Happy Mother's Day

Ok, so we couldnt decide what to do for our mothers for mother's day so we took Emily and got her picture made. I really liked Olan MIlls but just didnt have the time to drive over there so we went to walmart. The pics got back yesterday so I scanned them for all of you to enjoy. The first picture I got the package of and the other ones I got on two sheets with three pics in a collage kind of thing, but not the real expensive ones, the cheap ones. She was just so darn cute I wanted more than just the one pose:) Anyway, since I'm sure you are reading this Mom, happy Mother's day, we'll bring your picture when we see you!

Baby Dedication

Playing outside the other day wore her out!

Yesterday was Emily's baby dedication. It was great to have our friends join us for the day, and they were kind enough to take a few pictures, however I didnt even think about taking a zoom lens so they are a little far away, but not a problem. I have to admit I was a little worried she would burst into tears and pooch her lip out whenever Kenny (the pastor) took her, but she did good. She nearly swiped the microphone from his shirt but settled on grabbing onto his shirt collar. And I actually got to hear the entire sermon...she fell asleep with her daddy holding her and slept the entire service. She hasnt done that in a long time so it was nice. I took a couple pictures before we left of her all dressed up.

Too Cute

Emily LOVES her swing. She thinks that we should go out every time I touch her jacket, even though we didnt need a jacket today.

Yes, I think she was going to try to eat the grass, but without teeth, she never got any broke off:) Adorable isn't she?

Ok, so maybe I'm biased, but isnt this about the cutest thing you've ever seen? After a rainy start today, we had an absolutely beautiful afternoon today so Emily and I went outside and took the camera with us and thought we'd share.

Warm fuzzies

I like coupons. And while normally I dont have very many except for baby stuff, I signed up for lots of freebies and coupons while pregnant, and i definitely use them. So the other day I was standing in the baby aisle at walmart digging through my baby coupons while alady was staring at the similac formula. She looked like one of those people that are really trying and was frustrated by the price of formula. Anyway, even though I dont use formula I get lots of coupons and I had 5 or 6 $5 off similac coupons so i asked this lady if she would like them. She was so excited I thought she was going to hug me. Anyway I got that warm fuzzy feeling even though all Id done was give up something I was going to end up throwing away anyway.

The little boy I'mwatching is asleep and Emily almost is so I think Ill use the opportunity to grab a bite to eat:)

Solid food? Nope, not yet!

For all of you skeptics out there...did you know that pediatricians actually say it is best for the baby if you wait until they are 12 MONTHS old before introducing foods other than breastmilk or formula? Yep, one year. However, they say that if baby just never seems to be able to get enough to eat then it is ok to introduce food sooner but the chances of developing allergies, including hay fever, seasonal allergies, etc decreases the longer you solely breastfeed? And when you do introduce foods, variety isn't that important, you want to feed them just enough so that they aren't feeling hungry all the time, but you still want them to primarily eat breastmilk? So my decision to have not started solid foods (except for a taste of icing, a taste of ice cream, and a taste of pie) is very much supported by my doctor, and she told me don't rush it. If she is not acting hungry constantly, then just breastfeeding is fine. So, until she starts acting like she is really hungry, I'm going to do what I and my doctor think is best and at this time that is just giving her breastmilk.

She was a good baby at the doctor visit. The stethoscope must've been cold because it made her cry, and of course she cried when she got her shots, but she was all better as soon as I picked her up. And she was good while we ran into Babies R Us (needed another diaper pail for downstairs for her cloth diapers since we finally got that approved for daycare) and Walmart. Then she took a nap while I mowed the yard, and she's napping again while I'm debating dinner. Some sort of cheesy chicken taco bake sounds good, although I would have to totally make it up, I've done that before:) Too bad I don't have cream of cheddar soup.... Anyway Emily is now 25 inches long, and 15 lbs. 6 oz which are both right around the 40th percentile. head circumference is in the 80th percentile.

