Baby Lynn

Thank you great grandpa!!

2009-12-16T11:07:00.000-08:00

HELP!!

2009-09-13T08:09:00.001-07:00

Ok mom or Aunt Erika, I can't figure out how to put my link to twitpic on my profile, you are both on the account can one of you guys do it for me please :)

2009-09-13T07:57:00.000-07:00

Well I'm sorry it's taken me so long to blog once again. Now that I am in the twitter world, blogging doesn't seem like a big deal. Yet it is, since not everyone has twitter huh.

Anyways...Not a whole lot to blog about. Jonathan passed his boards and is working at St. Elizabeth's full time. He is still working at Bethany Garden's but per diem. Lynn is doing good. She is no longer in day care, and I am home with her full time. I only work every other weekend now, haven't had the time to pick up extra hours. But now that Jonathan is per diem at his other job, he only works 3 days a week (12 hour shifts), so hopefully I will be able to get some more hours.

Not a whole lot is new these days. Lynn is getting huge. She has learned to count to 10 by herself, she sings and dances all the time. She loves to sing the ABC's, even though she hasn't conquered that one yet. She has become a big Dora fan these days. Yet we still watch a lot of the other stuff too. She also really likes the Lion King. She is becoming more idepented everyday. We haven't been going out a lot lately. My car is broke (the damn brakes), but hopefully Jonathan and his father will get that fixed soon. We bought a new black hyundia elantra. Jonathan's old car is also having some problems, and I only really drive it if I have to. So we only have one car really. So me and Lynn stay in a lot.

Well that's about it. I will try my best to do a least one post a week.

For some reason I am having a really hard time getting the pictures to upload onto blogger. So for now you can few pictures of Lynn on my twitpic wesite.

http://twitpic.com/photos/melodybeth2000

2009-07-11T06:25:00.001-07:00

2009-07-10T20:53:00.000-07:00

For all of you that are not in the twitter world (I swore I wouldn't do it, and yet I have found myself slowing getting addicted), I have posted all of our pictures from our trip to California. They are all on photobucket (pages 1-9 I think), the link is on this page on the right (who didn't already know). I know, I know, there is a lot of Lynn but come on how cute is she!!!

Sand and Water what else do we need?

2009-07-08T15:13:00.000-07:00

Well I know I have yet to upload all the pictures from California, but here is one of Lynn playing with the pretty much awesome sand and water table. She just loves it. She likes mixing the sand in the water the most lol. We played with it for quite a few hours the other day, and then another 30 minutes today (in the pouring rain I might add) until I made her go in the house.

Things are alright here. Still trying to get things calm after our vacation. My parents were in town this past weekend for an .38 Special, Styx, and REO concert on the 4th. We had a blast.

Lynn has been having some trouble going to sleep these days. We cannot get her to fall asleep in her own room. She had a few night terrors the last couple weeks, but those have seem to go away and now we just can't get her to go to bed. Long nights for us!

Besides that things are good. I gotta run and make some supper for Lynn and I. Soon to come pictures of California!!

Dog!

2009-06-10T18:28:00.000-07:00

This is Lynn at the park. Normally we spend most of our day at the park in the sandbox or playing on the slide. Yesterday was different, there was a dog there and Lynn followed it wherever it went. I can't wait till we can get a place where we can get a puppy, because she just loves them. She plays with Tango and Cha-Cha a lot when we are up at the Mizgala's. She likes to pretend to be a dog sometimes to, she likes to bark and pant just like the dogs lol.

Things are going good here. Just work work work and more work. Getting it all in before we leave. Only a few more days and we will be off. I am getting excited more and more as each day passes.

Well love you all!

2009-06-03T12:14:00.000-07:00

Today Lynn had a doctors appointment with a respiratory specialist. He said that it is still to early to diagnose Asthma but she is showing the signs and symptoms of it. He gave a prescription for singular. She has to take that once a day. Then when she is getting a cold or has a persistent cough to put her back on the nebulizer. He also gave a prescription for something for that.
Things have been kind of hectic around here. Jonathan and I have both been working a lot these days. Both trying to get in as many hours as possible before our trip. Lynn has been quiet a brat these days. Pretty much doing everything we tell her not to. She is starting to climb out of her crib and onto the changing table. We are going to convert it into a toddler bed, as soon as we get a gate to put up. We bought one but of course it didn’t fit.
Jonathan got a job at St. Elizabeth’s where he went to school. It’s a full time job working 12 hour shifts which is great. I am not sure if he plans on starting before or after the trip. He is still practicing everyday for his boards.
I am doing well also. I went to the doctors a few days ago, I have been getting pretty terrible headaches. He said that they sound like migraines. He gave me a prescription for some pain meds that worked last year when I was getting them bad. Also told me that if the headaches don’t go away to go back, and they will take another head ct. (I got one last year when it first started happening, nothing was wrong though.)
Lynn has strayed away from Elmo quiet a bit these days. She is more into Blue’s Clues (but pretty much only the new ones where Blue actually talks.)
Well that’s it for now, just wanted to give a quick update while I have more then 10 minutes to use the computer without Lynn getting mad :)

2009-05-28T06:49:00.001-07:00

So I know it’s been a long time since my last blog. We haven’t had a computer in a while so I haven’t had the time to get online and post an actual blog.

Lynn first of course :) She is doing great she had her 2 year check-up yesterday and the doctor said she looks great. She got some blood work done and Jon took her since I was working and he told me that she did awesome through the whole thing. Her treat was MC since we can’t drive past one without yelling in the backseat. We went to MI this past week and she was once again awesome. She warmed up to my dad right away. She just loves him (I think because they both like toys and cartoons :) We spent a lot of the time laughing and just having fun. When she is at home no so much laughing and having fun. She is very much into her terrible twos already and has been for a few months now. But besides that all has been good with her.

