New Nipples

This weekend my friend Kim came by to see Scarlett. While here she pointed out that we were still using Size 1 nipples on Scarlett's bottle. For those of you who don't know, size 1 has 1 hole, size 2 has 2 holes, etc. We thought she was doing fine on Size 1. I mean, she was drinking the entire thing, she wasn't crying, and I honestly didn't know what size to buy. Size 3 is for 3 months +. She's almost 3 months, so why not get those? Or, should I get size 2? It was all very confusing, so it was just something else I've been procrastinating about what to do.

Anyway, Joe went to the grocery store the next morning and bought size 3. So, she went from size 1 to size 3. What a leap and difference it has made! Instead of taking 30 minutes for her to drink 5 oz, it only takes 10 to 15. Then I decided to open up the larger bottles that I had bought a week or so ago and see if she would take more than 5 oz at a time. Well, those bottles had size 2 nipples! UHHH... more to think about! Should I throw these out and continue on with size 3 only or see what the size 2's are like? Being a new mom isn't easy. There's so much to figure out!! So, we are using both, and it's working for now. Thank you Kim for pointing this out. We need all the help and advise we can get!

Another thing I've been wondering what to do about is the high chair. We've got a great one that has been sitting in the box in the garage for a couple of months. I didn't know that you could get one that reclines and makes it easier for feeding. So, I've been debating about what to do about that... Should I exchange it? Should I keep it? Well, we decided to keep it. She'll be sitting up on her own soon enough... right? Joe put it together yesterday and sat her in it. She LOVES it!! I'm also so amazed that she's sitting up so well! I think she may be very advanced for her 14 weeks!! :)

This and That....

This past week has been a really good week. I feel like I've gotten a lot accomplished, and I'm starting to make a mental list of things that need to be done..... organizing the garage, writing in Scarlett's baby book, putting photos in an album, etc. But, I can only do one thing at a time, so I thought I'd start here for now.

We've actually been taking more pictures than usual and got some pretty good ones of our little princess. Here is one of Scarlett and Peanut. I was here working on Thursday, and Joe yelled for me to come in the bedroom. He was ironing, and this was what made him get me and what made me get the camera:

Scarlett and Peanut were just hanging out watching Joe iron. It was funny! For those of you that know anything about Peanutter Butter Baby Bear, he is not the most loving of creatures to small children (or cats, squirrels, frogs, etc.). So, it was nice to see him behaving so well.

Other than that, I've been working a lot this week. I've gone into the office more than usual, so I was ready to RELAX today. Lauren ended up coming over to swim and eat this fabulous Mexican Pot Roast that Joe made. It was wonderful! Here are a couple of pictures that we got in the pool:

Well, I'm off to watch a movie or fold laundry or do something on that huge to do list of mine.....

Procrastination

Last night Joe pointed out that I was the biggest procrastinator ever. He was referring to the new pot of Vincas that I had purchased a few days ago to replace our dying Petunias. I had been waiting for him to do this as he always repots the plants. I pick them out. He does the hard labor. Anyway, I thought about this more and more as I was reading Natalie's blog this morning. I e-mailed her to let her know that I had been thinking about doing one, but had just not gotten around to it. I mean, I really don't have time to do something like this. I work, I just had a baby, I've got bottles to make, diapers to change, baths to give, a house to clean, etc. etc.

Who knows what this will turn into. I guess I've just been looking for a place to release what I have to say. So, I named my blog, My Release.

By the way, I did repot those flowers this morning.