6 Months Old!!

Woah. How did that happen?

 

I need to take some 6 month pictures.

So, stats.

27 inches long.

14 pounds.

Still exclusively breastfed. 

We're not doing baby food. Instead, we're doing baby led solids. So, when she's ready, she'll eat table food. Whether she's 9 months or 12 months, it's up to her.

No sitting yet. No crawling. She's pretty lazy. Lol.

But, she's still the happiest baby ever.

 

Moving.

Well. We're moving. We're moving all of our stuff out on Saturday.

We're going to be moving in with my dad while we save up money.

Then we're most likely moving to Kentucky to be closer to my mom and Seth and Paige. (My mom lives 20 minutes from Seth and Paige. We live an hour away.)

I'm nervous to live with someone else.. But it will be awesome to save money this winter!

Here are some picture.

After getting 6 inches cut off.

Oh my.

My baby is going to be 5 months old tomorrow.

How is time going by so fast!?

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet.

Sooo, the weather was HORRIBLE on Halloween. 

We always go to my mom's house an hour away in Kentucky.

No way I was driving there just for it to storm and us not get to even go out.

So, we just didn't risk it.

Plus, all the towns in our county switched to Friday night, November 1st.

So, we waited until tonight to go trick or treating at my Grandma and Grandpa's house, with my dad and all my siblings.

We had fun. 

I'm worn out.

Aaralyn slept pretty much the whole time.

Surprisingly, all the kids lasted the whole 2 hours.

Only bad thing is that a lot of houses weren't passing out candy, probably because of the last minute switch. 

Kayelynn ended up wearing the pirate costume that Paige wore a few years ago..

And Aaralyn wore the hat that went to the owl costume that Kayelynn wore last year. 

 

4 months old...

2 weeks late...

So, Aaralyn turned 4 months old on the 7th.

10 pounds and 25 inches...

She hadn't gained any weight in a month.

I asked if she had a tongue tie, because she had a HORRIBLE latch and it took her over an hour to eat each feeding. 

The pedi couldn't tell, so he referred us to an ears/nose/throat specialist.

She confirmed the tongue tie, and clipped it right then.

It has been 8 days, and Aaralyn has already gained 1.2 pounds!! I am so happy. 

We also haven't used the shield in 8 days. She now eats in around 25 minutes!! It's awesome.

She's trying SO HARD to roll from back to belly. She makes it halfway. Lol.

Someone got her ears pierced!

Taking 'selfies' with her uncle.

Aaralyn and my mom.

Aaralyn and my dad.

Doctors.

So, I have suspected for a while now that Aaralyn has a tongue tie. She has a horrible and very painful latch. So, we use a shield. Even then, it takes her an hour to eat every time. 

Kayelynn has a tiny case of a lazy eye when she is focusing on things close up - for example, when I take her picture.

So, I asked Aaralyn's doctor about a possible tongue tie. He couldn't tell so we got reffered to an ENT. 

Asked Kayelynn's doctor about her eyes (Every place I called said that her eyes should have been checked at her well child visit and no one took kids until 11.) Her doctor dismissed my worries and told me that if she had a lazy eye we would have noticed it by now. Bullshit.

So, I made them both appointments for today. Aaralyn's was at 9 AM and Kayelynn's was at 1:30 PM. So, we had to wait around and find something to do for the 4 hours in-between. Not fun.

Anyway, Aaralyn did indeed have a tongue tie. They clipped it. I can already tell a difference in her latch and the time it takes her to eat. We still used the shield though today because I was scared that her tongue hurt and it's easier to eat with the shield. We'll be nursing with out it tomorrow.

Kayelynn ended up needing glasses. I want to punch her doctor in the face. Good thing I didn't listen to him and I followed my gut. She got them today. I let her pick them out.

^It's a horrible picture. Lol. The kids were playing hard at my mom's and see that scrape on her head?? She was trying to skateboard while I was gone picking up her glasses and her forehead meat the sidewalk. :( 

Right now the glasses are hurting her nose though because she's not used to them... But she's going to have to suck it up. Lol. I need to take them in and get them adjusted next week I guess. I'm also going to order a cheap extra pair just in case. 

Other than that Aaralyn is 4 months old now. I'll have to do a post with stats and everything by Monday - hopefully. 

It's A.....

Awesome, beautiful, shiny van!!

I'm in love.

It's a 2003 Mazda MPV.

It have LATCH, which I am so freaking excited about.

(Which reminds me I have to get out the car seat manuals and double check the LATCH limits.)

I think the kids were a little more excited than I was, especially Kayelynn.

I'm going to be getting Aaralyn a HeadWise 70. I don't know when I want her to start using it though. Her infant seat just seems so much more convenient with it getting cold out. But, it doesn't really matter I guess since we end up holding her whenever we go out anyway.

*Yea, Seth is in a pink booster. Lol. We got it for Paige a while back. She can't sit in it though because she's a peanut and doesn't weigh enough. Seth's was in Brian's car though so I just grabbed this one. 

The only thing that stinks is that the rear seat is so narrow. I was hoping there would be enough room for 3 across with the booster seat, but there really isn't. I might be able to squeeze Aaralyn's infant seat back there if I had to. Lol. I think I need to get Paige a more narrow harnessed booster seat. Even though she wont fit into a booster until college. 

Oh yea. Baby Trend actually came out and said that the car seat handle can be in any LOCKED position now while driving, which is awesome. Brian sits with his seat way back and it was impossible to lay the handle down without moving the seat up first. Now I can just snap the car seat into the base and go.

