed inside and decorated the house for Christmas and snuggled while Zearley took nearly a two hour nap! On Sunday, poor little Zearley woke up with a cold that came on very fast! However, she's been in pretty good spirits- blowing her nose on her own in kleenex's! She's so cute and little miss independent! She loves the Christmas tree so far- she likes to take ornaments off the tree and she likes to put different things she finds on the tree like daddy's keys!
A few of Zearley's favorite things to do this week are digging out her dirty clothes and trying to "put them on"and taking dog food out of their dish and feeding Ezra! This time of year is the busiest time of year, yet all the time seems to be busy... life never slows down! I'm determined to try and keep up with my blog in order to journal about Zearley as she grows. Even if some weeks, like this week are extremely short, I'm just glad I'm able to get something down!
Jordan and I got a new king size bed this week (Friday) and so far our first two nights have been very comfortable... there's definitely a lot more room, however the dogs still tend to sleep right at/on my feet! This week, Jordan will be leaving to go to Dallas to watch the Cowboys, so it will be just Zearley and I, so I'm sure that will be a very busy time! We will be going to my mom's side family Christmas in Decorah on Saturday. Another busy week!
Monday, November 28, 2011
November 28th, 2011
Well darn it I didn't meet my once a week goal this past week... but at least I'm only a day over! I'd like to be going to bed right now, but I'm making myself stay up an extra 15-20 minutes to reflect on this past holiday week! It was VERY nice to have a break! I enjoyed Thanksgiving with both families.... Jordan and I have a lot to be thankful for, Zearley is everything two parents could ask for. She's such a joy and now she's UNSTOPPABLE... she's walking EVERYWHERE! It's so fun to watch her get better each day and how quickly she's learned. She walks with her hands and feet out right now like she's about to fall, but she's got pretty good balance. Over the weekend she has now learned she can bend/squat down to pick something up and then stand up again- all on her own! She's doing awesome! She still loves the stairs though, so we have to be very careful and remember to always close doors behind us. Although she's always cute, Zearley's definitely starting to show her attitude when she doesn't get what she wants! She will drop and lay her head down on the floor and pout! What a drama queen already!?
On Thanksgiving, we went to Jordan's side for lunch and my side for supper. It was a very busy, but fun day with family. We're very fortunate everyone is close so there's not a lot of traveling for us. The weather on Thanksgiving was beautiful it was certainly in the high 50's, it maybe even reached 60 degrees outside, whatever it was... it was beautiful, it made it seem more like an Easter holiday then Thanksgiving! I'm glad we've only had one dusting of snow so far this year, but I know it's inevitable that it's on it's way, so I almost feel the sooner we get it over with the better, I'm hoping it's a short winter this year!
Early Friday morning (12 am) I went "Black Friday" shopping for a short amount of time to check out what good deals there were. However, I didn't find any deal worth waiting an hour in line for at any of the stores we stopped at. I met up with Lisa, Jena, Jillian, Lani, Alexa, & Tami, however I was back home right before 2 empty-handed and ready for bed! Later Friday, we went shopping for a bit again. Then Friday night, Jordan and I met up with my mom, Sara and Jason and Quinn, and Kaia and Justin down at Holiday Hoopla on Main St. Cedar Falls. It was crazy how many people were down there. It would be fun when Zearley gets a little older and she's excited to see Santa come to town, but this year she was asleep in the car when Santa came to town by helicopter.
Saturday, we went down to Jordan's grandma Bev and Ron's house in Cedar Rapids for a Thanksgiving dinner. Then when we got back, Zearley and I went to Kaia's for a jewelry party. Jordan went and looked at mattresses and made our big Christmas purchase- a new KING sized bed. It's much needed with 3 dogs, Jordan and I, and a lot of the time Zearley too!!
Well, I have to cut this blog short because little Z bug is suddenly awake, poor tired girl!!
On Thanksgiving, we went to Jordan's side for lunch and my side for supper. It was a very busy, but fun day with family. We're very fortunate everyone is close so there's not a lot of traveling for us. The weather on Thanksgiving was beautiful it was certainly in the high 50's, it maybe even reached 60 degrees outside, whatever it was... it was beautiful, it made it seem more like an Easter holiday then Thanksgiving! I'm glad we've only had one dusting of snow so far this year, but I know it's inevitable that it's on it's way, so I almost feel the sooner we get it over with the better, I'm hoping it's a short winter this year!
Early Friday morning (12 am) I went "Black Friday" shopping for a short amount of time to check out what good deals there were. However, I didn't find any deal worth waiting an hour in line for at any of the stores we stopped at. I met up with Lisa, Jena, Jillian, Lani, Alexa, & Tami, however I was back home right before 2 empty-handed and ready for bed! Later Friday, we went shopping for a bit again. Then Friday night, Jordan and I met up with my mom, Sara and Jason and Quinn, and Kaia and Justin down at Holiday Hoopla on Main St. Cedar Falls. It was crazy how many people were down there. It would be fun when Zearley gets a little older and she's excited to see Santa come to town, but this year she was asleep in the car when Santa came to town by helicopter.
Saturday, we went down to Jordan's grandma Bev and Ron's house in Cedar Rapids for a Thanksgiving dinner. Then when we got back, Zearley and I went to Kaia's for a jewelry party. Jordan went and looked at mattresses and made our big Christmas purchase- a new KING sized bed. It's much needed with 3 dogs, Jordan and I, and a lot of the time Zearley too!!
Well, I have to cut this blog short because little Z bug is suddenly awake, poor tired girl!!
Sunday, November 20, 2011
November 20th, 2011
This seems to be becoming my habit...blogging on Sunday evenings! Whatever works, as long as I'm sticking to writing once a week! I'm excited to get this week started as it's only a three day week and tomorrow morning we have a field trip to the public library. Should go pretty quick and then I'm way excited about Thanksgiving and spending a couple extra days with my little girl and family! Hoping it's stress-free... like all weekends should be. Hope to go out on Black Friday and get some Christmas shopping accomplished! Not sure how I feel about waiting in lines anywhere yet, I don't think there's anything on my list I need to stand in line for, but I'll take a look on Thanksgiving in the newspaper...that's the best day of newspaper ads!!
This week seemed to start off slow, but it ended up going pretty quick. Jordan stayed home Friday night and left early Saturday morning for Landan's first play-off game. Northwest won, so that is great news for them...very exciting, hope they do as well as they did last year and hope they don't have to play in Duluth, MN!! Brrr...last year I felt bad for them, how cold it had to have been! Being Jordan was gone all of Saturday and came home Sunday afternoon- it was very quiet here. Zearley and I didn't do a whole lot. We met Sara & Quinn at the mall for a little bit on Saturday and then later on we met Kaia and Justin and her friends Travis, Stacy, and McKinley after the Decorah/Union football play-off game to eat at Mulligan's. Zearley loved McKinley!! She is 3 and was a lot of fun for Zearley!