Jon finished his RN program with flying colors. He is not officially an RN yet. He has a 6-12 month (I’m not sure which) grace period where he can practice as an RN until he takes his boards. Right now he is working at Bethany Gardens (where he used to work in the kitchen) as an RN. He has an interview set up at St. Elizabeth's where he went to school on Monday for a full time job. He plans on taking his test at the end of July beginning of August. That way he has plenty of time to study.

I have stopped working at Stonehedge in the kitchen. I am now working part time at Upstate Cerebral Palsy. I am only scheduled for 16 hours every 2 weeks, but am getting just as many hours as I did at Stonehedge. It is a very hard, yet very easy job. It all really depends on the day. Some days I spend going to the arcade or riding go-carts having a blast, others I spend getting spit at and hit. But you know, I absolutely love it. Whether it be a bad day or a good day if I make a girl smile who normally never smiles, smile, it’s a great day.

I want to say thank you to Grandpa for the beyond awesome present to Lynn. I will call you this weekend, that way I can do my best to get Lynn to tell you thank you!! I want to thank my parents, my sister, the boys, and Aunt Erika and of course the amazing Jackson, for a great trip out to Michigan. We all had a ton of fun playing games with you. I am pretty sure not to make anyone jealous or anything, but I am pretty sure that Lynn said Jackson on the car ride home.

We are very much looking forward to our trip out to Cali in a few weeks. I am sure we are going to have lots and lots of fun.

See everyone soon.

Love you all.

Did I mention on this awesome computer we got from my mom for Jonathan’s graduation I don’t even have to be on the web to write this blog. I just click on a icon on the top of the main desktop and I am on some kind of windows live writer and it sends it to my blog. I don’t know if you all have it, but I was pretty excited :)

Tons of pictures!!!!

2009-05-26T06:41:00.000-07:00

I will try to post an actual blog either tonight or tomorrow. Here are some pictures over the last couple months. We didn't have a computer for a long time, both had broken. But we are now back so you should be getting them more frequently. I also posted a couple new vidoes on youtube!

Lynn

2009-03-16T15:34:00.001-07:00

Sorry for no pictures. Everytime I try upload pics the computer freezes on me :( Working on getting a desktop.

Anyways....I know I know it's been forever since my last post.

So lets start at the most important...Lynn. Well she is a very sick baby right now. My spelling on some of these may be wrong...she has asama, very small case of phemunia, she is having a allergic reaction to what they thought was the amoxicillian she was on for her ear infection a couple weeks ago, but they no longer think that. Last Wed. daycare called me telling me that Lynn had been pulling at her ears and her left side of her face was starting to get red. Since I was at work, and Jon was at school, I asked if she was ok there until I got out, I have no car at the moment (we will get to that in a bit). They said yes, they just wanted to let me know. Well about 4 hours later they called to tell me Lynn was even more uncomfortable, and they thought we should pick her up as soon as possible and take her to the doctors. Jon picked me up a little after that, and we got her. When we got there both sides of her face where bright red, and the left side had welts on it. She was scratchy and not a very happy camper. So urgent care we went (our doc is useless). Once we got there I noticed that her upper back and shoulders in front were also covered in welts. We see the doctor and he said he thought she was having a allergic reaction to the medicine. He could not be for sure, since many things could cause this. He gave a prescription for Zyrtec for the scratching, and said that if it wasn't better by Friday to call her doctor (who once again is useless). So Thursday she was doing alright and seemed to be doing better. Friday I woke up to go into work and went into the room to get Lynn ready, and to my surprise her whole stomach, legs, face, and back were once again COVERED in hives. So to the ER we went. We got there around 6 and left around 1. They did the whole blood thing, iv meds, urine, x-ray (she had been whezzing), and all the other routine tests. After all that they said that she has asama (but her doc said today it's a little to early to tell), slight case of phenmiona, a reaction to something, and now we learned that she also has a fungal invection down on her girlie area. So lets just say that the last week hasn't been a lot of fun :(

On other news, my car is in the shop and has been for almost 3 weeks now. That's a pretty long boring story so we go get into that to much. Let's just say I had Jon's dad go to the shop and straighten things out and my car will be fixed by Tues. or Wed.

Work has been hell like always. It seems like I am always working. And when I'm not working, I am playing with baby, cleaning the house, or doing something. It seems like I don't ever get some down time :(

But ugh besides that things are just about the same. Everyone is doing alright. For having a baby with so many medical issues, she still manages to bounce off the walls, and act like a crazy. She gets cranky from time to time, but most of the time she is just her happy little self. Watching Elmo and Blues Clues (her new favorite).

Well that's all for now, just wanted to update real quick.

Love you guys!!

2009-02-18T08:07:00.000-08:00

Well here are the few pictures from my parents trip out here. My camera died so we didn't get many.

Anyways, my interview went well yesterday. I also had one this morning at 10 and I am pretty sure it went very good, but who knows. She told me that it would take up to 2 weeks to hear back from them, so if I don't write anything about it for a while, that's why. I am really hoping to get this job.

That's about all the news I have for you now. Love you!

Oldies but Goodies

2009-02-16T16:38:00.000-08:00

I havent had a chance to upload the new pictures from my camera, but here are some from Jon's camera. Hopefully tomorrow or the next day I will have a chance to upload the new ones.

My parents and sister, and Jacque came out to visit this past weekend. We had a lot of fun just hanging out. We went to dinner Friday night, then my mommy made me spaghetti on Saturday and we played Imaginiff pretty much most of the night after princess head went to bed.

