He Has Hope!

The peanut has high hopes for the Lions now that they have a new coach!

New Toys

I had come to the conclusion that because of the teething, the peanut needed a teething ring. As many of you know I’m not fond of things made in China, and I’m also concerned with plastics in general. My mom knows this, and went looking for me.
As it turns out, there is a store called the Green Baby downtown Rochester that was perfect. My mom found a teething ring there made in France with safe (well…safer) plastic. The only problem is that everything is in French! I did have three years of French in high school, but sadly that was not very helpful, so I had to full out my French dictionary! Now I know to not put it in the dishwasher (not that we have one) and not to put it in the freezer!

Frankie Update

I posted before that Frankie was itching all the time. Well…for some odd reason he had stopped scratching all together. So who knows why Frankie was itching, but he is better now, so all is good.

We did take him to the vet the other day, and the vet says he is in great shape! Well, everything but his teeth. The vet says that he needs to have a teeth cleaning. I did ask for an estimate of how much this would cost.
Based on this we are saying no to the teeth cleaning. So all you dog owners out there, do you get your dogs teeth cleaned?

The Death Swaddle

I’m sad to say that the death swaddle has backfired. As I posted about before, we had been swaddling the Peanut super tight with his arms in. Well the other morning I went to get him, and he was on his belly. I knew it was time to stop swaddling the arms in.
So now we are not swaddling the peanuts arms in, and he does not like it one bit. Naptime has become screaming time. However, he is still sleeping really well at night, so things are all good.

Cradle Cap

The peanut has these thick flakes of skin all over his scalp. I looked it up in one of my baby books, and I think I have diagnosed it as cradle cap. The book said to rub petroleum jelly into the scalp and then shampoo it out. Donnie and I did this on Saturday, and I really think it has helped. However, I would not like it to come back. Does anyone out there know about cradle cap?

Dream Job

I think I know what my dream job would be. As many of you know, I love to take pictures, and I would love to get paid to do this. However, not in a studio setting where people pay you to take their pictures. I’m thinking more along the lines of a newspaper, or magazine.
So my dream job would be in photojournalism. What about you? What is your dream job?

Snow

I really enjoy shoveling snow. I know that might sound crazy, but I really do. I think because when your done, you can look back and say, wow, look at what I have done. It gives me a sense of accomplishment. But there is a problem. I’m running out of places to put the snow. Is anyone else having this problem?

Teeting?

I think the peanut is teething. I know he is really young, but according to “What to Expect the First Year” babies start teething for two or three months before teeth come in. He will spend all day chomping on his fingers, and he drools ALL the time.

I think this is bothering him, because he is not sleeping nearly as well as he did before. And let me tell you, non-sleeping peanut does not make a happy peanut mommy.

So what can I do to help with teething?

TV

As some of you know, Donnie and I do not have cable so awhile back I got a digital converter for the TV. And I have to say, I don’t like this whole digital thing! Here is the problem….we can never get good reception! Every few minutes Donnie and I are jiggling with the antenna. And let me tell you, that is not fun.

We bought our antenna and converter box at Radio Shack, so I headed back over there today to see what they thought. I thought at least they would try to sell me something to make it work better. But that was not the case! They we stumped about why it was not working well, and sent me on my way.

Is anyone else having this problem?

Puggie Problem

Frankie has a problem. For the past few weeks he has been so itchy! We don’t see any fleas, or any thing else that could be the problem. We gave him a bath, thinking that was the problem, but that did not help. So I need your help. How do you make a puggie less itchy?

Bath Time

Many people have told us how much their babies enjoyed bath time. Our peanut does not. I have to say, however, he is getting better. In fact, he no longer screams the whole time. But he still is very unhappy during this time.
So here is the question. What can I do to make bath time more enjoyable for the both of us?

Holy Less Molely

As many of you know, I’m covered in moles. I had been planning on seeing a doctor about this for awhile, and yesterday I went! And you know what? I have two less moles today! They removed two moles in the office that they thought looked a little funny. I had no idea they could cut them off so easily!

So they are going to take a look at them, and call me with the results. The big C word came up,.(that word would be cancer) but I feel it would be highly unlikely. I will let you know when I find out!

Happy 4 Months!

The peanut is four months! Time sure does fly. I have to say he has turned into quite the flirt. And you know what? We were able to capture the smile on the camera! Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

I’m sad to report that last week I was not able to get to a computer to blog. I’m telling you, it was a sad week! I hope I still have people checking the blog to read this!

So we had a GREAT New Years Eve. The peanut was the hit of the party! At 9pm we put the peanut down, and he slept the whole night. I really wanted to wake him up at midnight so he could join in the celebration. However, I was out voted, so he slept.
However, we did have to wake him to go home. So then we got out the camera for the first pictures of the New Year!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone is having a great New Years Eve! Donnie and I are over at my parents, so I'm taking advantage of the computer.

So I have a question for everyone. When Josiah was born, Donnie had the honor of cutting the imbecile cord. Then they gave us the scissors as a keepsake. They are still covered in blood, and have been sitting in a cabinet for the past three months.

Now I think this is all really gross, and I'm wanting to toss them. So what do you all think. Should we keep the scissors or throw them away? And if we do keep them, what do we do with them?

Gift

As many of you know, Donnie collects transformers. Seeing that his dad has so many, we knew we had to get the peanut one. So last week for Christmas the peanut got his very first transformer. Meet Softimus Prime. (and yes...he does transform!)

Too Funny

The other night I came into the living room and found this:
Please note that he is laying in the babies boppy with the babies blanket, and laying on top of the babies book. Too funny!

Christmas Part 2

On Christmas Eve Donnie and I traveled from West Virgina to Ohio to visit my side of the family. Christmas morning we opened presents, and I have to say it was very fun with the peanut there.

My mom and dad gave the peanut a GIANT care bear (I love care bears) and a snowman bib. I have the say that the bib did come in very handy.

After opening presents we headed to my uncle Randy's house for Christmas lunch. I was most excited when I found out my cousin Sarah had got Clue for Christmas! I LOVE that game! My grandma was able to make it over to Randy's and it was great to have her there. I think she loved seeing her great grandson!

Thanks to my cousins Preston and Jackie the peanut had the cutest Christmas sweater to wear. He looked like a little man!

Christmas Part 1

This past Saturday Donnie and I headed down to West Virgina to visit Donnie's dad. This is the first time that Donnie's dad was going to see the peanut so we knew it was going to be very exciting for everyone. Not only did we have the peanut with us, but we also had the pug. I will share our trip in pictures.

From Detroit to West Virgina is about 8 hours, and having a pug and a peanut with us we made many stops on the way. Surprisingly very few places we stopped had baby changing tables. Changing diapers in the car proved a bit hard to do. The peanut did really well in the car. We won't talk about how the pug did.

Donnie's dad was SO happy to see his grandson. (and his grandpug) He could not take his eyes off of the peanut. His dad held him every chance he got!

His dad was even happy to see Frankie. Frankie LOVES his grandpa because when ever he is eating Frankie gets some also. Frankie would even sleep in the same room as his grandpa every night.

We stayed there for four days. Leaving was hard on everyone. Donnie's dad did not want to see us go. But we had to go to continue our Christmas adventure.

Too Funny

As I posted about before, I have a nativity that I love. Donnie has issues with heartburn and he always has Tums around. Well, I noticed that the Tums kept winding up in the nativity. I kept telling Donnie to keep his Tums out of the nativity! And know what he told me? He is trusting Jesus with his heartburn. I don’t know about you, but I don’t buy it. :-)