Today we ran a few more errands and then came home and made gingerbread cake balls and caramel cake balls to share at Thanksgiving! Hopefully they taste good! I also went out on a limb following a very vague recipe to make macaroni grilled cheese for supper! It was AMAZING... I'm starting to feel a little like Paula Dean or something! Haha...maybe not quite, but it's fun finding recipes that are simple and delicious!
Oh an important note about today, Zearley wore her first ponytail in her hair with a bow. She wore her bearcats onesie with jeans and a bow in front of her ponytail, she looked too cute and it getting so grown up.
There's not a lot to report this week, other than Zearley is really walking now! She took her first steps November 8th, but she's now taking a lot more steps independently. She doesn't get up from the floor and start walking on her own, but she will stand up to tables/chairs and then take a couple steps if you reach out for her and ask her to come to you. So cute! I love to watch her little legs take steps and how excited she gets... such a doll! She's getting better and braver every time! You have to be so careful of steps now because she climbs them SO fast!
She started eating teddy grahams (broke in half) and goldfish crackers this week! She loves her cheese ravioli, string cheese, cottage cheese and surprisingly so, she likes to chew on lemons! She tried chewing on a piece of celery yesterday and she really seemed to enjoy that too! She's really a great eater, which I'm very grateful for! I'm excited to watch her eat Thanksgiving dinner this year!
Of course I have to download at least one picture from this week, so what I've chosen for this blog is a picture of Zearley from the bath tub last night! She loves playing in the water and her hair gets so curly they make for darling pictures. It's also fun just to take pictures of her playing with the water because water looks so cool in pictures! I'm always sad Sunday nights when I get her put to bed and she cuddles and I think about having to leave her tomorrow to go back to work! A Big Bummer!
Friday night, we went out to eat at Old Chicago with daddy and grandma Lisa. We made a stop at the Dress Up Shop and got a lot of cute things for Christmas for Miss Zearley! I'm excited to get going on some pictures for Christmas of our little jewel! I have a lot of ideas in mind, so I'm hoping my little cheese is cooperative!
Maybe I will get a post in before Thanksgiving, but if not I have a lot to be thankful for and I will post afterwards to reflect on the holiday!
This week seemed to start off slow, but it ended up going pretty quick. Jordan stayed home Friday night and left early Saturday morning for Landan's first play-off game. Northwest won, so that is great news for them...very exciting, hope they do as well as they did last year and hope they don't have to play in Duluth, MN!! Brrr...last year I felt bad for them, how cold it had to have been! Being Jordan was gone all of Saturday and came home Sunday afternoon- it was very quiet here. Zearley and I didn't do a whole lot. We met Sara & Quinn at the mall for a little bit on Saturday and then later on we met Kaia and Justin and her friends Travis, Stacy, and McKinley after the Decorah/Union football play-off game to eat at Mulligan's. Zearley loved McKinley!! She is 3 and was a lot of fun for Zearley!
Today we ran a few more errands and then came home and made gingerbread cake balls and caramel cake balls to share at Thanksgiving! Hopefully they taste good! I also went out on a limb following a very vague recipe to make macaroni grilled cheese for supper! It was AMAZING... I'm starting to feel a little like Paula Dean or something! Haha...maybe not quite, but it's fun finding recipes that are simple and delicious!
Oh an important note about today, Zearley wore her first ponytail in her hair with a bow. She wore her bearcats onesie with jeans and a bow in front of her ponytail, she looked too cute and it getting so grown up.
There's not a lot to report this week, other than Zearley is really walking now! She took her first steps November 8th, but she's now taking a lot more steps independently. She doesn't get up from the floor and start walking on her own, but she will stand up to tables/chairs and then take a couple steps if you reach out for her and ask her to come to you. So cute! I love to watch her little legs take steps and how excited she gets... such a doll! She's getting better and braver every time! You have to be so careful of steps now because she climbs them SO fast!
She started eating teddy grahams (broke in half) and goldfish crackers this week! She loves her cheese ravioli, string cheese, cottage cheese and surprisingly so, she likes to chew on lemons! She tried chewing on a piece of celery yesterday and she really seemed to enjoy that too! She's really a great eater, which I'm very grateful for! I'm excited to watch her eat Thanksgiving dinner this year!
Of course I have to download at least one picture from this week, so what I've chosen for this blog is a picture of Zearley from the bath tub last night! She loves playing in the water and her hair gets so curly they make for darling pictures. It's also fun just to take pictures of her playing with the water because water looks so cool in pictures! I'm always sad Sunday nights when I get her put to bed and she cuddles and I think about having to leave her tomorrow to go back to work! A Big Bummer!Friday night, we went out to eat at Old Chicago with daddy and grandma Lisa. We made a stop at the Dress Up Shop and got a lot of cute things for Christmas for Miss Zearley! I'm excited to get going on some pictures for Christmas of our little jewel! I have a lot of ideas in mind, so I'm hoping my little cheese is cooperative!
Maybe I will get a post in before Thanksgiving, but if not I have a lot to be thankful for and I will post afterwards to reflect on the holiday!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
November 13, 2011
Well darn it...I didn't make my once a week blog...instead, eight days later I'm sitting down on a Sunday night and making myself reflect on this past week! At least tonight was a good bedtime night for Miss Zearley, so I'm able to have some time to get things done! This week was a week of great relief, some relaxation, and yet another tragedy. I'll start with the relief- Monday and Tuesday I had parent teacher conferences and I'm so relieved to be done with them. I'm happy with the way they went, I have a good group of parents and students so that helped my conferences run smoothly. It was nice to visit with parents and celebrate the growth students have made after now 51 days of kindergarten. On Tuesday, November 8th Zearley started to get a little brave and take a few steps on her own. She is not walking yet, but loves to hold on to things or your hand and walk around. Although, she's taken a few steps, she's still not quite sure about the whole walking thing, but she's getting better all the time... sooner than later, I know she'll be taking off all over by herself and I will wonder why I was so anxious and excited to see her walk! There will be no stopping her!
After conferences on Tuesday night, I was very tired, so it was nice to wake up Wednesday morning, to our first late start day! I wasn't thrilled about having our first snow- there wasn't a lot, but it was just really wet and pretty windy. I didn't get to sleep in, as Zearley was wide awake, but I did get some extra snuggle time with her! So that was well worth it. During this time Wednesday morning, it was then I learned of an accident that happened Tuesday night where a car struck a man walking his dog, killing them both. This man happened to be a very good friend and classmate, Abbey (Henry) Sauerbrei's dad. What a tragic event, I have now learned a lot of very sad details of this tragedy, however I'm not sure if everything I've heard is 100% correct. It sounds like to me what started as an accident, turned into a crime by the way things were handled by those involved. Gravel roads are scary, people often tend to drive all too fast on them, and innocent people live on them and have every right to walk on them, whenever they chose as long as they take per-cautions for their safety. I'm very saddened for Abbey and her family. It's absolutely not fair what happened and the life of her dad and his dog was taken as a result. If what had happened was confessed in all honesty from the very beginning after the accident occurred, I think, although still very difficult, it might have been more accepted. I don't want to say too much, as I know everyone's voice is entitled to their own opinion and there are probably more views then mine on this tragedy- I just really hope Abbey's family finds peace in the outpour of support and love shown for her dad today at his celebration of life. It was truly a unique and neat experience that honored his Native American Heritage. Abbey lost her mom at a very young age when we were in fifth grade to breast cancer, which has been hard on Abbey growing up and her mom would be so proud of the mother Abbey has become herself today and how much support she has put forth towards finding a cure for breast cancer in honor of her mom. Now, Abbey has lost her father. It's in times like this she needs to see all the support praying for her and how much all of her extended family and friends care about her. She will get stronger as a result of this, although to her right now that has to seem impossible. She has a wonderful husband who loves her with all his heart and is very supportive of her.
