A little update...

I wanted to update the blog this week, maybe a time or two. I am in Tennessee at my parents house with Gracie and I left the cord at home that connects my camera to the computer. I will give you a quick update now and add pictures later.

Gracie did finally roll over, once. She did it a week ago Thursday. Since then, she has not seemed too interested. She has tried maybe a dozen times here and there, evidentally it will become old hat.

I took her to the doctor last Monday to get weighed. She was three months old last Sunday (Father's Day). She weighed 13 lbs. 15 1/2 oz. I was thinking, couldn't they just say 14 lbs! We had a good Father's Day. Gracie made her dad breakfast before church. We went to church and didn't do too much the rest of the day. I tried to introduce bubbles to her in the afternoon. She wasn't too interested, but maybe soon. We went over the Ryan's parents for dinner later in the evening. I've got a good picture I will post later of Ryan & Gracie.

Thursday, Gracie and I came down here to my parents. It was quite an adventure. I had to stop as we were almost through St. Louis for a diaper change. It was a monster of a diaper. It was poopy and eveywhere. She had to change clothes...I thought I might have to change after changing her. The poop was everywhere. I had to wipe out the car seat. What a mess! Later we stopped to eat. I always hate feeding her on the road...since she has reflux she is prone to spitting up a little more than normal and I always worry about her spitting up in the car. Well, after eating, she spit up and we had to change outfits again! After several hours and another stop, we finally made it to Nashville. It is quite a task to travel with such a little baby on your own. On Saturday, we went down to Huntsville for a few hours to visit my cousin Amy and her family. We had a good time. It was good to see them and their house and everything. Molly and Anna held Gracie for a little while...I should have taken a picture. I am not much of a picture taking person. I am slowly getting better about taking pictures. Sunday, Gracie stole the show at church. There was an ice cream social after the evening service. She almost didn't know what to do with so many people around. She loves people watching!

Since I am off for a while, we decided to extend our trip. The original plan was to stay for the weekend, but we are probably going to leave after this coming weekend. We will have to get settled in and Janey (our dog) might be coming home the next weekend. That will be exciting. I didn't think I would miss her so much...she is such a fun dog. She is getting trained for bird hunting.

Anyways, that's all for now...

Wwwwaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This is what I have been hearing for the past...I don't know how long. Gracie has been fighting off her nap off and on for over an hour. Yesterday she did the same thing, but feel asleep much sooner. I think she may be getting closer to sleep...I hope!

First night alone...

Gracie slept in her room all by herself last night. She did fine...she did, however, end up in the totally opposite position than where she started. I got up several times, just like when she first came home. I had the baby monitor next to my side of the bed so I could hear if anything happened. Of course it was turned up as loud as it would go. All we heard all night was kind of a static sound. The baby monitor base is not right next to her bed so I couldn't hear every move or breath. Maybe I should move the baby monitor a little closer! :) I got up several times just to make sure she was breathing and of course she was fine.

It was pretty funny this morning....since she sleeps all night she is very hungry in the morning. So I got up when I heard her crying. When I got to the crib she got quiet because she knew she was going to be fed soon. I laid her down on the changing table to change her first. She always seems to eat better with a clean diaper. As soon as I laid her down, she let out the loudest and most pitiful scream/cry. Man, was she hungry! She was soon fed and all was happy in the Engemann household!

Firsts...

We have been having a couple big things happen in the past few days. Gracie tried for the first time last night to roll over. She hasn't made it yet, but it still trying. I have never seen her so mad. Gracie slept in her crib in her room last night. It made me a little nervous but not too bad. Actually, we have a queen size bed in Gracie's room and we slept there last night. I think I will probably sleep there again tonight. :)

Fun with Daddy

Face Shots

Watching TV with Mom

Sleepin' In

Here is daddy and Gracie doing their favorite thing together!

Go Chiefs!

Ryan, Gracie, and I went to Kansas City to visit my Grandparents over Memorial Day weekend. My mom and Mary were also in town for the weekend!

Just for fun...

First Mother's Day

The Friday night and Saturday before Mother's Day, Gracie and I were in Kansas City with my parents and grandparents. We came back on Saturday evening. It was a fun trip. We stopped three times before I got to Odessa! Then, it rained cats and dogs until Boonville. Gracie cried a lot!!!!

On Mother's day, we went to church. At church, all the mom's got a carnation. I also got a rose for being the youngest mother in the church. We went home and changed clothes before lunch. It was pretty chilly! Ryan, Gracie, and I went out to lunch at Trapper's. In the evening, we went over to Ryan's parents house for dinner.

I took this picture of Gracie and I while we were hanging out in the afternoon!

Trip to Grandma & Grandpa's

Gracie in Tennessee...The last week of April (4/29-5/3) Gracie and I took a trip to Tennessee. Mitchell came into town on Wednesday and Mary on Thursday. Gracie had fun at Grandma & Grandpa's. Mitchell took some really good pictures that I will try to attach soon. Here is one from our walk to Old Hickory Lake.

Home for the Summer...Finally!

It has been a while since I have left a post. On May 5th, I went back to work for three weeks. During that time, I did not accomplish much more than work, get home, feed Gracie, make dinner, feed ourselves, feed Gracie again, then begin Gracie's "witching hours"(about 8 to 11 pm). During her witching time, we attempted to get her to fall asleep in between her crying spells. Once she fell asleep, things were great and she would sleep through the night (most of the time). We did discover the power of the bouncy seat and the swing. If we could get her to fall asleep in one of those, we could quickly wisk her off to her bassinet in hopes she would not wake up along the way.

Things are going well and we are enjoying our time at home together! I am going to work on getting some pictures up on the blog...give me a few minutes :)