GABBY'S FIRST TOOTH!

Gabby's FIRST tooth popped through on Tuesday!  We've said she's been teething, but she really hasn't been fussy.  Don't get me wrong, she gets in her moods and she does fuss sometimes, but we've heard that when your baby is teething, life is absolutely miserable, and ours wasn't at all, so when I felt a tooth I was really surprised!  She was chewing on my knuckle on Tuesday, which she usually does, and I felt something sharp and it hurt! I screamed because it surprised me and it startled her (sorry Gabs).  I put my knuckle in her mouth again, thinking it was one of her nails but her hands weren't anywhere near her mouth.  So I felt on her gums and sure enough there was one on her bottom gum!  One of her front ones.  YAY GABBY!  I can tell there is one on the top that is about to pop through too. 


Like I said, she really hasn't been fussy like we were expecting her too, then yesterday, OMG!  I totally jinxed it.  For about an hour she would not stop crying.  And not just crying, screaming crying.  I felt so horrible because there was nothing I could do.  I gave her teething tablets, Tylenol, and even orajel (I know you're not supposed to use that, but I know infant CPR, so if she stops breathing, I know exactly what to do).  I tried rocking her, bouncing her, walking around with her, all her toys, teething rings, ice in a wash cloth, freezing pacifiers, nothing would console her.  I was crying too because I'm the mom--I'm supposed to make everything better and I couldn't.  The Tylenol finally kicked in and she fell asleep after a good long while.  *Sigh* RELIEF! 


I can't believe how fast she is growing up.  She is eating baby food like crazy too.  She LOVES LOVES LOVES carrots and sweet potatoes, which isn't surprising because they're sweeter.  And she pretty much detests peas, but I don't like those either so I don't care.  It's probably time to switch her to stage 2 foods, but I stocked up on the stage 1 when they were on sale so I put a couple teaspoons of rice in the food to thicken it up and she still gobbles it down super fast.


GOOD NEWS!  I found the cord to my camera so here are the pictures of her on the swing...look at my big girl!

Don't you just love that smile?

It still amazes me how much in love with her I am.  I love you Gabby!

Is it a boy or a girl?

I went to the OB about a week and a half ago for my monthly check up.  Tony was a soldier and stayed home with Gabby, which I'm glad he did because I had to wait for an hour and a half to see the doctor and we're usually in and out within 30 minutes.  When I finally got to see the doctor, he asked me how I was feeling.  I told him how I'm still really nauseous and still vomiting.  It stopped at 15 weeks with Gabby, but I'm 16 weeks now and I still have it.  I hope I'm not sick the entire pregnancy.  Anyway, the medications I take for it work off and on.  It's a hit and miss with pretty much every prescription.  So back to the doctor visit-he started to do the Doppler on me to get the baby's heart beat.  I told him I was convinced it was another girl because the pregnancy is almost identical to Gabby's.  He said, "really?  I would guess a boy."  I asked him why and the baby kept kicking during the Doppler so he could never get a steady heart beat.  He would get maybe two or three beats in and then the baby would kick.  So his reasoning is boys are more active than girls, which I've heard that before.  The cool thing is I can already feel the little baby in there.  I couldn't feel Gabby 20 weeks-right after we found out it was a girl.  But apparently with subsequent pregnancies you can usually feel the baby earlier.  It's cool to be able to experience it so soon.  So that's what's new with the new baby.

As for Gabby, she's still growing big.  Her favorite food so far is carrots.  She scarfs those down so fast!  On Labor Day a friend and I took our kids to the park because it was so gorgeous outside.  Gabby went on the swing for the first time and she loved it!  I took pictures, but I can't find the cord to my camera to upload them.  As soon as I find it, I'll post them.  She's so cute! She's scooting every once in a while but nothing consistent, so we're still working on that.  But she's doing wonderfully!

Gabby Update and Sonogram Pictures

Gabby is growing up so fast!  She had her 4 month check up this week.  She's 12.12 pounds and 24.5 inches long.  The doctor said we can start her on foods now (whoops...already been doing that!) She's still only in the 30th percentile for weight, which concerns me a little bit.  The pediatrician said that because Tony and I are both thin, she'll probably always be in a lower percentile, which is fine as long as she's consistently that way.  If she jumps from the 30th to like the 80th percentile, then we'd need to worry.  But as far as it goes, she's healthy and just wonderful!  

