Sleepy Jami (with Patch to watch over her) at 8:30 AM


I opened all these noisy toys in hopes she would wake up around 12:30 PM, nothing...



Pleeease wake up for flashing camera in your face???





Maybe?

There she is!! Off to run errands with mommy!

This taken just a few minutes ago, tummy time and a pile of toys, the bribes begin...

Things accomplished today:

~Sorted Jami's clothes, got out new toys she is big enough for now

~Sorted my clothes to get rid of some

~Went to Wal-Mart to buy totes for my master organizing plan in basement for holiday stuff

~Dropped off clothes donations at T&T

~Bought groceries for the week at Hy-Vee and managed to spend less than $100

~Vaccuumed family room

~Finally got all of Jami's 3 month pictures framed

I think that is about it. This morning after awaking around 6:30, Jami fell asleep again around 8:30, I attempted to sleep with her, but my to do list beckoned. Well, she slept until 1:30! Until I had to finally wake her up so we could go run errands! She is like her dad...*sigh*

While in Hy-Vee Jami had to er, take care of some business and got beet red and was grunting LoUdLY throughout most of our grocery shopping trip, people looked and laughed in sympathy, it was quite funny, I was laughing myself. Hopefully she is always able to take care of business as needed! Anyway, we got home, she fell asleep again in the car (seriously!) and slept as I unloaded groceries and totes. When she awoke, we changed her 'business', had a 6 oz bottle, then it was rice cereal time around 5:30. She was, can I say...Voracious for it? She went after it like a champ, I even made her a second small helping! As we speak she lays on the bed next to me, crying as if starving...off we go!!

Learning Things on my Own-Posting Pics

Loving rice cereal, 4 month pic

<---This is what I come home to last night, so precious!

Below is a pic of last nights fun with 'Uncle Wendy' who came over to play and do taxes.

<---Christmas Day pic with hand-me-down hat from the Levi's!

So I have been wanting to start a blog for some time now and having been taking pics of Jami in hopes that they will find a home someday. I have fallen behind here since she is 4 months already so this post will be laden with pics to bring us up to current...

More pic posting...

Christmas morning at Gma and Gpa B's with cousin Lilly, Daddy, and Monster!!!

Christmas morning in bed with Patch, who's bigger???

Didn't quite make it to midnight....

Happy about being 2 months old!?!

This is a common sight, warm and snuggly.

This is the outfit that happened after I had brought Jami to work, she had a blowout and I guess I didn't coordinate clothes to be changed into~daddy said she looked like a little crazy old lady in this ensemble...

3 months old, working on holding that head up!

Found this shirt at Old Navy, worn on Super Bowl Sunday the day after daddy got home from Vegas!

Awesome Iowa State outfit from Gma B, must be comfy for sleeping too!

Trying to get giggles out of my beautiful blue eyes.

Grandpa Denny comes for a visit in Feburary, he loves taking care of Jami and even fed her a couple of bottles! (Although it should be noted, he couldn't quite manage this task and talking on phone at the same time...=} )

Birthday party day for cousin Kara and being investigated by cousin Hadley!

I just loved this outfit! Ready for a Friday at daycare, mommy got you dressed as daddy was away on 'fishing' trip to Minnesota.

Like father like daughter...oh boy

Trying to gain interest in some Baby Einstein (we prefer the 'water' series, Baby Neptune?) Sofie seemed to enjoy it!

So there, we should be up to date!

Sweet Saturday

Holding Jami for the first time...

Just before we left for the hospital to be induced!!!

Today is a gray, rainy day...My biggest ambition is to get some groceries today, but right now, Jami is sleeping next to me, the most beautiful vision in the world. This has been a big week for us in terms of sleeping. On Sunday night I decided it was time for her to sleep in her own bed, 'just see how it goes' I told myself. I wasn't exactly convinced it was a good idea, I have loved sleeping with her, but can't last forever and I have been 'warned' by absolutely everyone that she will never be able to sleep on her own if I don't change things, although, I never really slept with my parents and I have never done well sleeping on my own, so there. :p Aaanyway...so Sunday night I nursed and rocked her to sleep, laid her down in her crib, and held my breath. I stood there, just waiting for her to wake up so I could gladly scoop her up and snuggle her back into our bed and chalk the whole idea up to failure. But, this didn't happen, she kept on sleeping, I took the monitor into my room, I stared, I waited, nothing. Not a peep. I shed tears, I couldn't sleep, but she snoozed away peacefully. Chris called me crazy, 'This isn't that big a deal.' Not a big deal?!?! My BABY! All alone! Sleeping in 'baby jail' as I like to call it. I layed awake, staring at that monitor, willing her to wake up, finally falling asleep in sadness as she did not need me. Finally at 1:30...she rustled, whined, I let it go...YES! A full on cry! Mommy is coming!!! I gladly scooped her out of her crib and into bed with me. But fear not naysayers, the next night, she slept, all through the night, in her crib. Dang. I have weaned off of nursing this week too, and we have been working on rice cereal which is going better. What a big, sad week. I am finding that having a baby is one beautiful heartache after another. I have never been so extremely happy and heartbroken so many times a day...

Friday, March 12 2010

Yay for another Friday. Can't wait to spend the weekend snuggling with my family.

This is my first post of first blog hopeful to chronicle daily life with Jami.

This is our favorite picture at the hospital taken of her.

It's Friday again. I can't wait to spend the weekend snuggling with my family.