Three Months and Then Some

I just realized this is the first and probably only blog I'm posting this month! So our lil' angel turned three months 12 days ago. She is doing great! Her hair is so long and still curly. We took our first plane ride the weekend she turned three months. We opted for a short hop to the Bay Area to visit my aunt and uncle. The flight is about two hours. Going through security wasn't bad at all. It definitely is more time consuming, we made sure we got to the airport two hours in advance. Carlan did really well flying into Oakland. She was very smiley and giggly as we were taking off out of Seattle and only fussed a little as we landed in Oakland. Leaving out of San Jose she was super fussy, but only because she was EXHAUSTED and she needed to sleep.

We didn't do too much during our visit. Carlan's first trip to California was very uneventful. Both Gabe and my uncle were sick, so surfing was out of the question. All we did was watch basketball all weekend! Tis' the season! But it was good seeing my uncle and aunt and introducing them to Carlan. Carlan also got to meet their puppy and three exotic birds who are louder than Carlan! Hopefully next time we go no one will be be sick and we'll be able to do something more productive than watch basketball all weekend.

After coming back from California I took her to the doc because we were concerned that she wasn't eating much and her lack of poops (again!). Apparently she's doing just fine. She weighed in at 13 lbs, she was 10 lbs 12 oz at her two month check up. So she's gaining more than enough weight. As far as her lack of poops, he said some babies don't poop and that's the way her body is. Well, since her doc appointment she's been pooping almost everyday! And with me, she always poops right after I put a clean diaper on her! And we're still doing cloth diapers too!

I returned back to work this week. It's Friday. I've completed my first week and didn't cry at work! We found an at home daycare for Carlan. Bridget is her daycare provider's name. We really like her, she only watches a two other boys along with Carlan. On Thursday one of the boys doesn't come, but she has a brother and sister on that day. So most of the time it's just Carlan and the two boys. We're glad the provider to child ratio is low and we know that Carlan will get the TLC she needs at this young age.

I opted to stay on my shift which is 600 a.m.-230 p.m as opposed to going to an afternoon start time. It wasn't going to make a difference as far as cost was concerned because a lot of day cares don't have part time rates! And sometimes if they did it was more than full time! And we also wanted to minimize the amount of time Carlan was in daycare, but after going over things she was only going to be in daycare a couple hours more with me working days as opposed to a swing shift. And because I have a set schedule (Gabe's off time varies) we won't have to worry when she's going to be picked up.

Let's see what else.... Here's some random things she starting to do.... She still sucks her fists and is learning to put individual fingers in her mouth. She drools like CRAZY, don't worry no teeth yet. She tends to chew and drool all over that her onesie or whatever she's wearing is saturated! Carlan is holding her head up pretty high when we put her on her tummy. She can't hold it for too long and gets pooped out after a couple minutes. We're working on her rolling over onto her back when she's on her tummy. Slowly getting there! Oh! And she's starting to grab things! her toys that we dangle in front of her, she grabs them and jingles them! Yay!

Gabe wanted to get her a walker, so we went out last weekend and purchased one. Her feet are about four inches from the ground in that thing! She's not sleeping through the night. On average she's getting up about twice a night, although two nights ago she was getting up every 1.5-2 hours! She also prefers to sleep in her pack and play as opposed to her crib. I don't think Gabe and I are going to get our bedroom back to ourselves anytime soon. Oh well, such is life!

I think that's it for now. I know it's a little lengthy and random, but it's better than nothing! Until next time my friends! And sorry, only posting a couple pics cause most of them are on Face Book and Myspace. And most of you who read this are on at least one of them!