Things you must have in your purse…..

Last weekend I was with my girlfriend Monica driving in the car to our girlfriend Maria's house. While talking I noticed she had something in her teeth, so I let her know. I hate that embarrassment, I always let people know. She couldn't get it out so I pulled out dental floss from my purse. She said, “Heather you always have everything.” She suggested I should post on my blog what to carry in your purse, so here are some items I usually make sure I have.............

• Driver’s license
• Bank card / credit card
• Sunglasses
• Cell phone
• A small hairbrush
• Dental floss
• Pen and/or pencil
• Hand sanitizer
• Hand lotion
• Chap Stick
• Lipstick
• Gum
• A small daily planner
• Nail clippers
• Nail file
• Baby wipes (must better than a tide pen, wipes get out any stain, almost any)

Sleeping

Our little princess is doing much better at sleeping on her own. Tuesday she took two 25 minute naps all by herself on the couch. She fall asleep on me first then I laid her down. Not to the stage of her soothing herself to sleep yet. When we were at my sister's last week she did sooth herself to sleep a couple times. My sister has one of those old swings that winds up and Jaycee liked that for some reason. I need to find one. Yesterday she napped a lot in the car while we were running errands and took little 10 minute naps on the couch. Last night she was a big girl. She slept 5 hours in her bassinet. Daddy and I actually got to cuddle for awhile. She woke up at 2:30am and wanted to nurse. I woke up and fed her, but couldn't get her back to sleep in the bassinet so she slept with us till she woke up at 7am. We need to keep working at it and she will get better. Big improvements so far. Now if we can just get her to do better at taking the bottle.

Currently she is laying on the couch asleep........wonder if she will last longer than 10 minutes. Go Jaycee go..........I have faith in you.

My sweet angel sleeping on the couch.

Back to work soon

I only have one more week before I have to go back to work :-( I start back March 10th. Not looking forward to leaving Jaycee. Even thought I know she will be in good hands. I have really enjoyed the time with her, ever minute of it. I am so thankful my work is letting me start back part-time. Working part-time makes things a little easier. She is doing so many things right now and changing everyday, feel like I am going to miss out on things. Never thought being a working mom would be so hard.

Sani you'll have to take pictures through out the day on your cell phone and send to me and Daddy.

Our road trip

Jaycee and I have returned from Zona. We had a really nice visit, but it was TOO SHORT. Wish we could have stayed through the weekend and part of this coming week. Since Daddy didn't go we didn't want to be gone that long. Daddy missed his little princess BUNCHES and thought she grew in the time we were gone. She started sucking her thumb while we were gone and daddy felt he missed out.

It was really nice to hang out with my nephews and nieces. I miss them already, they grow so much each time I see them. Of course it's always nice to hang out with my sister and brother-in-law Shane also. I wish we lived closer. Zerah the little one, who is 5 months old, is really going to be different next time I see her. When we returned home Jaycee was trying to be like her cousin and roll over, yesterday she rolled her whole body over. It was too cute; of course after she rolled over she was stuck and needed help.

Jaycee got to hang out with her cousins all week, along with her auntie and Uncle Shane. She also got to hang out with grandma and grandpa, great grandma and grandpa, second cousin Caylee and great aunt Linda.

Auntie Shelly, Zerah and Jaycee. They are both wearing their cute little octopus outfits.

Cousin Davis and Jaycee. Davis likes to give lots of kisses to the babies. Jaycee just loved Davis, he is always moving around and she loved to watch him.

Big cousin Conor and Jaycee. Jaycee missed cousin Conor when he was at school during the day.

Cousin Aidan and Jaycee. The big princess and little princess.

Great Aunt Linda with Jaycee.

Second cousin Caylee with Jaycee.

Auntie Shelly with Jaycee.

Great Grandma with Jaycee.

Great Grandpa with Jaycee.

Uncle Shane playing with Jaycee and making her smile.

Grandma with all her grandchildren. Look Jaycee's hair makes Grandma look like she has a beard.

Grandpa and Grandma with Jaycee.

