Rice Cereal!

I started Chris on Rice Cereal on July 7th. He is now taking about 30 oz. of formula and eating cereal once a day. At first he was not crazy about the cereal. He made horrible faces and had a hard time getting it down. Elise liked cereal from the first bite and could not get enough so feeding an unsure Christopher was a new challange! I was just going to give up and wait a few more weeks. My Mom told me to just give it time and to at least try the cereal once a day to get him familiar with the idea of eating solids. Well sure enough, (Mom's are always right), it is now July 23rd and he loves his cereal! It just clicked one day and he decided he liked the cereal idea! I am still just feeding it to him once a day. I give him 1-2 Tbs and I am trying to get him down to 4 bottles (24oz) of formula a day so that way we can add more solids little by little. He is doing really well on his new feeding routine and sleeping great! He is ready for bed by 10:00-10:30pm and he will sleep until 8:00-9:00am! Next week we are going to try Oatmeal! YUMMY!!

Jump Baby Jump!!

When I had Ally I got one of those ExerSaucers for a baby gift. It has been great, both Ally and Leesey used it on a regular basis and is now being used at the PDO. I was going to take the ExerSaucer home for Chris when he was ready but then I saw the Jumperoo! It is one of those jumpers that you don't have to hang in a doorway. It hangs from 3 posts mounted on a circle frame. The jumper also has light up toys and sounds all around the seat. I looked at Toys R Us and Target and decided that they cost way to much to only be used for a few months. They are about $80.00 and since Chris is the last baby I decided to just use the ole ExerSaucer one more time. Well on www.everythinglubbock.com they have a free classifieds section. I looked in the baby needs/gear section and I found a Jumperoo for $35.00! YESSSSS! I was so excited. It had been used for about 5 months for a little girl who had outgrown it. It was very clean and in great shape. It even had new batteries in it! Chris is still a little unsure of it. I put him in there every now and then and he is getting a little more familiar and comfortable with it! haha I LOVE BARGAINS!!

The Elbow Bone Is Connected To The Arm Bone??

So my Dad (aka PaPa) came over to visit the kids on July 3rd. He has always been the fun Dad/PaPa that likes to play and wrestle and get the kids all stirred up into a friendzie. On this particular night he has playing "What Are You Going To Do Now?" where he grabs an appendage and holds it down so you can't move saying the above preceding phrase. My dad had both of the girls hands' and put them under his knees. Both girls were laughing and giggling trying to free themselves when all of a sudden Elise yanks her arm in a final attempt to get free. This is followed by an immediate cry of pain. Elise is not the type to cry over any little bump or bruise. When she cries you know she is hurt!! We soon noticed that she would not move her arm and said her wrist and elbow hurt. We decided that it wasn't broken because Dana could get the wrist to move with a little manipulation, Elise just could not move her arm on her own. Now after working with kids for 12 years and having the experience of a sweet 3 year old little boy at a day care I worked at throwing himself on the ground while I was holding his hand because he didn't want his diaper changed, I decided that she has dislocated her elbow. So Dana loads her up and takes her to the ER. I stayed behind to give Chris a bottle and to calm my very distraught Dad. He felt so bad and I felt really bad for him. It was just an innocent accident after all. A few minutes later I met Dana at the ER. They took us back and a doctor comes in and asks Elise to hold a toung depressor with her good arm. She quickly grabs it but refuses to do the same with the other arm. He says Uhhh-Huhhh in that Dr. tone of voice, picks up her arm, and mashes around a bit. About the time she starts to cry saying OUCH OUCH OUCH, he has it popped back into place. They call this Nurse Maid's Elbow. The Dr. then gives her what I am sure is a $2,100.00 dose of Ibuprophan and she is all back to her normal ornery self within minutes! She now has another (see my MySpace blog about the 1st) great ER story to tell to anyone who will listen!! haha

Lions, Tigers, and Bears

On June 27th we went to The Science Spectrum for "Critter Fest." It was sooooo hot! It was one of the days when it was close to 100 degrees. We had the baby with us so we didn't see much of the outside exhibit. The inside displays included chimpanzees, dog training facilities, snakes. etc... The coolest thing was the "Big Cat Show." We walked in not expecting much but they had a circus style big ring set up with a huge metal fence and barriers around it. They had small metal bleachers around the entire ring about 12 feet away for people to sit on. They also allowed any kiddos and parents who were interested to sit on the floor right next to the ring for a very up close seat. Of course this is where Elise wanted to sit. Ally sat in the comfort of the further away bleachers with me, Chris, and Gee-Gee. When they brought out the 4 or 5 tigers to do their show I thought Elise would be terrified. NOPE!! SHE LOVED IT! She literally got to sit just a few inches away from a Siberian Tiger. She was mesmerized by the show and didn't want to leave. It was an awesome show and such a memorable experience for her!!! I liked the chimp who tried to unzip his caretaker's pants in front of 4 or 5 people. He caught me laughing at him and turned a little red! haha

Boo-Boos

Here I am a day late and a dollar short on my blog. This summer continues to fly by way to fast. Only 6 weeks left! Let's go back to June 20th. Elise was playing outside on the swing set while Ally and I were collecting ants for an ant farm. Elise was swinging and decided she wanted off to see what we were up to. Now Leesey has perfected the getting herself swinging part, but lacks the stopping skills. She tried to stop but ended up flying off of the swing, landing on her bottom. All was OK until the swing came back and hit her in the mouth. She had a huge swollen lip that was bleeding and it even knocked 2 teeth in the front a little loose (don't worry, they tightened back up) Well after we got her calmed down and the bleeding under control, she insisted that she have a band-aid for her lip. All I had were "duct tape" band-aids made by a real bandage co. (Don't ask my why you would want a band-aid that looks like duct tape, but hey they were free with a rebate??) Well I tried to tell Elise that you could not put a band-aid on your lip but she insisted so I gave her the band-aid and this is how it ended up (please excuse the little naked body in the background Ally had just gotten out of the bath haha)...
She wore it like that for a good 2-3 hours. haha It made me laugh!!