who is this little person?

Posted on | December 16, 2009 | 6 Comments

osh, i’ve been selfish lately. so caught up in my own inability to get dressed and be a fully functioning human being, that i haven’t updated lately on the little reason why i’m having trouble (and i mean that very endearingly) : Harper Paige!

i remember in the early months when i thought things were hard. things like cleaning dr. browns bottles (hello, they have like 46 parts each!), leaving the house with an infant and thinking that her poop smelled (HA! her poop did NOT smell. her poops now SMELL). i look back and laugh because cleaning bottles was easy peasy compared to cleaning up the tornado that comes through my kitchen 3 times a day. leaving the house was easy when i could carry a car seat into the bank, post office and other places that you pop in and out of and rock it with my foot while i stood in line.

but now we have a 13 month old on our hands. a spunky, mobile, solid food eating, tantrum throwing, and hilarious 13 month old. here is what Harper is up to these days:

• walking. fast. she is really getting the hang of it, but still teeters over every once in while. luckily, she’s really tough (seriously the girl rarely cries in situations where i sure as heck would), and only says “ow” when she falls down. then gets right back up.
• being picky. while she is getting better, she still thinks she will survive on solely pancakes, bananas, mac&cheese, yogurt melts and mum mums. although she fully transitioned to whole milk with no issues, i am giving her formula (good to grow) because i worry about all the nutrients she might be missing with her hatred for all things green.
• wearing size 3 diapers and 6-12 month clothes. girl has got some stubby little legs and still hasn’t reached 20 pounds. still getting the “9 months?” guess everywhere we go. gnome status, i tell you.
• loving beyond all reason the word “HI”. i would consider this her first real word, because she actually understands how it is used and when you say it, as she does “bye bye”. but hi? she will say it over. and over. and over again until you acknowledge her. this makes for funny interactions in public. and when she is talking to the cat.
• not a fan of “no” or even a stern voice directed towards her. has thrown herself on the ground a few times screaming. no comments necessary from any family with things like “that’s what you get” or “wonder where she got it from”.
• sporting 7 teeth.
• essentially the cutest, silliest, most unique little nugget i’ve ever known. i absolutely love being her mommy.

pee & poo?

Posted on | July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

so a nifty part of this whole wordpress thing is all the stats it gives you on your blog. mine just told me that the top searches on my blog are “pee vs. poo” and “grunting poo diaper”.

uh, what?

this means one or more people actually entered those words into the search bar to the right.  grunting poo diaper.

my poor little munchkin.

Posted on | April 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

the past 2 days have been sad and interesting around here. after introducing rice cereal to Harper last week, her system seems to be boycotting by not, ahem, moving things along properly. Saturday was the last time i had fed her the cereal, but noticed Monday that i hadn’t seen a poopy diaper all day or Sunday. my worst fears were confirmed yesterday when my poor little lady was making some very uncomfortable sounds…and then of course the visual confirmation that i got.

Scot headed to the grocery store to get some prune juice. mixed it with water and besides the silly face she made when she realized it wasn’t her normal bottle, it went down easy. surprisingly, she slept ok last night, but woke up making the same SAD noises, obviously trying to get that cork (sorry guys, there is no other way to put it) out. i wanted to go have lunch with my mom today, but was weary that the prune juice might kick in or that she would be miserable and making her noises and people would wonder what the heck was wrong with my kid. luckily, about 10 minutes before we headed out, i was able to help her finally get things moving. it was by far the saddest, most heart wrenching 5 minutes of motherhood i’ve had so far. her looking at me for help and crying was awful. not to mention all i could think of was my first poop after giving birth – aka one of the worst experiences of my life (right up there with my first pregnancy bout of constipation, which a select few of you actually know the story of…). i knew what my little lady was feeling and i just felt so awful. i’m not sure who was more relieved when it was over, me or her.

i never thought i’d be texting my husband to say excitedly “the turd is out!!!!” or that he would ever immediately call me to say “YAY!”, but hey, that is what happens when you have a kid. we did end up seeing GG for lunch (big hi to all of her co-workers that read my blog!) and of course everyone loved seeing her. further confirmation that we made a cute, possibly the cutest, baby around.

on an ending note – nothing can really describe the mess of a diaper i was faced with later this afternoon when the prune juice actually kicked in. i mean WOW. we have a much happier, empty baby sleeping right now, and i could not be happier.

what a day.

Posted on | April 1, 2009 | 4 Comments

yesterday our little lady turned 5 months old. i just can’t believe it! it seems like time is flying by. yesterday was Scot’s second day of work (i’ll add that we are not big fans…even though we are so thankful for the job, it is taking a lot of adjusting) and i decided to take a drive to Southcenter. i packed up Harper, a quick stop at the ‘bucks drivethrough, and we were off. (sidenote: i asked for a grande nonfat sugarfree vanilla latte – it’s the eternal barista in me that always orders as i was taught – but apparently starbucks calls that a ‘skinny vanilla latte’. alls i’m saying is that you should just make my drink and not correct me. kthanksbye.) now, i really dislike malls, but i am willing to go to them because they have what i’m after – stuff. but i must say, i really enjoyed this mall experience. it’s remodeled and has a bunch of new stores. first of all, it has a parking garage. score. it was raining a bit, but it didn’t bother me as i successfully got out the stroller, attached my diaper bag, inserted the nugget and my cup of joe in the cupholder. no wind, no wet hair, awesome.

anywho, we spent much of the day there, i picked up a bunch of awesome sale rack finds for Harper and tried not to buy one of everything at h & m. their baby clothes are to die for, and on the cheap. MAYBE Harper is the proud new owner of a swimsuit with pink hippos on it. as i was parusing through macy’s i hear Harper poop (oh yeah, you can hear it). my first thought was to go to Nordy’s. they have the womens lounge and i could change and feed her there. so on my way from one end to the other of this mall, i see a ‘family lounge’ sign. um, that’s me right? i walk in to find what i can only describe as glorious. about 8 changing stations (built into the counters), each with a sink, wipes and hand sanitizer. to my right, couches and toys for toddlers, and to my left, 3 little rooms with big comfy chairs and a flat screen tv with a curtain for nursing. this place was fancy business. every public place should have one. if they did, i wouldn’t have to stress about where i’m going to change my baby (like the floor of the tully’s bathroom – ugh).

we decided to give Harper her first food last night. although i can’t really consider rice cereal ‘real food’, it’s more solid than milk. we set her up in her highchair with a bib (i almost cried seeing her sitting in it, she looked so big). her first bite, she tried to grab the spoon, but it only took her a few tries to get the hang of it and after that she opened her mouth real big if the spoon came at her. so cute. she did great! i was surprised at how much actually went in her mouth, i was expecting it to all be spit out, but i think she liked it. our little nugget is growing up…