Sleeping in our OWN beds!

Last Night, I finally brought myself to put the girls to sleep in their crib. They have slept through the night once before in their cribs-just this week, but it was different because my husband stayed up all night that night so that he could sleep all day the next morning in order to be able to work all night that night. So, with him up all night I knew that I didn't have to worry about the girls because he would be keeping a close eye on them.
But Last night, He was at work and I put them in their cribs and I was very proud of myself!

We all made it through the night without eachother! A huge accomplishment, more so for me than it is them.

Here they are this morning. I think they were proud of mommy too! :)

Good Morning Sleepy Head Molly! :)



Good Morning, Sleepy Head Emma! :)

Emma Sleeps while Jumping

This Girl Cracks me up! The video may not seem as funny to you as it really was in person watching her do this, but Emma loves her jumparoo so much she even jumps in her sleep :)

For several minutes tonight, everytime she would come to a complete stop, she would hang her head sound asleep and then I would say her name and whoosh, she would take off again jumping back and forth in her sleep. :)

Silly Girl! :)

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Big Girls in their Big Chairs!

The girls had their very 1st experience tonight of sitting up in their highchairs like big girls and trying to eat with a bowl and spoon.

I think they did pretty good for it to be their 1st time! :)

Molly was a little more playful than Emma when it came to making a mess. Emma was more serious about just wanting to eat! :) My little piggie doesnt like to waste food :)

Molly waiting on her dinner!

Hmmm, how does this work?

 

Ok, I got it now! :)

Silly Molly!! You did a great job!

Emma waiting on her dinner!

LOL! I do not know why she is making this face. She eats green beans all the time!

My Big Girl is doing such a great job!

Yay Emma Gracie!!!

10 Months Old

 10 Months Old!!!




Ok excuse me while I shed some tears here!

I am just in awe, that my sweet itty bitty baby girls that I just brought home from the hospital YESTERDAY....are already TWO months shy from celebrating their 1st birthday!!!

It's like I closed my eyes for just ONE night to get some rest, and BOOM there they are...big girls now.

Ah, how time certainly does pass us by, way too quickly.

Here are some new facts about my darlings....

Sweet Emma Grace,

At 10 Months old you are in the 5th-10th percentile for your weight.
You are 16lbs 6 1/2 oz!
You are 26 and 7/8 inches long
Your Head Circumference-  17 1/2 in

You are a very determined little girl. I am so proud of the advancements you are making all on your own. When Mommy puts you down on your play mat you can sit up for hours all by yourself and not fall over. Infact, last month when you were all tired of sitting you would just fall straight back and then cry because you hit your head. But now, you have figured out how to let mommy or daddy know that you are all done sitting. You usually, tell us with a whine. :)
   However, you have not yet learned to go from laying to sitting all by yourself, but you are very close to being able to do this.

I love watching you discover your toys and all the things they can do. You have this play kitchen that your Aunt Stacey got you for Christmas and I have to admit this is your favorite Christmas Present. When you first got it, you weren't so sure about all that it could do. But now, you have learned to pull the faucet to hear it sing, you know how to turn the clock to hear it talk, and the thing I was most excited about you learning to do was open and shut the oven door. I was very proud about this because opening and shutting the door all on your own takes way more effort than just touching it to hear it sing. You are also opening and shutting the  fridge part too. You always give us a good laugh when you pick up the whole kitchen set and try to put it in your mouth. The kitchen is so big, and you are so small you usually end up falling straight back trying to lift it, But you are so focused on trying to get it in your mouth that you dont even realize you have fallen.
You really had mommy and daddy cracking up 2 nights ago, because Daddy was on the floor playing with you and everytime he would open the oven door, you would lean over and shut it. This went on for several minutes, over and over again.

Which also shows, that you are learning to mimick!

You are no longer just rolling to get around. You have learned to use your arms and scoot!
You are also pulling yourself up on your knees more and more and then rocking back and forth. I know that you are preparing yourself to learn how to crawl!


Here you are on your hands and knees!


You are so sweet and snuggly. You love to be held and cuddled but you also play very well independently. Although, you are going through this phase that if I (or whoever the only adult in the room is) walk away you start whining! But it isnt long before you forget that you were upset and you go back to playing.

You eat like a champ! You love all fruits and vegetables and you love feeding yourself your own bottle now! You do not want mommy or daddy helping you anymore with your bottles! Everytime you see one of us walking near you with a bottle you start kicking your arms and legs and smiling really big while making this snorting sound. It is so funny to us, but its true. My little piggie snorts like a pig and moves like a frog ;)

Infact, everytime you get excited you do the froggy dance! And the piggie snort!

You also love to take your sister's paci out of her mouth and stick it in your own!
And whatever toys that she is playing with that you want, you just help your self!

When it is bedtime or naptime you do great about being put down. Mommy can hand you your paci and a blanket and you will go right to sleep.

