We had an excellent Thanksgiving holiday. I was a bit worried about how Eleanor would react to being away from home for so long (five whole days). She did really well, even sleeping through most of our five and a half hour journey home (it's usually two hours, but tornadoes complicate matters).
We went on a walk while we were at Matt's family's house. It was quite chilly, so I put Eleanor in the baby carrier with her hat on and then put my sweater on over her. It was quite cozy and comfortable, except when she would turn her head to see things her eyes would get lost either under her hat or in the sweater.
Eleanor is asleep and I should be too. As usuall, click on the photo to see more.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Long Haired Freaky People
A couple weeks ago I started feeling really guilty about all of the landfills we were filling up with diapers. So I did some research, mostly trying to appease my guilt by proving that using cloth diapers was just too much work and too gross. But like the atheist who set out to prove God didn't exist and became a Christian, I am now a proud cloth diaper user.
The more I read, the more I realized that cloth diapers are not what they used to be. There are no pins involved, no plasticy covers, and no dunking used diapers in the toilet. The diapers I chose have snaps and soft fleece inside (it keeps Eleanor's bum quite dry and cozy). The diapers come in several colors and prints. I even found one site that sells batik diapers. Maybe Eleanor will get one of those for Christmas.
I have to admitt that I feel quite betrayed. I never saw an advertisement for any kind of cloth diapers in all the pregnancy and parenting magazines and books. Diaper companies have money, so they convince us that putting plasticy chemicals up against our babies skins is good for them, and that everyone does it so it must be okay. No one (except April and Levi) told me that cloth diapering could be as easy as it is. Instead of tossing the diapers in the trash, they go in the washing machine. Doesn't that make more sense?
Well, I have to go hug a tree.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
At The River
We went on a hayride with our Sunday school class on Sunday evening. It was the perfect day for hayriding, as it was chilly but not cold (and not 86 degrees like today!). The trees are changing into their fall colors and the fields that we rode through were newly harvested.
In other news, we went back to the hematologist yesterday. He told me to take the rat poison for three more months. After that we go back for a couple more tests to see if I have any other clotting disorders that they can't test for while on the medicine. I am very happy to not have to have surgery and to be able to get off of the medication. Matt and I celebrated this with ice cream and a movie.
Matt is still very much enjoying his job and I am learning how to answer the constant "Do you work?" stream of questions. My favorite responses so far include:
"No, I spend my days lounging in a pool with various drinks that have umbrellas in them."
"Oh, good heavens no! That's why I have a husband."
"June Cleaver is my name."
Eleanor beacons and I must go.
In other news, we went back to the hematologist yesterday. He told me to take the rat poison for three more months. After that we go back for a couple more tests to see if I have any other clotting disorders that they can't test for while on the medicine. I am very happy to not have to have surgery and to be able to get off of the medication. Matt and I celebrated this with ice cream and a movie.
Matt is still very much enjoying his job and I am learning how to answer the constant "Do you work?" stream of questions. My favorite responses so far include:
"No, I spend my days lounging in a pool with various drinks that have umbrellas in them."
"Oh, good heavens no! That's why I have a husband."
"June Cleaver is my name."
Eleanor beacons and I must go.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Today Is My 1/4th Birthday!
Eleanor is three months old today. In three short months she has learned to smile, raise her head and hold it up, make all kinds of fun noises, and sleep for eight continuous hours. She has gained over 7 pounds and goes through at least three outfits everyday. She likes books by Eric Carle and LOVES bath time.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Asleep
Well, flickr, who has been hosting our pictures, just told me that I have hit my upload limit. How rude. There are six new pictures that you can access by clicking on this photo.
Monday, October 24, 2005
At the Hematologist
“What’s your problem?”
“Oh, uh, I have a blood clot in my leg.”
“Really? Wow. What were the symptoms?”
“It hurt, turned blue, and doubled in size.”
“Oh, well, you’re pretty.”
“Thanks.”
This conversation took place between the lady next to me and myself while I was waiting for some blood to be drawn at the hematologist today. I was sitting in a room full of people waiting for blood draws and I was the youngest by at least 30 years. In all, it was a good visit. The doctor does not think that a surgery would be helpful, which was good news. I am going for a Doppler study (ultrasound of my leg) tomorrow. The doctor also wanted to run some more tests to see if I have other clotting disorders. We will go back in two weeks to further discuss a treatment plan.
I’ll post some more pictures soon.
“Oh, uh, I have a blood clot in my leg.”
“Really? Wow. What were the symptoms?”
“It hurt, turned blue, and doubled in size.”
“Oh, well, you’re pretty.”
“Thanks.”
