Yesterday went pretty well. Cate and I made it to my mom's group in the morning. The women there are great, so it always makes our day go better. We then went with Chaz to meet Cate's daycare teachers. They both seem great and I'm feeling pretty good about Cate starting daycare on Monday. She'll only have to do part-days next week, so it will be a good transition for us (I hope). We then went up to my office and moved about 3/4 of my belongings to my new office down the hall. Cate had a meltdown before I could finish... in all fairness we had been out and about too long. So, I'll have to finish that project next week.
Today started on the best note ever. Cate ate last night at 9:30pm and slept from 10pm-5am! That is 7 hours for those of you that are counting. This means that I got 6 hours of sleep in a row for the first time since a couple months before she was born. I have no doubt that she will not sleep so well every night yet, but I'm feeling much better today.
Finally, today was Cate's two month vaccination day. We went and got her shots around noon. She of course screamed the second the shots began. I shed a couple of tears while she screamed and screamed. Thankfully, however, I took the advice of the women in my mom's group who encouraged me to feed her immediately afterwards. She screamed right until we started breastfeeding. She ate quietly for 10 min and then fell asleep and slept the way home. Since we've been home, she's been sleepy but too fussy to fall asleep. In fact, I'm holding & bouncing the grumpy bear right now. I think we may have a grumpy afternoon/evening, but otherwise we seem to be dong fine. I hope this is the worst of it.
Two months - I cannot how believe how fast she's growing. Where does the time go?
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
2 Month Update
Cate had her 2 month check-up at the doc office today, and it went great. She is 22 3/8 inches long (45th percentile) and she weighs 10lbs 12 oz (45th percentile). Basically, the doc says she is just about average in height/weight. So far, she seems to be hitting her developmental milestones as well. She smiles, coos, grabs things, and loves making eye contact.
We had to make a seperate appointment for her 2-month vaccinations, so we aren't doing that until Thur. Wish us luck!
I am also thrilled to announce that since Cate's actual two month birthday (Friday) she has been sleeping in her crib in her room (she spent the first two months in the Pack-N-Play in our room). Actually, I think the transition was only hard on me. I sleep so lightly that every squeak/kick/sigh from the baby monitor woke me up. She slept fine (still getting up twice a night at 2am and 5am just like she has been for the past month... Boy I hope she drops to one getting up time soon!). On Sat night then, I turned the monitor down to half volume so at least I don't hear the tiny sighs and squeaks. I still hear her babble in her sleep, but at least I sleep a bit better now too.
We had to make a seperate appointment for her 2-month vaccinations, so we aren't doing that until Thur. Wish us luck!
I am also thrilled to announce that since Cate's actual two month birthday (Friday) she has been sleeping in her crib in her room (she spent the first two months in the Pack-N-Play in our room). Actually, I think the transition was only hard on me. I sleep so lightly that every squeak/kick/sigh from the baby monitor woke me up. She slept fine (still getting up twice a night at 2am and 5am just like she has been for the past month... Boy I hope she drops to one getting up time soon!). On Sat night then, I turned the monitor down to half volume so at least I don't hear the tiny sighs and squeaks. I still hear her babble in her sleep, but at least I sleep a bit better now too.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Baby Gym - 9 weeks old
Cate has recently (in the last week) discovered her baby gym. She had been in it before, but never seemed to notice/care. But, now she loves watching her toys and she likes to hit them so they swing and make noise above her head. She smiles and coos at them too. You will also notice that she is not smiling in her "tummy time" photo. She no longer acts like she is dying when we make her lie on her tummy, but she still hates it. However, as you can see, she has even started to grab onto the toys (though she's never quite sure what to do once she has ahold of them)! She and I now play baby gym a couple of times a day.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Our Crazy Life
The last week and a half has been especially crazy for us - filled with some awesome highs and some frustrating lows. Thankfully, Chaz, Cate and I are all (mostly) happy, certainly healthy, and a bit wiser (we hope) given all of the week's events.
It all started last Monday when our water heater quit working. I called the repair person, who came out and basically left a note making fun of me because the pilot light had gone out. I had asked about the water all over the floor, and he said in his note that I had mis-installed our air conditioner drain hose (note that the water on the floor is not near the hose). He re-lit the pilot light and left. Over the next 24 hours, our pilot light goes out 5 more times (we keep relighting it ourselves). I resolve to call and argue with the repair people when we get home from vacation.