Mommy doesn't mind letting you sleep with blankets when I am awake because I can check on you and you have always loved since you were very tiny, to hold on to something when you are asleep.

Mommy says "Ma-ma-ma" to you all day long and somehow, you learned "Da-da-da" from that! You will be sitting on the floor playing with your toys and talking in your little baby language and all of a sudden you will bust out with " Da-da-da-da".

Im not sure if this is to count as your first word because I do not believe that you are associating what you are saying with who Daddy is. But, I have been told that I am wrong for thiking this way. :)
And I am not being parital against it being daddy and not mommy. I say this because for a long time and even now sometimes when someone picks you up, you will get tickled and do your froggy dance and smile really big and say what sounds like "Hey"

I never counted that as your 1st word either because I feel like its just that you have discovered your tongue and all the sounds it can make, and you go on and on for a long time in that baby language of yours and so its not hard to hear you say little things that could be put together as words. But until you know how to consciously say "Hey" "Dada" or even "Mama", I don't know that it could count as your 1st word?

I dont know! Maybe it does count as your 1st words and I am just in denial that you know what you are saying because I am in denial that you are almost a year old!

Precious Girl, slow yourself down! Mommy is not ready for big girls. I love you so much, and  I want to keep you my baby baby for much longer!

Dear Sweet Molly,

At 10 Months Old you are in the 5th Percentile for your weight.

You are 14lbs 14 1/2 oz. Almost 15 pounds! :)

You are 27 1/2 inches long

Your Head Circumference- 16 3/4 inches

You have grown and changed so much over these past 10 months but you have especially done a lot of changing in these past few weeks.

You are such a happy happy girl. You are so giggly and you when you get really excited you let out this really loud squeal while you are smiling so big, and kicking your feet and arching your back.

Your favorite Christmas present is your jumparoo that Mommy and Daddy got you.
We got you this because when you are in your stationery exercauser you bang yourself back and forth expecting to get somewhere...

So in your jumparoo you can bang and bang all you want and everytime you jump in it the slings on your jumparoo allow you to go "weeeee" with it, swinging you back and forth and you love it!

You can be sitting still in your jumparoo just playing with the toys and if Mommy starts clapping and saying "yay molly" you get that big grin on your face and off you go. Arching your back,with one arm in the air swinging it around in circles as if you are riding a bull....Jumping up and down,swinging back and forth with all your might, and this is the funniest thing to mommy. It is by far one of my favorite things that you do right now. And you even have your sister Emma doing it too!

You are a love bug. You love to be snuggled but you also play very well by yourself and with your sister. Mommy enjoys watching you discover all of your toys. You too love the kitchen but you especially love your elephant that daddy got you that pops out balls when you turn his ear. I love watching you try to grab the balls as they are popping out of his trunk.

Everything is going in your mouth right now. You have been teething for quite sometime but these past few weeks have really been hard for you. You are very clingy and whiny at times right now but I know that this isnt your personality. It is only because you arent feeling very well.

You are sitting independently now, but you will not sit as long as Emma does. So if I have to walk away I usually be sure to put your boppy pillow behind you. You tend to have a little lazy streak in you. I know that you can sit for a long time because I have seen you do it. But  You much rather lay on your belly or back and have toys in your mouth then have to sit up and play with them.
If you are in your bouncy sit or laying on your boppy pillow, you know how to use your arms to pull yourself up to a sitting posistion.
Last night, you held your bottle and fed yourself for the first time. Mommy was very proud of you! You are catching on how to do new things and this makes mommy very exicted to see you advance and do so well.

You are no longer just rolling, you are using your hands to scoot yourself around. I haven't seen you try to crawl yet but I am sure you will not be too far behind your sister with this.

I got SO happy the other day when I saw you waive bye bye! I am having a brain cramp on where we were but I remember holding you and we were telling someone bye and you opened and closed your little fist when I looked at you and said " tell her bye bye"

At first I thought nooooo way, but when I said tell her bye bye again, you did it again! Gooooosh! My big girl is getting so smart on me!

When you are upset and crying you say very clearly "ma"
I cant say that you are saying Ma-ma while consciously asking for me BUT I am almost convinced that its true. Because when you are on the floor babbling in your baby language you never say anything that sounds like ma-ma but everytime you cry and get upset you do say "ma"


So hmmmm,??? I am not sure what to say about this. Maybe in a few weeks it will become more clear to me what your motives are. :)


Maybe Mommy and Daddy will get lucky and have one of you knowingly say Da-da and one of you say Ma-ma first! :)

One of your obsessions is my cell phone! You love playing with it and you do not like it when I take it from you. You are so darn cute slobbering all over my phone that its hard for me to tell you no.

Speaking of no, you know how to tell mommy and daddy "no" when you are unhappy about something. It goes something like you shaking your head 90mph in the no posistion while kicking your feet and squealing.

