Growing Pains

I'm trying to come up with a cool title, and that's the best I can do.

Aftyn went to the doctor and we found out she is in the 95th percentile for her height and weight, and 80th for her head size. Sounds good to me! Also, she did pretty good with her shots. Other than her legs being sore, I've never seen her smilier!

Reed has done a great job at being Mr. Mom. Aftyn has been well fed, bathed, had diapers changed, he even called the doctor for her on Monday to find out about this cold she's been trying to get over. What a good daddy! Reed told me on Monday that according to what he's heard from other men about what they do for their kids, he thinks he's underappreciated because he does a LOT more than he hears them talking about. Isn't that too funny?! I told him I appreciate him very much, as does Aftyn. One more week of Mr. Mom-ing it, and then he's back to work!

What A Day!

This morning, as most weekday mornings do, started at 5am. I jumped out of bed, I was a little late, and went to feed Aftyn. As I was sitting on the couch in our media room, I noticed an odd color on our green rug. Brown. It was about the size of Aftyn's hand. The longer I looked, I realized I was staring at the biggest spider I have yet found in our house. Luckily, I called to Reed who grabbed a shoe and helped that spider meet his maker. Yuck! Even Reed commented that he doesn't usually get grossed out by spiders, but that one got to him. It was BIG!

Follow this little incident up with me walking out to my car to begin my drive to work. It's still VERY dark outside - I noticed it smelled strongly of skunk. I thought I noticed some rustling in the car as I walked up, but thought nothing of it until I grabbed the door handle and something inside began jumping at all the windows, trying to get out. AAAAAHHHH!!!


A little background - This particular car has no air conditioning, so when I get home after my sweaty drive from work, I leave the windows open to let the hot car cool down at night. I know, it's not necessary probably, but I saw Reed do it with this car, so I just continued this tradition. Maybe he was secretly hoping someone would steal the car so we could get a newer one. I don't know. Whatever. Back to the Story.

In sheer panic, and if I remember right I might have been softly screaming, I grabbed the door handle, opened the door and backed away as fast as I could so the THING in the car would get out. Thankfully, the animal saw the open door, jumped out and ran away. And as it jumped out, I saw that it was just a gray striped cat -- that could easily be mistaken for a badger, raccoon, skunk or any other scary wild animal who could have bitten me and had rabies and I could have had rabies. My brain was racing a mile a minute and those were all the possible animals I came up with while I was freaking out about the trapped wild animal in my car.

Once I got my heart slightly calmed down, I had to get in the car because I was late, but the whole drive to work I kept thinking that there could easily still be something in the car with me and that thought freaked me out the whole way. Lesson Learned : tonight, my windows are only open a smidge. I would rather KNOW that there's nothing in the car with me and be hot, than not be sure and be nice and cool.

And that was my day. :) How was YOURS?

It's been awhile . . .

Mommy made me a pretty flower bow!


Look closely - - - there are pigtails in her hair!


Cute bumbo shot - she likes it!

Developments

Aftyn just keeps getting cuter and cuter, if its possible. She has recently started laughing, and it's becoming a more frequent occurrence. I'm trying to capture it on video, but haven't accomplished it yet.

She continues to do really well at sleeping through the night, except when I have *brilliant* ideas that don't work. Last night I put Aftyn in a blanket sleeper, thinking it was a foolproof way to keep her warm all night and not have her kick off all her blankets as she usually does. Well, I forgot to take into consideration how much she loves to be wrapped up tight, so she didn't sleep well and consequently neither did we. :( She did sleep well all day though and it seems she'll still go down at the normal time tonight!

She continues to be a joy in our little home and we are so grateful for her.

Life in general, in abstract

Well, I think it's about time you heard what has been happening in our lives lately. I've been back to work for approximately a month now, and boy oh boy, it's no fun. Once I tasted the sweetness of being a stay-at-home mom, there is nothing that can quench my thirst to stay at home and be a full time mommy to my baby except staying at home. But, money is essential at this point with the economy being hairy scary and since we just bought a house. We are currently working on a solution to this problem.
Speaking of, Reed just gave his 2 week notice at his place of work and has already acquired another position elsewhere with a promised raise and BENEFITS! Woohoo! I can already see what a difference this will make for him in how he feels about going to work. I'm glad too, I feel like this is what is supposed to be happening.
Aftyn is growing like a weed - she has her 2 month appointment in about 2 weeks and we will see where she is percentage wise for her age. And she will have the fun of being injected with vaccines into her cute chubby thighs followed by lots of unhappiness, I suspect. Luckily, that will be when Reed is having his 2 week break from work of the paid kind and will be practicing his stay-at-home daddy skills. I look forward to hearing some interesting tales and getting to share them here with all of you. Something to look forward to! :)
Here are some pictures I took recently to illustrate the red highlights found in Aftyn's hair in the sunlight, kinda like her mommy's!





If these look bad, I should let you know that it's hard to capture red highlights with a camera. It's much easier to see in person.

In Case You're Wondering . . . .

If you feel that there has been an AWFUL LOT of Aftyn on this blog . . .. .
If you're wondering why this blog has recently become all about Aftyn . . . .
If Reed and I have begun to not exist on this blog . . .

WELL
mostly it's because Aftyn's other grandparents are on a mission for our church and one particular grandma is missing out on all of Aftyn's firsts, which is really making Aftyn's mommy sad. So in order to battle this sadness, Aftyn's cuteness must be shared on a constant basis to make said other grandma up to date on the cuteness of said Aftyn. Over and Out. :)

I'll update about Reed and I later.

We'll See If This Works . . .