Jeff and Jeanie are parents!

Posted 10 years ago

I love….

Ever since BG’s haircut, she’s been waking up with some crazy bed head. I think that because jeff and i both have naturally curly hair, her hair is starting to get a little kink in it and that along with the crazy way in which she sleeps makes the hair on the back of her head stick out like crazy. It’s pretty impossible to get it to stay down with just a hairbrush and water.

Now back when BG was bald, a friend of mine gave us some of this detangling spray. Of course at the time I joked that BG would never need it cause she would be bald forever. I mean seriously.. It took almost 2 years for her to really grow hair!

But now. It’s a daily use thing. A make sure to pack it and take to grandmas thing. A wait, can’t leave the house without using the spray thing. Love it. And it smells great too!

You can purchase your through Avon. I highly recommend!

Sad BG

Posted 10 years ago

It’s been a while since I took a photo of BG in the am. She’s been such a sad little camper lately. Between not sleeping at night and crying all day at day care, you would think that she’d be so exhausted that she’d pass out and get the rest that she needs, but it just doesn’t seem that way.

She starts the mornings off alright. Super smiley and cuddly, but as soon as we start getting ready for day care, the resistance begins.

No she doesn’t want to put on clothes. No she doesn’t want to go potty. No she doesn’t want to go down the stairs (up the stairs on the other hand she’ll do in a heart beat!). No she doesn’t want a picture. No she doesn’t want to sit in her car seat. No she doesn’t want to go to school. No she doesn’t want to play with her friends.

And as soon as she sees her day care building, she starts the loud whining. Then when I stop the car and pull her out of her car seat - she’s crying. By the time she gets to her classroom, she’s sobbing.

And clinging. I don’t even need to hold her but she’ll cling on for dear life and won’t fall.

I keep reminding myself its just a phase, but its by far the most exhausting one. I’m exhausted in the mornings and Jeff’s exhausted at night.

We’re pretty convinced that if she would just fall asleep when she’s tired then we wouldn’t have this issue, but she’s so certain that we’re having all this fun without her she refuses to go to sleep and possibly miss something.

Or - she’s been traumatized by Jeff and I leaving her with my parents during the week of the power outage, that she’s terrified that one of these days when she’s not looking we’re going to leave again.

Or - she is currently teething her two year old molars right now, so maybe that’s so painful that she’s just really clingy.

More likely its a little bit of all three.

Wish us luck as we wait for this phase to pass.

Posted 10 years ago

Jeff tells me this morning:

“I really love picking BG up at school at night. She’s so excited to see me.”

Meanwhile. I have to break her heart every morning when I drop her off.

Everyday this week she’s been a mess when it’s time for me to leave day care.

Posted 10 years ago

A list.

1) I missed this face
2) You can tell we have a toddler again by the mess that is also known as our apartment
3) I sorta thought BG would come back changed from her week away, but she’s still the same little sweet girl.
4) except she now says her name in a little Korean accent
5) today she went to school and her beat friend was so happy to see her that they hugged multiple times in the 5 minutes I was there dropping her off.
6) only other thing that changed is that I now feel like we have to re-potty train her. 😫

Week sans baby

Posted 10 years ago

We went down to visit my parents this past weekend and we still didn’t how power by Sunday night, so we made the decision to leave BG down with my parents for the week.

We had never left BG before. Not both of us at the same time, and never for this long.

I miss my baby, but Jeff and I had a pretty good time. We had a few dates, roasted marshmallows over candlelight, played some board games, and ate really great food. Can’t complain!

But all in all, I’m super excited to see my baby tomorrow night!