The Open Book of an ASD Mom

July brings us some exciting changes and the month has just begun!!! Bailey officially turned 4 months old on 6/25 and that day we headed to the doctors for her well baby visit!!! She was the vision of perfect health and is growing my leaps and bounds. She was only in the 10th percentile at her 1 month check up and now at 4 months she has soared to the 75th percentile. She weighed 14 pounds 6 oz and grew to 25 inches. She's getting so big. The doctors are very pleased with my perfect little preemie!!! Her heart murmur could also not be heard so that was even more good news. She is reaching milestones with grace and some she's even reaching before she's expected to!!! As of right now she is rolling from her tummy to her back and is almost sitting by herself. She sits upright with little assistance and can even sit unassisted for a few seconds before teetering over. She loves to be upright where she can see everything and be apart of the action. She is very nosy!!! ...

I totally give up on trying to have a "weekend". I've realized its just not possible!!! This work week felt like it went on forever; most people are happy for Friday but I learn to dread them because its more up at dawn and run all day for me to the point I'd rather be at work!!! LOL As a result of it all I am sick...and it sucks so bad because I hate being sick. I don't do sick well. Every weekend it seems is occupied with baby showers or weddings or other events like Matty's activities and what not that I just can't seem to have a real "weekend" to get anything done or do anything fun with the family!!! BLAH I went into work on Friday and left 3 hours later to attend a funeral for my Aunt Kitty. She was the oldest sister to my grandfather. Out of 8 children born now my Aunt Margie is the only one left since my grandfather too has passed away a couple years ago!! I got home Friday after the funeral and ended up taking my son down to spend the n...

This statement came from my son on Friday afternoon. He told me I was a busy Mommy and I needed a vacation!!! His 5 year old mind couldn't be more right. Mommy wants to just check out and go!!! But as they say there is no rest for the weary...in my case...no rest for mom...ever. Its been super busy around here with some of our babies being born and our list of those yet to come just keeps growing with every new pregnancy!!! :-) Its exciting but exhausting and bank breaking all at the same time!!! I love all my little babies so I can't wait for them all to be here...however Xmas this year is going to be very interesting...being I have this need to buy for all my babies and kids. I feel like mother goose or that old lady who lived in a shoe haha. So tomorrow after work I go for my post-op check up. Last Friday I had my really infected and seriously damaged back molar surgically removed. Thanks to my crappy wisdom teeth on the bottom that are badly impacted...my molar was ba...

Well this had to have been the Friday from HELL!!! OMG I would not take another like it if you paid me a million dollars. My work day was fine and after work I took Matty over to Drew's house to meet his new baby cousin Joshua since he wasn't allowed to see him in the hospital for obvious reaso ns!!! He was so excited to see the baby and was bugging the day lights out of me so we went right af t er I got home from work. Matty just loves babies and was so excited t o meet his new little cousin. It was so cute...we put a sleeping B ailey next to a bra nd ne w sleeping Joshua and the end result was just so priceless there are no words to begin to describe!!! After we left I went right home because I started to not feel well. As most of you know I have been battling a nasty tooth issue with my back left molar due to some severely impacted wisdom teeth. Well they pushed my surgery back 2 more weeks of course and so they cannot remove it until June 6th. UGH So I have b...

I cannot believe that my baby girl is turning 3 months old already!!! WOW where has the time gone!!! She's getting so big and growing so fast. Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

So on Monday Adam and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary. It seems so odd to me that we've been together that long...it just doesn't seem possible!!! ;-) We've lived together for 3 of those four years and its been a wild ride. A couple people call us the "power couple". We get along 90% of the time...we never fight and if we don't agree or become agitated with one another its idle bickering but that is about it. We usually have a way of saying our peace without screaming and then moving on. Neither one of us really dwell on anything either. Once its resolved its forgotten and not brought up again!! We really are good together. Speaking with my Aunt Tari today we discussed how Adam and I have hurdled many obstacles in the four years we've been together. Our relationship started out on a very rocky path and many didn't expect anything serious to come of it. Most swore we'd be lucky if we lasted a year. At times I never expected us to reall...

It was such a beautiful day out today!! We went on a picnic with Nannie and Big Brother and had a very "Happy" day. We finally got some great smiles out of our girl...she was so pleasant all day and really enjoyed the afternoon!!! Mommy is still slowly (very slowly) saving up for the professional camera so she can get some awesome shots outside...hopefully we'll be able to get it before the summer is over and be able to take some nice ones outside!!!! Have to pay off a few credit card bills first!! Below are a bunch of pictures of Bailey Smiling away. She was very social and had many happy moments today!!! I was able to finally photograph them. Usually she'll do it and the minute I hit the button she stops...she's a stinker!!! Enjoy...they're really cute pictures...I broke out the Digital Samsung SLR to take these because I wanted some really good ones!!! :-)