Sales, Swimming, and Jump-a-roos

Yesterday we had Aunt Brooke's surprise 30th birthday party at our house! It was super fun! Today you and Grandma Pat and I went to Belles and Beaus on the Nevada square for a big sidewalk sale! We got lots of great outfits for you to wear in the fall! You tried on your first pair of pants...we were all ooohing and awwing over how ridiculously cute you looked in pants! You are a fantastic shopper! Grandma holds you and you look around and really seem to enjoy yourself! Not to mention the attention you get when we go places...today people were ooogling over your outfit and hair bow...they even asked Beth, the shop owner, if she had taken pictures of you! And of course you just smiled and smiled...you love the attention! Here are some of the cute Zutano stuff we got today...super cute!

After the sale we came back home and practiced rolling over and you practiced holding onto toys...you still favor your left hand?! I found out that my aunt sis and your paternal great grandpa Bratten were left handed... only time will tell!

After we played for a while we had to meet grandma madelyn at the phone store and then she wanted to do some christmas shopping at the belles and beaus sale...so we went back and helped her pick out some cute things for your first christmas! Then she came back to play with you for a bit. While we were playing you rolled over several times again from back to front and for the first time you did a reverse roll...front to back! You had your first "BIG GIRL" roll over and have been doing it consistently since last week...Thursday, and you will be crawling in no time!

Neighbor Jaynee and Genice came over after grandma left and brought you a beautiful tutu and onesie with matching flats! Neighbor Jaynee is pregnant...but they don't know the sex of the baby, so they wanted to buy this for you now, and if Jaynee has a little girl, she will wear this too someday :)

They are sooooo nice...and they are lending us a jump-a-roo that looks like a horsey! Genice tried to put you in it but you cried a little bit, so we will try it tomorrow! All you want to do is march in place or "walk" while we hold you of course! So, I really think you will enjoy jump-a-rooing! After they left, you fell asleep and I laid you down in your crib, and for the first time EVER, you slept in your crib! I used our video monitor to watch you and listen from outside... you actually slept for about an hour!!!

When you woke up we swam with daddy and neighbor jaynee, and went to eat chinese at Golden Dragon. It was a fun filled day, and now you are passed out on the couch...you are such a big girl now :)

Ugghhh. You are asleep for your first snooze of the day and I went into the living room to plug in my exercise video and sneak in my workout for the day....and the stupid DVD won't work. This video is supposed to get your mommy back into shape in 90 days...well not if the videos don't work.

rolling over, thumb sucking, laughs, and shivers

I tried to get you to fall asleep so I could do a workout video...you slept from 9-11:30pm and I got 30 mins of the video finished and was in the shower b/f you woke up... now you are sucking down a bottle and I am speed typing to get this done b/f you finish :)

Today you rolled over for real for the first time...the other times you rolled over you were soooo thin that dr. russell said you would probably cease rolling over and then resume around the 4th month. You were on a little play yard thing we borrowed from the Hawks family, and you rolled over, then when daddy got home you did it again on a blanket! You are so advanced that you stopped for about three weeks and resumed today! You also reached for the dangling toy attached to the play yard on Friday night at the Hawks house. Saturday morning you did it again, and since then you have begun reaching for toys and pulling things to your mouth. You have been clasping your hands together for about three weeks and now in addition to your hands, everything else goes into your mouth. You love it! Tonight you put your fist into your mouth so far you spit up!

Last night you laughed out loud at Grandpa H., your daddy and I had finished working out and we were at their house to pick you up. You laughed at Grandpa. You had your first laugh at your Aunt Blair on the Saturday of your 3rd week!!! So advanced!

Last night you were nursing, we were hanging out in bed with daddy b/f we headed off to the couch (he has poison ivy again) and I pulled you away from my breast and you stuck your thumb (lefty) in your mouth and actually SUCKED! It was the cutest thing ever :) Granted you only did it for about nine seconds and then wanted me again...but still, you did it! Since you still won't take a pacifier for longer than a few minutes b/f drifting off to sleep in your car seat, the thumb would be perfect!

Last cute thing...today you were laying on your changing table and had a full body shiver complete with a little noise...you did it once b/f in Grandpa H.'s office...soooo cute!

