Lulu turned 9 months old a few days ago. 9 months. 3 months until she is 1 year old! What's even harder to swallow is that Cy will be 3 years old in 3 months as well. What's even HARDER to swallow is that I have 2 very important birthday parties to plan, budget for, and pull off just 9 days apart from each other. Yeah, that'll be fun! ;-)
Ok, back to Lulu and her absolutely adorable self!
Lulu
-You are now 20 1/2 pounds and almost 30 inches tall. You were in the 90th percentile for Height and 75th percentile for weight, with your head being in the 80th percentile. Big baby girl.
-You are in 12 month clothes and for one pieces or dresses, mostly 18 months because your torso is so long.
-You can say Dada, Mama, Bobo (the dog), and have now started making crazy little random sounds all the time. You are definitely a talker. Which is fun to listen to but also scares me for what my life will be in a year when I have 2 extremely verbal kids. Yikes! ;-)
-You love to smack your mouth when eating. It is absolutely one of the cutest things I have ever watched! I love to feed you, just so I can watch you smack afterwards :-)
-You are extremely independent already and mostly feed yourself now with tiny bits of whatever we are eating. I always told myself I wouldn't let my 2nd child advance faster than my first, but you are crazy and will refuse baby food unless you have some finger foods as well.
-You are sliding everywhere! It's not an army crawl, not a crawl and not a scoot. It's you using your back legs to push yourself across the floor. Down fall to this method of getting around - your front shirt is always getting dirty. Even when I sweep and clean the floors constantly, you are still picking up everything on your shirt.
-You are not a very good sleeper, which is saying a lot because Cy was a great sleeper. You will sleep from 7 pm until 6 am most mornings and just lay in your crib and chat until we get you. And you are still waking every 2 or 3 hours to nurse most nights. You also take an hour nap in the morning and an hour nap in the afternoons. When you take anything longer, I am the HAPPIEST mama on the planet! :-)
-You are learning very quickly that shrilling and crying will get you attention. Cy also knows to run away at this moment because he will, inevitably, be asked how he was involved with this said action.
-You have a FULL head of hair. The back hair is actually falling down your back down - it's crazy! I am loving your head of hair and love styling your hair whenever we have time to do so!
I think that's about it. I love your spunk. I love your adorable toothless smile and your hilarious attitude. While most of the time I cannot wait to see how your attitude develops, some of the time I am very scared to see because I already have one hard-headed child and having a 2nd would make for an interesting next 17 years ;-)
P.S. You are soooo a 2nd child, I have zero recent pictures of you on this computer - oops. I will upload some as soon as possible baby girl ;-)
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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Happy 6 months Lulu
Sweet Lulu is 6 months old now. I cannot believe she is already 6 months - seems like yesterday we were bringing her home. yet it also seems like it's been a really long time - with her fussiness and waking a lot still at night. This time around, at the 6 months mark, I have realized something about myself - I do not do the "new baby" stage well. I didn't with Cy either. I love love love my sweet babies - and love having babies but the exhaustion, lack of sleep, nursing every 3 hours, lack of freedom, waking at everything, and the stress that comes from a new baby coupled with hormones have left me feeling extremely down and depressed at times.
I am only saying this because I want to be honest and open. I want other moms out there, who are feeling the same, to know they are NOT alone! For very very often, I feel alone. I feel like this increased anxiety that is so over-bearing at times that I cannot breath is only me - that no one else feels it. That can't be the case. Others have gone from 1 to 2 kids before - and if not the going from 1 to 2 - others have had a baby and had the hormone crazies that I am feeling. I want you to know that others share that and you are NOT alone. I am here if anyone needs to talk, need a hug, or needs to vent. I guess this is also a way of asking for help. I hate asking for help. I hate taking help. And truth be told, I will probably not take help in a physical sense... but prayers are appreciated, for sure. Friendship is appreciated above all else. But (ha) I also do not need hand-outs. I do not want people who really have no interest in being my friend, trying to be a friend because they feel bad for me. (One reason I didn't want to share this...)
