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I know I am waaaaay behind on my blogging, and I sincerely apologize. As a treat, I thought I'd post some of the photos from our Christmas Family photo session with Kristie Clark Photography. You guys know I'm a photo snob, and I'm happy to say that I am ecstatic about the way these photos turned out, and with Kristie in general. She's enthusiastic and fun, and I felt that we got our money's worth out of our session.
The Fabers! Macee, Chris, Annabel, me and Baylor.
I love this outfit, especially the matching hat and socks!
The human Fabers.
Annabel giggles with her Daddy!
I love, love, love this photo of Chris giving kisses to Annabel.
Mommy and Annabel.
More Mommy and Annabel fun.
Our sweet little Christmas elf.
Does this one need a caption? Revel in the cuteness that is Annabel in her Santa hat!
Annabel decides that her tutu makes for a yummy snack.
Last picture! And probably one of my favorites. Oh who am I kidding? They're all my favorites!
Cheers!
Hello family and friends! I'm working on 2 posts -- the post with a whole bunch of videos (sooo fun) and Foto Friday for this week. The video post is taking awhile since they are such big files, but the Foto Friday post will go up later today. That's the plan, anyways!In the meantime, I just completed my first product review! Since I know some of you read this blog mainly for updates on Annabel, I created another blog specifically for product reviews. And I'm thinking I may post the deals and stuff that I read about in other blogs over there too. I called it "Geared Up Mama" because you all know how much I love gadgets and gear! (That would be thanks to my gadget-freak husband!)
So my first product review is of the totseat, which is a portable fabric harness that turns practically any chair into a high chair. Vacations are one of my favorite things, so when I saw this item featured on another blog, I had to try it out. I even made a video demo of Annabel and I using it for the very first time!So for you fellow bloggers, please add my Geared Up Mama blog to your blog roll. I'm really hoping to build up traffic to that one and get some fun, cool stuff to review (even if I'm paying for it myself). Thanks for your support!Cheers!
Wow, I guess with the holiday season and with retailers wanting to do as much as possible to encourage consumer spending, the deals keep rolling in. Here's another great deal that I picked up from Freebies 4 Mom -- a free 8"x11" photo book from Snapfish, courtesy of Oprah!
Here are the deets, from F4M:"New and current members can get a free 8x11 photo book from Snapfish thanks to Oprah. Yes, you do need to pay the shipping (you can not use coupon codes on this offer) - but this is a great offer that I think many of you will want to take advantage of. This book would normally cost you $29.99. Standard shipping is $6.99. You've got to hurry and request your coupon by Friday, November 14. You've got to redeem your coupon by Sunday, November 16."I'm not creative enough to be a good scrapbooker, so I've always wanted to try this. And what better way to try something than for it to be free??Cheers!
I just read on one of the blogs in my Google Reader that Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals Co. has issued a recall of their infant gas relief drops. From Eco Child's Play:"Johnson and Johnson has issued a recall of their very popular Gas Relief drops. About 12,000 units of Mylicon drops to relieve gas for infants were recalled Monday because some bottles could include pieces of metal. The recalled bottles are from lots SMF007 and SMF008. These numbers are printed on the bottom of the box and on the lower-left side of the sticker on each bottle."
Click here to read the rest of the post on Eco Child's Play.
Click here to read the article on msnbc.com.
Fortunately, we haven't had to use these for Annabel, but I thought I'd spread the word for those of you that do. Or maybe you know someone that does, so you can let them know too.
I'm in the midst of downloading and uploading more photos and video as I work towards being caught up on blogging. However, in the midst of all this, I found this really great program that I wanted to share. (Thanks to Freebies 4 Mom for the heads up!)Robeez is introducing their "Season of Giving" campaign for the holidays. Send their holiday eCard to your friends and family, and each time you do, Robeez will make a $5 product donation to the charity Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.). Their goal is to donate $250,000 worth of Robeez footwear to children in need this holiday season. Let's help out!
As an added bonus, you'll be entered in their weekly drawing to win a Robeez shoes and socks gift set. Sweet!I know it's super early for holiday stuff. Heck, I usually refuse to even acknowledge Christmas until Thanksgiving has passed. As Obama says there's only one President of the US at a time, for me, there's only one holiday at a time. Still, I thought this was such a good cause (and I love Robeez), I thought I'd put it out there. (Plus, Robeez is donating $25 in product for each blog post about it to spread the word!)I should have a photo of Annabel in a pair of her Robeez to supplement this post, but since I'm behind in my photo posting anyways, I figure you'll forgive me this one too.Cheers!
The weekend before Halloween, we met up with our Baby class friends at the Arboretum for the Great Pumpkin Festival. Oddly, despite the name, it had nothing to do with Charlie Brown. Bummer! Oh well, it was super fun anyways!