Ok, I think you are just about finished with your bottle...and you will want to nurse no doubt!

your dolphin

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Bumbo Tray Price: $ 12.00

Bumbo Price: $ 49.00

Shopping with Grandma H.

Today was Saturday. We woke up and played on a little play-yard we borrowed from Kayla and Halle. For the first time last night at their house you reached up to touch the little zebra hanging down from the play-yard. It was so cool to see you thinking and processing and actually going for it! This morning you were able to hold onto a rattle...really for the first time... and you would bang it against the hanging zebra. Such a milestone in your development! After that, you went swimming in the backyard with your daddy...you looooove to swim!

After a fun filled morning and a bath, you and I went shopping at our favorite boutique in Joplin...Lil' Rascals.

It is super cute and your grandma and I looooove to look and look and of course buy fantastic outfits just for you. We all had a great time...you loved looking around at the bright colors and your grandma and I were totally impressed with your fondness of shopping! We made a quick stop at Babys-R-Us and picked up yet another pacifier...hoping this may finally be "the one" you are not a huge fan at this point. You will chew on one pink soothie brand pacifier and once in a while you will actually suck, but you don't love them like I kind of wish you did...you prefer to use me as a pacifier, which is tricky in social settings :)

When we got home we went to the Gurley's and hung out with all of your daddy's cousins. You were content to be passed around, you are finally social and smile etc. it is sooooo much more fun than when you were hungry the first few weeks and screamed when you were with anyone other than me! Everyone was so eager to cuddle you and you wouldn't have a thing to do with anyone :)

Such a fun day! Below is one of the cute outfits we got today for you!

Cupcake Dress (onesie)
By Ooh! La, La! Couture
$68

Happy 90th Great Grandma Bishop

Yesterday we spent the day watching movies and relaxing. Marc, Kayla, and Halle and one of daddies friends, Luke, came over to swim late in the afternoon. You love to swim, and after an hour or so, you were pooped! After a bath in the sink, you nursed and fell asleep. I put you in your car seat (which is your favorite sleeping place) and you slept there until after midnight. Of course after midnight you were ready to party! So you and I spent the night on the couch. Needless to say this morning when you were ready to get up at 8:40am, I was not. So I played with you and we watched Home Alone until you were ready for a nap. Daddy called us to make sure we were awake so we could go to eat lunch with Grandma and Grandpa B. When we got up, you had pooped all over yourself, me, and the couch...I guess I was really sleepy?! So you had another bath before heading to our lunch date!

Grandma and Grandpa B. surprised us with special lunch visitors...the Chitendons from Iowa. Daddy grew up with Chelsea and Brooke C. and last year Chelsea passed away suddenly. So it was a special visit with friends from daddy and Grandma and Grandpa B.'s past.

6:30pm Everyone gathered at the nursing home in El Dorado Springs for G.G. Helen's 90th Birthday. She was so surprised, she just put her hands over her mouth and tried not to cry! It was awesome!

mommy and daddy's first night out without baby garrity

Last night mommy and daddy were invited to an engagement party for our friends Jill and Seth. We decided to leave you with Grandma and Grandpa H. while we went to the party. While I have been having a really difficult time spending any time away from you, it was my idea to have you spend the evening with them vs. being passed around at the party; plus you would have been the only child at the party. So we dropped you off at 7pm, on the way out, you fell asleep and I was hoping you would wake up before we left so we could tell you bye and you wouldn't wake up and discover we weren't there (not that you understood anyway) but you did wake up and when I told you bye that's when I started to kind of panic and started to cry a little bit. It was ridiculously hard to leave without you, and Grandma H. even said "you know we won't hurt her don't you", I mean it's not like I doubt the quality of care you would receive from your grandparents, it's just that I can hardly stand the idea of you crying for me and then realizing that I am nowhere to be found! WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID! Anyway, we went to the party and my girlfriends all asked where you were and so of course I started crying and that was pretty much the only thing people asked me about the whole night, so I was dying to get back to you anyway, and with every single conversation being about you, it was difficult to just relax and enjoy myself. So finally at midnight I left and headed out to Grandma and Grandpa H.'s house and found the three of you on their couch watching t.v. well, they were, you were totally asleep on Grandpa's lap, and Grandma would lean over every three minutes or so to kiss you :)