Wow...it's hard to write about anything else after that, a tragedy like that really pulls on your heart strings.
Friday, I had the day off of work because of conferences earlier this week. I didn't do a lot on my day off, but I got to spend the entire day with Zearley, which of course is enough in itself. We went out to take recycling back, and that was about it! We went out for supper with Jordan's family, it was later that we went. Zearley's bedtime was about the time we were getting there, but she did great the whole time. You could tell she was getting tired though and the minute we left in the car she was out! She tried a lemon for the first time when we were at Doughy Joey's and her face was priceless! Of course, I didn't have my camera or the flip camera, but I'm bound to get it on video and in pictures sometime so hopefully she'll show the same reaction! After her initial pucker, she seemed to enjoy biting/licking it!
Yesterday, Saturday it was a pretty beautiful day for the second week in November! I took Zearley for her first wagon ride that she got for her birthday! She loved it!
Jordan stayed home from Landan's game this weekend, and it was truly great to have him home. We got a lot accomplished around the house. First and foremost of course his yard, looks great! Zearley and I had no choice but to take a walk if we wanted to get any pictures with leaves in them for fall because our lawn had literally no leaves! He takes a lot of pride in keeping the yard look nice, and I appreciate it, a lot more than I ever say, because it does take away time we spend together...but at least we had him home! Together we got a big job done this weekend- we moved Zearley's crib upstairs with us. I'm looking forward to much more comfortable nights for her, as when she was sleeping in the pack-n-play still at a year, it couldn't have been too comfortable and just yesterday as Jordan and I were putting her crib together upstairs she made sure to let us know exactly why we needed to put the pack-n-play away...she crawled out of it to get to the bed, falling in between the bed and the pack-n-play, but grabbing on to the bed, giving herself a graceful fall. Poor thing..it was time to get rid of that! She loves being upstairs, but now we have to be EXTREMELY careful. Friday, she crawled up ALL the stairs herself, with me RIGHT behind her of course, but she got no help from me. The danger of steps worry me, we always need to remember to keep the door to upstairs closed!
Well, it's getting late and I got a lot written down for this week, so I better sign off and get ready for tomorrow and bed for myself!
After conferences on Tuesday night, I was very tired, so it was nice to wake up Wednesday morning, to our first late start day! I wasn't thrilled about having our first snow- there wasn't a lot, but it was just really wet and pretty windy. I didn't get to sleep in, as Zearley was wide awake, but I did get some extra snuggle time with her! So that was well worth it. During this time Wednesday morning, it was then I learned of an accident that happened Tuesday night where a car struck a man walking his dog, killing them both. This man happened to be a very good friend and classmate, Abbey (Henry) Sauerbrei's dad. What a tragic event, I have now learned a lot of very sad details of this tragedy, however I'm not sure if everything I've heard is 100% correct. It sounds like to me what started as an accident, turned into a crime by the way things were handled by those involved. Gravel roads are scary, people often tend to drive all too fast on them, and innocent people live on them and have every right to walk on them, whenever they chose as long as they take per-cautions for their safety. I'm very saddened for Abbey and her family. It's absolutely not fair what happened and the life of her dad and his dog was taken as a result. If what had happened was confessed in all honesty from the very beginning after the accident occurred, I think, although still very difficult, it might have been more accepted. I don't want to say too much, as I know everyone's voice is entitled to their own opinion and there are probably more views then mine on this tragedy- I just really hope Abbey's family finds peace in the outpour of support and love shown for her dad today at his celebration of life. It was truly a unique and neat experience that honored his Native American Heritage. Abbey lost her mom at a very young age when we were in fifth grade to breast cancer, which has been hard on Abbey growing up and her mom would be so proud of the mother Abbey has become herself today and how much support she has put forth towards finding a cure for breast cancer in honor of her mom. Now, Abbey has lost her father. It's in times like this she needs to see all the support praying for her and how much all of her extended family and friends care about her. She will get stronger as a result of this, although to her right now that has to seem impossible. She has a wonderful husband who loves her with all his heart and is very supportive of her.
Wow...it's hard to write about anything else after that, a tragedy like that really pulls on your heart strings.
Friday, I had the day off of work because of conferences earlier this week. I didn't do a lot on my day off, but I got to spend the entire day with Zearley, which of course is enough in itself. We went out to take recycling back, and that was about it! We went out for supper with Jordan's family, it was later that we went. Zearley's bedtime was about the time we were getting there, but she did great the whole time. You could tell she was getting tired though and the minute we left in the car she was out! She tried a lemon for the first time when we were at Doughy Joey's and her face was priceless! Of course, I didn't have my camera or the flip camera, but I'm bound to get it on video and in pictures sometime so hopefully she'll show the same reaction! After her initial pucker, she seemed to enjoy biting/licking it!
Yesterday, Saturday it was a pretty beautiful day for the second week in November! I took Zearley for her first wagon ride that she got for her birthday! She loved it!
Well, it's getting late and I got a lot written down for this week, so I better sign off and get ready for tomorrow and bed for myself!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
November 5th, 2011
Another busy week! Report cards went home with students Friday, so this week has been a blur making sure everything was filled out correctly since we have new report cards. It's always a stressful time of year with report cards and parent-teacher conferences all at once, but in the end it will be nice to get it all accomplished and I look forward to having this Friday off to spend more time with Zearley! After a busy week at school, the weekends do not seem to slow down! Jordan's gone a lot during football season watching Landan play football at Northwest Missouri State and it's a lot of work to travel with Zearley and it's not the warmest weather for her to sit at football games, so we opt not to travel. It's nice to just be home, however, it's not the most relaxing, when it's just Zearley and I around the clock! However, I wouldn't change it for anything, I know I'd have many willing people to help me take care of her so I could get more accomplished or rest, but I would not enjoy my time apart from her! This week she's been really unhappy about bedtime! Poor thing, you know she's tired, but she just doesn't want to lay down and relax- so we rock and walk around for about an hour until she finally relaxes and falls asleep! Tonight I thought she would never give up, and I wonder what tomorrow morning will bring with turning the clocks back...I hope she sleeps well!
This morning she was up early... I think it's hard for her to sleep in when she's used to getting up at 6:30 every morning! I don't like getting up on the weekend when it's still dark out, but tomorrow that will probably change as turn our clocks back it will be lighter out in the morning (but earlier too, when she gets up I imagine!) It was so cute as a I captured a cute picture this morning of Zearley looking out the frosty window with Elle & Ezra by her side! She loves her puppies! And they are pretty darn tolerable of her too!
