Mix mix, photo/movie mix
Posted by Christopher on October 24th, 2009 filed in Loxley, see see see!, uber pro(jects) aka craftiesComment now »
Check 'em one time (and the movie of the babe):
She’s both left & right handed & left & right footed!
Posted by Christopher on August 15th, 2009 filed in Loxley, see see see!3 Comments »
Here she plays her bouncer like a tamborine and then she has some fun standing with Sarah.
smells good
Posted by mel on July 24th, 2009 filed in Loxley2 Comments »
me: *watching gilmore girls*
*time passes*
*glances at Sarah*
her: *rubbing her nose all over Loxley's hair*
me: *blinks*
her: *pauses and glances up*
me: *blinks*
her: *grin* her hair smells like waffles!
She does laundry!
Posted by Christopher on July 19th, 2009 filed in Loxley3 Comments »
We asked her if she wanted to fold some laundry and this was her reaction:
She said, "I only fold the clothes I wear," so we said: "Here, try these on:"
And then she was like, "Oh no you didn't" and we were like: "Oh yes we did." And then we gave her a new hat:
great things from new beginnings
Posted by mel on July 8th, 2009 filed in Loxley, Munch munch crunch crunch, People that look like people, reads, uber pro(jects) aka crafties2 Comments »
~just bought a moby wrap and don't know how i lived without it for 8 weeks!
~just started watching gilmore girls (thanks netflix!) and don't know how i lived without it for 27 years!
~just borrowed color zoo and color farm from the library and don't know how anyone could raise a child without them! (ok...that's an exaggeration. but really fun books)
~if you want to see a screwed up film, i recommend hard candy
~if you want to see a beautiful film that will make you cry, i recommend the fall
~if you want to see a brilliantly adapted book to film (a superb story), i recommend perfume: the story of a murderer
loxley had her 2 month check up yesterday and it was eventful. she weighed 10 lbs 9 oz (51st percentile) but she was a wopping 23.5 inches (91st percentile!). her doctor said she is very long and lean but should average out soon. i hope so...i've already had to move all her bumgeniuses to the second level. :( there are a lot of women i know that brag about their babies hitting milestones early...I AM NOT ONE OF THEM! i want my ginger snap to grow up at a "normal" pace so i can savor every second i have with her. my heart actually broke a little when some random woman told me she looked like a 3 month old. NO! she is only 2 months! *sniff* and so i move on... she also got her first round of vaccines so she's been a little fussy ball of fever, but not as bad as i was told she might be.
also! the doctor is pretty sure her eyes will be blue...wished they would be her daddy's beautiful green, but at least they aren't my boring brown.
in other news:
happiness = 
the cost of sleep deprivation = 
dragon book excerpts! = 
i have begun to sense a theme to my clothing = 
and loxley's = 
birth announcement project = 
what was going to be my labor project, but it got addictive a couple weeks before = 
and finally...my darling apple tart/binky bear/dinky-doo/loxley tetra looking more and more like me everyday! = 
Our lil’ Klingon’s a bubbler (and more)
Posted by Christopher on July 4th, 2009 filed in Loxley2 Comments »
P.S., Her nose grew, and the ice cream may be the culprit
Posted by Christopher on June 28th, 2009 filed in Loxley, see see see!1 Comment »
Melinda gave the babe such a cute nose:
And Matt gave the babe some ice cream to try in a most unusual way.
Cannon & Fodder
Posted by Christopher on June 21st, 2009 filed in Loxley, see see see!1 Comment »
A tale of three at the sea (Cannon Beach, OR) and... exercise!
We made her smile :)
Posted by Christopher on June 13th, 2009 filed in Loxley, see see see!2 Comments »
We may have a smile, or two, or possibly three.
nap time
Posted by mel on June 10th, 2009 filed in Loxley3 Comments »
so my darling is laying down for a nap in her bouncer (A GODSEND!) and all my chores are done (for now) so i thought i'd give an update.
if i could teach a class on parenting, it would go something like this:
"hello class, there is one rule of parenting...here it is...do not plan anything...and if you do, know that you will probably change your tune. class dismissed."
that's a big one. NO PLANS PEOPLE...NO PLANS!
here's one that i had to change real quick: i had planned to use half prefold cloth diapers w/covers and the other half one size AIOs (bumGenius 3.0). welllllll turns out that i will be 86ing the prefolds in favor of all AIOs (which i will hopefully be purchasing tomorrow). here are the reasons:
1. she grows out of prefolds very quickly and, as it turns out, it would still cost about $200 more bucks over her diaper lifetime so why wouldn't i just pay another $100 onto that up front to get all AIO's?
2. no one (even people who have used prefolds before) will use them when changing her so that means i am the only person that has to put in the extra (albeit little) more to change her
3. the snappis are uncomfortable for her and pins scare me so i won't use them
4. the prefolds are WAY less absorbent and she cries a whole lot harder due to the discomfort of the sensation
5. AIOs are so much freakin easier and i am resolved to making everything as easy as possible
some random things: our libraries in portland are amazing. they sent us a welcome baby package that contained a card app. for Loxley, growing reader dvd & book, story book, AND 4 tickets for free books when we visit the library! i feel so blessed to live somewhere where reading is such an important part of daily life. it is wonderful to have that kind of support and encouragement.
sometimes i am completely scared of my daughter. i don't mean that she is rosemary's baby or anything, but sometimes i am just frightened that i will not be able to take care of her. like, she will cry and i will not be able to figure out what she needs. and sometimes i think i am the only person in the world that she doesn't like. she will pass out in everyone's arms if she is having a crying fit, but will calm down very slowly when i hold her. i have read that this is because she "shuts off" with other people because they are overstimulating her and that she "stays on" with me because she trusts me, but i feel absolutely horrid that i can't get my little apple tart to feel better immediately.
i feel a sense of panic sometimes that i am wasting time with Loxley when she is awake when i am not completely stimulating her. if i am not talking, reading, bouncing, playing, or etc with her, i feel like she will be cognitively and/or emotionally stunted.
so much has changed since i became a mother and they are things i could not have foreseen:
1. i NEVER judge parents now (one exception: baby leashes...i don't think i'll ever be ok with those)
2. i have learned to do a lot with my feet
3. i have learned to survive on 6-7 hours of sleep
4. i used to be able to pay attention to a hundred things at once, but now (esp. when Loxley is crying) i can only focus on my baby
5. i have a LOT more patience for everything
6. i no longer waste energy on being offended/hurt/annoyed/angry at people. i just don't have the energy to care about negative things
7. i feel sympathy for people that i previously felt annoyed by...and i feel bad about how i used to view them
8. i thought that if i had a girl, i would still dislike pink but i admit that i almost cried after seeing my darling in her blue and green take home outfit...she looked like a boy and i hated it!
THINGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN:
1. baby poops are do not happen all at once; they are a process
2. yes, babies sleep a lot of the time, but it is erratic and most of the time you need to be holding them
3. belly buttons stink at first (of course, it IS rotting flesh...)
soundtrack of my current life:
love rollercoaster-red hot chili peppers (esp. the first few days of breastfeeding...man, if i could bottle whatever hormones were surging through my body to sell on the street...)
what a man-salt n peppa (<3 my husband is the best!)
...oh! she's awake...tbc