Ok, so I've failed at my WWW posts the past week and a half....oh well, I will attempt to do better : )
I saw this post and thought it gave some pretty good ideas on what to do with all that Halloween Candy.
We will not be trick-or-treating this year since Mallory is only 6 months old unless someone knows of a house that will be handing out soy baby formula.....but for those of you who have kiddos that are and need some ideas other than the perpetual sugar high that might occur for the next 2 weeks, I thought this link had some good ideas!
Don't Throw It Away! Tips For Using Up Halloween Candy
You can see the entire story by clicking on the link but some I liked best were:
Trade it in. Offer your tot the option of trading in the bulk of their loot for a toy he's been wanting.
Buy it. Teach your kids the value of a dollar by buying back the lil one's sweets (for a reasonable price).
Stuff it. Pack a piñata with candy and bring it out during your next kid-filled celebration.
And there's several more good ideas on the page! I'll just remember all this stuff for next year!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Synagis Denial.....
Well we got our denial letter yesterday….no synagis shots for Bean….at least not unless someone wants to cough up an additional $10K for buying them out right. So we just continue to do all we can to keep her from getting sick. It’s frustrating because she’s not “sick” enough or overall “unhealthy” enough that Blue Cross and Blue Shield feels the need to approve us, which I’m thankful for but she is more susceptible than “regular” kids. Yet when we were in the hospital in June it cost them $26K for that stay. I think I might give them a little reminder that their $10K investment now in my child’s health could save them an additional $16K in hospital bills later on. I highly doubt that BCBS would actually have enough common sense to see it that way, but I will still try!
As much as I dislike BCBS right now, in the grand scheme of things, they were out a total of $146K with Mallory in the NICU and the other week stay in June and they never once caused me any problems. They paid for everything other than the dedicutible....but I still want them to pay for the shots....
Otherwise, again, if you are sick, keep away from my child until April : )
One good thing from the storms on Tuesday was that it blew the one dead tree we had in the yard down and the wind was nice enough to blow it down on our property but yet not on the house, which was kinda tough! So yeah, we don't have to pay someone to cut it down for us because we were too worried it would hit the house! Thank you mother nature.
Mallory’s Halloween Party at Mrs Carole’s is tomorrow. They aren’t going to dress up in their costumes, just wear a Halloween outfit, so she will be back in her “Daddy’s under my spell” outfit with the Bib that Mrs Carole got her with a cute little witch on it. We will have to wait to get her in her cow outfit until Saturday!
I have dug down deep and found my inner Martha Stewart, who was so far buried I had to move Mr. Clean out of the way, because he NEVER gets used, to find her, LOL! So, I’m tackling making homemade cut out Halloween sugar cookies with icing for the kiddo’s at the Empty Nest. Granted Mallory cannot partake in them yet, but since the recipe makes like 5 dozen, many will go home to Elkton for the weekend down there. So, I whipped up the dough last night and stuck it in the fridge for baking this evening. Should be interesting….I’m not sure what I’m more concerned about, my crazy oven screwing up the cookies or my attempt at icing them. I am actually fairly crafty and creative, I just don’t use it much but I’m sure with baby in the house the crafty gene will get utilized more often now.
The dough was tasty when I tried it last night!
So this is a two day to write blog, lol! So here's a picture of the cookies after baking. Not too bad.
And here they are after the icing. The icing wasn't quite as easy as I was hoping for but they are good enough and tasty, so that's all that matters!
Here's Mallory this morning before the party!
The party seemed to be a success, Mrs Carole took tons of pictures and I'll post the ones of Bean and one of Puddin, Mrs Carole's right hand pooch, here! Enjoy!!
As much as I dislike BCBS right now, in the grand scheme of things, they were out a total of $146K with Mallory in the NICU and the other week stay in June and they never once caused me any problems. They paid for everything other than the dedicutible....but I still want them to pay for the shots....
Otherwise, again, if you are sick, keep away from my child until April : )
One good thing from the storms on Tuesday was that it blew the one dead tree we had in the yard down and the wind was nice enough to blow it down on our property but yet not on the house, which was kinda tough! So yeah, we don't have to pay someone to cut it down for us because we were too worried it would hit the house! Thank you mother nature.
Mallory’s Halloween Party at Mrs Carole’s is tomorrow. They aren’t going to dress up in their costumes, just wear a Halloween outfit, so she will be back in her “Daddy’s under my spell” outfit with the Bib that Mrs Carole got her with a cute little witch on it. We will have to wait to get her in her cow outfit until Saturday!
I have dug down deep and found my inner Martha Stewart, who was so far buried I had to move Mr. Clean out of the way, because he NEVER gets used, to find her, LOL! So, I’m tackling making homemade cut out Halloween sugar cookies with icing for the kiddo’s at the Empty Nest. Granted Mallory cannot partake in them yet, but since the recipe makes like 5 dozen, many will go home to Elkton for the weekend down there. So, I whipped up the dough last night and stuck it in the fridge for baking this evening. Should be interesting….I’m not sure what I’m more concerned about, my crazy oven screwing up the cookies or my attempt at icing them. I am actually fairly crafty and creative, I just don’t use it much but I’m sure with baby in the house the crafty gene will get utilized more often now.