This conversation took place between the lady next to me and myself while I was waiting for some blood to be drawn at the hematologist today. I was sitting in a room full of people waiting for blood draws and I was the youngest by at least 30 years. In all, it was a good visit. The doctor does not think that a surgery would be helpful, which was good news. I am going for a Doppler study (ultrasound of my leg) tomorrow. The doctor also wanted to run some more tests to see if I have other clotting disorders. We will go back in two weeks to further discuss a treatment plan.
I’ll post some more pictures soon.
Monday, October 17, 2005
A walk in the woods
From the moment we found out that there was a baby, we were worried about possible birth defects caused by the rat poison I was regularly ingesting (on doctor’s orders). When Eleanor was born, she had a slight heart murmur, which indicated that there was a tiny hole in her heart. Today we returned to the pediatric cardiologist for a follow up visit. He said that Eleanor is a completely healthy, normal baby. The hole corrected itself and all is well in our baby girl. He also said that a baby that fat couldn’t have a heart problem. She now weighs 12 pounds and 10 ounces! She’s more than doubled her birth weight in less than 11 weeks. Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Such Great Heights
I know the photo is blurry. It just gives you an idea of how her head bobbles. New pictures are available by simply clicking on this photo.
Common Conversation
"Is that your baby?"
"Yes"
"You look too young to have a baby."
"I know."
"Are you too young to have a baby?"
"No."
This is a real, true-to-life conversation that I had with a middle-aged church woman this morning at the Bible Study I recently joined. Sigh.
"Yes"
"You look too young to have a baby."
"I know."
"Are you too young to have a baby?"
"No."
This is a real, true-to-life conversation that I had with a middle-aged church woman this morning at the Bible Study I recently joined. Sigh.
Monday, October 10, 2005
My 5
So even though Ange disqualified me, I never pass on an opportunity to tell people what to listen to.
"Sweet Lil' Gal" Ryan Adams from 'Heartbreaker'
"Ty Versus Detchibe" Prefuse 73 from 'Surrounded by Silence'
"Bob Dylan's Dream" Bob Dylan from 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'
"Airline to Heaven" Billy Bragg & Wilco (by Woodie Guthrie) from 'Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2'
"The Build-Up" Kings of Convenience (feat. Feist) from 'Riot on an Empty Street'
I hereby tag David Pulliam, Robert Hand, Jacob Martinka, Brock Mitchel but he never reads this and doesn't have a blog... Dave Westbrook too, for that matter. I would tag Matt Cleveland but I already know what he's listening to. Our iPods are hopelessly inbred.
If you take at least as long to respond to this as I did, don't worry, I won't mind.
Bendblock
"Sweet Lil' Gal" Ryan Adams from 'Heartbreaker'
"Ty Versus Detchibe" Prefuse 73 from 'Surrounded by Silence'
"Bob Dylan's Dream" Bob Dylan from 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'
"Airline to Heaven" Billy Bragg & Wilco (by Woodie Guthrie) from 'Mermaid Avenue Vol. 2'
"The Build-Up" Kings of Convenience (feat. Feist) from 'Riot on an Empty Street'
I hereby tag David Pulliam, Robert Hand, Jacob Martinka, Brock Mitchel but he never reads this and doesn't have a blog... Dave Westbrook too, for that matter. I would tag Matt Cleveland but I already know what he's listening to. Our iPods are hopelessly inbred.
If you take at least as long to respond to this as I did, don't worry, I won't mind.
Bendblock
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Smiles
I finally caught one of these with the camera. Eleanor is usually quite happy in the mornings, she smiled when I asked her if she wanted to wear a pink sleeper, and she enjoys doing laundry. I'm starting to wonder if she is truely my child.
Monday, October 03, 2005
I Got Tagged!
angeqward tagged me.
The rules: list five songs that you are currently LOVIN'. it doesn't matter what genre they're from, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, but they must be songs that you're really enjoying right now. post these instructions, the artists and the songs in your blog, then tag five other xangans/friends to see what they're listening to.
You're So Vain -- Carly Simon
Both of Us'll Feel the Blast -- Waterdeep
Blackbird -- The Beatles
Death of an Interior Decorator -- Death Cab for Cutie
Alphabet of Nations -- They Might be Giants
I tag sonnetjoy (Chessie), the Franklins, Ben Utter, the McNarys, and bendblock.
The rules: list five songs that you are currently LOVIN'. it doesn't matter what genre they're from, whether they have words, or even if they're any good, but they must be songs that you're really enjoying right now. post these instructions, the artists and the songs in your blog, then tag five other xangans/friends to see what they're listening to.
You're So Vain -- Carly Simon
Both of Us'll Feel the Blast -- Waterdeep
Blackbird -- The Beatles
Death of an Interior Decorator -- Death Cab for Cutie
Alphabet of Nations -- They Might be Giants
I tag sonnetjoy (Chessie), the Franklins, Ben Utter, the McNarys, and bendblock.
