Z's first study session??

Doug caught these photos yesterday. I can only assume she is working on her counting skills  by applying them to the story she has just finished reading :) 

Mac n Cheese

Zatanna tried the 2nd foods mac and cheese tonight. She liked it but could not eat as much of it as other foods which I think is normal for mac n cheese. Wed night Turkey and rice or sweet potatoes whatever Z votes for :)

Great Grandparents House 9/26/2009

After going to the Hunters to meet Bailey. Z and I were on our way to the great grandparents house. She slept the whole way there so when we got out she looked a little grumpy but she warmed up after a bit. We put her on the floor for a while for 2 reasons a) for some reason she tends to get pouty lips and cry when she hasn't warmed up to someone yet and b) me and Grandma Penny (I will use this instead of continuously putting great infront of it) were eating lunch. Grandpa Penny was at a Kiwanis Peanut Event for the first part of our visit. Gma Penny put a Beauty & the Beast music globe infront of Z and she was enthralled with that for a while. Other than that we all talked and had a great time. 

When Grandpa Penny got home, Z watched him like a hawk and whenever he got close out came the pouty lips and crying...I am not sure why she does that. Maybe there was just too many new things today plus she was getting tired. 

Grandma Penny took Z and I shopping at JCPenney and Z now has some super cute clothes that you may be seeing in posts to come. Sending out hugs and kisses to the great grandparents. 

Meeting Bailey

Zatanna and I got up, dressed and out the door to go meet Bailey Lynn Hunter today. Bailey is the newest edition to the Ron and Kathy Hunter (the youngers) family. She is super tiny and super cute. I can not remember Z being that small even though I know she was. She was asleep for the first part of our visit but when Z got fussy and hungry Bailey was too. So Zatanna and Bailey got to eat lunch while mommies conversed. Shortly thereafter we had to leave for our scheduled lunch with the great grandparents. Kathy said we should take pics which I am glad she did because I took my camera for that purpose and would have been sad not to have any after I left. Kathy told me to take them quickly so I did :) (so you can blame her if they aren't as super cute as they should be; just joking Kathy!!) Beyond Z's slightly askew appearance (I don't know why I put socks on her and you gotta love that belly) both pics are pretty cute. I get a kick out of the one where Z looks like she is licking Bailey's head. Anywho, I asked to hold Bailey before I left and she is just so sweet. She looks at you so intently like she is trying to figure you out. She made the cutest noises and I realized how many things you forget about as they grow up. I can not get over how tiny she seemed...Anywho, we finally had to say goodbye and as I was walking out the door Ron met us in the front yard with an umbrella for Z and I. I thought that was such a sweet thing to do and I sincerely appreciated it. The visit was a great start to our Ofallon trip. I will write more about the great grandparents on my next post. 

Utah Pics featuring my cousins, parents and sister

Utah trip

Zatanna had her first long car ride. My parents, sister, myself and baby Z went to Utah for my Grandma Anderson's funeral. I was very worried since she has never been in the car longer than an hour that I can think of and here I was taking her on one that lasted 22 hours each way. She did wonderfully! We started on the road at 5 am and she decided after getting her out of bed that she wanted to stay awake and stare out the back window...about 2 hours later she was not a happy little girl (I was even a little scared that something was really wrong, unfortunately she has her mommies trait of her face going all blotchy and red when she cries) but once I gave her a bottle she calmed down and went to sleep and that was the extent of her fussiness the whole way there. She would get her angry voice when she was hungry but no major crying that I remember. 

When we got there she acquired many fans. Especially my cousin Lacey's son Tyler who would rarely leave her if we were nearby. He is learning facial features so he kept poking her eye to say "eye" I was like "hey" but Z just stared unworried other than the slight blink to shield her eye. Here is a picture of them holding hands while me and my cousin Lacey were talking to each other.

ahhhhh...

She didn't like the crowds during the viewing so we spent most of our time out in the hall but during the funeral she was so good. She only made a few ba ba ba's usually during prayers that went a little long. Other than that she played with the program (I don't know if that is what it is called at a funeral) or her elephant. 

Oh i gotta run add more pics later....

Pics

Adorable

So, I put Zatanna in her jumper tonight so that she could get out some energy. She was over next to the computer maybe three feet give or take from where I was sitting. She ever so slowly jumps her way over to me on the recliner...I look up to see her sitting right in front of me...She was very excited about the whole thing. I am sure now that she knows how to manuever new places we will have to keep an eye on that jumper :) I always wished we could get her a walker but of course they have been declared unsafe for her generation...anyway, who needs one when she can just drag her jumper along with her talk about little but strong legs!

