We have all been stuck in the house sick this week. When the sun came out and on Wednesday we decided to take our first family walk around the neighborhood. It felt good to get out! Sheba was especially pleased with our early evening activity.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Highlight of the week
We have all been stuck in the house sick this week. When the sun came out and on Wednesday we decided to take our first family walk around the neighborhood. It felt good to get out! Sheba was especially pleased with our early evening activity.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
2 Months
Raelyn's stats at 2 months:
After Raelyn's 2 month check-up she came home and took a nap. Which is when she scratched her face for the first time! Just in time for her 2 month photos. :(
Here are some fun facts about Raelyn at 2 months old:
- Weight: 9lb 15oz (31%)
- Height: 21.5 inches (23%)
- Head Circumference: 14 1/4 in (4%)
After Raelyn's 2 month check-up she came home and took a nap. Which is when she scratched her face for the first time! Just in time for her 2 month photos. :(
Here are some fun facts about Raelyn at 2 months old:- She gives mommy & daddy big smiles.
- She's happiest in the morning.
- Her hair is growing and thickening in the front.
- She's good at watching objects. (Mommy moves toys from left to right.)
- She can't grab and hold toys yet, but she reaches for them.
- She likes to sit in her bouncey seat and bat her toys with her hands.
- She is starting to use her voice for more than just crying.
- Some of her newborn sized clothes are almost too small/short.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Handmade by Auntie Peeper
For church today, we dressed Raelyn in her first handmade outfit. This dress, hat, and babylegs combo are compliments of Auntie Peeper’s sewing skills.
Friday, March 05, 2010
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Crying. Screaming. Bawling.
Let's be real here, ok? Parenthood is not all rainbows and puppy dogs. I mean, it's 99% wonderful and exciting and heartwarming moments. But that other 1%? Wow. It's rough. Really rough. Makes you want to rip out your hair kind of rough. It's ok to admit that, right?
Early this week can be categorized in that 1%. It included screaming and not much sleeping. I'm not going to complain too much because Raelyn is a good sleeper and we have "had it easy" for the most part. On Tuesday night (night 2 of the screaming saga) I endured 5 hours of basically non-stop screaming. It started around 9pm and I tried all the normal soothing techniques: swaddling, shushing, side position, pacifier sucking, walking, rocking, swinging, bouncing, letting her lay there screaming, feeding, diapering, praying, and then started all over again. In the end I was crying right along with her. I was exhausted. I went from the basement up to her room and the screaming continued. Mark came into her room and took over while I went to bed and bawled myself to sleep. How is it that during the 1% we get to feel like failures? We all three woke up exhausted!
Raelyn sleeping at 5 days old
Wednesday I needed a low-key day. A day of napping and resting. I allowed Raelyn to stay awake 1.5 to 2 hours (per Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child) and then back to bed for napping. She took LONG naps and gave me NO sass about being in the crib. She went right to sleep. Amazing! (She usually cries and I end up pacing with her until she is super drowsy.)
During her afternoon awake period we pulled down her book: 100 Ways to Know God Loves Me! I looked at the Table of Contents and decided it would be appropriate to read "He gives me rest." It said that it's good to work and when the work is done it's time to rest. It said that even God rested after he created the world. It instructed us to read Matthew 11: 25-28. As I read aloud verse 28 I began to cry. Verse 28 says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." I sat in the rocker with Raelyn and prayed, asking God to give us rest and reminded him that we are weary and burdened with sleeplessness. I thanked Him for promising us rest. And then I thanked Him in advance for delivering us rest. Raelyn and I had our first real bible study session together and it's one of her "firsts" that I will cherish forever.
Wednesday turned out to be the low-key day that I needed. As a treat to me, Mark stayed home and worked super hard on the bathroom renovation and got it into shape so that I could relax in a bubble bath that night. I told him that it was the best gift he could have given me that day. Raelyn didn't sleep through the night but when she woke at 3am, she feed and went right back to the crib where she didn't scream and babbled herself to sleep. It was a sweet sound to hear over the monitor.
I'm sure we'll have more nights that fit in the 1%. For now I'm going to rest easy knowing that when we go to the Lord in prayer he will give us rest and I'm going to enjoy the 99%.
Early this week can be categorized in that 1%. It included screaming and not much sleeping. I'm not going to complain too much because Raelyn is a good sleeper and we have "had it easy" for the most part. On Tuesday night (night 2 of the screaming saga) I endured 5 hours of basically non-stop screaming. It started around 9pm and I tried all the normal soothing techniques: swaddling, shushing, side position, pacifier sucking, walking, rocking, swinging, bouncing, letting her lay there screaming, feeding, diapering, praying, and then started all over again. In the end I was crying right along with her. I was exhausted. I went from the basement up to her room and the screaming continued. Mark came into her room and took over while I went to bed and bawled myself to sleep. How is it that during the 1% we get to feel like failures? We all three woke up exhausted!
Raelyn sleeping at 5 days oldWednesday I needed a low-key day. A day of napping and resting. I allowed Raelyn to stay awake 1.5 to 2 hours (per Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child) and then back to bed for napping. She took LONG naps and gave me NO sass about being in the crib. She went right to sleep. Amazing! (She usually cries and I end up pacing with her until she is super drowsy.)
During her afternoon awake period we pulled down her book: 100 Ways to Know God Loves Me! I looked at the Table of Contents and decided it would be appropriate to read "He gives me rest." It said that it's good to work and when the work is done it's time to rest. It said that even God rested after he created the world. It instructed us to read Matthew 11: 25-28. As I read aloud verse 28 I began to cry. Verse 28 says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." I sat in the rocker with Raelyn and prayed, asking God to give us rest and reminded him that we are weary and burdened with sleeplessness. I thanked Him for promising us rest. And then I thanked Him in advance for delivering us rest. Raelyn and I had our first real bible study session together and it's one of her "firsts" that I will cherish forever.
Wednesday turned out to be the low-key day that I needed. As a treat to me, Mark stayed home and worked super hard on the bathroom renovation and got it into shape so that I could relax in a bubble bath that night. I told him that it was the best gift he could have given me that day. Raelyn didn't sleep through the night but when she woke at 3am, she feed and went right back to the crib where she didn't scream and babbled herself to sleep. It was a sweet sound to hear over the monitor.
I'm sure we'll have more nights that fit in the 1%. For now I'm going to rest easy knowing that when we go to the Lord in prayer he will give us rest and I'm going to enjoy the 99%.
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