2/30 days about Krissy...

Day Two: The meaning behind your Blog name

My blog name was originally Little Cashew. I have always kept a journal throughout my life, as early as elementary school. I love to be able to reread what I was doing, feeling or thinking. So when I got pregnant I thought that posting my entries online as well and sending the link out to my family and friends, it would let them be able to follow along on my pregnancy journey with me. We don't really live all that close so I don't really see them to often as we would like, so this was a perfect opportunity. I named it Our Little Cashew since that was our little beans nickname from the start. 

By the time I was almost due we were starting to call our unborn baby Monkey because she was always punching and kicking and was so active it was common for me to say 'aww baby is kicking again the little monkey'. The nickname just stuck. Eventually sometime after she was born I decided to move my journal to blogger since I had discovered there were tons of other moms out there doing what I was doing and I thought on blogger it would be a better way to connect with them.

My previous journal was on deadjournal so yeah lol, not the best place to be able to network. It was harder then I thought to pick a name since all the ones I wanted were taken. Eventually I settled on Baby Monkey House. The reason being is that eventually we want to have more children so I figured this would be a good blog name since it would eventually accomodate any other future additions to our family. I also would be able to add more little cartoon monkeys to my banner as needed. Thus the Baby Monkey House blog was created. :) I really wasn't to sure of the name at first but I have definitely grown to love it!

1/30 days about Krissy...

Day one : A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

This is the most recent photo of myself. It was taken last Saturday night at my niece's wedding. :) Not really the greatest but the best of any of the latest. 

15 Interesting facts about me :

1 - I have a bad habit, for example, when giving direction to say the opposite of what I mean. Say I wanted to say 'turn right at the next street' I will be thinking right, I will be making the hand motion to turn right, I will even be thinking that I am saying right, but I will say 'turn left'. I do it all the time and it drives Chris nuts. I also say things backwards like 'I want to put the pot in the carrots' instead of 'the carrots in the pot', or 'I want to put the parrots in the cot' (apparently that is called a spoonerism). I don't do this all the time but often enough.

2 - I would love to build and live in a castle if I could, complete with secret passages and maybe even a moat.

3 - I come from a huge family. 8 on one side and 19 on the other, that makes for many many many aunts, uncles, cousins etc

4 - I was an aunt for the first time when I was 7.

5 - My favorite periods of time is anything medieval and ancient Egypt. ( I love the art, jewelry and architecture from both periods of time. They were always my favorite to learn about in art history.)

6 - I wanted to be a ballerina when I was younger. I took ballet for the longest time and even got to the point where I was training in pointe shoes (ouch my poor poor toes!) I also wanted to be a secretary and a hair dresser at random times of my youth.

7 - I like to play World of Warcraft (a mmo) and other random computer games. Dragon Age being the last one I completed and WOW was that ever an amazing game!

8 -  I always feel cold. I tell you I get strange look sometimes wearing a hoodie in the middle of summer :)

9 - I had all my wisdom teeth removed 3 years ago (in my late 20's) and surprisingly to me never had any face swelling nor any need of the T3's they gave me. I only missed work the day of the surgery and the next day. Everyone was surprised I was back so quick. Eating though was another story.

10 - My favorite colour is blue or forest green.

11 - I have lived in 8 different houses/apartments in my life time.

12 - I have only been out of my province and out of Canada once in my life and that happened when I went to New York City for a week.

13 - My favorite painting is the 'Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali'. I got to see this painting when visiting a museum when I was in New York and even though I knew it was small I was still shocked at how small it was (9.5 in × 13 in). I wish I would have gotten a picture of me looking at it, even though I was pretty sure we were allowed to snap photos (at least without the flash) the guards in the room intimidated me so much I was afraid I would get in trouble if I did. Still regret it but at least I was able to see it for myself!

14 - My favorite board game is Clue.

15 - I've never broken a bone in my body (although I came close once, spraining my wrist snowboarding)

So there ya go, 15 random facts about me. You know it was a bit harder to think of them then I thought it was going to be! I hope everyone else will join me in this 30 day adventure. Feel free to link up if your interested! If not I hope you find getting to know me a bit better interesting.

