4 Months OLD

Lincoln,

You are 4 months old! You went to see your pediatrician and you weigh 19 lbs and 9 oz and are 26.5 inches long. You are so big!!! Huge! We had to buy more pajamas in size 9 months this time because you are already too big for the 6 month ones we bought about a month ago! Your thighs are gloriously huge and you have baby fat rolls everywhere. Its adorable. You nearly broke your Mimi's back when we went to visit last weekend because she carried you up and down her street to show you to all her friends and neighbors. She's currently lifting weights so she'll be ready for Thanksgiving.

We went to visit both your grandparents last weekend. They hadnt seen you since 2 months and couldnt believe how big you are. We took you to Wurstfest in New Braunfels, and you slept right through the umpa-loompa band. Then we went to Georgetown and took a ride on Grammys golf cart and almost got stranded and again, you slept! Your dad and paw-paw had to pick us up half way across town!

Halloweeen was fun. You dressed as a pumpkin on the actual day because it was too hot for your Monkey suit. Your friends Cason, Carsyn, and Jack came over to help give out candy. The grown ups ate frito pie and cupcakes. We had your picture taken with both your outfits on. It was your first official professional photo session and you were adorable, except when you screamed when I changed your clothes. You really dont like to put on or take off clothes.

This month your personality has certainly continued to show up and show off! You are so cute and flirt and smile at everyone now. You have found your feet and as soon as I take your diaper off, you grab your feet and make noises and try to eat them. You try to eat EVERYTHING. You can reach out and grab what you want now and whatever that may be, it goes into your mouth. You chew on your blankets, toys, my hair, me and dad's clothes, and the washcloth at bathtime.

Your dad got you a jumperoo and you are starting to jump in it a little... but mostly you chew on the seat and look at the toys. We have so much fun watching you and seeing you discover new things. You stare at the kittys and at Lola looking a bit confused - like you are thinking "why does that stuffed animal move?".

I'm sorry you didnt have a 3 month letter. About a week before you had your 3 month birthday I went back to work. Thankfully I only have to work Wednesday through Friday each week, but I have had a very very VERY hard time leaving you. You stay with Mrs Brandy, and she is so sweet and takes great care of you, but I hate leaving you during the day.

We have our house on the market now as well. That was a big chore to get the house ready to sell, and to keep it looking good because your stuff seems to multiply all the time, and get spread from room to room in a matter of minutes. So everyday your Dad and I pick up toys and blankets, and bouncers, and burp cloths from every room before we leave the house so hopefully someone will come over and love our house and give us lots of money for it.

You like to be outside now. You love to watch the trees and talk to them. We went shopping at Southlake Town Square with Catherine and Cason and you loved it and had a great time looking all around. I'm using your strollers more now because you are so heavy that its hard to wear you in your sling for very long.

We love you,

Mom and Dad

Headlines

I usually don't comment on this blog about what is going on in the news. That is usually because I don't have the faintest idea of what is going on in the news except for the really big stuff that is so big that people talk about it.

First, I would like to say that Levi, Sarah Palin's daughter's baby daddy is really annoying me. I read that he is preparing to appear in Playgirl and he is always popping up here and there with an opinion about this and that. WHO CARES! He is a random loser who glommed on to celebrity thru his ex-girlfriends mom and now is milking it in the most shameful and embarrassing way. This is further reason to not have sex in high school, because you could end up having a precious baby with an total dork. Not to mention that God says not to (have sex) till you are married. Man he really gets on my nerves.

Secondly, and I know this is old news, but I simply love Leach's rant about the "fat little girlfriends" who apparently held some responsibility for the loss of Tech to A&M. I don't know the whole story, but my understanding is that Leach feels like some of his players chose to listen to what their "fat little girlfriends" had to say over the leadership of the coaching staff and this made them lazy and as a result - Aggies beat Raiders.

So from now on, I am blaming "fat little girlfriends" for all bad things. For example, I now believe that the "fat little girlfriends" sent the HIVES to me - just to annoy me. I also believe that they must be the reason we haven't received an offer on the house yet. Maybe they are hiding in my bushes and whispering bad things to the potential buyers. Maybe they are farting in the living room and leaving a bad smell so people don't like the house. Either way, I am certain its all their fault!

