Hello everyone out there in the computer world. I just wanted to write a little (yeah-right) entry about what’s been going on around our household.
Lehna is growing leaps and bounds and everyday the kid gets STRANGER AND STRANGER. I know most of you know what I’m talking about but for those that don’t let me let you in on what’s going on.
The First thing is we are trying to “discipline” Lehna since she now knows the meaning of ‘no’ and will respond to it. Now the positive this is if you say “no” very loudly she will usually stop just what she’s doing for about 5 seconds THEN the monster will continue to do whatever she’s doing but she will then add a giggle and laugh as she’s continuing the behavior we want her to stop. Now this is quite the dilemma when it involves things like the dog, reaching for things on top of tables, the TV, and etc… you know things she shouldn’t do but continues to do. We have tried smacking her hands, butt, giving her a little jerk (nothing hard just enough to startle), removing her from the source but NOTHING seems to be working. She just thinks it’s a HUGE game and continues the behavior. One example is Lehna LOVES to grab at my face it’s almost a pinch but not quite a pinch well it hurts and frankly she doesn’t need to do this… so I have tried very forcefully telling her no, smacking her hand and butt, but nothing the roar of laugher starts and there’s no stopping it. I know what some of you are thinking… are we laughing or encouraging her in some way that it’s a game… NOPE that’s the thing even if we keep a MEAN face she still thinks it’s a game and still laughs. Usually what I do is put her down and ignore her when she starts it, which is good for right now but still doesn’t solve my overall problem.
The Second thing this STRANGE kid is doing is we are now introducing Lehna to table foods and for her to self-feed. Which Lehna does GREAT with crackers, puffs, toast, even holding her own bottle or cup but as far as anything else… YIKES. Lehna is a very texture sensitive baby. She loves baby food carrots LOVES them she even loves table food carrots but here’s the really odd part is she cannot TOUCH any of these ‘mushing’ textures or she will make herself vomit. I know it’s extreme but it’s true. We have tired all different types of food with her pears, peas, carrots, peaches, anything even bread but this STRANGE kid of mine will simply REFUSE to eat it. Now we have learned that if we simply feed Lehna her food without her EVER touching it she’ll eat great no problem but if we put it on her tray for her to eat she WON’T do it she will touch it and then if she’s had ANYTHING she will vomit she forces herself IT’S HORRIBLE! Now I’ve been talking to Penny and Lehna’s doctor and BOTH “professionals” say they have NEVER heard of this type of behavior with babies and food… now crafts yes but food no. Both of them don’t have any advice for me. The major concern here is since Lehna is so texture sensitive the problem is what will happen when it’s time for Lehna to feed herself I mean don’t get me wrong feeding her is great and everything but there WILL be a time when Lehna will need to take over the rains for her to develop fully so it’s a little concerning. I’m TRULY hoping she grows out of it but time will tell. One thought is that maybe she’s trying to tell us she’s not ready to self-feed but here’s the real kicker she does GREAT when the texture is more solid and when you put stuff in her mouth she tries to grab the spoon a sign she’s ready to eat but she simply doesn’t like mushy stuff. I told you she’s STRANGE!
Well she’s wonderful really just has some odd behaviors so if any of you have advice I would LOVE to hear is b/c simply I just don’t know. Lehna is also walking. I know I know I told you this already but she can now stand up in the middle of the floor to her feet and she’ll take steps usually about three but then she’ll eventually fall. It’s pretty cute and I STILL haven’t been able to catch the RAT on tape yet. I have been trying I just have to be sneaker I guess.
As for the rest of us … well same old same old. I’m still working as a photographer and Tait is still the caseworker. I have really been trying to step up my photography b/c man on man there are sessions that I suck at… there are also sessions that I think I do a GREAT job… unfortunately I have more SUCKY sessions then GREAT sessions. What really busts my buttons is when I do a FABULOUS session and the cheap butts go and use a one pose coupon for 9.99… that really burns me up. But I think it’s b/c we are so FREAKING close to FISHERS AND CARMEL b/c let me tell you those people HAVE money but they sure in heck don’t want to spend it. I try to learn something-new everyday like a different way of posing someone or doing something just a little different in every session to help me and I think I’ve been successful in that. Today I learned a new pose for the newborn babies and was I excited b/c let me tell you I SUCK at them! But anyway enough of the photo talk. Well that’s our life right now… pretty exciting right? Well that’s it that’s all I have I seriously need to get Lehna’s newest pictures up on the web (they are bathtub pictures) THEY ARE SUPER CUTE!
