All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth!

This summer Ally has lost 4 teeth. She lost her two top teeth which is in this blog a few posts back. She also lost 2 more on the bottom. This makes a grand total of 6 baby teeth that are now M.I.A. It is so cute, when she smiles she has no teeth in the front! She loves to get a straw, put it in the empty spaces and show off how she can drink with her teeth, She also finds it amusing to get a drink of water and "spit" the water through the gaps into the sink! haha She is such a crazy sweet girl! She makes me belly laugh on a daily basis! Ally scored big from the tooth fairy! A buck a tooth! I remember only getting a quarter for mine! CAN YOU SAY INFLATION!! She has been saving her money and proudly displays it to anyone who will look at it! haha She was saving for a new Nintendo DS game. Those suckers cost a lot of money!!

You Spin Me Right Round Baby...

Dana and I took the girls to a local amusement park on August 1st. The church that I work at hosted VBS on Aug 2nd at the church from 9:00am until 4:00 pm. The trip to the park was the kick off party that took place the night before. All of the church was invited to go at a discounted rate. The kids got in free and Dana and I had to pay $24.00 for both of us to get in and ride the rides with the girls (mom babysat Chris). Elise was the little dare devil! She liked the tilt a whirl and the kid sized roller coaster the best. Ally is a little like her momma. She likes the slower rides that go in at least a semi straight line. I'm the one who got so nauseated after the second ride on the "tilt a hurl" and a final ride on the scrambler, had to go home and take a phenagran that I had left over from being pregnant!! We had a great time! We rode lots of rides, had nachos, and lots of laughs!! The girls had a great time!!

Hold my bottle baby!!

Chris is finally starting to hold his own bottle. He started this within the past 2 weeks. He just turned 5 months old on Aug. 8th. The bottles are still a little heavy for him because they are the 9 oz bottles so I still have to put a blanket under the bottle to help support it. I still like to hold and snuggle with him while I feed him whenever possible. He is so snugly and sweet. He still tries to hold the bottle a little bit while he is in your arms but not as much as when he is alone in his rocking seat. I guess he figures he will take advantage of the extra arms when he can! haha

Oatmeal, Barley, Bananas, and Prunes! Yummy

As of today Chris is now eating Oatmeal with Bananas, Barley, and Rice cereal. He really likes all of the cereals but seems to like the Oats and Barley best. When it was time to try Oatmeal I had a box of Gerber Oatmeal with Banana Flakes mixed in with it. Elise still likes to eat baby Oatmeal from time to time so it was a fairly new box. I decided instead of buying a new one I would just let Chris eat that. He loved it and had no problems with the hidden monkey food! haha Now that we have Chris on 100% formula he is having a little bit of constipation problems. Everyone told me to put a little corn syrup in his bottle but I figured prunes would be better for him. I bought 4 little jars of prunes and Chris has decided that they aren't to bad. Not only is it a yummy treat it also fixes the ummmm... poop troubles as well! haha I tried to not give the prunes to him for a couple of days to see if they were really working or if it was just a matter of timing but sure enough he started to get constipated again. Good thing he likes the prunes!! LOL He eats 2 Tbs.cereal and or 1/3 jar prunes once or twice a day and drinks 24-30 oz of formula a day.

Cry Baby Cry!!

Poor Chris had to get his 4 month shots on July 21st. Since we had Chris on a weekend, we were not able to get the birth certificate signed until the next week. This meant having to load everyone up and go back up to the hospital to sign a piece of paper. Well with all of the commotion of a new baby, work, and me being sick from my not yet discovered Staph infection, we didn't get back to the hospital to sign the paperwork for a few weeks after Chris's birth. This put us behind on getting his Social Security card. It took them forever to get it to us!! Well long story shot, Dana's insurance denied us coverage on Chris because we did not submit the request within 30 days of his birth. So as of now we have no insurance on Chris until open enrollment which is September. For the first round of shots I took Chris to his Pediatrician because I was worried about him getting the Staph infection from me. Well $150.00 dollars later we had shots and a clean bill of health. This time around I didn't have this kind of money so I took him to the children's clinic at Covenant. It was on a walk in basis and I was able to get all of his 4 month shots for $5.00. Poor baby just cried for a few seconds and then flashed that angelic smile he always has. He did fine for the first 24 hours but then ran a fever of 102.0 for about 14 hours. Boo! Nothing a little Tylenol and rest couldn't handle. We didn't have a well check so we didn't get a height or weight but I think he weighs about 15 pounds now! My big boy!!