30 days about Krissy...

So I have decided to do a 30 days about me. I've seen them around on other blogs and they looked like fun. Mine is a mish mash of questions from various lists though. Feel free to join me and link up if you want to! I thought it would be a good way for my new bloggy friends to get to know me a bit better! I spend a lot of time talking about monkey and hardly any about myself.

I am hoping to do a question a day but I might not be that frequent. By the end though I will have answered the 30 questions just maybe not all in a row.

Here is the list:

Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 02- The meaning behind your Blog name
Day 03- A picture of you and your family
Day 04- Any pets? Names and stories behind them.
Day 05- Favorite movie
Day 06- Favorite televison show
Day 07- A book you can read over and over again.
Day 08- Earliest Memory
Day 09- your zodiac sign and if you think it fits your personality
Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
Day 11- Favorite band/artist
Day 12- A talent/hobby of yours
Day 13- A Photo Taken Over 10 Years Ago of You & A Current One, how have you changed since then?
Day 14- Favorite quote
Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Your views on mainstream music
Day 17- Some of Your Favorite Websites
Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them
Day 20- Wedding talk (share stories, photos or both, anything that has to do with your wedding or your dream wedding)
Day 21- where did you go for your honeymoon or your dream honeymoon
Day 22- Where You Live?  Tell us or show us about where you live
Day 23- A Photo That Makes You Happy
Day 24- your favorite childhood toys
Day 25- What’s in Your purse, backpack or computer bag?
Day 26- your favorite song
Day 27- Bullet your whole day
Day 28- something you hate
Day 29- Where did you meet your husband/gf/other half?
Day 30- Something you love to watch on youtube (or better yet a youtube video of yourself)

:)

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Monkey's first foods: Green Beans

So yesterday we tried a new food. Green Beans. She has been a trooper with everything else we have tried but this was the first miss. She made a few faces but still gave it a shot, but it was so horrible to her that she ended up started to cough and choke. That really scared us. Chris tried to pull her out the high chair forgetting that she was strapped in but thankfully she cleared it on her own. Not a great feeling having your heart jump into your throat! We might try to give her a bite or two of it tonight and if it's the same we will go back to squash or peaches, then maybe try green beans in a few weeks again. It sucks that I will probably have to throw out the rest of the jar since it says to ditch anything left in it after three days. I hate wasting food. I really don't blame her for the faces since I tried a little bit of it and I have to say it tasted really gross! I like green beans but not in puree form. Yuck!

The first bite...

Not really sure what to think...

Not really liking it...

More 'I don't like it' faces...

Green beans make me sad :(.

Update: Just to update that when I tried to give her a bit tonight just to make sure that she didn't like it, she surprised me and ate it without making a face. What a strange child I have. But I am glad that now I won't have to waste the rest of the jar.

Monkey's first foods: Peaches

Chris fed her some peaches tonight when he got home from work. She seemed unsure what to think about them. She made a few sour faces but she still ate them. We will see how she does on them tommarrow night.

Here she is clearly not sure what to think..

the anticipation is almost unbearable...

she is still a trooper and tries her first spoonful...

and clearly makes a sour face. lol

Happy 6 month birthday Monkey!

Happy 6 month old birthday Monkey!

Wow already a half a year old! Where did the time go! I think in the last week you have grown bigger and it seems all of a sudden to both of us.

Weight: ~tbd friday the 23rd at 6 month baby well check (will update then)

Height: ~tbd friday the 23rd at 6 month baby well check (will update then)

Hair colour: Your hair is dark like Daddy's and getting thicker

Eye Colour: Your eyes are still dark and almost black. I think they are going to be a dark brown colour.

Diaper size: You are in size 2 or M in Bummis Cloth diaper covers, although we are now using one size fits all, all in one cloth diapers.

Clothing size: You wear mostly 6 month sized clothing since most 3-6 are getting a bit small. You can still fit comfortably in some 3-6 month clothing but more often then not we just opt to use 6 month plus.

