Daycare... Day One

Miss Keira had her first day at school today. She is the newest member of the Butterfly Class. (I have a small problem with the whole butterfly thing, but thats another story) She was great this morning when I dropped her off; all smiles. Thank goodness she wasn't grumpy! I'd hate for a grumpy baby to be their first impression of her! I got all of her stuff unpacked and then went to work. She didn't get scared, or cry when I left. I didn't get scared or cry either. As I walked out, I breathed a sigh of relief that the childcare issues were gone.

Stephen took lunch at the time I went to pick her up so that he could see her classroom and meet her teachers. She had a great day with them, at least thats what her note said and what her teachers said!

I am looking forward to tomorrow. I am a little anxious about getting her there early in the morning since today I didn't have to rush. We'll figure it all out though. I'll just try to be up a little earlier tomorrow.

So yeah to no more childcare worries. Now I am just crossing my fingers that the germs don't get her right away. :)

A few new things!

Well the day has come for Keira to start daycare! On Wednesday, the director at the Buda Daycare emailed me to let me know that there is a spot available for Keira. This is the center that I wanted Keira to go to eventually. My only hesitation was that I wanted her close to me the first year, but she hasn't been in my building with me for the last 2 months and we have survived! Her first day at Buda will be on Thursday. I am really looking forward to a set schedule each week and knowing that she will be well taken care of there. They do so much with the kids there!

We are really going to miss Mrs. Karrie. She has done so much for us over the last 2 months. I have her to thank for Keira doing tummy time and rolling over! :) I'll never be able to thank her enough for helping us out. She really saved us in a time when things were really hard! I'm already a little sad that she will not be with her anymore.

Back at home, Keira has eaten green beans, sweet potatoes, peas, carrots, squash, pears, and bananas. She likes rice cereal and oatmeal. I have been making her baby food and freezing it into cubes. So far I have made peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, and squash. She loves them all! We are starting to use formula as well. I am trying to keep up with pumping, but going back to work has made it really hard to keep up with her. I have to look at it positively though, she has gone over 5 months being exclusively breastfed, and that is great! Thats five months longer than I was! :)

She is doing so much more each and every day. She loves rolling over, laying on her tummy and back, sitting in her bumbo, trying hard to sit on her own, kicking EVERYTHING!, jumping in her jumperoo, and is talking and laughing like crazy. I really am loving this age and I am trying to enjoy every second of it because I know it will be gone before I know it.

Next weekend we are going to the Pumpkin Patch with Aunt Nayna's family, and possibly Mike and Gayle's family as well. I hope that all of us can go together. It would be really nice for all the kids to be together. I need to get her a really cute fall outfit picked out for her pictures with the pumpkins! In November we will take her 6 month pictures and will also take some with Madelyn. I can't believe it is already getting to this time of the year. I am really looking forward to her first Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas! I love this time of year; the cooler weather and fall air makes me happy. Keira seemed to enjoy it today and wore her bunny slippers all day long to keep her feet warm!

Well that's it for now. I hope you are all enjoying the fall weather!

She Rolls!

After rolling from her tummy to her back SEVERAL times for Mrs. Karrie.... Keira has finally rolled for us. I absolutely love it!

Green Beans

The progression of green beans....

Four Months and Baby Food

On Wednesday Keira went to Dr. Lincoln for her 4 month well-check and immunizations. She did great. It was nice to get through the nurse and Dr without a huge fuss! She did great, showed off all her new tricks and talked up a storm! Her newest stats are..

12 pounds 15 ounces (25%)
24 1/2 inches long (50%)
15 1/2 inch head (5-10%)

So she's still tall and skinny... and we are fine with that! :) After all the fun stuff she got two shots and a drink. Daddy held her this time and she did great. She didn't cry until the second shot, and it was the super sad cry. But she quickly recovered and had a really good nap afterwards. I am really proud of her.