I asked how the night went and if you had cried. You did. You apparently woke up extremely happy and after having you diaper changed on their bed, you rolled around and "talked" and smiled for a while. Then your tummy began to hurt, really badly. So much so that they had to take you for a car ride. You were sobbing so that Grandma cried too. Once in the car, you were finally soothed and when you all returned to their house, your Aunt Blair came out and you all had a good time. Apparently you pooped relieving whatever was causing the upset tummy (Aunt Blair stuck her finger into your diaper to check, and actually had poopy on her finger when she pulled it out) but everyone was happy that you finally felt better. I guess you were fine until it was bed time and you wanted to nurse...a difficult request when I was not around. I guess you finally fell asleep, and when you woke up when I was there I was able to put you immediately back to sleep with a little nursing session. It was so great to have you back in my arms. It kind of makes my eyes water to even think about how great it was actually. Sooo the first night out is finally behind us thank goodness. It will be a very long time before I opt for any baby free activities outside of going back to school which I would totally forego if at all possible to spend my days with you :) but thats a whole other topic...

Vaccinations and Daycare

3pm-So I finally mustered up the courage to call your sitter. I cried. She invited us to come over this afternoon and pick up our paperwork. We also have to get your first round of vaccinations. Grandma H. suggested that we not tackle these two tasks in one day...more for my sake than yours. TIME OUT...you just pooped...I could hear it from the table to our island. OK...changed and ready to go...ughhh this is gonna kill us both :) sidenote- just buckled you in and gave you your dolphin that makes ocean sounds and little giraffe blankee and which you automatically put up to your mouth ( a new thing this week...everything in the mouth) and were sucking your thumb! so cute! I am a master one handed typer. I have you in you carrier on my left arm and typing with my right!

4:27pm- Ok visit to Sally's complete. You slept the entire visit except for a few minutes during which time you looked around at the little munchkins peering in at you with a look of utter disgust :)

Vaccination round one complete. I am splitting your vaccines due to the fact that some drs. attribute multiple vaccines at one time to triggering autism. I am not taking a chance with that...you are perfect and I plan to keep you this way!!! So today you had your first vaccine which contained the vaccine for whooping cough which apparently is a concern for infants right off the bat, and two other things...this vaccination was not "sepparate-able" so we actually got three for one...but only one hole was put in your body today. I expected the nurses at the clinic to be disgusted with me for wanting to split your vaccinations but if they were the hid it well. We do have to return in two weeks for round two, other than that they didn't express any concerns. The shot itself was not bad at all! I had to hold you on my lap and you were a little fussy anyway since I had to disrupt your nap, so when she gave you the shot you just took your fussyness into a full blown cry. It was comparable to your reaction to using the blue bulb to suck the yuckiness out of your nose in the mornings...maybe even less of a reaction than the blue bulb got at first! I did tear up at first at the sound of your cry, and then promptly put the bottle in your mouth and you were silent! Thank goodness. Now I have to watch for a fever and grumpyness if you have either of these symptoms I am to give you a dose of tylenol...hopefully you will not need anything.

Intro

Baby Garrity-

I decided that while baby books are cool, and you have two so far to thumb through in the future...a blog would be another way for me to document your childhood. I have had a difficult time finding the best time to start. Because you are in your 11th week of existence there are very few moments that I could have my arms free in order to actually type! So... tonight after a night of swimming for real...for the first time...not in our back yard but at the club with the Smiths and Fasts, and numerous introductions to grandma and grandpa headrick's colleagues as tonight was their administration picnic at the club, and you are pretty famous amongst that crowd! Anyway you fell asleep on the way home and then your grandma and grandpa bishop stopped by and you woke up to hang out with them for a while. After they left you played with your daddy for a while and then when I was brushing my teeth b/f bed you threw up on yourself! Since you have had a difficult time keeping the creases under your chin free from unwanted substances ie. milk and goo... your daddy and I refer to the yuckyness as neck cheese; I decided you must have a bath.(time out you are fussing) ok...false alarm! Anyway, you needed a bath. Your daddy was ready for bed so you had a bath in the sink (the only place you have ever had a bath)and now we are watching the final episode of The Hills and you were snoozing on my lap...not anymore :) maybe another perfect moment will happen soon! ok so now you are nursing and i'm typing one handed. I may have to cut this intro short for tonight, and wait for nap time tomorrow!?

Love you lots-

Mommy