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Videos of Lehna
Here are some videos of Lehna on New Years Eve and New Years Day at Uncle Marcus and Aunt Jackie's house!!
Click on the images above to view on Windows Media Player.
You'll be able to tell what's going on if you turn on the sound!
Click on the images above to view on Windows Media Player.
You'll be able to tell what's going on if you turn on the sound!
Saturday, January 14, 2006
New Update.
Hello everyone out there in the computer world. I have finally made around to update. So here it is in all its glory.
What’s new at the Wagner Household? Well I am now gallbladder free. I had my gallbladder removed this week on Wednesday. It has been all right for the most part nothing too exciting. It was a simply procedure and I will be back to work on Tuesday. YEAH RAH! Of course I can’t lift anything over 20 lbs. so taking pictures of kids should be quite interesting.
Lehna is now cruising and starting to take steps away from furniture, nothing huge yet but starting to she is also starting to let go of the furniture to do long periods of standing unassisted. You can also get her to walk if you hold her hands she will walk freely around the room with hands held. She is also starting a new diet of table food. This is quite the challenge let me tell you. First of this kids is like texture sensitive so anything squishy or slimily she REFUSES to put it in her mouth so she won’t eat like mashed up carrots or pears or ANYTHING slimy. So other then crackers we are struggling getting her to eat anything else. Of course at daycare they can get her to eat ANYTHING I swear give Penny a jar of dirt and she could get Lehna to eat it! It’s frustrating for me b/c I of course want her to eat different things and when I know she’s eating them at daycare makes me feel disappointed in myself. I know I know it has NOTHING to do with me but it’s still a let down. She is on kind of a deadline she has until the end of February to be eating table food b/c at the end of February she will be moved over to the one-year-old room. Soooooo we are trying little bits at a time. Penny assures me we have PLENTY of time but I don’t know at home Lehna will force herself to throw up before eating pieces of banana or carrot… Man parenthood is GREAT!
Speaking of parenthood which I sure most of you know but I’m the last to mention but JACKIE AND MARCUS ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY! I know you know already but I’m still excited about it! Jackie is throwing up constantly and Marcus is having flashes of “oh my what are we going to do” but I still think it’s GREAT news regardless! Jackie and Marcus will be EXCELLENT parents and I am very happy for them so CONGRADULATIONS GUYS! They have taken Lehna before on some weekends so they do have some experience with watching a baby, but nothing is ever like your own children. I can’t wait to find out if it’s a boy or a girl I know that they are both working on names so that will be exciting when the little bundle has a name to identify them by. Of course they probably won’t “decide” until the moment the baby arrives but you never know. It will be great so it will be another baby shower to plan and throw YEAH I LOVE PLANNING PARTIES! It will be fun I can’t wait!
I have had Lehna’s picture taken like 3 times this last two months and I don’t have a scanner to scan the pictures to put up for the world to see… so I suck. I’ll have to talk to Aunt Jackie about it so see if maybe I can work out a deal with her! I was only planning on getting her pictures taken at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months but I have had coupons and all kinds of deals so I have taken her more times then that to get her pictures done. Of course our walls are starting to resemble Lehna Wall paper but who cares right?
Work life is of course wonderful… LOL well it’s work right? It’s defiantly not what I expected but you know you always have to try before really finding out what it’s like. I have been the acting “manager” for 3 weeks since my manager is out of town she comes back on Wednesday and I have to say I’m kind of not looking forward to her coming back it was kind of nice being in charge and not having anyone to answer to well besides my DM and I didn’t do anything “bad” for her to question my actions to and our “new” manager will start in February so it will literally be just a handing over of the torch. I have talked to our new manager on the phone a couple of times and she seems nice so that makes me happy. OF course I’m still on the look for something else. I swear I’ll never be happy. I have interviewed with a company and they REALLY liked me the interviewer even said to me “I really like you and I want to proceed to the next step b/c I think you’ll fit in well here” so that’s a positive right? Of course it’s still RETAIL which sucks but hey it WILL be closer to home and I’m okay with that. I really need a job closer to home. This driving stuff is for the birds.
Tait is kind of to the brinking point with his job and the drive. I feel really bad for him and he sometimes questions whether he wants to stay in his field. I really thought the change of atmosphere would really help him but unfortunately it hasn’t. So we’ll see. He is giving it more time so we’ll see what happens he’s hoping that one of his old coworkers will get hired in to his office by March and I think that will REALLY help him b/c I think he misses that sense of “friendship” which is kind of important in his position.
