Benedryl

Apparently I made this post, but never finished it a month ago...oops.

Feb. 21, 2011
Poor Caroline has a cold or allergies so I went to Walmart today and bought some Benedryl for her. She has had it before and fell right to sleep so I figured it would be GREAT for the plane ride. Well, this afternoon she was pretty stuffy and cranky so I decided to give her some around 3:00. I'm so glad I did because she had the opposite reaction to it this time. She did not take a nap ALL day (she usually takes a nap anywhere from 2-3 hrs) and was just bouncing off the walls at Grandpa and Nanas house tonight. She was chatting away and climbing on everything...she even got close to the dog which NEVER happens. All this after waking up at 6:30 this morning and only sleeping for about 20 min in the car during the day. Here are a few videos from tonight.

Aquatic Center

Tonight Caroline and I had about an hour to kill so I took her to the aquatic center. She LOVED it. She had a really good time bouncing up and down in the water and walking in the part she could reach. Next time we need to have daddy with us because she REALLY wanted to go down the froggy slide, but she is just too small to get up there by herself and she needs someone to catch her at the bottom. It wasn't so bad taking her by myself...but when we were leaving I could have used a couple more hands. I got her all dressed and then as I was getting myself dressed she ran out of the locker room (she is VERY fast). I had to wrap up in my towel and go chase her...luckily it was just one little boy standing outside. Haha

These aren't the best pictures in the world because I was by myself...but I know her daddy will still enjoy them! We miss you Tom!

She wants to do everything by herself these days. This is her trying to get me to let go of her hand so she can go off by herself. She was so mad that I wouldn't let her just jump in the water. If only she knew I was just protecting her :-)

Boy oh Boy!!

Boy oh boy...do we have a boy or what!?! I don't know how the Dr missed this! I went to a place called sneak peek so I could find out the gender and see him in 3-d here in NM. He will probably be very mad at me one day for posting this picture...but here he is!

Here are all the other pictures I got for daddy and grandparents! Enjoy! We have a boy that is folded completely in half in my belly. Head down...and his legs are so long that they go past his head and he is constantly kicking me in the bladder. From what we could see he also seems to have a full head of hair and really cute little chubby cheeks! He was very sleeping and I saw him rub his eyes a few times.

This is his hand on his leg in 3-d

For Daddy...and whoever else wants to see a million pictures and videos of Caroline

Here are all the pictures and videos I got at the zoo yesterday. I know there are A LOT of videos...but they are for daddy :-) It's so hard to take pictures of a moving toddler! We had so much fun and Caroline LOVED all the animals...especially the ducks. The weather is so beautiful here. Enjoy the pics and videos! We miss you Dadda! PS; one video would not upload on here, so it will be on facebook.

yumm...ice cream!

She liked looking at the "fishies" until the big sea lion swam past the window.

Every time I would say "Caroline look at the ____" she would bend down like this with her hands on her knees and start talking to the animals. lol

Mommy and Caroline.
"Talking" to the animals.

I was surprised she wasn't scared to go right up to the peacock....

....or the ducks!

She absolutely LOVED the ducks!

She was saying "Go" and running all over the place.

There were rocks in the cement...she kept trying to pick them up and getting mad when she couldn't.

She made friends with this gorilla. He came over and started knocking on the window.

Caroline LOVES "Bampa". We went to Target today and saw an older gentleman in the aisle...Caroline pointed to him and said "Bampa!"

Caroline - 18 months

Caroline is now 18 months! Wow, that went by fast. I can't believe she is now the age of some of the kids I use to work with at the nursery school. I think this is such a fun age...she makes me laugh so much every day with the things she comes up with.

At Carolines 18 month checkup she now weighs: 21.8 lbs (20th percentile) Height: 31 1/4 inches (50th percentile) Head: 18 inches (10th percentile)

She is healthy as can be! Lately Caroline's vocabulary has grown so much! She tries to say everything I say, she asks for things, she talks in the car, she talks to her babies. I love it! Some of the things she says and does that I think are cute or funny:

The other day Tom came home with a pizza and she shouted "SIZZA, SIZZA"...I didn't even know she knew what the box looked like.

She says, "poopoo" and pats her diaper no matter if she has peed or pooped. Nothing new on the potty...she still sits on it and has peed only once on it. She mostly just puts he babies on it and says "poopoo" "psssss" haha.

She tells me "no no Momma" when she is doing something she knows she's not supposed to.

She talks on the phone to daddy "hi Dadda, hi Dadda" over and over. The other night she talked to Papou on the phone so now it is "Hi Dadda, hi Papou, hi Dadda, hi Papou".

She can ask for things that she wants now (but sometimes she chooses to just throw a temper tantrum instead). She says "dink, dink", "wawa?", "eat"...and she signs them while she is saying them.

