8 months

Just got first 2 teeth 4 days of being very fussy wanting to be held all the time from that
Still on 3 naps of day stopped napping in swing prefers to be held but will nap in crib fur like 25 mins a night
Still wakes up a lot at night but being her into bed sometimes which makes it more bearable usually asleep at 8 up between 6:39-8 am
Can Scoot back and hold weight on arms but not crawling yet
Nurses prob every 3-4 hours
Nurses before nap and bed to fall asleep
Was eating foods horrible when teething but her appetite us back
Almost 16 pounds now based on home scale

And I am back to pre pregnancy weight!

Not a big fan of car sometimes cries but not all the time doesn't nap in there recently

7.5 months

Sits up pretty well
Laughs and smiles all the time a funny face or sound and she cracks up
Still up every 2-4 hrs a night
Falls asleep breast feeding
Taking 2-3 naps a day
Loves food now esp non baby food soup and bananas is her favorite

chloe updates 8/31 6 months and 10 days old

Sleep: is pretty horrible- wakes up every 2 hours sometimes every 1 hour nurses for a couple of mins and falls asleep in arms but then must hold her for 10-15 minutes unless she wakes up when put her back in crib. This means I am almost always sleep deprived. One night I put her in the swing and she slept for 5 hours straight but afraid to get her only sleeping in crib so it is up every 2 hours for me. Tried the cry it out method once I lasted for 12 minutes before i picked her up and she puked a ton up from working herself up so much.

Everyone says she is such a happy baby and does she ever cry? However she does fuss when tired (needs a nap every 3 hours or gets fussy), when hungry, or if she is sitting still/left to play by herself.

She seems to be breastfeeding a lot less and eats in like 3-5 minutes. However I just feed her when she seems interested so no set schedule so hard to tell how often she eats.

She loves Eli and he licks her face (even though I push her away)

She loves being outside and being in large crowds.

She usually is okay with strangers holding her.

She loves ice cream, pickles.

She likes fruit, baby cereal mixed with fruit

she is not a big fan of vegetables and the pureed mac and cheese i tried

she does not have any teeth yet

she is 14pounds 2 oz and 26.5 inches the doctor says that puts her in the 25 percentile for weight and 75 for height the calculator online says 5-10 percentile and 50-75 percentile.

Baby updates

She just started sitting up so at about 5.5 months
Eating food everyday now
Laughing out loud between 4-5 months and now does it a lot
Sleep isn't so great often goes to bed between 8-9 and wakes up every 1-3 hours nurses for 10 mins and goes back to sleep last night she only woke up at 10:45, 12:50,4:50 this was best night in while will often wake up at 7 but can often get her to go back to sleep I swing after about half hour for another hour

Takes 3-4 naps a day that last 30-45 min

food budget

lakeside farms 42
husband lunch 7
husband lunch 3
grocery store 72
Husband lunch 8
Sat breakfast both 10
Sat dinner out 17

total 159
Total budget 140
19 over

4 months

Sleep usually up around 1:30 4:00 6:00 and sleeps to  almost 9 goes to bed between 9-10 once in awhile only one wake up or sleeps 7 hrs sraight wakes up eats for about 7 mins goes back to sleep

Weight Approx 12 lbs

Got out of rock and play at 3.5 months

Rolled front to back and back to front at 3.5 months

The fussy stage she went through around 2 months is gone she likes to be held a lot but can often put her. Down for about 10 mins takes 3-5 naps a day


Started hating car around 3 months

May Food Money Spent

580 on credit card eating out and grocery shopping
85 dinner for us and friends (they paid last 2 times)
100-125? in cash for Aldis and such I am estimating

may/ june budget

aldis 35
baby clothes and gear 25 consignment
baby clothes 10
baby toys 30
garage sale fee 5
2 paintings and rug on swap site 40
great escape season passes and food plan 360
garage sale 42 baby clothes clothes for me pack and play
25 baby pjs toy, sun hut, toy bin 


made 200 dollars at dave and busters by selling wii

pole barn

wood: 500
door: 100
copies: 120
permit: 30
2 doors, 2 windows, wood 450
permit 450

starting from 8/9
3500 fill
lumber: 320
survey 750
loam top coat 200
braket hardware 1674
plastic/duct tape 110
concrete 1119
sona tubes 674
labor 560

458 electrical
300 wood
don labor: 100 
total: 11430

Labor Steve 90
Soil 100
Wood 200

Budget extra

trusses 6800

LVL beams 4500

Rental: 3000

Sheet metal 15500

vertical pillers: 2700

Windows: 1200

Plumbing: 300

Electrical: 900

hardware:  1000

labor  80 hours of Don x 10= 1520

labor other: 2400

waste oil heater:  2500

security cameras 1800

total: 44120

Spent
308 lowes hardware
825 don week 1
Saturday don 9:45-12:30?
Lowes gift card 2500?
Wood 140
Friday 19 additional hrs of other labor
Sawing 507
Gift card lowes 182.15
11560 siding and others from lowes
900 lights
64 practice lowes gift card
6900 trusses
11/2 I will stay within my budget of 44120 and not be mad or upset that I can't get everything I want
160 sawing down more wood
Don 10 hrs 45 mins
Mike 5 hours
It will take 2 weeks for bulk
Day 1
Don 9.5 hours
Adam and Brian 9.5
Parts 40
Parts bolts 100
Labor