(In my head "fat little girlfriends" are a little like garden gnomes - but female.)

Baby Mama Drama

So the last several weeks have been a bit of a beat-down. I had a nose-thing where my nose got all big and red and owie. So I went to the doctor and he said "You have an infection!" Woo hoo! So I took some medicine and started to feel better.

The next week I woke up to feed the monkey at about 4am and felt this awful pain in my back that just would not go away. It lasted all morning then went away. Then came back. Then went away. Then came back worse! Then went away. Then I peed out a kidney stone! My doctor said that I need to drink more fluids.

The week after that my sinus infection came back with a uti to boot. So more medicine.

Then a few nights later I started to get HIVES. Yes, HIVES. If you remember, when I was pregnant I got hives all over my body and they couldn't figure out why and ended up attributing it to the baby in my belly and all the crazy accompanying hormones. They went away ,finally, 1 month later.

So this time I called the doc right away and they put me on a Steroid dose pack that helped a ton. Yeah! No more HIVES. Until last night when they came back. I guess now that I am not using the steroids they decided to pay another visit.

(I put HIVES in all caps because they are awful and also because it reminds me of dooce's SHINGLES that she had after giving birth. I also copied her letter idea. www.dooce.com )

Lincoln's 4 month birthday was this weekend and we had fun visiting my parents and Jay's parents. I'll be posting his letter and pics from the weekend soon.

A long future together

I hope Lincoln and Charlotte like each other.
So far they seem to get along ok.
They have a long future together. They are 3 months apart. Charlotte is older although Linc is passing her up in size. I joked at my baby shower that Jay was Charlotte's future father-in-law but I think that it is more likely that they hate each other in the future than love each other. That seems to be how it goes when your mothers force you together from a young age.

lincoln JOHNNY

Here is my chunky monkey in his super cool jeans and hoodie. I love to dress him up like the cute little man he is. Sadly this is one of two warm outfits he owns that fit him properly. So this weekend we have to go buy him some warmer clothes - that are bigger too. I felt like an unfit mother yesterday sending him to Miss Brandy's house in an outfit so tight he looked like a sausage.


And here is a picture of Linc's namesake, Johnny Gene Kalenda. He emailed it to me - ya thats right. Baba can email! He's pictured here with Chris Schatte, one of his buddies out at the ranch.
Baba had a rough year last year health-wise and I was so happy to see this picture and him looking so much better!

Our house is officially on the market as of yesterday. We even had our first showing last night. The pain in the butt is that we cant go home while people are there, but the nice thing is that we are living in a super clean and pretty house! My aweseome, talented, and sweet friend Dina came over and re-arranged our furniture and decorations and made it look amazing! I wish she would have come over when we moved in, instead of now that we are selling the house.

So pray that it sells soon for oodles of cash!

Happy 3 Month Birthday!

Back to work again

I'm back at work... IT IS SO HARD! I knew it would be hard, I watched others struggle with it but I had no idea I would have such a hard time leaving my little chunky monkey.

Miss Brandy is awesome and so sweet and I know she takes good care of him. That still doesn't make it easier. I am very lucky to be only part time, an everyone has been so nice in welcoming me back. I'm looking at the positive... The little monkey tried to give me a heart attack by refusing to eat from the bottle at first but now he's back to eating like a champ!

Lincoln is getting bigger and bigger. We had to go buy 6mo pajamas for him because all his others are too small and too short for him. I know they say that babies grow so fast but I had no idea!

My friend Catherine mentioned on her blog that she has a serious addiction to Starbucks and I do too. Since the PSL (pumpkin spice latte) is back, its bad! I think they put crack or heroin in those because I crave them sooo much. And they are so expensive! Now that we are on a budget (me working part-time) Its crazy! But I found a good and cheap alternative. They make a creamer called Pumpkin Pie Spice and its only about 2$ for a bottle of it and I can make my own at home. No, its not the same, but its close!

Oh ya, Linc had his first fever. Nothing major but it happened... one milestone down!