First Time Eating From a Bowl

Our pediatrician warned us at the one year visit that sometime in the near future Penny wouldn't let us feed her anymore. I think that day is very near. Today, I made her some eggs and tried to feed them to her. She immediately spit them out on me. So, I tried putting some on her tray. She gobbled them right up! My next thought was hmm... maybe she could eat out of the bowl. She dumped the bowl out all over the tray and then put her banana it. Then, I got nervous that she would throw it on the floor and break it so I took. Just another tiny moment that means she's getting bigger and bigger.

Zoo Fail

Today is the last day of my summer break so I wanted to do something fun. So we decided to go to the zoo! It was supposed to rain so we opted for a morning zoo trip. Two hours later, we were finally off! On the way, I realized that we had forgotten to take the stroller from my car and put it in Jessyel's car.  Jessyel said that he would just carry her around.  Upon arrival, we found that we also had forgotten her hat. So, here we were at the zoo with nothing to cover Penny from the sun. We bought her a hat at the overpriced gift shop and then looked into renting a nasty zoo stroller. The strollers at the zoo don't have sun shades, so off we went. It felt like it was about 1,000 degrees and it was made worse by the fact that we had to carry a baby and a giant diaper bag. We went straight to tropical discovery in the hope that since it is indoors it wouldn't be as hot.  Well, it was still pretty hot and the tropicalness made for some lovely humidity. Penny did seem to enjoy herself though. That is one of her favorite exhibits at the zoo since she can see the fish and other stuff up close. After that, we decided to try and go see the elephant show. It started in about 30 minutes. We walked over found a spot and started to feed Penny. We got some lunch for us too. These chicken bowls. Penny was eyeing our chicken. So of course we gave her some.  She apparently did not like the chicken and proceeded to throw up the chicken, a bottle, and two things of baby food all over herself, me, the ground around us, and a little on the lady in front of us. Whoops! Luckily she had on one of those bibs with the food catchers on it, so on the second round of throw up I was able to catch it in the little pocket. She filled it all the way up to the top!!  So Penny had throw up all over her hands, arms, and pants. And did I bring a change of clothes, nope! I had it all over my shirts, pants, arms, hands, and in my hair! Gross!  And luckily when I washed my shirt off in the bathroom it became very see-through. After we wiped off as much throw up as we could and tried to avoid the judgmental stares and comments from the people behind us, we slinked out of there and decided to call it a day. Perhaps we should try again next week and not forget everything!

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!!!