Jiggidy Jog

We recently bought a new jogging stroller (Bob Revolution for those that are interested- it's great!) and I am loving it!! It's so nice to get out of the gym every once in a while and it's been beautiful here so Perri and I have been going on some runs here lately.
She woke up yesterday not feeling well and after she had her morning nap it was clear she was really under the weather. I had pumped a bottle for her and after throwing up most of it and screaming at the top of her lungs every time I put her down, I took her temperature and it was 102.3! Yikes! I freaked out and called the doctor and they worked us in immediately. Turns out she just has a cold, but her doctor said that some babies develop high temperatures with colds, weird. He did want us to watch incase it was an infection and gave me a bag to attach to her to collect urine if her fever didn't break. Praise the Lord it did! Anyhow, I kept her out of the child watch at the gym yesterday and today, so we went for our evening runs instead. Here is a pic of her in her new stroller. She kept crying in it with it sitting up so I finally, tired of hearing her cry, laid it back and just like that, she quieted down, sucked her thumb, and fell asleep!! Yayy!!

Here are a couple pics after our run, hanging out with her daddy. Notice the belly. Little girl is finally putting on some weight and its going straight to her thighs and belly haha. I love how she's looking up at Craig in this picture.



A couple more from today. Perri and I went out and ran several errands and surprisingly, she did so well, AND I didn't have to put her in the Bjorn! Major shocker there. She always requires to be in that thing, as she hates being out and about in the car seat. Well, today she threw me a curve ball and stayed in it the whole time and was happy and played with her toys and sucked her thumb.



Last, but not least, eating her lunch. We introduced peas this week and while she doesnt love them, she is eating them. Lunch today was of course, mommy's milk and then some peas and apple sauce (not mixed.. gross)

Happy (Belated) Easter!!

Happy Belated Easter everyone! Easter morning here was disgusting and rainy. Craig and I got soaked going to church so that is why my hair is gross and flat in the pic and Craig's is out of control. The little smocked dress Perri wore for Easter was mine when I was a baby. I love it!! We didn't take pics of Perri in her dress before church because of the risk of getting spit up on her dress, so we took a few afterwards. We got a couple of pics of her in a decent mood, and then she was done. Needless to say, she was not having it and was ready to eat and take a nap haha. She did enjoy eating her dress though.





The other day I tried Perri in her tutu her Lu Lu made her and this go round was much better than when we tried her in it at Christmas.

6 weeks at Christmas


Now at 5 months (wow did I mention she's now 5 months?!?!)




Apparently Perri has really noticed Emma (our dog) and thinks she is just the funniest thing ever. Emma's always been around and trying to lick and play in the floor with Perri, and Perri's never really paid much attention to her. Well, the other night we were up in Perri's room playing in the floor and Emma came in and started licking Perri's feet and Perri thought she was hilarious. She kept squealing and laughing and grabbing at Emma. She even got some handfulls of fur and then shoved them in her mouth. Gross huh? Now when Emma walks by and Perri sees her she'll squeal and laugh at her. Emma is going to be a great friend to Perri and is so calm and protective over her.

Gotta run, screaming baby upstairs and she should be napping for atleast another hour...

My Little Strawberry

Not a lot going on around the Opitz household, just the usual. While Perri has proved herself not the easiest baby, she is getting better and better as she gets older. Her sleep (at night) is amazing, going from around 7:45pm to 7:30am (and I go in and wake her or she'd sleep later). Her naps were going good then she decided to throw me a curve ball and stop napping and just cry instead, but we're getting the kinks worked out and she's getting back on track there. She's also being better at the child watch at the gym. She's never 'bad' there, just requires them to hold her the whole time. And, she's super serious there and usually just watches everyone with a very serious look on her face. Lately they've told me she's finally starting to smile and 'talk' to them and today I went in to get her and she was in the swing!! Wow! They said today was her best day ever and she was so good and happy. Yea!! Though, of course, she totally fell apart once I put her in her car seat and in the car. Oh well, can't always have her peachy.

