The Craigs: February 2013

24 hours & some good weather

It's amazing how 24 hours & some good weather can change things. I'm feeling MUCH better & it seems that my milk is starting to come back. Paisley was in a MUCH better mood yesterday! Praise Jesus! The weather was also gorgeous so we had to take advantage and hit up a park. Love this little outfit she had on yesterday.

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She had a really good time on this little Fisher Price cart. I can just see her years down the road screaming at folks "Hey mister. Get out of the way!"

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We met up with my friend Kelly to play with Grace & James. The girls had fun touching each other until things got violent. haha

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She liked this horsey thing too.

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All 3 of them got a ride!

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Hope you enjoyed the beautiful day yesterday.
Candice

P is for stubborn!

Yea, you read that right! My perfect Paisley has left the building and a new Paisley has emerged at 7.5 months old- Mrs. Stubborn!!!! Wonder where she gets that from ?! oops

It's been a rough couple days around here. Instead of blasting this on Facebook, I'm writing this here as my way to vent (since I'm convinced nobody reads this blog anyway). I almost feel bad about writing what you are about to read. I should keep my mouth shut & go by the old saying 'If you ain't got nothing nice to say then don't say anything at all' but that just isn't me. I'm also writing this in hopes that I'll look back on this post months from now & praise God that this 'season' is over.

What you are about to read is shocking. BEWARE!

The cute little baby whose face you see on this blog has turned to the dark side. She has been in a bad mood for a month now and can't seem to break it. A few weeks ago I started noticing that she wouldn't go to strangers anymore- she wanted her mommy. Awww. That made mommy happy. Then mommy pulled some kind of muscle in my arm & I realized that every time I held her, it hurt. Then I noticed that she didn't even want Todd to hold her. She just wanted me. Somebody has MAJOR separation anxiety. I've read that's common so I didn't think it was a big deal until I wanted to go on a date with my husband!!! Todd planned an overnight date for our anniversary this past weekend. We called the only person I trust with my baby for overnight stays- Momma T. I knew P would have a hard time with me being gone but I didn't know she would be completely awful for my mother. Crying & crying because I wasn't there. I also knew that she wasn't keen on taking bottles but I figured that once she woke up after 12 hours of sleeping (without eating), she'd take it- NOPE. Mrs. Stubborn waited over 16 hours to eat before I got home with HER BOOB!!! (I originally thought we'd go away for a few days - yea right!) Once I got home, she gave us all hell for me leaving her.

On top of all of this, I got sick Saturday. Fever, chills & diaherrea that has lasted 4 days! (gotta love the honesty of this blog). I'm pretty sure this virus has affected my milk supply because Paisley acts hungry ALL THE TIME. She is constantly grabbing at my chest and just cries. It's awful to watch. This wouldn't bother me too bad if Paisley was eating solids but after 3 months, she STILL doesn't like real food. Also frustrating is that I have a freezer full of breast milk that I could easily give her if she would take a bottle. Nope, she wants nothing to do with it.

I am taking all kind of crazy pills to help boost my supply- Fenugreek, Alfalfa (the sprouts not the hay type) and once Amazon sends it- Moringa! Who knows what all this stuff is, I just pray it works.

And like a good daughter, I got the babysitter sick and I'm pretty sure Mother Therese won't be coming back here again.

I'm really hoping that my supply bounces back and I can give Paisley the milk she needs. If not Mrs. Stubborn will have to learn that her food source CAN come from other places that my teet.

Will you pray for us? Pray for my supply to return? Pray for my happy baby to return as well? And if you don't pray (you know who you are)- then you better start if you want to see a smiling baby on this blog again!!!!!

Ok- enough of my rant. Gotta hit the sheets before P wakes up at 4:45am (something else I can't break her of).

A weary momma,
Candice

SNOW!

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW. It won't be long before we'll all be there with SNOOOOOW. Name that tune! It's from the movie White Christmas and it was what I was singing in my head all weekend long because it SNOWED here Saturday. I was so excited because I really wanted to get shots of Paisley in snow before we left North Carolina. Well, my wish came true so we now have the images of her seeing snow for the first time.

She didn't quite know what to do with it. She looks thrilled to be out in the freezing cold doesn't she?

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I'm not sure how much snow we got (maybe an inch or two) but it was coming down in big white fluffy flakes. This picture doesn't do it justice- it was so pretty.

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Don't mind the surf board Paisley is sitting on. Can you believe I don't have a sledge after living in NY for 3 years?

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For once, I handed the camera off and got a picture of me and my girl :-)

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But the sweetest picture was of Paisley and her daddy (who she loves!!)

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I think this is an awesome picture of our house in the snow (don't mind the cars- we had a showing). Maybe if I included this picture in the MLS listing, somebody actually buy the stupid thing!

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Hope you all have a good week. Momma T is coming to town on Thursday and we can't wait!
Candice

7 months

We are 7 months old today. Gotta tell you that the last 4 weeks have been hard around here. We had our first sickness (cold) which lead to a double ear infection. Almost 4 weeks later, she is still not 100% and still coughing & congested. This momma is ready for her baby to feel better.

Since our last update, we got 2 bottom teeth! They're very cute on her but hard to photograph (since she moves so fast) and she has bit me a couple of times while nursing :-(

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I sometimes wonder what she wants to say to that bunny.

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Now that she has the two teeth, she literally chews on EVERYTHING! I couldn't get the bunny out of her mouth.

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And apparently I was too slow at getting this shot because she took the freakin sticker off & started chewing on it before I got back into my space to start clicking. STINKER!

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It's snowing outside so stay tuned for SNOW pictures!!!
Love,
Candice

Happy Valentine's Day

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I think Valentine's day is a little over rated but I do like celebrating every little holiday Paisley. And the way we celebrate around here? PHOTO SHOOT!

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Not everyone around here thinks that photo shoots are fun like I do. I spend HOURS creating backgrounds and getting the 'shot' ready only to have about 10 minutes to execute. Then I start getting faces like this.....

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Hope you're spending your Valentine's day with a loving and COOPERATIVE person :-)
Love,
Candice

Spring Arbor

The tradition of visiting Spring Arbor nursing home continues with the girls even though I'm not the leader anymore. I'm SO thankful for a replacement who continues to do what I use to do with my Sunday school girls. Yesterday we met them at the nursing home for cookies & Valentine's crafts.

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Paisley thought the crafts were fun to chew on.

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The old folks love when we come to visit. (Side note: I'm NEVER putting someone I love in a nursing home. I know that I said that I would stop using the word NEVER but you can hold me to this one. These homes are a sad place and smell just awful :-( ) Even more reason why we should probably visit more than once a year. A very lonely place.

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Elizabeth is doing a great job with the girls & they love her!

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They also LOVE Paisley and fight over who can hold her. Poor P gets worn out every time I take her around the girls but I think the visit is always worth the 20 minute meltdown afterwards.

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Happy Monday!
Candice

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We are celebrating Todd's birthday today. He woke up to a very cute picture & card from his daughter that reads....

Daddy,

I love you. I love when you get me up from my crib in the morning and sing my good morning song. I love it when you play with me, teach me new things and make up silly songs. I love to dance with you. I even love to watch you play soccer on the xBox 360 (even though Mommy says you are really wrong for letting me do that). I love you because you are my daddy and you are great.