the past week-ish.

things have been hectic and we are seriously, running around like chickens with our heads cut off. idk how we are going to pack up this entire apartment by the time we need to...AHH! thankfully, my darling husband planned ahead and gave us a few extra days before our lease was up.

nonetheless, the past week and a half have been busy. our family from missouri came and visited. it was so great to sit back and enjoy great conversations and company for a few days.

i also finally got mini me to her 4 (and a half) month check-up last week where we learned she is just about 27 inches long and 16.5 lbs. she is in the 91st percentile for weight and the dr says off the charts for length. WOOHOO! i couldn't believe it. she's more than doubled her birth weight and has grown 8 inches since birth. AMAZING! the little one also got the green light for solids, since doctor says she's looking and acting like a 6-9 month old. however, the fiesty little one has since decided that she's not really interested in the solids anymore. go figure. that girl is all about the breast. she has also started to try and scoot which leave her daddy and i with our mouths wide open in disbelief. we can't believe she's almost five months old...where is 2009 flying to? 

i also took her on her first plane ride this past week for a day trip up to san francisco. while the trip was fun (though a little too fast!) i have to admit, I was totally the mommy on the plane with the screaming baby. :( our flight to SF was HORRIBLE as we were delayed and mini me decided to scream for a good 20-30 minutes once we boarded the plane. YIKES! a combination of sleepiness and nosiness just didn't work in our favor and i nearly had a breakdown mid-flight. thank gosh my mom was there to help me out...i now have a newfound respect for flying parents!

other than that, we're busy, busy, busy with packing up and moving on. lots of good changes and things coming up for the remainder of the year and we're so lucky for all of our friends and family's support through everything. we love you all! in the meantime, here are some new pics to enjoy

mini me all ready for the doctor

poppy bobby feeding miss B her bottle. she really took a liking to having him around.

poppy bobby and his girls, as he liked to call us, me and my mama

me, mama tote and my mama. two amazing women!

miss B playing with little B 

our little family

nana tote, mini me and poppy bobby. a few seconds before the ADD hit for mini me.

how blessed we are to have family like them

happy mother's day

i won't have time to blog this weekend, due to all our moving...BLEH! but taking a moment to reflect, this weekend last year, mother's day 2008, was the day that forever changed my life, when i finally clued in that i was pregnant. it escapes my mind that a year ago, this beautiful little girl was probably not even the size of a peanut and here she is, moment by moment captivating all of us with all the smiles, love and joy she brings to us. i'll never forget that day or the feelings of fear, anticipation, excitement, shock, etc that rolled over me. and i can't, for the life of me, remember life without her in it. how amazing.

happy mother's day to all our wonderful mothers and little B's grandmothers. we love you all. and happy mother's day to all my mommy friends, especially all of you celebrating your first mother's day this weekend.

in an ending note, here is a poem my aunt sent me this past week. it pretty much sums my experience up.

Before I was a Mom, 
I never tripped over toys 
or forgot words to a lullaby. 
I didn't worry whether or not 
my plants were poisonous. 
I never thought about immunizations. 


Before I was a Mom, 
I had never been puked on. 
Pooped on. 
Chewed on. 
Peed on. 
I had complete control of my mind 
and my thoughts. 
I slept all night. 

Before I was a Mom, 
I never held down a screaming child 
so doctors could do tests. 
Or give shots. 
I never looked into teary eyes and cried. 
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. 
I never sat up late hours at night 
watching a baby sleep. 

Before I was a Mom, 
I never held a sleeping baby just because 
I didn't want to put her down. 
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces 
when I couldn't stop the hurt.! 
I never knew that something so small 
could affect my life so much. 
I never knew that I could love someone so much. 
I never knew I would love being a Mom. 

Before I was a Mom, 
I didn't know the feeling of 
having my heart outside my body.. 
I didn't know how special it could feel 
to feed a hungry baby. 
I didn't know that bond 
between a mother and her child. 
I didn't know that something so small 
could make me feel so important and happy. 