I am taking steps to taking back my happiness, my restfulness, my enthusiasm. I tell Ash over and over again "I hate this because I am happy in my heart. I feel fulfilled - in my heart. I feel over-the-top elated with my 2 beautiful, wonderful, amazing kids - but in my head, with my hormones - I feel like I should be crying". So this month I am taking time to figure it all out, to get out of this and to reclaim myself! :-) I'll try and blog about it - but for me, this is very very personal and something that has been very hard to write. For I feel it makes me a weak person. But I am not weak. I am going off 4, maybe 5 hours of sleep a night for LITERALLY the last 6 months. And I have had a husband working over-time for the last month and a half so have had hardly no help (minus the amazing grandparents that have helped so much lately!). I am strong. I have to remind myself of that but also I want to be honest and truthful. If I can help one other person with depression - I want to.
Ha, and to think I labeled this "Happy 6 months Lulu" ;-) NOW on to My sweet Angel who has captured every part of my heart and won't let go!!
- Last week at the doctor you weighed 18 pounds - we will get a better measurement of you on Tuesday at your 6 month check-up :-)
- You are rolling everywhere. I love it!
- At around 20 weeks you found your toes! Love this! Cy never found his - so I get a kick out of watching you eat your toes :-)
- You laugh, belly laugh, when Cy runs around acting crazy. It is good for Cy because he gets away with it, just so I can hear you laugh
- You are eating solids at night - but they do not sit well with you. I have tried 3 or 4 different kinds - all different consistencies and nothing is working. You scream and cry for hours after... We are going to doctor on Tuesday and will figure out the next move with that. I think you are just a sensitive sweet cheeks with a sensitive stomach.
- You had a tough month with double ear infection, thrush, fevers, and reflux. You are pulling on your ears again - but I hope it's nothing and we can get you all better!
- You have the sweetest, most captivating smile I have EVER seen! You are adorable and love smiling at daddy. You have daddy wrapped! I have never seen the man so smitten by such a small baby before ;-)
- Your 1st Christmas was amazing and you got some great gifts from so many people. You are very very loved Lulu Bear!
I love you to pieces - I seriously feel sooooo much more complete with you in our family. It's crazy - I have heard women saying they feel "complete" with kids and all - but I never understood it until you came along. Ask daddy. Just walking into a store, the 4 of us - I cannot help but smile at the amount of awe and wonder and happiness I have in my heart just because there is 4 of us. So amazing! You are a blessing to us and we love you so very very much sweet baby girl!
I am only saying this because I want to be honest and open. I want other moms out there, who are feeling the same, to know they are NOT alone! For very very often, I feel alone. I feel like this increased anxiety that is so over-bearing at times that I cannot breath is only me - that no one else feels it. That can't be the case. Others have gone from 1 to 2 kids before - and if not the going from 1 to 2 - others have had a baby and had the hormone crazies that I am feeling. I want you to know that others share that and you are NOT alone. I am here if anyone needs to talk, need a hug, or needs to vent. I guess this is also a way of asking for help. I hate asking for help. I hate taking help. And truth be told, I will probably not take help in a physical sense... but prayers are appreciated, for sure. Friendship is appreciated above all else. But (ha) I also do not need hand-outs. I do not want people who really have no interest in being my friend, trying to be a friend because they feel bad for me. (One reason I didn't want to share this...)
I am taking steps to taking back my happiness, my restfulness, my enthusiasm. I tell Ash over and over again "I hate this because I am happy in my heart. I feel fulfilled - in my heart. I feel over-the-top elated with my 2 beautiful, wonderful, amazing kids - but in my head, with my hormones - I feel like I should be crying". So this month I am taking time to figure it all out, to get out of this and to reclaim myself! :-) I'll try and blog about it - but for me, this is very very personal and something that has been very hard to write. For I feel it makes me a weak person. But I am not weak. I am going off 4, maybe 5 hours of sleep a night for LITERALLY the last 6 months. And I have had a husband working over-time for the last month and a half so have had hardly no help (minus the amazing grandparents that have helped so much lately!). I am strong. I have to remind myself of that but also I want to be honest and truthful. If I can help one other person with depression - I want to.
