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Friday, October 31, 2008
Begging for Blogging
Here is my attempt to get my friends and family to start blogging... sure, it is a frivolous attempt, as most of them might not even read the blog to get the message, but I do what I can.
Start a blog, it is super easy and very addictive. It is a great way to stay in touch with everyone on their own schedules. If you have a myspace page, it is not the same because since I (and other people like me) do not have an account I can not get onto your pages unless it is public. I promise you will love it!
Personal pleas...
Adrienne - I would love to know how you guys are doing more often! And see Tyler as he changes and grows up to a young man!
Stephers - I KNOW you would like doing this, you are such a creative writer and expressive person! START ONE!
Tina - start one about your pregnancy! Us mothers would love to relive!
Ashley - start one about Lexi! I want to see her grow up (even if it is in Austin)
Kelly - start one about the wedding planning!
Christie - I would love to see Gibson more often and know what is happening with you guys out in LA.
Lindsay - switch from Myspace!
Renae - Uh - nevermind, it is no use! :) Although, you started scrapbooking, so maybe blogging is next!
Janna - I think you are pretty active on myspace - but I can not see it!
Audra - Why don't you have one?
Sandy - I think you would love it for your family!
Shannon - Those 2 little ones are going to be grown before you know it and this is a great way to look back!
Windy - Okay so you have a week old baby Sydney on your hands right now, but maybe in a few weeks - get those babies on a blog! :)
Start a blog, it is super easy and very addictive. It is a great way to stay in touch with everyone on their own schedules. If you have a myspace page, it is not the same because since I (and other people like me) do not have an account I can not get onto your pages unless it is public. I promise you will love it!
Personal pleas...
Adrienne - I would love to know how you guys are doing more often! And see Tyler as he changes and grows up to a young man!
Stephers - I KNOW you would like doing this, you are such a creative writer and expressive person! START ONE!
Tina - start one about your pregnancy! Us mothers would love to relive!
Ashley - start one about Lexi! I want to see her grow up (even if it is in Austin)
Kelly - start one about the wedding planning!
Christie - I would love to see Gibson more often and know what is happening with you guys out in LA.
Lindsay - switch from Myspace!
Renae - Uh - nevermind, it is no use! :) Although, you started scrapbooking, so maybe blogging is next!
Janna - I think you are pretty active on myspace - but I can not see it!
Audra - Why don't you have one?
Sandy - I think you would love it for your family!
Shannon - Those 2 little ones are going to be grown before you know it and this is a great way to look back!
Windy - Okay so you have a week old baby Sydney on your hands right now, but maybe in a few weeks - get those babies on a blog! :)
4th picture in 4th folder
SO much fun - I think I am doing this right... Summer "tagged" me on her blog to put up the 4th picture in my 4th folder on my hardrive. Here it is...
I am tagging Abbey. As Summer and Abbey are the only other two bloggers I know, I am limited to my tagging ability. I SO wish more of my friends and family would start blogging (read next blog)
This was at my baby shower last year. Wow! That does not even look like me! This Christmas is going to be SO different.
I am tagging Abbey. As Summer and Abbey are the only other two bloggers I know, I am limited to my tagging ability. I SO wish more of my friends and family would start blogging (read next blog)
Saturday, October 25, 2008
On the hunt again....
As much as I LOVE being a WAHM, with John's mobility increasing in leaps and bounds (literally) it has become virtually impossible for me to work except when he is napping. And although his naps are pretty solid, by the time I respond to emails and get settled into working on a project, I hear his precious voice....
Thanks to Nana and Grandpa - I have the opportunity to go into the office on Tuesdays which is a win, win, win for everyone! To meet the demand from work, we decided to look into a nanny/sitter for one more day a week. After screening and searching (via http://www.gonannies.com/) we found Emily. She has been coming on Thursdays to watch John while I work. It has worked out fabulously! Now, I can focus on work during designated work hours and focus on our family every other minute. She has been great with John, I always hear them laughing and playing and she was able to get John down for both naps the first time she was here without me coming up to help. I was so lucky to find her. However, she has found a full time job at a local daycare and she has given me her 2 week notice. I knew this was a possibility from the beginning, but I am sad to see her go. She has offered to watch John on nights and weekends as needed, so it is nice to have that option.
