Fever fever fever

So Marie has had this weird fever off and on for about 2 weeks now. I got another call from daycare today and I had to go pick her up. I took her back to my office and my boss looked her over and said there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her. We talked back and forth for a while and he said watch her fever tonight and we will go from there. Ok sounds like a deal, so I take Marie back to daycare with a note stating there is no obvious infection. As I was getting ready to leave for the day we start talking again and he thinks it might be a good idea to check Marie's urine to make sure she doesn't have a bladder infection. SOO I am going to take her in tomorrow to have that checked. Poor baby. She will sit there and smile at you then she starts to cry for no reason. I will be happy once this stops. I thought breastfed babies weren't supposed to be this sickly! I can't imagine if I didn't breastfeed her...Hopefully the test will show good news and we can just assume it's a viral infection that seems to really LOVE Marie!

My Public Service Announcement!

Today I read an article in my "Parenting-early years" magazine that makes one of my greatest fears seem even worse. It was an article that discussed avoiding simple mistakes that threaten children's lives. It really focused on one mistake that has killed so many children, forgetting your child in the car. Direct from the magazine "The key culprits seem to be a change in daily routine, lack of sleep, and stress. It's certainly not about the kind of parent you are." I have never come close to forgetting Marie in the car but sometimes I feel sooo scatter brained/tired/stressed that I think it's possible. Reading this article gave me a few tips. They suggest putting your important articles in the back with the child so you must look in the back seat before you leave the vehicle. Also having a toy of the child's in the front seat with you to remind you about the baby. There are also websites that sell alarms when you leave the child in the back seat. I will now put all bags (diaper bag, pump bag, and purse) in the back seat with Marie. Therefore I pray I will never forget her or any future child in the vehicle. It reminds me that no matter how busy/stressed/tired I am I must slow down and always make the child first. How scary is that? I would literally go insane if....oh I can't even think about it. Hopefully this can help anyone out there around small children.

Tummy Sleeping

Marie is entering a new stage this week, tummy sleeping! It's so cute when I lay her down for bed...you think she's really asleep then she gets that leg kicking and within seconds she's on her belly. Now the fun part is that she usually starts crying right after she does this. I'm not sure if she thinks it's the torturous "Tummy time" while she's trying to sleep or she's still not used to the whole tummy sleeping thing. So now I just lay her down on her belly. She always keeps her head to one side and I'm worried she could develop torticolllis (which is an over development of one side of neck muscles causing the child to usually look to one side). I try to make her sleep on the other side but as soon as I leave the room she's got her head the original way. We'll get there.

Since Marie stopped nursing I'm really getting tired of pumping. Cleaning that damn thing is really getting on my nerves! And I've become so overtired that at night I don't pump, I'm afraid I'll fall asleep at the table while I'm pumping (haha, that would be cute). So instead of sleeping in today (which I really want to do) I'm up early pumping, fixing some breakfast and then shower. We shall go to church today and be thankful for everything (hopefully Marie is pleasant during service...haha)!

My new favorite song is apples and bananas! I can't get it out of my head.

Wow I just made some massive pancakes, they're and inch thick! I must either be a really good cook, or a really bad one...They taste good!

This is different

So my sweet precious baby is sleeping like a champ today! I've even been in and out of the car a few times and she stayed asleep! She's going to be in a grrrreat mood to play this afternoon. I'm so glad I'm home to spend the day with her. Hopefully it will lead to a great night and then we can have another great day tomorrow to play!

Like I've said before at night once she's asleep she only wakes up to eat and then goes back to sleep. Sometimes or rather here lately she's been throwing a HUGE fit when I'm trying to get her to sleep. SO last night after her bath I sat on the floor with her and gave her a massage. She liked it at first but then I could tell she was getting tired. When I let her eat she went to sleep pretty peacefully! I could get used to this!

On another note she has completely stopped nursing. I'm still pumping so she gets the breast milk. It's a little sad. I've tried several times but she arches her back and starts crying. I guess she knows what she wants... :( I would have to cross this bridge at some point just didn't think it would be this soon.

I went to my office today to clean out her ears and she does have ear infections...dangit! They aren't bad but she's so snotty right now I don't see them getting any better on their own.

Oh and when I came home today Paris left me a gift on the front porch...



What dog do you know that can catch a squirrel? Good dog Paris!!

This will end....right??