Nothing else is new. I guess all that's new is that Jon, my parents, and I are going to see Billy Joel and Elton John in May. We are all pretty excited. I also have a job interview tomorrow at 11 a.m. at UCP (United Cerbal Palsy) not sure if that is spelled right (hopefully they don't ask me to spell it or even say it lol).

Well I will fill you in tom or the next way with any new news.

Love you guys!!!

Princess Baby

2009-02-05T15:00:00.000-08:00

Well not a whole lot new to post. Lynn is doing great. Jon and I are doing great. We are looking forward to next weekend (my mommy and daddy and sister come :) Anyways...these are pictures from her bath last night. Then out of nowhere she decided to bring me her princess dress that mom had bought for her. She insisted on wearing it last night at 6 o'clock at night. So we put in on. Then she brought me her shoes. Why she wanted her shoes on I have no idea, but to make her happy I put them on. Next was her coat and hat. So here she is walking around the house in a princess dress, tennis shoes, and coat and hat. Then all of a sudden she goes and stands by the door and just whines. She wanted to leave. She just stood there for over 10 minutes. So we decided just to go to wal mart since we had to go anyways lol. The other pictures are from today, we got her a jumping thing. We didn't realize how big it was until we started to blow it up lol. It's huge but she loves it. We also bought some of those plastic balls they used to have at Mc for the thing. She loves it :)

Well that's it for now. Love you!

The Scoop

2009-01-29T10:16:00.000-08:00

Well here's the most recent scoop. Jon and I have decided to try and make things work. Things have beeen going great so far. We started seeing each other early Jan and he is living with me at the apartment. It's been pretty awesome. Besides that I am still working as many hours as I can (not so many hours are being cut), at stonehedge. I am currently looking for a new job, because I can't really afford to live on the hours they are giving me. Jon is still working at Bethany Gardens (another nursing home doing dietary). But he just got a job at United Cerebral Palsy. He can't start till the end of Feb. because he has to take some classes and because he goes to school during the day he has to take them at night and that's when they offer them.

Well I am sure the one you really want to hear about is Miss Lynn. She is doing pretty damn awesome. Getting cuter everyday. She hasn't been to the doctor lately (thank goodness lol). Last time we went she was 32 lbs, and they didn't measure her but she is very tall. She has been saying lots of new things at random times. But if we ask her to say something she just sits there. Stubborn like her mother lol :) She is starting to know some of her body parts. When we ask to point to her nose, eyes, mouth and head she does. She is going to a new daycare that she really loves. When I get her up to go, I ask her if she is ready to go see her friends at daycare and she gets very excited. I know she is not even 2 yet but I am pretty sure she is already hitting the terrible twos. She has quite the little temper on her. She has a habit of pulling hair at daycare, expecially to one little girl whom she does not get along with. At home she will not allow Jonathan to touch me. He will go to hug me or something and she will start screaming. In one of the videos from the last post she is screaming and that is because Jon came in the room she was not a happy camper. She also pulls out hair, and tends to stratch and hit. I try to hit her hand a little to show her what it feels like (now don't get the wrong idea lol...it's not very hard at all), but that just seems to piss her off even more and she will scream and hit again. She has been doing time outs a lot lately.

Well I can't think of anything else to blog right now. Love you all and I am looking forward to being able to blog a lot more now :)

And more

2009-01-27T16:03:00.000-08:00

Well a lot has happened in the last couple months. I will update more next time I log on..i have internet now so it shouldn't be to long. But for now here are some more pictures and a couple videos :) If the vidoes dont' show up here you can always see them on lynn's youtube

2009-01-27T12:03:00.000-08:00

2009-01-10T13:20:00.000-08:00

More Pictures

2008-09-30T19:43:00.000-07:00

I can't believe I figured out how to do this. Enjoy.

Just A Few Pictures

2008-09-29T17:48:00.001-07:00

Lynn put on her cute face for most of my visit this weekend.

I am loading more pictures on flicker and will have them either here or on my site later this week.

Gretchen

2008-07-05T18:05:00.000-07:00

Well not to much to post this time. Lynn had a dentist appointment last week and the dentist said that her teeth look good. One of the bottom ones that she had when she was born with probably diminish or fall out since it didn't get the nutrients that it needed when she was cooking. She also had to go to urgent care, she had an ear infection and a little cold. She is also on multi vitamins due to low iron. The doctor said it's nothing to worry about though. We also wound up taking her i think 2 weeks ago. I had posted before that the doctor thought that Lynn had ring worm, and then we took her back after it didn't go away and the doctor thought that maybe it was ezama. Well I took her to daycare and the lady called me and asked me if I would take Lynn to daycare, because she was getting another patch of dry skin that looked like ring worm and she wanted to make sure it wasn't. Well I wound up taking her to urgent care and the doctor diagnosed her with Pityriasis Rosea http://www.aad.org/public/publications/pamphlets/common_pityriasis.html. It's not something that can be treated and it's not contagious, it's just a skin condition that people get and it should go away on it's own. Luckily it doesn't bother her at all so that's good.

