Visit to McAllen Texas

Tonight I am spending my first night away from my little sweetie since she was born. We are opening a bilingual call center in McAllen, Texas and I was asked to go work with the management team there this week. So far it has not been a great start. I left the house at 3:30pm to get to the airport and catch a plane at 6am headed to Houston. Got to Houston on time and my arrival gate was right next to my departure gate to leave for McAllen. So around 9am I get on the plane to McAllen. Sitting next to me is a lady who has left yesterday from her 34th anniversary trip with her husband from Belize. Their plane was late so they did not catch their flight home to McAllen and had to go to a hotel at 2am. So she was very ready to get home. About 10 minutes after we were told that we were descending into McAllen we start to head back up again and are then told that the flaps on the plane are not working correctly and to be safe we are going back to Houston. Suffice to say that 45 minutes back was nerve wracking and me and Mitzy (lady next to me) talked about our children and our marriages and how scared we were. We arrived back in Houston and landed safely with all of the emergency crews following us. Then we waited about 45 minutes for another plane and we all boarded back on and finally arrived in McAllen at 1:40pm (was suppose to arrive at 10:30). Did not get into my rental car until 2:30 and finally got to the office at 3:00 (12 hour after I got up). Yes, I should be asleep now but for some reason I am still a little wired. I talked with Scott a little bit ago and Erynn is lovely. She had dinner, bottle and bath and is still wide awake. Maybe we both are on the same hormones. So I am sending kisses to my little girl and my wonderful husband (hugs to you too sis) and will now at least lay down on the great bed in the Hampton Inn. Maybe I will get some sleep and not think about the fact that I have to get back on the plane on Friday.

First Boo Boo

Well this week has not gotten any better for our little girl. Today she fell at daycare and got a goose egg on the back of her head. Mom of course got a little stressed and we took her to the doctor. He said that she was fine since she did not lose consciousness or throw up. He checked all of her limbs and he felt that we got lucky and her first boo boo should not cause a problem. I took her home and we napped and played the rest of the day so mommy would feel better. Hopefully the rest of the week will be better!

First Ear Infection

It had to happen sometime. Erynn has gotten her first ear infection. She has been fussy and dealing with a severe cough for a couple of days. So we went to the doctor today and it took him a second to say ear infection. Now she is on antibiotics and cough medicine and has been back to her happy baby self.

Today I am also thinking about my sister-in-law Tiffany who has such happiness and such sorry in a matter of days. Her and her family finally closed on their dream house but at the same time she has lost her aunt who was a very special person in her life. I send to her my thoughts and love.

Also, soon my sister will be moving in with us and working at a job with my company. I congratulate her on graduating from college and we look forward to her spending some time with us while she gets settled into her new life.

Sleeping Through the Night

We are not holding our breathe, but Erynn has slept from 9pm until 6am for the last two nights. We are hoping that our baby is finally going to start sleeping through the night. And to make it even better she is sleeping in her pac n play not with her parents. How cool is that! I wish everyone a great Mother's Day and my sister a wonderful graduation from college!

6 Month Checkup

Our baby is getting big! We went to the doctor today and she is 17 pounds (60th percentile), 26 inches long (70th percentile) and her head measured around 16 1/2 inches (50th percentile). Dr thinks she is doing great and has left any thoughts of being a preemie well behind her. He suggested that I feed her baby food now at breakfast, lunch and dinner to help her sleep better at night. Of course, we all know that most of that is mommy's fault for picking her up when she fusses.

Today we tried out our shopping cart seat with toys. She really seemed to like to be able to sit and look around. However, after about 3o minutes the joy wore off. She is not sitting up perfectly yet so we may not do that again until she does.

We are off to visit Nana and family in KY tomorrow for the weekend. So wish us well on not have a crazy baby by the time the 5 hour trip there is over.