Tuesday, we head out early in the AM to Omaha for Cate's orthopedist appointment, which goes great (see my previous blog). We're so thrilled.
We then head back home to Lincoln where we pack up our car (who knew traveling with a kid required so much stuff) and we head out to vacation in Texas via Kansas. Tuesday evening we have the chance to have dinner with my husband's sister and her family (who are living in Alabama) since they are visiting Kansas for the week. It is fantastic to see them. We then continue our drive to Wichita for the night.
Wednesday we drive the rest of the way to Texas. Minus some moderate fussing, Cate travels like a champ, as long as one of us sits in the back seat. Unsurprising, perhaps, but she doesn't love staring at the back of the car seat for 10 hours a day (which she let us know by screaming), so one of us has to be back there for her to see. As soon as we figure this out, traveling became easier.
Thursday-Sunday we have a wonderful time visiting my parents in Texas. My sister also was home with her significant other, Sean, and it was really nice to meet him. My mom threw a small party for some of our old Church friends Saturday night, and it was especially nice for Cate to meet some of the people who were really important in my life when I was growing up. We also got to go to the mall, go bowling and go to Half Price Books (my favorite!) where we got Cate a number of books for storytime. It was hard to say goodbye to everyone.
Monday (of this week) we headed out for our return trip to Nebraska. The first leg of the trip went well, and we settled into our hotel in Wichita that evening only to get an unhappy call from Chaz's sister letting us know that Chaz's father has been hospitalized with Congestive Heart Failure. Obviously, Monday was a long evening as Chaz's sister kept him updated.
Tuesday (yesterday) we drove to Chaz's hometown in Kansas so that Chaz could see his father at the hospital (I didn't want to take Cate to the hospital, so she and I hung out with her Grandma Lorene). Thankfully, Chaz's dad seems to be doing well. The way I understand it, he will spend a few days in the hospital for observation as they drain the fluid from around his heart/lungs, and then he will be sent to a bigger hospital for more tests in a week or two. We may well be headed back to Kansas then...
Tuesday (yesterday) evening, then, we drove the rest of the way back to Nebraska. We had just finished hauling in all the junk from the car when Chaz went to grab something from the basement...which was flooded. 3 inches of standing water all over, and more pouring out from, you guessed it, the hot water heater. Turns out I was right, it was broken. I called the repair people, who had the gaul to ask if it was an emergency! They came out after I explained that yes, the pouring water was in fact not a "wait until the morning" sort of thing, and they shut off our water. Great.
Wednesday (today) they came back around 10am (despite promising to be here at 8am) and replaced our water heater. I am now spending all of Cate's nap times hauling stuff from the basement to be washed/dried or thrown away. Thankfully, Chaz did most of the hard work sorting and hauling heavy stuff out to the trash, so mostly I'm working on curtains and boxes of maternity clothes I had just moved down to the basement. Some of it can't be saved, but I think most of it can. In addition to this crazy, our coffee pot broke this morning, so this is all being done sans-caffeine!
Enough whining. Despite the less than stellar homecoming, we had a wonderful trip and can't wait to see both our Texas and Kansas families again. I am going to go grocery shopping after Cate's next feeding, so we will soon have food and a Coffee maker in the house, and life will begin to return to normal.
It all started last Monday when our water heater quit working. I called the repair person, who came out and basically left a note making fun of me because the pilot light had gone out. I had asked about the water all over the floor, and he said in his note that I had mis-installed our air conditioner drain hose (note that the water on the floor is not near the hose). He re-lit the pilot light and left. Over the next 24 hours, our pilot light goes out 5 more times (we keep relighting it ourselves). I resolve to call and argue with the repair people when we get home from vacation.
Tuesday, we head out early in the AM to Omaha for Cate's orthopedist appointment, which goes great (see my previous blog). We're so thrilled.
We then head back home to Lincoln where we pack up our car (who knew traveling with a kid required so much stuff) and we head out to vacation in Texas via Kansas. Tuesday evening we have the chance to have dinner with my husband's sister and her family (who are living in Alabama) since they are visiting Kansas for the week. It is fantastic to see them. We then continue our drive to Wichita for the night.