I am enjoying work for the most part. I have been getting terrible migrains the last couple weeks. They are so bad that I get sick to my stomach, my left eye gets all blurry and heavy, and my ear hurts, and most of the time I wind up lying down and crying cuz it hurts so bad. I try to take asprin and tylenol but nothing seemed to work at all. I wound up going to the doctor's this week and the doctor took some blood then sent me to the hospital to get a ct scan of my head. So at this point I am waiting to get my blood taken and I'm crying...I hate needles and having a ct scan just seems scary. So I do the whole blood thing and tough it out then head over to the hospital. The lady comes out and tells me that she would like to give me an iv with some medicine to help my veins show up better on the screen. Ugh another needle...I do it anyways because hey if it's gonna help fix the problem I am all for it. So I go in and it's not so bad. I lay down on the thing as it's taking pictures of my brain, then she comes in and gives me the medicine. As she is putting it in she tells me that in about 20-30 seconds it will kick in and I will feel a hot warm sensation and it will feel like I am peeing my pants, and chewing on a penny. SO yea they was weird. I was almost positive I had wet my pants. Eh in the end everything came back normal there is nothing wrong with me, at least nothing a ct scan and blood work can tell me. The doctor said that he wouldn't give me migrain medicine because it's really strong and has scary side effects and some people freak out on them, but he did prescribe me some extra strength medicine that works very well. I am supposed to talk to my doctor when I go to see her in August...I went to urgent care for all this, because I coudn't get an app. with my doc till August and that's a little to long to wait for me.

Anyways...I guess that was a lot to post lol. I suppose I should do this more often ;) Well that's about all she wrote. 3 new videos on youtube.

2008-06-20T17:47:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to post some pictures for everyone. The ones of her in the orange shorts are of her in her new playhouse that Mary and John made for her. They set up a tent outside and put some rugs, a little bed, and a bunch of her toys in there for her to play in when we are outside. Then there are some of her while we were out in Michigan this past weekend. Notice the one of her with my dad she is wearing a detroit tigers cheerleading outfit. Then the other ones are of her in the car on the ride to Michigan. It was SO hot and she was pretty crabby most of the ride but when we got into Canada it cooled off a lot and she was having a ball.

Our trip went well. We got to spend time with everyone which was nice. We had a great time at the party, and then had a BBQ on Sunday which was really nice. Then on our way home we stopped in Canada to see our friend Tano, who recently moved there to live with his new wife.

Work is going good. It's a pretty nice job for the most part. It's mostly setting up the dining room for the residents and then serving them drinks and soup and such. Then dishes of course. It's great to get to interact with some of the residents, they are very very funny and sweet.

Well that's about all I am all pooped out after work. Love to all. And Aunt Kathy I am going to request time off for the week you will be in Michigan so we can come out and see you and Aunt Erika and of course the wonderful Jackson!!

New videos on youtube!

2008-06-11T12:03:00.000-07:00

So there is a bit to blog about this time.

I finally got a job. I am working at Stonehedge. It's a nursing home where Jon used to work, but we couldn't work together so he quit since he was only working 4 hours a week, and I will be able to work more. I am working in the kitchen and help out serving drinks and stuff like that. Not exactly my dream job but it will do for now. It's really not a bad job. I enjoy it for the most part. I think mostly because it gets me out of the house and making some money. I have only worked 3 days so far.

We are taking a trip out to Michigan this weekend. I am very excited, I love going home :) We will be out there for a few days. We will be going to an anniversary party on Saturday and then just hanging out the rest of the time. Hopefully when I get I will pick up some more hours.

Jon is almost done with school for the summer. Tomorrow is his last day and he doesn't go back until the end of August. So it will be nice having him home. Hopefully he will be able to pick up more shifts at his job at Bethany Gardens.

Lynn is doing great. She loves going to daycare. There has only been one time where I had a problem leaving and she got very upset. But mostly she is to busy running around with the kids that she doesn't even notice that I have left. She has grown so much in the last couple weeks. She is finally thinning out now that she runs around. We have been going outside a lot lately since it's been pretty nice out. We did have some crazy winds and lots of thunder and lightening yesterday. After hearing about there being a tornado in West Branch the other day, I was very scared being home alone and all. It was constant thunder and winds for about an hour and a half in the afternoon then it rained for like maybe 5 minutes and then everything just stopped, and it was beautiful out. Then again about 7:00ish it started up again but we got a lot more rain then.

Well that's about all for now. I have to go finish the laundry. Love you guys!!

Birthday party and such!!!

2008-05-26T15:35:00.000-07:00

Sorry there are so many pictures on one blog. I find it easier then using flicker or photobucket. I will blog tomorrow about the party and the new things going on, but I am tired now and just wanted to get these pictures up for everyone to see. There are new videos as well!

Sick baby!!

2008-04-29T10:11:00.000-07:00

Does this look like a face of a baby with pink eye and the stomach flu? I think not! Uploading new videos now.

Day at the zoo!!!

2008-04-23T10:42:00.001-07:00

Not all of these pictures are from the zoo. Some are some older ones from my phone. But today I finally got the chance to take Lynn to the zoo. She has to stay out of day care till tomorrow, because she is a little sick. She had a blast for the most part. The first thing we saw were the monkeys. She really really liked the monkeys...that is until they started to talk (see video at bottom.) She was not to thrilled with that part. She started to cry so we went to see all the other animals. The only other animal that she was really excited about and was cracking up when they were performing were the Sea Lions. OMG did she love them. We were just in time for their feeding so they were doing all kinds of tricks and what not. The bigger one actually jumped in the water at one point and got Lynn and I all wet, and my oh my did she love that. She did enjoy the rest of the animals, but none as much as those sea lions. I put some videos up on youtube. They all say LynnZoo even though they are not all from the zoo. I forgot I had some from the other day and I just put them as LynnZoo. There are a few of them.

This past weekend we went to Michigan to see everyone. Lynn loved Jackson. It was great to see everyone. She loved swimming in the pool.

I am still on the job hunt. I have applied to about 100 million places but no word back from any of them. It sucks...but all I can do is keep looking. Oh Lynn is having a birthday party May 25th everyone is getting invitations even those who can't come. I am mailing them out in a few days!

Love you guys!

Swinging fun!

2008-04-07T15:36:00.000-07:00

Today I am adding 2 more videos. We went to the park today, and you can see how much Lynn loves the swing!