The dough was tasty when I tried it last night!
So this is a two day to write blog, lol! So here's a picture of the cookies after baking. Not too bad.
And here they are after the icing. The icing wasn't quite as easy as I was hoping for but they are good enough and tasty, so that's all that matters!
Here's Mallory this morning before the party!
The party seemed to be a success, Mrs Carole took tons of pictures and I'll post the ones of Bean and one of Puddin, Mrs Carole's right hand pooch, here! Enjoy!!
Monday, October 25, 2010
There's a Monster Under My Bed
This is a line I'm sure I'll probably hear from Mallory at some point in time but there's a couple reasons why I title today's blog "There's a Monster under my Bed."
First is the obvious, it's close to Halloween time, but really it has nothing to do with Halloween.
Today on the ride home from Mrs Carole's I had on Tales2Go, which if you haven't heard me talking about this before, it's an iPhone app that has a ton of children's books in audio format, so the books are read through the speakers. The first book that came up was the story "Alicia and the Little Monster" which is a cute story about a little girl and the monster under her bed. That got me thinking about the "monster" under the bed this weekend....
We went to Ben's parents in Sikeston, MO this past weekend. We always bring our dog Tucker and then they have Schultz, a Schnauzer and then Gertie, Ben's brother's Black Lab, so we have a house full of critters. Thankfully, for the most part, they are all well behaved and have been around each other so much it's no big deal.
Saturday night Ben is finishing up watching the Mizzou game in the living room and I go into the guest bedroom where Mallory is in her pack and play snoozing away for like 2 hours now at this point. I had downloaded a book on my iphone, so I just left the lights off, crawled in bed and continued reading on my iPhone.
I thought I had heard a dog come into the room, but normally Tucker comes back there with me anyway, so I was entrenched into my book and really didn't pay it a lot of attention. Then a few minutes later I hear something moving around under the bed. I thought, oh that's just Tucker scratching around the edge of the bed making a "nest" as he likes to do. Then I heard it again, and I turned on the light and Tucker did not appear to be in the room. I looked towards the bed but didn't get down on all 4's to look, so I went in the living room to see if Tucker was in there....he was so it wasn't Tucker. So I told Ben there was something under the bed and he grabbed the flashlight.
So once Ben got down on all four's with the flashlight he found a black lab's butt in his face! Gertie, who never comes in that room nor strays too far from Micah or his room, had wiggled her way under the bed and had gotten stuck. Ben's mom had those plastic storage containers under the bed, so she had found the only spot she could wiggle in, but she couldn't wiggle her but backwards and there was no where else to go forward. She never wimpered or made a sound other than rattling of paper under the bed....so I guess I was expecting a mouse or something....not Gertie! Thankfully Mallory continued to sleep through all of this without a peep.
So, perhaps there really are monsters under the bed, LOL!
Other than the dog incident, it was a typical weekend in Sikeston....which includes a trip to the Carter's outlet store and the outlet mall! So, now I think Mallory should be well clothed through the 9-12 month period!
Mallory wasn't exactly her normal charming little self, she was crabby to say the least. I think it was primarily because she wouldn't nap longer than about 30 minutes at a time. She normally naps much longer than that. But, when she was happy she was her normal little self! I was worried she might be teething or have problems with her ears, but Mrs Carole said today she was her typical good self. Oh well, I'll chalk it up to crappy naps = crabby baby.
Also, since we left early for Sikeston on Friday, I didn't get to weigh her until tonight, up to 15 lb 9 oz!
Here's quite a few pictures from the weekend or that I took since my last post. We took her Halloween outfit so they could see her all dressed up and took some pictures in front of the fall scene at the church.
First is the obvious, it's close to Halloween time, but really it has nothing to do with Halloween.
Today on the ride home from Mrs Carole's I had on Tales2Go, which if you haven't heard me talking about this before, it's an iPhone app that has a ton of children's books in audio format, so the books are read through the speakers. The first book that came up was the story "Alicia and the Little Monster" which is a cute story about a little girl and the monster under her bed. That got me thinking about the "monster" under the bed this weekend....
We went to Ben's parents in Sikeston, MO this past weekend. We always bring our dog Tucker and then they have Schultz, a Schnauzer and then Gertie, Ben's brother's Black Lab, so we have a house full of critters. Thankfully, for the most part, they are all well behaved and have been around each other so much it's no big deal.
Saturday night Ben is finishing up watching the Mizzou game in the living room and I go into the guest bedroom where Mallory is in her pack and play snoozing away for like 2 hours now at this point. I had downloaded a book on my iphone, so I just left the lights off, crawled in bed and continued reading on my iPhone.
I thought I had heard a dog come into the room, but normally Tucker comes back there with me anyway, so I was entrenched into my book and really didn't pay it a lot of attention. Then a few minutes later I hear something moving around under the bed. I thought, oh that's just Tucker scratching around the edge of the bed making a "nest" as he likes to do. Then I heard it again, and I turned on the light and Tucker did not appear to be in the room. I looked towards the bed but didn't get down on all 4's to look, so I went in the living room to see if Tucker was in there....he was so it wasn't Tucker. So I told Ben there was something under the bed and he grabbed the flashlight.
