Christmas 2009

Having a kid makes Christmas even better! Although Olivia really didn't understand what Christmas was all about, it was fun buying her presents and getting her to open them. She was able to tear the paper off and play with boxes. She loved all her new presents. She got a walker, alphabet train, laptop, phone, books, and clothes. I got lots of new clothes (really needed given my still fat self!), new coat, panties, socks, scrapbook supplies, soaps, lotions, iHome, and jewelry.

As for my sucky health...amazingly the crazy tilt and throw you in circle motion the ENT dr did worked. The dizziness is so much better. BJ helps me do it at home and so far it is working great. I have an appointment with a chiropractor today for my neck. (ENT told me I should try to help with headaches. He said lots of time pregnancy can misalign your spine and it can help.) I have become an old person that goes to the dr every week. I understand what the elderly do with all their free time...DR visits. I would like to think I will be done after one chiropractor visit! Now I just have to cross my fingers no pregnancy until summer time (I had to go off the birth control. Frankly lets be honest there is no other form of birth control being used other than Olivia's naughty behavior reminding me I need another 6 months)lol

Long Week....

This has been one long week! A little catch up news. Since I had Olivia I have been having dizzy spells, nausea/vomiting, and falling over. It has been scary and annoying. I have seen five different doctors trying to figure out what is going on. On Tuesday I saw an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor who informed me matter of fact that, "It is most likely a brain aneurysm from throwing a blood clot during child birth". Those are words I did not want to hear. I immediately panicked and cried. On thursday I had a MRI on my brain to see if there was one. The MRI showed everything normal except a sinus polyp (creates sinus pressure but not a problem). I also had an ultrasound of my neck because the dr could hear a carotid bruit (regurgitation of the blood). That test also came back clean. I am very thankful that those tests were negative!!! Still dont really know what the problem is. If I turn my head to fast or bend over I immediately get nausead and throw up. The dr prescribed a motion sickness patch on Saturday. It is helping some. I still feel dizzy but the nausea has calmed down. there has been discussion that it is my birth control that is causing it. I was put on a pill that has 3x the hormone levels of a low dose bc. I would love to find out it is the culprit of this so I could be done with dr appt. I will be going back to the dr this next week and hopefully they will have a Plan B that doesn't involve scaring the crap out of me.

On a better note!....Olivia is getting so big. It is so fun to watch her grow and learn things. She has such a silly personality. She is 8 months now but no crawling for the child. We have bribed with candy, pop, toys trying to get her to and she screams. We have giving up and started practicing walking which she really loves. She has been mesmorized by the Christmas tree and shiney presents. I took her pic which she played with the presents. Her main joy was to rip the bows off each present.

Happy Halloween

We had a wonderful Halloween. BJ was gone hunting so he missed out on the event but Olivia and I celebrated. We trick or treated at the grandparents and at some friends house. Olivia and I carved her first pumpkin. Here are a few pics from our day!

Halloween and 6month pics

We have been busy as usual. I realize why people say time flies with kids. Olivia is growing so fast. She amazes us each day with new talents like picking up Cheerios. lol These are her 6 month pictures. I loved the flower costume for Halloween. She isn't sure about the head piece but once we gave her pumpkins to play with she was really happy. We are going to trick or treat at families house and carve a pumpkin so I will post those in a couple days.

Olivia's 6 month Bday!!!

I can hardly believe that she is 6 months! She seems so big to me and then here comes a stanger, "oh she is so little she's just tiny." We have the tradition of celebrating our Happy 1/2 Birthday! That's correct 6 months it is. It is a great excuse for eating ice cream on a Tuesday night and getting a special present like new p.j.s, undies, or cute socks. Miss Olivia got to celebrate with a pumpkin cookie and a new p.j.s. She looks a little confused in these pics...why has mom given me a pile of sugar usually she only gives me peas and carrots?

Olivia has learned lots of things at her mature age of 6 months:

-Never eat Cheerios...throw them across the room.

-When given cup...dump it on the tray or let the milk run over the top of her head and rub in it like lotion.

-Mashed potatoes are poisen but mixed vegetables are scrumptious.

-Why crawl when she can cry until Dad moves her forward the 2 inches she needs to move to get the toy.

-Ice cream is delicious.

-If mom's hair is close twirl slobbered fingers into it and pull as hard as she can and then eat it.

-Sitting up is tons of fun and even better if she can eat a remote control.

-Falling off the bed hurts her head.

Things I have learned:

-Playtex Ventair bottles suck! The numbers wear off the sides and they leak.

-When Carter's clothes say 6 months it means your child will wear it until they are 6 months.

-Need to cut my hair short.

-Should not let baby sleep on bed even if you surround them by pillows.

-Baby Einstein movies are great...I would never have makeup on if it weren't for them.

-I understand why mom's with babies look like crap...I get 5 hrs of broken up sleep a night (if I'm lucky), I never have time to fix my hair and when I do she pulls it and fluffs with slobber until it doesn't look like I fixed it, I attempt to wear nice clothes and then find myself wiping small amounts of vomit off my shoulder and carrots that were spit at me during feedings.

There are many lessons learned but those are the ones that come to mind first.

A little Catch up

She found her feet! Camping trip at Moose Creek Resevoir

This is her silly face!!

Hmmm? Who does she look like?

Full of smiles!!

I have had no time to write!!! This summer has been the busiest we've had, which I really didn't think was possible. You would think with the addition of Olivia we would slow down but nope we drag her along everywhere! We are teaching her lessons of traveling and adapting to new places. Just a little catch up....

July:

3rd- Went back to work after 12 weeks of maternity leave...so glad I took the time off.

10th-19th Zeke came for a 10 day visit...Camping, bowling, and bb camp.

24th-26th Annual Ranch Party with the Bezdicek Family...TONS of fun!

27th-4th Flew to Cleveland OH to visit the Mesaros Family...we went to Cedar Point, fishing, Amish Country, Indians Baseball game, Zoo.

August:

14th-16th Went to McCall for a mini vacation and Olivia went on her FIRST trip without mom and dad to Twin Falls.

20th-23rd Went to Butte, Montana with Jennifer and Kevin.

That is the shortened version of many adventures. Somewhere in there we went to work and made time to to sleep.

Miss Olivia is doing great. She has grown out of her fussing and has become such a happy little baby! We are having so much fun with her. She has learned to sit up and giggle. We started solid foods which she is never to sure about. A few days ago I layed her down to play on her belly and didn't realize her toy was out of her reach. She had the funniest deep concentration look and then used her arms and scooted to the toy. Although I was ecstatic to see her learn I realized this was just the beginning of her destruction.

Olivia's 3 Months Pics

For some dumb reason it keeps turning some of the pics sideways no matter how many times I try.....