Today we didn't have a lot going on, so Zearley took a long fun bath this morning- she played so well in the tub, entertaining herself, while I worked on some conference things. Then we watched the Iowa game and I got Zearley down for a short nap. When she woke up, I got her ready and we went to the mall to stop at My Dress Up Shop since Jodi was having a Grand Re-Opening and Karmen was there taking photographs! I would never miss an opportunity to have Zearley's pictures taken! I can't wait to see what they turn out like, she was pretty cooperative in the beginning and then she clearly had had enough!
Tonight we went out to dinner with Sara, Jason, & Quinn to Toyko in Waterloo. It's pretty entertaining to watch them cook the food! Jason's back for just a few days so it was nice of them to invite us to dinner to spend some time together. It's so much fun to watch Zearley and Quinn interact! Zearley went from her biting stage (which she still will do) to learning how to give kisses, and now she's much more likely to be a friendly little girl! She was giving Quinn all kinds of kisses tonight... I got some adorable pictures, as I tried to catch her being a sweetie pie in action! They definitely show "Cousinly" love!
This morning she was up early... I think it's hard for her to sleep in when she's used to getting up at 6:30 every morning! I don't like getting up on the weekend when it's still dark out, but tomorrow that will probably change as turn our clocks back it will be lighter out in the morning (but earlier too, when she gets up I imagine!) It was so cute as a I captured a cute picture this morning of Zearley looking out the frosty window with Elle & Ezra by her side! She loves her puppies! And they are pretty darn tolerable of her too!
Today we didn't have a lot going on, so Zearley took a long fun bath this morning- she played so well in the tub, entertaining herself, while I worked on some conference things. Then we watched the Iowa game and I got Zearley down for a short nap. When she woke up, I got her ready and we went to the mall to stop at My Dress Up Shop since Jodi was having a Grand Re-Opening and Karmen was there taking photographs! I would never miss an opportunity to have Zearley's pictures taken! I can't wait to see what they turn out like, she was pretty cooperative in the beginning and then she clearly had had enough!
Tonight we went out to dinner with Sara, Jason, & Quinn to Toyko in Waterloo. It's pretty entertaining to watch them cook the food! Jason's back for just a few days so it was nice of them to invite us to dinner to spend some time together. It's so much fun to watch Zearley and Quinn interact! Zearley went from her biting stage (which she still will do) to learning how to give kisses, and now she's much more likely to be a friendly little girl! She was giving Quinn all kinds of kisses tonight... I got some adorable pictures, as I tried to catch her being a sweetie pie in action! They definitely show "Cousinly" love!
Zearley is getting better and better about standing by herself! She has great balance, but not a lot of interest in trying to take steps on her own...the little stinker! But once, she starts she'll never stop, so I should be okay with her not being 100% mobile yet, she will be soon enough, and she really gets everywhere crawling that's for sure, and into everything! So walking can't make things that much more difficult can it!?!?
One event that happened this week that I don't want to forget to journal about happened Wednesday evening after supper. Zearley often gets pretty messy now as she wants to eat EVERYTHING with her hands, so you can imagine what she looks like after eating! Therefore, she usually needs a bath after supper. Well this past Wednesday, she was playing so good in the tub, I wish I had her on video tape talking to herself and splashing around, while I worked on school things and all of a sudden she was about hyperventilating! She was having a fit because she had pooped in the bathtub and I don't know if she thought it was going to get her or what, but she was done being in that tub!! She wanted out, and I did too, I couldn't hardly get her out fast enough poor thing! That was an event I will never forget happening and picturing how she went from giggling/splashing to heavy/fast breathing like "Get me out of here!"
Okay so it's time for me to call it a night! I have a few things I want to do before I go to bed, and I want to get to bed early! I'm just glad I'm taking the time to "blog" or journal about my baby girl growing up, because it's happening so fast and I haven't been good about getting a lot down on paper, typing is much easier for me, so eventually I will have to print all my blogs off so I can keep them!
The next time I write, I hope to feel very relieved to have conferences complete!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Halloween 2011
Zearley got back into her adorable costume, once again today to enjoy some more trick-or-treating! She did awesome! She was in her costume from 4-8 and she did so much better than I thought she would! We first started trick-or-treating at the Denver Sunset Nursing Home and Zearley's facial expression told it all....she had a blast!
Everyone wanted to give her things she hadn't had before and to her that seemed wonderful! After this we went up to grandpa and grandma's for pictures with Quinn and neighborhood trick-or-treating. Then we headed to Cedar Falls for trick-or-treating around our house with daddy, Alexa, Phoenix, Ledger, Tami, Kilei, Aunt Jillian, & Grandma Lisa- the temperature had gotten quite a bit cooler, but without a lot of wind, it was bearable! Little Miss Zearley's hands and feet got pretty cold, but she never once complained! What a trooper she was and she seemed to really enjoy herself.
I was a little bummed today that we didn't get Zearley a pumpkin carved this year, but we'll have to start for sure next year and continue the tradition as Zearley grows up.
Tonight, I can't stop thinking about the Janesville School Bus accident that involved an 11-year old boy (a grandson of one of our great substitute teachers). My heart breaks for the family and the entire school family, mourning the loss of a young child. There are no words to describe such an accident, it's so sad how fast a precious life can be taken from us. Thinking of this family and hoping they find comfort in each other and the out pour of support that will be shown to them during this extremely difficult time. Death is never an easy thing to comprehend- young or old, but I could never fathom the loss of a child.
Hard to believe tomorrow is November 1st already! I remember this time last year, being on maternity leave and not worrying about much other than just spending time with Zearley, life was great... and it still is great...just much, much more stressful with report cards due to go home soon and conferences quickly approaching- and tonight's tragedy in Janesville, makes me think twice about the day to day things I let get me really stressed out! Life is too short to get caught up in work, I need to work really hard on leaving work by 5 or before on a daily basis so I can spend more time with Jordan and Zearley!
You may have noticed above the picture of Quinn & Zearley and Quinn has a pumpkin with her name on it. Zearley has one too, it just was at home for Halloween, but I wanted to still post a picture of her with her pumpkin that I had taken a couple weeks ago with a Halloween outfit on. The pumpkins were from Kathy Schweer!
Everyone wanted to give her things she hadn't had before and to her that seemed wonderful! After this we went up to grandpa and grandma's for pictures with Quinn and neighborhood trick-or-treating. Then we headed to Cedar Falls for trick-or-treating around our house with daddy, Alexa, Phoenix, Ledger, Tami, Kilei, Aunt Jillian, & Grandma Lisa- the temperature had gotten quite a bit cooler, but without a lot of wind, it was bearable! Little Miss Zearley's hands and feet got pretty cold, but she never once complained! What a trooper she was and she seemed to really enjoy herself.
I was a little bummed today that we didn't get Zearley a pumpkin carved this year, but we'll have to start for sure next year and continue the tradition as Zearley grows up.