Before I was a Mom, 
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night 
every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. 
I had never known the warmth, 
the joy, 
the love, 
the heartache, 
the wonderment 
or the satisfaction of being a Mom. 
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, 
before I was a Mom . 

thursday = pool day

mommy and i have had a rough past couple of days, so today she decided that with the warm, sunny weather, there was no way she was gonna pass up the chance to go hang out by the pool. so she packed up and got ready while i napped and was ready to go once i woke up. what made the day even better? daddy took half day and brought mommy lunch and hung out with us. i love when daddy's there, because he lets me back float and teaches me how to swim. mommy says i'm so lucky to have the best swim teacher in the world as my daddy :) and daddy says there's no denying i'm his daughter since i LOVE the water

here i am. and yes, i like to drink the water :/

here i am, practicing my back float and sunbathing. hey, life's rough!

i love kisses from my daddy

yay!

here i come!

yes, i'm the princess. and yes, i know it!

can you believe we only have ONE other family picture? mommy's so busy snapping away, she forgets to make sure both mommy and daddy are in the pictures!

daddy calls me mommy jr

and today, mommy let daddy dunk my face. don't worry everyone, daddy really is a pro and mommy has been teaching and praciticing with me during bathtime so i hardly noticed anything at all!!

hungry little B

daddy and mommy have begun the debate of feeding me solids. we know, we know it's not "recommended" to eat solids until you are six months old, but let's just say, i'm a hungry little girl (sometimes making mommy feed me full feedings every hour to two hours!). so after much talk with my nana tote (who's an RN) and much, much research, mommy decided that since I have more than doubled my birth weight in less than four months, she would try and see if 1) i had any interest in the food, 2) if i could close my mouth around the spoon and 3) if my gag reflex was gone and could keep the food in my mouth. needless to say, she found out that 1) i LOVE food, or anything put near my mouth in general, 2) that not only will i close my mouth around the spoon, but I will even try and eat it and 3) not only is my gag reflex gone but everything that goes in, pretty much stays in!

here's a little clip of my first taste of bananas. mommy and daddy aren't feeding me solids regularly yet, but now they know, i'm ready when they are!!

babbling b

everyone thinks i'm a little bit shy (i like to keep close to mama, if possible) but when i'm around people i know and love, man, there is NO stopping me and my babble. mommy and gma think i'll have a raspy voice and be very shy while daddy thinks once i start talking, everyone will want me to stop! :) i'm pulling bets on daddy :)

here i am...babbling little B

then vs now

mommy took these pictures of me in my boppy just to show everyone just how big i have gotten.

here i am, five days old

and here i am now, four months old

see the big difference? :)

gmas little girl

i love my gma. shes always making me laugh with her silly songs and dances and she keeps mommy laughing all the time too. mommy says she's pretty lucky to have her near, otherwise she'd have lost her mind already. i definitely agree...she always brings a smile to my face. thankfully we'll be VERY close very soon ::winkwink::

meeting gma after keeping her waiting for hours and hours on end

we have a special bond

here she is giving me hugs and kisses right before the dr gave me shots. 

it sure made me feel better

i never wanna sleep when gma's around :)

 i love you gma! :)

mommy and daddy have been buuuuuuuuuusy. this past weekend they celebrated their two year anniversary & were remembering "the good ol' days." umm hello, every day is good when i'm around! :)

other than that they are busy packing up our apt and moving everything into storage. daddy says he can't believe how much crap we've accumulated and mommy says for being so small, i sure do take up alot of room. :) we're also getting reading for my daddys godmother and her husband to come into town. i can't wait. mommy and daddy are always talking to and telling me stories about my nana and poppy #2. mommy also says that we're going to go up to SF with my gma to visit my uncle blakey. yay! so things are definitely hectic. not to mention that mommy is busy studying, daddy has lots of work going on and i've been going through my "i wanna be held ALL the time" stage :) mommy says i'm defnitely teething nowadays too and is excited for my drs appt next week.

jenny jump up

so a few weeks ago, my gma stumbled upon a great new trick and there has been no going back since. turns out, i love to be bounced on those big exercise balls...ALL THE TIME. mommy and daddy sure have been working up nice little sweats while keeping me happy. here i am, mama bouncing me. what can i say? i've said it before and i'll say it again...i know what i like!

so after a few days of endless bouncing, mommy and daddy decided it was time for me to get a jumper, especially since i love to be UP and seeing EVERYTHING.  well turns out, the jumper only fits in three doors in our house. two of which are the bathroom doors. and no where near all the action that i like to see. boo! and mommy says i'm a little lazy when it comes to sitting up nicely. hey, who's she calling lazy?!

here i am, swinging in my jumper

ok, so maybe i'm a LITTLE lazy. :)

because it's friday...

here i am, trying to scoot and giving mommy the "muahahaha, there's no stopping me now" look

i love my toes.

and my hands too. mommy thinks those gums are surely getting ready because i'm a drooly machine!