So once Ben got down on all four's with the flashlight he found a black lab's butt in his face! Gertie, who never comes in that room nor strays too far from Micah or his room, had wiggled her way under the bed and had gotten stuck. Ben's mom had those plastic storage containers under the bed, so she had found the only spot she could wiggle in, but she couldn't wiggle her but backwards and there was no where else to go forward. She never wimpered or made a sound other than rattling of paper under the bed....so I guess I was expecting a mouse or something....not Gertie! Thankfully Mallory continued to sleep through all of this without a peep.
So, perhaps there really are monsters under the bed, LOL!
Other than the dog incident, it was a typical weekend in Sikeston....which includes a trip to the Carter's outlet store and the outlet mall! So, now I think Mallory should be well clothed through the 9-12 month period!
Mallory wasn't exactly her normal charming little self, she was crabby to say the least. I think it was primarily because she wouldn't nap longer than about 30 minutes at a time. She normally naps much longer than that. But, when she was happy she was her normal little self! I was worried she might be teething or have problems with her ears, but Mrs Carole said today she was her typical good self. Oh well, I'll chalk it up to crappy naps = crabby baby.
Also, since we left early for Sikeston on Friday, I didn't get to weigh her until tonight, up to 15 lb 9 oz!
Here's quite a few pictures from the weekend or that I took since my last post. We took her Halloween outfit so they could see her all dressed up and took some pictures in front of the fall scene at the church.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
October 20th
Today will always be Grandaddy's birthday to me. He would have been 82 today, we miss you Grandaddy!! It's been not quite 2 years since he passed away. He was an amazing man and taught me more than I can remember.....
Here's a few pictures......
On the home front, all is well. Bean has a touch of runny nose, but, fingers crossed, it doesn't appear to be getting any worse. I know RSV is already rearing it's ugly head down in Texas.....we still haven't heard from the synagis shots....I'm hoping in the next week or so. They said they would not start giving them here until November. I've had several people call to confirm various things, so maybe, just maybe....
Yesterday was a busy day for me. I decided to volunteer with the March of Dimes and we had a lunch meeting on Tuesday. We are getting ready for the Dinner/Fundraiser that's coming up on November 18th and I'm going to get to help volunteer and the dinner as well as provide "then and now" photos of Mallory. They will have around 20 or so "then and now" pictures of preemies their organization has touched over the years.
We had our Junior League meeting last night, got to unveil our project where I was asked to lead 1 of the 4 teams for our "project runway" event. Basically each team gets work with the Children's Museum in town and help make several of the big displays more appealing for the kids and develop games or other things that the kids can do to interact with the display. Our team got the Coal Mine display, which I've heard is pretty neat. We will be meeting at the museum next month, so we can take a look at everything and brainstorm some ideas. Should be a lot of fun and then al 4 teams get to present their display/props/games at our Feb meeting and then a winner is chosen. All 4 teams designs will be implemented, but the best gets some kind of prize. The other 3 displays that the other teams are working on are Caves, Riverboats and Symphony Conductor.....I'm so glad we didn't get the symphony....I know NOTHING about that, LOL!!
We are off to Sikeston on Friday afternoon.....
Here's a few pictures Mom took of Mallory this past weekend.
Here's a few pictures......
On the home front, all is well. Bean has a touch of runny nose, but, fingers crossed, it doesn't appear to be getting any worse. I know RSV is already rearing it's ugly head down in Texas.....we still haven't heard from the synagis shots....I'm hoping in the next week or so. They said they would not start giving them here until November. I've had several people call to confirm various things, so maybe, just maybe....
Yesterday was a busy day for me. I decided to volunteer with the March of Dimes and we had a lunch meeting on Tuesday. We are getting ready for the Dinner/Fundraiser that's coming up on November 18th and I'm going to get to help volunteer and the dinner as well as provide "then and now" photos of Mallory. They will have around 20 or so "then and now" pictures of preemies their organization has touched over the years.
We had our Junior League meeting last night, got to unveil our project where I was asked to lead 1 of the 4 teams for our "project runway" event. Basically each team gets work with the Children's Museum in town and help make several of the big displays more appealing for the kids and develop games or other things that the kids can do to interact with the display. Our team got the Coal Mine display, which I've heard is pretty neat. We will be meeting at the museum next month, so we can take a look at everything and brainstorm some ideas. Should be a lot of fun and then al 4 teams get to present their display/props/games at our Feb meeting and then a winner is chosen. All 4 teams designs will be implemented, but the best gets some kind of prize. The other 3 displays that the other teams are working on are Caves, Riverboats and Symphony Conductor.....I'm so glad we didn't get the symphony....I know NOTHING about that, LOL!!
We are off to Sikeston on Friday afternoon.....
Here's a few pictures Mom took of Mallory this past weekend.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Harvest is done!!
As Ben put on his Facebook page last night, harvest for 2010 is finished, now time to focus on Deer hunting. Well, he can focus on Deer hunting, I'm hoping I can focus on things like finally finishing staining the deck and my half marathon training.
