Scrapbooking in the 21st Century

I've finally started digital scrapbooking (one word or two?) . It's pretty fun. It's a lot faster than regular scrapbooking once you learn how to use the program you are trying to do it in. I still have to yell for Scott on occasion to come help me. My friend Stephanie had mentioned it on her blog a while back. Before than I had never heard of it. I can blame her for catching the bug. I'm not a pro yet, but here are the pages I have done so far.

A True Sign of Motherhood

I just experienced the first time I have ever caught anyone else's puke in my hand. Thank goodness Ami was wearing a bib so I used that to catch the stream of projectile puke coming out of her mouth. I am very proud of myself. Normally I would run the opposite direction so that way I don't puke. I am showing the true signs of motherhood. Actually I didn't want to have a bigger mess to clean up than necessary.



We are trying to give her more solids. The past two nights we have tried a mashed up potato with a little bit of formula. Both times she did alright with a few bites and then she starts gaging. Last night she choked and tonight well you know the story. I think the texture might be too coarse. I didn't run it through a blender or anything. I just mashed it with a fork.



Switching to real people food is sort of scary. One, her poo is going to stink more. (I'm not sure I am ready for that. I might need the medical mask Michelle got Scott for Christmas.) Two, trying to keep track of how many days in between new things is tedious, but if she is allergic to something I want to be able to pin point. I think all the reading I've done has made me too precautious. Then, I think my mom fed me everything from the time I was four months old and nothing is wrong with me. (Some may disagree with that.)



I honestly think that the "new" way to feed your baby is somewhat horse manure. I think if a baby is allergic to something that they are going to be allergic to it no matter when you feed it to them. You just find out later. I realize I don't have a medical degree nor do I have very much experience as a mother, but think of all the people that have survived and were fed all kinds of things.



Enough of my soap box. Please give me any suggestions on making food that I make for us edible for her.

Getting Our Groove Back

We have settled back into our normal lives. No more running around for Ami and I. Scott will be going off camping almost three weekends in a row. It will be a great time to get caught up on all the chick flicks I've been missing. Hopefully Ami will cooperate with me and let me have a little peace.



We are working on getting Ami to sleep through the night. This past Thursday I decided to go ahead and try a method to get her to put herself back to sleep. Besides breast feeding it was one of the harder things I have had to do as a mother. We decided the cold turkey method of letting her cry it out would probably be best. The first night she cried for an hour going to bed. She then woke up at three for ten minutes and put herself back to sleep for a hour. The next time she cried for an hour. Friday night she slept through the whole night (I didn't because of Scott's snoring) and last night I heard her but she fell back asleep pretty quickly. I am not going to hold my breathe that this is working, because every time I have hope of her sleep improving she tricks me.



Everything else is going good. I am enjoying staying home. I hope to get into some hobbies here soon. I am taking a sewing class and have completed one skirt so far. I also plan on doing both regular scrap booking and digital scrap booking. I guess I can count cooking as a hobby. I am always trying new recipes to keep dinner interesting around here. If you have any great recipes send them my way. Soon Scott & I will be official baby photographers. Isn't it after taking a 1000 pictures of your baby, you get a certificate?



Scott is working and doing scout stuff. Scott says he is still recuperating from getting his degree. That is why he hasn't done much around the house. Then he tells me football will soon be starting, so to forget it. We'll have to see .



(By the way some new pictures are posted of Miss Ami.)