Oh I am praying to see teeth tomorrow she is a little overly irritable. She threw her first actual temper tantrum tonight. She kicked her little legs out did a scream and planted her face right into the ground...I thought that sort of thing was made up...she is only 6 months oh merciful...I will say though it was very easy to remedy the situation. She is generally very sweet except when teeth are trying to pop out. 

The poor thing spent her whole night with her mouth open or chewing on anything she could grab. She would bite on my finger for hours if the pain in my finger and the drool oozing down my arm didn't make me take my finger back for a minute or 20. I am glad I don't have to grow anymore teeth the wisdom ones hurt and I can't remember the baby ones probably for good reason:) Anyway, like I said hoping for teeth tomorrow!! Give the girl at least a little break hopfully...

6 month checkup

Zatanna came in at 26 inches, 16lbs 9oz with a head circumference of 16 1/2. They offered her the flu shot along with the other shots and I said no. I am tired of people just injecting people with stuff just in case. In case she gets that one strand of the flu but as for everything else you are on your own until they develop a new vacccine for the other strands and they put you on a once a day shot in case one of the 500 strands happens your way. She is only 16 lbs how much injected stuff can she deal with at one time. I don't want to find out. I understand that people are cautious but maybe there is a reason kids are allergic to everything today. We aren't all alike people maybe what will help me wont help you. Anyway, I am done ranting now. I still worry about it. I will worry something could happen to her every minute for the rest of my life but sometimes I have to say hey I don't think she needs that and I don't want it and hope that is the right choice. 

She is doing very good today. When she got her shots she was pretty upset. It could have been because I was a bit of a wreck with them yesterday and she was responding more to me then the shots. Other than that the doctor said she looked great.

We started second foods. She had apricots w/mixed fruit yesterday...she was a little eh about them but she has two more days to try them out. I told the doctor we got her juice and she told me that is not something she likes to give them just yet. She said we could do it but to remember it is mostly sugar so to use it as a treat rather than every day. No more than 1-2 ozs a day.  

It was cute when the doctor was using the stethescope, otoscope and whatever else they use she kept trying to steal them from her. It was cute. She tried to bite the stethescope :)

The doctor did also say she heard a little bit of a heart murmur  but that it sounds innocent and since it comes and goes that usually indicates the innocent type so that is good.

almost 6 months

 Zatanna will officially be 6 months on Friday the fourth of Sept.  Her doctors appt is the same day so I am taking off to be there since it is in the afternoon I figure we will celebrate in the morning with some juice and a little 2nd foods (bring on the mixed foods). yum! 

She is definitely teething now. still no little teeths have emerged but she drools more than my moms newfoundland and is biting on everything within reach. I can verify because my father in law (Rick Penny) is a dentist and he could feel one hiding in those gums slowly working its way to the surface. 

She still doesn't usually get three meals worth of solids except sometimes on the weekends. She normally gets at least one or two a day and Daddy has started giving her a little when he is home but we need more consistency. The solids is probably what I find most difficult about not being at home with her.It is harder to get her into a schedule because if she is already crying for food you usually can't get herto stop for anything except formula. She is always happy to grab for mommy and daddy's food though. I may this week institute a mommy daughter dinner where when I eat so does she . The hardest one to figure out is breakfast. I leave at 8am. She gets up at 7:00-7:30am. Obviously she takes a bottle when she wakes since she hasn't eaten in 8 hours or more. eh, we will work it out. Obviously I am not worried about this hurting her development. She clearly likes food and has had all the 1st foods with no allergies. I just think mashed food has got to be better than formula...:)

Anywho, she reaches for everything now. She can't sit anywhere without grabbing something. She usually ends up just pushing it all on the floor but that is ok. When we go to the store which she loves I usually hold her and hand her the shopping list besides having to pick it up once or twice it keeps her pretty preoccupied with scrunching it up and hitting mommy with it :)

I have put her in front of the mirror pretty regularly since she was born and yesterday she just held the mirror and would giggle at it, make faces and try to hug it. It was pretty cute.

One thing I have learned is no matter how my day has gone getting to watch her learn new things is completely amazing. I laugh so hard sometimes and not just the little haha's that all the adults get but truly carefree having fun laughter. I hope I can try to remember how much we all learn every day and to enjoy it as much as Z enjoys learning new things. 

New update Friday/Sat after the doctors appt.