sorry

I know, I know, it's been too long. Sorry. But, I have a bunch to update!

First of all, at her doctor's appointment last week, Bethany was 31" tall and 19 pounds! I know, only 19 pounds! The doctor said that it was okay since she is so active. She was all over that office. There was a jungle wallpaper on the bottom of the wall and she kept walking up to it..."Lie! roar...Bish!...Ooh Ooh Ooh! (monkey)...Bird! teet teet!..." She was so cute. So that's about it. No, wait. She got three shots. One in each arm and one in her left leg. She screamed and screamed. I finally got her to calm down by saying, "Look, you got a sticker (the round snoopy band-aid on her leg)!" She calmed down immediately. Then all day long she was pointing at her leg saying, "ticker, ticker!" It was traumatic that evening when it fell off in the shower.

Bethany's new favorite show is JoJo's Circus. It is such a cute show and whenever she picks up the remote she says, "JoJo!" She dances to the music and follows along with most of what JoJo does. It's so cute!

Well, the naps haven't been as great as that one a couple of weeks ago. Only 2 hours max. She keeps waking up poopy. Even if she's already pooped that day. She'll get used to the new schedule though, right? Even her poops?

She also is really starting to love all kinds of food. I'd have to say, though, that her favorites are cheese and pickles. Just like her mom! She freaks out whenever she sees a pickle and she'll eat anything with cheese. I'm trying to find good ways for her to have the food she likes. Instead of buying regular mac-n-cheese I bought this brand called Annie's. It's organic. Wheat shell pasta and cheddar. The ingredients say, "Whole wheat pasta and white cheddar cheese". Isn't that awesome! No preservatives or funky chemicals. No, I'm not turning into a freaky liberal wacko, don't worry. I'm just trying to give her good food. And I found it at Target!

Well, that's all I can think of right now. More later!

new fun

Well, we are really getting settled in here in DeLand. Bethany loves her new room. Now we just have to decide what color to paint it. Last week everything was "lellow". This week everything is purple. Make up your mind, silly girl! Last week, my friend Sharla invited us to go with her and her son, Michael Jr., to the story time at the library. Michael J. is 10-months old. The story time we went to was for children under 1. It was really cute. We sang a couple of songs, said some nursery rhymes and read a book. Then the four of us went to the park and the kids enjoyed the swings. Bethany did great this time. Her first experience with swings was not great. We tried swinging her at the park at Hope's birthday party and she wanted nothing to do with it. This time, I think she saw how much fun Michael J was having and realized it really was fun! This week, I took Bethany to the 1-3 story time and I think it was a little more her style. There was more singing and movement and they even had a puppet! It just seemed a little more "put together" than the other one. We hung out at the library for almost an hour after the story time was over looking at books and reading. Even though it's DeLand, the library is way better than the Manoa branch of the Hawaii Public Library. And the staff is much more helpful and more friendly. We checked out some books and went home.

Bethany has been taking only one nap this past week. It didn't start out as a plan, it just kind of happened with the move and things being kind of wacky last week. So, today she took a 3 1/2-hour nap. It really is kind of nice. I can get a lot done in those 3 hours.

Well, Bethany has her 12 month check up on Thursday. I know, almost 3 months late. Yet another reason while health insurance sucks. We didn't have any from the time we left Hawaii until September 1st. And even then, her old Ped. was already booked until the end of October and we didn't move over here until last week.

So I'm sure I'll have a lot to update after Thursday. We haven't had any new stats in awhile. I'm very excited!!

second opinion

Well, I went to my regular doctor today (actually it was a doctor filling in for my doctor who is out this week due to having surgery) and he thinks I just have bronchitis and possibly a seasonal asthma. So I have another cough medicine (in pill form-woohoo!) and advair. So, we'll see how that goes. I'm supposed to go back in a week to follow up.

Our movers called today to tell me that they had a cancellation for tomorrow (Thursday) so we'll be moving in 2 days early! This is good. Now I don't have to worry about a potential conflict with going bridesmaid dress shopping on Saturday for Kristy's wedding. Whew!

whoop...there it is

Yep. I have been diagnosed as having Whooping Cough (Pertussis). Apparantly, in about 10% of adults, the vaccine we recevied as children wears off. It starts off with the same symptoms as the common cold, which makes it hard to diagnose. I went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago and she said it looked like maybe bronchitis. When it didn't get any better (and my whole body started to hurt from all the coughing) I went back and she said it's very possible that it's Pertussis. So she gave me a breathing treatment in the office and I'm taking an antibiotic, a cough medicine and an inhaler. I still cough occasionally, but not as hard or deep. So it's a lot better. But Pertussis can persist for several months. Ugh. So, that's my life right now! Lucky me!!

our house

Well, there are some developments since my last post. We bought a house! We are so excited! We have a few pictures, but just of the outside. When we move in, I'll take more pictures and some of the inside and post them. Then, as we make improvements, I'll post pictures of our progress!

Bethany is almost 14 months old. She is amazing. But you can read about her in her blog!

I've now lost 19 pounds in 14 weeks. I have passed my 10% goal and will now make a new goal. It will probably be 10% again, since that's about how much more I want to lose. You should see me. I look fabulous!!! :)

Okay click on the picture below to see the house!

Pictures!!!!!!!

Yay!!!!!

Click the first picture and go to the At Home album.
Click the second picture and go to the Out & About album.