An update to a list

1. About an hour after I posted the last blog, Quinn crawled to her walker and tried to pull her short little self up. She fell. She tried again, and totally used every muscle in her body, and made it! I am so happy for her. She stood up to it forever. Later she proceeded to toss a fake bunch of carrots across the floor, crawl to it, and toss it again. She was wild!






2. The surgeon doesn't want to cut off Quinn's extra tube skin. He prescribed a cream (not the clear..ha! That is a steroids in baseball joke, that probably only Dalan and I think is funny, but we repeat it all the time.) She gets her button next week, and the skin problem should go away. Here's to hoping.

3. Quinn still has a rash. It is not the measles. It should go away any time between now and a month! A month! At least it is not itchy.

4. My class raised 234 dimes for the March for Babies in one day. That is so amazing. They are ten. Most of live below the poverty line. Many of them are refugees or immigrants, and have families who speak limited English. It just totally speaks to power of Quinn's story.

5. She slept through the night without oxygen. Here's to hoping the other night was the last time we will ever need oxygen. I probably cursed it again though by mentioning it.

A list

1. Tubie is giving us some trouble. The skin around the tube keeps trying to grow out from around the tube. We have had it "burned" off twice (like a wart), but it keeps coming back. I am going to have to call and schedule an appointment with the surgeon to have it cut off. Yuck!



2. Quinn is crawling. all. over. the. place. First, she crawled for socks. Then she crawled for other items. Then my mom bought her this musical aquarium thing at the consignment sale, and she really crawled for it. And then she was unstoppable.



3. Quinn is trying to pull herself up on all the furniture, but she is too short. Poor shorty.



4. I bought 20 items for $34.00 at the consignment sale, including a pair of $40 shoes for $1.00! Score. I had a blast with Ali, Patti, Kellie, Raegan, Scott, and Sierra.



5. Quinn also has some sort of rash. Grrrr! I hate dealing with doctors more than necessary. Or really at all. The less we see doctors the happier I am!


6. Quinn went a week without oxygen. So, I took off her dots. She needed her oxygen last night. Of course. We are getting close.


7. I am so mad about the measles outbreak in SLC. "Childhood" diseases are dangerous, and it just irks me to no end when people don't immunize their kids, and put babies and the elderly at risk.

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8. Our fund-raising for the March for Babies is going really well. We have raised 20% of our goal! Keep those donations coming, or come walk with us. It is for premature babies after all. My class is trying to raise 100 dimes for the walk. They are so excited about it!



9. Quinn is sleeping on my arm. I want to put her down, so I can keep typing, but she will probably wake up, and then I won't be able to finish at all.



10. Bottle feeding is going no better. Solids are going well. We are working on the sippy cup.

Our Ducks

Every spring, a male and female duck make our row of townhouses their home. They often hang out right in front of our house. They are so cute, and friendly enough. They are not necessarily afraid of humans, but since they are not fed by any of us, they aren't super eager to see us either.

Quinn loves to look at them. They drive Piper nuts. This morning they decided to pay us a visit in the backyard. Quinn was a big girl, and stood up to the sliding glass door all by her self, while Piper did the same. They hung out for quite awhile, and came up very close, despite Piper's warning barks.






*And, yes those are Valentine's decorations still up on my window. Quinn loves them. It is one her favorite activities to go look at them, touch them, lick them, etc.

Things you should know and see......

Quinn crawled this week. It was socks that finally motivated her to move her arms in a forward motion. Go figure. She is such a big girl. She is currently doing a hybrid crawl/roll in order to get around, but still. It is awesome.



And here are some photos from this week (mostly for my Nana, and anyone else who looks forward to seeing Quinn's cute little face on the blog as often as possible.)







Photo 1: Ali playing my HIV. Ali gave me HIV. I let Quinn play with it. Piper likes to eat it.

Photo 2: Crazy little monkey baby.

Photo 3: Cute with bangs.

Photo 4: Crazy penguin baby.

Consignment Sale 2011

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a sale at Carter's and wondered what size of clothes I should buy Quinn for summer. Well, I skipped the sale and bought nothing. I decided four things. 1. Quinn has a ton of clothes already. 2. Several people offered to let me borrow their outgrown clothes. 3. I remembered the Hilltop Consignment sale was coming up. 4. I needed to wait and see if Tubie helps with Quinn's weight gain before I buy clothes in one size or another.

Hilltop Methodist Church has a consignment sale on baby clothes and equipment twice a year. Last year, my mom, Ali, and I went right after I found out that Quinn was a she. We got lots of clothes, and even found a bouncy/vibrating seat for $3. However, I only bought one newborn sized item. At that point, I was SURE I would have a ten pound baby. (And I eventually did...she was just 7 months old by the time that happened...ha!) In the fall, Ali and my mom went for me, and got a ton more cute and super nice clothes for a bargain. We are going again this Friday afternoon/evening to get Quinn's summer clothes. When the items are only costing a dollar or two, I won't feel so bad buying things in a possibly too big of size. Plus, tubie is doing it's job, and it looks very likely she'll be wearing 6-9 months this summer.

Here are some of things bought there.

The chair...



Some jammies....



You get the idea! Plus, I just realized I can't really remember what clothes came from where. They are really that nice. I don't know which clothes were brand new, and which ones were slightly used.

Please come join us if you are interested! Email me for the time, and address.

Quinn's Birthday Plans!

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New Things

Quinn tried Cheerios this morning. Well, not real Cheerios, but some organic, gluten-free version of them. She really liked playing with them, but she wasn't so sure about having them in her mouth quite yet. I think she ended up eating two. Piper also fully learned the benefits of sitting under the highchair during meal time. She ate more than two!






Dalan got a new car this weekend! A 2007 Jeep Patriot with super low miles. I am so excited. We now have two cars that can safely transport a wee child, and there will be no more mix ups if I accidentally take my car to work on a day Quinn has an appointment. Also, it will use like half as much gas as the truck. Don't worry though, we are keeping old Whitey Ford around for at least a little while.