We started off the afternoon with a picnic. No home-cooked meals for the Fabers! We picked up yummy boxed lunches from Central Market. Also, you'll probably recognize our StrollerFit friends. Yep! The babies that play together... well, play together!
Annabel wants to know what's for lunch too!
Jake says hello to Ginny. He's our stylin' little dude in the group. He's probably going for Ginny's sunglasses cuz that's how he rolls.
Sweet Kenley joins the group of roly poly babies. Actually, our group got there later than some others from our class, and we couldn't find them. I had a complete brain burp and didn't include my cell phone number when I emailed the details out to everyone, so no one had any way of getting in touch with each other! Fortunately, we ended up finding each other.
Clockwise from 12 o'clock: Andrew, Annabel, Kenley, Paige and Jake. No longer are these babies content to stay in one spot! I can only imagine what our get-togethers will be like when these kiddos are walking.
Finally! They are all in one spot! From left, Annabel, Paige, Kenley, Jake and Andrew. You have no idea what it took to get this photo. Pure hilarity, my friends! Chris got video of all of us parents trying to get the babies to look at our respective cameras... all the cooing and calling. I will try to post the video soon.
Up close and personal, allow me to introduce you to Annabel's April 2008 baby buddies...
This is Andrew, who undoubtedly has the best hair in the group. He had the greatest grin, too!
This is Jake. He's a mover and a shaker! He was the most mobile of the babies... always on the go. We could put him down on the blanket and in the blink of an eye, he would crawl halfway across the field!
This is Kenley. She's the sweetheart, always with a smile on her pretty face!
And this is Paige, who is the big girl eater in the group. She loves her some veggies! No wonder she has such bright eyes and glowing skin!
And of course, our Annabel! (Chewing on her skirt... yummy?)
Missing from the group are the twins, who we haven't met yet because they were born at only 26 weeks and had been in the hospital for quite awhile. They actually showed up on time (and they have twins! Talk about having their act together...), and had to leave early. So bummed that we missed them! Also missing was JP, whom you blog readers know well. He went to his cousin's birthday party.
Speaking of the group, here's our group photo. I had my remote for my camera with me, and the tripod, so we took about a million shots to get this one.
The baby class gang!
After the picnic portion of the day, we all headed over to the pumpkin patch area to get the requisite photos of our babies with the pumpkins. It had started to get unseasonably hot at this point, so this was much easier said than done! Still, I think we got some great photos of our little fairy... er, elf... er fairy elf? I'm not sure exactly what Annabel's costume was, but it sure was cute!
We did get one photo with Annabel in costume with another baby, Kenley. What a couple of cuties!
At first, Annabel didn't know what to make of these giant orange things everywhere...
Then she decided she might as well enjoy herself. Can't help but love that beautiful smile!
Just call her sweet cheeks!
Grammy was still in town, so she got to join in the pumpkin fun too.
Grammy, Daddy and Bellie. See the resemblance? Just a slight one...
Grammy and her FAVORITE granddaughter! OK, only granddaughter, but still...
Daddy and Annabel always have fun together!
Mommy loves her sweet Annabel too!
The Fabers at the Pumpkin Festival.
You can view these and many, many, many more photos at the special Photobucket album that I created specifically for this outing. The password, as always, is Annabel.
Slowly, but surely, I'm catching up on my posting! More to come...
Cheers!
About two weeks ago, Annabel had her 6-month appointment. It went pretty well, considering she had her flu shot too! Yuck-o!
First, we get the head measurement: 16.5 inches, 50th percentile.
Next comes length: 26.3 inches, 75th-90th percentile.
And finally, her weight: 13 lbs, 13 oz. She dropped to the 25th percentile here. Her doctor told us that we need to add another feeding of formula to her daily consumption, since it doesn't seem like she's getting enough from me. He said he's not worried, though, because she could also just be genetically destined to be on the slightly smaller side.
On that note, I've been trying and trying different ways to get my milk production up, but nothing seems to be working. I took fenugreek (and similar "Mother's Milk") supplements and teas, but I always ended up with clogged ducts. I tried pumping in the morning a couple of ounces before I fed Bellie, but the doctor said that may be one of the feedings where she's not getting enough. My friend Emily just gave me a recipe for lactation cookies, so I'll try those. Anyone else have any suggestions?
OK, back to the photos...
Annabel is really starting to pay attention to her surroundings! She says "HI!" to the chickies on the wall while we wait for her shots.
What a happy girl!
Annabel gets the first of her immunizations. She decides this one's not so bad...
But the rest of them sucked! Bellie gets a comforting hug from Mommy after her shots.
Bellie gets another A+ at her appointment!
Cheers!
