July 7, 2009
Leah is now 10 months old. My oh my how time flies. I can't believe that in about 2 months she will be one. She can do so many things now like crawl, pull up, dance, get into things, say moma, pull clothes out of clothes basket, give kisses, hugs, and the worst of all spit. When I feed her she thinks it is funny to spit, yes spit her food or drink out. I had to spat her hand the other night and of course it didn't hurt but she cried like it did. She gets into everything now. We are going to have a yard sale Saturday and I pulled her little baby clothes out and I just couldn't part with them, they were so small. I think she might weight 20lbs now about 3 weeks ago she weighed almost 19. She is the pickest eater I have ever seen. They say she will eat when she is hungry, that she is getting everything she needs, she is gaining weight. I am trying to get things together for her birthday, not going very well, I need to go to Texarkana.

ON VACATION THIS WEEK
I AM OFF ALL THIS WEEK AND SO GLAD. I AM GETTING TO SPEND TIME WITH LEAH AND ENJOYING EVERY BIT OF IT. USUALLY WHEN I AM OFF SHES SICK, LUCKLY NOT THIS WEEK. I KEPT ISAAC YESTERDAY, THEY WERE BOTH GOOD. I WOULD CHANGE ONE AND THEN HAVE TO CHANGE THE OTHER ONE, SAME WAY WITH FEEDING. BUT WE MADE IT AND THE DAY SEEM TO PASS TO QUICK. I EVEN GOT LEAH TO TAKE AN HOUR NAP, VERY UNUSUAL FOR HER USUALLY ONLY 20 TO 30 MINUTES. GOING TO KEEP HIM AGAIN TOMORROW UNTIL ONE, THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL EARLY. I AM CONCERNED THAT MY CHILD HAS BEEN WITH ME TO MUCH. SHE CRIES WHEN I LEAVE THE ROOM. I AM WORRIED ABOUT HER ON MONDAY AT DAYCARE, HOPE THEY WILL COMFORT HER. LEAH GOT A NEW TOY FROM MY MOM, SHE CAN PUSH IT A LITTLE WAY AND THEN FALLS. SHE LOVES IT, I HAVE TO HIDE IT IF I GO OUT OF THE ROOM I AM AFRAID SHE WILL FALL.

LEAH'S CRAWLING
LAST NIGHT WE WENT DOWN TO BRENDA'S BUT BEFORE WE LEFT LEAH WAS IN THE FLOOR TRYING TO CRAWL. SHE HAS GOTTEN TO WHERE SHE WILL GET ON ALL FOURS AND PUT HER BUTT UP IN THE AIR, IT IS TO CUTE. WELL RODNEY WAS TRYING TO GET HER TO COME TO HIM AND SHE DID, DIDN'T GO VERY FAR BECAUSE I SCREAMED WITH EXCITEMENT AND OF COURSE SHE STOPPED. WHEN WE GOT TO BRENDA'S SHE HAD GOTTEN SOME TOYS FOR HER TO PLAY WITH AND RODNEY ONCE AGAIN WAS TRYING TO GET HER TO CRAWL TO HIM AND SHE DID, SHE RAISED THAT BUTT UP IN THE AIR AND OFF SHE WENT, SHE CRAWLED ABOUT 3 OR 4 FOOT. IT WAS SO EXCITING, I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT UNTIL SHE STOPPED, THEN WE ALL CHEERED FOR HER. ONE OF THE GIRLS HAD A PINK PONY WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE, WE GOT IT OUT AND SHE WANTED TO STAND ON IT NOT RIDE IT. THEN SHE GOT THE HANG OF IT AND RODE IT, SHE ALSO HAD TO GIVE THE PONY KISSES. SHE IS CHANGING SO MUCH EVERYDAY. IT WON'T BE LONG AND SHE WILL BE A YEAR OLD. MAKES ME SAD BUT SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT SHE CAN DO.

FINALLY SUNSHINE IS HERE
SUNDAY FOR MOTHER'S DAY WE WENT TO MURFREESBORO. WENT TO CHURCH AND HAD LUNCH WITH MOM. TOOK A FEW PICTURES AND THEN KAYLA , HEATH, AND ISAAC HAD TO LEAVE TO GO TO HIS MOMS. AFTER LUNCH LEAH WENT TO SLEEP AND ME AND MOM WATCHED A MOVIE ON LIFETIME. WHEN SHE WOKE UP WE CAME HOME. WHEN WE GOT HOME RODNEY HAD ME A GIFT FROM LEAH. THE DAY BEFORE WE WENT TO WAL-MART AND HE TOLD ME TO PICK SOMETHING OUT, WELL AS STUBORN AS I AM I TOLD HIM IF I HAD TO PICK IT OUT I DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING. SO WHILE WE WERE AT CHURCH HE WENT BACK TO WAL-MART AND GOT ME A DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME AND A CARD FROM LEAH. I LOVED IT. HE PUT PICTURES ON IT BUT PUT ALL THE PICTURES THAT I HAD SAVED ON MY COMPUTER SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE ARE ALOT OF OLD PICTURES ON THERE. HE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELETE THEM ON THE COMPUTER ITS LIKE IT LOCKS UP WHEN HE PUTS THE MEMORY CARD IN. SO HE HAS BEEN DELETING THEM ONE BY ONE. WHEN I WALKED IN THE LIVING ROOM HE HAD LEAH AND THE PRESENT, IT WAS IN A SNOWMAN BAG, I ASK WHERE HE GOT IT AND HE GOT IT OUT OF MY CHRISTMAS STUFF. ANYWAY, INSTEAD OF TISSUE PAPER HE HAD PUT HIS CAMO JACKET IN THERE. HE IS SO CREATIVE. ITS THE THOUGHT THAT COUNTS. AFTER THAT WE WENT DOWN TO HIS MOMS AND ATE AND KAMERON SET ME UP A FACEBOOK PAGE. I THINK I AM ADDICTED.