I am glad that we lucked out with Emily, because now I have something wonderful to compare these girls to as they come to the house for interviews. So - we are on the hunt again....
Thanks to Nana and Grandpa - I have the opportunity to go into the office on Tuesdays which is a win, win, win for everyone! To meet the demand from work, we decided to look into a nanny/sitter for one more day a week. After screening and searching (via http://www.gonannies.com/) we found Emily. She has been coming on Thursdays to watch John while I work. It has worked out fabulously! Now, I can focus on work during designated work hours and focus on our family every other minute. She has been great with John, I always hear them laughing and playing and she was able to get John down for both naps the first time she was here without me coming up to help. I was so lucky to find her. However, she has found a full time job at a local daycare and she has given me her 2 week notice. I knew this was a possibility from the beginning, but I am sad to see her go. She has offered to watch John on nights and weekends as needed, so it is nice to have that option.
I am glad that we lucked out with Emily, because now I have something wonderful to compare these girls to as they come to the house for interviews. So - we are on the hunt again....
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Pumpkin Farm
We took our first trip to the pumpkin farm on Sunday. It was fairly uneventful, but we think John enjoyed himself. We took some cute pictures, although we were thoroughly disappointed in the number of pumpkins at this place.
We spent most of our time feeding the animals which included sheep, goats, cows and chickens. Well, Carl and I fed the animals and John sat on our hip and just laughed.
John's newest fascination is the wind - he thinks he needs to catch it in his mouth, so anytime we are outside (or if you blow in his face), his jaw drops open and he sits calmly and waits. Visual Aid:
Here are some other pictures from the farm.
We spent most of our time feeding the animals which included sheep, goats, cows and chickens. Well, Carl and I fed the animals and John sat on our hip and just laughed.
John's newest fascination is the wind - he thinks he needs to catch it in his mouth, so anytime we are outside (or if you blow in his face), his jaw drops open and he sits calmly and waits. Visual Aid:
Here are some other pictures from the farm.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Sunday
This is the last post for the "This Week" project. I really enjoyed doing it and will do it again every few months. I am working on the video. I have all the clips, but I am just putting them together and trimming out the unnecessary stuff. I hope to have it tomorrow.
Our day:
7:15 - 7:30 - talking/playing in crib
7:45 - eat
8:00 - Get in bed with Daddy and watch cartoons ("Mickey Mouse Club") and play
9:00 - eat breakfast (yogurt and oatmeal cereal)
9:15 -9:45 - more play with Dad while I shower
9:45 - 12:00 (yes 12:00)- nap! Dad and I get ready for and plan the errands for the day and we eat some left over chili
12:00 - eat a very small snack
12:30 - Run errands
2:00 - eat lunch (frozen "Happy Baby" meal and rice)
2:15 - 2:45 - play in media room and watch Dad install the safety gates on the stairs
3:00 - eat and nap
4:15 - wake up and play
5:00 - another snack as the last meal was at an awkward time (too long before bed time meal, but not quite long enough for a total separate feeding and dinner)
5:30 - Leave to go eat Pizza at Durkin's pizza (new place by the house, I say gets a 6 out of 10). John has harvest squash and goldfish.
6:15 - Back home to play with Daddy while mom picks up
7:00 - Bath
7:20 - 7:45 - play with Dad
7:45 - start bedtime, but having trouble sleeping, I finally let him roll around in his crib and see if he can work it out.
8:45 - go back in there and rock him to sleep and he sleeps through the night. (I think the trouble sleeping had to do with him napping until 4:15, this was highly unusual, but even on those unusual days - I think 4:00 is going to be the cut-off)
Our day:
7:15 - 7:30 - talking/playing in crib
7:45 - eat
8:00 - Get in bed with Daddy and watch cartoons ("Mickey Mouse Club") and play
9:00 - eat breakfast (yogurt and oatmeal cereal)
9:15 -9:45 - more play with Dad while I shower
9:45 - 12:00 (yes 12:00)- nap! Dad and I get ready for and plan the errands for the day and we eat some left over chili
12:00 - eat a very small snack
12:30 - Run errands
2:00 - eat lunch (frozen "Happy Baby" meal and rice)
2:15 - 2:45 - play in media room and watch Dad install the safety gates on the stairs
3:00 - eat and nap
4:15 - wake up and play
5:00 - another snack as the last meal was at an awkward time (too long before bed time meal, but not quite long enough for a total separate feeding and dinner)
5:30 - Leave to go eat Pizza at Durkin's pizza (new place by the house, I say gets a 6 out of 10). John has harvest squash and goldfish.
