Bottles? What Bottle?

At 18 months we decided that it was time to wean Hadley from her nighttime bottle...

I thought it was going to be a challenge because she LOVES her ba-bee.... I had planned to use the same system I did with her morning bottle months earlier... Make it an ounce less every night until there was nothing left... It worked wonderfully with her morning bottle! I braced myself for what I thought would be a long couple of nights or week... On the 3rd night she was so tired I just gave her, her sippy cup and took her to bed. She had forgotten all about her ba-bee.... PERFECT! I thought this was my chance so while she was sleeping I packed up all of her bottles out of 'her draw' that she always gets them out of... Out of sight, out of mind I was hoping... Unbelievably its been about 10 days and she has only asked for her ba-bee once!!!! I am so happy to be done with bottles!!! I am hoping for the next year, but at least for the next 5 months!!!!
We are so lucky to have such a wonderful little girl!!! Hopefully the soother will go as smoothly next, but I DON'T see that happening! ;)

Sunday Funday, & Fathers Day! :)

Last Sunday was Fathers Day of course... Graham was away working so we did not plan on seeing him that day, but left him a little surprise in his glove box! It was rainy and cold, as usual, so Hadley and I decided to get our suits on and head to the pool! Hadley LOVES.TO.SWIM!!!! There is an awesome indoor aquatic center that we like taking her to. It has a something for every age and she always has a BLAST there.
After the pool we got a call from G saying that work had been rained out for the day and possible the next so he was driving home!!! While this sucks money wise, we were so excited to get to spend Fathers Day afternoon with him!!! It had also been 10 days since we had seen him so we were extra excited!!!
He got home around 3 and we decided to head to the mall. Hadley was in desperate need of some new shoes and my plan to wait until our visit to OKC wasn't going to work out considering she was busting out of her shoes... There isn't a lot of selection of toddler shoes around here for some reason but we actually found 2 pairs of pretty cute shoes. A pair of Puma sneakers and a pair of sandals! My sweet little girl is now wearing a size 5!!!!
After shopping we went out for a Father's dinner with G! Even though the service was terrible we had a great time just being together.... I didn't have my phone with me so I didn't get any pics with Hadley and G :( But did get a great one of Hads getting ready for the pool!

COME ON!!! Does it get any cuter? ;)

Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week!!!!

J

Hadley 18 Months (a few days late of course!)

Well my sweet pea turned 18 months last Thursday!!! I know I say it all of the time, but its so hard to believe that it has gone so fast (tear)! We celebrated her half birthday by getting her 18 month shots.... OUCH! I know, I am such a party pooper! It was only one shot this time and thank the lord, its her last set of shots until she is 4 1/2!!!! She did so great, not even a tear!

Her Stats:

Age : 18 Months

Weight: 26 pounds ( 75%) - This was a bit of a jump! What can I say, the girl likes to eat :)

Height: 33 Inches, or almost 3 feet tall! (90%) She has always been tall, but for some reason 'almost 3 FT seems CRAZY"!

After her shots we had to wait 15 minutes to make sure she didn't have any reactions... She played with the toys and the other kids... That is until a set of 3 week old twins came in. I couldn't believe how fascinated she was with them! A little 'too' fasinated'!!! She wanted to touch them so badly (and did once, oops)! I would distract her for a minute with the older kids and 2 seconds later she would be running back to the "babe, babe, babe"!!!! I think we are going to have quite the little helper come December!!! haha.

I am still without a camera so here are a few from my phone from the last week!!!
She is such a sweetheart and we just love her so much!

On our way to get shots :(

Playing with the sister of the twins, until she notices the twins that is

A little dog park fun

Teasing Baxter with "his" stick!

Baxter laying down and giving up! haha. He is so patient with her.

This kid LOVES to swing!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

OKC one month from today!!!!

Little Munchkin

Yesterday I had my 13 week ultrasound. It went very well! The lady doing the ultrasound immediately commented on how active this little one was. Munchkin was going nuts in there. It was so cool to see how seemingly happy he/she was. Munchkin looks very healthy. We could see 2 arms, 2 legs, and 10 fingers. Heartbeat was 155BPM. He/She is measuring 2 days bigger than originally thought. Hopefully that means they got it wrong the first time and not that I will be having a 10 pound baby! haha.
G was out of town for work so I bought the CD so he could see all the pictures so here are a couple from yesterday...

I know that its still really early but I am fairly confident that I have already starting feeling little flutters... I felt them early with Hads (between 14-15 WKS) but certainly didn't expect to feel them at 13 weeks! It makes me very happy though. I love the feeling of that little life inside of you. I cant wait to start feeling real kicks... It honestly was the biggest thing I miss after having Hadley. My body just felt so empty?

That is all about Munchkin... Will have an appointment early next week with my family doctor and then hopefully start scheduling my monthlys with my OB.

Pictures

I havent posted pics of Hads lately so here are a few from our weekend...

What my bed looks like at 7 Am... Cuddles for Mommy and Baxy

After our nap... I love her sweet face

This was Baxter's attempt at getting some peace and quiet (hiding behind the grill)... Obviously it was not sucessful!

Both of our Boxters are AMAZING with her, but Baxter is her BEST FRIEND! I love how much she loves him. She loves Addicus too, but she is a much better hider! ;)

Hadley is such an amazing little girl. I am loving watching her personality develop. She is so curious about everything. Such a little sponge for knowledge! Still not a lot of talking (at least that we can understand) but the peditrition said she has NO concerns about her development and understanding... Some kids are just content 'babbling' longer than other! Cant believe she will be 18 months on Thursday! Its going way too fast! I will update you with her 18 month appointment Thursday or Friday.
We have our 13 week ultrasound for the little munchkin later this morning so I will have an update about that tomorrow.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

Love
Jamie

Here we go again... :)

That's right... Hadley will be a big sister at the end of this year :)
She will be so great, that is, as soon as she learns how to share her Mommy ;)