Tonight, I can't stop thinking about the Janesville School Bus accident that involved an 11-year old boy (a grandson of one of our great substitute teachers). My heart breaks for the family and the entire school family, mourning the loss of a young child. There are no words to describe such an accident, it's so sad how fast a precious life can be taken from us. Thinking of this family and hoping they find comfort in each other and the out pour of support that will be shown to them during this extremely difficult time. Death is never an easy thing to comprehend- young or old, but I could never fathom the loss of a child.
Hard to believe tomorrow is November 1st already! I remember this time last year, being on maternity leave and not worrying about much other than just spending time with Zearley, life was great... and it still is great...just much, much more stressful with report cards due to go home soon and conferences quickly approaching- and tonight's tragedy in Janesville, makes me think twice about the day to day things I let get me really stressed out! Life is too short to get caught up in work, I need to work really hard on leaving work by 5 or before on a daily basis so I can spend more time with Jordan and Zearley!
You may have noticed above the picture of Quinn & Zearley and Quinn has a pumpkin with her name on it. Zearley has one too, it just was at home for Halloween, but I wanted to still post a picture of her with her pumpkin that I had taken a couple weeks ago with a Halloween outfit on. The pumpkins were from Kathy Schweer!
Friday, October 28, 2011
12 month checkup
Today Zearley had her 12 month physical! Dr. Sims thinks she has the most adorable smile, and he thinks her hair keeps getting "redder" every time he sees her! I'm so lucky to have such a happy, easy-going (for the most part) little girl! She's healthy and growing just as she should! Some people get hung up over percentiles, Dr. Sims said, but not to worry our little girl is growing just as she should and she is thriving just the way she's meant too in the 25, 50, 75, or 95% it doesn't really matter they are just comparisons to average...being in the 25% of weight does NOT indicate she's underweight! If we were not giving her what she needed, she would be much, much more irritable! So even though now she can try any foods, Dr. Sims stressed the importance of making sure she's getting healthy nutrient-rich finger foods which will help her grow, rather than just trying to give her sugar packed, non-nutrient rich foods just in hopes of putting weight on her. He assured me she's growing exactly the way she's meant to, there's absolutely no other way he would expect her to be! I completely agree as well, I was not surprised by her percentiles, just a little surprised she was slightly less than 20 lbs. at 12 months, but that's very common especially with me being small and the last time she was weighed she had clothes on and this time she was bare so she is probably really exactly 20 lbs. his nurses thought. I did not like seeing my baby get four shots and a finger prick to fill a rather big vial of blood! Poor little pumpkin, her eyes got so big and she was speechless- she couldn't even catch her breath as she started to cry! Those pokes hurt! Her big alligator tears tore me apart! The nurses just loved her though, Lauren said her husband has red hair and she hopes she has a little girl that looks just like Zearley one day and the other nurse wanted to rub her red hair for good luck to buy a lottery ticket this weekend, we'll have to remember she said she'd share with Zearley if she won! That same nurse gave Zearley her first sucker to share with mommy since she is still too young to have her own. It was sweet as we were walking out to the car sharing our sucker, she was really enjoying her turn to lick! Absolutely every moment I spend with her is so much fun! She's my world! It was hard putting her in her car seat and taking the sucker away, if only she could understand why I couldn't leave it with her- she could so easily choke!
On our way home from the doctors it was so adorable, I wish I was able to video tape and drive at the same time, but Zearley sat in her seat with her still red-eyed ruby face and she held her cow and talked to it just as if she were telling her moo cow how mean the nurses were to her that they poked her 5 times! It was too cute, but I felt so bad for her, I was glad she was clinging to her cow though to find comfort... she usually doesn't hang on to something very long- she looses interest, so she doesn't really have a "favorite" toy, stuffed animal, or blanket at this point. However, you could say she has a favorite purple pacifier (however today she didn't seem to care to have it as much as she usually does).
I have a bad cold that came on late Wednesday night and it hit me like a ton of bricks, I had no idea I was even getting a cold until I already had it! So I've been really worn out these last couple days- last night I was in bed by 8:30 and it was wonderful! Now Zearley has been sneezing a lot today, so I'm certain she's getting a cold...hopefully she doesn't get hit with the cold I got, or hopefully it's not as hard on her!
Last night just Zearley and myself went up to Waverly for trick-or-treating on Bremer Ave. (main street). I finally got Zearley a Halloween costume Wednesday night... so she's a cow for Halloween, the cutest cow you ever did see! It was fun walking around trick-or-treating for a little bit, her costume is pretty warm and she sat so good in her stroller watching everyone put candy in her bag! We didn't stay long, because I really wasn't feeling well, I knew she couldn't really enjoy most of the candy anyway, and it was getting close to her bed time and I wanted to spend time with her before putting her down.
On Tuesday, Zearley had her 12 month pictures up in Waverly and she did pretty well- she LOVED the crystal chandeliers and of course she would... she's our little jewel, so anything that sparkles should catch her eye! She didn't want to stand still for many pictures, but I'm hoping we got some good ones! I had a cute onesie made by Donna Donaldson (the night before pictures- she's a lifesaver) and she wore it with a denim skirt with tulle Tami gave her when she was born. It was darling together, so I'm hoping we got a good shot of her in it!
Well I know there's more I could continue to write about from this week tonight, but I'm going to close for now as I need to get to bed so I can get some rest myself before Zearley wakes up!
On our way home from the doctors it was so adorable, I wish I was able to video tape and drive at the same time, but Zearley sat in her seat with her still red-eyed ruby face and she held her cow and talked to it just as if she were telling her moo cow how mean the nurses were to her that they poked her 5 times! It was too cute, but I felt so bad for her, I was glad she was clinging to her cow though to find comfort... she usually doesn't hang on to something very long- she looses interest, so she doesn't really have a "favorite" toy, stuffed animal, or blanket at this point. However, you could say she has a favorite purple pacifier (however today she didn't seem to care to have it as much as she usually does).
I have a bad cold that came on late Wednesday night and it hit me like a ton of bricks, I had no idea I was even getting a cold until I already had it! So I've been really worn out these last couple days- last night I was in bed by 8:30 and it was wonderful! Now Zearley has been sneezing a lot today, so I'm certain she's getting a cold...hopefully she doesn't get hit with the cold I got, or hopefully it's not as hard on her!
Last night just Zearley and myself went up to Waverly for trick-or-treating on Bremer Ave. (main street). I finally got Zearley a Halloween costume Wednesday night... so she's a cow for Halloween, the cutest cow you ever did see! It was fun walking around trick-or-treating for a little bit, her costume is pretty warm and she sat so good in her stroller watching everyone put candy in her bag! We didn't stay long, because I really wasn't feeling well, I knew she couldn't really enjoy most of the candy anyway, and it was getting close to her bed time and I wanted to spend time with her before putting her down.
On Tuesday, Zearley had her 12 month pictures up in Waverly and she did pretty well- she LOVED the crystal chandeliers and of course she would... she's our little jewel, so anything that sparkles should catch her eye! She didn't want to stand still for many pictures, but I'm hoping we got some good ones! I had a cute onesie made by Donna Donaldson (the night before pictures- she's a lifesaver) and she wore it with a denim skirt with tulle Tami gave her when she was born. It was darling together, so I'm hoping we got a good shot of her in it!