Yep, I finally registered, April 10, 2011 ready or not. But I have no excuses, I have MORE than ample time to train. And after all this hot weather this summer, I'm excited to put on the Under Armour and go run in the cold air! There's also a nifty cover for BOB that will keep the wind, rain and chill off Bean and keep her warm while we trot around.
We were back down to Mom and Dad's to finish soybean harvest, for Ben to deer hunt and for me, Mom and Susan to go eat with the dead. Yep, eat with the dead, sort of. There was a fund raiser in Elkton for the Green River Academy, which I'm not going to even try to explain but just know it's an old historic school that my cousin and recent UK Masters of Architecture grad, has taken on as his pet project. They put together a tour in the cemetery where actors/locals dressed up and acted like some of the historic figures of our town and then told us a little about their life, etc. It was really pretty neat and I hope they do it again next year....but I've always had a thing for cemeteries. Then after the tour we had a chili and pimento cheese sandwich dinner....in the cemetery! Mallory seemed to enjoy it, she slept through most as we treked across the cemetery in BOB.
As you can see from yesterday's post, Bean is quite fond of squealing and there's a video there if you missed it.
Other than that it was a pretty uneventful weekend. We spent some time outside yesterday walking around in the leaves and around the very dry ponds because of the lack of rain. She took it all in from the Bjorn carrier which she seems to enjoy.
Mom's got some pictures on her camera that I'll have to get copies of to post but here's some other photos from the weekend.
Yep, I finally registered, April 10, 2011 ready or not. But I have no excuses, I have MORE than ample time to train. And after all this hot weather this summer, I'm excited to put on the Under Armour and go run in the cold air! There's also a nifty cover for BOB that will keep the wind, rain and chill off Bean and keep her warm while we trot around.
We were back down to Mom and Dad's to finish soybean harvest, for Ben to deer hunt and for me, Mom and Susan to go eat with the dead. Yep, eat with the dead, sort of. There was a fund raiser in Elkton for the Green River Academy, which I'm not going to even try to explain but just know it's an old historic school that my cousin and recent UK Masters of Architecture grad, has taken on as his pet project. They put together a tour in the cemetery where actors/locals dressed up and acted like some of the historic figures of our town and then told us a little about their life, etc. It was really pretty neat and I hope they do it again next year....but I've always had a thing for cemeteries. Then after the tour we had a chili and pimento cheese sandwich dinner....in the cemetery! Mallory seemed to enjoy it, she slept through most as we treked across the cemetery in BOB.
As you can see from yesterday's post, Bean is quite fond of squealing and there's a video there if you missed it.
Other than that it was a pretty uneventful weekend. We spent some time outside yesterday walking around in the leaves and around the very dry ponds because of the lack of rain. She took it all in from the Bjorn carrier which she seems to enjoy.
Mom's got some pictures on her camera that I'll have to get copies of to post but here's some other photos from the weekend.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Mallory Squealing!
I'll do a full updated post tomorrow, but I wanted to get this up tonight.
Mallory now likes to squeal. I call her my little piglet.
I caught her in one of her squeal sessions on Saturday afternoon! So cute!
Mallory now likes to squeal. I call her my little piglet.
I caught her in one of her squeal sessions on Saturday afternoon! So cute!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Shutterfly Update!!
I thought this was exciting and should help most of my family....
Shutterfly has now partnered with CVS and Walgreens, which means before your only print to pick up place was Target and none of the Targets around us had a photo center, but now you can order from Mallory's Shutterfly page and tell them you want to pick them up at your local CVS or Walgreens and they can be ready in an hour! No more waiting in the mail!
Sweet!!
Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that!!
Shutterfly has now partnered with CVS and Walgreens, which means before your only print to pick up place was Target and none of the Targets around us had a photo center, but now you can order from Mallory's Shutterfly page and tell them you want to pick them up at your local CVS or Walgreens and they can be ready in an hour! No more waiting in the mail!
Sweet!!
Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that!!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Great Cardiologist Appointment!!
We had Mallory's follow up appointment with the Cardiologist today and it went really well. Mallory was very well behaved, as always. No crying, just a little squirmy and she likes to squeal, my little piglett, but it's funny and cute, not squalling!
They did an EKG and Echocardiagram (which is a fancy name for a heart ultrasound) all of which I've had done to me numerous times before because I have a heart murmur.
Since on my last post, it was obvious I couldn't actually remember what Mallory's diagnosis was in the NICU in regards to her heart, if it was a hole a murmur or both, all I really remember is them saying it doesn't appear to be anything to worry about, we will recheck in 6 months and it got filed to the back of my brain because things like apnea's while eating were much more of a concern then.
Well, I guess she had both, a PDO hole and a murmur. The hole has completly closed on its own!! Woo hoo! He said he still thinks he might hear a faint murmur, but it's innocent like mine, and we get an all clear and don't have to go back.
She is up to 15 pounds 3.5 oz now....just keeps gaining!
We've moved onto green beans and squash....she hates green beans but loves squash! Get's mad if I don't shovel it in fast enough for her!! Will probably try peas or sweet potatoes tonight.
