6 Months & counting

. 14lbs 7oz . 26in .


Phew, these months are really going by fast. Time for another baby! NOT! This little girl keeps me on my feet, and here is why....

Milestones:

1. Perfecting the army crawl, she can get where she wants faster than I can move to stop her!
2. Had her first solids, rice cereal. Loved it.
3. Says "ma" but only when shes crying. (Why oh why when I am trying to get her to deal without me does she have to be so cute and say "ma"?? why??)
4. Has her fourth bladder infection. How many of you can say your child has accomplished this, eh? (yeah, I'm counting it as an accomplishment, what other way is there?)
5. Cutting her first tooth, I'm scared!!!!
   
   
   

Here is just a preview of the pictures that we took with the infamous, Jason Dolbier!

Not Again ...

This is going to be short and not so sweet.

Please be praying for us. Yesterday Clover had a fever, I took her to the Dr. and she is positive for another bladder infection. This is with the "good" kidney. She got an antibiotic shot and we are back on oral antibiotics. We are waiting for the results to see what type of bacteria it is, and to see if we might possibly have to go back to the hospital.

Please pray:

1. That we would be able to stay home from the hospital
2. Brian is away, so if we have to go to the hospital, that it could wait until he gets home
3. For the Dr.'s to figure out why she is still getting bladder infection, we thought this way fixed

I know the Lord is totally sovereign over all this, but I'm not going to lie, I'm fighting the anxiety of the possibility of going back into the hospital (for this infection or to figure out what is still going on). So please keep us in your prayers.

Thanks. You've all been such an encouragement to me through all this (from the very beginning), your kind words mean a ton. <3

Happy Birthday Brian!

Happy Birthday to my man. My hubby is "officially" in his 30's! 31 to be exact! Yes, he robbed the cradle :)

What did he get for his birthday?
A MOTORCYCLE!!!!
I'll let you recover from that for a minute.

Yup that's right a motorcycle. I DID approve. It's a pretty awesome Harley and I only agreed to it after he promised me he would be safe on it. Not one of the motorists who speed through cars and cut them off. It's mostly to save gas and now he and his friend, Ryan, can go on trips through pretty scenery.
We celebrated by going to the Tam O' Shanter for delicious prime rib. yum-o.

The next day we tagged along with our friends, the Shaw's so the photographer extraordinaire, Jason, could take really awesome pictures of all of us in Malibu. It was Clo's first time at the beach, and it was coooold! When we sat her in the sand for the first time she did what was to be expected, she grabbed some sand and put it in her mouth. GROSS. By the end of the photo shoot her feet and lips were blue, so we bundled her up and drove home. It was a great day.



To end this post I will give you these HILARIOUS pictures of Clover. I was outside picking up the dog poop and Clover was staring at me from inside. I was laughing soooo hard, and I hope you do the same. :)

Oh Boy!

No I'm not pregnant. Thought I would just state that because sometimes people take the littlest sentence and turn it into something bigger. Not that any of YOU would do that! NO! ;)

Well it takes me longer to do posts now, Clover is A-C-T-I-V-E!! That is the one consensus everyone gives, "She's going to be a handful" they say. Yes, I know, I know. So right now she is dead asleep beside me. I will try to type silently. And of course as I write that, her eyes pop open. So now I will save this little tid-bit and come back later to finish.

And I'm back!

So we went to Arizona to visit my Grandma Dorothy, Aunt Sue and Uncle Bruce. It is a 7 hour drive!!!! So on the way out we left at 1am and it was good, Clover slept. The way home was a completely different story, she cried the whole time except for when she was asleep. Ugh! On the way home we stopped by my other Grandpa's house and it was his first time meeting his little Great-Granddaughter. Fun.

My Grandma has one dog, my aunt and uncle have 2, we have 2 and my aunt's sister brought over 2. So one day we had SEVEN dogs in the house. It was AMAZING. I love little dogs, especially fluffy ones. :)

While we were there we went shopping and Clover got 2 pairs of sunglasses, and a cute zebra beach towel, getting ready for swim lessons. One of my aunts owns a swim school
and will be teaching her as soon as we get the doctors "Okay".

There is this BEAUTIFUL! hike around a lake and through some mountains that we've gone on before (never with a baby). Its about a 7-8 mile hike. Last time we took one of our dogs and I ended up carrying him half way. This time we had Brian, me, Elyse(my sis), Clover in a jogging stroller and Indiana(my dog). Wow, we didn't even make it half way before we had to turn around. For some reason we thought we would go in the middle of the day and heat (no shade), bad idea. Indiana was tired, Clover was crying almost the WHOLE time. Ugh, miserable. Hopefully we learned our lesson! hopefully ....

All in all, great trip though. We love it there, it is beautiful and relaxing. And it is in a higher elevation so it doesn't get as hot. Miss you Cogswell fam!

Things still to update on soon:

1. It was Brian's birthday yesterday, so there will be an update on that
2. We went and took pro pictures at the beach today, which was also Clo's first time at the beach
3. Clover is turning 6 months on the 19th!!! ahh!
4. Urology/Ultrasound appointment on the 21st, checking up on those kidneys ... it's been over 2 months since we last had an infection! WHOO!
5. Georgia visit July 1-13 (mark your calendars GA people!)