Well I know there's more I could continue to write about from this week tonight, but I'm going to close for now as I need to get to bed so I can get some rest myself before Zearley wakes up!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
A week has gone by...
Nothing like waiting until the last minute, but I'm holding myself to my goal of at least one blog per week! Every week is busy and it only seems to be getting busier and more stressful each week with work nearing the time of report cards and conferences! I'm thankful to have a stable job, but at the same time I can hardly stomach the amount of time I'm missing out with our little jewel! This weekend Zearley and I spent most of our time at home and that of course is just the best time in my mind. I love just being with her and not having anything we HAVE to do! Jordan was out of town for his brother, Landan's football game it was homecoming at Northwest and they won. Zearley and I had Jessica Wittenburg's baby shower Saturday afternoon. And after a frantic near loss of Zearley's beloved purple pacifier and with mommy's stress level and emotions through the roof, Courtney found her pacifier lying safely in our driveway when we got home! Who would have thought, Courtney, like I was certain it had to be in the car or at the shower because we were sure I handed her her pacifier a couple times during the "long" ride to Denver for the shower. Sometimes I think I'm more attached to it than she is, in fact I know I am, a little crazy I know, but I can't help it, in fact I even looked through wrapping paper/tissue garbage looking for the "sacred" binky! Anyways, it was like a 100 pounds were lifted off my chest when Courtney got out of the car to go home probably thinking man I can't wait to get out of the car with that grump, when whalla... there it was, Courtney made my day! So if you read this Courtney, I'm sorry I was such an unpleasant driver on our way home!
So after that, back to the busy week: Monday was just simply exhausting after Zearley's party and I had to wait at school until 5:00 rolled around and I could call the court house to see if I needed to report for jury duty the next day, and of course with my luck... I learned I had to report. So there I sat at school until after 8:00 writing lesson plans for the next day... did I mention I do NOT enjoy missing a day of school and having to plan for a sub? It's so much more work to plan for a sub than it is just to go to work! Ugh!
Tuesday morning, I took Zearley out to Grandma Lisa's like normal, and then headed to Waterloo to report for jury duty. However, before I could get there, I must have ran over something in the road that hit my back left tire just right, and POP went my tire! Great, now what was I going to do, my tire pressure was going down right before my eyes 14 lbs., 7 lbs., 5 lbs., 3 lbs, 2 lbs....and finally I was able to pull into the downtown Waterloo fire station, with 1 lb. of air left! Not a great idea, but I made it to a location I felt safe leaving my vehicle and walking to the court house. I got to the court house and forgot about leaving my keys with the van to be towed, so luckily my mom doesn't work far from downtown and she was able to save my day by coming to get my keys from me and taking them back to the van. Then after sitting in my assigned court room for over an hour (I got ALL Zearley's birthday thank you's written), the judge came in and let us know there wouldn't be a trial and we were done and wouldn't be asked to do anything else....I was relieved, but now I didn't know how I was going to get anywhere without a vehicle, so luckily my mom was able to come and get me again. Then after all that sub planning.... I did the right thing and returned to work for the remainder of the day.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday came and went quickly... and I STILL don't know what Zearley is going to be for Halloween, I'm starting to hope there's a 12 month Carter's costume left somewhere around here and I'll just have to go with one of them. Nothing unique, but I suppose she'll still look really cute in one of them! The important thing is that she has a costume, I don't have time to get real unique anymore... have to do that a different time!
This week is busy with Zearley's 1 year pictures on Tuesday and her 1 year doctor appointment on Friday! She's so close to walking, she has great balance and can take a step or two without even knowing she did when I let go, but after that, she has no interest and just wants to sit down and crawl! Silly girl...but once she gets it, she'll be a pro and she'll be off and running! This week she's really in to pointing at things and it almost sounds like she's saying "What's that?" What a sweetheart, she's growing up so fast! Within the last month, she's really started to hate having her diaper changed! It's not even that she's too wiggly, she's always been pretty wiggly, but now it's more like having a fit over having them changed!
Zearley has gotten pretty good at giving kisses now too, however she opens her mouth to give kisses and you better be careful she doesn't lock down and bite you!
You have to be careful having Zearley in a cart now too because she wiggles around until she can try to stand and that's VERY dangerous!
Tonight she was so tired, she fell right to sleep, but she woke up every time I tried to put her down and then I needed to get ready for tomorrow, so I had Jordan take her for a bit and she screamed for about 10 minutes and when I finally got out of the shower, she was sound asleep in her daddy's arms.
So after that, back to the busy week: Monday was just simply exhausting after Zearley's party and I had to wait at school until 5:00 rolled around and I could call the court house to see if I needed to report for jury duty the next day, and of course with my luck... I learned I had to report. So there I sat at school until after 8:00 writing lesson plans for the next day... did I mention I do NOT enjoy missing a day of school and having to plan for a sub? It's so much more work to plan for a sub than it is just to go to work! Ugh!
Tuesday morning, I took Zearley out to Grandma Lisa's like normal, and then headed to Waterloo to report for jury duty. However, before I could get there, I must have ran over something in the road that hit my back left tire just right, and POP went my tire! Great, now what was I going to do, my tire pressure was going down right before my eyes 14 lbs., 7 lbs., 5 lbs., 3 lbs, 2 lbs....and finally I was able to pull into the downtown Waterloo fire station, with 1 lb. of air left! Not a great idea, but I made it to a location I felt safe leaving my vehicle and walking to the court house. I got to the court house and forgot about leaving my keys with the van to be towed, so luckily my mom doesn't work far from downtown and she was able to save my day by coming to get my keys from me and taking them back to the van. Then after sitting in my assigned court room for over an hour (I got ALL Zearley's birthday thank you's written), the judge came in and let us know there wouldn't be a trial and we were done and wouldn't be asked to do anything else....I was relieved, but now I didn't know how I was going to get anywhere without a vehicle, so luckily my mom was able to come and get me again. Then after all that sub planning.... I did the right thing and returned to work for the remainder of the day.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday came and went quickly... and I STILL don't know what Zearley is going to be for Halloween, I'm starting to hope there's a 12 month Carter's costume left somewhere around here and I'll just have to go with one of them. Nothing unique, but I suppose she'll still look really cute in one of them! The important thing is that she has a costume, I don't have time to get real unique anymore... have to do that a different time!
This week is busy with Zearley's 1 year pictures on Tuesday and her 1 year doctor appointment on Friday! She's so close to walking, she has great balance and can take a step or two without even knowing she did when I let go, but after that, she has no interest and just wants to sit down and crawl! Silly girl...but once she gets it, she'll be a pro and she'll be off and running! This week she's really in to pointing at things and it almost sounds like she's saying "What's that?" What a sweetheart, she's growing up so fast! Within the last month, she's really started to hate having her diaper changed! It's not even that she's too wiggly, she's always been pretty wiggly, but now it's more like having a fit over having them changed!
