Baby Martin's new room

SO...for all you anticipated viewers...here is the room. Marty spent lots of time and work into putting up the paneling and moulding, so make sure you tell him how wonderful it looks. I think it turned out great and I really like how the blue makes the room light. As you can see there isn't much to it yet. The crib is still in Elizabeth's room and will probably be there for a while after the baby is born. We just have to get the rocking chair in the room and then put some stuff up on the walls and we are done. I'm very glad to say that we are so close to being finished. It has been hard being motivated to do anything these days.

15 month check-up

Elizabeth went in today for her 15 month check-up. So far, all is well. She weighs 20 pounds and 11 ounces and she is 31 inches tall. I was really impressed today as she was given her shots...she didn't cry at all! She said, "Owww" and that was all. I don't think I will get that lucky again, but I thought she was really brave. Shots must take a toll on little ones, because we got home and she snoozed for several hours...which was nice for me. I was able to get some things done in preparation for the baby. We finally bought Elizabeth a dresser so we can get the changing table out of her room and into the baby's room. The crib is another story.

Have a seat

For Christmas, George made a couple of chairs for Elizabeth to go with her table. I couldn't believe how much she loves them. Well...one of them got a little cracked in the mail, but as you can see one of them is perfect. She really likes sitting and also standing on the chair. I think she looks like a little lady. Now that we have these new chairs for her, she wants to sit on everything...the stepstool, a box.

As for progress on little Martin's room...we haven't progressed too far. We are planning on doing paneling in his room and we have that and it's cut. We also have painted have of the room as well. All we have left is everything else. I'm not feeling too motivated to get any of it done either. I think this weekend we will have to get cracking and get the room completed. We have less than 8 weeks to go and I do want the baby to come home to a finished room. I can't see us having any time to get anything done after the baby arrives.

A whole week!

I can't believe it's been an entire week and Elizabeth is doing great. It was so easy that it's hard for me to actually believe that I was contemplating it being okay for her to keep her pacifier with the new baby. The first couple of days with not wanting to sleep were hard, but after about 3 days it was nothing. She has also gone from napping twice a day to only once, but the length of that one nap is long-lasting so I can get some things done around the house. I can hardly believe that she keeps me on my toes and runs circles around me. Talk about energy. And boy does she eat. I was telling Marty the other day that she snacks constantly throughout the day and can go through a bottle of juice in about 3 days. She must need all of that for her to keep going and moving. Her new favorite are the blocks that her Aunt Rachel got her for Christmas. She loves to bang them on the kitchen floor. I think it's the noise she likes.

WE are getting ready to put the baby's room together. We have a couple of items that we have to get rid of before we can officially begin, so it's becoming a slow process. We have 9 weeks left to get everything in order. Marty put on an attic ladder this past weekend so I think a lot of things will be going into the attic. Anyway, we are very excited about our upcoming arrival.

Day 4 - no pacifier

So far these past couple of days haven't been as bad as I thought. She seems to be adjusting well to the naps and nighttime routine without the pacifier. The one downfall that I've noticed...really for me...is that she is now napping once a day rather than twice. Because her comfort is no longer there, she won't sleep unless she is really tired. Even at night, we continue to put her to bed at her scheduled time, but she will stay awake and play in her crib until she falls asleep. It also means that she isn't waking up until close to 8 in the morning.

I put Elizabeth in her swing the other day...she hasn't been in it for a long time. Look at how big she looks. Her feet hang over the edge...too cute.

Day 1 - no pacifier

After our long vacation, and a few days at home to relax and get back to our routine, Marty and I decided it was time to say good-bye to the pacifier...well...on Elizabeth's behalf. Last night, on our way home from picking Marty up from the airport, she fell asleep in the car and we moved her to her bed...without the pacifier. She woke up at about 1:30 crying, I was super tired and caved. This morning we got rid of them ( I hid them from her ). Her morning nap turned into a 30 minute crying episode and she finally fell asleep for about 45 minutes. Her afternoon nap was the same way, but closer to 45 minutes of crying before she finally gave up and fell asleep. She slept for and hour and a half. It is really hard for me to let her cry for that long. I did go in several times to try and comfort her, but she gives me that look that makes my heart sad. I stayed strong though and didn't cave...I should be really proud. Hopefully tomorrow gets better.