Liar liar

I don't know why but I did not go to sleep early last night. I was up until after four in the morning. That means that I am very tired tonight. Galidor is being a slobbery love muffin so I am going to go wash off the drool and go to bed.

Terri

Sleep Blessed Sleep

She sleeps! Lizzy finally went to sleep at 11:00 last night and I guess she was tired. She did not wake up until 8:30 this morning. She has been mostly awake since just after noon today so hopefully she will have another good sleep tonight. This time I will go to sleep right away also instead of staying up half the night baking cookies. The cookies are fantastic by the way.

Terri

Happy Birthday!

I am still considering this post to be for Thursday September 28. That said I am celebrating Lizzy's two month birthday today. I took a couple pictures to celebrate and told her how fast she is growing. I closed down all the photo software on the computer before I planned this blog out so today's picture is an old one. Maybe tomorrow you will get to see today's picture. I will try to find Lizzy's first bus trip picture for today.
We had another swim in the bath tub tonight. I am either going to have to change to sponge baths or use more towels in the future though. Lizzy learned to splash today! She is so happy in the tub it is wonderful. I think I heard the first half of a laugh in the bath. It was a bit of a ha which is a new sound for her. I will keep my ears on standby so I can report it as soon as she makes a full laugh. She has some definate happy gurgles already. She also has some very unhappy noises she saves for when Daddy comes to dry her off and he has cold hands. She was NOT impressed by that move.
I am hoping that she sleeps well tonight. From ten thirty this morning on she has been awake except for a few little five minute cat naps here and there. She was even awake the whole walk to and from the mall. She was happy though for the most part. I am feeling much better today. It is nice to be able to bounce back to being happy without a huge battle.

Terri

Blue Funk

The last couple of days have definatly not been the brightest on record. I don't know why but I have been feeling rather depressed. I guess there were a few triggers, things I can fix so I feel better. On Monday I forgot that I had a pair of nursing students cpmming for a home visit as a part of their training. Well Lizzy was perfect for them but my house was a disaster. During the hour that they were here I must have appoligised for the mess about twenty times. Not a shinging moment for me. But as I said, Lizzy was perfect.
Yesterday, not so much. She couldnt keep her meals down and was cranky all day. I think I may have discouvered what projectile vommiting is all about. The puke did not make it the whole way across the room but it did arc out of her mouth and land three feet away.I feel like an incompetant mother when I cant feed her without it comming right back up. Right now for example, I have been out of the shower for less then an hour and I am already couvered in Lizzy puke. Add to all that I have had a killer headache all day and you get blue Terri. Patrick stayed home from work today to help out and I am gratefull.

Terri

Lizzy Face

Lizzy has many facial expressions. I went through my photos of her and pulled out a few of them. I also stuck in a few of Patrick, the cat and I. I didn't fix the red eye in any of these so you can see how often Lizzy is the Devil Child. but Lizzy is always an angel! We went grocery shopping today and she didn't make a peep the whole time we were in the store. Her buggy puts her out like a light. She is fussy right now though, I think it is gas again.
We are going to go for a swim in the tub again tonight so I guess I'll have to see how much she floats to see how gassy she is. I hope she still likes the water when she gets older. It would be nice to have someone to swim with. It takes a whole lot of convincing to get Patrick into the water. He flat out refuses if it is cold. I think his Finish blood is perhaps too watered down. In Finland they break holes in the ic so they can swim in the winter.
Oh, we actually saw the northern lights last night. Usually the city lights are too bright. I hadn't seen them for three years, since we lived in Wembly, so it was especially neet.

Terri

Books!

We bought 24 books for Lizzy at the book sale. I would have bought more, but they are too heavy. I picked out 15 books for myself and Patrick got one. I am thinking that I should have got more for Lizzy since I have already read two of them to her. She slept through most of the bus ride and she slept most of the time while we were at the sale. In fact, she has spent most of the day asleep. She was only really wide awake while we were trying to have dinner. Go figure.