Zearley has gotten pretty good at giving kisses now too, however she opens her mouth to give kisses and you better be careful she doesn't lock down and bite you!
You have to be careful having Zearley in a cart now too because she wiggles around until she can try to stand and that's VERY dangerous!
Tonight she was so tired, she fell right to sleep, but she woke up every time I tried to put her down and then I needed to get ready for tomorrow, so I had Jordan take her for a bit and she screamed for about 10 minutes and when I finally got out of the shower, she was sound asleep in her daddy's arms.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Zearley's First Birthday!
Wow what a day today was! It was Zearley's first birthday and she had a great day! The day started off by mommy and Zearley running some errands and Zearley got to ride in her convertible car seat for the FIRST time! She loved it, she would kick her feet with excitement a lot! So cute, and so funny to look back at my little girl watching me drive!
Her big party was at 5:00 and she laid down for a late nap so she had to be woke up to get dressed for her party! We got to Pizza Ranch on time before the rest of our crew started showing up (Tami, Kilei, Phoenix, and Courtney got there at the same time as us)! It wasn't long before our party room was filling up and anxiety set in if we were going to have enough room or not, but we added some extra chairs and everything turned out fine...everyone had a place to sit and I do believe, "The more the merrier!" I was just so happy everyone who could make it did, the only ones we were really missing were: Landan to football, Jason to work in Alaska, Tim, and Randy and Skylin.
During supper, Zearley got to try "regular" food for the first time! Real mashed potatoes, some cheesy breadsticks, and teeny tiny bites of chicken. She liked it all and she did very good! She wanted to try the spoon out herself, but she couldn't quite get the food on it and to her mouth like she wanted to.
After dinner, we lit the candle on her cake and sang Happy Birthday to Zearley. Then we opened Zearley's presents...and boy did she get a lot! She's one very spoiled little girl! She didn't need a thing before her birthday, now an entire corner of her room is filled with brand new toys!
When the presents were all unwrapped, it was time to strip Zearley down to her diaper and let her enjoy her very own "smash" cake! What a silly girl, she loved it and she loved just putting her mouth right up to the cake, not using her hands much. Every once in awhile she'd get her hands in there, and then towards the end she grabbed at it more, but she had a BLAST! We thought for sure we were in for a real treat tonight at bedtime for her loading up on all that sugar, but (knock on wood) so far so good, she was cleaned up, nursed, and asleep in bed by 9:00, so we're hoping she has a good night and a good day tomorrow for grandpa!
Her big party was at 5:00 and she laid down for a late nap so she had to be woke up to get dressed for her party! We got to Pizza Ranch on time before the rest of our crew started showing up (Tami, Kilei, Phoenix, and Courtney got there at the same time as us)! It wasn't long before our party room was filling up and anxiety set in if we were going to have enough room or not, but we added some extra chairs and everything turned out fine...everyone had a place to sit and I do believe, "The more the merrier!" I was just so happy everyone who could make it did, the only ones we were really missing were: Landan to football, Jason to work in Alaska, Tim, and Randy and Skylin.
During supper, Zearley got to try "regular" food for the first time! Real mashed potatoes, some cheesy breadsticks, and teeny tiny bites of chicken. She liked it all and she did very good! She wanted to try the spoon out herself, but she couldn't quite get the food on it and to her mouth like she wanted to.
After dinner, we lit the candle on her cake and sang Happy Birthday to Zearley. Then we opened Zearley's presents...and boy did she get a lot! She's one very spoiled little girl! She didn't need a thing before her birthday, now an entire corner of her room is filled with brand new toys!
When the presents were all unwrapped, it was time to strip Zearley down to her diaper and let her enjoy her very own "smash" cake! What a silly girl, she loved it and she loved just putting her mouth right up to the cake, not using her hands much. Every once in awhile she'd get her hands in there, and then towards the end she grabbed at it more, but she had a BLAST! We thought for sure we were in for a real treat tonight at bedtime for her loading up on all that sugar, but (knock on wood) so far so good, she was cleaned up, nursed, and asleep in bed by 9:00, so we're hoping she has a good night and a good day tomorrow for grandpa!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
October 15th, 2011
Today was a busy day going to the annual UNI craft show, running errands at the mall to complete Zearley's birthday outfit, and watching the Hawkeyes beat Northwestern! It was a good day, however I don't think Zearley really enjoyed staying so busy, it's hard to keep her in her stroller or hold her all the time when she wants to get down and crawl around. It made for a long day for her!
Although I didn't buy much at the craft show, it's always fun to go! I'm always amazed how many people go to it, and I've now learned just how hard it is to bring a nearly 1 year old and push a stroller up and down the busy aisles! I know it's not a great place for strollers, but some people could be a little less rude about strollers being present, it's crowed either way, with or without them... I understand they take up more room, but I don't think there's anything wrong with pushing a stroller around there, as long as I'm respectful of those around me!
The tears came again today... I'm just not ready for our baby to be 1. She was born on a Saturday, so with today being Saturday it brought me right back to the beautiful Saturday afternoon we had a year ago, when I gave birth to the most precious jewel. It's so bittersweet, I love thinking about the memory of her birth, how much I enjoyed every bit of being pregnant and even giving birth (except for the 2 hours I waited for the anesthesiologist), but I'm so sad that it's a year old memory already. I would love to go back to that day, but I'm so happy and lucky she's healthy and growing like she should. I hope to have a few more times to enjoy being pregnant and I hope my other birthing experiences are just as enjoyable as Zearley's was, I'm just not ready to prepare myself for sharing my attention with another child. However, whenever that time comes I will welcome a new baby with just as much love as I have for her!
Tonight shortly after Zearley ate her supper and I was trying to get her calmed down for bed, she seemed quite irritable and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I had nursed her, and she still wasn't happy and nursing has always been a "cure all" for her. So I discovered she needed her diaper changed, and much to my surprise, she had developed a bad diaper rash rather quickly. I'm unsure what from because I haven't changed her foods, except for the kind of applesauce she ate. She's mostly eaten applesauce made from Braeburn apples, but more recently I've given her apples made from Honeycrisp apples. I don't know if that change would cause some rash/discomfort, or if it's just a result of more teething, which is a great possibility! I just don't like not knowing what has caused it, and I felt terrible for her wiping her bottom and putting cream on it tonight, as I could tell it hurt.... and with it being her birthday tomorrow I felt even worse... thinking she can't have diaper rash on her birthday! Poor thing, I hope by morning my magic "concoction" of butt paste and baby powder have taken the edge off the sting and relieved the redness!
The next time I blog... I'll be a mommy of a 1-year old!
Although I didn't buy much at the craft show, it's always fun to go! I'm always amazed how many people go to it, and I've now learned just how hard it is to bring a nearly 1 year old and push a stroller up and down the busy aisles! I know it's not a great place for strollers, but some people could be a little less rude about strollers being present, it's crowed either way, with or without them... I understand they take up more room, but I don't think there's anything wrong with pushing a stroller around there, as long as I'm respectful of those around me!