The only thing she wasn't really doing on the list at 4 months is rolling over.  She's done it before but not regularly.  I, of course, wanted to make sure she does eveything on the list so this week we've been focusing on tummy time.  She's been doing great-doing tons of push ups and turning around and now, yes, rolling over.  Phew!  She also discovered the jumparoo this week.  We've put her in it before, but she never really caught on to the whole jumping thing.  That all changed this week.  When she realized that when she jumps, the music and lights come on....OMG!  She goes crazy in it now!  It's so funny to see her in it.  She still only stays in it for abount 20 minutes, but hey....I can take a shower in 20 minutes!  I love that she's discovered it.  Now we need to get her to scoot more.  Tony really wants her to start crawling soon-I don't mind if she holds off on that for a while, but I also don't want to hold her back from developing, so I'm taking a zen attitude on it.  If she does it, great (we'll just need to get baby gates), and if she doesn't until she's 9 months, I'm TOTALLY okay with that too. 

Now on to Baby Green.  So we're 3 months along now.  I'm still pretty nauseous.  I hate it.  I really hope that ends soon.  I'm tired a lot, but that's to be expected the first trimester.  We find out what we're having in 2 months, but I think its another girl, but ya never know...Here are the 2 sonogram pictures we have of our new Baby Green!

Baby Food

We decided to feed Gabby her first baby food Friday night.  Well...not her first.  His mom has given her applesauce and carrots before.  So we decided to try carrots ourselves tonight.  I must say I was quite impressed with our little girl.  She ate the whole thing.  I'm glad I thought ahead and took off her clothes because it was a tad on the messy side.

 When it was all said and done, this is what she looked like:





And here's a video of some of it:

Nursery

I FINALLY finished Gabby's nursery!  I really wanted to paint, but our lease is up in September, so I didn't think it was worth the money for only three months.  Here are some pictures of her OWN room!

The picture on the right is the blanket that came with the crib set, but it's way too big for her right now, so I used it as a wall hanging. 

My friend Karin made the letters and gave them to me at the baby shower.  I absolutely LOVE them!

 We found this nightlight at Kirklands on clearance for $5!  I was stoked!

Gabby playing in her crib!

and the diaper stacker                        

I'm sure all of you know by now, but just in case you don't...we're pregnant again!  It was not planned, but we are both very excited for a little one to be joining our family.  According to the blood test I took on Monday, I'm either 5-6 weeks along OR I'm having twins.  Let's hope for the first one!  We go the OB on the 28th to find out for sure.  Stay tuned for more!

Father's Day

Last Sunday was Tony's FIRST Father's Day. I wanted to make something special from Gabby. My mom found this adorable handmade father's day card online. When she showed it to me I knew I had to make one for Tony from Gabby!

Here are pictures of the card making process:

And clean up:

The finished product:

Tony reading the card:

I wanted to do something different from me for Father's Day. I didn't want to get Tony a power tool or a new electric razor or anything cliche like that. I opted for a tasty treat from Edible Arrangements in Keller.

I picked it up first thing Saturday morning and stashed it at my mom's house because it had to be refrigerated and I was going to be gone all day...plus I didn't want Tony to see it. I had to show it to him the night before, which was fine. It was only like an hour before Father's Day began so it still counted :) The arrangement had chocolate covered strawberries, grapes, bananas, pineapples, apples, and oranges. We dove in Sunday night for dessert. It was delicious!

Ear Piercing

Our pediatrician told us to wait until Gabby was 8 weeks to pierce her ears. She was 8 weeks as of last Tuesday. I was feeding her on the couch last Wednesday morning and Tony suggested we get her ears pierced that day. Sure why not? We've heard horror stories from friends about doing it when they're toddlers (our niece Elizabeth included), so we decided to do it while she's super young so she won't remember it and hate us forever. We went to Sweet and Sassy in Southlake. It wasn't that expensive at all. We decided to get flower shaped earrings in her birthstone, crystal. Just an FYI to those parents who want to get their daughter's ears pierced: get the surgical steel earrings in case of allergic reactions. They gave us option of using the surgical steel or 14k gold. Luckily Tony did some research on it beforehand so we knew to do the surgical steel kind.

Before the horrible event occurred:

First ear...

She immediately started screaming. Tony was holding her and he said he's never seen tears start flowing that fast. I heard it doesn't really hurt, but it stings, but I'm sure the sound right in her ear scared her terribly.

The second ear. You can really see how mad she is in this one.

The aftermath. Tony trying to console her.

She really didn't cry that much...maybe 2o seconds tops and she was fine. We timed it so I could start feeding her right after to try to soothe her as well and that seemed to really help. She looks so cute in them! These were taken on my phone, that's why they are so small. I don't know how to fix it...sorry!

She was such a brave little girl! I think she's even cuter than before...if that even possible :)