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Solids

We started Amelia on solids this weekend. She gets just a little bit of rice cereal once a day. Enough to start getting her familiar with eating from a spoon. I have to admit, right now it’s kind of fun. I know that will change pretty quick and I’ll wish she could stay on the bottle forever, but for now I’m enjoying watching her experience this new way of eating.

She’s actually doing pretty well. She spits it out of course, but not nearly as much as I expected. She actually eats more than she spits out. And this evening she was even opening her mouth wanting more. It was very cute!

But the poor thing had her 4-month checkup today and she wasn’t happy about it. She started getting fussy as soon as we got in the exam room. Maybe she remembered her last visit a week ago when the doctor messed with her ears so much. She definitely doesn’t like when I lay her down on the table. Then she had to get her shots and she screamed. I felt so bad for her. She was extra fussy this evening, probably from the shots, but she’s doing okay.

I will be glad when we’re done giving her the antibiotic. That stuff is so sticky, it’s gross. And it makes her spit up and her pee smell worse! Bleh! Only a few more days to go, but the doctor said her ear infection is clearing up, so that’s good news.

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First Illness and Another Milestone

Amelia got her first illness this past weekend. But we wouldn’t have know anything was wrong had I not noticed that she wasn’t eating like she normally does. She was only eating about half of her milk. She was so happy and she reached another milestone this weekend also. She was being so vocal it was cute. At first I thought something was wrong, but looking at her she seemed happy. Giggling and smiling and sqealing so much. But she just wasn’t eating. So I took her in on Monday and she has an ear infection. She’s doing better with the eating since we’ve been giving her the antibiotic, but she’s not quite back up to where she was last week. She still sqeals a lot and last night when I got home, I said hello to her and she laughed at me (a real chuckle). So I guess she feels fairly well. She’s usually such a happy girl and has been babbling so much this week. It’s fun to hear her talking.

I know the day will come when all I will want is for her to be quiet, but for now, I’m loving it as I’m sure she is too. And she’s on her way to getting better. But I stayed home on Monday to keep an eye on her. I’m one of those rare people who is allergic to amoxicillan, so I wanted to be around when we started giving it to her to make sure she isn’t allergic to it also. She seems to be fine thankfully.

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Wii Fun

We are having a blast. Sunday, we got a Wii. My husband went to Toys R Us right before they opened, hoping to see a few of these elusive machines on the shelf and he finally got lucky. We’ve been looking for one of these blasted machines since Christmas and now we’re totally addicted. We’ve been playing tennis all week and my arm is so sore, I can barely lift it. Ouch!

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Paper Scrapbook

Last weekend I bought a scrapbook kit. To make an actual paper scrapbook. I printed out the pictures I would need. Tomorrow night I’m going to a crop at my local scrapbook shop. And I’m so excited. It’s my first big outing by myself, while my husband watches the baby. Sure, I’ve gone shopping before and gone to the bookstore to browse, but this is a big deal. An actual event where I will converse with people I don’t know and do something I’ve never done before. I can’t wait. And in the end I’ll have a fabulous, cute scrapbook all about Amelia.

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Happy Birthday

I want to wish my little sister a huge Happy Birthday. Today she turned 24 and I can’t believe my baby sister is that old. I moved out and on to college when she was in high school, so I still have a hard time sometimes remembering that she isn’t 16 anymore. She graduated with a Masters in Library Science in December and will soon be moving away from home and starting her career as a Librarian. I’m very proud of all she accomplished. She was Valedictorian of her graduating class in high school and graduated summa cum laude undergrad. I’m sure she did the same with her graduate degree as well. She is very smart even if she has no common sense.

She’s my best friend, even though she’s 8 years younger than me. So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NEZ!!!

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