Terri

TGIF

I love this picture of Lizzy! She looks so perplexed, like she is scratching her head and wondering what the devil is going on. We are going to take her on the bus for the first time tomorrow. The public library is having a book sale and I want to stock up on childrens books for Lizzy. I think that children's books are $.50 each and I am bringing $40 to spend. It is a good thing she has her own bookshelf. I was looking for a book to read to her yesterday and couldn't find the box I had them in so she got to listen to a mystery. Having a bookshelf is no good if we are not using it.
This next picture of Lizzy is from a few days ago. I keep trying her toys with her but she is not interested in them yet. When I shake this hippo rattle for her she just stares into my face. I guess that Mommy and Daddy are still the best toys for her but I am looking forward to playing with her and hearing her laugh.

Terri

Weight Watchers

I brought Lizzy in to the health clinic today to have her weighed. She is now 11 pounds 13 ounces. I thought that her recent surge in appetite might be because she wasn't getting enough milk from me but she is gaining weight just fine. While I am not gaining any weight right now I am not losing any eigther. I still have between eight and ten pounds to lose to get down to my pre Lizzy weight. I am not too concerned about my situation but I have made no progress in the past month. At least I am feeling healthy.

Terri

Swimming

I finally took Lizzy for a swim today. Okay it was just in the bath tub but it was great! Guess what I discovered? Babies who are full of farts float! She started out very buoyant and as she farted she started to sink. She still floats way better then I ever could. I think I have a rock in my tummy because I sure sink like one. Lizzy was very happy in the tub but aside from that she had a rough day. As I said she had bad gas and it had her crying off and on all day. She also has been hungry all day, I had to give her formula twice she is eating so much. Oh well in a day or two my body will adjust to this increased demand.

Terri

Attempted Video Posting

Lizzy was being totaly cute the other day so I grabbed the camera and recorded it. Hope I can get it across to you.

Well it was a futile attempt. Here is a picture to console yourselves with. If you want me to e-mail the video just leave a comment with your address in it.

Terri

In a Hurry

With a little baby it is impossible to do anything fast. I should just remove the word hurry from my vocabulary. I am trying to rush to get this posting in before midnight but I am keeping one ear open for the sounds of Lizzy waking up. She should be out for the knight but she might surprise me. She slept for a good seven hour stretch last night but for some reason I was exhausted all day today. I handed Lizzy off to Patrick when he got home from work and slept for two hours, then when I got up he went to bed and has been sleeping ever since. I don't think he even got out of his clothes he just hit the matress and crashed. For those of you not in the know about Patrick, this kind of nap is almost unheard of for him. Well I want to go take a peek at Lizzy so I am signing off.

Terri

Day Three

I am doing it, I am really doing it! Posting more often that is. Lizzy has had noxious gas all day. It has made Patrick and I find excuses to hand her off from one of us to the other all day. She really is a good baby though. Last night she slept for seven hours straight. It helped that she was awake most of the evening and she had a nice full tummy.
If the weather warms up a bit I will take her to the clinic to get her weighed so we can see just how well I have been feeding her. I find it hard to judge when she is drinking right from the tap rather then out of a bottle.
I really want to start taking Lizzy swiming but I dont think she is big enough yet. She is really sensitive to water temperatures and the kiddy pool might be too cold for her. It is warm enough to feel like pee, now I understand that it is because babies need the water to be warmer, but I don't want her to get a chill. I might just fill up our bathtub and take her swiming in there. If I do I will be sure to post a picture. She does enjoy the baths we give her on the counter though. Last night she was making fart bubbles in the tub. Patrick and I had a good laugh at her expence.

Terri

Oh, I started up a book Blog, just use the link if you want to check it out.

Day Two -->True to My Word

Two blogs in a row shouldn't be a momentus occasion but since it is I will roll with it. we have had a good day today but Lizzy is farty and therefore grumpy right now. I don't think we had any snow overnight last night but it is still in the forcast for tonight. Now she seems hungry so I am cutting this short to go feed her.

Terri

The Daily Blogger

I am a delinquent. I admit it. Lizzy is now seven weeks and you have not heard a thing from me in the last two weeks. Patrick's parents spent a week visiting us and Lizzy grew and grew. Patrick is still a basement dweller and summer is over in Emonton. (we may even get some wet snow tonight. I am going to make a fresh start and try to blog every day again. Today was all about eating and sleeping and catching up on my correspondance.

Terri