Toys

Here's a website for cool toys if any of you moms out there are interested. We decided to just get a few toys for Delight this year for Christmas.
I wanted them to be unique and quality toys. The site is oompa.com They have a lot of wood toys, which I think is cool. I got Delight a Rainbow Baby and Moby fish (if you look them up) and also a cute stuffed bunny. They cost a little bit more, but seem like they'll last a while.
Just wanted to share.
Also, Delight had a nurse appointment this morning for a vaccine. She weighed 15#6oz. That was with her clothes on, so we figured she's probably right at 15#. That's up 2# from the 2nd of this month. She's a growing girl :)

Thank you ladies so much for all your input on the last post. Hopefully she will slow down a bit once she's mobile, so she can wear her garage sale clothes. Becca, I like your idea on wearing dresses for shirts. It's the style now days, right? :) It's nice to hear from other mommies (or soon to be mommies), about you experiences.
(Cyndi- Wendie told me she gave you the blog address. I'm sure you were happy with you peeped-upon picture :) Hopefully we'll run into you when we're up to see Wendie and her little girl sometime next month.)
Sam started our wood burning stove this past weekend. It's so nice and cozy. Sam had yesterday off and went hunting in the morning. When he got back Delight had been crying inconsolably for about 45min at that point. I think it was a combination of gas and being overtired. He got the fire going and sat down with her in front of it and she quieted right down and watched the fire for about 15 min. It was cute.


She's getting to be so big. She doesn't like to lay her head back on you anymore.


See how red and puffy her poor little eyes are from all the crying?

Size?

Hey, I have a question for you mommies out there. Do the sizes on baby clothes really mean anything? I know Delight is a chubby little thing, but I have to assume that the age listed on clothes runs a little small. She's not quite 3 months yet and she's already out grown all her 3 month clothes and most of her 3-6 month clothes. Her onsies are 6-9mo and fit her just right, her socks are 6-18 mo and fit perfect, and she even wears 6-12 and 12 month pants! So is that typical and if your baby did that do they slow down and start wearing their age eventually? I'm really hoping so because I've got so much cute 12 month summer clothes for her that I really want her to wear!

Survey says.....

Well a lot of good that did . I took the poll off today and it's a fact, Delight is half Sam and half me :) We were tied. Half thought she looks like me and half like Sam. That's about what we hear too. Most of my family says she looks like Sam and most of his family says she looks like me. She changes all the time. All I know is that she's beautiful!

3 Month pictures

Delight had her 3 month pictures taken yesterday by mamaw the photographer. She'll be 12 weeks tomorrow. My how time flies. She's getting to be a little butter ball more and more every day. She went on a nap strike yesterday and the day before (wouldn't sleep more than 20 min at a time all day), but praise the Lord she napped a couple times today! She's sleeping great at night. At least 5 hours at a time and last night 9 hours straight! (probably from the lack of sleep during the day).
Sam has a big test tomorrow. It's for his professional engineer license. He's spending the night in Indy cause he has to be there early. I'm praying that he'll pass for his sake mainly, I know it weighs on his mind a lot, but it's a pretty tough test I've heard.
Enjoy the cute pictures.

Hunter Delight

Mom was freaking out that I put this picture on here because the background isn't perfect. So if you write her, give her a hard time about it.

Stop spying on me Amber ;)

Feeling like fall

I'm so excited to finally be getting some fall weather! The 80's were getting old. It's my favorite season. I think it's a lot of people's favorite season. I took Delight for a couple walks outside today. It always calms her down. She's had some tummy trouble lately and has been very fussy in the afternoon and evening. Despite that, she's been sleeping great at night. Last night she slept for 6 hours, nursed at 3am, then slept 6 more hours! I couldn't believe it! I felt so good and energized today. Now to just get her to take some good naps during the day. I think she's going through a growth spurt right now. She wants to eat about every 2 hours instead of her normal 3 hours.



This picture was taken Monday. Sam had the day off for Columbus Day. He probably thinks I'm making stuff up when I say she's been fussy during the day because she was as good as gold all day. She was starting to get sleepy and I sat her on the recliner. She fussed a little and the next thing I know Sam comes and tells me she fell asleep. She slept for 2 1/2 hours sitting up in the chair! She has never done that. I cleaned the house, vacuumed and everything and she slept right through it. It was great.


