Boy, Does Time Fly!

I have been meaning to get around to posting and it just hasn't happened. I have found too many other things to keep me busy! I don't have any pictures to post because I was uploading them to my computer and thought it was done so I deleted them off my memory card. Sad! Luckily I had uploaded them at my moms to her computer. When I went up yesterday I ordered pictures from Costco and now have 62 more to scrapbook of Delphia!

Miss Delphia is doing great. She keeps me busy most of the day, but I cherish naptime as I have found every mom does. She is a consistent napper in the morning and the afternoon is still a guessing game. She naps 1 hour 45 min - 2 hours in the morning, although this past Sunday it was 3 hours! She usually naps for 30 minutes - 1 hour in the afternoon and consistently goes to bed about 7:30. However, she doesn't believe in napping at my mom's house. I don't understand why. For some reason it's a no go for her. No naps and she won't go to bed which makes for a grumpy baby!

She really enjoys sitting up with assistance and playing with her toys. She loves to gnaw on anything she can get her hands on, especially Daddy's thumb. She loves it when I sing to her especially, "Shake Your Sillies Out" and "Five Little Speckled Frogs". We had added multiple things to the silly song such as marching, clapping, jumping etc. We aren't very good at noodling though.

I started her on bananas on the 21st and she loves them! Last Sunday we fed her avocado and she wasn't sure what to think about that. I decided that I wanted to make her baby food so on Sunday we whipped up a batch of green beans, bananas, avocado and we bought a jar of natural applesauce. I think we will try applesauce next, on Friday. It was a lot of fun to make her food. Shane thought he had to be muscle man a nd help get the food out of the ice cube trays. I thought I should warn him not to break them, but I didn't and what do you know, one twist of the tray and I suddenly had 2 trays.

Saturday was our Stake Relief Society Yearly Activity and it was a lot of fun. The theme was Cultivating an Attitude of Happiness and Optimism. They had 3 different classes and the Pres. Draper spoke. We then had a light lunch and visited. I volunteered to decorate a table but no one sat at it, which was fine because that meant I didn't have to wash my dishes. They had 40 tables set up and filled all of them but 2. It was a spiritual day and it was nice Shane got the day off to watch Delphia.

Yesterday we went and spent the day at moms and watched the snow storm in Salt Lake. They got about 6 inches and the roads were a mess everywhere. They even closed the airport. It does make it look pretty outside and I am grateful for the moisture! We even got 2 digital pages done and they turned out really cute! We also downloaded a bunch of stuff!

Last Thursday Shane had the day off and I was finally ready to hang pictures in my living room since we have been here just about 2 years and have blank walls. I had finished a couple projects and was excited to get them hung up. I also did a February stitchery last week and hung it on the wall. I want to do one for every month and that it doable since it only took a day. We went to Real Deals in American Fork and I found a rooster for the top of my cabinets and the word HOME in wrought iron, painted red. The letters are each single and we hung them above my cupboards. We also went to Rod Works in Lehi and found a mirror for 40% off and it looks great above the piano.

Next Thursday Delphia and I are going to go to Girls Night Out for our street on the corner. They are just playing games and eating junk. Should be fun! I am excited to get to know more ladies on our street! Kayla invited me on Saturday.

Today was Shanes day off and we got a lot done. We got the fridge and freezer cleaned out, Shanes pants hemmed, pictures dated, bathrooms cleaned, bread made, potato salad made, sweeping, mopping and 1 batch of laundry folded, the microwave cleaned and the dishwasher unloaded! I also finished her cloth ABC book.

Well, I am exhausted so I think I am going to go scrapbook!

Madder Than a Hen

I guess I might as well get the whole madder than a hen thing over with first and I'll update after that! Today was my follow-up with the neurologist. My appointment was at 1:15 and when you get there they have you fill out a update sheet as to whether anything new is going on. I filled it out, nothing new is going on, same old same old since it started 4 1/2 months ago. The Dr finally calls us back and says, "You don't get headaches right?" I thought, "WHAT?!?!" I told him that I get migraines and have since I was a teenager. He continues by asking if anything has changed and I tell him no. He proceeds to tell me that my bloodwork is normal but that they haven't gotten my spinal tap results back yet (this was done 3 weeks ago). He tells me that he think I should go get a special MRI done at the U of U to rule out MS. I thought that was why I had the spinal. At the last visit he pretty much diagnosed me and was talking about meds etc and then says, "Well just to be sure we better get some bloodwork and while we are at it let's do a spinal tap." So, he doesn't have results from the spinal but yet he's ordering more expensive tests? GRRRRRR!!! Shane and I are going to go and get a second opinion before getting another MRI. It makes me mad that they didn't call and tell me to reschedule since they didn't have results. I am sure they will bill for a regular visit. Then as we were leaving he tells me to call before my next appointment to make sure they have the results. Little does he know there probably won't be a next appointment.

On to happier thoughts......