Nelson 5 hrs
Adam 11 hrs
Brian 4.5 hours
Don 10 hrs
Armund 10.5 hours


Wood 600
Saw mill 243
Lowes gift card 5600

april budget

generator: 3,000
husband made 200 dollars by winning court case
105 spencers




eating out:
16 handles   15
TGIF: 28 
brooks 8
dave and busters
groceries: 75 dollars store and aldis

losing the baby weight start date April 6th

husband 235.7
me: 176.9
week 1
husband: 229.2
me: 175.3
weed 2
husband 228.6
me: 173.3
husband 231.8
me: 172.9
husband: 132.7
me:171.3
month one:
husband lost 3 pounds
I lost 5.3 pounds
week 5:
me: 168.8
husband 128.8
total 7.8 pounds
husband  5.9 pounds 


Me 166.7
Me 167.1
Me 163.5 June 17
Me 159.9 June 29
Husband 128.9
husbands goal weight:  215
my goal weight 150
Husband 127.1 7/29
Me 158.4 7/30
Me 152 on 10/3
25 pounds heavier then when i started and the weight is not  coming off anymore. Gained about 45 pounds total in pregnancy/. I am exclusively breastfeeding but still not seeing the scales budge.

march budget

grocery store: 45 dollars
food court: 6
prune juice: 5?
subway 2 days 32 dollars
dunkin donuts 5
brooks 8
target groceries and dog food 142
target diapers almost 500 of them for 30 dollars
aldis 50


sheets 8

Chloe outfits for photo shoot: 37 dollars

37 and half weeks

Due Date: Feb 25

Weight Gain:  way too much

Symptoms: still throw up most days but almost have become used to it and usually only for crappy for little bit before throw up and then feel fine, acid reflux seems to have got worse this month and sometimes results in throwing up, Braxton hicks all the time- mostly non-painful ones but after sex they hurt like period cramps, peeing ALL THE TIME, hip pain (tons this weekend, then went away mostly except for once in a while so not bad)

I'm thankful for: this time next month I should not be pregnant anymore!

 Cravings: soda (sprite mostly), grapefruit, moe's

Aversions

Sleep: pretty good although I am tired a lot

I miss my body, being able to run and feel good about my body, I feel pretty big at this point.

I am looking forward to: having labor and delivery over with!

Best moment this week: the midwives said they are confident the baby is head down- last week they scared me because they were questioning if it was breached.

I'm stressing about: taxes, getting a cold (been loading up on vitamins but feel a little off today)

Milestones: full term now

Movement: yes lots esp when lying down although it doesn't hurt.

It's a...: Surprise I go back and forth between boy (we must be having a boy because everyone else is having a girl) to girl ( I have been so sick it must be because it is a girl) The midwife says she has a strong intuition that it is a girl. We shall see! Now I am sorting of feeling like it is a boy for some reason but who knows.
 
Exercise: horrible very little- took one walk this week and did some snow work that gave me some exercise.

Diet:  so, so- eating lots of fruits and vegetables (we went through 7 containers of strawberries that were on sale in like a week and half!) but still eating a lot of crappy stuff too. The husband loves to eat out!

Weekly Goal: get the changing table and car seat together. As well as clean up the spare bedroom.

Baby Bargains: don't think I brought anything for the baby this week, haven't brought much in the past couple of weeks since garage sale season is long gone and we have soo much baby stuff.

Other: Over last weekend I had painful cramping, lower back cramping and Braxton hicks for almost a 24 hour period as well as bad hip pain. Tynol helped when I finally took it but would wear off after 4 hours and I didn't want to take too much. I can  now see how people thinking they are in labor when they are really not.

january, feb march budget

Husband
275
cable extra costs for whole year, turbo, hbo (5 months), ten network

370 press paid for with bonuses-370 (bonuses)

200 wine making supplies

120 groupolious 
-30 dollars added to personal fund for negotiating for my purchase

gun 500

kerug 40

total: $1105

Me
50- target décor
150 pottery barn craigslist rug
9 shirt
80 bench for front hall
107 hutch  +30 given to husband for negotiating
-$110 selling stuff
chairs for dining room 75

Total: $401

desk, scanner, printer, 3 chairs for office, computer monitor: 800

dog training: 240

Meal Plan

1. fish tacos
2. spicy chipotle fish and sweet potatoes
3. mini sausage rolls
4. thai curry veggies and pasta
5. mac and cheese
6. veggies burgers with sweet potato fries
7. cheddar brocoli soup