Too Many Sick Days

Having a sick baby is no fun.  Stretchy has been sick since Thursday.  That makes three days of sick baby.  "Three days?" you say. "That's not so bad..." (Or I'm imagining that's what you might say.  That's probably what I would have said to me a year ago, you know, before I had a kid...)

Anyhow, this is how Stretchy's days have been going:

3:00am: Wake up coughing.
3:02am: Eat.
3:20am: Fall asleep while eating
3:22am: Wake up while being put back in crib.  Start screaming
3:30am: Go sleep in Mommy's bed.  She must be tired.
3:35am: Fall fitfully alseep
3:40am: Wake up coughing.  Start screaming.
3:45am: Repeat falling asleep and waking up until...
6:30am: Wake up for the day.  Appear happy and good natured.
6:40am: Refuse to eat breakfast.
6:45am: Scream your head off like you are hungry, but refuse to eat.  Again.
6:50am: Play normally.
6:51am: Cry for no reason.
7:00am-8:30 am: Repeat bi-polar activities of giggling while playing and crying inconsolably.
8:35am: Nap. But only ON Mommy, not in crib.  Take an abnormally long nap in which Mommy could
be doing so many other things...
10:45am: Wake up crying and refuse to eat.  Again.

10:55am: Scream your head off like you are hungry, but refuse to eat.  Again.
11:00am: Play normally.
11:01am-7:00pm: Repeat all of the above.
7:01pm: Cry inconsolably until bath time.
7:45-8:15pm: Have a blast in the bath.
8:16pm: Finally eat normally and pass out.
8:40pm: Wake up crying every 10 minutes until finally sleeping for a few hours at 10pm.
12:00am: Wake up and eat.
12:30am: Wake up crying every 10 minutes until finally sleeping for a few hours.

... It's been a long few days.  It's rough when your baby is upset and there's nothing you can do to fix it.
I do have to say though, that those abnormally long naps where she only wants to sleep on me are awesome.  Usually she wants to play, play, play and it's nice to get some cuddles once in a while.

I hope she feels better soon.

Here are some cute pictures of Stretchy during one of her "happy moments" the last few days.  At least it's been nice out so we could enjoy the fresh air.

**DIY side-note:  like those super cute leg-warmers? $2.50 knee high socks from Target with the feet cut off.  SO CUTE!

Today's (probably not) The Day!

October 7th.

I should be having a baby today.  Am I?  Not yet.  Still hopeful though.  I like the number 7.  And now that everything's done, I'm pretty anxious for her to arrive.  But despite the entire pineapple I ate last night, nothing but some serious acid reflux (pineapple is really acidic!) and some "I ate way too much pineapple" stomach cramps.

We'll see though.  She still has another 13 hours or so.

Maybe if not today, then this weekend...

I DID find another project to keep me busy this morning.

Introducing.... Project : Baby Mobile!!

Using digital images of the jungle animal artwork on the wall, I printed out three sets of my 7 favorite animals.  With a couple of wooden dowels painted pink, some embrodery floss, and a few pieces of foam core, I now have a mobile full of high-contrast images for New Baby to look at.
(Also, for people who walk into the room to look at, as seen in the two photos above.)

The coolest part of the mobile?? This is what it looks like if you are lying in the crib.

Note: I did not actually get into the crib to take this picture.  I probably would have broken it.  I just set the camera on the mattress.

Computer, how I miss you...

8 weeks left until we expect the baby to make her appearance, and to be honest, I'm kind of flipping out a little bit.  I was sick all week after taking a trip to Austin, TX to fix up our condo so we can rent it out.

Being the crazy person I am, I thought I would add a little more stress to my life by deciding to sew my own crib sheets and make homemade birth announcements.  AND I still have to finish (and probably start) the mural for the baby's room.  AND we still have to close on the house, do a couple DIY projects when we get in, and move all our stuff in.  ACK!!

I'm missing my computer because I can't post any pictures, it would be really handy to have it since my mural design is on there, I want to work on promoting the children's book, but I need to do some internet research, and of course, I can't post nearly as often.  I CAN get the internet on my iPod touch, which is nice for keeping in touch through e-mail, but doing much more than that on the teeny tiny screen is more than I can handle.  I applaud all you fantastic iPod and iPhone users... I just can't get the hang of it.  Maybe my fingers are too big??

Anyhow, I thought I would post something since I haven't posted in a while.  And hopefully I'll figure out a solution to this lack of computer/internet situation and can post some pictures soon!!