Sunday visit with Belita

Last Sunday we went to Belita's (grandma's) for a visit. Below is a cute picture of Belita and the princess sleeping.

Goin to Zona

Jaycee and I are making a trip to AZ to visit my sister and her family before I have to go back to work. We are leaving this coming week. Daddy has to work so he will be staying home. We will miss Daddy very much while we are gone and I know Daddy will miss his two girls too. I'm looking forward to the fun time I'll get to spend with my nieces and nephews. Plus hanging out with my sis and brother-in-law is always fun! The family is looking forward to seeing Jaycee also. I'll post when I return.

My beautiful sister with Jaycee when they visited back in January. Auntie look out Jaycee has grown lots since this picture.

Darn shots

Our little princess went to the doctor's today for her two month check up. This meant she was getting shots; mommy wasn't looking forward to her princess getting shots at all. As the nurse was getting things ready I was talking to her and she was smiling and then all of a sudden she started crying really hard. That darn nurse had stuck her with the first shot and then the second and she was not a happy girl at all. I quickly picked her up to hug and hold her. As I was telling her it was okay I felt tears coming down my cheeks, I was crying too. She started to run a little bit of a fever tonight and daddy had to run out and get some infant Tylenol. Now she is doing better, she is sleeping on my shoulder while I type this post. She wasn't ready for night night yet. Hopefully she will be ready after this, mommy is tired.

Today she weighed 11 pounds and is 22 1/2 inches long and her head is 38cm. The doc says she is healthy and doing well. She is growing so fast. Tavo and I look back at her pictures and can't believe how big she is getting. Time really does fly.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Our little angel..........

Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day! Enjoy!

Picture update

I can never think of anything creative to write, but wanted to keep you updated with some recent pictures of our little Princess.

Stubborn little TURKEY

Our little princess can be sound asleep in your arms and when you put her down this is what she does. We will let her cry thinking she will cry herself back to sleep, but no she only cries louder and even has real tears. We have tried everything. We have a swing and she will stay asleep for about 5 minutes then wakes up. While I'm talking a shower she chills in the swing, she loves the sound of the shower. Must have something to do with me being in the shower the whole time during labor. Even when she is fussy, I'll give her a bath and she stops crying right away. We have tired putting her on the floor with a blanket, tired putting her on a pillow on the couch, she will stay in her crib with the mobile going for about 10 minutes (she likes the music), and we have also tired one of those bouncy seats.

Anyone else have ideas we can try? I love my little girl and love holding her but want to be able to put her down with out hearing her cry. The only way I get anything done around the house is by putting her in the sling I have for her, which is fine, but can't use that when I am getting dressed or going to the bathroom.

Giggles and Smiles

Jaycee is starting to make little noises and smile all the time when you talk to her. It's so cute; we are really enjoying her smiles. It's really hard to catch it on video or the camera, but we try.

Photographer

Thanks everyone for voting, after talking it over more with Tavo we have decided we really can't afford to spend $300 to $400 right now for pictures. It would be nice, but since I'm not working right now and when I do go back to work it will only be part-time we thought it wouldn't be smart to spend that kind of money right now. I think we are just going to go to a small studio like Wal-Mart or somewhere else and get family pictures taken, which will be really cheap. I know it won't be as nice, but at least we will have pictures. Thanks again for taking the time to look at the websites.

Voting continues......

I thought yesterday was Thursday; I guess I get lost on my days since I have been home with Jaycee. I need to make my decision by Friday so if you could please vote, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again and for those of you that have already voted, thanks!

Check out some recent pictures of Jaycee........

Newborn Photographer

HI ALL....................

I need your help. I am trying to decide on a photographer to take pictures of Jaycee and us. I am looking to get pictures of me nursing Jaycee, along with a cute picture of Daddy and Jaycee, also pictures of Jaycee alone and a family picture. Please take a look at the three websites below and leave a comment below and vote on who you like best. They are all around the same price, now we just need to decide. Sorry I need to make my decision quickly, by tomorrow to get the special that one of the photographer is offering. Your help would be appreciated if you even see this is time. Thanks!

http://www.aquariostudio.com/

http://www.jenibernatz.com/

http://www.rebeccahelpling.com/

Our 1st night out.......

