5 months

Good Morning everyone. Today Daphne is officially 5 months old. It's amazing how fast time flies! We had a good weekend, one of our friends from long ago visited so we got to catch up with him Saturday. The weather was rainy and rather cool all weekend so not much to do outside. Peanut's day at school on Friday went well, she drooled so much they had to change her clothes so now we have resorted to wearing a bib at home all the time too. She also went on a walk in the wagon Friday with her other little friends. When I got there at lunch she was in her little sweatshirt and sunhat just getting out of the wagon, it was adorable! I got a present from her for Mother's Day that she made at school, it was a little potted flower with her hand prints and fingerprints on it, it's so cute! They made a card with a really cute picture of her face in the middle of a flower too. Mother's Day was fun, I made dairy free coffee cake for breakfast....it was incredibly good! I got some great presents from Mike and Daphne (flowers, books and a little play tray to attach to her Bumbo seat). For those of you looking for a Chompy update....I wasn't able to get a picture yet...he's a tiny little guy tucked behind some wiggle lips and tongue, I'll keep trying. I'm not sure if was Chompy, her cold or her belly but something has been bugging her these past 3 nights. She has been flailing all around and very restless and nursing won't put her right back to sleep like it usually does. Needless to say it's 5:30am and I'm ready for bed! Hopefully she feels better this week. Have a great start to your week...

"Chompy the Toof"

Happy Friday everyone...we have almost made it another week. I can't believe Daphne will be 5 months on Monday and I have been back to work full time for one month. Yesterday Peanut had a good day at school and we had beautiful weather. Since we, for once, had nothing to do after work we took a walk. Half the time she was in the stroller and have the time she was in her sling. She's still not sure that the stroller isn't a torture device so we are going to have to start regular family walks to convince her. Today's picture is her in her little hat getting ready for our walk. Work went alright as well, my meeting with HR went pretty good. I left the meeting thinking I would most likely be able to start 4 - 10 hour days next week because that would be the easiest route to go. However, within 15 minutes of that I was told that might not be the easiest route to go due to everyone else wanting the same so part time might be the easiest route and someone else would have to meet with someone else before they could decide.....so needless to say I still don't know. It appears I'll be working 4 days a week somehow but when we get to the start point I am not sure. And on to the most exciting news EVER.....you are probably wondering if today's title is some crazy kids book or another wacky song I use to listen too....the answer is no, it is the name of Peanut's FIRST TOOTH that broke through yesterday (she named it with the help of Dad). Yes, that is right, she has a tooth that you can feel and see poking out of her gums. It's on the bottom, her right side. She is getting SOOO big, I can not believe she has a tooth already. That makes me feel a bit better about her runny nose and cough, now that the tooth is through maybe she will get better. Hope you all have a great weekend, we are planing on visiting with an old friend and enjoying the weather.

The Potter's Kitchen

Yeah finally it's Thursday....we are getting so close to Friday I can taste it. Yesterday was an alright day at school for Peanut, she didn't nap that well for them and they said she coughed a lot. She also only ate 2 of the 3 bottles, granted we did pick her up a little early for her appointment. She was in good spirits otherwise. We decided to get the shots, not going to think about whether it was a good or bad decision because it's over with.... she only cried for literally 1 second. Once the little red Monkey played it's music she was over it and happy again. She went to bed fairly well last night....except for the crib attempt. On the final daybed nurse to sleep attempt it worked a little too well seeing as next thing I know Mike is waking me up at 10:00 to move into our room...oh well, at least we tried. I'm hoping today she has a better day at school with more naps and less coughing. She did cough a bit in the middle of the night but not a ton and she slept well. We didn't even have to give her a second dose of Tylenol that we sometimes do after her shots. Send some Get Well thoughts her way today, we need to get that cough out of here and get back to feeling all the way better. Today is my meeting with HR for my flexible work proposal...wish me luck! Hope you all have a great Thursday!

Late Night Radio

Wednesday....we made it through two of our three busy days so far this week. Our chiropractor appointments went good, they LOVE her there. The receptionist got to hold her while I got adjusted (for fear of car seat explosion) and she was showing her off to everyone at the front desk and Daphne was hamming it up. Although a different lady there did ask me how old HE was....and I said SHE is ~5 months and wearing pants with millions of flowers all over them, so yes they are blue but they are exploding in flowers....ok I didn't really say that last part but thought it. Everything else went well, the Chiropractor said we are both looking good and Zeus got his shot at the vet around the same time. Today is the dreaded shot day for Peanut......we have an appointment at 3:45. One shot in the leg and one orally, I am not looking forward to it. I hope it doesn't make her feel too funky, poor little bean. She does still have her cough but her stuffiness is going away so that's a good sign. Other than that today will be the usual....work, daycare for lunch, work, *shots*, home, bed. I should mention we are still trying the crib for the first little bit at night....and last night was another 45 minute sleep alone in the crib night! That's really good, her second long one so far and we have been trying for a week. Someday we'll work to get past 45 minutes but for now that seems to be a good step. Happy Hump Day!