6:15 - Back home to play with Daddy while mom picks up
7:00 - Bath
7:20 - 7:45 - play with Dad
7:45 - start bedtime, but having trouble sleeping, I finally let him roll around in his crib and see if he can work it out.
8:45 - go back in there and rock him to sleep and he sleeps through the night. (I think the trouble sleeping had to do with him napping until 4:15, this was highly unusual, but even on those unusual days - I think 4:00 is going to be the cut-off)
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Gameday
Saturdays in the Fall are all about the Football for this Jones family.
Today was John's first OU/TX game. Needless to say, it was more than disappointing. We sang Boomer Sooner all morning, read "Oklahoma 101; My First College Text Book" before nap and got dressed in our "Texas Sucks" shirt....only to be faced with a loss of 45-35 Texas.
That is all I want to say about that.
Our Day:
7:30 - 7:45 - talk in crib (yes, he slept through the night, and I gave him almost 7 ounces in a bottle before he went to bed)
7:45 - eat and then play with Daddy
8:45 - solids (Pears and wild blueberries and oatmeal cereal)
9:00 - play and watch Sports Center with Daddy while I got things ready for the day
9:45 - nap
10:30 - Nana and Grandpa and Summer, Scott and Kaitlin come over to cheer on the Sooners! Kaitlin explored the house and the new toys, looked at pictures of the puppies and was talking up a storm! She is 6 months older than John. It is hard to believe 6 months produces walking, talking, and so much more! I am so excited! :)
11:00 - KICK OFF!
11:15 - Wake up to watch football and play with Kaitlin. He would just sit and stare at her with a huge smile on his face.
11:45 - nurse, because he would not take a bottle
12:30 - Get Chili ready to eat at halftime, and try to put Kaitlin down for a nap, but she was having none of it. Too many new things to explore at our house.
12:45 - eat lunch (peas and chicken pasta and Dad gave him a bite of chili that did not go over well)
1:00 - 2:30 - back up to watch the game and play with Kaitlin
2:30 - nap
3:30 - wake up, eat and play
5:30 - dinner (chicken pasta and peas)
5:45 - play in the media room
7:00 - Bath
7:30 - start bedtime routine (I gave him another 7 ounce bottle and as you will see, he sleeps until 7:15 the next morning, I think we are on to something...)
8:00 - Mom and Dad time
Today was John's first OU/TX game. Needless to say, it was more than disappointing. We sang Boomer Sooner all morning, read "Oklahoma 101; My First College Text Book" before nap and got dressed in our "Texas Sucks" shirt....only to be faced with a loss of 45-35 Texas.
That is all I want to say about that.
Our Day:
7:30 - 7:45 - talk in crib (yes, he slept through the night, and I gave him almost 7 ounces in a bottle before he went to bed)
7:45 - eat and then play with Daddy
8:45 - solids (Pears and wild blueberries and oatmeal cereal)
9:00 - play and watch Sports Center with Daddy while I got things ready for the day
9:45 - nap
10:30 - Nana and Grandpa and Summer, Scott and Kaitlin come over to cheer on the Sooners! Kaitlin explored the house and the new toys, looked at pictures of the puppies and was talking up a storm! She is 6 months older than John. It is hard to believe 6 months produces walking, talking, and so much more! I am so excited! :)
11:00 - KICK OFF!
11:15 - Wake up to watch football and play with Kaitlin. He would just sit and stare at her with a huge smile on his face.
11:45 - nurse, because he would not take a bottle
12:30 - Get Chili ready to eat at halftime, and try to put Kaitlin down for a nap, but she was having none of it. Too many new things to explore at our house.
12:45 - eat lunch (peas and chicken pasta and Dad gave him a bite of chili that did not go over well)
1:00 - 2:30 - back up to watch the game and play with Kaitlin
2:30 - nap
3:30 - wake up, eat and play
5:30 - dinner (chicken pasta and peas)
5:45 - play in the media room
7:00 - Bath
7:30 - start bedtime routine (I gave him another 7 ounce bottle and as you will see, he sleeps until 7:15 the next morning, I think we are on to something...)
