5 months!

Okay so I know I am super late but Lord it has been crazy around here! We went home July 1-9 and it was great. It broke my heart to leave though. Over the last 4 years I have gotten used to coming and going and having to say bye or "see ya soon" but now with Delaney its so much harder. It was so hard to watch her recognize Shawns parents or mine when they walked in a roomor talked to her and just interact and boom, just like that its over. and we will have to start all over from scratch next go around. It just sucks that we are so far away. I know we skype almost every day but its just not the same. Its bad enough shes missing out on her Daddy but to have to miss out on the rest of the family hurts my heart. I have such a close relationship with my grandparents and I just want her to have that. Anyways she did pretty good on the drive considering. I mean 8 hours is a long drive but we all did good. I wont do it again by myself though, I'll tell ya that.
Thursday 7/14 Lauren and Connor drove up from her parents house and spent the night & yesterday we went and had the babies pictures taken. I cant wait to see them! I already miss Lauren and Connor so much. It sucks being so far away from them too. I cried my eyes out all the way back to Newport News. Speaking of... I HATE THIS CITY. I dont know what it is about this place but it just makes me angry. I hate being here. I hate this house.. I just hate everything about this place!! 2013 cant come fast enough! I didnt think I would ever be so ready to get back to North Carolina! But Shawn might take the instructors job at the school in Chesapeake VA so we might be moving out there in the spring. PRAY he gets that job! We decided that once I graduate Im not going to work right away. Definitely for the rest of the time we are in VA. :) So I am happy about that!
Now for some Delaney updates! Right after my last post she started sitting up unassisted. Shes such a big girl! and what a little ham! She has learned to give kisses too. She puts her little hand on your face and with a wide open mouth kisses ya! Its so sweet! and she drinks from a cup.. not a bottle, not a sippy cup, but a regular cup! & even though she is as cute and sweet as she can be.. Lord have mercy does that girl have a temper! She doesnt cry..she whines and then she throws a fit. Shes found herself getting popped a few times because of it. She just wants me to hold her and pay attention to her 24/7! And sleeping in the crib hasnt gotten any better. She starts off in it and then by midnight shes in the bed with me. If I didnt have to get up at 430 every morning and go to school all day I would try harder but its just too much to do it by myself. Oh and shes officially teething. Hasnt cut one yet but I dont give it much longer. Oh & she looooves men. I thought for sure she would be scared since shes never been around any but no the exact opposite. Shes talking more and has started growling lol. I dont know what thats about. And she spits. Not spit spit but puts her lips together and blows. Its so cute. Shes still eating her cereal like a champ. She gets 2 TBlspoons at breakfast and 2 at night but no more than that because it clogs her up lol. She didnt poop for 5 days while we were home! Shes still breastfeeding and I am so happy Ive almost made it 6 months. Thats my first goal. I feel like my supply is lower than it was though... I think its because I wasnt drinking enough water so we will see what happens over the next few weeks. I am not going to stress about it though. It is what it is and I am so glad I have made it this long! Ive got 5 weeks left of class and then its onto externship! I cant believe Im almost finished. FINALLY. Well heres some pictures of my little sweet pea and we will see ya at 6 months!

4.5 months

So I thought I would give a mid month post because so many exciting things have gone on! First Delaney has been going swimming & she LOVES it. Shes a little water baby just like her daddy and me! Also since Delaney attends daycare on base and they are government funded they have to adhere to certain guidelines like at 4 months they start feeding the infants rice cereal UNLESS you have a note from the Doctor. So we had her 4 month appointment last Friday.. She weighed 14.8 lbs and is 26 inches long! Childs gonna be long like her Daddy! Anyway the doctor and I discussed it and there is/was no reason for Delaney to start the cereal so she wrote a note for daycare BUT I guess she forgot to put it in with the rest of my paperwork and so when Monday came I had no note and I knew that daycare would feed her the cereal so when we got there I asked them to please not feed her that I wanted to do it and video tape it so they said they would wait til today. So last night she had her first bit of rice cereal mixed with breastmilk of course, and she loved it! It was all over the place but we had a ball! She reminded me of a little baby bird craning her neck and opening her mouth trying to eat and of course she tried to hold the spoon herself. Ah another bittersweet moment... which leads me to the biggest news of all. Delaney is sleeping in her crib. The first night was the roughest and Delaney won the battle and actually wound up sleeping in the bed with me all night but the 2nd night she slept great. SHE slept great and I.. I laid there imagining someone breaking in Delaneys window and stealing her.It was rough but I managed and I think she got up twice and then every night since she has started off in her bed.. some nights.. okay most nights by 3 am she is in bed with me but we are working on it and its progress! 2 more weeks til we are Augusta bound! I am so excited.. nervous about making a trip like that by myself with the dogs and the baby but excited! I started dental laboratory yesterday and that marks 10 weeks left of school before externship. Holy Moly. Anyways see ya at 5 months!