Thankful to be Wrong

I never thought I would ever enjoy being wrong .... well I was wrong about that! and this ...

Clover has been doing so well ... we hadn't seen a doctor for awhile and I started getting antsy. Clover's urine has started smelling, but I thought maybe it was just me. Then it got so stinky that I knew I wasn't being paranoid. So we called the doctor and he let us come see him just a couple hours later.

Does this look like a girl with an infection?? I don't think so!


I WAS WRONG, I WAS WRONG AND I DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS IT!!!!! :)

He didn't even have to sample the urine, he told us since it's an "open system" it will have a smell but as long as she eats, isn't fussy, and has no fever she is fine. WHOO! And as soon as he looked at it I felt much more at ease, it was good just to let him see it and tell me it was normal. PHEW.

Clover said her first word : Uh Oh. Not on purpose or else she'd be a genius and I'd sell her to science ... JUST KIDDING! Please don't call child services on me :) Here's a preview. don't mistake Brian's "uh oh" for Clover's . hope you can tell the difference!



Clover also helped daddy fix his engine on his Mustang, I think he needs a baby boy.


Coming up next in the Irby's lives:
Visit to Arizona leaving tomorrow morning at 1am(so Clover sleeps the majority of the time in the car, it's a 7 hour drive), to see Great Grandma (GG)
Introduction to solids starting in June
First plane ride - to Georgia in July where she will get to meet all her new baby friends (our friend's babies)

we got a busy summer ahead ... hopefully I'll be better at updating! And to end this full update, here is a picture of Clover falling over . enjoy .

5 Months & counting

. 14lbs 6oz . 26in .

.Milestones.

sits up alone
says "ohhhh"
army crawls in circles
she can go from lying on stomach to up on her knees and hands (see picture below) and then lunge forward
recognizes her name

It has been 6 weeks since we have been in a hospital!! A record since she has been born! Looks like the surgery is working so far. Praise God!

This year was my "official mothers day". It was awesome. Clover got me a gift certificate to get my hair done. I did get it cut pretty short, Clover likes to pull my hair out and chew on it, so I had to do something! :)

Nothing else is really new, I find it hard to update these days because for once since Clover has been born we have a somewhat normal life! So now Im trying to figure out a schedule. I have so many things I want to do, read my bible, catch up on bible studies, clean, cook, work out, paint the next bedroom, hang out with friends .... the list goes on and on ...... So now I just need to figure out when I can do all this stuff!

Clover is doing great. She just had her 2nd set of shots which went well. The pediatrician was surprised at how "high strung" she is, said she acted like a 9 month old. Clover is CONSTANTLY moving, not one for cuddling or just sitting with mommy, and she is VERY observant. I need to be extra careful with how I act or what I say around her, she is going to be a smarty. Next month we start solids, that will be interesting.

Her favorite toy is Huckleberry (our littlest dog), fortunately he likes her too. He'll get a shock when she's finally able to crawl after him, see, she likes to grab his hair too.

Clover was dedicated at church on Sunday night, which is pretty much a parent dedication, to raise our child up in the Bible and in the church. I have been going to Calvary since I was 3 years old. I have watched countless children get dedicated, and now it is my turn! I love our church family!!

Hopefully I will have more to update you all with, but Im praying it wont be because we have trials going on!!! I would like to update with more good news from now on :)

Lets Catch Up

So sorry it's been awhile. My computer was in the "shop" for about a week and I just about went crazy without it! Then it came back and my in-laws were in town so I had no time.

BUT I'm back! so whats new with you?

What's new with me? well, here we go ...














Another Disneyland trip! Whoooo! We were caught in a fishing net, saw the pixar parade (which was awesome) and Clover wanted her picture taken in front of the C and the A of the CALIFORNIA sign. She's already so independent. We met Mickey and Pluto ... Clover thought Mickey tasted VERY tasty.





















Clover got a new car ... she's so spoiled already.










I decided to paint our room and the baby room. I like to paint and not to brag but I think I'm very good at it. I can do it fast and neat. But, I have never tried painting a room while being a mommy. SO HARD! It took me four whole days to do one room! But after that we got a new bed and did a little photo shoot with Clo Clo.














The biggest news in our household is .....

Brian graduated ... YAAAAYYYY









We decided that he would not go on for another degree, so we are officially done-zo. Brian's mom, dad, brother and maw maw flew out. This was the first time Maw Maw and Michael met Clover, so it was very busy and exciting having them here.

And not only that but Clover went to her first birthday party for her cousin Ben. They had a huge bounce house and a monkey head cake. It was a ton of fun, I think Brian and I had more fun in the bounce house than Clo.














Pretty much this has been such a busy weekend, I'm exhausted just thinking about it. And now you are up to date, and as for me I will be keeping up with the posts now I have a computer and I'm going to go rest!



In the words of Bill and Ted ... "Be excellent to each other and party on dudes"