8:00 - Mom and Dad time
Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday
I know that a bedtime routine is a big issue with parents and babies, so in order to remember ours I am going to document it today.
Bath time is at 7:00, but there are days that we may not take a bath, so this is not a consistent part of the routine. However, now that he is starting to want to eat with his hands, he gets a lot messier during the day, so I think bath will become part of the routine every night.
Starting anywhere between 7:15 and 7:45 (depending on when he starts showing signs of being tired) Daddy takes John up to the nursery and reads him a story. At this point the story is more of a "trigger" than anything else, as all he wants to do is eat the pages (we stick to the books with hard pages). After story time, Daddy changes his diaper and rubs him down with lotion and then puts him in his PJ's. The final part of Dad's duty is saying goodnight to Raul. This is the spider monkey that hangs on the corner of the armoire in John's nursery. We are not sure how this started, but every night John looks up he direction to say goodnight, so we continue it.
Dad hands him off to me and turns out the light. I have already started the sound machine which plays "night" noises and I am sitting ready with boppy in hand. While John eats, I say my goodnight prayer and thank the Lord for the miracle and blessing in our lives; and ask for strength and guidance in raising him. After he is done, he is usually asleep or close to it. I put him on my shoulder and rock or walk around with him for a minute or two and then I put him on his belly in his crib. And that is typically all, it is a rare night if he wakes up enough that we have to go back in there and help him to sleep again.
Our day:
5:00 - wake up to eat, will not go back down, I finally leave him in his crib around 6:00 and go back to bed, it took him about 10 minutes and he was out again.
8:00 - wake up to start the day
8:15 - solid breakfast (apple cinnamon oatmeal and oatmeal cereal) and high chair time
8:45 - play
9:30 - eat
9:45 - story and nap
11:00 - house cleaners are here and making a lot of noise
11:15 - wake up
11:30 - run errands and meet Daddy for lunch at Texadelphia
1:30 - Play
2:15 - Nap
3:00 - Play
3:30 - more play time with Dad while I go to the store
4:45 - eat and fall asleep
5:30 - wake up and play
6:00 - Dinner (just rice and goldfish as is stomach seemed to be bothering hm)
6:30 - Play with me while Carl went to the store
7:15 - bath
7:30 - Start bedtime routine
8:00 - sound asleep
Bath time is at 7:00, but there are days that we may not take a bath, so this is not a consistent part of the routine. However, now that he is starting to want to eat with his hands, he gets a lot messier during the day, so I think bath will become part of the routine every night.
Starting anywhere between 7:15 and 7:45 (depending on when he starts showing signs of being tired) Daddy takes John up to the nursery and reads him a story. At this point the story is more of a "trigger" than anything else, as all he wants to do is eat the pages (we stick to the books with hard pages). After story time, Daddy changes his diaper and rubs him down with lotion and then puts him in his PJ's. The final part of Dad's duty is saying goodnight to Raul. This is the spider monkey that hangs on the corner of the armoire in John's nursery. We are not sure how this started, but every night John looks up he direction to say goodnight, so we continue it.
Dad hands him off to me and turns out the light. I have already started the sound machine which plays "night" noises and I am sitting ready with boppy in hand. While John eats, I say my goodnight prayer and thank the Lord for the miracle and blessing in our lives; and ask for strength and guidance in raising him. After he is done, he is usually asleep or close to it. I put him on my shoulder and rock or walk around with him for a minute or two and then I put him on his belly in his crib. And that is typically all, it is a rare night if he wakes up enough that we have to go back in there and help him to sleep again.
Our day:
5:00 - wake up to eat, will not go back down, I finally leave him in his crib around 6:00 and go back to bed, it took him about 10 minutes and he was out again.
8:00 - wake up to start the day
8:15 - solid breakfast (apple cinnamon oatmeal and oatmeal cereal) and high chair time
8:45 - play
9:30 - eat
9:45 - story and nap
11:00 - house cleaners are here and making a lot of noise
11:15 - wake up
11:30 - run errands and meet Daddy for lunch at Texadelphia
1:30 - Play
2:15 - Nap
3:00 - Play
3:30 - more play time with Dad while I go to the store
4:45 - eat and fall asleep
5:30 - wake up and play
6:00 - Dinner (just rice and goldfish as is stomach seemed to be bothering hm)
6:30 - Play with me while Carl went to the store
7:15 - bath
7:30 - Start bedtime routine
8:00 - sound asleep
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Thursday
Something is weighing heavy on my mind - so it has just become tonight's blog topic. It is a personal topic, but I will make it family friendly. :)
Nursing - I am very lucky and blessed that I was able to nurse John from day one. I had some intense pain in the beginning, but he never had an ounce of trouble - 2 hours out of the womb he latched right on and the rest is history.