Muzzleloader season for Deer is this weekend in Kentucky, so that means another trek down to Mom and Dad's, which I enjoy, but what I wouldn't give for an entire weekend at home! Looking like that may not happen until the first weekend of November and even then I have to work the Junior League Rummage Sale at least Saturday morning.
I like to volunteer and be part of organizations that help people....must come from the Aunt Brenda gene in the family because I know no one else in our family who seems to have the need to do that or volunteer, but I like it. I'm also one of those people who seems to work better when really busy or under pressure, so the more stuff on my plate the more effecient I become. So, outside of Junior League I'm going to volunteer with our local March of Dimes chapter. I had no clue really what March of Dimes was all about until I had Mallory....or knew I would be having a preemie...so now obviously that's a cause that's is close to my heart. So I have a meeting next week to help out with a fundraising dinner that MOD is having in November and will then be able to help with and participate in the March of Dimes Walk on April 30th of next year.
And for those of you who were as clueless as I was about the March of Dimes, you can find out more here, but essentially they are a non profit that is dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Basically helping to prevent premature births, although there was nothing I could have done or been done differently in my case, but this group has helped raise money and found new ways to treat babies born too early and those methods and treatments helped Mallory and many others.
So, you will hear me talk a lot about the March of Dimes!
Because of my desire to help out with the March of Dimes, my 1/2 Marathon goal race must be tweaked. The March for Babies, their walk and primary fundraising event, is going to be April 30 in Owensboro.....the same day as the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville. So I did a little digging, found one in Bowling Green at the end of March but Mary Ruth has found a 1/2 Marathon in Evansville on April 10th, so that should work out great!! So, that's my new goal race, so I can do both.
And my new book of choice at the moment, and to help keep me motivated, is Run Like a Mother. Which I find the title humerous, but it talks about training for a marathon while juggling life, work, kids, husbands, dinners, dogs, etc. Here's the link for more on the book.
For everyone's Bean fix....here's a few pictures of our cutie pie! I stole some from Mrs. Carole's facebook page since I really hadn't taken any the past couple days! Here's Mallory enjoying The Empty Nest!!
They did an EKG and Echocardiagram (which is a fancy name for a heart ultrasound) all of which I've had done to me numerous times before because I have a heart murmur.
Since on my last post, it was obvious I couldn't actually remember what Mallory's diagnosis was in the NICU in regards to her heart, if it was a hole a murmur or both, all I really remember is them saying it doesn't appear to be anything to worry about, we will recheck in 6 months and it got filed to the back of my brain because things like apnea's while eating were much more of a concern then.
Well, I guess she had both, a PDO hole and a murmur. The hole has completly closed on its own!! Woo hoo! He said he still thinks he might hear a faint murmur, but it's innocent like mine, and we get an all clear and don't have to go back.
She is up to 15 pounds 3.5 oz now....just keeps gaining!
We've moved onto green beans and squash....she hates green beans but loves squash! Get's mad if I don't shovel it in fast enough for her!! Will probably try peas or sweet potatoes tonight.
Muzzleloader season for Deer is this weekend in Kentucky, so that means another trek down to Mom and Dad's, which I enjoy, but what I wouldn't give for an entire weekend at home! Looking like that may not happen until the first weekend of November and even then I have to work the Junior League Rummage Sale at least Saturday morning.
I like to volunteer and be part of organizations that help people....must come from the Aunt Brenda gene in the family because I know no one else in our family who seems to have the need to do that or volunteer, but I like it. I'm also one of those people who seems to work better when really busy or under pressure, so the more stuff on my plate the more effecient I become. So, outside of Junior League I'm going to volunteer with our local March of Dimes chapter. I had no clue really what March of Dimes was all about until I had Mallory....or knew I would be having a preemie...so now obviously that's a cause that's is close to my heart. So I have a meeting next week to help out with a fundraising dinner that MOD is having in November and will then be able to help with and participate in the March of Dimes Walk on April 30th of next year.
And for those of you who were as clueless as I was about the March of Dimes, you can find out more here, but essentially they are a non profit that is dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Basically helping to prevent premature births, although there was nothing I could have done or been done differently in my case, but this group has helped raise money and found new ways to treat babies born too early and those methods and treatments helped Mallory and many others.
So, you will hear me talk a lot about the March of Dimes!
Because of my desire to help out with the March of Dimes, my 1/2 Marathon goal race must be tweaked. The March for Babies, their walk and primary fundraising event, is going to be April 30 in Owensboro.....the same day as the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville. So I did a little digging, found one in Bowling Green at the end of March but Mary Ruth has found a 1/2 Marathon in Evansville on April 10th, so that should work out great!! So, that's my new goal race, so I can do both.
And my new book of choice at the moment, and to help keep me motivated, is Run Like a Mother. Which I find the title humerous, but it talks about training for a marathon while juggling life, work, kids, husbands, dinners, dogs, etc. Here's the link for more on the book.
For everyone's Bean fix....here's a few pictures of our cutie pie! I stole some from Mrs. Carole's facebook page since I really hadn't taken any the past couple days! Here's Mallory enjoying The Empty Nest!!
Widget & Whatnot Wednesday....er Thursday! Etsy!!
I wasn't feeling well yesterday, darn allergies, so WWW has turned into WWT!