Poor sweet baby, or poor sweet momma? I think the both of us are feeding off of each others exhaustion. That girl doesn't take very good naps at home or daycare and with her new fussiness bedtime has become not fun for either of us. I don't know if she's teething or trying to get sick or what but THIS IS NOT FUN! I'm just venting I suppose. It's got to end at some point, I pray. I don't understand how a child who sleeps fairly well at night (still wakes up to eat but goes right back to sleep) can't nap for more than 45 minutes during the day. There are a few times at daycare she will sleep for about 2 hours but that's soooo rare. When I'm home with her I do everything in my power to keep those naps long and if she wakes up before I think she should I try my best to get to back to sleep. She wakes up from her naps happy but within an hour she's cranky again. She could probably take 5 naps a day but she won't. Oh I wish I had worked on her nap schedule more before I started back to work. That would have helped out, DUH JENNIFER!

Oh my...

WELL.....Marie has become a "crazy baby" (as one of my friends have put it about their infant girl). I got a call from daycare on Thursday...Marie has a fever. So I pick her up and she seemed ok. My friend watched her Friday afternoon and she said she was fine. TODAY however...CRAZY BABY! She is so uncomfortable and cranky it's unbelievable. Getting her to bed tonight was a nightmare! She seems to be running a low grade fever so I don't know if it's a virus, teething (she is chewing on her fingers like CRAZY), gas...

::SIGH::

It's times like these that make me realize I have no idea what I'm doing...haha (crazy laugh by the way).

Mothers day memories...

So Brad and I decided to head to west Texas for Mother's Day weekend. It started off really well but ended like a train wreck! My poor baby started to scream about 2 hours before we got home. By the time we did get home she was way past worn out. It took me about an hour to calm her down and once she was calm she passed out asleep. Poor baby. Brad and I both were a little stressed out from the crying and the trip and as soon as we were settled we both passed out ourselves. I hate it when Marie gets that tired. I don't think I'm going on a trip like that anytime soon, the grandparents get to come see us for a while.

Another event happening is I'm having someone come over and help me clean my house tomorrow. We discovered we had a mouse in the house before we left town. OH JOY! AND we bug bombed the house before we left so I need to get that dust off of my counter tops and tables. With the stress of the weekend I decided I can pay someone to help out for a few hours. But the lady is coming at 8am which means I have to leave the house by 7 am to get Marie to daycare and me back out to the house on time....OH JOY JOY! Maybe I can catch a good nap before I pick my darling child up from daycare.

Sleep...the new frontier!!

My dear child slept for 5 hours straight last night! Ate for 15 minutes and off to sleep again for another 4 hours. Ate at 5:30 then slept until I slowly woke her up at 8 so I could go to work. I forgot what it feels like to be rested. I understand this may not happen again for a while but one night of bliss sure does help a girl out!! It certainly was one of those days I wish I could have stayed home and played with her all day.

It's almost 7:30 and I'm fresh and clean. I don't have to work today so really I should be asleep but it's just so nice getting up and relaxing by myself. I suppose you could say I'm waiting on the husband and the child to get up so we can start our day. Miss Marie actually slept 5 straight hours last night. That hasn't happened in a very long time. I got up about 4 hours in to it wondering what was going on! HAHA. That's what happens. The baby finally gets some good sleep but momma never does. I even think Brad woke up one time to check on her. What a good daddy! I noticed at the 4o'clock feeding she had almost 5 oz! She is growing so fast. I'm going to get her measurements today at my office and see how much she's grown. I will let you know the results.

Brad and I are going to look at computers today. We currently use a laptop for our home computer but I was thinking if we get a new one it should be a desktop. Any tips if anybody reads this? We don't move to different spots in our house on the computer and we don't take our computer with us when we travel. We will mostly be using it for e-mailing the granparents pictures of the baby. It would be cool to have a program to edit photos and make them really pretty. I really like Dell but I am willing to switch if the price is right.

I hope everyone has a great day!!

2 years down...

Today is our 2 year anniversary! God bless my husbands soul. He puts up with more crap from me and rarely gives crap back (well not like I give him that is). I truly believe there is no one else more perfect for me in this big beautiful world. He is quite a unique man. There's not a day that goes by when he hasn't shocked me with something new. He has such a brilliant mind and yet there are times I wonder how the hell he has lived as long as he has with some of the stupid crap he's pulled...haha.

We have been suffering through this "No sleeping" phase with Marie since he's been home and this morning he asked me..."How you feeling this morning?" ME:"Exhausted, you?" HIM:"I'm pretty tired." ME:"Do you think you could do this alone?" HIM:"Heck no!" ME:"Now do you understand when I say I'm completely exhausted?" HIM:"yes."

Bless his soul. Thanks for 2 great years my love! I love you!