Wordless Wednesday

(plugging in her toy phone to the cell phone charger....they grow up so fast*sigh*)

Comb over

Brock has always had this funky old man's hair line, even as a new born. Lots of hair in the middle but not very much on the sides.

2 weeks

Brock's hair has seriously grown so much in the past few months, that is to say is hair has grown in everywhere but in his old man's hair line. Because of his funky hair line the only way I have been able to style his hair is in a fohawk... everything else just looks wrong on him. Today I tried combing his hair over to the side. To me it looks like this:



In reality it looks like this:

I think he looks like a totally different kid. The dorky kid that the other kids make fun of....I don't think I am going to be styling his hair like this in the future.

At least he still has gorgeous blue eyes to off set the dorky hair!

Rawr!

Random

Things have been busy over at the Bakers house lately. Not a lot going on but, here are just a few of the random things that have been happening:

Rainy day picnics in a "cave" as the girls called their hut we made in the living room.

Cute little Sydney girl!

I made some Tutu's for the girls when they are playing dress up......

Sydney didn't like them but she thinks they are fun to wear when her friends are here...peer pressure?Sydney playing in my make-up

Brock asleep bent in half

Brocky has turned into an even worse sleeper than he ever was. He wakes up about every half hour and just fusses and cries and seems to be so uncomfortable. I am working with his doctor to see if we can figure out what his problem is. She thinks that he may have silent reflux that has done damage to his throat. I really hope that isn't the case, but it will be nice to rule some of the different things out. I just hope that it doesn't brake the bank with the different testing that she mentioned.
Brock still has only his bottom two teeth and he is teething and chewing on anything that he can find. His rotten top teeth keep coming in and driving him(and me) crazy. I wish that those bad boys would just come in already and get us out of our misery.

Pants on backwards

Sydney had never cared about clothes and getting dressed and undressed. She would much rather run around and play and doesn't feel the need to be bothered with how her clothes are. Now that she is potty trained we are forcing her to put her own clothes on and some times they end up backwards as you can see. At least she is trying right?


With Brocky being such a rotten sleeper I am the one that is up with him every night. That makes for one very exhausted Mommy! I sleep when I can and where I can, but most of the time I am pretty grumpy. I think that the lack of sleep these past 10 months, combined with a few other things have finally taken their toll on me and I have found myself stuggling with depression again. I refuse to go on meds this time. I hope that I can beat this on my own. I know it wont be easy but I know that I will be a much better Mommy to my two beautiful kids when I finally do.

Whelp that's all folks!

Brocks first Oreo

For those of you that really know me, you know that I LOVE Oreo's. Double stuf is my drug of choice on most days, bonus if they are mint or in a shake(no wonder I am so fat right!). If no double stuf is on hand, and if it is a really bad I day I will accept a plain old regular Oreo too. I have given Brock a few tastes of an Oreo as I am eating them, but the other day He reached out and took one that I was eating.....He loved it! I am a very proud Mama! Thats my boy!


On another note Brock went to his nine month well baby check...he only gained a pound and a half, in three and a half months. He is now at 21 pounds 50th percentile, 28 inches; 36th percentile. At his 6 month check up he was in the 84th percentile for weight and 67th for length..hmmmm maybe if I feed him more Oreos he will start growing again.

National CHD Awareness Week

I am a CHD survivor.....

And I have the scars to prove it!

In honour of National CHD Awareness Week I thought I would post this little poem copied from someone's blog:

Somewhere...someplace... today...

A family is waiting to hear...

Is something wrong with their baby?

The answers aren't quite clear...

This family has entered an unwanted world...

And they just don't know what to expect...

Somewhere...someplace... today

They first heard the words: heart defect.

And how they hoped this was not true...

And thought... this cannot be...

I too... know just how this feels...

For one day...this was me.

Somewhere...someplace...today...

A man and a woman embrace...

Their baby is in surgery...

They long to see her face...

They haven't got to hold her yet...

Without...a cord or line...

They pace the room awaiting news...

And hope she'll be just fine.

Prayers fill this busy waiting room...

And mom and dad are scared...

Somewhere...someplace..today...

The tiniest hearts are repaired.

Somewhere...someplace...today...

A child's growing fast...

Smiling,laughing,thriving...

His mom thinks...can this last?

It's almost easy...to forget...

That anything is wrong...

Somewhere...someplace..today...

Her child seems so strong.

Somewhere...someplace... today...

A little boy fights...just to live

A father holds his tiny hand...

His love...all he can give...

The doctor's are all baffled...

They fear that he might die...

Somewhere...someplace...today...

A family says goodbye...

Somewhere...someplace...each year..

More than 40,000 families will see...

What it means...when something's wrong...

They'll face a CHD.

Today...for just a moment...

Stop...remember...reflect...

Make time to tell someone you know...

"I've been changed by a heart defect"

Author - Stephanie Husted


Did you know 1 in every 125 babies will have some kind of heart problem, big and small?

Did you know that nearly twice as many kids will die from CHD's this year as will die from childhood cancers, yet the funding for CHD's related research is minuscule in comparison to that of pediatric cancer research funding?

Today....everyday I thank my Heavenly Father for my little miracle. I cherish every precious second with our Sydney girl. I dread the day of her next open heart surgery but I know that Sydney is a fighter and that she can overcome anything that gets in her way! I love you Sydney bird! Thanks you so much for coming to our family and giving me the chance to be a Mom to a child with CHD! You have changed our hearts forever!

My Desk

Here is a list of the things on my desk:

1. two cameras
2. one camera cord
3. one container of wet wipes
4. one recipie for Chewy Soft Pretzels that I printed out yesterday
5. a book "Beautiful Creatures" my review on this book "meh"
   
6. some green ribbon with white poka dots that was taken off of a sucker. I saved it to make a bow with....
   
7. one green bracelet
   
8. one cool purple rock
9. a dinosaur.....triceratops
10. a webcam(not installed)
11. one blue binky that says "Seriously?"
12. two binky clips
    
13. a blank dvd
14. a "Go Deigo Go" dvd
15. one mechanical pencil with no lead
16. one pen
17. a NAET vial
    
18. chapsick
19. my old phone that got replaced in September
    
20. a visa gift card with a total of $1. 50 cents left on it
21. and a purple and white flower clip

Looks like I may need to clean up a bit eh.....

Whats on YOUR desk?