JUMPAROO!!!

Edith LOVES her Jumparoo!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwx1BvRSXGo

"Spring" Cleaning

I spent the majority of my weekend cleaning our house. On Friday I cleaned out Edith Jane's room and found a bunch of toys she had gotten when she was born that are geared toward 6 months+. Since she was too little they lived at the back of her closet until Friday. I have to say I was pretty excited to see what she would do with the new goods...

Saturday I cleaned the rest ofthe house for a CAbi show/Bunko Girls Night party. I washed my chair and couch covers, swept, dry mopped, and wet mopped all of the floors in the house and did a TON of laundry. Part of the laundry was from the Edith room sweep when I loaded all of the cloths that no longer fit into a big tub, and unloaded all the bigger clothes...the new stuff needed to be washed.

Finally today the family came over and worked in the yard. We pulled weeds and ivy. My brother-in-law yanked out a dead tree and a dead bush that have been driving me crazy since we bought the house. This was stage one of a mult-stage plan to make our yard look less Clampet-like. I'll post pictures tomorrow.

Day One of Edith and Mommy's Summer of Fun (Mommy's Shape-Up Summer)

Edith and I started summer break off right...ummmmm....

I completed day 3 of my 30 day Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred video with my friend Melissa! After day 5 I get to buy a new book to read...woo hoo!

Then just for kicks Edith had a massive diaper blow out. I couldn't just change her, no way too much goo for that. I had to strip her down in our tub and just stick her butt in the stream from the faucet, fun times!

This afternoon Edith sat all by herself for a good two minutes. She did this even while distracted by a cat! I was very impressed. She loves her Jumparoo and spent 30 minutes playing in it today. After the Jumparoo of fun Edith and I went for a nice walk around the neighborhood where she promptly fell asleep.

Fun Firsts

Over the past few weeks we have had a few cool first time events from Miss Edith. Yesterday she started really rolling around. A few times she would roll from her back to her tummy and immediately roll back over. A couple of times she would roll away from something!

This morning Daddy and I awoke to the "dulcet" tones of her Fisher-Price Rainforest Aquarium which she has learned to turn off and on at will. It was great, we were able to sleep an extra 45 minutes!

Additionally, over the last week or so she has discovered the fun to be had in her Jump-a-Roo. She will bounce for a half hour at a time. She has found all of the really fun noise-maker pieces already much to our "pleasure".

All in all this month 5 has been very eventful for young Edith and her development!

Celiac Disease

Well, it looks like Miss Edith may have celiac disease just like her mama. Without going into too much BM detail, she has had a very difficult two days, now has a HORRID rash, and screams everytime I put her on the changing table. The doctor says based on stool tests it looks like a food related intestinal issue...wow sounds like celiac. So, for now, she is back to bottles of formula and NO veggies or cereal. He's hoping that her intersines will work themselves out and then we will try out solids again, this time with gluten-free oats!

My First Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was lovely. Brett had to do some work stuff early in the morning so I had Edie all morning. I got up and cleaned bottles and got stuff ready for the upcoming work week. After a bit I heard Edie talking to herself, or her fake fish...don't really know. Anyway I went into her room for the BEST. MOTHER'S DAY PRESENT.EVER!!!!

Edie's big old toothless grin.

She just busts into the biggest smile whenever we come and rescue her from baby jail. I changed her, gave her a bottle, and we played.

By the time she was ready for her morning nap Brett had arrived home. He made me breakfast and took care of Edie for the rest of the day. I got to read and lounge around in bed. It was heavenly!

That afternoon we went over to my parent's house and met my sister and brother in law. We made dinner for my mom and all hung out together. It was nice.

I have to say this was a perfect first Mother's Day...it helped that Brett let me do whatever I wanted!

Three Weeks of Chaos

So it all started on April 2. After school the three Chapmans hopping in the car and started a VERY long drive up to Chicago for a wedding. We drove through some really bad weather so it took us two hours just to get to Kentucky, normally a one hour drive. By 10pm we got to Louisville. This is when we gave in and stopped for the night! Edie did great in the car and at the hotel. They didn't have any cribs avaliable so we stripped the second bed, swaddled Edie (who refuses to roll over at this point) and put her in the middle of the bed where she slept for the night. The next morning we ate breakfast at the hotel dining area. Here we are:




On Friday, April 3 we arrived in Chicago and spent the night at my aunt's house. When Brett and I arrived at her house we found an Edith sized rocking chair!


That night we went to the rehersal dinner at the beautiful Lincolnshire Marriot Resort. Edie was extremely well behaved. She even laughed for all of the people coming out of the theater when I changed her. She looked beautiful in her fancy dress:

We heading into the city to stay with some friends who have a two year old much to Edith's entertainment. We were able to attend my cousin's wedding and Edith was able to watch the Fish Show!

While we were attending the reception Brett got a text from his cousin letting im know that his grandfather was ill. So, off to California...