4 months!

4 months! I dont even know where to begin! SO much has been going on! We had shots this morning and yet again she didnt cry. ( I didnt either ) Last Friday Delaney took her first trip away from home and we went to Texas to see Lauren Connor and Adam. She did SO great on the planes. The first 2 we took there she slept and then the first one on the way home she slept and the second she was wide awake for. But she never cried (THANK GOD) She did poop on both planes coming home and changing her was a challenge. The stewardess made me change her in the bathroom the first plane and that was just insane because I had to change her outfit too. The second plane was so small that the flight attendant was like just change her in my jump seat. So he held the seat for me while I changed her. Our trip was great. It was so good to see Lauren & Connor. He is such a cute baby. Hes very quiet and laid back too. & the trip didnt FLY by like they usually do, I was actually able to enjoy myself. As far as Delaney updates go I dont even know where to begin...
- She rolls all the time now from her belly to her back
- She can roll from her back to her side so I imagine it wont be long before shes all the way over
- She is reaching with a purpose now. She grabs anything she can and puts it in her mouth.
- She found her feet last Saturday, and yes, even those go in her mouth!
- She talks and laughs at anything. Seriously. It could be the wall and she will have a conversation with it.
- She has been napping in her crib so I think Monday night I am going to take the plunge and start putting her to bed in it :(
- She is in all 6 month clothing now & size 3 diapers.
- OHH!! Last week during tummy time she got up on her knees!!

Im not just saying this because she is mine but I seriously think I have the most perfect child. She is seriously the happiest baby ever. She is spoiled rotten and does want to be held all the time but I dont have a problem with it.. Mom will be here on the 30th and she is riding with me to Augusta. FINALLY. So hopefully June goes fast. I have senioritis (if thats possible in college) Next week I finish up my dental radiology and thats it. I have 2 lab classes and August 23rd I go out on externship and then October I am done baby! Shawn should be home around that time too. I cant wait... but then again I can because I dont want my sweet baby to grow up yet! See ya at 5 months..

Forgot her picture!

How could I forget that sweet face!

3 months!