I think most of the world now knows what Etsy or www.etsy.com is, but if you don't here a quick rundown....
Etsy is like ebay for the arts/crafts/homemade items world with all items (that I'm aware of) being buy now, it's not an auction.
You can find everything imaginable on this site!! And if you are crafty, like I was in a seemingly former life, you can sell your goods on this page!
I've bought cute burp cloths, the hydrangea outfit for Mallorys pictures and a few other things on here.
With Christmas coming up, it might be a good place to do a little shopping, stuff that isn't your typical gift card or other mindless gift.
So, here's a few of my favorite Etsy sellers or people I know who sell their stuff on Etsy and I'd love to hear your recommendations as well so I can have more shopping ideas too!!
ABO Designs, Mallory's sitter's daughter reinvents furniture! Cool stuff! http://www.etsy.com/shop/ABODesigns
No Whining Pleeze! Cute burb cloths/bibs and other baby stuff. http://www.etsy.com/shop/nowhiningpleez
Knotty Baby Wear Cute knitted items for kiddos. http://www.etsy.com/people/knottybabywear
Melsie Glass, my friend Melanie's amazing glass art work and jewlery! http://www.etsy.com/shop/melsieglass
Four Crazy Ladies I went to college with this girl, she's got some cute stuff I've been eyeing for when Mallory is older. http://www.etsy.com/shop/4CrazyLadies?ref=seller_info
Deda's Little Duds a preemie mom from my preemie board makes cute little stuffed critters!! http://www.etsy.com/shop/dedaslittleduds
Center of Attention My Co-Workey Lacey's great handmade quilts!!! http://www.etsy.com/shop/laceymills
Two Sisters Inc Cute Scrapbooking store in Kansas that Lacey runs their etsy site for them. http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwoSistersInc
And if I forgot your site, sorry, just remind me again!!!
I think most of the world now knows what Etsy or www.etsy.com is, but if you don't here a quick rundown....
Etsy is like ebay for the arts/crafts/homemade items world with all items (that I'm aware of) being buy now, it's not an auction.
You can find everything imaginable on this site!! And if you are crafty, like I was in a seemingly former life, you can sell your goods on this page!
I've bought cute burp cloths, the hydrangea outfit for Mallorys pictures and a few other things on here.
With Christmas coming up, it might be a good place to do a little shopping, stuff that isn't your typical gift card or other mindless gift.
So, here's a few of my favorite Etsy sellers or people I know who sell their stuff on Etsy and I'd love to hear your recommendations as well so I can have more shopping ideas too!!
ABO Designs, Mallory's sitter's daughter reinvents furniture! Cool stuff! http://www.etsy.com/shop/ABODesigns
No Whining Pleeze! Cute burb cloths/bibs and other baby stuff. http://www.etsy.com/shop/nowhiningpleez
Knotty Baby Wear Cute knitted items for kiddos. http://www.etsy.com/people/knottybabywear
Melsie Glass, my friend Melanie's amazing glass art work and jewlery! http://www.etsy.com/shop/melsieglass
Four Crazy Ladies I went to college with this girl, she's got some cute stuff I've been eyeing for when Mallory is older. http://www.etsy.com/shop/4CrazyLadies?ref=seller_info
Deda's Little Duds a preemie mom from my preemie board makes cute little stuffed critters!! http://www.etsy.com/shop/dedaslittleduds
Center of Attention My Co-Workey Lacey's great handmade quilts!!! http://www.etsy.com/shop/laceymills
Two Sisters Inc Cute Scrapbooking store in Kansas that Lacey runs their etsy site for them. http://www.etsy.com/shop/TwoSistersInc
And if I forgot your site, sorry, just remind me again!!!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Riding in the Combine!
Mallory has discovered her voice, or at least her giddy squealing voice, which is cute! She just loves to squeal! She is also giggling/laughing more now. She especially loves to be lifted up into the air, that really gets her laughing. This weekend she was upset and crying while sitting in Susan’s lap so I told her to lift her up and Mallory would laugh while up in the air and then cry again when she was sat down, it was so funny, she went back and forth like that for a while….until her bottle was warm and ready and then it’s all she can do to get it in her mouth!
She’s also become quite smitten with sucking her thumb. Doesn’t really care too much for a paci, but here’s a few pictures of her sucking her thumb!
We’ve introduced a few more new foods. Bananas she’s ok with, Peaches she hates for some unknown reason, and Green Beans she tolerates. We will try Peaches again later; I can’t imagine not liking Peaches!
Ben and Tucker went down to my parents Thursday afternoon to help Dad with his new wheat drill and then to help wrap up soybean harvest. I opted to have a semi relaxing Saturday morning and didn’t get down there until around 2 pm on Saturday after I ran some errands and Mallory and I slept in until almost 8:30 (which included a quick break from sleeping at 6 am for a bottle).
I did a little shopping for Mallory at Kohl’s this week. They had their Carter’s clothes on sale and I had a 20% off coupon, so I had to get this outfit, couldn’t resist!!
