Braxtons cake made by my cousin Lindsey
Braxton didn't get much sleep the night before the party so he was really cranky...which means he cried most of the time. Probably didnt help that his 7 y.o. cousin brent was opening all of his presents.
My cute "Spidey" birthday boy!
opening presents
Pinata!
opening gifts
The kids both had check up appointments today.
Braxton:
Braxton did okay. I was terrified I was going to have one of those screaming kids that wouldn't let the dr near him. Luckily the only time he threw a fit was when he was called back. Josh had Addie & I was trying to walk Braxton back. He kept screaming & crying 'NOOOOO! LET DADDY DO IT. DADDY! TAKE ME! NOOOO" *sigh* so Josh had to come back out & we traded, then he was fine. They weighed & measured him. 46 lbs, 43 inches. The nurse tried to get him to read an eye chart but he wasn't interested..she said most 3 year olds won't do it anyways. She checked his hearing & eyes. He was being stubborn though..or scared. The nurse put a thing up to his hear and told him to tell her or daddy when/if he heard anything. She kept asking do you hear it? and he would say no but I know he could hear it. He just freaks out and gets quiet when he's scared.
Adelyn:
All the normal stuff, she was weighed & measured also. 18 lbs 8 oz & 26 inches. Shes in the 50% for height, 80% for weight....so basically shes short & fat? ;) Anyways, checked her ears, her eyes, etc etc. Here are her stats:
birth: 7 lbs 13 oz, 19 3/4 in
1 month: 9 lbs 5 oz, 22.5 in
2 months: 11 lbs 15 oz, 23 1/4 in
4 months: 15 lbs 4 oz, 24 3/4 in
6 months: 18 lbs 8 oz, 26 in
I of course got the "solids" talk and my babyled weaning views were basically shot down but oh well! She had never even heard of it so its not like I expected her to understand.
Addie got shots today too. Poor thing. She does really good though & doesn't cry too much. After they were done though & I was getting her dressed I laid her down on the table to put her pants on-got them on-look at her and guess what? She's almost completely asleep! She's been sleeping the past 2 hours.
So it went pretty well...Braxton goes back next year for booster shots (Oh how fun THAT will be!) and Addie goes back in 3 months but doesnt have to have shots! Yay! :)
Infantino has issued a recall on their SlingRider & Wendy Bellissimo slings. We have one of these we used on Addie when she was a newborn but then she outgrew it and we moved on to the peanut shell! Soo scary and so sad!
The only good thing is they are offering exchanges. To see if you're sling is part of the recall see:
http://service.infantino.com/SlingRider.html
From there you can determine if your sling has been included in the recall and can get more info on how to return your sling for another product. (Thats the part I love!)
You can choose between one of their Wrap & Tie Carriers, A shopping cart cover or a 3 in 1 play gym PLUS they include a free jittery pal elephant as well. I was thinking of getting the wrap & tie but I'm not sure if I'll like it...and I wouldn't want another toy...our house is flooded with toys, a swing, bouncer, jumperoo...plus we saved all of the "big" toys Braxton had so we're good there. No use for a shopping cart cover either...I think I am going to try the carrier.
so anyways, if you have a sling make sure you check & see if its been included in the recall!!
2nd-The kids are sick. I have no idea how but they're both so miserable it breaks my heart. Braxton has been sleeping most of the day, when he does wake up his little eyes look so pitiful. He's whiny and cranky and clingy when he's sick. Addie has been really sleepy too...it's just getting her to stop fighting sleep that is the problem. This whole day has just run together. This is how its gone: Wake up, diaper change, feed her, tummy time (didnt last long..she was screaming after a few minutes, try to play, more screaming, check temp, give tylenol, try to get her to sleep, after 20 minutes of fighting she finally falls asleep only to wake up 20 mins later-now repeat over and over and OVER again. It's quite tiring...and of course they both had to get sick during Braxtons birthday week when I will have looooots to do. Ohwell. At least Josh has a 4 day weekend this week. ;)
Addie got up on her hands & knees today! I'm somewhat shocked! She was just playing in the floor, I look over and she is on her hands & knees! She went back to her belly then back up....this went on 2-3 more times. The whole time I'm going "Omg, Omg, Omg"
Crawling is just around the corner! I know it is! Braxton started crawling at 7 months. I'm sooooo not ready for the crawling stage. I've got so much baby proofing to do...right now the house is SO not child friendly. (Braxton KNOWS not to get into or touch certain things that are "mommys" or things that will hurt him.) Right now the dining room table is taken over by a huge pile of fabric, my sewing machine, cups full of needles/straight pins/scissors/etc. I've got a table in the living room that has a bin full of yarn, scissors, tapestry needlesm etc underneath it...Braxton has legos all over the floor of his bedroom. Sigh. I can fix the craft problems and start putting dangerous things out of reach but I'm really going to have to work with Braxton to make sure he keeps small toys away from Addie.
So my goal for this week: BABYPROOF!
For your viewing pleasure I've added a photo from Addies "6 month shoot" straight out of camera-no editing. ;)
Now off to Shawnee to see 'mamaw' for the day!
We started BLW tonight. Addie is just a week shy of 6 months and has shown an interest in our food and meets all the milestones, so why not? ;)
We had porkchops, potatoes, cauliflower & broccoli. She LOVED the broccoli. At first she pushed all the meats & potatoes away & focused on the steamed veggies. After 15 mins or so she tried some potato and put it down, then moved on to meat. She had a hard time figuring out how to get the meat in her mouth, she would bring it up to her mouth & then lean backwards. She finally figured out she shouldn't lean backwards & got in her mouth & continued to suck on the meat for a while. At one point while eating broccoli she bit of a piece, tried to swallow and gagged (totally normal!) so she gagged it up, sucked on it a bit more and then spit it out!
We had so much fun watching her & she was so excited to be eating with us. So much better than doing purees in my opinion (we did purees with DS & it was just blech...he hated it & we hated it. No fun)
She didn't actually swallow anything which is normal, babies normally start actually eating around 8 months, right now its all about learning to eat, exploration & fun! :)
Enjoy the pics!
Nope, not talking about the fact that it's DH & I's anniversary again. No, it's something better! (Sorry honey!)
I've recently started using Big Sexy Hair products. This is the stuff my hair dresser uses on me everytime I go in for a cut/color/shampoo & style...speaking of-I need to get my hair done soon!
Anyways, these 2 products below are FAB! Big Sexy Spray & Play volumizing hairspray and Big Sexy Root Pump. Ahhhh!
I have thin, flat hair...always have and I always hated it. No amount of teasing/tousling/hairspray would get my hair nice & fluffy. This stuff changes ALL that! It's like magic. Seriously. I spray a little root lifter on my roots, blowdry, style, top it off with hairspray and voila' Big Sexy Hair. ;) (Or as my hairdresser says- "I'm gonna give you Big Sexy Texas Hair!" Haha-she likes to style it a little bigger than I like though.) ;)