Good clean fun

I’ve been thrown-up on so many times this week, I needed a small reminder of cleaner days. ;)  It’s just another one of those mom milestones.

Happy 1st Father’s Day, Mark!

We love you.

Happy 1st Father's Day, Mark! from Stephanie Repko on Vimeo.

Song Lyrics:

Father and Daughter by Paul Simon
If you leap awake
In the mirror of a bad dream
And for a fraction of a second
You can't remember where you are
Just open your window
And follow your memory upstream
To the meadow in the mountain
Where we counted every falling star

I believe the light that shines on you
Will shine on you forever
And though I can't guarantee
There's nothing scary hiding under your bed
I’m gonna stand guard
Like a postcard of a Golden Retriever
And never leave till I leave you
With a sweet dream in your head

I'm gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So you'll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loved his daughter more than I love you

Trust your intuition
It's just like going fishing
You cast your line
And hope you'll get a bite
But you don't need to waste your time
Worrying about the market place
Try to help the human race
Struggling to survive its harshest night

I'm gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So you'll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loved his daughter more than I love you

I'm gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So you'll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loved his daughter more than I love you

Mommy Home Remedy

At the end of the week, Raelyn showed signs of a diaper rash (red bottom).  They were smearing her with diaper cream at daycare to no avail. I remember reading somewhere that a 50/50 solution of water and apple cider vinegar can take care of diaper rash so I decided to try it. After two nights of squirting her bottom with the solution I’m happy to report she is rash free! 

And just because she’s cute & smiley…

Our Daycare

One small reason why we love our daycare:

Mark and Stephanie,
Good evening! As promised I am emailing you to update you on Raelyn's progress at school. I attached a picture of her playing in the exer-saucer with toys. She is doing very well with holding her head up, tummy time, and soon sitting by herself after some practice! Lately she has been eating all 8 oz of her bottle and seems very content afterwards. She is improving with eating cereal but still needs some practice every day.  She is developing her own personality which I enjoy so much throughout the day! I hope you enjoy her picture and she is improving so much every day! :)
Denise
Stars Lead Teacher

5 Months

Raelyn's unofficial stats at 5 months (we don’t have a well visit until 6 months):

• Weight: 15 lbs 8oz

I just can’t believe that next month we’ll be celebrating her “1/2 year” birthday! I’ll try not to get ahead of myself and plan to enjoy my 5 month old.

We started rice cereal several weeks ago and she has not been the biggest fan. She’s still trying to figure out what to do with her tongue so all the cereal doesn’t come back out. This last weekend I added some sweet potato baby food to the cereal and she seemed to like it a little more. I think she likes the sweet potatoes by themselves the best though.

Besides eating, we are also working on sitting. Once she masters this skill, I think we’ll notice less of a bald spot on the back of her head. :)

Raelyn loves playtime! She especially loves her exersaucer but is also interested in any toy that she can put in her mouth or that plays music. Raelyn will lay on her play mat and pull the flower that plays “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” over and over. Miss Denise, her daycare teacher, says that she does the same thing on the play mat at school. Maybe she’ll have a musical gift to share with the world one day! ;)

She is still a water baby. We have bath time every night before bed and she loves to sit in her tub and splash away. I often find myself toweling off because of the water hazard.

Raelyn is such a happy baby! She’s constantly smiling, giggling, and talking away. I’m going to go out on a limb now and guess that her first word will be “hi”. I may end up wrong, but just in case I’m not I wanted to get my guess in print.

I swear she gets cuter everyday! We are so blessed to call her daughter. We love you, Raelyn Grace!

Meet the Flattery side of the family

We traveled to Springfield, MO over Memorial Day weekend to introduce Raelyn to Mark’s extended family.

Raelyn met her Great Grandma:

 

And her Great Uncle Warren & Aunt Jean:

And her Great Uncle George & Aunt Esther:

And her Great Uncle Ron & Aunt Sharon, as well as Cousin Kris & Cousin Brooke:

Don’t forget Cousin Mark and his three sons Ethan, Luke & Seth:

We want to point out that Kris is already “kissing babies” as he practices for his future political campaign. (Raelyn won’t be swayed to the “other side” though, Kris!) ;)

We had a great visit and Raelyn was happy to finally meet the Flattery gang. Thanks for having us!