Sleep: You still sleep alright at night. Now that I think you are out of your growth spurt you have been going to sleep and waking up at 2am and then not again until 7am. You do semi wake up a few times after being put to bed for the night but daddy just has to go back in there and give you your soother and you drift off to sleep again. This doesn't happen as often anymore though. Naps you only sleep for about 30-45 mins at a time. I have finally come to terms that you are just a short napper and I probably will have to give you more then two a day. You are still currently being nursed to sleep but that will change soon since I will begin to wean on monday.

Feeding: You are still feed on mommys milk, but are being given more formula supplementation after a few feedings a day and usually before bed at night (only this past week). Mommy is not producing enough milk anymore to satisfy you even with taking donperidone which helped a lot when mommy first started taking it. Anything else I have done is also not working. Mommy thinks she is ready to wean anyways since she can no longer take all the plugged ducts and all the problems we are still having. Mommy does not want to have to deal with biting when you get your top teeth in since she just can't handle that. So to keep mommy sane she has decided to wean. It will be a relief to not have to constantly worry that you are not getting enough milk. Hopefully mommy will be able to nurse any siblings you may have longer then 6 months, but mommy is proud to have been able to nurse you as long as she has!

You have also started eating rice cereal (mostly just a tablespoon or two around lunch time) and recently have started giving you a tablespoon or two of baby food at supper time. So far it has just been squash. You made a face the first time you tried it but gobbled it all up regardless. :)

Favorite toy: Crinkle bug is still your favorite toy, but you also enjoy playing with your plastic keys and your dollys (one with the nice soft skirt and the other one with the rattle in her head). You also enjoy playing with a rattle bear on the change table and you LOVE your jolly jumper! You have gotten really good and jumping the past few days and really get some good air now!

Nicknames: Mommy and Daddy still call you Monkey. That is your main nickname but Mommy has started calling you monkster the odd time now.

Funniest moments: When you were being sneaky and tricked Daddy into thinking you were almost asleep but then he noticed your foot slowly inching out towards the dresser top so you could feel around with your foot. :)

Favorite moments (mommy): Seeing you get so excited and giggly when you are in your jolly jumper!

Milestones:

- you have started eating solids (rice cereal and squash so far)

- you can roll over and now get your arm out from under you most of the time, although there are days where you never attempt it and some days where that is all you want to do. You are so cute because once you are on your belly you lift both your arms and legs up and start kicking, like you are trying to propel yourself forward like you are a fish in the water. Then you get frustrated when you don't get anywhere. lol.

- You also, when you want to look behind you or around when on the floor, push with your heels to bring your back into a bridge and roll up onto the top of your head and look around. I think this is mostly how you are able to turn around on the ground and be in different positions each time I look at you.

- you can manage to turn yourself and do what you can to get to a toy that is close to you but not quite in reach. Mommy never knows what position you will be in whenever she looks at you.

- you can look for a dropped object (mostly your toy keys when you drop them while jumping in your jolly jumper, you like shaking them around while jumping)

- you have both bottom teeth. We thought it was only one of them but as soon as one poked through the other one did as well.

Firsts:

- Tried and eating regularly, rice cereal, about 1-2 tablespoons a day.

- So far have tried only squash. Next up is peaches.

A funny thing she did...

Last night was brutal, I don't know why I am not more tired then I am. I only got about 4 -5  hours of sleep! She just kept waking up and would not go back to sleep. She did the funniest thing though and one that I would like to share. Chris tried his best to keep his laughter in but couldn't. It is just another thing to prove that she comes by her nickname naturally.

So it finally came down to Chris holding her with her back to his chest at one point. He was walking and bouncing over by the dresser and the cd player when all of a sudden he burst out laughing. I said really softly 'what!?'. We don't like talking to much in there when trying to get her to sleep but I knew I couldn't wait to know why he laughing so much. He said that he thought that she was finally getting drowsy and calming down since she wasn't really moving all that much, but then he noticed that her foot was sloooowly inching out towards the dresser top so she could feel around with her foot. Omg it was hard for me not to laugh either, I was just picturing it in my mind! I couldn't see it happening since his back was to me. He had to move away from there so she wouldn't keep feeling around with her foot. She really is a monkey! LOL!