At the Art Show
On Friday we took Eleanor to the pediatrician for her well-baby visit. She tolerated the visit fairly well, except for the four shots. Her face turned red, her mouth opened wide, her eyes clamped shut, but she was too upset to cry. Within a minute she had forgotten about the shots and was on her way to sleep.
Her official weight at two months is 11 pounds and 4 ounces. I figured out that she has gained an average of 1.4 ounces per day. If she continues to grow at this rate, by the time she starts kindergarten she will weigh 193 pounds. (I really need to find more to do).
She is starting to smile more and has a growing repertoire of expressions. Right now she’s flipping me off, but I’ll excuse that for now.
On Saturday, we went with my parents to see my brother Josh’s senior show. This is a picture from the show. You can see one of Josh’s paintings in the background.
Her official weight at two months is 11 pounds and 4 ounces. I figured out that she has gained an average of 1.4 ounces per day. If she continues to grow at this rate, by the time she starts kindergarten she will weigh 193 pounds. (I really need to find more to do).
She is starting to smile more and has a growing repertoire of expressions. Right now she’s flipping me off, but I’ll excuse that for now.
On Saturday, we went with my parents to see my brother Josh’s senior show. This is a picture from the show. You can see one of Josh’s paintings in the background.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Pretty in Pink (and hating it)
Eleanor recieved this beautiful little dress from our good friend Chessie. I was anxious for her to wear it before she outgrew it (she is growing so fast!). We dressed her up all cute for church, complete with lace socks and little shoes. She was happy through most of church, content to lay on the pew inbetween us and stare at the blank pew back. Toward the end of the sermon when the preacher decided to pause to let a point sink in, Eleanor poops quite loudly. People three pews up turned around to see what the racket was only to see Matt and myself shaking with laughter. Eleanor was still lying contently on the pew...out of sight to the curious on-lookers.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Rotten Apple
There is a good reason for lack of posts recently. Our Apple decided that it did not want to recognize it's hard drive anymore. We still have the PC, but I haven't figured out how to upload new pictures onto it. After using the Mac almost exclusively for over a year, I've forgotten a lot about Windows. We are getting the hard drive replaced today, so it shouldn't be long before we have more pictures posted.
Anyway, Eleanor, Matt and I are doing well. She has been a wonderful baby today. I'm amazed at how good she has been. We (Eleanor and I, Matt was at work) went to Arkadelphia to listen to Gracia Burnham speak at OBU's chapel service. She slept most of the way to Arkadelphia, then was awake and quiet for the chapel service. She seemed to enjoy meeting new people and liked having lunch with her Uncle Josh. Then she slept all the way home.
I am also amazed at how big Eleanor is getting. Today as I was buckling her into her carseat I accidently caught her double chin under the strap (it didn't even wake her up). We will weigh her at her two month check up next week, but I'm sure she's over ten pounds.
I will get some more picture up as soon as a) I learn how to post them using the PC, or b) we get the Apple up and running again.
Anyway, Eleanor, Matt and I are doing well. She has been a wonderful baby today. I'm amazed at how good she has been. We (Eleanor and I, Matt was at work) went to Arkadelphia to listen to Gracia Burnham speak at OBU's chapel service. She slept most of the way to Arkadelphia, then was awake and quiet for the chapel service. She seemed to enjoy meeting new people and liked having lunch with her Uncle Josh. Then she slept all the way home.
I am also amazed at how big Eleanor is getting. Today as I was buckling her into her carseat I accidently caught her double chin under the strap (it didn't even wake her up). We will weigh her at her two month check up next week, but I'm sure she's over ten pounds.
I will get some more picture up as soon as a) I learn how to post them using the PC, or b) we get the Apple up and running again.
Friday, September 02, 2005
Bear Bath
We went to Kroger last night. My curiosity had bested me and I wanted to know the weight of our child. We discreetly propped her up on the produce scale, much to the amusement of a woman passing by. She weighs over eight and a half pounds. What a good, fat baby we have!
While Matt is learning how to minister to the sick and weary in the hospital, I am learning how to meet the needs of a very demanding and small person. She is now a month old. That seems quite impossible.
You might notice that with Matt back at work, there are fewer pictures. I’ll work on that. I know you come here for the pictures and not the words. There are a few new pictures on the flicker site, click on the picture here to access them.
While Matt is learning how to minister to the sick and weary in the hospital, I am learning how to meet the needs of a very demanding and small person. She is now a month old. That seems quite impossible.
You might notice that with Matt back at work, there are fewer pictures. I’ll work on that. I know you come here for the pictures and not the words. There are a few new pictures on the flicker site, click on the picture here to access them.
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