2008-04-06T14:18:00.000-07:00

Alright sorry it's been so long since I posted. I am not working at that law office anymore. Things just didn't work out. I really don't wanna get into it though. I am currently on the prowl again looking for another job.

Besides that there is nothing really new. OH wait yes there is. Lynn is taking 3-4 steps no her own now. I haven't gotten a video yet because well, I have to be in front of her ready to catch her when she decides to just fall forward. Maybe tomorrow I will try and get one!

There are two new videos on youtube! NewLynn47 and NewLynn48

Work at last!

2008-03-26T13:15:00.000-07:00

So I got the job! I start on Monday. It's a probabtion period that lasts 30 days, and if everything works out I will be hired. I'm excited and sad at the same time. It's gonna be hard not being with Lynn all day, like I am used to. But everything will be ok. Alright just wanted to let everyone know!

2008-03-25T08:55:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's taken forever to post. Here is what is new:

We went to Michigan last weekend. We had a ton of fun there. We got to see Chris which was great. Lynn got a ton of new clothes and toys.

Lynn had a doctor's appointment last Thursday and the doctor said that she sounds great. She is off the nebulizer now. She only has to have it when she gets a bad cough.

I have a job interview today at a law office. Actually the same law office that I interviewed with before.

Jon is doing great in school. He just got another job at another nursing home, only working a few hours a week though.

Besides that there isn't much more to post about. We are going back to Michigan the weekend of the 18th of April to see Aunt Kathy and Aunt Erika and Jackson!!!

There are some new pictures as you can see and also some new videos on youtube shortly. Still working on uploading them,.

2008-03-10T14:08:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have no pictures for you today. I haven't taken any new pictures lately. I will have some for you tomorrow hopefully. Anyways...Lynn had a doctor's appointment today. She is doing great for the most part. She is just shy of 24 lbs. and is 30 1/2 inches long. My big little girl :) But the bad thing is, is that first she has a pretty bad cough. She has had it the last few days. But the doctor said that the baby is wheezing pretty badly and has put her on a nebulizer (sp?). She has to have a treatment every 4 hours for the first 3 days. Then every 6 hours after that. She is still happy most of the time which is good. Thats all for now...elmo is over and lynn is not a happy camper.

2008-03-05T07:19:00.000-08:00

There are also some new videos on youtube again!! NewLynn 39-42 :)

I can crawl!!!

2008-03-04T15:43:00.001-08:00

There is also one more new one on youtube...that I just added!!

2008-03-04T09:44:00.000-08:00

Also new videos on youtube!

2008-02-25T09:20:00.000-08:00

Alright for some reason they aren't showing up on my youtube, so here are the videos. They all should work even though they have the camera on the front...just click on the play button and it should work. Don't forget to look at the post below!!

2008-02-25T08:37:00.000-08:00

Alright here are a few new pictures for you guys. You also have new Lynn videos on youtube NewLynn21 and up are the new ones. I am pretty sure there is one of her crawling (not very far and not very long) in there somewhere. I couldn't rememeber which video it was so I uploaded them all. Some are just of her yelling. We couldn't understand when she was yelling so much (then I checked her diaper and there was a little surprise in there!!)

Nothing really new and exciting here. Lynn is starting to sleep through the night. Every now and then we will have a bad night and she will wake up. But most of the time she is good. Not even waking up for her pacifier. She is getting over a cold, and she had an awful runny nose. And trying to wipe it is hell. I have given up on trying to suck it out, because that just makes her very very upset and she cries for a long time. Not to mention her hitting me and kicking me as I try to do it.

We have a doctor's appointment today. Just a check up though. She had an ear infection and strep throat (not sure if I mentioned it before.) So we just have to go today to make sure everything is all cleared up.

We are going out to Michigan in March. I am very excited :) We will be taking the train out and coming back with my mommy's car. We will be out there for about 4 days. I am overly excited because Chris will be home and I will get to see him for the first time in over 4 years, so I am more excited then normal.

2008-02-20T08:19:00.000-08:00

2008-02-11T13:21:00.001-08:00

2008-02-05T10:14:00.000-08:00

Finally I actually got youtube to work and have uploaded new videos. I kept uploading them but they would not process. But I checked and they are actually working.

There is no new news here really. Lynn has been doing all kinds of new tricks (yet when I take out the camera she has no part in doing them.) She has learned to pull herself up in the pack and play. She doesn't do it a lot, but when she does she gets very excited. She is still rolling over. She has learned to move her body more, so now at night, the video monitor doesn't do us a lot of good, because she is here and there and everywhere in her crib. She mimics me a lot. I say la and she says lalalalala. I stick out my tongue, she sticks out her tongue. It's very funny.

She is sleeping through the night for the most part. Only getting up about once a night for her pacifier and back to sleep normally till between 7:30-8:30 a.m. She normally goes to bed about 8:30 but the last couple of nights she has been up later.

Well I will try to get a video of her rolling over when I put her to bed. We lay her on her back and within seconds she rolls to her tummy. So I will cross my fingers.

Thank you very much for the Elmo videos Aunt Erika. Lynn has watched the baby, dog and farm video probably about 100 times. She still really has no interest in baby einstein, but she does really enjoy the Elmo dvd's. She will sit and watch the whole thing. There is actually a video (not sure which one), where she is laying on the couch just laughing at the tv. It's very funny!!

2008-01-30T09:49:00.000-08:00

For some reason it's taking days to load videos onto youtube. I am working on uploading them, but keep checking back I have a ton of new videos!

2008-01-22T07:49:00.000-08:00

New videos being uploaded now!! May take a while though.

