About 2 seconds after I took this picture she flopped herself over onto her back. That's only happened 3 times that I know about and the only time I have actually seen her do it.
She's already learning how to pose.
11 years ago
Friday, November 21, 2008
Elea 4 months old
Angie chastised me for mentioning taking Elea's picture the other day but not posting any of them. . . . So here are a few.
She's already learning how to pose.
She's already learning how to pose.Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Tagged: 8 fun things
8 Shows I like to watch...
1. The Amazing Race
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Brothers & Sisters
4. Law & Order (Jeff's dad calls them my "shoot 'em up" shows)
5. Criminal Minds
6. Bones
7. Without a Trace
8. QVC & HSN (It's pathetic BUT it's nice to have adult voices talking at me in the house during the day. . . and no, I haven't ever bought anything. . . and no, I don't talk back either.)
8 Restaurants I Like...
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Outback Steakhouse
3. Ruby River
4. Olive Garden (except while I'm nursing because EVERY single item but 1 on the menu has either onions, garlic, or tomatoes in it!)
5. IHOP (hey, I never claimed to be fancy)
6. The Garden House
7. Noodles & Company
8. Pizza Factory
8 Things that happened yesterday...
1. Parked in a parking spot perfectly straight and even (that never happens).
2. Bought Fenugreek to help my milk supply increase so that Elea can gain some weight.
3. Talked to my mom on the phone.
4. Talked to my sister on the phone.
5. Filled out job applications in Northern Utah for Jeff.
6. Paid a couple of bills on-line.
7. Took Elea's picture.
8. Read Wuthering Heights.
8 I things I'm looking forward to...
1. Flying to Kentucky on Saturday to visit Ma & Pa.
2. Ang, Derek, & kids coming to visit in December.
3. Twilight Movie on Friday night.
4. Friday Night Lights coming back on in January.
5. Finishing Wuthering Heights because I don't really like it and it's taking me forever to get through it.
6. Every weekday at 3:30 pm because that's when Jeff gets home now that football is over!
7. Jeff getting a teaching job.
8. Christmas Eve in our own house for the first time since we were married.
8 things on my wish list...
1. Jeff to have a teaching job.
2. Elea to gain weight and stop having a stuffy nose all the time.
3. The AZ house mess done and over with.
4. Every book I have marked on "Goodreads" that I haven't read yet.
5. To own a pair of jeans that fit me right now.
6. To be more patient with my sweet husband.
7. To have white socks that stay really white.
8. To have a car seat that weighs 2 lbs.
I tag. . .
1. Gwen
2. Angie
3. Becca
4. Mel
5. Amanda
6. Maddie
7. Tricia
8. Anyone else who wants to do this tag!
1. The Amazing Race
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. Brothers & Sisters
4. Law & Order (Jeff's dad calls them my "shoot 'em up" shows)
5. Criminal Minds
6. Bones
7. Without a Trace
8. QVC & HSN (It's pathetic BUT it's nice to have adult voices talking at me in the house during the day. . . and no, I haven't ever bought anything. . . and no, I don't talk back either.)
8 Restaurants I Like...
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Outback Steakhouse
3. Ruby River
4. Olive Garden (except while I'm nursing because EVERY single item but 1 on the menu has either onions, garlic, or tomatoes in it!)
5. IHOP (hey, I never claimed to be fancy)
6. The Garden House
7. Noodles & Company
8. Pizza Factory
8 Things that happened yesterday...
1. Parked in a parking spot perfectly straight and even (that never happens).
2. Bought Fenugreek to help my milk supply increase so that Elea can gain some weight.
3. Talked to my mom on the phone.
4. Talked to my sister on the phone.
5. Filled out job applications in Northern Utah for Jeff.
6. Paid a couple of bills on-line.
7. Took Elea's picture.
8. Read Wuthering Heights.
8 I things I'm looking forward to...
1. Flying to Kentucky on Saturday to visit Ma & Pa.
2. Ang, Derek, & kids coming to visit in December.
3. Twilight Movie on Friday night.
4. Friday Night Lights coming back on in January.
5. Finishing Wuthering Heights because I don't really like it and it's taking me forever to get through it.
6. Every weekday at 3:30 pm because that's when Jeff gets home now that football is over!
7. Jeff getting a teaching job.
8. Christmas Eve in our own house for the first time since we were married.
8 things on my wish list...