So that’s all the news and info from the Wagner household I know it’s boring but hey what did you expect the circus? I know it feels like the circus around her sometimes but… you can’t get entertainment EVERYTIME… Seriously selfish!
What’s new at the Wagner Household? Well I am now gallbladder free. I had my gallbladder removed this week on Wednesday. It has been all right for the most part nothing too exciting. It was a simply procedure and I will be back to work on Tuesday. YEAH RAH! Of course I can’t lift anything over 20 lbs. so taking pictures of kids should be quite interesting.
Lehna is now cruising and starting to take steps away from furniture, nothing huge yet but starting to she is also starting to let go of the furniture to do long periods of standing unassisted. You can also get her to walk if you hold her hands she will walk freely around the room with hands held. She is also starting a new diet of table food. This is quite the challenge let me tell you. First of this kids is like texture sensitive so anything squishy or slimily she REFUSES to put it in her mouth so she won’t eat like mashed up carrots or pears or ANYTHING slimy. So other then crackers we are struggling getting her to eat anything else. Of course at daycare they can get her to eat ANYTHING I swear give Penny a jar of dirt and she could get Lehna to eat it! It’s frustrating for me b/c I of course want her to eat different things and when I know she’s eating them at daycare makes me feel disappointed in myself. I know I know it has NOTHING to do with me but it’s still a let down. She is on kind of a deadline she has until the end of February to be eating table food b/c at the end of February she will be moved over to the one-year-old room. Soooooo we are trying little bits at a time. Penny assures me we have PLENTY of time but I don’t know at home Lehna will force herself to throw up before eating pieces of banana or carrot… Man parenthood is GREAT!
Speaking of parenthood which I sure most of you know but I’m the last to mention but JACKIE AND MARCUS ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY! I know you know already but I’m still excited about it! Jackie is throwing up constantly and Marcus is having flashes of “oh my what are we going to do” but I still think it’s GREAT news regardless! Jackie and Marcus will be EXCELLENT parents and I am very happy for them so CONGRADULATIONS GUYS! They have taken Lehna before on some weekends so they do have some experience with watching a baby, but nothing is ever like your own children. I can’t wait to find out if it’s a boy or a girl I know that they are both working on names so that will be exciting when the little bundle has a name to identify them by. Of course they probably won’t “decide” until the moment the baby arrives but you never know. It will be great so it will be another baby shower to plan and throw YEAH I LOVE PLANNING PARTIES! It will be fun I can’t wait!
I have had Lehna’s picture taken like 3 times this last two months and I don’t have a scanner to scan the pictures to put up for the world to see… so I suck. I’ll have to talk to Aunt Jackie about it so see if maybe I can work out a deal with her! I was only planning on getting her pictures taken at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months but I have had coupons and all kinds of deals so I have taken her more times then that to get her pictures done. Of course our walls are starting to resemble Lehna Wall paper but who cares right?
Work life is of course wonderful… LOL well it’s work right? It’s defiantly not what I expected but you know you always have to try before really finding out what it’s like. I have been the acting “manager” for 3 weeks since my manager is out of town she comes back on Wednesday and I have to say I’m kind of not looking forward to her coming back it was kind of nice being in charge and not having anyone to answer to well besides my DM and I didn’t do anything “bad” for her to question my actions to and our “new” manager will start in February so it will literally be just a handing over of the torch. I have talked to our new manager on the phone a couple of times and she seems nice so that makes me happy. OF course I’m still on the look for something else. I swear I’ll never be happy. I have interviewed with a company and they REALLY liked me the interviewer even said to me “I really like you and I want to proceed to the next step b/c I think you’ll fit in well here” so that’s a positive right? Of course it’s still RETAIL which sucks but hey it WILL be closer to home and I’m okay with that. I really need a job closer to home. This driving stuff is for the birds.
Tait is kind of to the brinking point with his job and the drive. I feel really bad for him and he sometimes questions whether he wants to stay in his field. I really thought the change of atmosphere would really help him but unfortunately it hasn’t. So we’ll see. He is giving it more time so we’ll see what happens he’s hoping that one of his old coworkers will get hired in to his office by March and I think that will REALLY help him b/c I think he misses that sense of “friendship” which is kind of important in his position.
So that’s all the news and info from the Wagner household I know it’s boring but hey what did you expect the circus? I know it feels like the circus around her sometimes but… you can’t get entertainment EVERYTIME… Seriously selfish!