Lately I've been trying to clean out the closets and re-organize them and go through things we don't need, which we have a lot of. Around here you can't just have a garage sale any time you want. You can participate in our neighborhood-wide sale they have twice a year or you can participate in the community-wide sales they have at the high schools. We have so much stuff sitting around here unused and taking up space so I'm slowing going through all this junk and getting it ready for the sale. That is what I've been up to most afternoons while Perri naps. That and cleaning and laundry. Fun times huh?

Also, in two months we'll be flying to Reno for my brother and his fiancee' Lauren's wedding and will be traveling with a then 7-month old. Has anyone flown with a baby? If so, any tips? We're pretty nervous about this and really would like to not have a full day of Perri screaming on the planes. Yikes!! Any suggestions are welcome!!

I'll leave you with some pics of baby girl.








Poser

Her favorite thing in the world, her thumb. This sucker is a life saver for her. She has never taken a paci but LOVES her thumb.

Eating her dress. EVERYTHING goes in her mouth.
Hanging out in her slippers.

Dimples

Vroom Vroom

Perri's Lu Lu and Pops got this wonderful car for Perri and she loves it!! It's awesome because right now it's something she sits in but when she starts walking it can be changed up to be a walker for her! The Horn plays music when you push on it and underneath where her feet are, when she presses down on them it does car "vroom" noises and another part sounds like children laughing. It's so cute!! Of course she'd rather just suck on the steering wheel right now though.

A couple more pictures of her in her car



Since Perri likes her car so much we decided we would go ahead and put together her exersaucer and she is loving this too! Her little feet are barely touching the floor so she's really kindof hanging there but she doesn't seem to mind.




The bib is on because we were about to go to the gym and I didn't want her spitting up on her clothes.
Speaking of spitting up, the new medicine seems to be working better, praise the Lord!! She's barely spitting up now!
Also, we went for her 4 month check up Monday (can you believe she's about to be 4 months?!?!) and she is a whopping 11 lbs. 8 oz. and 24 1/2 inches long. She's just long and lean. Her thighs are finally starting to get a little chunk to them, though.
I'll leave you with a picture of Perri from when I went in to get her yesterday from her nap. Notice the crossed feet. She's so proper!

Emma Doggy Dogg

Today, Leah found an unexpected item at our front door. It was a package for Emma...our dog.

Leah quickly picked up the package and looked for the return address to see who it was from. To our surprise, it was from Emma's cousin, Satch! Satch lives in Sparks/Reno, NV with Zach and Lauren.

Satch sent Emma a Snoop Dogg Plush Doberman Dogg Toy with a sound clip! Emma loves it. Check out the pictures below. Every time Emma bites the center of the doberman, Snoop Dogg sings a little tune. It was pretty funny at first but Emma doesn't know when to quit. Thanks Satch. :) I put a short video on our website. Click on the Flicks link to the right.

Headbands and Bows

Perri and I are still recovering from being sick (Craig's only lasted about a day, lucky!) I'm still blowing my nose a lot and she's still got the crusties and is kind of snorty in the mornings but all in all we are getting better, and slowly getting her sleeping at night back. Might I emphasize slowly? haha.

I ordered some headbands off ebay and they came in and I am so excited about these!! Little girl does have hair, but the majority of it is dark and in the back, a lovely mullet, and the hair growing on top is blonde and you can barely see it. Soooo I bought these headbands and am working on making bows and getting flowers to add to them. I just hot glue them to alligator clips then clip them on the headbands. Adorable!!

Here's Perri trying a couple of them out, in what else, but the Happy Chair?





Then I caught this lovely one on camera, yummy huh?


Speaking of spitting up, we're trying out a different medicine so hopefully this will help her reflux. She's only been on it a couple of days so we aren't sure yet if it will help more or not. We go next Monday for her 4 month check up and the dtap and rotavirus shots so we'll talk to her Dr. then about the new medicine and if it's helping or not.

A few more pics of the little one.



All she ever wants to do now, suck her hands or her thumb