1. Jeff to have a teaching job.
2. Elea to gain weight and stop having a stuffy nose all the time.
3. The AZ house mess done and over with.
4. Every book I have marked on "Goodreads" that I haven't read yet.
5. To own a pair of jeans that fit me right now.
6. To be more patient with my sweet husband.
7. To have white socks that stay really white.
8. To have a car seat that weighs 2 lbs.
I tag. . .
1. Gwen
2. Angie
3. Becca
4. Mel
5. Amanda
6. Maddie
7. Tricia
8. Anyone else who wants to do this tag!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Not good. Not good at all.
I finally got around to calling a real estate agent on Tuesday (thanks Maddie!) and found out some bad news. I wasn't expecting good news- but it was worse than I thought. Houses in our neighborhood in AZ are selling for between $139,000- and $170,000. No, wait, I phrased that wrong, they are listing for that much and selling for even less.
So considering that we still owe a whopping $240,000 it's not looking so hot for us. Not at all. My first reaction was to think that we should just hang on to it until the market improves. But that could be YEARS and even with renters in it we are still paying out $900+ a month. So my second reaction was to just not think about it at all (which is kind of what I've been doing for the past few months). Jeff, on the other hand, called his dad for advice. He said that we should just let it go into foreclosure since the loan is only in my name (thank goodness!). His words were "quit feeding a dead horse." Initially I was really against the idea- I'm not a big fan of trashing my credit score. But being able to save that money every month would be fabulous and maybe it'll keep me and jeff from making some crazy quick decision to buy a house in the next little while because heaven knows we aren't great at holding off on things once we get the idea in our heads.
So who knows. Dumb house. BUT silver lining or whatever is that if we hadn't moved there we wouldn't have gone to the fertility doc and so we wouldn't have elea right now-- and she is definitely 100% no questions asked worth it.
So considering that we still owe a whopping $240,000 it's not looking so hot for us. Not at all. My first reaction was to think that we should just hang on to it until the market improves. But that could be YEARS and even with renters in it we are still paying out $900+ a month. So my second reaction was to just not think about it at all (which is kind of what I've been doing for the past few months). Jeff, on the other hand, called his dad for advice. He said that we should just let it go into foreclosure since the loan is only in my name (thank goodness!). His words were "quit feeding a dead horse." Initially I was really against the idea- I'm not a big fan of trashing my credit score. But being able to save that money every month would be fabulous and maybe it'll keep me and jeff from making some crazy quick decision to buy a house in the next little while because heaven knows we aren't great at holding off on things once we get the idea in our heads.
So who knows. Dumb house. BUT silver lining or whatever is that if we hadn't moved there we wouldn't have gone to the fertility doc and so we wouldn't have elea right now-- and she is definitely 100% no questions asked worth it.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Elea's 4 month check up
Yesterday afternoon was Elea's 4 month check up. She only weighed 12 lbs 8 oz and she is 23 1/2 inches tall. So she dropped down to the 25th percentile in weight and moved up to the 50th percentile in height.
She is still wearing the same clothes that she started wearing at 6 weeks old. It just hit me today that she is 4 months old wearing 3 month old clothes. I think this is a first in Oliverson family history.
** I just looked up her 2 month checkup and she hasn't even gained a full pound in 2 months. She's a happy baby and sleeping good so the doc wasn't worried but it's definitely not what I expected!
She is still wearing the same clothes that she started wearing at 6 weeks old. It just hit me today that she is 4 months old wearing 3 month old clothes. I think this is a first in Oliverson family history.
** I just looked up her 2 month checkup and she hasn't even gained a full pound in 2 months. She's a happy baby and sleeping good so the doc wasn't worried but it's definitely not what I expected!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Smilestones
After reading Lori's blog a week or two ago I realized that I need to post about Elea's little things even if no one else gives a rip because otherwise I'm going to forget. (She's a lot better at recognizing the little developments because she's got a degree in early childhood development- but I'm doing my best!)
