Feverish.

It was a long week in the house of Wiggles. Two thirds of the family felt a little feverish this week (Me and Lucille. Michael took good care of us).
It started out with Lucille's four month appointment... with a new doctor.

Michael and I agreed to never take our baby to the doctor she went to again. She was sweet to Lucille and all, but we didn't see eye-to-eye with most the  "knowledge" that came out of her mouth.  I honestly cannot believe that we found the one pediatrician that that wasn't pro-breastfeeding (?!) and told us that vitamin D could not be prescribed for Lucille. Say what? So, that prescription bottle of vitamin D drops at home are imaginary? Just the tip of the angry mom iceberg folks.

Anyways, the doctor made me feel bad for expressing my disappointment about Lucille having to get the Pediarix vaccine instead of the Pentacel vaccine. I mean, I'm not concerned about the safety of the two vaccines. Lucille will be getting vaccinated on schedule. It just meant that she would have to get poked three times instead of two, and that she would be getting an extra hep b vaccine. Extra vaccines aren't really my thing.  Understandable, no?

We got out of there real fast and didn't look back.

Side note: I wish we could go to the pediatric practice that I used to work at, but they do not accept our insurance. I'd be willing to work her check-ups around when we are home! They accept the insurance we used to have... but not the one we have now.  If I can't find a pediatrician I like here, I might be calling the insurance company to see if there is a way that we could still go there.

Our poor baby felt sick after her two month vaccine and felt worse after her four month vaccines. She got her first fever. She was miserable. She couldn't sleep, we couldn't sleep. It was a long couple days.

Once Lucille started feeling better, I started to feel sick. (No!!!!!!!) I woke up on Friday morning and felt like I probably shouldn't get out of bed... hahaha, stay in bed all day with a baby? I think not. I'm already getting better though. Thank goodness!

Lucille is getting a little to mobile for my liking:

Sitting up in her Rock n' Play and escaping her bouncer. Don't worry, we keep a close eye on her and usually buckle her in if she's going to be sitting for longer than a minute. :)

Fall. Fair. Fun.

We brought in the season of fall this weekend with a trip home. It was the last weekend the Puyallup Fair was going to be open and Michael and I really wanted to go!

We almost didn't go, but Michael scored some free fair tickets at the woodworking shop in Sumner. We got a giant family button made and ate some yummy fair food. Baby girl slept in the Ergo for a good portion of it. Which was perfect for scoring lots of pictures like this:

:)

We also put the baby in a pumpkin, upon G-ma's request.

She had fun and it was super cute!

We also got to see some friends! We never get to see everyone we hope to see, but we saw a couple!

The Fourth Month

Today was baby girl's four month birthday! Michael attended an early chemistry lecture so we could celebrate with lunch and some fun at the park.

(I changed up some of the widths on my layout so it can accommodate extra large images. What do you think? Good? Bad?)

What is new in Lucille's life? She's is starting to imitate sounds, which you already know if you saw my last post! I taught her to say 'mama' and Michael is working really hard to get her to say 'dada'. Which she doesn't yet, hehe. She tries though. :)

She is lifting herself pretty high off the ground when she is on her tummy and can wiggle around the floor to get to toys that are out of reach. I see that crawling is in the near future! She sits well with some assistance and is very easily distracted by the world around her.

She finally perfected how to use a pacifier, yipee, and also likes to suck on two of her fingers.

She sleeps the best after a warm bath and is still sleeping in her bassinet next to our bed. We have an Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper and love it! Eventually we're going to have to put her in her crib and I think I'm going to have a more difficult time with that than she is.

What does four month old Lucille enjoy?

Drooling and chewing on her toys and everything else!

Floor time

Wiggling around in her exersaucer

Nursing, she's a hungry little thing!

Being a Fashionista -- she just started wearing her 3-6 month clothing!

Mama!

I finally got Lucille on video mimicking me saying mama! I'll try to get a better video of it later! My baby is so smart!

She's tired, can you tell? I was trying to keep her up so Michael could see her before she went to bed. :)

Life Update!

We're STILL not quite settled in here at our new home. It will happen... eventually, but at the moment the baby sleeping, dinner is still cooking in the crock pot, and the dishes are done, so I'll give you a little life update in list format.

I do love lists. :)

1. We said that we were going to finish unpacking all the boxes this weekend. The weekend is halfway over and it is not looking good folks. Although, we have made leaps and bounds in Lucille's room. And I've gathered a huge box of stuff we need to donate. Mostly my clothes. I think I'm a clothes hoarder. I'm working on it. One free high school T-shirt at a time.

2. I made Lucille's 4 month appointment with a new pediatrician. I hope I like the practice, there aren't a lot of options for pediatricians around here.

3. Michael is loving school. We're loving this little town. Washington is wonderful. We're seeing our families more and love it!

4. I'll be happier when the house is more in order and I can be more organized.



Ready to go meet Michael for lunch!

5. I walk around campus quite a bit with the baby in the stroller. I'm trying to enjoy this nice weather while it is still around! Sometimes I walk with Michael to his classes and on his long day, Lucille and I meet him for lunch. It is our favorite outing of the week.

6. Baby girl discovered that certain parts of her exersaucer make noise (maybe because we finally put batteries in it). It is so cute I can hardly stand it.