The tears came again today... I'm just not ready for our baby to be 1. She was born on a Saturday, so with today being Saturday it brought me right back to the beautiful Saturday afternoon we had a year ago, when I gave birth to the most precious jewel. It's so bittersweet, I love thinking about the memory of her birth, how much I enjoyed every bit of being pregnant and even giving birth (except for the 2 hours I waited for the anesthesiologist), but I'm so sad that it's a year old memory already. I would love to go back to that day, but I'm so happy and lucky she's healthy and growing like she should. I hope to have a few more times to enjoy being pregnant and I hope my other birthing experiences are just as enjoyable as Zearley's was, I'm just not ready to prepare myself for sharing my attention with another child. However, whenever that time comes I will welcome a new baby with just as much love as I have for her!
Tonight shortly after Zearley ate her supper and I was trying to get her calmed down for bed, she seemed quite irritable and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I had nursed her, and she still wasn't happy and nursing has always been a "cure all" for her. So I discovered she needed her diaper changed, and much to my surprise, she had developed a bad diaper rash rather quickly. I'm unsure what from because I haven't changed her foods, except for the kind of applesauce she ate. She's mostly eaten applesauce made from Braeburn apples, but more recently I've given her apples made from Honeycrisp apples. I don't know if that change would cause some rash/discomfort, or if it's just a result of more teething, which is a great possibility! I just don't like not knowing what has caused it, and I felt terrible for her wiping her bottom and putting cream on it tonight, as I could tell it hurt.... and with it being her birthday tomorrow I felt even worse... thinking she can't have diaper rash on her birthday! Poor thing, I hope by morning my magic "concoction" of butt paste and baby powder have taken the edge off the sting and relieved the redness!
The next time I blog... I'll be a mommy of a 1-year old!
Friday, October 14, 2011
October 14th, 2011
Today is Jordan's 28th birthday and in just two days our little jewel will be 1! It's unbelievable how fast time has gone! Zearley is growing up so fast! Everyone told me the first year would go fast (as will the rest of her childhood), but I never believed it would go this fast! I am loving every minute I get with Zearley, she is such a joy! She's been a very good baby, we've been so lucky! She's been so healthy- with only two minors colds in her first year. I am still nursing her at night time and occassionally through the night/morning- I love our snuggle time, it's going to be very hard to give up, but we will make the adjustment slowly together.
I'm starting this blog in hopes that I will journal about Zearley on a weekly basis as she grows up! I'm hoping opening this blog and typing will be easier for me than filling out her baby book has been! Being a mom and working full-time is very hard, I'm torn between not being able to spend the majority of my days with our baby even though I know she's with grandmas all day. I feel like teaching consumes a lot of my time and energy, and then when I finally arrive home at night, all I have time for is to feed Zearley supper, play a little bit, and get her to bed. I'm very thankful to have the teaching job I do have, in my hometown, teaching kindergarten with two amazing team teachers. I know if I were to make the decision to stay home with my child, I would never get the opportunity to have my job back! So I'm trying to make the best of an emotional time in my life. The best part about my job is I do have the summers off to spend with Zearley!
Speaking of an emotional time... Zearley's First Birthday has been so hard on me this week. I'm not ready for her to be 1, I wish time would slow down. I cry every time I start thinking about her birthday- I'm so excited for her big day because it should be a lot of fun, but at the same time I'm torn that she's growing up and changing so fast! Every new stage she enters has been fun and exciting so I look forward to everything ahead of us, but I'm not ready for the days that she no longer wants to snuggle and just be carried around. Already she's obtaining her own personality and there are times she just doesn't want to be held, she wants to crawl around everywhere, but for the most part she still enjoys being held. When she is crawling, she stands up to everything...and reaches for anything in her reach even if it means standing on her tippy-toes! She's recently been into "dancing" and giving "high-fives" she's slowly this week just starting to understand how to give a kiss! The words she likes to say are baby, momma, dadda, puppy, and sometimes bye bye. She definitely understands what bye bye and hi mean- she's a great waver! Zearley loves her 3 puppies, especially Ramona...she thinks she's hilarious!
I've been very proud of myself for trying to give Zearley the very best first year I could give her. I have nursed/pumped for her entire first year and I've made all her baby food from fresh vegetables and fruits and Zearley's been a wonderful guinea pig! She's a great eater!
Zearley has 5 teeth (two bottom, three top), and she hasn't had too terrible of a time teething from my observations. At times she was more irritable than usual, but her teeth never kept her up through the night. She had a couple runny noses and small diaper rashes, but those were her only real symptoms and they never seemed to make her too unbearable. Even when she probably felt miserable, she kept in pretty good spirits!
So I did pretty good getting some thoughts down for my first blog! I hope I can continue, so others can watch Zearley grow up too!
I'm starting this blog in hopes that I will journal about Zearley on a weekly basis as she grows up! I'm hoping opening this blog and typing will be easier for me than filling out her baby book has been! Being a mom and working full-time is very hard, I'm torn between not being able to spend the majority of my days with our baby even though I know she's with grandmas all day. I feel like teaching consumes a lot of my time and energy, and then when I finally arrive home at night, all I have time for is to feed Zearley supper, play a little bit, and get her to bed. I'm very thankful to have the teaching job I do have, in my hometown, teaching kindergarten with two amazing team teachers. I know if I were to make the decision to stay home with my child, I would never get the opportunity to have my job back! So I'm trying to make the best of an emotional time in my life. The best part about my job is I do have the summers off to spend with Zearley!
Speaking of an emotional time... Zearley's First Birthday has been so hard on me this week. I'm not ready for her to be 1, I wish time would slow down. I cry every time I start thinking about her birthday- I'm so excited for her big day because it should be a lot of fun, but at the same time I'm torn that she's growing up and changing so fast! Every new stage she enters has been fun and exciting so I look forward to everything ahead of us, but I'm not ready for the days that she no longer wants to snuggle and just be carried around. Already she's obtaining her own personality and there are times she just doesn't want to be held, she wants to crawl around everywhere, but for the most part she still enjoys being held. When she is crawling, she stands up to everything...and reaches for anything in her reach even if it means standing on her tippy-toes! She's recently been into "dancing" and giving "high-fives" she's slowly this week just starting to understand how to give a kiss! The words she likes to say are baby, momma, dadda, puppy, and sometimes bye bye. She definitely understands what bye bye and hi mean- she's a great waver! Zearley loves her 3 puppies, especially Ramona...she thinks she's hilarious!
I've been very proud of myself for trying to give Zearley the very best first year I could give her. I have nursed/pumped for her entire first year and I've made all her baby food from fresh vegetables and fruits and Zearley's been a wonderful guinea pig! She's a great eater!
Zearley has 5 teeth (two bottom, three top), and she hasn't had too terrible of a time teething from my observations. At times she was more irritable than usual, but her teeth never kept her up through the night. She had a couple runny noses and small diaper rashes, but those were her only real symptoms and they never seemed to make her too unbearable. Even when she probably felt miserable, she kept in pretty good spirits!
So I did pretty good getting some thoughts down for my first blog! I hope I can continue, so others can watch Zearley grow up too!
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