Abi's one year photos

Finally! We took Abi to get her one year shots (a month and a half late... oops!) We were also going to try to get in a few family shots for 4th of July cards but that didn't happen. Abi had a really bad night the night before with throwing up and not sleeping well, so I guess we probably should have rescheduled the photos. But she woke up happy and I figured we'd at least try. Well personally I think the photographer and his assistant were a little too friendly and Abi was just scared of them... she cried half the time. But we did end up with some really cute shots!

I love this little girl, and she keep surprising us more and more every day with all of the new things she can do! Amazing!

First steps!

Abi took her first steps last night!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

Gone fishin'

Okay so we really haven't gone fishing, but I've been away for what feels like forever. Last week I had my final exams and I'm proud to say I passed all my classes with A's and one B. We have had so much happen with our program in the past month and the surprise to top it all off was our instructors quitting. Yep, each and every teacher quit on us. So now we have the most daunting adventure of our lives coming up (clinic) and we won't even have the support of our teachers who have been doing this for 12 years. Scary. I know why they did it, and in a way I'm glad to have the opportunity to start fresh with new teachers, I'm just scared that they won't know how to teach and we will not only have the stress and pressure of clinic but also the worries of a newbie handing out grades. Yuck. Anyway on to other news... Abi has a fake laugh and it is hysterical! She also has a fake yawn. Yup. Open your mouth a little wider than normal and she'll mimic you, it's so cute! She has been a little off kilter these past few weeks having been sick with a stomach bug then getting a cold.But now she seems to be hitting a growth spurt or something because she's been napping like a champ and sleeping mostly through the night. She's started eating well again and it's wonderful to have my good eater back. She had started repeating us when we say "um" only it sounds more like "uuummmmmm" lol. And when she wants to get our attention she either says ummm or screams. Yup the screaming is back and I don't know how to stop it.. I think daycare had broken her of it before but now that we won't be going there anymore (did I mention our daycare got shut down by my school due to "lack of funds"? Even though they are starting like three new programs? Yeah not happy. Anyway the screaming is ear piercing to the point where ill end up with a headache. Yuck. But overall Abi is doing a lot more fun things now, like spinning around on her hands, knees and butt in her crib when I come in to get her. It's almost like she's break dancing! It is just too funny! Then there's the "standing" up on her knees and bouncing or falling over to all fours, all while smiling and laughing. Oh her giggle is changing too, instead of just outright laughter, she sticks her tongue against her front teeth and its almost a snicker, with more spit. Then she makes this face, oh if I can just catch it on camera ill post it, but it's just a scrunched up lil face of cuteness. 

We have decided to talk to Abi's dr about allergy testing. Yesterday we went to the spaghetti warehouse for my Mother's Day dinner (we like to avoid the crowds by going early) and gave Abi grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, applesauce and of course a little sourdough bread. Well, everything is basically a staple when we dine out because she's had all that before.. Except the sourdough. I really didn't think anything of it since now that she's had bread and tortillas I thought she'd be safe. Wrong. She woke up in the middle of the night from throwing up her dinner. Poor kid. I just feel so awful for feeding her things that upset her tummy like that. So my hubby looked up how they make sourdough and it seems there is something akin to vinegar in it. I wouldn't think it'd be strong enough to cause such a reaction but apparently her tummy is just that sensitive. All citrus, pineapple, tomato, anything with vinegar like pickles.... All banned until we figure this out. So sad ... We miss out on giving Abi lemon and watching her pucker up... And that first bite of a really good dill pickle.... Oh we'll, it's not like I'd give them to her for her reaction just to suffer the consequences later. I hate cleaning up vomit, and I'm so grateful hubby has a stronger stomach than I do. We actually had to throw out her sheet it was so bad. Anyway, I'm planning on talking to her dr at her 15 month well check to see about allergy testing and how bad it would be for her. I'm not looking forward to her getting poked with a bunch of needles but if it will help us keep her from throwing up anymore dinners, ill do it. Hmmmm, lets see what else. Oh yeah!! We have been preapproved for a home loan! They said hubby's credit is so good we can basically get a considerable amount. We won't be, just because we qualify doesn't mean we need to take out that much. We want to always live within or just below our means so that we don't get into big money trouble. Plus we like to go out occasionally, and budgeting for only a house payment and nothing else sounds boring! Lol we have only looked at one home but there are a few more that we have set up appointments to see And I am so excited!!! No more apartment, no more noisy neighbors, no more hearing them have sex above us, or worry that their stomping will wake Abi. more space for all of us, especially Abi to run and play... A back yard for her to roll in the the grass, to swing on her very own swing set... To eventually ride a bike up and down our driveway like I used to at my grandpas... Oh I am just chomping at the bit to get into our new home. We just have to find it first, lol. Okay I think that's all for now.. I'm sure I've left something out, but my back is hurting and I need to lay down a bit before lil miss wakes up from her nap. Until next time!!

Just in case you were wondering what an IUD looks like on Ultrasound

I find this fascinating.. lol

That is an ultrasound of my IUD

See that really bright line? That's it!