2008-01-18T17:18:00.000-08:00

Well we just got back from Flordia today. That's why I haven't posted any new pictures lately. Over all is was a fun trip. We left on the 10th and stayed at the Disney's Port Orleans hotel. It was really beautiful. On Friday we went to Disney's Animal Kindom. That was a lot of fun too. Saturday we just hung out because Jonathan and his dad were running the Disney Marathon (26.2 miles) the next day. Sunday they did the marathon and we didn't do a whole lot since the boys were very sore. They ran through all the Disney Parks, and they finished in just under 6 hours. Then Monday we went over to a timeshare where his aunt and uncle live (at least for a few weeks). I got sick on Tuesday and didn't do much for the next couple days. But Jonathan, his parents, and the baby went to Universal on Wed., I skipped that since I felt like total crap and just laid in bed all day. Then Thursday we just hung out and packed and all that jazz.

Here are some pictures. The picture of the pool with the dragon is from the hotel, it was amazing. There are also new videos up on youtube, they are labeled NewLynn I do believe there are 4 new videos. Oh Lynn has also learned some new tricks, she rolls front to back and back to front. It makes things a whole lot harder lol. She also claps like a crazy person all the time lol. It's very cute. I will get a video soon!!

thanks adam

2008-01-07T15:16:00.000-08:00

2008-01-07T14:54:00.000-08:00

3 new videos on youtube as well. LynnMiz31-33

2007-12-31T11:16:00.000-08:00

2007-12-28T14:14:00.000-08:00

2007-12-23T15:02:00.000-08:00

Well it looks like we will not have a picture with Santa this year. We went to the mall yesterday and they wanted $15 dollars to get a picture with Santa, and I refused to pay that. But I did take a picture of her in her Christmas dress, along with some other pictures from the last couple days. We will be going to Mary's family's house tomorrow and I will be sure to take lots of pictures of Lynn in her dress.

2007-12-22T08:00:00.000-08:00

Hello! Here are some pictures from the last couple days. We went to Applebee's last night to see Santa, but he was gone before we got a chance to see him (Lynn slept most the time). But we will try to get out to the mall either today or tomorrow and see Santa there. The tye dye outfit she has on was her Christmas present from Chelsea. Chelsea is a big fan tye dye and wears her's all the time, and Jonathan always makes fun of her for it all the time. So she bought Lynn one lol.

There are 2 new video's on youtube for you guys as well. Love you!

2007-12-18T11:14:00.000-08:00

I wish I had more time to blog about our time in Michigan, but Lynn is being crabby so I am just gonna post a few pictures. I will blog when I have more time!

even more pictures

2007-12-05T13:42:00.000-08:00

2007-12-05T12:03:00.000-08:00

I am in the process of uploading 2 new videos to youtube. So look in a little while if you want to see the videos. Until then here are some pictures!

2007-12-04T08:02:00.000-08:00

Great great day!

2007-11-29T18:08:00.001-08:00

Well today was such a great day. I had my road test at 10 o'clock. And passed, so now I have my licence. Lynn had a doctor's appointment at 1:30 and her ear infection is much better. She had a lot of wax in her ear, but the doctor removed it. She still weighs the same. The scale said 21 pounds, but the doctor weighed her fully clothed so they said she is about a pound less. Then I had my interview at 3 and it went very well. I will have a second interview. They are going to call me next week to set it up. I will be interviewing with the adminastor this time, but she is out of town, so when she gets back into town they will call me. Also when we got home from the interview, I got a call from the state. The lady I was supposed to call back was gone for the day, but I was asked to call back tomorrow morning. So all in all it's been a great day!!! Here are a few pictures taken yesterday.

2007-11-27T10:16:00.001-08:00

Not a whole lot of new news to post. We had a good Thanksgiving...we went down to Albany to have dinner with John since he had to work. We went to a nice restraunt (where I didn't eat...not a big turkey day eater.) Then Friday we did a bar crawl for our friend Zach and Jon's birthday, since all our friends were home for the holidays. This weekend will be a quiet weekend at home. John and Mary are going to Chicago to visit some friends of the family. Jon's birthday is on Saturday so we will probably just hang out at home and I will cook him dinner or something. Or we may go out, I'm not sure yet. I have a job interview at a doctor's office on Thursday. Thursday will be a busy day for us. I have my road test in the morning, then Lynn has a check up appointment for her ear, and then to Medicaid to drop off some papers, then to my interview, and then Jon has to go to school.

Well that's about it on my end. Lynn is cute as a button, although still keeping us up at night. She likes to talk all the time and likes to spit, her favorite two things. Oh besides eating, that's still her favorite.

2007-11-20T17:27:00.000-08:00

2007-11-19T07:41:00.000-08:00

Baby Biscuits

2007-11-17T16:29:00.000-08:00

Picture with Tango and Lynn is old...but thought it was cute so I wanted to post it!

2007-11-16T15:44:00.000-08:00

Here are a few new

pictures I took today. The Pooh outfit she has on is from Kathy. I love that little outfit. It has ruffles on the butt (didn't get a picture of that though). It is 12 months and it already fits her lol. Also I am putting up a few funny videos we just took! Well at least one of them. LynnMiz22 is taking a while to upload but it is on youtube if you wanna check it out.

Pictures Pictures Everywhere!

2007-11-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

2 New videos on youtube!

2007-11-13T12:26:00.000-08:00

For the last couple days Lynn has been swatting at her right ear. I hear that's a sign of an ear infection, and since her next doctor's appointment isn't for another month, I called to see if I could get her in earlier. They said that Lynn's doctor was out of town for 2 weeks and that she couldn't get in until after that, but I could take her to urgent care next door to her doctor's and they would look at her. Since Mary has the day off and Jonathan is at school she took us this morning. They looked at Lynn and she has an ear infection. They gave her a prescription for amoxicillin and she has to take that for 10 days, 2 times a day. And I have to make a follow-up appointment in 2 weeks. Besides that things are good. She hasn't seem to have any pain really so that's always good. Last month Lynn weighed in at 17 lbs...and now she is 20 lbs. They didn't measure her so I don't know if she has grown length wise at all. Just thought I would update!!! There are a few new videos on youtube, they are LynnMiz16-LynnMiz19.