I have also pumped and stock piled a frozen supply for when I am not around to feed him. John has never had a problem taking a bottle. Dad starting giving him a bottle about 2 weeks into life and, again, not an ounce of trouble...until now...at least I thought so anyway....I will spare you the details but I thought he was having trouble with a bottle, but through some investigation today, I think I am drying up. :(
This truly makes me sad, I have enjoyed every second of nursing and I am not ready to stop. It is a bond that is absolutely indescribable and beyond amazing. I am not giving up just yet though, I am going to drink a ton of water and go through some other steps to see if I can increase the supply again. I know I am truly blessed to have been able to do it for almost 7 and a half months now, and I will focus on that.
Don't get me wrong - I, by no means, am a nursing Nazi; I know that a baby can be healthy and happy either way, no question there. But once you start, and the longer you go, the harder it is emotionally to stop. Here's hoping this is not the end.
Our Thursday:
4:00am - wake up to eat (I have decided after today's investigation that maybe he is not getting enough to eat at night to keep him full, thus he is still waking up)
6:15 - Dad gets up to start his day
6:30 - I get up to start my day
7:30 - John gets up to start his day
8:15 - solid breakfast (Apple cinnamon oatmeal and oatmeal cereal)
8:30 - 9:45 - play
9:45 - 11:00 nap
11:00 - wake up attempt a bottle (1 oz)
12:00 - lunch (pasta and rice and goldfish)
12:20 - play
1:50 - attempt bottle and nap (2.5 oz)
2:30 - wake up & nurse
3:00 - play
5:00 - eat
5:15 - activity center while I cook dinner
5:45 - 6:30 - eat, high chair time, and I let him paint with his food on the high chair - he loved it.
6:30 - bath
6:50 - play
7:20 - start bedtime routine
7:45 - sound asleep
Nursing - I am very lucky and blessed that I was able to nurse John from day one. I had some intense pain in the beginning, but he never had an ounce of trouble - 2 hours out of the womb he latched right on and the rest is history.
I have also pumped and stock piled a frozen supply for when I am not around to feed him. John has never had a problem taking a bottle. Dad starting giving him a bottle about 2 weeks into life and, again, not an ounce of trouble...until now...at least I thought so anyway....I will spare you the details but I thought he was having trouble with a bottle, but through some investigation today, I think I am drying up. :(
This truly makes me sad, I have enjoyed every second of nursing and I am not ready to stop. It is a bond that is absolutely indescribable and beyond amazing. I am not giving up just yet though, I am going to drink a ton of water and go through some other steps to see if I can increase the supply again. I know I am truly blessed to have been able to do it for almost 7 and a half months now, and I will focus on that.
Don't get me wrong - I, by no means, am a nursing Nazi; I know that a baby can be healthy and happy either way, no question there. But once you start, and the longer you go, the harder it is emotionally to stop. Here's hoping this is not the end.
Our Thursday:
4:00am - wake up to eat (I have decided after today's investigation that maybe he is not getting enough to eat at night to keep him full, thus he is still waking up)
6:15 - Dad gets up to start his day
6:30 - I get up to start my day
7:30 - John gets up to start his day
8:15 - solid breakfast (Apple cinnamon oatmeal and oatmeal cereal)
8:30 - 9:45 - play
9:45 - 11:00 nap
11:00 - wake up attempt a bottle (1 oz)
12:00 - lunch (pasta and rice and goldfish)
12:20 - play
1:50 - attempt bottle and nap (2.5 oz)
2:30 - wake up & nurse
3:00 - play
5:00 - eat
5:15 - activity center while I cook dinner
5:45 - 6:30 - eat, high chair time, and I let him paint with his food on the high chair - he loved it.
6:30 - bath
6:50 - play
7:20 - start bedtime routine
7:45 - sound asleep
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