Bedtime

Bedtime is getting so much easier! Hardly any crying and screaming. We just tell Jaina that it's time to go night-night, change her and take her to bed, and tell her to lay down and cover up. We walk out of the room and haven't been hearing anything until morning. It's nice. This whole crying herself to sleep EVERY night was not going so well for me.

Pics

I was totally fascinated with this little guy.


Jaina and Daddy :)


Showing her the flowers

The Koi Pond

The flowers we couldn't let Jaina pick :(

The waterfall

Jaina and Daddy again... This is his favorite!

Oh, and I forgot to add that Jaina managed to still be awake at 1:00 AM since she just kind of napped off and on yesterday. Then this morning she was too much like her daddy and refused to wake up. She fell back to sleep on the way home from church this morning and is still asleep... she hasn't had anything but about 1/2 of a banana today, since that's all she would eat. I'm surprised she's not starving!

Busy

We had a wonderful and busy weekend! Friday after work we drove to Hot Springs to see Greg's Memaw. She had a pacemaker put in. She is home now and seems to be doing fine. Then we went to The Purple Cow and had milkshakes. Jaina had some of mine... just enough to make her want more! We stayed the night with my mom Friday night. Jordan and RC were at my mom's, so we got to hang out with them for a little while before we went to bed (I might add that Jaina got to sleep with her meme since my dad was working... so mommy and daddy got to go to bed without worrying about getting her to sleep!).

Saturday morning we got up and had breakfast with the family. We went to see my Granny for a little while and went to see my Grandpa and his wife (I may as well start calling her Grandma Betty like Jaina does...).

We took Jaina to Garvan Gardens. It was pretty fun and she really enjoyed it, although it was pretty hot and she fell asleep towards the end. I think she'll enjoy it more next year or the year after when she can walk longer and we won't have to take the stroller. I should have worn comfy shoes, but I guess I'll know next time. Jaina had lots of fun looking at the flowers, but I was a little disappointed. I thought there would be more flowers (and a bigger variety of flowers) and less woods. It was still a fun day and I really enjoyed spending time with my little family. :)

Ummm...

I just walked in the kitchen and there was water dripping out of the bottom of the dishwasher... great. Like I need something else.

Grey's Anatomy

The season finale was Thursday night. They apparently know their demographic and how to keep us waiting until next season!!! That's really the only show I watch on a regular basis. I guess I'm addicted to all the drama!

Soooooooooo tired.

Yesterday was loooooong... Had work from 8-5 and then a work meeting 5:30-7, then left Jaina with a friend so she could play with her grandson and I went to Wal-Mart. Jaina didn't get to bed until about 10:45 (her usual bedtime is 8). So I left at 7:30 AM and didn't get home until about 9:30 PM. I don't think I've recovered. Today was another tiring day and when I came home for lunch at 11 Jaina and Greg were both still asleep.

I think I'm headed to bed now...

Short and simple

I'd better update this thing before I get in trouble...

I'm back at work... half days and/or less than 3o hours. No more sleeping until 9:30. I don't like getting up before Jaina.

I can drive. I'm not confident enough in my driving abilities to drive any more than around town, but I can drive.

And now for the one I'm most excited about... My Mother's Day gift... Greg is painting the bedroom for me. :)

Jaina's words

Here's a list of her words. I've been working on it for a few days because I keep forgetting HOW many she actually knows! The doctor said she should know 3-6 (I think) right now.

Daddy
Mom
Jaina
Ya-ya (my mom)
Jo Jo
Dog (she can't tell the difference between a cat and dog)
Eat
Bite
Good
Cracker
Banana
Hot
Bear (pointing at the bear on my UCA shirt)
Clap
Eye
Ear
Nose
Thanks (or Thank You)
Welcome
Light
Uh-oh
Elmo
Book
Pretty (when pointing at her painted toenails)
Yes
No
Tickle (every time she sees bare tummy or bare feet she "tickles" us)
Shoe
Hi
Bye
Gone or "gone gone" (when she's through eating)
Here (when handing us something)
Coke (because she's figured out she likes sugary sweet stuff)
Look

That's 34. I'm sure she knows more than that, but won't remember them until she says them! She won't say toes, knees, fingers, or head, but she will point to them. If we ask her a question she will either nod her head or shake it for no. I can pretty much tell her to go get me anything and point and she will.

Oh, and when we sing the ABC song she sings with us, but none of the letters are right! LOL!


Edited-because we remembered some more to add

It's Friday

... which is exciting for some people, but means absolutely nothing to me since it's just another day. Greg got some more done on the yard this morning and got the front porch swept off. Jaina and I went outside and "helped." He said that's all he's doing since it's about to rain.

I'm sitting in the living room with the windows open. The cool air feels so good! I think we're fixing to have to make a Wal-Mart trip and run a few other small errands. Woohoo. We might have to wait until after Jaina's nap... it's about that time.

I'm really starting to get bored. I have one more week off work. I go back on April 10th. At least that's the plan right now. I've still not really decided if I'm going to try part-time for a little while to get myself back into the groove of things.

It's Toad Suck Weekend!!! I doubt I'll go, but I really want one of those awesome corn dogs and Greg wants some of the fresh squeezed lemonade. I'm completely fascinated with watching Stuck on a Truck. I could never do that. I'd be the first one out. LOL.

