Oh my have we been busy!

Wow! I don't even know where the time has gone! Adah is now 5 months old! CRAZY! I can not believe it! She is so curious these days! I will do a 5 month post on Adah and what she is up to tomorrow!

We have been crazy busy the past few weeks! Our friend Christie came to visit for a week back on the 29th of September and flew back to CT with Adah and I for our visit! It was nice to have extra hands to help out with the travel!

While Christie was here we did a lot of hanging out around the house and just talking and catching up...we also did a lot of walking around! The day Christie got in we actually FINALLY got Adah in for an appointment with the GI doctor...we had to go to his office in San Jose so it actually worked out good cause that is where Christie flew in!

I am so glad we went to the GI! I absolutely love the man! He checked Adah out and asked us questions about everything. He said that I was doing a good job with my diet and journaling....he wanted to do some more stool samples....and the last thing he wanted to do was to check Adah's butt one last time too check for a tear (the first ped said that Josh and I could check her for a tear b/c she didn't want to bother Adah.....the second ped checked but not too well)....sure enough he checked her and there it was....a Fissure tear!!!!! So you got it....I have been on this no dairy, no soy, no peanut diet for 38 days and she wasn't even allergic to ANYTHING! You have got to be kidding me! I was PISSED and glad at the same time! We asked him what we needed to do and he said that we need to loosen her stool.....my response was "How in the world do you make a breastfed babies stool any looser!?!?!?! I mean it is already like water!".....we now have to give her 1 tsp of prune juice 2x's a day mixed in with the breast milk. I thought it was kinda silly but let me tell you it WORKS! She has only bled 1 time since then and that is b/c we were out all day and didn't have a chance to pump and give her a bottle! God is so good! I prayed everyday that there wouldn't be anything seriously wrong with her! (Adah goes for her follow up appointment with the GI next week)

So...Christie was here for a week and then me, christie and Adah left for Connecticut! Adah and I had sooo much fun in CT! We spent a whole week there! We stayed with Rachel....who I can't think enough for purchasing her baby stuff around what would help me out while I was there! You are the best and I love you and miss you and can't wait to move back out there so our babies can play! I was able to attend OCF bible study on Wednesday and introduce everyone to Adah.....we had a wonderful shower for Rachel on Saturday.....and I got to see and introduce Adah to everyone at GHBC on Sunday! It really made me miss everyone so much more! I love my family there! We ate at a few of my favorite CT places...but my favorite of all was the last night....we had dinner with Momma and Papa Muck and Auntie Val! It was the best dinner every.....steak grilled by papa.....and papa's pasta salad, potatoes, green salad....not to mention the company was pretty good too!

Adah and I finally got back home to daddy yesterday and we were both EXHAUSTED! It was the worst day ever and crappy way to end such a great trip! I don't care to elaborate but will just say that I will NEVER fly across country with a child alone EVER AGAIN!

That is the quick and dirty update on us! oh....and while Adah and I were gone Josh did a lot of work on his thesis! Please pray for him that he can get it done and not get stressed!

I will be sure to post some pictures and an update on the peanut tomorrow!

Night!

San Diego Vacation : Day 2

Our second day in SD we went to the famous San Diego Zoo. I have ALWAYS wanted to go and again Josh got in free so we just had to pay for me to go. My friend Becca and her son Noah came with us for the first half of the day and then they had to get home for lunch and nap time. We ended up leaving when they did and went and got lunch at CHICK FIL A! For those that do not know that is the closest one to us now and there wasn't want near us in CT either. All you Texas people don't realize how many fast food restaurants you guys have! It is OUT OF CONTROL! I think Texas needs to learn from all the other states in that department and not have so many! Not that I don't like a good greasy burger or fried goodness every now and then! Anyway...back to the trip. After lunch we decided to let Adah take a nap in the air conditioned car so we went for a drive to check out SD! We drove....believe it or not.....over the Coronado Bay Bridge...SCARY.....to go check out Coronado since everyone said how pretty it was there! Not gonna lie...I wouldn't mind living there! I however would NEVER go back across that bridge often! After the drive we headed back to the zoo.....Adah woke up and I fed her in the car and she was good to go for another 3 hours! We headed back into the zoo and finished up looking around! We had so much fun in SD and were so glad to have been able to see our friends Becca, Jason and Noah! Here are a few pics from our day at the zoo!

Adah at the Hippo exhibit! She loved watching the Hippo swim!


The gorilla kept putting his butt in our face!


The Panda exhibit was crazy...you couldn't talk....and there were a lot of crazy obsessed panda people there!
The Leopard was my favorite!
Becca took this pic for us before she left so that we could have a family shot!

Sweet sleeping Koala!
RACHEL!

Taking a break to look at the trees!

Amanda has a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb...

So if you really know me then you know that since I found out I was pregnant I have developed this new found obsession with anything lamb! So when deciding what Adah should be for Halloween I thought what better than to be my little lamb!

We ordered this costume and got it in today and I just can not wait to put her in it and take pictures! (ps this is not a pic of Adah)

How cute will she be!!!!!

San Diego Vacation : Day 1

The first day in SD we decided to check out Sea World! Since Josh is in the military he gets in free along with up to 5 dependents once a year! We figured since we get in free then we might as well go! We are so happy that we decided to go! Adah loved being outside all day and getting to ride around in the carrier and Josh and I loved seeing all the animals especially SHAMU! You would have thought we were 13! If you have not seen the SHAMU show than you are missing out! It is way cool! Along with SHAMU we saw Polar Bears, Walrus, Baluga Whale, Penguin, Pink flamingos (who btw where walking around in the middle of the side walks! funniest thing ever!), manatee, sharks, fish, rays, Dolphin, Eel! After a day full of walking around and looking at the animals we decided to take a Gondola ride out over the water to get a good view of the bay and the park....we also took a tower ride that spun in a circle slowly so that we could get a all around view of SD! Since it was Adah's first visit to SW she had to get a souvenir so we decided that since SHAMU was our favorite that it was hers too and who goes to SW w/o getting a stuffed SHAMU! She actually got a SHAMU puppet that squeaks!

After leaving the park we went back to the hotel for a little bit and then headed over to our friends the Williams house to catch up and go out to dinner! They lived in CT also and just recently got stationed in SD! We had a great time catching up with them! Did I mention that I think EVERY place should do like Sea World and have a nursing room with a changing table and a rocking chair that is air conditioned.....BEST THING IN THE WORLD!!!!

The Polar bear posing!

The flamingos taking a break in the grass from their stroll down the sidewalk! Did you know that flamingos are pink because they only eat shrimp!?!?
The greatest show on EARTH! SHAMU BELIEVE!
This is what Adah thinks of the show!







Adah and I on the Gondola ride....not gonna lie I was a little freaked out! I all of the sudden have this new fear of heights.....maybe b/c I had such a precious thing in my arms....she didn't care one bit!