Our New Look

I just love the new look of our blog!! I've been wanting to get a custom blog design made for a while but really didn't know where to look online to find a company to do so.

Then, in January a friend of mine from Arkansas debuted her new blog and it turned out that the company she hired, was offering 30% off of their services. Sounded great to me!

So I signed up in January, but the wait list was long and I knew they wouldn't be getting to me until now. So, I was soooo excited on Friday when Emily from Designer Blogs emailed me and told me she was ready to work on our blog.

She was GREAT to work with! As BeBe knows, I often have a vision for what I want and can't really desribe it. It's a 'I'll know it when I see it' kind of thing that I do.
Emily was with me every step of the way and tweaked everything until my vision had transpired!

I totally recommend their services!! If you choose to update your blog and use them to do so, please tell them I sent you (I'll get a coupon for future orders).
I hope you like it as much as I do!

3 Months

Our little lady is 3 months old today!!
She's the best little baby girl around too. She's a pretty happy baby, unless she's tired or hungry. She must get that from her mama.

She's sooooo sweet!
She's sleeping pretty good at night. In fact, the last 2 nights, she put herself to sleep after we put her to bed 'drowsy, but awake' (a term all of the sleep books use). So, that's HUGE! She wakes up at 2 and 5 a.m. to eat and sometimes, like last night, she'll add a midnight feeding to the routine.

She's a people watcher and loves to smile and watch her big brother playing and running around. She enjoys tummy time and although she was rolling over previously, she hasn't really done it again in about a month.

Here are her photos for this month. Compare her looks to Boo, here.

I think I've told you before about her torticollis and plagiocephaly (flat head). She has a tight muscle on the left side of her neck that causes her to prefer to turn her head to the right and tilt to the left. It is her left sternocleidomastoid muscle. We started physical therapy a couple of weeks ago but have been waiting for the doctor to approve the therapist's plan to continue. The therapist measured her cranial vault which was 2 diagonal measurements across the top of Bit's head. The difference in the two lengths was 12 mm. The PT said that if the difference is 8mm or more, she recommends that the child see a neurosurgeon to determine if she needs to wear a helmet to reshape her head. Bit's doc called Thursday and said she didn't want to go that route just yet. She wanted to give the therapy a chance. I can understand that, but I think I'm going to push to get the referral started so that if at her 4month checkup the measurements haven't changed or if they've gotten worse, we can go ahead and get into the nuero docs asap.

Luckily my background in PT had me alert to the situation immediately from her birth and I had already been employing most of the strategies the therapist prescribed. So, I'm hopeful that it's a mild case of torticollis, but the amount of plagiocephaly does concern me. I'll keep you posted.Here are some pics to help explain.

You can clearly see the asymmetry here.

The difference in the length of these two lines is 12 mm.


So as not to leave on a serious note, here's a video to make your day.
Lil Bit has started to laugh some. It's a cute little nerdy kind of laugh and I absolutely LOVE IT!


Come back next week when we celebrate another big three.

Boo turns 3 on Wednesday!



Spring Practice

We've been enjoying some warmer afternoons here in TX and spending some time outside. The fresh air does us all a world of good! Boo was enjoying playing football with Murray the other day and I was snapping away with the camera. Oh, and just so you know...I do comb his hair when we go out in public. This was post-nap play. ha!

He said, "Murray, catch!" and threw the ball at Murray.
Murray did not catch it.

Here's to a happy Thursday and the promise of Spring.

After a terribly long and whiny day yesterday, we could use a good one.

Storytelling

Both of our babes have become very talkative lately!
They love to tell stories!
And, they both need translators! :)

Boo tells a story about the rodeo.
I love how he says lemonaaade!



Bitsy tells a story about...well, what do you think?

Whew!

After 3 nights and 4 days of the Mommy show...

...Daddy's home!

Enough said ;)

UPDATE: Well, actually...not 'enough said'.
After publishing this post, I went to bed and I couldn't stop thinking about my fellow Army moms out there whose husbands are deployed. Several of them are finishing up a year long run on the 'Mommy Show' tour of duty at Ft Carson right now.
I've experienced two deployments as an Army wife, but none as an Army mom. It's hard, difficult, and kind of exhausting when your husband is out of town. Especially between the hours of 4-7 when there's so much to do and everyone is at their worst. But, when you're facing a year or more of single parenting (for whatever reason), those emotions can increase exponentially. So, here's a shout out to all of the parents out there that are doing it on their own. Whether it's for a day, a week, a year, or more...when it gets tough, I encourage you to 'just keep swimming' like Dory on Finding Nemo suggests (oh brother, I'm now quoting Disney movies) and enjoy the time you have with your babes b/c we all know it goes by too fast. And who cares if you haven't eh hmm vacummed in two weeks and you have two dogs whose hair has formed dog hair bunnies in every corner of the house? That just means you were busy taking care of your family! To all of my pals in Colorado who are reuniting with their loved ones, ENJOY!!!

Thirty-One and MOMS Club

I am so excited to be taking part of a great fundraising event and I hope you can help support my efforts! I am a part of The MOMS Club of Schertz and we are teaming up with Thirty-One Gifts to raise money for The St. Jude's Ranch for Children and the Ronald McDonald House. All you have to do is shop Thirty-One’s amazing products and 25% of all sales will go to these wonderful organizations.

Thirty-One Gifts are great for all occasions or just as a fun way to treat yourself! The products can nearly all be monogrammed/personalized! And, we will be using March's exciting special- for EVERY $31 spent, you can pick ANY purse for 50% off!! What a great deal!

I know Thirty-One is pretty popular right now, so if you were thinking of ordering something, I ask that you consider ordering as part of this fundraiser. Their products are great for Mother's Day, graduation, wedding, and baby shower gifts. You can even get a head start on your Christmas shopping.

If you’d like to place an order, please click here to email me and let me know what you would like and we’ll go from there.
Please do not order directly from our consultant’s website.

Because we’re using March’s special, your credit card won’t be processed until March 1st and the products can be expected to arrive mid-March. Just FYI.

To view the catalog, click here.

Thanks for your consideration! And, there's no pressure to buy! :)