Monday, June 29, 2009

Winters Trip 6-09


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Despite the move, Jose had plans for a boys camping trip this weekend (far in advance) and I had plans to see my Spanish family :-) While in town I had lunch with my sister in law, play time with my nieces and nephew, a hair cut/visit with Amy Kate, Jillian's bday dinner, Mimi's quilt show, quality time with the Miller girls (cousins not beer! Finally!), Tia's BBQ, and brunch with Tia Ryn, Carter, & Isa. (They call her Bella but for the purposes of our Spanish visit, I will call her Isa...for awhile I thought I would name a daughter that :-) It was a busy weekend and CC and I are glad to be out of the 105 degree weather, but miss my girls.

See more photos from the quilt show on my photography site


Moving with Baby - It's a little complicated :-)

Getting creative after packing the kitchen. Charlie LOVES pasta with plain butter (just a smidge, still incorporating dairy slowly)...just like his Tia Mia & Tio Ignacio!
Charlie's cardboard obstacle maze
Working in the yard with mom at the new house...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Moving

We'll get up to snuff on the blog soon - this fast move in consuming all my day and has left me exhausted. Charlie seems to be doing well despite all the disruption in his environment. He loves to go to the new house and race around the hardwood floors where there are no furniture obstacles.

Last night while giving him a bath he stood up (his new trick) and started "man" peeing in the tub! I couldn't help but crack up. Not the newborn spray, not the 3-6 month all over him, me and the wall, man peeing straight down....my little guy is getting too big!

More soon,

Allie

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Pictures from Cuevas: New Rental House Pics

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We're Moving

Got a sweet little rental house in RWC with a tiny backyard for Charlie. CANNOT wait for Air Conditiong, just in time for the blazing summer days.

More info/pics to come in the next couple of weeks.

In the meantime we're cleaning out closets and downsizing furniture and some of our larger items. Check out our items for sale:

Goats at the condo :-)

The goats are back and Charlie was so excited! This is the only pic I could get him to look at the camera, the rest of the time he was watching the goats!
NOT an attractive pic of me but couldn't resist how cute Charlie looks :-)


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Who wants to eat baby food when you can eat off your Padre's Plate?

Charlie doesn't want to eat his baby food out of the jar unless he's starving now.  He'll take 3-4 bites and then fuss and fuss until we take him out of his high chair. When Jose and I are eating - conveninetly he becomes starving and begs like small pup :-) Some current favs include:
tortilla
mashed potatoes
ground turkey meat
crumbles of anything sweet

More pics soon!

More Photography Work...



Monday, June 15, 2009

Road Trip to See Baby Jake

Today we took a road trip south to meet L's Baby, Jake, he's so cute! Thank goodness GSSS aka Tia Arantxa came with us because Charlie was into everything that didn't belong to him. He was a good boy for MOST of the trip though :-)
Charlie & Tia Arantxa in front of L's cool window
Taking a break from scooting with the "imagine" prop
Loved sitting with new Dad, John

Friday, June 12, 2009

Working on Photography





Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Charlie's 9 Month Photos

Yesterday Jose came home from work and swept us off to the park for Charlie's 1st time at the playground :-) Here he is on the swing....
Is anyone else getting on this thing?










Monday, June 8, 2009

Charlie's Update

6.3.09
Age: 9 months!
Weight 18 lb 15 oz.
Length 28 inches
Head Circumference 46.2

Sooooo we saw Chan Sizzle on Wednesday and yet again Charlie surprised her with how active he really is....using her hands to stand up she started laughing. His rate of growth (all according to the curve she draws in her chart) has dropped off significantly for this last appointment but she says that happens when kids hit a really active stage sometimes. We're monitoring his food intake a little more closely but you've seen this boy right? No one is starving here!

Finger Foods:
We're expanding our finger food choices and so far he's tried blueberries (+), yogurt melts (-), shredded chicken (-), tortilla bites (+), so I feel like it's going pretty well. I'm hoping to incorporate more and more of what Jose and I are eating and less of the purees as we go along.

Constipation?
That's right, you read it all here. Poor boy cries with #2, it's as though I never have to guess because his little face announces it.  No real issue according to Chan, hopefully  Charlie learns to deal with it like his pedos previously.

Eczema/Baths:
CC has a new breakout on his back and neck and we're trying to find the right treatment combination....I'll keep you posted. Chan says everyone's skin is different and what works for some people doesn't work for others :-( I wish there was a cure all - we're trying to keep it under control before he has to go on benadryl or steriods.

MMR:
The dreaded vaccine....Merck has stopped producing the vaccine separately which is what we were planning to do (as opposed to the compound shot you could do 3 separate shots, Measles, Mumps, Ruebella, sp?) The vaccine is traditionally given at 15 months but it's also a time where health care officials are specifically looking for signs of autism. Chan says if we're not traveling internationally she recommends waiting until 2 or 2.5  years when we "know" that our child doesn't have autism. She says that it has been widely reported (but she hasn't had a case) that there is one form of autism that causes severe regression, but more typically past a certain stage there is limited further development. I'm definitely onboard with vaccinating and we're up to date, this is just my achilles heel on the issue...I'm leaning towards delaying until 2  yrs.

Wandering Eye?
Maybe you've seen it in his pictures but Charlie sometimes displays what looks like a "wandering eye" or "lazy eye". Chan says that it's normal at this stage as kids are still learning to focus their vision especially with objects up close or at funny angles. My concern is more around the fact that two of my siblings have severe issues with this - my brother had to patch his good eye as a baby to avoid going blind and my sister has uber potent glasses to correct her eye. Chan did refer us out early to an eye specialist to get a baseline eye exam (which all kids should have before 3 yrs).

Lot's o' questions.... 

Hoping to get some 9 month pics done this week, stay tuned!

I know I've been procrastinating

BUT I have been seriously working! Researching the new home thang is exhausting. It's different where we grew up - we knew the communities and all the neighborhoods (and pockets there of) where we could live or not live. We knew the schools, their reputations, all/most of the teachers or people with first hand experience with them. Here every 5 miles the city changes with new taxes, rec programs, schools, family amenities....TGFG (Thank God For Google :-)

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

My Birthday

Birthday Dinner with the boys :-)

6 am walk by the water with Charlie...
I'm writing a review on the Monterrey Bay aquarium and clement hotel so I decided to line it up with my bday for a little get away treat...it's definitely what this family's been needing.
Love the kelty kids pack! Charlie can see everything he wants to see and no crying to get out.
So excited in the aquarium that he later passed out.
My lunch date (he's only half the cute factor!)

Happy 9 months today Charlie :-) We head back to see Dr. Chan tomorrow so I'll update you on his stats soon  :-)

And...the sweetest gift, little Haley Janae Miller (hope I spelled that correctly Mist) was born on my birthday. Nothing like sharing your birthday with your girlfriends 1st baby. Love you girls.