7 months?!

Yesterday Tegan reached seven months of age! It is a confusing feeling; it feels like I just had her yesterday, yet it feels like she has been here forever. Maybe that is because I can barely remember her being that little tiny newborn I first held. It is odd to me that in only 5 months time we will be celebrating Tegan's first year of life and she will no longer be a baby! She will be walking and saying her first words! Our baby is growing up so fast!!! Tegan broke through her first tooth last week!!!! Don't let those little baby teeth fool you, they are sharp! The scab on my finger is proof :)(click on the picture below for a closer look at that new pearly white)
Tegan was still having trouble with her reflux, even with being on her prevacid we had projectile issues. I called her pedi and they advised us to switch Tegan to enfamil AR which is a very very thick formula for babies who spit up a lot. The AR is a miracle worker!!! Since the switch she has been a new baby!!!
Tegan and I anxiously awaiting fathers day! We have made it so close which makes it even harder to hold off on gift giving!!! Tegan and I worked hard on Zach's gifts, we wanted to give him something special and memorable. Ever since Tegan was born we would wake daddy up with "naked tegan butt stamps" before her bath. So as one of Zachary's gifts I painted her butt and stamped it on paper, scanned it and added a poem to it in photoshop so we could make a coffee cup out of it. Zach is a major coffee lover so I knew this gift would be something he would love and cherish forever.
Tegan painted daddy a pretty picture using her little feet :) which I framed. This was her very first painting :) maybe one day she will grow to be an artist just like her daddy. His last gift is a big slide show of Zach and Tegan, I added a menu to it and put it on a dvd :) I worked very hard on it and I can't wait to give him all his gifts and cards tomorrow morning with breakfast in bed! Happy Fathers Day to all you daddy's!!!!!!

6 1/2 months!

ALREADY!!!!!! It feels like Tegan just hit 6 months yesterday yet I am 11 days away from her turning 7 months old! Before I know it Tegan will be blowing out that candle at her first birthday! Tegan is a little girl that knows what she wants! She LOVES to be outside, whether it is just a nice stroll with mommy, sitting in the grass, or swinging on the swings at the park. When she is crying all you have to do is walk towards the door she is all smiles and giggles!! She is such a sweet little girl!

Zachary and I took Tegan on a nice wagon ride down to the ice cream shop for some ice cream! After a taste she decided she wanted mommy's cone! After our ice cream we went to the other park in town for a change of scenery. Tegan had a blast and passed out in her wagon on the walk home. We were able to carry the wagon inside and there she continued to sleep for over an hour!



Tegan should have a tooth breaking through any day now!! (fingers crossed) She has been eating less, sleeping more and today I noticed that the skin is now broken! Now we wait for that little tooth to make its grand entrance!!!

MANY YAYS!!!

Tegan is doing sooo much better with being on the prevacid! We were told that it can take up to a week before we notice a change; already she is throwing up less!!! I feel so much better knowing my baby isn't in pain all day.

Tegan LOVES pears, she gobbled down 3 tablespoons full last night.

This morning as I was changing Tegan's diaper I noticed that she no longer has a vaginal adhesion! Yesterday it was only attached by a teeny tiny bit of skin, and today it is fully opened!!! This is such wonderful news!!! I dont know to worry about estrogen cream or further measures to open it. Now I just pray that it stays open and doesn't reseal. I had problems with mine until I was three and had to have it opened so cross your fingers that she isn't like her mommy in that sense.

Her tear ducts are still blocked. They are slowly getting better but still a pain. She is getting to the age that I have to fight her to clean her eyes and massage the ducts so I really hope and pray they open soon so they too can be a thing of the past!

We got Tegan a big girl bathtub yesterday while at walmart! We got her a pink ducky bath so that she can sit up like a big girl and splash and play during bathtime safely. She LOVES it and now gets upset when I take her out of the bath! She is going to be a water baby :)

Tegan is more giggly than ever :) She giggles at the cats, at the tv, during her baths, and at mommy and daddy's silly faces. There is nothing like a big baby giggle to brighten your day!!!

