Harley girl

Babies are the only ones who can have "firsts". As adults we get to do some firsts that are memorable too. A long time ago, when I was about 18 or so, I made a list of all the things I had not yet experienced, but wanted to do one day. It was simple things like fly on a plane, ride on a jet ski and ride a motorcycle. Now I can put a CHECK by the motorcycle ride!! One of my hubby's shipmates has a nice Harley and he came over to let me ride.



This is me right before my ride. We are sitting in my driveway.



It was fun!! I am glad I did it, ONCE. Riding motorcycles is not for me, but it was cool. I held onto that guy tight and giggled alot. LOL. I was scared but excited all at the same time. I think I was more excited to actually mark it off my list than to actually ride. I just wanted to be able to say, "yeah, I've ridden a motor cycle." My husband actually had a bet going with that guy that I would chicken out. He really did not think I would do it. GO ME!!

It is fun after all these years to look back my "goals list" and see what cool fun things I have accomplished. I have actually accomplished most of them at this point. It has been neat and I recommend this little endeavor to all you adults out there. Live it up!!

bad advice and a bad night

Just when I am convinced that no one is reading my blog, I get some comments. Apparently, I left everyone hanging about the high chair. What a nice surprise that inquiring minds wanted to know if Jon actually did put the high chair together. He did - but ONLY after I got it out and pretended to get started on it myself. haha. After six years of marriage, I've got him figured out. :)

Now to the bad advice that led to a bad night. The doctor told me that since Shayla is rolling onto her stomach at night that I needed to take out the bumper pads. I was surprised! I mean, I have never heard that before, WOW! How are you supposed to know this stuff, it does not say that in the books.....

Last night I went and removed the bumper pads. Thus begins my bad night. My sweet little baby, who never makes a peep after I lay her down for bed, wakes up screaming at 4:00. That is A.M. It is such a jarring way to be awoken. I have jumped and ran before I have even opened my eyes. I go tearing into Shayla's room and, low and behold, she has her arms stuck in between the slats. The slats that are now exposed because I have removed the stupid bumper pads.

I get her fixed and put back in the middle of the crib and proceed back to bed. After twenty minutes my heart has stopped racing and I am back into a nice light sleep.

BUT NOT FOR LONG....

At six something Shay wakes up screaming again. This is not crying, it is screaming! Again, my feet hit the floor before my brain sends the message to my eyes to open. I make it out of the room and into the hallway and I hear Jon say, " I got it". He goes tearing past me and into Shays room, so I stop dead in my tracks and try to gain my bearings.... I mean it is like a football game going on in my house in the middle of the night.... "Alysha, go long"...........

This time ShayShay has her legs sticking out of the crib. She has managed to kick her changing table and knock a bottle off the changing table into her crib. (they are close together, kinda in an L shape.) So, Jon fixes her, but this time there is no going back to sleep for me or Shay. Jon is already up cause he is going to work. Alysha is awake too, because of all the commotion. She said I hit the wall coming off the bed and then I slammed into the door going through the doorway. I obviously made quite some noise. If not for the wall and door, I might have hit the floor.... lol. It was run first, think later. What a night!

I let Shay lay in her crib and play til seven, then I went and fed her. Alysha, Shay and I slept in the den on the floor until nine. N I C E. . . . . . .

Shayla in her high chair

You can click on these to make them bigger and see her sweet little face. She did good, she did not seem to like it, but she did good. I don't know why it would not taste good. It is formula mixed with rice flakes... haha.

Four month doctors visit

Today was Shay-Shay's four month check up. She is now 15lbs 12oz and she is 26 inches. What a big, healthy girl. She had two shots in each leg and one she had to take orally. She did great. She cried just a little.

I asked the doctor about her inability to nap for me during the day. She said that I should not try to force her by laying her down and letting her cry. She said most babies at this age sleep just six to seven hours at night and takes a long two hour nap during the day. Since Shay sleeps twelve hours, she might not need a long nap during the day. I have no room to complain, I enjoy sleeping until 8:30 a.m.

Now for the good news. We can now feed the baby rice cereal!!! So fun. Alysha and I are so excited to feed the baby in her highchair. The highchair is still in the box. I got it out this afternoon and informed my husband that was his job tonight. :) We'll see if it happens anytime soon or if I have to do it myself.

I just LOVE all the firsts of babies. It am so much enjoying each day with this baby. She is so sweet.

Labor Day and Bows

I found a bow and used toothpaste to stick it to Shay-Shay's head!! It was soooo cute!! People mistake her for a boy ALL THE TIME. Doesn't matter that she is wearing pink, in a pink carseat, has a pink paci in her mouth... still they say BOY!! Oh well.

For Labor day we went to the Pioneer Museum of Florida. They had a big day of history including a mock court marshall and a Civil War Reenactment. It was fun. They also had lots of old stuff, like cars and buggies and things.....

We are covered in sweat at this point. Yuck!

It was EXTREEMLY HOT! I think I have the best baby in the world. She is so sweet!! She just comes along for the ride, where ever we go, she is happy. She is so good.

thats the way we roll

Babies hit their milestones when they are ready - and not a minute before. Thursday Shayla rolls herself over onto her tummy, like she has been doing, then she lifted her head all the way up! It was so awesome. She just decided it was time. It did not make a flip that I was 'forced' by the doctors to put her on her tummy. She simply was not ready yet.

AND

Yesterday she started rolling. I laid her down on the floor on her blanket and I looked away for a few seconds. When I looked back she was half way across the room! She can now roll all the way over!!

Milestones are SO FUN. It is like a daily adventure to see what she is gonna do next. I just love having this sweet baby!!

out with the old................

Sleep wonderful sleep. The Sweetness sleeps 12 hours a night. Um, yeah, you read that right - TWELVE HOURS. I rock her every night at 8:00 and she sleeps until 8 or 8:30 the next morning. It is her special gift to me. She has been doing this since she was three months old.

But, there is a problem.

She does not take naps during the day. She will sleep as long as I hold her, but the SECOND I lay her down, her BIG EYES pop open! It does not matter how tired she gets, she WILL NOT lay down and sleep. By the afternoon she gets ill cause she has not had a nap so I started holding so she would nap. I started this week just laying her in her crib and letting her cry, thinking that eventually she would fall asleep. I mean, after thirty minutes of screaming, she was no where near sleeping. This little baby never cries, so I hate to just lay her down and let her scream. One day I never held her and she fell asleep on the floor playing - (which is rare). But, she only slept thirty minutes. If we go somewhere in the car, she will take her nap then. She slept in the car today while I ran errands for two hours. sigh... I wish she would sleep like that at home.

This is my dilemma.

Do I just refuse to hold her and she does not get a nap, or do I spend an hour a day with a sweet Shayla in my arms? Its not that I mind holding her, just that I have laundry to do, a house to clean, and an 8th grader to home school. Mostly I don't want to do the wrong thing and pay for it later. Ya know, start a routine that is hard to break.... although it might be too late for that. I feel bad complaining about this since she does sleep so well ALL night long... sigh.

ON A SIDE NOTE
I am tired of this layout. I need to change it. How do I do that, does anyone know? Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated. I wanna revamp my whole page!! No more pregnant shots, that chapter of the book is CLOSED. haha. Not something I wanna relive every time I blog.