So once we got down to Elkton, we packed up Ben’s lunch and headed out to the field so Mallory could finally get her first ride in the combine. I strapped her in the Baby Bjorn carrier and we climbed up the ladder. I have no idea how you would safely get into a combine with a 6 month old without the Bjorn, at least I wouldn’t want to do it! Mallory seemed intrigued and Ben was proud….said he wishes it would have been a red combine instead of green, but you know……until he’s buying he’s going to have to go with Dad on that! We finished filling up the combine and then unloaded it into the truck and Bean just watched it all! Here’s some pictures, and perhaps our first “family” portrait since in the hospital. Sad, but it’s always her and Ben or me and Mallory…..so here we are standing in the soybean field, LOL!
I’ve had a hankering for Blackhorse Pub’s Vanilla Pale Ale since, well, probably since I was pregnant! It’s in Clarksville, TN and we just haven’t gotten back since having Mallory. Since I knew we wouldn’t be going there to eat for a while, Susan and I ran down there and got me “beer to go!” They don’t bottle their micro brew beer but you can buy a 64 oz growler of their beer on tap of your choice. So, I finally got my Vanilla Pale Ale fix! It’s soooooo yummy!!!
The rest of the weekend was fairly uneventful, just hanging out at Mom and Dad’s and then we headed back home to watch the last half of the Titans/Cowboys game and to fix dinner.
EDITED: I APPARENTLY HAVE NO CLUE....I HAD TO GO BACK AND REREAD MY BLOG...THEY THINK MALLORY HAS A HEART MURMUR, NOT A HOLE IN HER HEART, ALTHOUGH THAT'S COMPLETELY NORMAL TOO IN PREEMIES, SO I GUESS WE WILL KNOW MORE AFTER THURSDAY, SINCE I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T REMEMBER!! Mallory goes back to the pediatric cardiologist on Thursday to have another echocardiogram to check her heart murmur, not hole in the heart....I think, really I just don't remember. Too much was going on in the NICU, I just remember them saying it doesn't appear to be anything to worry about and that they will recheck it at 6 months, so I guess I will get re-education on what's actually going on as well. Good grief!!
Everyone have a good week!
She’s also become quite smitten with sucking her thumb. Doesn’t really care too much for a paci, but here’s a few pictures of her sucking her thumb!
We’ve introduced a few more new foods. Bananas she’s ok with, Peaches she hates for some unknown reason, and Green Beans she tolerates. We will try Peaches again later; I can’t imagine not liking Peaches!
Ben and Tucker went down to my parents Thursday afternoon to help Dad with his new wheat drill and then to help wrap up soybean harvest. I opted to have a semi relaxing Saturday morning and didn’t get down there until around 2 pm on Saturday after I ran some errands and Mallory and I slept in until almost 8:30 (which included a quick break from sleeping at 6 am for a bottle).
I did a little shopping for Mallory at Kohl’s this week. They had their Carter’s clothes on sale and I had a 20% off coupon, so I had to get this outfit, couldn’t resist!!
So once we got down to Elkton, we packed up Ben’s lunch and headed out to the field so Mallory could finally get her first ride in the combine. I strapped her in the Baby Bjorn carrier and we climbed up the ladder. I have no idea how you would safely get into a combine with a 6 month old without the Bjorn, at least I wouldn’t want to do it! Mallory seemed intrigued and Ben was proud….said he wishes it would have been a red combine instead of green, but you know……until he’s buying he’s going to have to go with Dad on that! We finished filling up the combine and then unloaded it into the truck and Bean just watched it all! Here’s some pictures, and perhaps our first “family” portrait since in the hospital. Sad, but it’s always her and Ben or me and Mallory…..so here we are standing in the soybean field, LOL!
I’ve had a hankering for Blackhorse Pub’s Vanilla Pale Ale since, well, probably since I was pregnant! It’s in Clarksville, TN and we just haven’t gotten back since having Mallory. Since I knew we wouldn’t be going there to eat for a while, Susan and I ran down there and got me “beer to go!” They don’t bottle their micro brew beer but you can buy a 64 oz growler of their beer on tap of your choice. So, I finally got my Vanilla Pale Ale fix! It’s soooooo yummy!!!
The rest of the weekend was fairly uneventful, just hanging out at Mom and Dad’s and then we headed back home to watch the last half of the Titans/Cowboys game and to fix dinner.
EDITED: I APPARENTLY HAVE NO CLUE....I HAD TO GO BACK AND REREAD MY BLOG...THEY THINK MALLORY HAS A HEART MURMUR, NOT A HOLE IN HER HEART, ALTHOUGH THAT'S COMPLETELY NORMAL TOO IN PREEMIES, SO I GUESS WE WILL KNOW MORE AFTER THURSDAY, SINCE I OBVIOUSLY CAN'T REMEMBER!! Mallory goes back to the pediatric cardiologist on Thursday to have another echocardiogram to check her heart murmur, not hole in the heart....I think, really I just don't remember. Too much was going on in the NICU, I just remember them saying it doesn't appear to be anything to worry about and that they will recheck it at 6 months, so I guess I will get re-education on what's actually going on as well. Good grief!!
Everyone have a good week!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Mallory's 3-6 Month Video!!
Just kinda threw this one together....found some funny kid songs to add to it : )
Enjoy!!
