I'm Taking Over

Well, I (Lainey) have decided to take over these posts from now on. Mommy and Daddy don't really know how I feel all the time (although they try their darndest), so this is a good way to get my feelings out! I figure it will be more fun to read what my life is like from my perspective anyway ;)

I LOVE my buggy rides at daycare! I get to go outside two times a day with all my friends in this cool red buggy! Once we're outside my older friends get to play on the equipment, but since I'm still little I have to sit here. Most of the time I get bored waiting for them so I take little naps while until we're ready to stroll around again. Mommy wanted Miss Beth to take a picture of me in the buggy, so here it is. I look pretty ridiculous, they always wrap me up like a baby burrito when I'm sleepy...ugh!

Last weekend mommy went to a bachelorette party, whatever that is, and daddy stayed home to play with me. We had lots of fun while mommy was out with her friends! We read books, played in my swing and daddy hummed me to bed (thank goodness he didn't sing, I don't have the heart to tell him he doesn't have a very good singing voice). Recently, this furry thing has started to hang around me more. I'm pretty sure this thing is a cat who mom and dad call Meadow. I know she caused mommy alot of grief when I was first born (peeing on all my stuff, chewing on my toys, etc), but I think she's kind of getting used to me and I'm kind of getting used to her. I know sometimes she can be a bit moody, so hopefully she doesn't give me any attitude otherwise I'll have to show her who's boss around here! I'll post more later - it's getting close to my bedtime so I better go. Good night!

Finally something else to eat!

Lainey amazes me everyday. She's becoming more alert and aware of her surroundings all the time. Recently, she started to hold her own bottle. She gets frustrated at first because she forgets to hold the bottle up in order to get anything to come out. Once she remembers (or gets a little help from mom or dad) she does great! In fact, if you take her bottle away from her she gets mad! We just started her on some rice cereal which she seems to really like. She was a little confused on how to eat from a spoon, but towards the end of the bowl she got the hang of it. Learning how to eat from a bowl requires more clean up effort on mom and dad's part. She had rice cereal everywhere......ears, nose, clothes, neck rolls, hands, dad's legs, etc! It was fun to see her try something new to eat. As I dropped her off at daycare this morning I noticed a new little girl in the infant room. Her name is Madison and is adorable! I'm sure they'll be great friends and create lots of trouble for their teachers Miss Beth and Miss Trina :)

Almost four months

So Lainey will be four months on the 10th, hard to believe. She's already showing signs of teething (drooling, knawing on her hands, runny nose, etc), which seems early but I guess it's really not. In addition to her teething symptoms, she threw up and had a extremely loose stools this morning. Her first sickness, I feel so helpless :( Not much we can do as far as medication at this point b/c she is so young. Benadryl is about all she can take, the upside for mom is she's more sleepy! Lainey is also working on holding her own bottle which is fun to watch. The bottle is too heavy for her to hold with 4 ounces, but boy when she gets half way thru she wants to hold it! She is in the best place she could be for child care. They are working with her on sign language (she's working on signing "more" right now), they help her to raise up on her arms and also encourage her to babble in conversations! How the heck you babble in conversations is beyond me, but she seems to be doing well. She's the only girl and the youngest baby right now in the infant room, so she gets spolied with attention. It makes me feel good she's loved :)

We went back to Ellsworth this weekend to play in a golf tournament. Ryan and I both played in the tourney, so Lainey hung out with the grandmas. She saw all four grandmas this weekend(Mema, Grandma Peschka, Great Grandma Claussen and Great Grandma Rosie)! Makes me miss my Grandma Wilson and wish she could be around to see Lainey grow up.

The pictures - Lainey's cousin Chloe showed us how to pick strawberries on her field trip at school when we were out in DC. Her cousin Dylan had a baseball game, his team is also known as the Bad News Bears. It was good to see them this summer and Lainey enjoyed her new cousins! The rest are just some fun pictures around the house. Enjoy!

Baby P

I know this is a lot overdue, and I will do much better at posting in the future. As most of you already know, Baby P has finally arrived. Lainey Wilson Peschka came into the world on at 6:18 p.m. on April 10th happy and healthy. She was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. I know I should have posted long before now, but it's been an adjustment to a new schedule and caring for another little person who is completely dependent on you for everything. Lainey is now 3 1/2 months old and as cute as can be! She's rolling over tons and babbling to everyone! She has a great time with all her new friends and seems to be adjusting well to her new surroundings at daycare. I probably had the most issues adjusting, but it gets a little easier everyday.

There's so much that has transpired in the last three months it's hard to catch up on every event. So far in Lainey's first few months of life she's seen three weddings, two graduations (one being her daddy from KU with his MBA), went to DC on an airplane to visit her Aunt Stephie and Aunt Kiwi and had numerous trips back to see Mema and Pappo and Grandma & Grandpa Peschka. At her Aunt Kelv's wedding she was very honored to accept a position as "Special Guest!" Pretty much Lainey showed up to the wedding and got loved on the entire time, that was the duty of the Special Guest.

The first picture is Lainey when she was first born...I believe she was 3 days old. She really wanted to sport her KU hat after winning the National Championship - she told me ;) She is six weeks old in the swimming suit picture. We needed to get her a swimsuit for her trip to DC because Steph and Brian have a pool in their backyard. She didn't swim, but she looked cute hanging out by the pool with us anyway!

I will do better about posting Lainey's new developments and events in the future. Now that I'm back into a routine it will be better...I think :-)

Baby P is almost here!

I know it's been awhile since I've posted, sorry! The first picture is from the 3rd week of March and the second picture is from today. I've been going to my weekly visits now since I was 36 weeks and the doctor doesn't really have any exciting news other than I'm at about 2 cm and very "soft" (whatever that means). He says I just need some contractions to start kicking in for me to go into labor....that's so exciting and scary! I'm hoping after the KU game tonight I'll be so rowled up that the baby wants to see what all the commotion is about! If for some reason the baby decides to not come out on his/her own, the doctor is going to induce me on Thursday morning (the 10th). I really didn't want to be induced, but the doctor will be out of town the following week and I didn't want a stranger delivering Baby P! It's hard to believe that the baby is almost here and we FINALLY get to see if it's a boy or a girl! Ryan thinks girl, I think boy. We still don't have names picked out so maybe we'll be looking to the white pages for advice....who knows! Hope this finds you all doing well and I will post pictures next week of our new arrival!! One more thing........ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!!

Baby P's Room.

Ok, for some reason, the picture size won't cooperate, so here's the best I could do. Of course the picture of Ryan and I putting the crib together would be the only one that ended up the right size :) Hopefully you can see the bedding good enough to see the cute little fishes. We decided not to paint the room until the baby gets here. It was hard to get a picture of the entire room, so on the other side of the crib sets the dresser and rocking chair. The room looks sort of plain right now, but still turned out very cute!

Pictures

I can't get my pictures of the shower and Baby P's room to download off my camera. I have not forgotten to post, I'm just running into some "technical difficulties." I know some of you are patiently waiting (Molly), so I wanted to justify my delay :-) I hope to figure this out soon!