She says "down, up!" while putting her baby down and then lifting her back up.

When we open the door or she looks outside she says "brrr".

When she sees the stove she starts blowing on it "hot, hot".

When I say "Caroline, are you happy?" she almost always looks at me, puts her head down and says "no, I sad" while signing sad.

She puts her babies to bed and says "night, night" and then looks at me and says "shhhh"!

She asks to watch Signing Time ALL THE TIME. She says "sign, sign" while signing the song they sing...she loves it...she loves to watch it AND listen to it in the car. Drives me nuts because I have "Baby, baby, baby signing time" song stuck in my head ALL THE TIME! But, I'm glad she has learned to communicate a ton from watching it and learned words that we otherwise probably wouldn't have talked about much.

She likes to dance and sing now. I'm afraid I think she has my rhythm when it comes to dancing though. Some of her favorite songs to sing with me are "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "The Wheels on the Bus", "5 Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree", and now she likes it when I put on "Sweet Caroline" and we dance.

She takes pictures that she finds around the house of herself and she puts them in her high chair, buckles them in, and tries to feed them. Kinda weird, but it is so funny!

She LOVES to watch videos on YouTube with her Daddy! As soon as he sits down with his laptop she is right there next to him saying "cat, cat" or "woof, woof" because she loves to watch the cat, dog, and baby videos.

She loves dressing herself...especially in tutus and skirts. She will put them on and then say "oooo, pretty". When she saw a girl in church wearing a fancy dress she yelled in the middle of the meeting "tutu, tutu"!!

She loves to go to nursery at church and see her friends. She could care less that I leave her in there. I think she is glad to see me go...probably so she can see what she can get away with!

SO many things, it's just so fun to watch her learn. I feel like I have someone to talk to all day now...even if it is very simple conversation.

Love you Sweet Caroline!!!!

Baby #2 - 27 weeks

Well, I am 27 weeks now! I think that means I am officially in my 3rd trimester. I feel great, nothing much to complain about except my back. Not too much longer and we will get to meet him or her. That's right, I said him or her. We no longer know for sure what we are having for sure.
When I had my 20 week ultrasound, it was a little difficult to tell because of the positioning of the baby. We saw what we thought was a boy part...so we settled on it being a boy. At 23 weeks I asked the Dr to check again but he wouldn't. He said to wait until next time when the baby is bigger so we can get a better idea. Well, he looked on Tuesday...the baby was positioned better with legs open so we could see, but we didn't see much. He said if it's a boy there is supposed to be 2 fluid filled sacks...the bladder and the testes. We could only see the bladder. The Dr thought it was a girl, but we're not convinced. We really have no idea either way. I have another appointment with a different Dr in the office on March 1st. I'll ask her and then we will have 3 opinions. I think the bottom line is that it's just going to be a surprise! I don't usually like surprises, but this is a fun one! We have our boy name picked out, and I guess we will pick a girl name too just in case!

Nobody was home to take the picture, so this is the best I got.

Busy Busy Bee

I've been really busy lately...doing what you might ask? CRAFTS! I am almost done with my sister's John Deere nursery set (now that her baby is like 2 months old), and I am making Caroline a blanket for her big girl bed that she will have in about 6 more months...AND I just started a business! It's called Sarah's Bow-tique! I make hair bows, flower hair bows, hats, beanies, bow boards to put the bows on...and I'm thinking of possibly adding tutus at some point. I've already made a few sales just by going to the grocery store and putting a hat or bow on Caroline's head...and the nurse at the Dr this morning even ordered a couple hats for her granddaughters!

So, friends and family, I was hoping you could help me out a bit? I have a website www.sarahsbow-tique.blogspot.com (I am still perfecting it and adding items daily, but it's good enough for people to order already)...I am hoping that you can help spread the word for me. If you know any moms with little girls, tell them about my website! If you are really feeling the urge to help I can send you some business cards to hand out!

My goal is to earn enough money to pay for saving our babies cord blood. If you don't know the benefits of cord blood banking you can look it up on http://www.cordblood.com/ Basically, cord blood can be used to treat and cure many diseases...Cerebral Palsy, Leukemia, brain tumors, Neuroblastoma, Aplastic Anemia, Juvenile Diabetes, many types of cancer, heart disease, and hundreds more...and even more are currently being researched. I feel like it would be a mistake NOT to do it if we can.

So, if you can, please spread the word about my business! I have my first craft fair in Freeport March 5th and 6th so if you live on long island and want to come let me know! Also, for those who live in NM I will be there February 15th and can bring your order with me so you can save the $3 shipping charge.

Thanks for your support everyone!

Here are a few examples of what I can make...these ones are also found on my website. I make custom orders so people can order whatever they want to match a certain outfit.