More Snow!!!

The pictures of the snow are just for you Andrew and Sammy!! Wish you were here to play in it with us! =) The picture of Zaylee....well it's just cause it's cute! (Please excuse her funny looking hairdo...that's my fault not hers....I'm not much into doing baby girl hair...I know, I'm a slacker mom!)

7 Months Today!!

So instead of a picture of Zaylee today you get to see what her 7 month birthday present from the doctor was! At the doctors office yesterday we found out that she has her first ear infection. The doctor almost didn't catch it at first because there was a lot of wax blocking his view but after a few minutes he said that he just didn't feel okay with letting her go without pulling the wax out and looking behind it. Luckily he did! He said she has a really bad ear infection and he decided he needed to take a double look just to make sure it wasn't going to burst because it looked so bad. So, he said, "no wonder she hasn't been feeling good!" and gave her an antibotic and some pain medication. He said she also has the cold/congestion junk that has been going around but she'll just have to fight that one off on her own. She hates the antibiotic and does everything she possibly can to spit it out--including gargling when I do get it back to the back of her throat and then spitting to make sure it gets more on me and her clothes than in her mouth. She's such a little smarty pants! =)

One other quick sidenote, we also found out that she weighs exactly 16 pounds. We didn't find out her height or percentiles but I'm sure it's pretty much around the same as 6 months.

Sick baby

Zaylee's not been feeling to swell the last couple of days and thus has been very, very needy...wanting to be held ALL the time. Well, I had to get reay to take her to the doctor today and she wouldn't let me put her down so I sat her on the sink for a minute to grab something and she found the faucet quite interesting so she slid down in and started playing and grabbing for whatever she could reach. She loved it! I thought you might enjoy as well! =)

Playing with Blocks

Howdy everyone! It's been awhile since I've posted so I figured today would be a great day to do so! Here is Alex and Zaylee playing with one of her new favorite toys....blocks. She normally is the one with the block in her mouth but this time Alex thought he would try to do the perfect impersonation of her--he did a pretty good job, at least I think so! The cute outfit she's sporting is from Christmas from Grandma Barlow and Aunt Steph. She looks so cute!! We love her new clothes! We are all doing great! We are loving Alex's new school schedule because we all get to be home together a little bit more, which I absolutely love! And stay tuned, I have another cute outfit to post a picture of her in so next time she wears it we'll be back! =)

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! WE LOVE YOU!!

Playing in Old Town San Diego

Beach Fun

Zaylee had a blast playing and rubbing her toes in the sand. Unfortunately, as do most kids, the sand went almost immediately to her mouth--once that happened all was lost with the playing in the sand. She started crying and even after getting fresh water to rinse it out, as soon as I took her back out by the water she would cry. Luckily for us after a couple of hours she forgot and would go back out to the beach with us.

The first picture was taken right off the rocks at the back of the house. The morning tide rises pretty high. The first day it kinda freaked me out because I couldn't believe how close it was to the house! It's really great to watch though!

CA here we are!!

We got here right as the sun was setting, it was beautiful! The first pic is from right out the back of the house! It is an awesome location! Havin' fun so far... =)

One more picture

Per Alex's request, here is one more picture. We have to show her off....we love her!

1/2 Year Old today!!

Here I am 6 months old and doing great! I weigh 15.4 lbs (40-41 percentile), am 25.8 inches tall (54th percentile) and I have a small head (16.5 inches--36th percentile). =)

Zaylee had her doctor appointment on Monday and is doing really good. The doctor said she is healthy and normal and looking good. She is sleeping in her own crib now in her own room. She's been in her crib for 10 days now and is getting better. It started with a 2 1/2 hour screaming session before she fell asleep that first night but is down to 30 minutes or less--which is GREAT! She sleeps anywhere from 3 to 5 hours with the occasional 2 or 6 hour stint. But she still hates being in her crib. As soon as we put her in there and start to walk out of the room she's screaming!

She's standing up next to things now but we still have to be right next to her because her balance is still pretty bad. Spitting and blowing raspberries are a favorite thing to do these days and finds it to be a great way to entertain herself. She hates white grape juice and mashed chicken & chicken broth but loves sweet potatoes and green beans. Aunt Carolyn gave her ice cream which she did like but unfortunately, I am just mean and said no more til she's at least a year old! =)