Carissa's Blog

In 4 more days, she will be 6 months old and I made this video for her.

ok I'm gonna whine a lil bit over here.. since seems I can't whine at home. :(

I'm sick.. sooo sick.. runny/conggested nose.. sore throat... now I lost my voice.. at the same time Carissa is sick too.. I think she got cold too :(. Her nose stuffed up like mine. I kept on telling myself.. this is it.. I'm going to Hy-Vee and get Benadryl or any kind of cold medicine. But every time I want to do that I keep on going back and forth to kellymom.com (breastfeeding & parenting website) and they said better not to take any medication since it will affect your breastmilk since whatever you eat or drink will go to your milk.

At the same time.. I can't rely on Carson on everything.. yes he is a good dad.. he stayed up with her last night.. but still doesn't make my cold goes away! :(. I can't sleep.. can't think straight.. can't talk to my baby.. this cold makes me the worst mom ever!

*sigh* I'm crying for help here......

updates: just took a loooooooooooooooooong hot bath while carson watch the baby.. I spent too long in the bath tub till the hot water gone! *sigh* now I'm gonna try chamomile tea... the only thing that I take medication wise just those zincam swap thing.. they said it can affect my milk supply.. bah.. i have overflow supply anyway... wish me luck and any non-medication treatment for cold advice appreciated.

Carissa & mommy went to Mommy's company xmas dinner. She was really good, Micki (my coworker wife) held her while I went to get my food. And then after that Macala (my other friend's wife) held her and entertained her for the last hour we were there :). I'm so happy that she's not afraid of other people.

After Carson cloned Carissa, now I have less time blogging.. taking care of 2 babies is too much!! *sigh*

Hihihi isn't she cute wearing jeans. :) Got this jeans from one of Carson's friend's wife. It's hard tho putting jeans on a baby.. especially a squirmy baby like Carissa. :D

Today I took Carissa on her play date with AJ, it's more fun now because they can interact between each other. They're so cute together!! :) hahahahahah Check out this photos that Ringga took. We (ringga & I ) had so much fun!! :D ahhahaha

Finally!! it's been a while I kept on saying I'm going to give her hair cut one of these days since her hair already way too long on the back. So I decided to cut it today! woohoo.. look now her hair look so much thicker :)

I think this outfit is from grandma Bev when she stayed with us for the very first week when Carissa born. It's for 6-9 months, but it's fit already!!

This morning I woke up and I was in the mood for cleaning.. so I cleaned and for some reason I wanted to put the Christmas tree up. So I put the tree up, I have the small one so Carissa can sit next to it :D hihihih. She likes to grab on the ornaments and she did try to put them in her mouth.

Carson was the one who suggested to color it pink, so today we went to Hobby Lobby and get pink acrylic paint. :) and I found the shadow box on sale for 7 bucks so yeah :) I'm so happy with the result.

Here's a cute picture of Carissa from yesterday:

Carissa got her Christmas gift from her grand aunt Joni (is that right?) anyway, she got cute outfit and a book (The Priodic Table Elements with Style). The book is awesome! we love it. There's a periodic table poster inside the book. Carson put the poster above the changing table, Carissa actually loves to look at it while we change her. :) so cute! Thank you!! :)



Another update about out lovely princess, she loves to take a nap on her belly now! no idea why.



Also mommy got a bday present from aunt Catherine, the baby foot print doesn't turn out great, we need to re-do it. But thank you!! :)

Today is mommy birthday, we went shopping in Ankeny. Got some Christmas gifts for people and some gifts for Carissa and mommy :).

Now Carissa is napping after a very fun day today. She was very good during shopping time and in the car. But last night she kept on waking up and finally she went to bed around 12-ish next to mommy ( I think she just wanted to wish mommy a happy birthday at 12am :)).

How old is mommy now? mommy is 23+ years old! :D hehehehehe

My Baby is 5 months old today!! :) Let's see what she has achieved so far:
- she started eating cereal & drink water from a sippy cup
- she knows how to reach to people (especially her daddy)
- when you hold her hand she can sit up and stand up
- she reach everything
- she put everything in her mouth
- she sucks her thumb every time she can :D
- she rollover every time we put her down
- she loves to play with her footsie

Anyhow, I think that's for now... can't wait to see what she will do these days. Here are more pictures from today. Now we have to watch her more carefully when she's in her swing.



Just woke up from her morning nap



her excited face