Ha, and to think I labeled this "Happy 6 months Lulu" ;-) NOW on to My sweet Angel who has captured every part of my heart and won't let go!!
- Last week at the doctor you weighed 18 pounds - we will get a better measurement of you on Tuesday at your 6 month check-up :-)
- You are rolling everywhere. I love it!
- At around 20 weeks you found your toes! Love this! Cy never found his - so I get a kick out of watching you eat your toes :-)
- You laugh, belly laugh, when Cy runs around acting crazy. It is good for Cy because he gets away with it, just so I can hear you laugh
- You are eating solids at night - but they do not sit well with you. I have tried 3 or 4 different kinds - all different consistencies and nothing is working. You scream and cry for hours after... We are going to doctor on Tuesday and will figure out the next move with that. I think you are just a sensitive sweet cheeks with a sensitive stomach.
- You had a tough month with double ear infection, thrush, fevers, and reflux. You are pulling on your ears again - but I hope it's nothing and we can get you all better!
- You have the sweetest, most captivating smile I have EVER seen! You are adorable and love smiling at daddy. You have daddy wrapped! I have never seen the man so smitten by such a small baby before ;-)
- Your 1st Christmas was amazing and you got some great gifts from so many people. You are very very loved Lulu Bear!
I love you to pieces - I seriously feel sooooo much more complete with you in our family. It's crazy - I have heard women saying they feel "complete" with kids and all - but I never understood it until you came along. Ask daddy. Just walking into a store, the 4 of us - I cannot help but smile at the amount of awe and wonder and happiness I have in my heart just because there is 4 of us. So amazing! You are a blessing to us and we love you so very very much sweet baby girl!
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Monday, November 7, 2011
4 months & Counting
We took sweet Lulu to her 4 month check-up today. I love love love my doctor - she is amazing and soooo caring. I just had to say that :-) She makes me feel so much better about Lulu's reflux and her sleeping and eating and everything. It's a huge blessing to have such an amazing doctor for the kids! Ok now on to Lulu and her progress
Baby girl, the doctor went down the list of "accomplishments" that you should be almost hitting or hitting - you have already surpassed all of them:
- You laugh at mama all the time - I absolutely love love love it! you haven't shown anyone else and will only laugh when we are alone in the room. I am loving the one-on-one feeling that gives me though ;-)
- You smile ALL the time! Even when refluxing and feeling horrible - you will flash a smile. It helps soooo much when mama is feeling overwhelmed at all the crying. Gives me a boost to keep my cool and keep going :-)
- You roll over from back to tummy every time you are on your back - it's too funny. Now if you could just learn to go from tummy to back so you don't get upset. Cy loves flipping you back over though - ha! But I do not because it scares you and you start crying. He's just being "helpful" you know ;-)
- You are the worst sleeper. Cy slept ALL the time and absolutely anywhere but you - after 15 minutes, you wake up most of the time. We have good days where you will sleep for an hour stretch but most of the time - I am lucky to get 20 minutes of baby down time before you wake again. And you are waking every hour to 2 hours at night - screaming and in pain. We have tried everything and at this point - I'm just going to comfort you, love you, and pray for you. I know it will all clear up... in the meantime - mama will just be exhausted
- You talk non-stop and will get loud just to get me to make eye contact with you
- Cy is starting to warm up to you (FINALLY!) and will copy mama when I'm playing with you. Talk about making my heart melt! Love my 2 babies!
- You are in 6-12 month clothes. You don't fill them out but you are tall in the torso so 3-6 month onesies don't snap. BUT 3-6 month pants fit perfectly because you have shorter legs :-)
- You weighed 16 pounds today. Not quite double your birth weight, I think the reflux has slowed down your eating and you actually lost a pound in the last couple months but the doctor said that you are perfect and now proportionate to your height at 25 1/2 inches
- Mama and Dada love you so much and you are definitely daddy's girl! You will find him in a room and stare at him until he smiles at you - then you give him the BIGGEST smile you can, and I can just see his heart melting for his princess. Sweetest. Thing. EVER.