Four Wet Pigs

Happy Tuesday everyone...yesterday went pretty well for all of us. The usual Monday routine now, Peanut had a good day at school and was happy when she came home. She went to sleep really well, although the crib attempt was short last night. She only woke up to eat 3 times or so....although it's possible it was more and I slept through them (the beauty of sleeping next to her when you have to get up at 5am). Today will hopefully be much the same. We are having some nice weather finally but I know the rain is on its way. Today Peanut and I have a chiropractor appointment together after work and Zeus has the vet so it's a busy day for us...good thing I have dinner all ready in the crock pot on the counter...let's just hope I remember to turn it on! Hope you all have a great day! The picture above is Daphne and Olivia (& Mike and John of course)....and the title another favorite song by Greg Brown.

I See the Moon

Good Morning everyone, hope you had a great weekend. Now we are back to the start of the week again, bleah, something about Monday's just always makes me not that excited...We had a really good weekend full of lots of fun events. Friday we had a barbecue with John, Greta and Olivia. Olivia and Daphne are getting big enough now to start noticing each other and interacting a bit so it's pretty fun. Daphne even got to try out the doorway jumper that Olivia had....she LOVED it, she spun all around and danced. We brought it home to try but it won't fit over our trim so that was a bummer. We are thinking about buying a jumper at the store but since they cost about as much as a car and are only used for a few months we are thinking hard....she did love it though. Then Grandpa and Uncle Jake visited on Saturday and we hung out at home all day and cooked out. Sunday we went to visit one of my friends from Michigan Tech who had a baby March 30th. They live in Appleton so we loaded up and drove there. Peanut did good in the car, slept mostly so that was nice. It was nice to see them and her baby, Kayla, was really cute (amazing how far they come from 1 month to 4 months!!!). Peanut is still sick which really stinks. She has a cough that I don't like and is still a but stuffed up, we will probably have to schedule a doctor visit if she isn't doing better by tomorrow. She had a couple rough nights over the weekend with a bellyache that would sneak attack her in the middle of the night and make her very sad but last night she seemed to be alright. Her days were great, she was happy and smiley and excited for visitors. We have been starting the night routine in her room still and it is going well. She has slept in there each night for anywhere from 10 - 45 minutes, even with me moving her from daybed to crib so that is progress. We will keep trying so we can all get more use to it. Today's title is from a song I remember when I was little by Greg Brown. Hope you all have a great (or as best possible) Monday.

Hop on Pop

Happy Friday everyone....we finally made it! Yesterday was a pretty good day. A couple of exciting things happened actually.... After talking with my manager we developed a loose plan for my schedule, although we still have to take it to HR so it's only about 10% guaranteed right now. I will do 4 days a week, 9 hours a day, which will leave me with 4 hours left to do on Friday. I will then take those as vacation. I will do this for 2-3 months while I finish up a project at work then I will switch to 80% instead of full time, meaning I would work 4 - 8 hour days. That doesn't sound too bad, it means using some vacation but it would be worth it. I'm trying not to get too excited though because the part time thing is really up in the air so I'm not sure how that's going to go. We will meet with HR next week and feel them out. I probably wont start until the week after next or later because we have to get their approval. The next exciting thing that happened is Peanut fell asleep in her crib!!!!!! I was so proud of her. I nursed her in her room on the daybed and she wasn't falling asleep so I put her in her crib, swaddled up (arms out of course) with her pacifier (she will occasionally take it now) and turned on her mobile. It took about 20 minutes of wiggling around, spiting out the pacifier, kicking the mobile, doing a 360 turn in the crib and reswaddling but she fell asleep and was happy the whole time she was in there. She slept in there from 8:00-8:45, that might not see like a big deal but TRUST ME, for her it is a huge accomplishment. When she woke up I brought her into our room and went to bed. We are making progress and it's only day 2! Today should be a pretty good day, I have chiropractor after work then we are eating dinner with John and Greta, hoping Peanut can keep her self together for that long today. We then have visitors this weekend, Grandpa and Uncle Jake! How fun.....have a great weekend and enjoy any sun that peaks through those clouds.