And final thoughts...some of you may have noticed I vanished from facebook. I was simply spending too much time on there trying to figure it out and just being nosy more than anything, so I deactivated my account. I still have emial and will continue to post occasionally on here, I just didnt want to devote the time to facebook that it was starting to take up.

Noses

Ok, so I got my new kitchenaid mixer and had to try it out and had some whipping cream that needed whipped so I made some whipped cream. Didn't have anything to put it on so I made a pumpkin pie. And Emily's daddy thought that she could have a small bite. I'm not sure there was actually hardly any got in her but she thinks its great whenever she gets her daddy to do exactly what she wants. (Which is about whenever she wants).

Emily doesnt like wearing socks...her own socks that is. As soon as I put them on her those little toes get busy getting them off. But when her daddy put his socks on her it caused a lot of giggles and big smiles and she didnt try to get them off at all.

And Emily isnt the only one in our house that gets stuff stuck on her nose. It has rained a lot this week and I've also tried starting to make a garden creating extra mud and so I had a very wet puppy come in last night....a wet puppy with a bit of mud on her nose!

Emily and I played dress up yesterday. Actually we were trying on the dress to see if it will fit for her baby dedication in a couple weeks. And she was so cute we had to get some pictures too!

Customer Service

Ok, so it seems like I've been trying out the customer service of many companies lately. When I got my stroller before Emily was born, it was missing the toy steering wheel. Now, the stroller would work just fine without it, as a matter of fact it isnt even on it yet, but the fact was that it was supposed to have been there. This wasnt a cheap stroller. So I contacted Kolcraft and in less than a week, a toy steering wheel arrived on my doorstep. A gold star for Kolcraft, can buy from them again. (If I get pathetic response I will not buy from a company again!) Ok, so fast forward to about three months ago. I got Emily's high chair. Its a really cool one that I had to order site to store from Walmart because no where actually had them in stock. So I get it, poor walmart guy had to carry it out for me because it wouldnt fit in teh cart, and it barely fit in the trunk (he worked a while to get it in there). So I get it home and the leg went MOST of the way on but not all the way. I had just paid (well my mother in law had just paid) over $100 for this high chair, I wanted the leg to go all the way on, so I called Summer Infant up. They said they would send a replacement. Silly me. I assumed they would send me out a replacement leg...nope, got a whole high chair, with correctly fitting legs. Star for them, even though just sending a leg would have been easier.

And then, the next one starts a little before Christmas 2007. I had a cheapo handheld mixer from Walmart that went kaput. Ok, so I had used this for 6 years, how much can you really expect from a $10 mixer. Anyway it was the only one I had, and it clanked and banged and then started spitting metal shavings into my bowl on its way to death. Whatever I was going to bake then ended up in the trash, along with the mixer. I'd got my use out of it, but I really didnt want to spend money on a new one. When out of the blue, a brand new KitchenAid stand mixer appeared on my doorstep. A little mixer fairy had sent it (without asking my permission, but eventually I came to love it). Anyway, so for a little over a year now I've had a nice Kitchenaid stand mixer, making it very quick and easy to whip up a batch of cookies, brownies, whatever, and I can even hold a baby while using it. Was very happy with my mixer. Until last week. Neal wanted brownies so I put all the stuff in the bowl and flipped the switch and nothing happened. No moaning, whining, gurgling noises, absolutely nothing. So I hit the reset switch on the outlet. Still nothing. Tried another outlet, and another and another. It still didnt work. I mixed up the brownies by hand and then pouted. Then I sent Kitchenaid an email (once I got flash properly installed on my computer and could get the email). I calmly and politely expressed my displeasure with my mixer dying and within 24 hours they have informed me that my new mixer should be arriving via fed ex very soon. Just ship the defective one to them with their prepaid mailing label and all is well. So Kitchenaid gets a gold star too.

So all in all I have been having frustration with products not living up to their potential but good customer service. Now I think I'll go have a rice krispie treat. (The marshmallows were free with the purchase of the rice krispies that were on sale...my kind of deal and easy to make with no mixer:)