We love you lots baby girl! Happy 4 months!
Baby girl, the doctor went down the list of "accomplishments" that you should be almost hitting or hitting - you have already surpassed all of them:
- You laugh at mama all the time - I absolutely love love love it! you haven't shown anyone else and will only laugh when we are alone in the room. I am loving the one-on-one feeling that gives me though ;-)
- You smile ALL the time! Even when refluxing and feeling horrible - you will flash a smile. It helps soooo much when mama is feeling overwhelmed at all the crying. Gives me a boost to keep my cool and keep going :-)
- You roll over from back to tummy every time you are on your back - it's too funny. Now if you could just learn to go from tummy to back so you don't get upset. Cy loves flipping you back over though - ha! But I do not because it scares you and you start crying. He's just being "helpful" you know ;-)
- You are the worst sleeper. Cy slept ALL the time and absolutely anywhere but you - after 15 minutes, you wake up most of the time. We have good days where you will sleep for an hour stretch but most of the time - I am lucky to get 20 minutes of baby down time before you wake again. And you are waking every hour to 2 hours at night - screaming and in pain. We have tried everything and at this point - I'm just going to comfort you, love you, and pray for you. I know it will all clear up... in the meantime - mama will just be exhausted
- You talk non-stop and will get loud just to get me to make eye contact with you
- Cy is starting to warm up to you (FINALLY!) and will copy mama when I'm playing with you. Talk about making my heart melt! Love my 2 babies!
- You are in 6-12 month clothes. You don't fill them out but you are tall in the torso so 3-6 month onesies don't snap. BUT 3-6 month pants fit perfectly because you have shorter legs :-)
- You weighed 16 pounds today. Not quite double your birth weight, I think the reflux has slowed down your eating and you actually lost a pound in the last couple months but the doctor said that you are perfect and now proportionate to your height at 25 1/2 inches
- Mama and Dada love you so much and you are definitely daddy's girl! You will find him in a room and stare at him until he smiles at you - then you give him the BIGGEST smile you can, and I can just see his heart melting for his princess. Sweetest. Thing. EVER.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
My 1st hair clip~
OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just made my first hair clip! I am so excited about this that I am writing this blog, while staring at the clip, feeding the baby, in a dark room so she can sleep as well (yes, it's nap time). But I just had to share! This new side of me is coming out now that Lulu is here and I just can't help but become artsy and crafty! For anyone who knows me, this is soooooo not me! Haha, I called a cricut by the wrong name for the longest time and what is fabric? Ha. But now, I am on board ladies!!!! I am on the crafting wagon and y'all better watch out! Sorry hubby, but we may need to budget in for crafts each month ;-)
Anyway, so I get so bothered by bows! I never have one that matches an outfit but I always want my sweet baby girl to have a bow in her hair! So, I went on pintrest (Also so amazing, yes, I have joined pintrest - something I told myself I would never do!) and got tons of ideas for bows, ribbons, anything for Lulu's hair :-)
I made a rosette today - this can be clipped onto a headband, hair, shirt, paper, bag, jewlry - anything! And this particular one cost me LESS than .50 cents to make! I KNOW!!! Why spend $10 on one - I do not know! But here is my picture of my first ever Rosette!
Anyway, so I get so bothered by bows! I never have one that matches an outfit but I always want my sweet baby girl to have a bow in her hair! So, I went on pintrest (Also so amazing, yes, I have joined pintrest - something I told myself I would never do!) and got tons of ideas for bows, ribbons, anything for Lulu's hair :-)
I made a rosette today - this can be clipped onto a headband, hair, shirt, paper, bag, jewlry - anything! And this particular one cost me LESS than .50 cents to make! I KNOW!!! Why spend $10 on one - I do not know! But here is my picture of my first ever Rosette!