It  humors me when you shake your head no. This is not something
that I have seen your sister do.

Emma is the Screamer and You are a Squealer! Happy, excited, or mad....you squeal. It's just one more of those characteristics that  make you, who you are.

Mommy caught you squealing in action :)



Happy Ten Months Sweet Baby Girl.

Mommy and Daddy love you so much and you continue to blow us away with all that you are learning to do!

My baby girls to me...are the best in the world...they are loveable, sweet, FUN, and FUNNY, and so giggly! I just have the best best time being their mommy!

Big Girl Molly!

Look Who Else fed herself from start to finish today!!!

I can not believe my babies are already at the stage of not needing mommy to give them a bottle anymore!
*insert pouty face here*

Mommy is so Proud of you Molly Poo Bear!

Frosty Comes to Town!

I am just beside myself that it snowed twice in the same winter! I don't think that has ever happened for us in the south! Atleast, not that I can ever recall!

And it didn't just snow but we got tons of snow! My front and back yards are covered, and I don't expect it to go anywhere for a few days.

When it snowed the day after Christmas, I waited too long to go out there that it had already started to melt when I went to take pictures of the girls in it.

But Today,it was still snowing when I went out to build them a Frosty!

I think this is the 1st time I ever made a snowman, and I have to say he turned out pretty darn cute! Although, his life was very short lived.

If you are friends with me on facebook then you already know the story of Frosty's demise, but for those of you who don't know I will share with you.

Our dogs 1st intimidated him w/ their vicious growls, then insulted him w/ their pee, then happily ate his strawberry nose & chocolate eyes and then as if they havent done enough, they stole his hat!
But that wasn't all, when I came back later to check on Frosty, I was very sad to see that they mutilated every part of Frosty's body and then crushed him into the ground!!

Can you believe, how rude? I mean don't they know that it took me an entire hour to bring Mr. Frosty into our lives?

Gee Wiz.



My Beautiful Little Ladies with Mr. Frosty


Love It!


Molly and Frosty


Emma and Frosty



There are more under their 9 month album!

Christmas Family Pictures 2010

I should have shared these by now, but here you go! :)


 

 

Emma Grace
 

Molly Ann
 

My Little Christmas Presents :)
 

Guess Who??

Went Poo?? :)



This afternoon Molly was due for another suppository and I am very nervous to give them to her myself.

I am so thankful for friends like Ms. Deborah and Jessica who are always around when I seem to need them the most.

And not just for suppository's...they do so much for our family and we feel so blessed to have them in our lives!


We Love Our Me-mez as Ms. Deborah calls herself :)


Jessica and Ms Deborah came over last night and Jessica did Molly's 1st suppository for me.
Molly pitched quite a fit when she had this done,which made me super nervous about her needing another one.

Well When it was time for her to have one today, Jessica was at work so I asked Ms. Deborah to do it for me and she did.

And I am so thankful that she did it because not only did she do it, but she also showed me a different way that it could be done to where Molly didnt cry when it was being inserted.

The suppository that she takes the Dr instructed that she take 1/4 of it,because it is an adult not a child suppository. Well, when it is cut into 4 pieces the suppository is then round. And a larger round thing being pushed into her hiney, was not very comfortable for her.

So,Ms Deborah cut her one big round piece into two, and then because a suppository is waxy, she was able to shape a tip onto the two pieces and insert them one by one more smoothley that way.

And she played and talked with Molly the entire time, and had Molly giggling which made me feel more comfortable about her needing this done.

No one likes to see their baby upset, in pain, or uncomfortable!

I am a new Mom,and sometimes things are a little bit scary and it's always nice to have someone you can lean on for support and to help make you more comfortable about doing things you aren't quite comfortable doing by yourself.

The idea of sticking something into my child's hiney made me nervous, especially after I saw how she reacted to it being done the 1st time. So, I just needed to see it done a few times so that I could feel comfortable about doing it on my own.


About 2 hours after Ms. Deborah gave Molly her suppository today, she had a messy diaper!

Which is why she is in the bathtub in that picture! :)

Now, the goal is for Molly to be able to have a normal BM without needing to strain and cry to get it out.

Her BM today, was not "normal". It was very runny, diahrea type. But, I feel like that is just due to all the laxatives, prunes, and suppository's she has had that has softened her up. Since she was able to get something out, we will lay off the suppository's until her next BM.

Hopefully her next BM will be more normal, and I am praying she can have it without needing to cry and strain! If she does then YAY maybe our problem is finally solved!

If not, then with some Jessica supervision, I just may be brave enough to try Ms. Deborah's brilliant way of giving Molly her suppository. :)

For now, I am just glad that she got SOMETHING cleaned out, having a tummy full of yucky has been awful for her. She has had zero appetite, and who can blame her?