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Living room is picked up... dishes are done... baby girl is with a friend until 8:00... time for me to rest for a couple of hours. :)

I got my hair cut today. It's shorter and I really like it. She even showed me how to fix it and it will only take a few minutes. My appointment was at 11 and then we took Jaina to Chick-fil-a for lunch. We were gonna let her play on the playground, but it was right at noon and it was FULL of kids.

Greg worked on the front yard for several hours today. It looks like a yard now. All the brush is gone and he said he's going to finish mowing it tomorrow. Apparently this new medication is a miracle drug... he was able to take Jaina to church last night (without me) and even spoke during class. I'm really proud of him considering all he's been through. Most people don't even know half of it.

stuff

I always seem to blog about yesterday. It's easier that way.

Jaina took her diaper off twice yesterday. Once she was in bed napping and once she just walked up to Greg and handed him her diaper. I'm not ready for this.

Yesterday I managed to get a couple of loads of laundry done and the dishes washed. That took me several hours (and we didn't have that many dirty dishes... Greggers washed them the day before).


Fast forward to several hours later... since I never finished that blog and just left it up on my laptop...

Anyways, today was long, Jaina is asleep, and I'm about to go to bed.

I spent most of the day just not doing anything, got up and started getting ready for church, and just decided I'm too tired and worn out... I just don't feel good.

Yesterday

Greg has a new medicine that's supposed to help keep him awake during the day. We went to get it filled last night and it was $300.00 after all discounts... that's a pain. At least it works! He's been up all day today and done a ton of yard work that really needed to be done.

I managed to get some stuff done... by some I mean a couple of hours of stuff that normally would have taken me only 30 minutes, if that. I wrote some thank you cards and went through all the mail for the last 5 weeks. I hadn't paid any bills except the ones that come out automatically, so that was fun *insert sarcasm here*.

15 month check-up

Jaina had her 15 month check-up today. She's 20 pounds, 12 oz (15th percentile) and 30 1/4 inches (around 5oth percentile) long/tall. She got two shots, one in each leg and then slept until about 5:00.

My vision

is still bad. Everything looks like it's been cut in half and squished together. I noticed today that it takes several seconds for me to look at a car and figure out if it's 2 or 4 door. This is getting annoying.

That was going to be the end of this post, but I decided to put all my complaints together in one post to make it look like I complain less.

My neck hurts and is stiff, so I can't turn it without pain. My back hurts. I wonder if a chiropractor can help me...

I want to go to sleep but I can't sleep. Off to find the Tylenol PM...

Oh, and I'm really grumpy today.

Any suggestions?

We've never really had a problem with Jaina bothering her earrings. She just started pulling her earrings out every time she goes to bed or gets in her car seat. She doesn't put them in her mouth or anything, just twists and plays with them until the backs come off and they come out. Any suggestions?

I've been bored

I'm stuck where I'm feeling better, but I still depend on Greg if I want to do anything. I'm not *supposed* to pick up Jaina or bend over to pick up after her or anything... so I'm bored and have a constantly messy house, both of which are driving me up the wall.

On a side note, I have figured out that when I look up my head/scalp and neck start going numb and when I look down my arms and hands start going numb. Good to know. By numb I mean the tingly feeling you get right before and after your foot goes to sleep. I started paying attention to this because my mom has an ear infection and told me that when she looks to the right and tilts her head she passes out. Hmmm.

I've really been wanting some pizza and cheese sticks... I've been watching a lot of TV lately (due to the boredom thing again) and the new Digiorno Pizza and Breadsticks commercial has really been getting to me. Tonight when the person bringing us dinner called and asked if we wanted pizza instead of a home-cooked meal I was super excited.

Happy 15 months to my baby girl! I'm trying to make a list of words Jaina knows, just because I want to count them. She has about 20 she says all the time and more she says occasionally. She also talks 24/7 even though I have no idea what she's saying, gives lots of kisses (complete with the "muah" sound), and blows lots of kisses (particularly to random old men in Wal-mart). She really understands a lot of what we're saying, and probably more than I give her credit for. I've really noticed this in about the last week. I can tell her to go pick something up for me or bring me something and she normally does. Oh, and she also barks like a dog and makes monkey sounds. We were sitting outside a couple of days ago and the dog across the street started barking, so of course my child started barking back.

Jaina went to Bible class for the first time last night. Her teachers said she was so good! I'm excited about being able to pay attention in class again or maybe even teach. I was kind of expecting someone to come get me half-way through the service, I guess mainly because I didn't really know what to expect, but she was a good little girl!

Today

Went back to the doctor today. I don't have to go back for 6 months! He said it looks like everything is going back to normal. My neck still hurts, but that may not go away for a while since it's because of my condition and not because of the surgery (which is also why I was having neck problems before the surgery).

Jaina was so good the entire time. The only time she really got fussy was when we went to Sam's and I wouldn't let her drink all of my Icee. Once we got back to Conway, we took her by the bank to see her friends (my co-workers :P) and went by Lowes to get some stuff for the yard. After 2 years we are planting a tree and some grass in the yard!!!

Pics

Here are some pics from the park, once about six weeks ago and then again today. Enjoy. :)

It's almost 8.

And sweet baby girl is asleep. We had a long day and she only took about a 15-20 minute nap. I am feeling so much better than last Sunday. I can't really tell I'm much better from one day to the next, but I can see a huge improvement over a week. My eyes are still giving me problems, which is why my time on the computer is short. My eyes either see double or there's black spots on everything. I mostly notice this on numbers, but sometimes numbers/letters are "missing." I was reading a phone number on a bill board a couple of days ago and it only had 4 numbers... and they kept changing... that can't be right.