Trick or Treat?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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Bag of Tricks
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Rebecca has three new tricks.
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Visitors
Saturday, October 20, 2007
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Undecided
Friday, October 12, 2007
I can not decided what to title this blog entry. The choices are 1 Month, Straight A's, or Chunky Monkey. Let me explain. Yesterday, Rebecca turned 1 month old. I can not believe that it has already been a month. Time is going by so fast. It seems like only yesterday we were at the hospital ready to take our little one home. Now we are home watching her change and grow each day. The following two pictures were taken on 9/11 and then 10/11.
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Weekend Update
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Rebecca has started a new trend. It goes like this...good night, bad night, good night, bad night. You get the idea. I only realized this trend Saturday, so after a good night on Thursday, I had no idea that Friday night would turn out so bad. Friday day went well. Rebecca woke up every 3 hours, ate, played, and went to sleep. Papa came over to see her before he left for the beach. I got a nap. John came home from work early. We ordered pizza and a movie. Rebecca started to cry. (I am not sure if she is going through a growth spurt or what, but it seems like in the late afternoon and at night, she wants to eat every hour and a half to two hours. Then in between feedings she cries unless you hold her and walk and bounce at the same time. If she happens to fall asleep while you are holding, walking, and bouncing, you can not put her down or she will wake up and you have to start all over again.) This went on until 12:00am. Finally I was able to put her in her crib and go get in bed. However, she was back up at 1:30 wanting to eat. Usually at night, she goes right back to bed after she eats, but not this night. At 2:30 I had had it. I normally do not like to wake John up at night since he has to get up for work, but since it was Saturday morning at this point, I did not feel bad handing Rebecca off to him. John worked his magic and got her back down about 3:00. She was back up at 5:00. You get the point. It was bad. To make things worse, this behavior went on all day yesterday.
Our friends, Mandy and Brad, came over yesterday afternoon to watch the Tennessee/Georgia game. They have a 3 month old, Ella; so I did not feel so bad having a screaming baby. They were actually laughing at John and I as we did the hold/walk/bounce. They said they went through the same thing with Ella. Now Ella is a doll. She just sat and watched the Volunteers. She swung in Rebecca's swing, she played on the floor. She did not make a sound the entire time they were over at our house. They are proof that things will improve. We will not be holding/walking/bouncing forever.
As for football, it was a very good day. Tennessee killed Georgia, which is always fun, especially if you live in the state of Georgia. After the TN/GA game, LSU played against Florida. Rebecca slept in my arms throughout the entire first half of the game. It was not a great first half; LSU was losing. At half time it was time to feed Rebecca, and after she ate, she fell fast asleep. John and I are no dummies, and while we really wanted to stay up and watch the rest of the game, we were exhausted. We knew we better get sleep while we could.
Rebecca slept until 1:30. When I heard her cry, I jumped straight up and grabbed her. Then we headed to the nearest TV to turn on ESPN. There on ESPN with the game day crew was Les Miles, LSU's coach, and Glenn Dorsey, a player. LSU fans were cheering in the back ground. If I had not had a hungry baby in my hand, I would have been cheering as well. LSU beat Florida! And to make things better, USC lost to Stanford. Now, LSU is the undisputed #1 team!
Back to the baby... she went right back down after the 1:30 feeding and slept until 5:45. It was a great night. And today, she has been great. She is back to her eat, play, sleep schedule. John and I are even thinking of taking her to Piedmont Park and to eat at Park Tavern. Hopefully things will go well. And hopefully Rebecca will break the trend of good night, bad night. Otherwise, tonight we are in for a "treat".
I have attached some pictures of Rebecca sleeping and playing. I have also attached a video of Tummy Time. Rebecca really likes it sometimes. She is great at kicking her legs and lifting up her head. She is getting so strong. In the picture of her sleeping in John's lap, notice how her hand is on his. How sweet is that?
Rebecca smiling!TUMMY TIME!
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birthdays and anniversaries
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Yesterday was John's birthday! We had a great time celebrating. We went to our favorite Mexican restaurant with John's parents, Amy, Sid, Lucy, and Caroline. Rebecca was an angel. John and I were very nervous about taking her to a restaurant again. Last Friday I was going a little stir crazy, so John and I packed up Rebecca and went to eat Thai food. Bad idea! Rebecca is not a fan of her car seat or going out in public! She cried all the way there, at the restaurant, and all the way home. Needless to say, experiencing that again was not top on my list. But I knew that with her Mimi, Papa, and Aunt Amy at the restaurant with us, we had lots of reinforcement. Of course, she slept the entire time. Why weren't we that lucky when we went out by ourselves?
Tomorrow is the 7th anniversary of John and my first date. This is not a day we celebrate, but it is easy to remember since it is two days after John's birthday. It is crazy to believe that we have been together 7 years. Time flies when you are in love and having fun!
I would like to end this post with a shout out to my friend, Meg. She is being induced this Friday. Meg and her husband, Ben, did not find out the sex of their baby. They also have not shared the baby's name. (See, it could have been worse for those who thought John and I were horrible not to share Rebecca's name.) Best of luck, Meg. I will be praying for you! I can't wait to hear about Baby Harris!
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