Yesterday Little Jayna had a milestone. One that was certianly noticed, and yet there is no spot in the baby book to record such a feat! She had her first solid poo. A little formed turd right in her diaper. Is it weird that I felt the urge to record such a moment? I restrained myself from photographing the event... and instead sent it on its way to swim the mighty sewers..... Ahhh, My little baby is growing up...
I wanted to share a picture of baby and I on our walk last week. We were lucky enough to get an awesome MamaJacket from Attached to baby. [url]www.store.attachedtobaby.com[/url]. It is a special Jacket you can wear when your baby is in a carrier. We love ours to keep baby and I warn as we take little strolls around the neighborhood on not to cold days. Shes snug as a bug in a rug...
My Grandma (Jayna's great-grandma) is a member of the local group of the red hat ladies. For those of you unfamilar with them, they are a group of ladies who lunch and do tons of social events (fashion shows, trips, plays and line dancing to name a few!) They all wear red and purple... complete with fancy red hats and often sparkles and feather boas! They are certianly a sassy group of ladies... We live near the senior center where the group often meets, so grandma often stops in for a vis...
I have been having a horrible last few days. On Thursday night we (Jayna and I) were at one of our moms groups and the most unimaginable thing happened. A baby died.... A little four week old boy stopped breathing. We thought he was sleeping, but he was not. I just can't believe this happened. We moved his tiny body to the floor and I began CPR. But I couldn't breathe life into this little one. I just can't believe it. To witness the death of such a short life, and not be able to do ...
A couple of weekends ago we went out to the stables with my mom and dad to see my sister Monica in a horse show. We brought baby to meet the horses too! That is Grandma Jill (my mom) and Jayna meeting Lance Monica's horse. And Jayna in Auntie Monica's cowboy hat, my dad is holding her. Monica won one of her agility events with her other horse Gunner. Way to go Auntie!
Jayna and I are loving our silk brocade FreeHand Mei tai!
In the 8 weeks since we have had our daughter we have gone through an unbelievable amount of diapers. Probably close to 500 if not more. The thought of all those going to a landfill and polluting the earth disgusts me. Not olny that but little Jayna has already had two minor diaper rashes on account that the diapers don't "breathe". So we are making the switch to cloth..... For those of you who remember the diaper, pin and rubber pants, those days are long gone. There are very fancy cloth...
We went to the Minnesota state fair yesterday with my sister and her boyfriend. What a fun time! Jayna spent most of the time riding in the mei tai and sling worn by me or my sister. We brought the stroller which ended up working well to carry all our stuff, even though Jayna didn't ride in it much. The best part was the food. I had Kettle corn, beef jerky, frozen grapes, cider freeze, and some honey sticks. The others had more traditional fair food. Corn dogs, french fries, and lemonades....
I have a new passion. Baby wearing. Little Jayna just loves to be worn. I am now the proud owner of a moby wrap, a 4 peas baby sling and a freehand mei tai asian baby carrier. I may buy another pretty sling next week. There are so many options for wonderful ways to wear your baby. I still want to get a pouch and a woven wrap... So much fun!
It seems like just yesterday I was whining that the summer was going by so slow. All my focus was on the fact my baby daughter had not arrived yet. What a whirlwind. I can't believe the summer is almost over! Pretty soon my husband will be back to teaching and I will have to start back at work. (part time) Jayna will be spaending three afternoons a week at grandma's and grandpas. I am distraught over this. The though of leaving my precious daughter for 12 hours a week, brings me to tea...
It is our cities celebration this week. Today there is sidewalk sales downtown, arts and crafts sales, a car show and outdoor music and dancing at the local bar. For Lunch Jay and I decided to go downtown and get some good old fair food! I got some roasted corn on the cob and a sno-cone, and Jay ate a corn dog. Unfortunatly it was warm and really muggy out, so the weather was not to appetizing. I may go back tonight for the "cruise night", and eat some more goodies, but Jay has to work, so...
Tonight we had some friends over that we went to college with. We grilled and chatted, and played some scrabble. A low key night, but fun. I didn't really sleep last night. I had super intense contractions that kept me awake. (OUCH) I finally got the pain managable after a soak in the tub. It made the contractions managable, and they lasted all day, but they never regulated enough to warrent calling L&D. I have a check up tommorow. I really hope I have shown some progression, but am sta...
it is about 8pm on July 3rd. I am thinking it would be awesome if I went into labor in the next few hours. Then I could have a little independece day baby! i have been feeling kind of sick today (somtimes a sign of labor) and having a lot of cramping and shooting back pains (another possible sign of impending labor). So I am hoping this could be very soon! I think it would be wonderful to have her tommorow. Fireworks on your birthday, it's a paid holiday, and who doesn't love fourth o...
Alright Miss Dharma, I have to give you a hard time because you predicted I would be holding my little girl by today! While the night isn't over for another 4 hours.... I'm waiting!!! I did go to the Dr. today. I am still only a little over 2 cm dialated. I have no idea when she's will come. My Dr. thinks in the next weel, but she said to, they really never know.