It Has Been a Long Time

It's time to update you on my Cay-monster! Cacy will be 15 months old in two days!!  She is growing up so much.  And right now, she is teething.  She has molars coming in and it's been torturous.  I wish I could take on all of her pain. I take comfort in the fact that she will not remember this when she is older.


It has been a hell of a year so far.  If we go back to Christmas... Cacy was sick.  She spiked a fever, and I was sooo worried.  I spent a good bit of Christmas Eve crying.  But, to be honest, it was partially selfish.  This was a first for me, since Cacy was born (feeling selfish).  I really wanted to go home, I was so home sick.  I was worried Cacy was coming down with the flu.  I feel comforted by my family and I get help and helpful tips. I went home the next day, Cacy was better, but not 100% so it wasn't a great visit.  And I had to cut it short, because she was not herself.  We missed seeing my dad for Christmas this year.  That was a bummer, and - AND, we have not been for a visit yet.  It's almost February and over a month later.


SIDE NOTE - There are a not of Is in the last paragraph.


Cacy has pretty much been sick the entire month of January.  Some days more than others.  We visited the pediatrician January 19th.  She had a rash from winter/cold dry weather on her face, she had double ear infections, she probably had a cold (constant runny nose and lots of coughing), and a little something in the left lung. The end result - another antibiotic, hydrocortisone, and albuterol.  That's a lot for my little baby to handle.  But, as usual, through it all she is a trooper - happy, smiling, and playful.


Also, last week, I was told that my baby is spoiled and that we need to work on that before she transitions to the next classroom, at 16 months old. Otherwise she will have a hard time transitioning.  We are also working on getting her on a better schedule.  Sometime around Thanksgiving, she started this thing of going to sleep late.  And we are working to get her back.  We have gotten her back to somewhere between 9:30 and 10:00 (for two nights at least).  But there were some nights when she was still awake at 12:45am! Unseemly!


There is so much to say, but I am tired.  I will work hard over the next few weeks to get myself on a better schedule.  Pictures will come a little later.  It feels good to be back!

It's almost here!

The big event is almost here! Cacy will be 1 in two weeks! The time has flown by, it's blowing my mind.  It has been forever since my last post, here is a quick update:

- Cacy has 8 teeth! That's apparently a lot!

- She is standing on her own until she realizes what she is doing then she sits down! We can't get her to take a step, but we are working on it.

- She reads books to us.

- She is extremely head strong. It's her way or no way. And she will fight and cry for how ever long it takes. She doesn't give up!

- She is climbing stairs with ease nowadays. It's a little scary.

- She has a shadow/stalker at daycare as of 10/16/14! She has been trying to get rid of him by growling and shaking her head no! I wish I had video.

At daycare they are doing a reading competition. This hinges on the books provided by the kids. So the parents were urged to bring in as many books as possible. Each book is a link in the caterpillar chain. The two classes with the longest chains are the winners. (I'm not sure of what they will win.) So I took as many books as I could on Oct 1 (27 books), because if I can't check something off my to do list ASAP, it reduces me to a crazy unproductive mess. But they keep asking for more books, and I keep trying to find more. Well I decided to take her books with stickers (previously thought not to be a good idea since kids these size put everything in their mouths). But the books come back in great condition, so I know the teachers handle them - not the kids, not at all. But yesterday one of her books can back with a note, an apology, and a promise of reimbursement. Apparently a new teacher was reading to the kids yesterday. She had to go to another room. And she left the book with the kids. Well when the other teacher turned around - all of the kids had stickers all over them. They were tearing the book apart and Cacy was helping of course (one of her favorite things to do is tear paper - true story).  It was hilarious!!!

Cacy and Auntie Bolivia!

My favorite things!

I love watching my baby sleep. It's a colossal waste of time - but it makes me feel soooo good and it reminds me if what a blessing she is. I have the best baby in the world. When she wakes up, she looks around until she finds someone and then she gives you a big smile. When you pick her up she is still sleepy but she will lean her cheek on you - that's one way she shows love it's her way of offering a kiss.

My darling is 9 months old! She is so big and sooo much fun.  I just need to get her to eat food. Let's move away from the very expensive formula that I sometimes refer to as liquid gold.

Stay tuned.....

All I want for Christmas

It took an act of Congress, but look at this picture...

First 1/2 Birthday!

It's been so long since I posted, I hadn't realized that I completely missed her first half birthday. When Cacy turned 6 months old, we had a little celebration with balloons and ice cream cake. It wasn't as enchanted as it sounds, I think I got home with the cake at 9 pm, but we did it. Here are the pics...

My Baby Girl

Cacy is 5 months old! She has developed such a personality. She is talking more and more. She is constantly looking backwards. I tell her that her eyes are going to get stuck in the back of her head. She is so active. It's hard to give her a bath. I'm so afraid I'm going to drop her in and her face is going to go under. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but it may tramautize her. I don't want her first under water experience to be a negative one. It could hinder her from learning how to swim tension free. Yes, I know that I can go overboard.

Earlier this week, I let her lick my banana, just to see if she would like it - she loved it! So I decided to introduce cereal into her diet. We started today. So far so good. She eats less, but I can't tell yet if the length of time between feedings has increased. Since she hardly ever cries, and each feeding didn't include cereal. I will track it more closely tomorrow.

I subjected her to a photo shoot today. Here is my 5 MO little lady.

Move over!

My baby girl juts rolled over three times!  Yay!!! We are on our way to being mobile!