Officially a Crawler................

We were told yesterday by Gwen's daycare that she is officially a crawler. She crawls all over the place. This morning she crawled straight for Kaiser. She LOVES pulling on his tail. The cats are constantly running from her. I am thinking we will need to baby proof this weekend. I am so happy that it is an actual crawl, not the army crawl. Her butt looks so cute!! We will capture her crawling on video and post it this weekend.

Gwen still has a cold. We thought she had pink eye, but luckily she didn't. We took her to the doctor on Monday and she weighed in at 18 lbs. What is weird is that 3 weeks ago at her 9 month appointment she weighed 22 lbs...........on the same scale. Mike weighed her yesterday and our home scale said 18 lbs. 4 lbs is a lot to lose in 3 weeks. She is eating fine, she is happy........maybe all the crawling is making her svelte.

Other than that I got over a sinus infection and Mike now has strep. It's like the never ending sickness here!!

Well I am off to go shopping. The movers lost all my winter clothes. As a slap in the face they lost the good stuff but not my sweats, socks, pajamas..........etc. I am not very happy!!

p.s. MY MANAGER APPROVED THE 4 DAY WORK WEEK!!! I start in January!!

So many firsts............

Gwen turned 10 months last week and she has had many firsts around the same time! She is still sleeping great at night and even takes 2 naps during the day. After a couple mishaps at daycare (smacked head and fat lip) things have settled down. She really loves her new daycare.

• She is finally crawling towards stuff she wants. She doesn't go too far yet, but she is starting to get it!
• She said "eye". She was poking me in the eye and I kept saying "eye, eye, eye". She repeated it numerous time. I am hoping "mama" will be coming soon, but whenever I say it she yells and/or laughs.
• With a little help from me (her foot was stuck), she pulled herself up on the ottoman.
• She has been trying so many new foods.........duck fat fries, tofu, pancakes, nectarines, plums, vanilla ice cream.......... This morning I had made her pancakes for the first time. She ate them just fine. Well I put some maple syrup on a piece and fed it to her. The look on her face was priceless. She started eating and then got the BIGGEST smile on her face. She loved it!!

Wish me luck. Tomorrow I go and ask my boss for a flexible work schedule where I work 4 days a week (10 hour days). That would give me Fridays to be "girls day"..........just Gwen and I.

Please see below post for pictures. More can be found in the Summer 2009 Album.

Summertime Fun!

I can't believe we are half-way through August already. The summer is winding down and soon enough Gwen will be 1. I just wanted to share pictures of Gwen enjoying her summer!

Wheel. Of. Fortune


Texting with Miss Jen


Lounging at the pool


First time in the pool

Peek-A-Boo with Gwen

This is the first time that Gwen used a blanket to play peek-a-boo with us. She did it for so long that I had a chance to find the Flip Mino and record it. It makes me laugh so hard. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

The Jurbala Visit

We moved into our new home a little over 2 weeks ago and we have already had a visit from the Jurbala clan. Denise came and watched Gwen for 2 weeks. It was wonderful having her. She thought I was joking when I told her she should stay until August............I wasn't. It was extremely helpful to us, having her here. We can't thank her enough! Tim and Bill came last Wednesday. They got some quality time in golfing, helping us around the house, and playing with Gwen. Gwen just loves her grandparents and uncle. As much as we love family, we are ready to get back to a routine and to slow down. It has been a crazy 2+ weeks!!!

Gwen is great. She is so close to crawling. She needs to have a routine again as she is up at 5:45 every morning...........including weekends. I can't complain too much because she does go to bed at 8:00 and sleeps through the night. She begins her new daycare tomorrow and I have been holding back tears. I know I have to work, but I hate that I don't get much time with her during the week. I really hope someday I can move to the 4 day work week and have a "girls day", just her and I.

Nothing much to report. Here are some pics from the Jurbala visit!

Her first swing that Grandma J bought.

Surfing the net with daddy

Happiest Baby on the Block

Here are some photos. You can find more in my "Summer 2009 Album". Enjoy!

Gwen with her daddy on Father's Day

Gwen's final "hot tub night" in the sink

Gwen's first "hot tub night" in the big girl tub

Gwen on 07/10 playing with Grandma J & Daddy

It's been over a month since I have posted last and I know my readers (all 4 of you......haha) are anxiously awaiting pictures and updates, so here it is:

We have moved. We are now suburbanites. The move went really well and Gwen has adjusted amazingly. I couldn't be happier with my new home. It is extremely expensive to furnish a house that is 3X (no exaggeration) our old one, so there goes any money we made on our old dump........um, I mean house. I will be sending out postcards with our new address and home phone.

Gwen now has 4 teeth and will be 9 months old next week. She is getting so big and can't believe in a few short months she will be 1. I find myself feeling really sad, but loving her more than anything in this world. She is really the happiest/laid back baby. She makes me not want to have #2 since I know I would have the worst labor (mine was very easy) and would give birth to Lucifer....haha

Denise (my MIL) is visiting us now and watching Gwen for 2 weeks. We really appreciate the help and Gwen just loves her grandma.

Other than all of that, nothing more going on. I am looking forward to my parents visit in October and then our big trip to Cabo!!