Seriously? 3 months old already! Im going to cry...
Delaney is such a happy and sweet baby! I can get her to smile over just about anything. And as of Easter she REALLY found her voice so she babbles at anything she sees. Especially the dogs. She loves talking to them. And about a week ago she started squealing. Thats my favorite! But then again everything about her is my favorite! If I have your phone number then you know because just about everyone gets a daily picture! Since my 2 month post she has only rolled over 4 more times. Her new thing is wanting to stand! (with assistance of course) so I went and bought her not one but 2 exersaucers. She is still a little short for one of them but she LOVES them! One of them is a piano so when she stomps her feet it plays keys and she could be in that thing ALLL day. She is reaching, holding, putting anything she can into her mouth. and boy can she slobber lol. She is still eating every 3-4 hours and pretty much attacks me when she gets to eat. Its pretty funny. Her favorite thing is bathtime and I have to say its mine too. She just kicks her legs and smiles, laughs, talks to me! My mom flies in tomorrow and I couldnt be more excited! & then at the end of the month Delaney and I are flying to Texas to see Lauren, Connor, & Adam! Lauren had Connor April 26th and I know what youre thinking.. thats a month early! Well she developed preeclampsia over night and she and Adam rushed to L&D, they decided to do an emergency csection and everything was fine! even at 5 weeks early Connor weighed 6 lbs 13 oz.. well the next day everything took a turn for the worse and Lauren started seizing and bleeding out. Im not going to go into detail about all the trauma she went through because I dont even like to think about it and what could have happened. She wound up having to have 10 pints of blood into her though. She is one tough cookie because she is good now and up walking and moving around and breastfeeding! They both get to go home this week and I am so excited to be flying out there to see them! A little nervous about taking Delaney on the plane and them throwing me off mid air but Im excited!
Delaney is just getting bigger and smarter by the day and I love her so much. I even think I am one of those crazy moms because I dont like anyone to touch her or hold her. Oh and I had to put daycare in check. So every time I picked Delaney up her first 4 days.. she was in a different outfit from what I left her in..because she pooped all over her clothes. Finally on the 4th day I had enough and I asked them why is this happening and one of the girls copped an attitude and was like well it splatters.. that doesnt happen to you and I said no not really and I wouldnt even be saying anything if it were only once or twice because I do understand that things are going to happen but not 4 days in a row. and she said well we change them every hour. and I said so okay let me get this straight..so if you change her at 12 and she poops as 12:01, shes gonna have to sit in it til 1??? and the girl didnt say anything and I said you know its not like you cant hear her poop. It sound like an explosion and you can smell it. So we had been having this conversation for about 10 minutes when she holds Delaney up and was like oh I think she is poopy. I lost it. She had been sitting in the womans lap for at least the 10 min since I had been there and she just now realized Delaney pooped??! NO. So after she changed her I took Delaney and walked out. Other things were said but it doesnt matter. All that matters is we havent had an incident since and that was 3 weeks ago. They were messin with the wrong mama!
This is our last week of just going to daycare 2 days a week. Now we are at 4. She hates it, and so do I but I dont have a choice and hopefully with her going full time now she will get used to it. I found out I start externship August 23 and will FINALLY, after 7 long years graduate in October!!!
Life is good :)

Happy Easter!

We had a fabulous Easter despite Shawn not being here! It was a gorgeous day, we went to church, and had a good dinner!

DAYCARE- 1 MOMMY- 0

Delaney slept through the night, and I didnt. I woke up around 4 just thinking about what lay ahead yesterday morning. I got up at 5 and started getting ready.. I cried the entire time. Shawn skyped me to tell me good luck and I cried harder... I cried driving to Ft Eustis, I cried dropping her off, & I cried all the way to school.
Delaney isnt used to being awake before 7 so she slept through the entire ordeal. I called around 10 and checked on her and they said she had been crying but that she was doing good and was actually sleeping at the moment. She took 2 bottles ( I wonder how hard that was ) and they all told me what a sweet baby she is.
I had a doctors appointment right after class so I decided to just leave her there so I could get it done. Well they wound up taking forever so I rescheduled it.. I WAS READY TO GET MY BABY!!! My appointment was in Yorktown and the easiest way to go and get her was to go through the main gate ( I usually go through a side gate because its decal only and they dont do inspections) well in VA you have to have a license plate on the front and on the back... I only have on the back.. SO I go through the main gate and the guy stops me and tells me he cant let me on because I dont have a front plate. WTH. I FREAKED out on him. Well I had to pull over under this white tent and the MP asked why I didnt have a plate.. so I freaked out on him.. I mean SERIOUSLY freaked out. He even asked me why I was being hostile. I told him I just want to pick my baby up. So he walks away and comes back and tells me he is going to have to give me a ticket and Im going to have to go home and get the extra plate before they let me on base..
let me just say there was no way I was driving off of that base without Delaney so I started crying. Thank God the tears were easy yesterday because he felt so bad for me he let me off with a warning and let me on base. I rolled up my window and muttered sucker under my breath. BUT I got my baby! When I walked in she was just waking up and starting to fuss. So I grabbed her and just held on. I almost cried again I was so happy to have her back in my arms! I even ignored the fact that she smelled like another woman ;)
I know this will get easier.. and that its good for both of us and Im only doing this so that Delaney never has to want for anything..but damn if my heart didnt break yesterday. I honestly think daycare is worse than sending Shawn on a deployment.
Well we get to do it again tomorrow.. hopefully I win the next round.