 I wish I had a good image of what it looks like without the IUD in for comparison. .. lol

I hope I haven't offended anyone, but this is pretty cool to me (since I'm going to school for ultrasound and all, lol!)

Diaper rash!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ugh. My poor baby has really bad diaper rash and she is just so miserable. I have no idea where it came from either because she's NEVER had it this bad. Ever. So we called her pedi and they suggested mixing gold bond with a liquid antacid to make a paste to put on her butt. Huh? The gold bond has got to burn! But I did it and she only screamed bloody murder the first time. The second application went better. But my goodness did she wake up screaming last night! She never ever poops in the middle of the night anymore, but last night was a blowout and so with her sore butt it made clean up take forever and she was so hysterical I just wanted to smother her in kisses and love and tell her I'd never do it again. Well... she's been pooping up a storm lately so of course I had to wipe her again when she got up for the day. Boo.  But hopefully this gold bond/antacid concoction works and we'll be done with this by tomorrow.

Well, on to happier news. Abi has been dancing lately and it's just the cutest thing! She'll wiggle about in her carseat and high chair any time I'm singing to her or she really digs the music on the radio. It's my favorite sight right now! :) Also when my husband comes home she's been screaming "ah DAT!" at the top of her lungs, which we think means she's happy to see him. Then there's my next favorite thing.. now when hubby "chases" her around the house saying "I'm gonna get you!" she scrambles away from him and tries to climb me! I think she's thinking I'll protect her from daddy and his tickles, so cute!

Here's my pretty baby from Easter.

Finally, my baby is in 18 month pajamas!! We have been thinking we should go up a size because her arms are so long the sleeves on the 12 month p.j.s sit about at her elbows, lol. Well today we tried an 18 month and it fits almost just right. Which is how we've moved her up every other size, the almost just right rule. lol. 

Currently {link up}

Since Abi is asleep aaannnndddd hubby is asleep, it's just me again this week. lol

Currently...

Entertaining the idea of dying my hair. I've been saying it for years that I'm going back to being a redhead, but I have yet to actually do it. I'm ready for a change more than just cutting my hair.
Holding my laptop on my lap. It likes to slide down, lol!
Building ... I'm not exactly building anything, but there's pressure building in my head and I'm thinking a headache's coming on... 
smiling thinking about my beautiful baby girl and just how much she's grown in the past few months!
frowning over my past few weeks of classes. I haven't been doing my best because I've been lazy and have been super distracted.

Short and sweet. Oh, tell me how you like the new layout! I think it's kind of confusing, but at least it's different.

Planning for the future *some TMI*

So today... I got an IUD placed. I have... it's been a... hmm... let me start from the beginning. ;)

I was on the pill for about 7 years and went off the month after hubby and I got married. Once I realized how much better I felt without the random, extra hormones I was hooked on never going back. But unfortunately my cycles were so screwy I never knew when my period was going to show up (which reminded me why I went on the pill in the first place!) I finally bought a book on how to track your cycles and fertility signs and started that. Well.. I got pregnant after the second cycle. Kind of an oops, but a very welcome one. Seems there's such a thing as a "triphasic chart" ... that's for another day, lol. Anyway, it has been such a roller coaster this past year, ups, downs all arounds with my emotions and such. I love love LOVE love Abi. But it is really hard for me to do the wife/mother/student thing. I know other women have done it and made it work, I'm just saying it's really hard for me. So while hubby and I have been using condoms, they're not the most reliable birth control (especially when you don't use them.. oops) And right now I'm getting ready to start clinicals and I just cannot fathom going through all that pregnant. Not to mention we want to move into a house soon and I need to graduate and find a job. So needless to say it's not the best time to be having another baby. So I opted to get the Paraguard, a copper IUD that has no hormones. My Dr. today kept asking me if I was suuuuurrrrrrrreeeeee that I want to wait a minimum of 2 years or more before having another baby. I explained everything to her and she said "so if it wasn't for all that?" "We'd be trying right now if we were both working and I wasn't in school." Yup. Two years isn't a long time, but I figure it will give me enough time to graduate and find work... for us to settle into a larger place and to have at least a little time without diapers. The only major issue I've realized is that two years places me dangerously close to too close to 35... At 35 your risk of downs skyrockets and I am not willing to risk it so I want to be done having kids by then. Not to mention it's considered "advanced maternal age" and is high risk with most Dr.'s... plus the incidence of twins increases a lot after 35. Twins would be fun.. when I was 25 and had more energy.. but not when I'm 35 and lost all my energy at 30. I kid you not. I have zero energy and it sucks! lol.

I was pretty nervous before my Dr. came in to put in my IUD. But I love my Dr. and she always talks me through every procedure and is very reassuring. It went much better than I could have hoped, I only had a little cramping and it didn't hurt nearly as bad as what I thought it would. I do feel kind of strange, knowing there's this "foreign" object in me. LOL. But so far so good! And it's nice to know I no longer have to worry about losing the spontaneity and having to fish for a condom in my bedside table. I actually can't wait for Wednesday to get an ultrasound done (we've been studying female pelvis this semester) no one in my program has an IUD so we haven't had the opportunity to see what they look like in real life. I haven't told anyone, so I think it will end up surprising whoever scans me. HA!