***Also I just added September pictures to Mallory's Shutterfly page if you are feeling the need to order pictures!
Enjoy!!
***Also I just added September pictures to Mallory's Shutterfly page if you are feeling the need to order pictures!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Widget & Whatnot Wednesday ~ Fav Baby iPhone Apps
I have to admit that I haven't had time to but much thought in today's WWW post, but I can always fall back on the neat new iPhone apps that I've discovered.
The latest download I read about in Parenting Magazine, Baby Med Basics, its a great quicky app for easily finding out what to do in medical situations for babies. It has a tab for CPR, Choking, Fever, Bleeding, Burns and Poison and the Poison Control phone number. Great info that will always be handy when you need it!
Next that I find handy is the Child Immunization app. You can add as many children as needed, it keeps their Dr info and when they got all their shots. It is somewhat customizable for those who go off an adjusted vaccine schedule, but it's handy to always know what they've had and when.
Baby 411 by the Bump I've also found handy. It gives quick access to a large number of topics such as, How do I deal with Diaper Rash, Is sunscreen safe for babies, How do I pick a baby formula, Milestones and Development and just a ton of other great stuff!
Tales2Go is really probably more for toddlers to bigger kids, but I like it now for Mallory too, or maybe for me, who knows. Basically it's an audio book app for kids. There's also kid songs. They have all kinds of audio books and you can pick for what age, highest rated, story type, book, etc. I just think it's the coolest thing ever, but we've already established I'm a book nerd. So, I can pull it up and the book is read to us over the speakers in the Edge and then when that book is done it moves onto the next one. So far I like what I've heard. They have some different subscription options, the first 30 days is free and then you can decide from there if you want to purchase by the month, quarter, year, etc.
I've downloaded some other flash card type apps, none of which I've been so impressed with I want to share though.
If you've found some baby/kid apps you like, let me know!!
The latest download I read about in Parenting Magazine, Baby Med Basics, its a great quicky app for easily finding out what to do in medical situations for babies. It has a tab for CPR, Choking, Fever, Bleeding, Burns and Poison and the Poison Control phone number. Great info that will always be handy when you need it!
Next that I find handy is the Child Immunization app. You can add as many children as needed, it keeps their Dr info and when they got all their shots. It is somewhat customizable for those who go off an adjusted vaccine schedule, but it's handy to always know what they've had and when.
Baby 411 by the Bump I've also found handy. It gives quick access to a large number of topics such as, How do I deal with Diaper Rash, Is sunscreen safe for babies, How do I pick a baby formula, Milestones and Development and just a ton of other great stuff!
Tales2Go is really probably more for toddlers to bigger kids, but I like it now for Mallory too, or maybe for me, who knows. Basically it's an audio book app for kids. There's also kid songs. They have all kinds of audio books and you can pick for what age, highest rated, story type, book, etc. I just think it's the coolest thing ever, but we've already established I'm a book nerd. So, I can pull it up and the book is read to us over the speakers in the Edge and then when that book is done it moves onto the next one. So far I like what I've heard. They have some different subscription options, the first 30 days is free and then you can decide from there if you want to purchase by the month, quarter, year, etc.
I've downloaded some other flash card type apps, none of which I've been so impressed with I want to share though.
If you've found some baby/kid apps you like, let me know!!
Itty Bitty is 6 months old!
Yesterday, and she's not so itty bitty anymore either!
Bean was 6 months old yesterday and went for her 6 month checkup today.
I just love out pedi! He's so good with her!
Ben went with us as well and we were very happy to hear the Dr Phillips didn't think her flat spot was bad enough to warrant a helmet. He says he only recommends then in very bad head shape and he felt as though hers would even out when she started sitting up and crawling! So, yeah, hopefully no helmet after all!
He thought developmentally she is right on track at 5-6 month in everything.
He's very happy with her growth curve. She's now in between the 25-50th percentile for her actual age so she's doing awesome!
She weighed in at 14 lb 15 oz and 25 inches long!
Here's a few pictures from our visit to Trunnels to get Bean her first pumpkin! She wasn't all that excited but we had fun'
Hers one with one of her preemie outfits she wore laying on top of her:
And here she was over 5 months ago wearing it. It's the only preemie outfit of hers I kept the rest went to the hospital for the babies whose parents couldn't buy them outfits:
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Bean was 6 months old yesterday and went for her 6 month checkup today.
I just love out pedi! He's so good with her!
Ben went with us as well and we were very happy to hear the Dr Phillips didn't think her flat spot was bad enough to warrant a helmet. He says he only recommends then in very bad head shape and he felt as though hers would even out when she started sitting up and crawling! So, yeah, hopefully no helmet after all!
He thought developmentally she is right on track at 5-6 month in everything.
He's very happy with her growth curve. She's now in between the 25-50th percentile for her actual age so she's doing awesome!
She weighed in at 14 lb 15 oz and 25 inches long!
Here's a few pictures from our visit to Trunnels to get Bean her first pumpkin! She wasn't all that excited but we had fun'
Hers one with one of her preemie outfits she wore laying on top of her:
And here she was over 5 months ago wearing it. It's the only preemie outfit of hers I kept the rest went to the hospital for the babies whose parents couldn't buy them outfits:
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