Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Just Braggin'

After 2 full weeks of trying to get Violet to take a bottle on a consistent basis during the day, it happened! She finally drank 3 4oz. bottles (over a 7 hour period- not all at once) without screaming and trying to get to my boobs. It's a breakthrough! Thank goodness since she starts daycare NEXT WEEK! Good job Violet.



Silly Shirts

It says "If you think I'm cute you should see my mom". Silly.




Sunday, November 25, 2007

Thanksgiving with the Barnett's

Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving in Eugene, it was a big event with my family travelling all the way from England to have some turkey (oh, and see Violet of course).

Grandma Betty, Violet, Randy, and Auntie Joyce
Grandad Fred & Grandma Betty with Violet
Nana Lulu, Auntie Joyce, Violet, & Granpa Paul.
Nana Lulu and her Priness

One room - we had to have two seperate table, this was the rowdy one.
Diego wants to know if he gets turkey as well?



Saturday, November 24, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving

From the
Smy's (Grandparents from England)
Carey's (Great Aunt from England)
Barnett's (Mom Dad and sister)
DeGroot's
Yes, this is what we did this week, I haven't taken a family photo in about 20 or so years. It was a special occasion to have 4 generations together. I have more fun photo's that I will download later tonight.


Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Its been a while!

Well, we've had a busy week, and then the camera ran out of batteries. So what's going on here? Well, Violet and I went to visit her daycare center this week, it went really well. She hung out with the teachers, I've been a little nervous about this process, but she didn't cry at all, it's only the beginning but it's a big step!
On another note, she has been exclusively breastfed since birth, we gave her a bottle at about 3 weeks, she did pretty good, but we really haven't been very good at giving it to her regularly. So this week is bottle week, she will take a bottle of breastmilk 3 times a day (the time she will be at daycare) to get her ready. She spits it out, refuses it. We've tried multiple bottles, but she is having a hard time, so now it takes a full hour to feed her again (like a newborn!) I think it will only get better, but it will take some time. Wish us luck on the bottle feeding!
Here she is during tummy time today (she actually prefers being on her tummy now) oh and Diego in about 1/2 of the pictures.