Also, her little hanging toy passes the "ouch" test. You aren't supposed to use any toys the connect (any toys really) to/in a car seat. Even ones the strap to the handle can come off. So, The Car Seat Lady says to hit yourself in the head with it. If you say "ouch" then don't use it. Aaralyn's toy is a plush turtle and doesn't hurt. :) 

Also, just a little friendly reminder since the weather is getting cooler. DO NOT USE COATS OR BULKY JACKETS IN THE CAR. This goes for everyone, but especially children in car seats. In the event of a crash, the material will compress and the harness will no longer be tight/safe and it could cause the child to be hurt or even ejected from the car seat!!

There is a test you can do. Put your child in their seat WITH THEIR COAT ON. Tighten the straps and make sure they are tight and pass the pinch test. Take your child from their seat and put take off their coat. WITHOUT TOUCHING THE HARNESS AT ALL. DO NOT TIGHTEN. Put them back in the seat. If they are in the seat with a coat, that is all the extra room they will have when their coat compresses in a crash. Even adults shouldn't wear coats in the car!!

Soooo.

I'm getting a van and I can't wait. 

Should be sometime next week!

It's sad... But I'm mostly excited about installing the car seat! Lol.

It has LATCH!!

Nothing else has really happened around here. 

So, here are some picture. 

:)

^^Brian does this thing where he holds a butter knife and moves it up and down. It makes the knife look like it's made out of rubber. Kayelynn was trying it with a fork. Lol.

So Annoyed!!

Let me count the ways.

1. Kayelynn had a doctor's appointment to check on her lymph nodes. It's been a month. While they have went down a ton, one of them is still visible and swollen. We get there at 3:30. Her appointment was at 3:45. She didn't even get seen until 4:4. He prescribed her some more antibiotics. Then I asked about her eyes. Her right eye tends to go inwards sometimes. I don't know if it's actually doing it more, or if it's just me noticing it more now. He said he'd look, but that normally it gets noticed before now. First of all, my little brother has a lazy eye, and it got noticed around the same time. Secondly, her doctor has never looked for it. They look in them for 2 seconds and more on. Anyway, he never looked. So, I'm making her an eye doctor appointment tomorrow. Finally, I had to go pick Brian up for work. On the way home we were going to swing by and pick up the prescription. I had Brian call to make sure it was ready. Well, come to find out, the doctor sent the script to a Kroger an hour away!! WTF. The pharmacy that it was supposed to get sent to is 3 minutes away from the office. So, I have to get it tomorrow morning.

2. Our furnace went out. Again. $9,000 to get it fixed. I don't even freaking want to talk about it. Lol. I am so annoyed and aggravated. Thank god we have someone willing to work on it and help us out! This is the 4th time in the 2 years that we have lived here!! It's never worked for more than 6 months. Grrrr.

3. I NEED A VAN!! I am so sick and tired of not having my own car. Not to mention, Brian's car has 5 seats. When we have Seth and Paige on the weekends, that makes 6 people. So,we never get to go anywhere when they are here. It sucks because we're always stuck in the house!! Plus, I hate sharing the car. Brian works 45 minutes away. So days like yesterday when Kayelynn or Arralyn have a doctor's appointment I have to drive 45 minutes to take Brian to work then 45 minutes home. 10 minutes to the doctor's office and then 10 minutes home. Then 45 minutes to get Brian and 45 minutes to get home!! It's horrible. This goes with -

4. Brian did a seal coating job 3 MONTHS ago and still hasn't gotten paid for it. We need that money for the van!! They said they sent the check out 2 weeks ago, and still nothing. It's freaking ridiculous. We're supposed to go look at 2 vans tomorrow and let the guy know which one we want... No telling how long it will be before we can buy the damn thing. 

5. My husband. Yea, yea. He works, I don't. Normally I do 150% of everything having to do with the house and kids. All I ask is that he takes out the garbage, puts his clothes in a hamper, and cleans out the bunny cage. Do you think he ever does it? No. So, I am on a cleaning strike, aside from everyone else's laundry. I didn't do one thing today concerning the house. And, when he got home, I asked how he liked the house. He said "I know, I didn't take the garbage out so you can't throw anything away." Ding, ding, ding. For 2 months I ignored it and just took the garbage out myself and picked up all his clothes from the floor. But I am so done. I do everything while also doing my school work and taking care of the kids. He can do 3 little things. So far, he still hasn't taken out the garbage. So, unless he remembers tomorrow before work, looks like I wont be lifting a finger again. (Even though I'm not doing anything but punishing myself. He doesn't care what the house looks like. Maybe I'll hold his X-Box hostage until he does what I ask. Then it will get done ASAP.)

6. My hair is falling out! Apparently this is a normal 3 month postpartum thing... But I can't stand it. I have really long hair, like 2 inches above my butt. Every time I take a shower or brush it, a ton of hair comes out. Even if I just run my hand down my pony tail, a handful of hair!! I swear it's 10 hairs at a time all day. I'm going to go bald. I do not want to get all my hair cut off... But I might have to at this rate!

**Disclaimer: I don't want this to come off like I'm some ungrateful wife or something. I appreciate everything Brian does for me and the kids. He works very hard so that I can stay home with the kids. I love being able to stay home and be a housewife. I'm cherishing every moment until the girl's go to school and I finish college/get a job. I do feel like the house is my responsibility, and I like taking care of it and the kids. But, I do need a little help. I don't think it's too much to ask that he puts his clothes in a hamper since I'm the one who is going to wash them and put them away. I also don't think it's too much to ask that he takes the garbage out since I do everything else. And the bunny cage, well, I'm not strong enough. That thing is huge. 

*** I don't know why I made a disclaimer. Lol.