Ah summer

I am loving summer! It is so fun bring home with Penny everyday! We are having so much fun! Going to the zoo, swimming, shopping, playing, all sorts of stuff! However, I'm finding it harder and harder to get ready. It's been really hot, so I am not fixing my hair. The hair dryer makes me so hot so my hair has been going into a bun messy thing. Lately, I have also been wearing more and more yoga pants and  leggings. I'm also wearing less make up. Even when I go out! This is very unlike me. I always at least wear mascara. It's so comfortable and takes much less time to get ready! Now, to draw attention away from myself I have been dressing Penny super cute. Dresses, tutus, cute coordinated outfits, and of course tons of bows and headbands. I like to think that if Penny looks absolutely adorable, nobody will notice that I haven't showered and am wearing wrinkly yoga pants that I slept in. I feel it also helps when you are in Babies R Us and drop a jar of baby food causing it shatter everywhere. If you look disheveled, they feel bad for you and care less about the food that has splattered all over the whole aisle. I am going to start trying harder, or at least putting on real clothes when I go out!

Penny's Evaluation

Today was Penny's evaluation to see if she would qualify for any physical therapy. We sort of thought she would based on what her pediatrician told us. So we loaded up in the car and off we went. All of the sudden Penny just started crying. She never cries in her carseat so we were freaking out a little. We even pulled over, but couldn't figure out what was wrong. We get to the place and she settles down a little. Then, the evaluation starts. She is screaming her head off. And to make it worse the OT is making her do stuff she doesn't want to do like be on her knees and tummy and roll over. Snot is dripping everywhere and she is unconsolable. Long story short, after all the crying and screaming she has qualified for physical therapy for gross motor. She will start in a few weeks and the goal is for her to be walking or a least cruising in hopefully 6 months! And after all the crying, she was perfectly happy and content as soon as we left to go home!!

Staycation!

This past weekend Jessyel and I had a little staycation planned. It was our mother's/father's day gift to each other. We booked a room at The Hyatt in Denver. We dropped Penny off at my parents and off we went. The first stop we made was the Highlands Street Fair. Their was lots of vendors, food, and of course beer! My favorite jewelry designer, Miss Olivia's Line, was going to be there and that was the main reason I wanted to go. It was a billion degrees outside so we were only there for about an hour. We got some food, beer, and the world's largest rice crispy treat for lunch. While we were there, we bought Penny a giant super cute tutu, some hot sauce, and some Miss O jewelry! After the street fair, we went to check in to the hotel. Jessyel had said that we were on our honeymoon when he reserved the room. Not something more believable like an anniversary, but our honeymoon! I was soooo nervous! But, we checked in and got a complementary upgrade! We were super excited! We went up to our room and when we opened the door we freaked out!! This room was bigger than our entire house! Seriously! It had a living room with a couch, 4 chairs, and an entertainment center. It also had a bar and a half bath in this area! Then, it had a giant conference table that could seat 8 people! Then, through a door was a bedroom with a giant bed, another entertainment center and chair sitting area. It also had a walk in closet a bathroom with double sinks and a sit down vanity area. Then a huge shower with a little sitting down area. The best part, was a huge free standing bathtub. The bathtub's faucet was in the ceiling!! Yes, that water to fill the tub came from the ceiling!!!! It was awesome!! I took two baths and two showers before we went out that night. Yup, not joking!!!

We went for drinks in the hotel in a really cool bar that is high up and looks out at the mountains. We then went to dinner at Ocean Prime. We ordered food for about 6 people and it was delicious!!! We ended up taking a lot of food with us. After dinner, we went to a dessert bar and ordered yummy desert!! Then, we headed back to our amazing room and turned in for the night. Then next morning, I woke up on my own, make coffee, and read a book while looking out at the mountains. We ate breakfast at the hotel, packed up and headed home to see our sweet baby girl.

It was very nice to get a way for a night and relax and spend time with just each other!! We did talk about Penny pretty much the whole time and couldn't wait to see her again!! But it was a lot of fun and we plan on doing it again sooner than later!!!

The Low End of Normal

Penny had her 9 month check up a couple days ago. She's has always been really long in the 90th percentile and lower in weight, usually around the 50th. She was really sick throwing up and couple weeks ago, so her weight sort of flat lined. Which the dr said is ok, since she was sick. She has really started eating a lot more lately, so I'm not worried about her weight.

However, Penny has not started crawling yet and she doesn't really roll over. She has rolled over a couple times and it was a few months ago. Since then, she just sort of stopped rolling. She sits up and LOVES to sit up! She ca sit up forever. But apparently by now she should be crawling or scooting around on her bottom. She doesn't do this. We try to do tummy time, but she absolutely hates it. She cries and screams the whole time. It's hard to leave her on her tummy when she gets so upset. I mean upset! Snot everywhere because she is crying so hard. So of course, I sit her up. I'm sure this doesn't help. We also hold her ALL THE TIME. She's so small and cute and it only lasts for a short time, so we hold her as much as we can. Anyway, all of this puts her on the low end of normal. I'm not even quite sure what that means. Partly it means that she will start physical therapy. The will come to our house, hopefully for free, and teach us some things to do with Penny to encourage moving around. The other thing is means is that we are really worried. Of course we want the best for her. But hearing low end of normal is very concerning. We're trying to do more tummy time. It seems to go a little better if we let her play with a phone. Hopefully we can start therapy soon an she will take off! I suppose it's time to start baby proofing!