Being a mommy

 I have to admit that this whole being a mommy is GREAT! I had to chuckle earlier today, As I was changing Presley's diaper I had to inspect it to see if her poop looked normal or not since we are slowly adding in some dairy products to see if she can handle it. As I was "inspecting" it I thought to myself had someone told me that I would  "inspect" poop I would have laughed at them and said "that's just disgusting!" But here I find myself doing it on a regular basis. Gross, some may say yes, but I realize it just comes with the territory. In sharing this little story I must also say that her poop did look normal. So I believe there is a big YAY! to be had here for the 2 of us.

    Today I have been very busy in the kitchen. I have been making all of Presley's baby food, it's so much healthier for her and I think it's fun and I know what is going into everything that she eats. Today I made peach and mango puree, baked apples with raisins and cinnamon, brown rice risotto, and chicken and apple balls. I have so much more to make in the next few days. I am doing my best to make sure that she gets a taste of all things, since I don't want her to be a picky eater like me! So far she likes everything, with the exception of bananas recently. Oh and the verdict is still out on kiwi. She loves to self feed and make a mess of herself. This is really hard for me as I want to wipe off every crumb or smear as she eats. which most of you know babies are not fond of having their faces wiped every 30 seconds. So I just try and go with it. I am also living the fact that she is eating 3 meals a day and I have been able to cut out 2 nursing sessions! but at the same time it makes me sad knowing that in the near future I will be done nursing  :( (my goal was to nurse until she turns 1) I love the bonding time that we have when she nurses, but I cant see myself nursing too much past the year mark as that seem to awkward to me. So there you go there is a look into my life as a new mommy for now!

Happy St. Patty's Day

Today is St. Patty's day and as is custom we all put on our green so we didnt get pinched!

I love getting Presley all dolled up! it's one of the fun things about having alittle girl. Jeremy took the day off work to spend time with us since we dont get to see each other alot lately. Today Presley had her 9 month well check and is doing great! she is almost 17 pounds and is in the 17th percentile for weight, is 26 1/2 inches long, 19th percentile for height and her head is 16.6 inches, 40th percentile. Her Pedi said that she looks great. And some really BIG news here! I have been given the go ahead to start trying to introduce dairy into both of our diets! (fingers crossed that this goes over FANTASTIC). After her appointment we went and had lunch with Jeremy's mom at her work, and of coarse to show off our cute little thing!

In other news, I called to talk with my mom today and found out some horrible news. My step brother who is 12 was hit by a truck today on his way to school and was flown to Primary Childrens Hospital in critical condition. He has alot wrong at the moment...Broken arm, broken collar bone, broken pelvis, Broken ribs, fractured three vertebra, liver is 90% damaged, spleen is really messed up and bruised lungs.Hes on a respirator as well and last I talked to my mom he was undergoing a blood transfusion. I hope and pray that he will be alright! to read about the incident click here.

How time flies

Here in 6 days Presley will be 9 months old, I can't believe how fast time goes by after having a baby! She is growing and developing so fast, She is a super fast crawler now and has moved on to pulling herself up on lots of stationary things and some not so stationary things (such as Mollie) She loves to pull up on mom and dad. I think she knows that we are there to help her not fall so she prefers to use us to help her :)

 Yesturday while I was getting things together to take her to grandmas for the day I had her downstairs playing with her toys, I looked down to check on her and guess where the little stinker was??? She was on the first stair! She thought that she was pretty neat stuff to I must say! I love seeing her learn new things but at the same time it makes me a bit sad knowing that she wont be little forever. I just try to enjoy every minute I have with her and take lots of pictures to remember it all.



This pic was taken before she tried crawling up the stairs



This is how I found her awhile later in the morning

Jeremy had Presley in the evening after work since I was working a mid, She found some of her books on the table and knocked them off so she could read them. Below is a picture Jeremy took of her talking to the book and having a great time.

So Sweet!