Love you guys!!!

2007-11-10T15:21:00.000-08:00

Make sure you have your volume up!!!!

mirror mirror on the wall

2007-11-08T17:24:00.000-08:00

2007-11-06T16:07:00.000-08:00

Well we had an exciting weekend. My parents and my sister were in town and we did all kinds of things. Friday afternoon we went to the Syracuse mall in search for a purse for my mom. No luck. We went out to dinner at the Cracker Barrell...I have been wanting to go for forever. Then Saturday we just went shopping a few places in Rome and finally found my mom a purse at Marshalls. We had a campfire Saturday evening and played a few games of Euchre. Then they left Sunday afternoon. All in all it we had a great time.

2007-11-01T15:16:00.000-07:00

Not a whole lot new to post. My parents, Megan, and Bryan are on there way here now. Lynn had a doctor's appointment a few days ago. Well an appointment with the ears, nose, and throat doctor. He said everything looks much better. We have to continue giving her the saline drops 2 times a day, but she is doing good.

I was supposed to take my road test, for Mary forgot that she hadn't gotten a recent inspection and it experied in October and I was one day late. So I had to reschedule and my new date is Nov. 29th at 10:00. I am ready...I finally learned to parallel park...it's not as hard as I thought it would be.

2007-10-31T08:41:00.000-07:00

2007-10-31T08:09:00.000-07:00

2007-10-29T08:37:00.000-07:00

There are new videos on my youtube. I am working on uploading them all now I have about 6 of them they start at LynnMiz11.

2007-10-28T14:52:00.000-07:00

No new pictures yet...hopefully tomorrow but here is a video.

Happy 5 Months

2007-10-25T14:40:00.000-07:00

Sorry I don't have any pictures from camp this weekend of Lynn in her cow costume. Right now Jon's cousin Jess has Mary's memory chip and that's where all the pictures are. When she gets it back this weekend I will post them next week. Until then here are a few pictures from camp. My batteries died before I get pictures in her cow costume. Jon and I are going camping again this weekend for a friend of our's birthday. Baby will be staying home with John and Mary. Love you guys! Good luck tomorrow grandma...we are thinking of you!!! The first couple pictures of her in her highchair are from today...she is 5 months old today!

Few pictures!

2007-10-18T17:09:00.000-07:00

She loves the bath!!!

2007-10-16T18:36:00.000-07:00

Pictures

2007-10-16T10:08:00.001-07:00

Squash is yummy!

I like to eat my moms face.
YUM!!!
Sorry it's been a while since i posted. I have lots of pictures for you guys. I have like 3 or 4 video's, but I need to cut them in half and make them shorter and I have to do that on the laptop and I don't have a lot of time to do that right now. But when I do, you guys will have video galore.

Not a whole lot new. Lynn is doing very well. She has been having some problems sleeping at night. She has a habit of spazing out and kicking her legs and waking herself up about every 20 minutes or so.

She went to the dentist last Thursday and he said that everything looks alright, and he will see her back in 6 months.

My birthday went well. We went out to dinner at Outback and it was nice and relaxing. The night before I had went over to Chelsea's...(my maid of honor) and we celebrated there a little bit. They had made me a cake and sung happy birthday to me at midnight. It was really nice.

That's about all. Love you guys!

2007-10-08T15:30:00.000-07:00

Well today Lynn went to the doctor's. She had to get her 4 months shot. She did really well. First they give her medicine in her mouth. The nurse was great with that. She would give Lynn a little bit at a time and then let her play with the dropper for a few seconds then give her a little more. She had to get 3 shots...the first one she just kinda looked shocked, the second one she cried for like 10 seconds and the third she just looked pissed. Besides that she is doing good. She weighs 17 lbs., and is 26 inches long. She goes back in 2 months. Thursday we have the dentist though.

I have a job interview in a couple days for a law office. Hopefully I get it. I am hoping to hear back from the state still, since this law office does not offer benefits at all. I also have my road test 11-01-07, so hopefully when my mom comes out here I will be driving.

I took some videos but for some reason they will not upload onto youtube. I will try again later. But here are some pictures for you guys.

Few pictures and videos

2007-10-05T11:14:00.001-07:00

New toy!

2007-10-04T16:03:00.000-07:00

My new toy isn't it great!!!

I love being naked

I love my feet---Happy Halloween

2007-10-01T10:27:00.000-07:00

pictures :)

2007-09-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

Pictures and Update

2007-09-24T18:24:00.000-07:00

We went camping this weekend. We got some great pictures of her camping, but I'm not sure where mary's camera is so i can't post those pictures right now, but for now I will just post some pictures I took earlier today.

Jon got a new job. he is working in the kitchen at a nursing home part time. he is going to school still full time.

Not a whole lot is going on with me. Just hanging out with baby right now. Hopefully I will be getting at least a part time job for now until I hear back from the state.

We bought lynn a costume for halloween, she is going to be a cow. It's the cutest little outfit.

We had to cancel our doctor's appointment this week. Well her regular doctor's appointment, since Jon has school from 6:45 a.m.-3 p.m. and then again from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. tomorrow, and her doctor's is at 1:45 so we go in October now. She does have an appointment with the ears, throat and nose doctor's in a few days to see if her snorting problem is getting better.

That's about all for right now. Love you guys!

