Bee Stings and Tiny Turtle

Today poor Silas got stung by a bee. We decided the bee was satan. He was talking on the phone to a friend in need, one that he had just had been praying over the night before and then thought of something this morning he wanted to share with him. While on the phone a big bee flew down in between the phone and his ear and got him. How is that even possible? His ear is now swollen 2-3 times the size of the one that was not stung. It looks so funny. Good thing it wasn't me because I would have been in my bed crying for the rest of the day. Not Silas though, he is out right now mowing the grass. I told him to come let me know if he has any trouble breathing, I think he might be slightly allergic to bees.

The inflammation continued down his neck and onto his chest.

Prior to the bee incident, he was cleaning out the pool and found a tiny turtle. It is so cute, just thought I'd share the pictures of it.

Just for fun...


Silas thinks the hair lines are very similar!! haha my poor little girl, this is right after bath time and it looks like she stuck her finger in an electrical outlet! crazy hair :)

2 month statistics

Here is an update from her two month well visit. She is 12 pounds 5 ounces and 23 and 1/4 long, so she is in the 75th percentile for her height and weight. She got 3 shots and one oral vaccination :( It was sad for both of us, but we got through it! I have discovered that I can be a nurse for sick kids, but being a parent (even though she was not sick this time) is much, much harder! We are having some night time issues. Although, I don't count last night since she did get shots. She has been going to bed really late some nights, I think I'm going to have to try to figure out this whole bedtime thing. I was just going with the flow because that is easy and right now I don't mind being up late since I am home with just her and me. But now I see the date I have to go back to work quickly approaching and even though its only two days a week, I am starting to think I should try to get her into a better routine. I am reading a book that uses a method that is somewhere in between co-sleeping and crying it out. I'm not ready to let her cry it out yet, so if I try anything I think I will try this method, we will see.

Today we had lunch at Angie's and some nice firemen gave Gavin and Elaina hats and coloring books :)

2 months

March 10, 2010, Elaina is two months old. Time does fly! She is becoming much more social. Right now she is a mama's girl, but Silas says it doesn't bother him because he knows he will win her over soon :) And I think he's right. She is such a smiler now. Every time she sees me she gets a big grin that just makes my heart melt every time. She is getting more and more talkative everyday. Lots of coo's. Her bedtime still remains about midnight. She won't stay asleep if we put her down before that time, so at night Elaina and I rock and she sleeps in my arms. Then at midnight I put her down and she is pretty consistent at sleeping 5 to 6 hours, which is great. Every now and then she does seven. She is not a morning baby, which I appreciate since I'm up until one almost every night. When she wakes up at 6 I usually feed her in bed with me and then we cuddle and sleep until 9 or later. I'm trying to make myself get up earlier to get things done, but it is too tempting to cuddle with my baby girl. She's making me lazy haha. She is really an easy baby and we are able to take her anywhere. She takes her longest naps while I run errands. We can take her out to eat and she will sit in her seat on the table and be pretty happy. At home though, I eat most of my meals with one hand. She takes a really long morning nap in her swing most days (if we don't sleep until 11) and after that she cat naps. I haven't figured her out schedule wise during the day. She has a pattern of eat, play, sleep, but the times aren't consistent from day to day, that's probably because our days don't start at the same time each day, but at least I know what she is going to do next, so that makes it easier to plan the day out. We go back to the doctor on March 17, but I'm pretty sure she weighs 12 pounds now! She is in size 0-3 months and three months clothing. She is growing and changing so fast, it is so fun to watch. Can't wait to see who she is! She is the best baby and we are sooo lucky to have her!

How you know you're a new mom...

I made it through the day today and thought, man, I did pretty well today. Got up earlyish, actually did a little exercising, ate 3 meals and snacks, house is decent, dinner was served, baby fed, baby bathed. I was feeling pretty good about it. Until now. It's 1030 pm and I realize not only have I not showered until now (or dressed), which is ok, we didn't need to go anywhere, but I did not brushe my teeth ALL day...GROSS. Guess you can't do everything!! She's so worth it though and she doesn't even care about my breath :)