Elea has squealed a few times when she's gotten excited. Angie and Jeff have been able to get some good squeals from her.
Jeff has gotten her to giggle a few times too-- it's just as deep a sound as her cry/yell.
She has discovered her left foot. She likes to grab her left foot with her left hand and then can get ahold of her right knee or ankle but usually she just leaves that leg out swingin'. She can't quite get her toes into her mouth yet-- but she pulls her sock off a little and hangs onto it. It cracks me up when she loses her grip because every limb shoots out straight like a star and she looks half terrified and half surprised.
Lately Elea has been attempting to shove her entire fist in her mouth. She is constantly gagging herself but hasn't mastered getting just her thumb in her mouth.
She wants to be sitting up looking around all the time. The only time she will recline is if she is in her bouncer (and even then she tries to sit up) or getting tired/relaxed. She isn't able to hold herself up yet, but if she is reclined then she attempts to sit upright (and then tips over).
She rolled herself over from her tummy to her back in her crib today for the first time. Then later I was on the floor with her and she was laying on her tummy again. She pushed herself up and flopped over onto her back. I don't know if that counts because it was totally on accident-- but it was pretty fun to watch.
She is less cross-eyed now-- but if the camera flashes a bunch of times in a row she goes cross eyed.
Elea still loves her bath time. She can go from ornery to happy in about 2.5 seconds if we put her in the tub.
And last of all-- she smiles really easily now. It doesn't take much to get her to smile. My favorite is when she smiles really big and balls up her fists and starts squirming-- like if she tried to smile any harder she would burst. I can be having a rough day and then she does that and everything seems a lot better.
Elea has squealed a few times when she's gotten excited. Angie and Jeff have been able to get some good squeals from her.
Jeff has gotten her to giggle a few times too-- it's just as deep a sound as her cry/yell.
She has discovered her left foot. She likes to grab her left foot with her left hand and then can get ahold of her right knee or ankle but usually she just leaves that leg out swingin'. She can't quite get her toes into her mouth yet-- but she pulls her sock off a little and hangs onto it. It cracks me up when she loses her grip because every limb shoots out straight like a star and she looks half terrified and half surprised.
Lately Elea has been attempting to shove her entire fist in her mouth. She is constantly gagging herself but hasn't mastered getting just her thumb in her mouth.
She wants to be sitting up looking around all the time. The only time she will recline is if she is in her bouncer (and even then she tries to sit up) or getting tired/relaxed. She isn't able to hold herself up yet, but if she is reclined then she attempts to sit upright (and then tips over).
She rolled herself over from her tummy to her back in her crib today for the first time. Then later I was on the floor with her and she was laying on her tummy again. She pushed herself up and flopped over onto her back. I don't know if that counts because it was totally on accident-- but it was pretty fun to watch.
She is less cross-eyed now-- but if the camera flashes a bunch of times in a row she goes cross eyed.
Elea still loves her bath time. She can go from ornery to happy in about 2.5 seconds if we put her in the tub.
And last of all-- she smiles really easily now. It doesn't take much to get her to smile. My favorite is when she smiles really big and balls up her fists and starts squirming-- like if she tried to smile any harder she would burst. I can be having a rough day and then she does that and everything seems a lot better.
Friday, November 7, 2008
The past 2 weeks in pictures
My mom and I stopped at my Aunt Maxine's before we left the Uintah Basin on Sunday the 26th. Elea didn't find us nearly as funny as we found ourselves.
How we spent our Halloween: Elea loves to sit straight up so we got her this bumbo chair. She loves it. Especially now that she has figured out how to twist herself sideways so that she can gnaw on the sides of it.
I guess I lied when I said she wasn't cross eyed anymore.
With Grandpa Sullivan.
Check out Jeff's new pearly whites!Elea's first attempt at cereal
In an effort to get Elea to sleep through the night we gave her cereal on Tuesday night. Talk about your all time back-fire-- instead she just got a really bad tummy ache. So we are waiting a few more weeks before we give it to her again and I am doing my best to fix the night time waking up situation other ways (see previous post). BUT she was cracking me up because she was so dang excited-- I think she was just humoring Jeff and me because we were getting such a kick out of the whole process.
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