Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Salt Dough Hand Prints!
I first saw salt dough when one of my students made his visual project out of salt dough. It was a visual representation of a battle field-it was huge and heavy, but as solid as a rock. Since then I haven't really thought about it. That is until Pinterest brought it back up again!
I 'repinned' this idea from Parenterest for salt dough crafts. The recipe is 1 cup salt, 1 cup flour, and half a cup of water. I halved the recipe because my kiddos are babies and we really didn't need that much to make hand prints. So we did half a cup of salt and flour and about a fourth a cup of water. I think I added a bit more water because the dough just seemed so dry. Now that the hand prints are already done I think next time we will add less water. It took them forever to dry!!
These hand prints are going to my MIL as a late birthday present. I plan on making hand and foot prints of both the girls for our home. I want to make some every year until they get so big that they think it is obnoxious-luckily, I think that time is far far away!
Obviously their hand prints are not a true representation of their hands so we will have to work on that, but I still think it is cute!
I 'repinned' this idea from Parenterest for salt dough crafts. The recipe is 1 cup salt, 1 cup flour, and half a cup of water. I halved the recipe because my kiddos are babies and we really didn't need that much to make hand prints. So we did half a cup of salt and flour and about a fourth a cup of water. I think I added a bit more water because the dough just seemed so dry. Now that the hand prints are already done I think next time we will add less water. It took them forever to dry!!
Thursday, July 12, 2012
2 Weeks for Zoey!
Here are Zoey's 2 week stats...
Weight: 7lbs 8 ozs; 25th percentile
Heights: 20 and a half inches; 60th percentile
Head: 17th percentile
Now let's compare that to Ellie at 2 weeks; Eleanore was in the 95th percentile for everything...even her head. Zoey is so much smaller compared to her I wonder how she will be as she continues to grow. Will I have two completely different children? Zoey already looks different-no red hair, so much smaller, no monkey ears lol, but she does have the same mouth and nose.
We shall have to see.
I can't wait!
Weight: 7lbs 8 ozs; 25th percentile
Heights: 20 and a half inches; 60th percentile
Head: 17th percentile
Now let's compare that to Ellie at 2 weeks; Eleanore was in the 95th percentile for everything...even her head. Zoey is so much smaller compared to her I wonder how she will be as she continues to grow. Will I have two completely different children? Zoey already looks different-no red hair, so much smaller, no monkey ears lol, but she does have the same mouth and nose.
We shall have to see.
I can't wait!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Zoey is here!
Zoey Grey Davidson was born June 28th, 2012; 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 inches long! She is incredible, already a good sleeper, takes her formula like a champ, smiles and laughs in her sleep!
Her big sister is doing as well as expected. A bit jealous that she doesn't get as much mommy time as she is used to, but I think she will adjust pretty quickly. Ellie gives Zoey kisses and tries to give her the bottle and pacifier-she also watches over her as we change her or hold her.
Zoey has her 2 week check up on Thursday so I'll give updated stats then or this weekend. I assume my posts will drop off even more now since being a mom of two little ones is pretty complicated/busy.
Two under 2...game on.
Her big sister is doing as well as expected. A bit jealous that she doesn't get as much mommy time as she is used to, but I think she will adjust pretty quickly. Ellie gives Zoey kisses and tries to give her the bottle and pacifier-she also watches over her as we change her or hold her.
Zoey has her 2 week check up on Thursday so I'll give updated stats then or this weekend. I assume my posts will drop off even more now since being a mom of two little ones is pretty complicated/busy.
Two under 2...game on.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Soon...
Zoey will be here in 3 days. THREE DAYS.
Really?!?!!?
Thursday can not come soon enough....or I can wait. I'm not sure what I feel. I'm excited to meet her, but I'm not excited about the lack of sleep. I cannot wait to see how Ellie reacts to her or to see these two little girls grow up with each other. I'm so worried that Ellie will feel neglected or that she won't take to Zoey very well.
Very mixed emotions.
I probably won't update this until after Zoey is born so check my facebook for updates. Or my husbands-he'll be better at it for the first couple of days.
EEK!
Really?!?!!?
Thursday can not come soon enough....or I can wait. I'm not sure what I feel. I'm excited to meet her, but I'm not excited about the lack of sleep. I cannot wait to see how Ellie reacts to her or to see these two little girls grow up with each other. I'm so worried that Ellie will feel neglected or that she won't take to Zoey very well.
Very mixed emotions.
I probably won't update this until after Zoey is born so check my facebook for updates. Or my husbands-he'll be better at it for the first couple of days.
EEK!
