QT Friday

Quick - Quick - Quick Takes


Sorry for not posting as frequently..


1)  It's March! Which means St. Patty's Day


2)  Weather has been wonky around here. 50's then 70's now 30's  and Snow in the forecast.


3)  We ( Lizzie and I ) signed up for another swimming session, she likes the water, it's too cold to exercise outside together. Win-Win for both of us.


4)  LIZARDS -- I registered this as a business name!!! (for a potential business opportunity )    Long story behind the name Lizard.  Early in my pregnancy my nephew gave me a Lizard ( little plastic toy ) I would take pictures of me and the lizard and send them to him. The adventures of the Lizard. When we didn't share the gender of our babies we called them lizard.  We received some wonderful "lizard" gifts too.  So when I was thinking up a name for the new opp. LIZARDS popped into my head.  Then it dawn on me. LIZARDS is all kids    LIZ (Lizzie ) A (Andrew) R ( Robert ) D (David) S (Sam)  ...... So I never shared that Lizzies twin - Robert was on my short list for his name. But I never made it official. Robert is my both my grandfathers name too .   So yes Lizards for the win.

Burnt

If you are a pumping gal, you know that every once in a while you have to replace valves and such. 

So I ordered some from the Amazing online place. They didn't fit (hmm) so I thought I would try the recommendation of the package and boil them (maybe) that would make them shrink ?

Well this is what I got when I boiled them.  

 

A stinky house and fried valves. 

Don't try this at home people. 

Now the question is do I order another set on amazing or run to the store. 

Yeah the smoke detector alerted me of the issue first. 

Tide

Some pictures to tide you over

 

Found a lovely new photographer to take pictures of Lizzie. Lizzie happened to be the first in studio pictures she took for valentines, so they played with all the backdrops and props. I had some 250 pictures to peruse. 

 

 

 

Doesn't sit still ever 

 

 

Life is going fast

How is it that my baby is 7mos . Add to it I haven't taken the picture with her #7 on her shirt. 

She is moving along well . Walking along with her toys, occasionally forgets she's supposed to hold on and goes it no hands. 

 

She decided that puréed baby food was not her thing, and has us baby lead weaning. She's still nursing and loves that. She likes trying what we are eating.  So lasagna (homemade)got thumbs up. Ravioli out of a can thumbs down .  She likes toast, bacon, rice, chicken pot pie & these veggie rice wafers (which are hard to find in stores ) a.mazon to the rescue. 

 

 

She is does swimming lessons every Saturday and LOVES the water, pool, and teacher. It's a parent and child class (definitely a workout for mom) 

She is very much a ham. She sticks her tongue out at us when she's being a stinker. 

She is finally on the growth chart. At 7.5 mos she is 13 lbs 13 oz.  so as a reward, we don't have to go back until 11 mos. 

We are taking bets that close to 9 mos we will have an independent walker on our hands. 

Still Alive

I've been consumed with a work project. So for the meantime some pics of Lizzie.

 

Eyeing daddy's popcorn.

 

Driving 

 Eating toast, won't touch anything puréed.

 

Breastfeeding 6 mos milestone

I have been pumping for 6 months and feeding at the breast for 5.  Never thought I could make it this long, especially while working, but Lizzie loves it.


What has also made the journey less stressful is having things along the way to make it easier.


My top 5
Medela pump
Pump supplies easy to find
Bravado Bra's  - life savers.
Nursing cover for those times it's needed -- Honestly just use an organic breathable blanket we have.
Honest co. nipple butter -




When you enjoy stuff you tell people!!




AND when you have a less than stellar experience with something, you tell people too.


soo Mama's


I so loved not having to shop for nursing attire and having stuff delivered to my doorstep to try on how convenient aka. mamasmilkbox


But when I had a problem with something I received -- they did not live up to their awesome name.
boo!!!


One of the recent items I got has a run/loose string in it - I contacted their customer support - who -well - would only offer to let me purchase another one. womp -womp !! Even better they contacted the mfg - who says I can thread it back thru.. Wait -- this is a fine knit sweater. no way is it threading back thru and it has already made a "run" in the sweater.  Bad Bad Customer Service mamasmilkbox
I won't be getting another box anytime.

New Year,

I was looking forward to leaving the sickies and this cold in 2016, but it has decided to sneek into 2017 too.

 

Lizzie wasn't happy about it either. 

She has been running low grade fevers, which seem to be gone, then they pull a fast one on ya. 

She also has a runny nose and spends the night breathing theough her mouth. 

We've been to the doctors 3 times, but because our doctor is out of town, the others are hesitant to prescribe anything. Also one decided he was going to give me his opinion about my daughters weight ( being below the growth chart). Sorry dude our doc has this covered. 

The question of the day, call the office again, or wait til Monday when our doc is back. ???