Mother's Day from Geoffrey 2012 - Age 3

Mother's Day from Geoffrey 2012 - Age 3

My Mommy's name is "Bobbi."

She is "3" years old.

Her favorite thing to do is "play."

Her favorite color is "blue."

Her favorite food is "banana."

I love her because "I love her sooo bad."

Am I good or what...?

I posted this in May, 2011, just after I found out I was pregnant. Thought it was cool that I had predicted Katelyn's due date exactly.

Also written May 2

So I am pregnant! Whaaaaaat? I am really, truly, shocked. I took a pregnancy test on May 1st. I had just decided to take a test every month since my periods are so irregular - and surprise surprise - there were two pink lines! I took two more, just to be sure.

I took the last test on March 28th. Other than that, I don't really have any clues as to how far along I am. If I were to guess, I would say that I am due around january 6th, and that I am very recently pregnant -

Remember 3

Those early morning diaper changed. How she stretches. How she starts to smile, bigger and bigger, rolling her knees up, sucking on her hands - so happy for a few more stolen moments with mommy.

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Remember this, too

So sleepy. Wrapped in her sleep sack. Head in my elbow, hand on her back. Her tiny, cold hand gripping my finger, her other hand pushing on my chest, little scratches from tiny fingernails. The warmth as she cuddles and eats. The contentment. The feel of her perfect body in my arms, head on my shoulder, as I rock her and pat her back. The feel of her fitting so naturally on me. So hard, sometimes, to put her back down. A perfect fit, in my arms.

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Remember

Middle of the night. My sweet katelyn, snug as a bug in her swaddle. Her head rests in my elbow. Her back in my hand. She nuzzles and eats. She looks up at me, sees my face in the glow of my iPhone. She smiles, so big, and takes a deeb breath, her smile getting bigger - and almost as if the happiness inside her is overwhelming, she kicks, looks down, nuzzles, eats, then pulls off to look up and smile again. She sighs. Such joy.

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Spit Bubbles

Katelyn is the spit bubble QUEEN!

Katelyn - 4 months

Katelyn really seems to have turned a corner at four months. She seems to be much happier. Grant has said he has noticed a real difference - she seems much happier and has more good days than not lately! Hoping this is our new normal!

She started cereal last week, although I don't think she is eating much of it or that it is making much of a difference, but just wanted to put that milestone in here - we started last Thursday, May 10.

bbq

"Mommy, I smell chicken on the bbq that Daddy is cooking outside, I smell it in here." "Yes, doesn't it smell yummy?" "No, it smells hot."

 

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Zoomars - Geoffrey's field trip

On April 30th, Geoffrey's preschool took a trip to Zoomars. We had a great time! Grandpa Gary came with us! We took the train to San Juan Capistrano and walked to the petting zoo. Geoffrey loved feeding the guinea pigs, rabbits, goats, and alpacas. He got to ride a pony and a train, and play om the playground and in the giant corn box. Katelyn loved being outside and watching everything! We walked downtown and had lunch at Aldo's Sidewalk Cafe - delicious! There was  Children's Orchard so we stopped by and got a few things, including a Chuck truck. We went to Rite-Aid for dessert before heading back to the petting zoo for a few more minutes before we took the train home! Fun fun day!

Katelyn - Four Months

Katelyn is now four months old.

Four months is such a transitional time, and I am really hoping that Katelyn sort of turns a corner here and starts to become more happy and settled.

The MO lately has been the same - she drinks very little from a bottle - 2-3 ounces while I am at work. Her 5 real feedings are at aprx. 4PM, 6PM, 8:30PM, 2:30 AM, and 5:30 AM. So really, she has a good feeding pattern - five feeding a day - just at the wrong time! She does her fast from 6AM - 4PM, with occasional milk. However, she is awake during this time and she gets fussier as the day progresses. SHe is great with me, and getting better with Grant, but she gets really fussy with Nonna and Aunt Tammy when they babysit.

However, she HAS been getting better. So far these last two days have been good. The week before last, overall, was pretty good. Last week, not so much, but I am hopeful that on a whole, things are improving.

I have given up, for the time being, on having her sleep in her crib as she seems to do so well in her nap nanny. She loves to be swaddled and in the nap nanny and sleeps best that way, so we will stick with that for now.

We had her doctor visit today. Despite all of this she is doing extremely well healthwise. She is 15 pounds, 4 ounces (75-90th percentile) and 25 inches long (75th percentile). Developmentally she is right on track. She is obviously getting plenty to eat. Dr. Kasamatsu suggested starting her on solids, which we were hoping for. I am hoping that solids will be a different eating experience for her and will help her not feel hungry until I can come home and nurse her. So that will start tonight or tomorrow. Its so funny how resistant I was to solids with Geoffrey and how eager I am with Katelyn. I think, in general, it is better to wait until 6 months - but I want her to be more content and if making her little belly feel fuller until I can come home will help, then I am all for it.

She's going to be full of surprises - I can already tell.  Today, while we explained our major concerns to the doctor - that she doesn't drink very much from a bottle, therefor she gets fussier throughout the day when I am at work and she is home, and that she is pretty much fussing or crying when anyone tries to hold her except me, especially when I am around -  the doctor held Katelyn the whole time, while she happily babbled away and smiled at the doctor throughout the entire visit.

Katelyn is so sweet, happy, and wonderful with me. She smiles, she talks to me, (lots of vowel sounds, not too many consonants) she has the cutest content sighs. She has adorable dimples. She plays with her toys and loves to wave her arms and kick - and she has long periods of happy play time. I am looking forward to the time when more people know the wonderful little girl I am getting to know.She looks at me, right in the eyes, with a smile so big she looks like she is fairly bursting with happiness. It is so wonderful. She knows that I love her with all of my heart, and I am right here with her as she adjusts to this world. She's taking her baby steps, and that's fine, because the world is already better because she is in it.

Geoffrey and Grandpa Day

Grandpa Gary has started taking Geoffrey out every Wednesday. Today, they went to the Santa Ana zoo! I am so happy that they have this special time together!

pump

Last night, Geoffrey turned on my breast pump and said, "It sounds like it is saying BOObie BOObie BOObie."

Katelyn Development

katelyn has been grabbing toys a lot lately and holding on to them and manipulating them. She played with a crinkly wrapper for a while the other day, and she has this cute pink dragon that the likes to play with in the car.