Still no news :(

2007-09-18T18:41:00.001-07:00

Not a whole lot new to post. Just thought I would put up some pictures for you guys. Lynn goes to the doctor next week so I will update everyone then! Love you guys!

My favorite commercial

2007-09-09T17:55:00.001-07:00

2007-09-09T17:12:00.000-07:00

So I took my test for the keyboardist job on Saturday. I was under the impression by the letter they sent me that I had to take a multiple choice test and then a keyboard test. Well I got there and took the multiple choice test. It was 65 questions consisting of spelling, grammer, and punctuation. They gave us 2 hours to take the test, which to me is a long time for 65 questions. I finished about 30-40 minutes after the test and when I turned it in, I asked where I was supposed to go to take the typing part, and they told me that I wouldn't be taking that part today. If I pass the multiple choice part they will call or send me a letter in 6-8 weeks (more like 8 the man said), and set me up with the typing part. Then if I pass that, they will set me up with an interview. So since I don't really have 2-3 months to start working, there are a few places in Rome that are hiring receptionist and secretary like work, so I am going to send me resume to those places. That's all the new news for now. Love you guys!

2007-09-08T16:15:00.001-07:00

More wedding pictures on myphotoalbum.com link. I would put all the links to my web pages onto the profile, but I can't change the template.

2007-09-07T12:13:00.000-07:00

Well we just got back from WIC...and my little Lynn weighs 16 lbs. 4.5 ounces and is 25 inches long. Just wanted to let you all know!

2007-09-07T08:43:00.001-07:00

Well I was going to wait till after we went to WIC today to post, because she is going to be weighed at WIC...but I thought I would do it now, mostly because someone...mother....wants to see some new pictures of Lynn.

Things have been going good. Lynn took her first trip this past weekend. We made the long journey to Michigan. We were going out there to see my grandma because she has been really sick, but unforuntetly we didn't make it in time to see her. We were leaving Friday and she past away that morning. It really sucks, because it was the same way with my grandma gerry. But as much as I wanted to see her and for her to see Lynn, it is better then her suffering. We left Rome about 2 o'clock Friday and only had to stop a few times for Lynn. She did very well. The only times she cried was when she got hungry. She slept all through New York, only to stop once to eat and get changed. Then she was awake and very happy in the backseat all the way through Canada. We didn't have to stop at all in Canada (at least not for her...I needed a bathroom stop). Then she was back asleep through Michigan. We stopped once we got into Michigan to eat, but she did not get up at all until we got into West Branch. It took us a total of about 11 hours, which I suppose is not to bad considering we had a 3 month old baby. On the way back it was much faster. It only took 9 hours, but she slept pretty much the whole time. We never had to stop for her to eat, she ate usually when we stopped. She did get cranky once, but I fed her in the car since we were going to be stopping anyways shortly after so I could burp her.

The trip itself was great. We stayed at my mom's on Friday night since we got in so late. We stayed up for an hour or so and chatted and then it was bed time. Lynn however did not want to sleep right away since she had been sleeping for the majority of the ride. But she layed down and just played in her bassinet. Then Saturday was mostly just hanging out with the family. We had Bryan and Sean which was great. We hung out at the house most of the afternoon. Then we headed to the Super 8 hotel that my mom had gotten us a room in for Saturday and Sunday. We swam a little bit (stupid me forgot Lynn and mine's bathsuits), but we managed. Lynn went in her diaper and I went in some of Jon's shorts and a top. My mom had Lynn the whole time, while Jon and I played monkey in the middle with the boys, and some volleyball. That evening we played games and we discovered that Lynn really likes football (thanks mom). Then it was bed time. Sunday was pretty much the same thing. Except no games this time. We went to breakfast with my parents. Then that night my parents made me my favorite meal...steak and french fries :) yum. Then Monday we went to Ponderosa for lunch and headed out about 4.

I think Lynn is happy to be home sleeping in her own crib. She was very excited to see Tango, and boy oh boy Tango was happy to see her. Things are pretty quiet here. Jon is in school for a few hours each day, and me and Lynn hang out and play, and do things around the house all day. I have a test tomorrow for a keyboard specialist job with the state...I really hope I get it.

Well now that I wrote you a novel...I will get to the pictures. I will do a quick update with Lynn's weight when we get back from WIC

Photo Album Link

2007-08-28T19:03:00.000-07:00

This is the link to my online photo album...right now I only have the wedding photos and a few recent photos. Some of the pictures are just of Jon's family (they were on Mary's camera and I didn't feel like going through all the pictures). And some of them aren't recent because she rarely deletes her pictures and again I didn't feel like unselecting a ton of pictures. Love you guys. Hopefully by Thursday or so I will have up all the pictures.

http://melodybeth.myphotoalbum.com

2007-08-28T17:12:00.000-07:00

I am currently working (as in just started about 5 minutes ago) on uploading all the wedding pictures and recent pictures taken into a new photo album. Photobucket only allows me to upload 20 pictures at a time, and this new site allows me to upload whole albums at a time. But it is taking forever. I am going to put all the pictures of Lynn and everything onto this new site, but it may take me a few days, my computer runs slow. First I am going to upload all wedding photos, then all the recent pictures. I will upload all other ones that are already on photobucket when I get a chance. When I get them all uploaded I will give you all a link to the site. But until then here are some pictures. If anyone wants copies of all the pictures I have of the wedding let me know, and I will put them all onto a disc for whomever and send it to you.

Lynn went to the ears, nose, and throat doctor yesterday. He said that her snorting and congestion is because of secrection (don't know how to spell that but I know it's like snot running in the back of her nose to her throat). She has a lot of it, and he recommended saline drops 3-4 times a day.

That's about it for now. Lots of pictures ahead... (click on them to view them full size)