6 Month Update

Today was Tegan's 6 month check up and shots. This was her first appointment with her new pediatrician and I can honestly say that I left happy! Her new dr is nothing but amazing and I am so very happy that I took the plunge and decided to switch Tegan to her care. She was very friendly, welcoming and was great with Tegan! Dr. Martinez took the time to talk with us and answer all of our questions and understand our concerns. She LOVED Tegan and couldn't get over how adorable she was, she even had to pick her up and play with her for a bit! Tegan is doing great!!! She is now 16lbs and 26 1/2 inches long! Size 3 diapers here we come!!! Tegan is growing right along track and developing beautifully, with the exception of skipping the rolling over milestone ;) Dr. Martinez was very impressed with our care for Tegan and told us we were doing a fabulous job and that Tegan was nothing but a beautiful, happy, healthy, baby girl(I pat myself and zach on the back!) Tegan is now on prevacid once a day for her reflux. Dr. Martinez couldn't believe that Dr. Shah never had Tegan on anything for the bad case of reflux my poor baby has. Tegan's vaginal opening is starting to thin out and open on its own so as of now no estrogen cream or further measures are needed. We are to keep an eye on it and be sure that it doesn't seal back closed. Tegan now has the green light to switch to big girl food ;) I am excited to introduce her to all the new yummy flavors and textures!!! Our baby is growing up much too fast!!! Here are her 6 month photos, our scanner isn't hooked up at the moment so I had to take a picture of the pictures so the quality isn't great, but at least you get to see them. (along with a few others of course!)

Proud Mommy

Our little Tegan is growing more and more each day! She is learning new things and gaining more and more of a personality! She has been sitting up like a big girl for about a week now and finally she is taking some interest in rolling over. She can go from her back to belly (just as she did once before at 6 weeks) but I am wondering if she will ever learn to go from belly to back? After a few attempts I finally got it on video! I have created a little ham! Every time she sees the camera she stops whatever she is doing to look at me and smile! Zach and I were laughing so hard the other night because she was laying on the floor sucking her thumb and as soon as she heard the camera turn on she pulled her thumb out and gave me the biggest smile ever(we made a game out of it and she continued to go back to her thumb until she heard the camera again! haha) Needless to say, I have to be VERY sneaky to get her on video.

We are taking Tegan to have her 6 month pictures done tomorrow!!! I will have another big photo to add to my wall, before I know it my house will be a shrine of Tegan. This weekend will be another busy one. I have a formal bridal shower to attend Saturday at 5pm near chicago which means I wont have as much Tegan time as I am used to. I will be away for most of the afternoon and I wont be home in time to read bedtime stories and tuck Tegan into bed for the night. I am sure it will hurt me more than it hurts her, so pray that I make it through without too many tears!! I can't help but feel horrible for being away from her....am I crazy??

Mommy to a 6 month old!

Today my sweet baby girl turned 6 months old! Six months ago at this time I was sitting in labor and delivery waiting for my c-section yet in six months from now she will be celebrating her first birthday. I can't believe how fast time has gone by and how big she is getting! As I look back at old pictures I can't fully remember her being so small, the baby in the pictures doesn't even look like Tegan. She has changed in looks and personality so much in the past months! I am excited to see how much she changes in the next six months. I try to imagine how she will look on her first birthday, how big she will be, will she have hair, what will her favorite toy be, what book will she like?? Before I know it all the answers will be right in front of me. Tegan is doing great!!! She is now sitting up like a big girl(as of 5 days ago!)She still isn't rolling over, I suppose it is too boring for her. We have her 6 month check up and shots next tuesday! I an very anxious to see how much she weighs and how long she has gotten!!!!

We are doing alright, we have hit a few rough patches here in the wright house. We got our first 64 hour pay check(for two weeks) and it was a slap in the face! Zach got news that they are going to have to take 2-3 weeks off with no pay at the beginning of July. I hope the economy picks up soon, I dont know what we are going to do. Somehow some way we will make it, we always do!

As always I have tons of pictures to share!!! I always take daily pictures of Tegan, I just can't help myself! Enjoy pics from my sisters senior pre-prom and random pics of our little boogs. Notice the picture after Tegan petting our cat...that would be why our cats dont like her haha!

Stop and smell the Flowers

We HAD a little taste of spring that lasted a few week with blooming flowers and warm sunshine. Sadly cold is back to remind us that summer is very far away still. There is never any telling what the mid west is going to give you weather wise. I cant' wait for the warmth and sunshine to return for good so we can go on daily walks with Tegan. There is this very long trail that starts here in town and connects to the other town 11 miles over. It is a trail of nothing but gravel/grassy paths with trees overhead, flowers and wildlife. Tegan will grow up having taken many walks and bike rides on this trail. She enjoyed her first time on the trail through her eyelids ;)




Tegan is doing very well! She is getting closer and closer to her 6 month birthday! It is just crazy to think that in a few more months I will be planning her first birthday! Her eyes are getting better and better, hopefully in another month blocked ducts will be a thing of the past. Her reflux is just the same so hopefully something will be done about it at her six month check up and shots.