Last night was our 1st night out leaving Jaycee with our good friends Sani and Antwan. We went to dinner with a group of our friends to help Mary Ann celebrate her birthday. HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY MARY ANN! Last night was hard; I didn't want to leave Jaycee. I cried when we dropped her off. We decided to go because the place that Mary Ann picked to have her birthday dinner was right down the street from Sani and Antwan's. It was only 5 minutes away and knew we would only be gone about 2 hours. We ended up being gone 2 hours and 23 minutes. We know we need to get used to leaving her, but it's really hard. We have decided we need to leave her a couple more times before I have to go back to work. Otherwise going back to work is going to be really hard. Thanks Sani and Antwan for making last night possible, we had a really nice time! We are blessed being surrounded by such great friends.

Lastest pics of our little bundle of joy...........

Sleeping with mommy on the couch. Both had a long hard day!

Making funny faces with uncle Kike.

Our sleepy little princess.

Jaycee's one month checkup

Jaycee had her one month checkup today. The doctor says she is healthy and doing great! She weighed 9 pounds and 4 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches. She is growing fast. Can't believe she is already one month old.

Picture taken right before we left for the doctor's.

Bottle-feeding

Bottle-feeding has been a BIG challenge for Daddy but he is doing a great job at sticking with it. This post is to say, "You’re doing a GREAT job Daddy." I forget to tell him and I know it's been really tough. Last night was one of those rough ones. Jaycee is so feisty. Tavo was so supportive when I was having a hard time with breastfeeding and encouraged me not to give up. I wish Jaycee understood the milk in the bottle is the same that comes out of the boobies.

Daddy Back at Work

Daddy has returned to work today! I have mixed feelings about this. Even though it was nice to have him home, it's good he is back at work. We have had a lot of quailty time together and I'm going to miss that. For awhile we weren't even sure if he was going to be able to go back to work. He had found out all the guys that he had been working with in Yuma got laid off. He could have been one of those guys. We feel very blessed that he is still working. Today it's just Jaycee and I for the first time since she was born.

Currently Jaycee is chillin in her swing in the bathroom. Having her in the bathroom with the fan running in her swing is the only way we can get her to chill without one of us holding her. I was able to clean the kitchen, do the dishes, clean the liter box and sweep the floors. Now I'm hoping she will let me be on the computer for a few minutes.

The other bummer about Daddy being back at work is it's going to be harder to get Jaycee used to the bottle. I have been pumping breast milk and he has been giving her a bottle in the mornings and then again in the evenings. She took the first bottle he gave her really well and now she doesn't like it much. She fights the whole time he is feeding her. I even leave the room so she doesn't see me. She is being a little turkey, first it was hard getting her to learn to breastfeed and now the bottle. When Tavo gets home from work every evening he will give her a bottle and we will hope she gets used to it soon. Otherwise it's going to be hard for me to go back to work.

Cousins

Growing up my sister and I were the only children until I was about 15 or 16 years old. We didn't grow up with cousins. Now that we are older we have 9 younger cousins. Jaycee already has 5 cousins and two of them are really close to her age. I'm glad she gets to grow up with cousins around her. Hopefully one of these days my sister and her family will be able to move back to San Diego and they can all play together daily. Jaycee has her cousin Ariana who is currently 6 months old leaving here in SD.

Last weekend my sister, Shane and the kids made a trip out to visit and it was great to see all the kids together. They had a blast playing with auntie, uncle Tavo and baby Jaycee. We miss them already. It was wonderful to see Shane; he is looking great after beating the ugly cancer.

Yesterday we went to visit Belita (Tavo's mom), Auntie Diana and cousin Ariana. Ariana is too cute; she isn't sure what to think of baby Jaycee. I think she gets a little jealous when Belita holds baby Jaycee. Can't wait till they are both running around together.

Belita with her two grandbabies, Ariana and Jaycee.

Jaycee and Zerah sound asleep.

Davis, Zerah, Conor, Aidan and Jaycee.