UPDATE

I KNEW I WOULDN'T BE VERY GOOD AT THIS. MY COMPUTER HAS BEEN DOWN ALL WEEKEND I GUESS ALL THE RAIN. WELL LEAH GOT SICK AGAIN LAST WEEK TOOK HER TO DR FLOYD AT MURFREESBORO. WAS AFRAID TO TAKE HER TO THE PEDIATRICAN HAD HEARD THERE WAS CASES OF THE SWINE FLU IN TEXARKANA. HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON THE NEWS SO GUESS IT WASN'T TRUE. ANYWAY SHE HAS ANOTHER COLD AND HER EAR WAS A LITTLE RED. SO WE ARE BACK ON ANITBIOTICS FOR 10 DAYS. I CAN'T WAIT TIL SUMMER I HOPE SHE WILL GET BETTER AND NOT HAVE A COLD EVERY MONTH. ANYWAY, SHE IS GROWING SHE WEIGHED 18LBS AND 4OZ. SHE STILL HAS NO TEETH AND ISN'T CRAWLING. BUT SHES GETTING CLOSER TO CRAWLING. LAST NIGHT SHE FINALLY GOT HER OTHER LEG OUT FROM HER THAT SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT. SHE CAN GO BACKWARDS BUT IF SHE EVER GETS ON HER BELLY SHES DONE. SHE HATES HER BELLY WHICH IS ODD BECAUSE LATELY DURING THE NIGHT SHE TRIES ROLLING OVER IN HER SLEEP ONTO HER BELLY, GUESS SHE DOESN'T LIKE IT EITHER THOUGH CAUSE SHE USUALLY WAKES UP. SHE IS SUCH A PICKY EATER, SHE WAS DOING GOOD ON BABYFOOD BUT NOW SHE WON'T EVEN EAT HALF OF A STAGE 1 CONTAINER. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. DR SAID SHE WASN'T WORRIED CAUSE SHES GAINING WEIGHT SAYS SHE IS JUST A PICKY EATER. O AND SHE WAVES BYE BYE NOW IT IS SO CUTE SHE WILL JUST WAVE EVEN IF YOU DON'T SAY ANYTHING TO HER. SHE IS THE SWEETEST THING EVER.

FEELING BETTER

I THINK LEAH IS FINALLY FEELING BETTER. SHE IS SLEEPING BETTER AT NIGHT AND SEEMS TO BE HAPPIER. SHE IS TRYING TO PULL UP WHEN SHE GRABS ON TO A TOY THAT'S TALLER THAN HER. HER BUT GETS UP OFF OF THE FLOOR BUT STILL GOING TO BE AWHILE BEFORE SHE CAN COME COMPLETELY UP. I DON'T THINK SHE WILL CRAWL SHE JUST DOESN'T LIKE BEING ON HER BELLY FOR VERY LONG. THE OTHER NIGHT SHE WAS IN HER WALKER AND SHE TOOK A FEW STEPS BACKWARD THEN RELIAZED SHE COULD GO FORWARD BUT THINK SHE LIKES GOING BACKWARD BEST. FOR EASTER WE HAD A BUSY DAY. WE WENT TO CHURCH AT MURFREESBORO, IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN THAT MORNING. AFTER CHURCH WE RUSHED TO MOMS AND TOOK SOME PICTURES WITH ISAAC AND KAYLA. MOM GAVE THEM THEIR EASTER BASKETS. AND THEN WE RUSHED TO DIERKS TO BRENDAS TO HAVE LUNCH. WE WERE LATE BUT THATS NOTHING UNUSUAL WITH US. LUNCH WAS GOOD AND AFTER IT HAD QUIT RAINING ENOUGH TO HIDE EGGS. WE HID EGGS (EVEN RODNEY HELPED), THERE WERE OVER A HUNDRED EGGS AND ONLY FIVE KIDS TO FIND THEM. THEY FOUND THEM ALL FIRST TRY. I DIDN'T GET LEAH OUT THE WIND WAS BLOWING TO BAD AND IT WAS COLD. WE STOOD AT THE DOOR AND WATCHED. WE ALSO CELEBRATED REESES BIRTHDAY THAT DAY AND AFTER THE EGG HUNT THEY PLAYED HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO EVEN LEAH GOT DOWN WITH THE GIRLS AND PLAYED.

SICK AGAIN

TODAY LEAH AND I ARE AT HOME. SHE IS SICK ONCE AGAIN. SHE HAS BEEN SICK EVER MONTH SINCE I HAVE GONE BACK TO WORK AND ITS THE SAME THING EVERYTIME, A COLD WITH FEVER, RUNNY NOSE, AND THROWING UP FROM THE DRAINAGE. I KNEW I WOULDN'T DO SO WELL AT POSTING THINGS. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT PICS ON HERE AND I FIND THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH TIME IN THE DAY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO DO. I SPEND ALOT OF TIME PLAYING WITH LEAH AND NOT ENOUGH TIME CLEANING HOUSE. WE DID GO TO THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY IN TEXARKANA SHE GAVE HER AN ANTIBIOTIC AND SAID TO KEEP TYLENOL IN HER, ELEVATE HER BED, AND KEEP HER NOSE SUCTIONED OUT. WE HAVE ONLY GOTTEN TO SEE ISAAC 3 TIMES, AND THE DOCTOR SAID IT WOULD TAKE HER 2 WEEKS TO GET OVER THIS. SHE ALREADY FEELS BETTER I CAN TELL SHE WOKE UP SMILING THIS MORNING.