Delphia started this new craze with sucking on her hands while slobber is getting everywhere. She just chomps on her hands as happy as can be. We were playing Phase 10 with Dallen yesterday and Shane was holding her and all of a sudden she is chomping on Shanes thumb. It was hilarious!

Tonight I finished feeding her a bottle and was burping her when next thing I knew she was trying to chomp on my collar bone. What a silly baby!

This teddy bear is her new favorite toy! She loves to chew on his limbs and his nose. She will sit and talk to him and she gets all excited if you shake him and she can hear his rattle shake inside.

Today was Delphia's 4 month appoinment with the pediatrician. She did really well with her shots and only cried until I spotted, "Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaur" in the room. I read it to her while Shane put her clothes on and by the end of the story she had forgotten about her shots! Shee weighed 14 lbs 7 oz and was 23 1/2 inches long and her head is 16 1/2 inches. She is in the 49th percentile for her weight, the 8th for her height and the 83rd for head circumference. She lifted her head up from her stomach and Dr Folland says she will probably roll over in the next month. She layed on the table and talked to him and then he was talking to us and she started to fuss and he told her that we were talking about her, just not too her. I thought it was funny!

We started oatmeal on the 10th and she didn't know what to think at first, but she is liking it better now.

Just one more random picture that I took the other day when we were playing on Dallen's bed.

Today we went to Costco after her appointment and bought diapers and wipes since they were on coupon and then since Costco is the $100 store we had to find a few more things. So, Crystal Light, mixed berries for oatmeal, page protectors, Pam and something else later we were done. I love looking at the books at Costco and the little kids clothes. They are such good deals. After Costco we ran to the mall to Childrens Place to get Delphia some socks and tights. They were kind of picked over, but we found 3 pairs of socks a 2 pairs of tights.

Turning Over a New Leaf

Delphia thought that she needed to make a resolution for the New Year. She decided that she was going to try to nake more naps. Up to this point is her little life naps are far and few, and when she does nap she keeps them short and sweet! New Years Day she was tired and she napped a ton, taking lots of naps throughout the day and just cuddling with her eyes closed (otherwise known as fake napping!) She has since taken around a 1 hour nap every morning and a 1 1/2 - 2 hour nap in the afternoon! What a great thing! I feel like I get to work on some projects and she in happy because she has slept and it leaves me rejuvenated for the rest of the day!

These pictures are from New Years Day of Phia and her rubber duck! Every little kid needs a rubber ducky! She is getting better at holding it and likes to give him a nibble on the beak when she can get it to her mouth!

This was taken this morning when she was having tummy time. She loves her link-a-doos. I was thinking that they were a waste of money because she never looks at them on her carseat. Last week her and I went to my dads store to help wuth inventory and my mom helped watch her so I could do some data entry. My mom had her in the carseat and she let the links down and Delphia had a ball pulling on them and she would give a little grunt when she would pull them harder. What a funny baby!

This picture has to be my favorite! She is always happy in the morning (even though she gets up between 6-6:40) pretty much every morning! She has been struggling when we try and wrap her at night and I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't want her to pull her blanket over her face, etc. I was talking to Ashley yesterday and she suggested laying her on top of the blanket like you were going to wrap her and then just wrap it around her bottom half leaving her arms out. She woke up once last night and we went and fed her and 2 other times she woke up but fell right back asleep. About 6:20 she woke up and I could hear her thumping her feet on her mattress and then she would kind of scream and then she would proceed to blow raspberries (which is her new thing). She continued on like this until about 6:50 and I just layed in bed giggling. I think she likes to have her freedom to move about.

About a month a go I would roll my lips and she loved it! Little did I know she would soon be imitating me! It makes it quite fun to feed her rice cereal!

She was getting too big for her tub in the sink and she splashes so much that it majes a mess. I was upset over how I was going to bath her since my right hand doesn't work real well. It made me nervous to bath her in the big tub, but I don't want to have to depend on Shane for help since he doesn't get home till she is in bed and is gone before she wakes up. So, tonight we did a run through. I bathed her in the big tub and Shane just watched. I feel pretty confident and she had a ton of fun. Shane wanted to make sure I could get her out before we ran water in the tub, so he layed a towel in the bottom and we set her in. She looked pretty funny since she was still in her diaper and socks on. I did great though and I even washed her back which Shane was afraid to do. So, here's to bathing in the big tub where lots of splashing stays in the tub and not all over the kitchen floor.

Shane and I have made a goal to read the Book of Mormon by the end of July and to read our Sunday lessons for RS and Priesthood. We are caught up to date and hopefully will keep it up. Another resolution of mine is to finish some long overdue projects. I have some stitcheries and cross stitches that I want to get hung up in my house so it looks more homey!

I will have to post a picture of the project I almost finished today. I just need my mom's help to stitch were I had to turn it right side out. I tried to do it and got really frustrated with my hand, so hopefully my mom can help me tomorrow.

Well, I better get going to bed since I need to get up early so Delphi and I can be ready to visit with my mom when she gets here at 9:30. It will be fun to have her down. She hasn't been here since we blessed Delphia in October, since I am usually at her house!