Now maybe she will want to eat again and more often!

Update on My Molly

Hey Guys,

The Peditricians office finally called me this evening.

They said that the test they did today was a more extensive look at her colon and based on the results today her colon seems to be normal in size and working properly.

She does have excess build up and they want me to give her a suppository tonight and tomorrow as well as her laxative twice a day and if after tomorrow she still hasnt been able to go to the bathroom they will refer her to a specialist.

Molly has been on prunes daily for a few weeks now, and has been taking laxatives twice a day this week, and she had a enema as well as a suppository and she is still having trouble being able to go to the bathroom.

We aren't sure what is causing this problem but the good news is, it isn't her colon not working properly which is what we originally were told.

I am hoping in the next day or 2, she will be able to go on her own without having to strain, cry and throwup like she has been doing.

So just keep praying that she can have this problem resolved and that it will be an easy fix and nothing major wrong with her.

I am extremely thankful that the test today brought us good news!

I don't understand how the test today, showed something totally different than the x-rays the other day but I am not complaining. :)

My Poor Sweet Molly

My poor baby girl has been having a hard time for quite sometime now, trying to use the restroom.

Everytime I have taken her to the DR I get the same stinkin hand out on what to do for constipation.

Well this past Monday was her 4th time in 3 days straining so hard that she threw up out of her nose and mouth. And while she is straining she is screaming at the top of her lungs so loud, because she is in so much pain. And afterall that drama, there is little to nothing in her diaper.

So I called the Peditrician and they said they could see me the next day, and that wasnt good enough for me. So, I told them that they could see her now, because I was on my way.

On the way to the Dr Molly has another episode, and I have to pull over on the side of the interstate and just hold her while she is throwing up and straining and crying.

Finally got her back in the car seat and to the Dr, and she had another episode while we were waiting to be seen.

I told them that I did not want another handout on what to do for constipation, I wanted to know WHY my baby could not use the bathroom.

So, the Dr came in and ordered her some X-rays.

We went over to another office for the x-rays and they wouldn't really tell us what they found, they wanted her Dr to tell us.

So the next Morning ( Tues, Jan 4th)I called her Dr, and they told me that according to her X-rays it appears that her Colon is not the size it is suppose to be, and that there is a narrowing of her colon and that is why she can't pass her BM's.

Inorder to find out exactly how small her colon is and what is going on, and how to treat her, they have to run more test.
So all day yesterday I called and called their office until they gave me the exact day, time, and place of her appointment for her test.
Because I was not going to let them treat my child who needs honest medical attention, as just another name on a list. I am a worried momma who needs answers.

So,all of that leads us to Today.

They scheduled her test for 9am this morning.

Here is my Sweet Molly in her hospital gown today. It's a little fuzzy, as cell phone pics aren't the greatest.

 

They had to strap her down on this table and she was such a big girl about it. She laid still and didn't fight or squirm.

But she was holding on to each of my hands with each of her hands. Everytime, I moved she would squeeze my fingers really tight, in fear that I was about to let go of her. :(

I had to keep telling her I wasnt going anywhere.

Once they had her strapped down, they inserted a camera in her thru her hiney and shot this dye in her so that they could get a clear picture of her colon.

While she was on the table they had to keep turning her all the way to the left, all the way to the right, and everytime they would turn her she would be so far over that she was almost upside down.

So when they would turn her, I would try to let go of one of her hands so I could support her head, but she wouldnt have it. She had a death grip on mommy's hands. She didn't want to let go for anything. I had to force one of my hands away from her just to be able to support her head when they had her turned.

Everytime she would start to cry out of discomfort, I would try to divert her attention and make her laugh. So I would say in a really silly voice "How Doosa, Mr Poosa?" and she would just giggle so loud!

How many babies can you get to laugh out loud while they have some stranger sticking foreign objects in their hiney??

My precious girl is such an angel and she did so well today, it definitley made me so very proud of her.

And of course her being calm and relaxed helped me be calm and relaxed.

They told me that they were going to fax the results to her peditrician and he would have them by lunch time.

Well lunch time came, and I called them and they said he hasnt read the results yet.

So, I am anxiously waiting, on pins and needles, to find out the results from her test.

I am so nervous about what it means that her colon isnt the size it is suppose to be. Every single time she tries to go the bathroom it is such a huge ordeal for her, so Please pray that whatever is going on can be an easy fix and nothing too serious.

My sweet baby has had such a rough journey so far, I am just ready for her to be healthy so that she can enjoy being a baby without needing so much help.

Thank you for praying for her, and as soon as I know the results I will try to update.

I'm a Big Girl Now! :)

For the 1st time ever,Today, my big girl Emma Grace fed herself from start to finish!

Mommy is so proud of her big girl! I can not believe all of the things you and your sister are learning to do all by your big girl selves!