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Refusing Naps
Eleanore is in her room at this exact moment talking and whining away to who knows which stuffed animal she has chosen to converse with. She woke up around 7:15 and it is now 12:27. Normally children at this age need a nap after being awake 5 or so hours, so why is my daughter refusing to take a nap? I HAVE NO IDEA!
My 37 week appointment was yesterday AND we scheduled an induction date :) So little ZoZo will be here by the 28th, if not sooner! It will certainly be interesting to see how Ellie reacts to this new little baby. She loves seeing babies on TV but who knows if she will like having a baby sister around ALL the time.
P.S. We have mice in our yard...probably in our garage too. I think we've stopped them from being in the house, but we still need to manage the yard. I really REALLY would love to get a riding lawn mower for Jeff so he can do the backyard. It is a mess back there, but he refuses to mow it because it takes forever. Ugh.
My 37 week appointment was yesterday AND we scheduled an induction date :) So little ZoZo will be here by the 28th, if not sooner! It will certainly be interesting to see how Ellie reacts to this new little baby. She loves seeing babies on TV but who knows if she will like having a baby sister around ALL the time.
P.S. We have mice in our yard...probably in our garage too. I think we've stopped them from being in the house, but we still need to manage the yard. I really REALLY would love to get a riding lawn mower for Jeff so he can do the backyard. It is a mess back there, but he refuses to mow it because it takes forever. Ugh.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
No more stitches!
Eleanore got her stitches taken out today. I am so glad that they are out because she was a pain in the butt to fight everyday trying to clean them, put on Polysporin, and then a band aid. Ellie apparently inherited Jeff's allergy to adhesive/latex so she breaks out in rashes with regular band aids. It was a bit of a battle at the beginning to even take the band aids off of her she hated to be touched!! No worries anymore!
The biopsy on her cyst came back normal. I didn't ever think it was going to come back as anything weird like cancer or something like that, but good news is still good news.
Other happenings:
Eleanore HATES to take naps now. Since she gets to sleep in a bit (since I obviously don't teach in the summer) she never wants to take a nap; this leads to a VERY crabby kiddo at the end of the night. I've taken it upon myself to institute "quiet time". If she doesn't fall asleep that is fine, but she has to lay down for 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon. She gets pretty upset at first, but then she eventually calms down and starts quietly playing with whatever toys/books happen to be in the crib. I think it helps her relax and it gives me time to sweep the floor or contemplate how many things I have to do still before Zoey is born. I figure Ellie gets PLENTY of interaction, activity, and craziness that 1 hour a day of relaxing won't hurt her...and 8 times out of 10 she'll fall asleep during one of those times. If she happens to fall asleep in the morning I generally don't do quiet time in the afternoon because she doesn't need it.
Anyone have any tips on how to get an emerging toddler to nap?
Everything with Zoey is going swimmingly. I'm dilated to a full 1-which generally means nothing, but I'm hopeful that I'll go into labor naturally this time and that it will be soon! In reality, however, women can walk around dilated up to 3cm for weeks before delivery...let's hope that I give birth before July 4th-I really want her to be born in June!! (don't ask why, they are for completely selfish reasons and it makes me sound like a terrible person).
The biopsy on her cyst came back normal. I didn't ever think it was going to come back as anything weird like cancer or something like that, but good news is still good news.
Other happenings:
Eleanore HATES to take naps now. Since she gets to sleep in a bit (since I obviously don't teach in the summer) she never wants to take a nap; this leads to a VERY crabby kiddo at the end of the night. I've taken it upon myself to institute "quiet time". If she doesn't fall asleep that is fine, but she has to lay down for 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon. She gets pretty upset at first, but then she eventually calms down and starts quietly playing with whatever toys/books happen to be in the crib. I think it helps her relax and it gives me time to sweep the floor or contemplate how many things I have to do still before Zoey is born. I figure Ellie gets PLENTY of interaction, activity, and craziness that 1 hour a day of relaxing won't hurt her...and 8 times out of 10 she'll fall asleep during one of those times. If she happens to fall asleep in the morning I generally don't do quiet time in the afternoon because she doesn't need it.
Anyone have any tips on how to get an emerging toddler to nap?
Everything with Zoey is going swimmingly. I'm dilated to a full 1-which generally means nothing, but I'm hopeful that I'll go into labor naturally this time and that it will be soon! In reality, however, women can walk around dilated up to 3cm for weeks before delivery...let's hope that I give birth before July 4th-I really want her to be born in June!! (don't ask why, they are for completely selfish reasons and it makes me sound like a terrible person).
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