Check out these eggs. We have 2 bantam chickens and 3 laying hens. We started off with 16 chickens and are now down to 5. There's a fox or something killing them during the day. They're free range during the day, we need to get a fence up. Any way, I couldn't believe the size difference in these eggs. the brown one is a little bigger than normal and the banty egg is a little smaller.

Sam and I went to see the movie Fire Proof, Friday night. It was excellent. Just thought I'd put my movie recommendation out there for anyone who was thinking about seeing it.

Jackpot!

Sam and I passed a house just down the road from us Friday that was going to have a rummage sale today from 8-3. We decided we would go. I'm a die hard rummager (I know, it's not a word). I like to get there when the sales start (or before), so I can get the good deals. We had a lazy Saturday morning and didn't make it out of the house until 10am, so I wasn't expecting much when we got there. The lady was very happy to see someone with a baby. She had two tables stacked with baby girl clothes. Clean nice clothes. A majority of them being from Old Navy. I'm not into brand names and I've never even bought baby clothes from Old Navy (except from rummage sales), but I happen to think they're pretty dern cute clothes. I am so excited about the deal I got that I'm about to share a bunch of information that I'm sure you could care less about. You can't fool me. I know you only look at this blog to see the cute baby pictures :) We were there for an hour. Luckily Sam knew the people and has no problem making conversation. About 80% of what I bought was from Old Navy and all in perfect condition. They range from 6-24 months (mostly 12 or 18 mo)

Here it is;
16 Shirts
9 pairs of PJ's
7 pairs of shorts
7 nice pairs of pants (kahki, brown, ect.)
6 pairs of jeans
5 Sweaters
3 pairs of stretch pants
3 skirts
2 pair of tights
2 jackets
1 windbreaker outfit
1 wind breaker pair of pants
1 dress
1 really cute knit coat
1 pair of socks
1 pair of sandles
1 pair of cowboy boots

How much do you think I paid for all that?

How much??

$16.00 !!!

I'm just excited about my great deal and wanted to share it.
Don't worry, next time I'll post cute pictures instead.

Sleeping Beauty

I thought this was cute. She's starting to suck her thumb instead of the paci. :)

Big Baby

Delight had her 2 month check up Thursday. The little porker weighs 13#. She’s in the 95th percentile for her weight and the 90th percentile for her height. The doctor was surprised since she was in the 25th percentile for her weight at 2 weeks, to have such a big jump since then. She got her first shot also. We’re doing things a little different for her vaccines. There’s a couple we’re skipping and we’re just doing one shot at a time. Our doctor was very understanding and helped us out with the decision. Delight was pretty upset with the shot, but she did ok. She woke up later after a long nap screaming. I would finally get her calm and then she would move her leg a little and start screaming again, just like when she got her shot. It was terrible. I just couldn’t stand seeing her in pain like that. They didn’t say anything about giving her Tylenol at the appointment, but I knew I had to do something. I got a hold of the doctors office and they said it was ok to give her the Tylenol, so we drugged her up and stuck her in my Moby Wrap and she slept the rest of the evening.
Ok, time for a little product promotion. I’m a fan of baby wearing (and having free hands!) and I love my Hotslings, but Delight is at a stage where she doesn’t like it so well. She doesn’t want to lay down in the sling anymore, but she’s not quite ready to sit up in it. I decided to look into a wrap and found one called a Moby Wrap. I’ve had it a week and I’m not sure how I lived without it before. It’s very simple. It’s basically just a 6 yard piece of material that’s surged and tapered on the ends. There’s a special way you wrap it around you and several different holds you can do. The picture below is my favorite hold and puts Delight to sleep wonderfully. She can face out, or towards me with the way I wrapped it. There’s also a cradle hold, hip hold, and back hold. I was going to just make one, but I found a place online where I could get it cheaper than buying the material (jersey knit cotton) and making it myself. Delight’s been pretty fussy in the evenings lately and this is the only sure fire way to get her to sleep sometimes, even the car ride doesn’t always work. I just pop her in and we take a walk and within a matter of minutes she’s asleep. I think if I could only have one baby product (besides the basics) this would be it. If you’re interested in checking them out, there website is www.mobywrap.com
I believe the place I got mine from is www.theslingstore.com , but I'll have to look when I get home to know for sure. They’re returns, or store models, so that’s how I got such a good deal.

Pretty in pink




Cozy in my Moby