I will post a tutorial on how I made it later. I am having a bow-making party with some ladies later next week, so I'm sure this blog will be FULL of all the pretty creations I make :-)
P.S. I did not do some things right on this rosette so the next ones will look better - but I am super proud of how this turned out!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
2 months for Ms. Lulu
Yesterday we took Lulu to her 2 month checkup. Can you believe she is already 2 months old?! Seems like just yesterday I was bringing her home and showing her to Big Brother. She looked amazing! I love love love our Doctor - so ladies in Woodlands/Spring area - if you are looking for an amazing doctor, I have one!
Anywho - Here is a little bit of what Lulu is up to these days :-)
She is measuring 13 pounds and 8 ounces and is 23 1/4 inches tall. She was in 76th and 94th percentiles. Crazy girl! She's going to be big, just like her brother it looks like. I'm seeing her being a basketball player in her future ;-) Mama was too short for stuff like that, so now I can live vicariously through my tall baby girl haha. The doctor said she looked great! She still has reflux - we are giving her some meds for that, but it still comes and goes. Some nights are super hard with her being so fussy but others, she goes straight to sleep. She isn't as much of a piggy at night as Cy was. She only wakes 2 times a night now - which I am happy about! I still have to keep her upright for 30 minutes so the feedings are still taking a long time. She is a wiggle worm!!!!!! She moves constantly! CONSTANTLY! Ha, people often ask "is this how a newborn should move?" - nope! That's my baby girl - constantly wiggly. Often making it hard for me to get ANYTHING done around the house with her. She is very very alert! The doctor was shocked with how alert and focused her eyes are (yay! My smart baby girl!!) and she smiles CONSTANTLY at daddy and mommy. Constantly! We are going to have a very happy baby girl. She also coo's all the time - she loves talking - just loves it!
Well that's about it. Cycy is getting a lot more welcoming of the idea that he is a big brother. Yesterday he held her in his lap and said "smile baby sisa, smiiile" :-) I guess Mama says that a lot to Lulu - ha.
Sweet Lulu, I am so excited to watch you grow, to help you mature, and to lead you into womanhood. You are my pride and joy - you put a smile on my face when the entire day is going badly. I love you with all my heart and I am so so so thankful that I can stay home with you and watch you grow, change, wiggle and squirm all day long :-) I love you!
Anywho - Here is a little bit of what Lulu is up to these days :-)
She is measuring 13 pounds and 8 ounces and is 23 1/4 inches tall. She was in 76th and 94th percentiles. Crazy girl! She's going to be big, just like her brother it looks like. I'm seeing her being a basketball player in her future ;-) Mama was too short for stuff like that, so now I can live vicariously through my tall baby girl haha. The doctor said she looked great! She still has reflux - we are giving her some meds for that, but it still comes and goes. Some nights are super hard with her being so fussy but others, she goes straight to sleep. She isn't as much of a piggy at night as Cy was. She only wakes 2 times a night now - which I am happy about! I still have to keep her upright for 30 minutes so the feedings are still taking a long time. She is a wiggle worm!!!!!! She moves constantly! CONSTANTLY! Ha, people often ask "is this how a newborn should move?" - nope! That's my baby girl - constantly wiggly. Often making it hard for me to get ANYTHING done around the house with her. She is very very alert! The doctor was shocked with how alert and focused her eyes are (yay! My smart baby girl!!) and she smiles CONSTANTLY at daddy and mommy. Constantly! We are going to have a very happy baby girl. She also coo's all the time - she loves talking - just loves it!
Well that's about it. Cycy is getting a lot more welcoming of the idea that he is a big brother. Yesterday he held her in his lap and said "smile baby sisa, smiiile" :-) I guess Mama says that a lot to Lulu - ha.
Sweet Lulu, I am so excited to watch you grow, to help you mature, and to lead you into womanhood. You are my pride and joy - you put a smile on my face when the entire day is going badly. I love you with all my heart and I am so so so thankful that I can stay home with you and watch you grow, change, wiggle and squirm all day long :-) I love you!
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