Wednesday we drive the rest of the way to Texas. Minus some moderate fussing, Cate travels like a champ, as long as one of us sits in the back seat. Unsurprising, perhaps, but she doesn't love staring at the back of the car seat for 10 hours a day (which she let us know by screaming), so one of us has to be back there for her to see. As soon as we figure this out, traveling became easier.
Thursday-Sunday we have a wonderful time visiting my parents in Texas. My sister also was home with her significant other, Sean, and it was really nice to meet him. My mom threw a small party for some of our old Church friends Saturday night, and it was especially nice for Cate to meet some of the people who were really important in my life when I was growing up. We also got to go to the mall, go bowling and go to Half Price Books (my favorite!) where we got Cate a number of books for storytime. It was hard to say goodbye to everyone.
Monday (of this week) we headed out for our return trip to Nebraska. The first leg of the trip went well, and we settled into our hotel in Wichita that evening only to get an unhappy call from Chaz's sister letting us know that Chaz's father has been hospitalized with Congestive Heart Failure. Obviously, Monday was a long evening as Chaz's sister kept him updated.
Tuesday (yesterday) we drove to Chaz's hometown in Kansas so that Chaz could see his father at the hospital (I didn't want to take Cate to the hospital, so she and I hung out with her Grandma Lorene). Thankfully, Chaz's dad seems to be doing well. The way I understand it, he will spend a few days in the hospital for observation as they drain the fluid from around his heart/lungs, and then he will be sent to a bigger hospital for more tests in a week or two. We may well be headed back to Kansas then...
Tuesday (yesterday) evening, then, we drove the rest of the way back to Nebraska. We had just finished hauling in all the junk from the car when Chaz went to grab something from the basement...which was flooded. 3 inches of standing water all over, and more pouring out from, you guessed it, the hot water heater. Turns out I was right, it was broken. I called the repair people, who had the gaul to ask if it was an emergency! They came out after I explained that yes, the pouring water was in fact not a "wait until the morning" sort of thing, and they shut off our water. Great.
Wednesday (today) they came back around 10am (despite promising to be here at 8am) and replaced our water heater. I am now spending all of Cate's nap times hauling stuff from the basement to be washed/dried or thrown away. Thankfully, Chaz did most of the hard work sorting and hauling heavy stuff out to the trash, so mostly I'm working on curtains and boxes of maternity clothes I had just moved down to the basement. Some of it can't be saved, but I think most of it can. In addition to this crazy, our coffee pot broke this morning, so this is all being done sans-caffeine!
Enough whining. Despite the less than stellar homecoming, we had a wonderful trip and can't wait to see both our Texas and Kansas families again. I am going to go grocery shopping after Cate's next feeding, so we will soon have food and a Coffee maker in the house, and life will begin to return to normal.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Good News
Just back from the meeting with Cate's orthopedic specialist. Her hips now look fine (yay, no brace!). After 3 weeks of Omaha trips, we don't have to see him again until she is 6 months old. Thank you to those of you who prayed for us/sent positive thoughts our way
Now we're headed to Kansas to visit Chaz's family (including meeting Catherine's cousin Simon and seeing the rest of his sister Pam's family). Then, we head tomorrow to Texas to see my family. Exciting days ahead...
Now we're headed to Kansas to visit Chaz's family (including meeting Catherine's cousin Simon and seeing the rest of his sister Pam's family). Then, we head tomorrow to Texas to see my family. Exciting days ahead...
Friday, July 16, 2010
6 weeks
So, I cannot believe that Catherine is already 6 weeks old (and really creeping closer to 7 weeks). She is getting huge!! In these photos she is awkwardly hunched over and very sleepy - but you get a good sense of how quickly she is growing. She is 10 lbs now! (Up from a birth weight of 7lbs 8oz)
She has been on the fussy side this week, but with heat indexes around 110 degrees, I can't blame her (since I'm fussy too!) Next week will be exciting. We are headed back to Omaha (yes, third time) to see the Orthopedist to hear what he thinks about the hip-sonograms she got last Tue. Then, we are headed out to Texas to visit my family for about a week. Driving those 700ish miles each direction with a (less than) 2 month old will be exciting, but we are sure looking forward to seeing everyone. Wish us luck!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)