Dr. Lincoln told us that we can start giving her baby food. We have already given her rice and oatmeal cereals and fresh banana. So Wednesday night I went to HEB and got one jar of every basic baby food; green beans, peas, squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, applesauce, pears, and bananas. I eventually want to make all her food, but I will buy it until we know for sure what she likes and gets used to the texture and taste.

So Thursday morning we tried green beans and rice cereal. Lets just say she thought it was torture. Be on the look out for a picture post. We tried them again last night for dinner with oatmeal and she did MUCH better. I am looking forward to trying them again tonight! We have to stick with the same food for three days to make sure she doesn't have an allergy, so on either Sunday or Monday we will try another.

That's it for now. I can't believe she is getting so big. It'll be Halloween before you know it and she'll be trick or treating for the first time. Then it'll be Thanksgiving, sitting in her high chair at the table. Then Christmas opening her presents. This goes by way too fast! Someone please tell her to slow down!! :)

An Update On Life

So, things are still crazy here and I don't see them slowing down anytime soon! I guess I just need to get used to the tiredness, the feeling of accomplishing nothing, and a dirty house. Right now, Kiwi is talking to me telling me that I need to update ya'll on all the things she does now. So, I'll listen to her and do as she says... like I usually do. She always wins.


I'll start with the most recent things...
*Started playing in her Jumperoo and LOVES it.
*Eats rice cereal, oatmeal cereal, and bananas (fresh only so far)
*Will grab the spoon and bring it to her mouth.
*Can put in her own paci after taking it out.
*Grabs the washcloth during her bath.
*"Eats" everything, especially her hands.
*Grabbing her feet and putting them in her mouth.
*Holds her feet while she is getting her diaper changed.
*Usually only naps once a day.
*Sleeps for about 8 hours straight at night.
*Still LOVES being outside and taking baths.
*Starting to like laying on her back and playing with toys. (She's super spoiled and usually just gets held. Mommy is trying to get better at making her play independently)
*Will do tummy time for 10 minutes with Mrs. Karrie and Krew. (only 5 with me)
*Will roll from back to side, tummy to side, but not completely over.
*Giggles when you "eat" her tummy.
*She loves watching tv

Thats about it. I'm sure I left bunches out. She goes to see Dr. Lincoln Wednesday afternoon for her 4 month well-check. She will get the same immunizations that she got last time. I am already nervous for her. She handled them well last time, but I'm scared she wont feel good that night and we both have work the next day. She will go to Mrs. Michelle's the day afterwards so I hope she is feeling good for her.

As for the whole childcare situation... I have things arranged for now to October 8th. She will go to Mrs Karrie's MWF every week like usual and stay home with Stephen on Tuesdays. For the next three Thursdays she will be going to my friend Michelle's house. October 2,3, and 4th she will be with my parents since I will be in Corpus Christi for a Kinder Teacher conference. It will be nice to get away, but I am already nervous about leaving her for so long and having to pump so much. It will all work out. My mom will most likely come up on the the 8th, and I will talk with Michelle on what Thursdays she can do so that my mom doesn't have to drive up at the crack of dawn every week. I know she loves spending time with Keira, but I don't want her to have to do it every week. I will admit though that knowing who will be taking care of Keira while we at work is nice. It takes a lot of stress out of my life that has been here for a month now. I have really learned to be thankful for those people who drop everything to help me out. I don't know what I would do without them right now. I never thought I would be thankful that Keira will be starting daycare, but knowing that she has someone caring for her everyday and not having to worry about where she will be and with who is going to be nice.

So thats about it for now. Here are a few pictures of her doing a few new things. Enjoy!

Blog Hop

So Skister tagged me in this Blog Hop... I'm supposed to find the oldest pic on my computer and in honor of skister, I found this one.

I couldn't even tell you how old we are in this picture, but its one of my favorites of the two of us. Out in the front yard by the old mesquite late summer. Sometimes its nice to go back and remember those little things. I'm sure the whole family was outside; picking flowers, chasing fireflies, digging in the dirt. Who knows what we were doing that night, but I'm sure we had fun doing in!


Now I have to tag some people to play along. I tag Stephanie, and Shelley! Join the fun if you can!

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