The dentist and cavities

Shelby recently went for her first dentist appt. Who discovered she had 5 cavities, all in her molors. She has had 4 filled now and one more to go. They will only fill certain areas at a time so that they aren't overwhelmed. So we have had 2 appts and one to go. A lot of people have asked me WHY are they filling baby teeth. For one thing they are in her molars and molars don't fall out typically until age 12-13 or so. Between now and then the cavities could get way worse and cause her lots of pain and you do not want to pull baby teeth out before they are ready. As they are holding a spot for the permanent teeth and if you pull them too early the teeth could shift around and really mess up the spacing for the permanent teeth to come through. I have been told it is common for kids to have cavities in their molars, since there are a lot of crevices and spots for food to get trapped. They used gas to relax her when they did the fillings and we are going to a pediatric dentist, so they have all kinds of tricks to make the visit not so traumatic. I was amazed at how well Shelby did, much better than most adults I know! Such a big girl. You would never even know anything was wrong with her! Right afterwards she told me it bothered her, which is was still numb so I think it just felt weird. I gave her motrin right afterwards and she never said anything again! Amazing how small children handle things like this so much better than adults! Hopefully this will be the last fillings for a long time. We have started using flouride toothpaste (I thought she was too young for this, but apparently not, as they told us it was necessary at this age, even if they don't spit that great). They also suggested using flouride water and/or flouride supplements to promote her healthy permanent teeth which are already there, just under the gums (which we seen on the xrays, pretty cool). We have a well for water so our water does not have flouride and I was buying jugged water. I am now getting some city water from family to use for our drinking water.

Random pictures

I haven't posted any pictures of Shelby in a while so I thought it was about time. Our camera broke so I have been borrowing my parents here and there.

Going swimming. My inlaws have a small pool that we try to get in as much as possible and Shelby LOVES the water.

We had a good 4th of July. Mike took Shelby to see the fireworks in Harristown, he said seh did fine for about 10 minutes and then started complaining that they hurt her ears. I think she might have just been bored.

Shelby also had her tonsils and adenoids removed on June 17th. She did fabulous and a lot better than we had expected. You can already tell a difference in her breathing and she no longer snores.

She is also talking more and more. Still a lot we can't understand but a lot more we can. Sometimes I think her brain works faster than her lips and she just gets to talking too fast! We have officially entered the why phase. She asks "why" in response to everything we say, it is actually kind of funny the way she says it sometimes. She also likes to respond with "okay mommy". THat is something new as well. She can now say her name and the street we live on too and she likes to try and spell her name with the foam letters in the bathtub.

We have about a month till the baby comes! The c-section is scheduled for August 5th and we have to be there by 6am. I am excited to see what this baby looks like, if she looks like Shelby did or if she will look more like me and if she has hair, etc...

The belly expansion!

I am 31 weeks preggo now! Under 2 months to go. My ob doctor told me that my belly looks small but I am measuring 2 weeks ahead. Go figure. Not sure how that happens, but ok. The baby's room is getting painted tomorrow and then hopefully this weekend we can get the furniture assembled and start getting things put away and organized! We have just about everything we "need". We still have to buy a mattress and a changing pad. I started washing all of Shelby's old cloths last weekend so that is done and out of the way. I am starting to get really anxious to be off of work for 3 months. I am excited and ready. Other than that I feel great! I am getting over some major allergy stuff but I think lots of people are right now.

"I like it"

Shelby has recently been saying "I like it" or "I don't like it" a lot lately. She likes to sit down at the table and without even thinking or taking a single bite, look at her food and say "I don't like it". Nice try there girl! Then she will preceed to eat every bite. She likes to try and see what she can get away with. She seen a commercial for the Tinkerbell movie on Disney the other day and pointed to the TV and said "I LIKE IT". So we watched Tinkerbell on Monday and I don't think she has sat that still in front of the TV for that long, ever! I atually got something completely accomplished while she was awake! This morning we were watching our favorite, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Pete was on and she pointed to the TV and said "Pete" and I said, yep that is Pete, and she said "I don't like it"! Goofy girl. We are not doing any speech therapy this summer since she goes to the school now for therapy. She is getting her tonsils shaved on June 17th. I am anxious to see if we see any change in her. If she actually does have sleep apnea then we might see a positive change in her moods. She has also started hitting again when she is mad. She had quit doing this for a long time and now has started again. She has quite the little temper and we are trying to curb it. We pulled out all of her old baby toys and she helped me go through them all. She did grab onto one and refuses to give it up now! I told her that that was sissy's and she said "no, mine"! Uh oh! lol

3 months to go

We have almost 3 months exactly left until baby #2 makes her arrival. I am starting to freak out a bit about how little we have done so far. Anyone that knows me know that I like to be prepared and organized way ahead of time. I have ordered the bedding. But we still need to order furniture and paint and wash all of Shelby's old cloths. And there are still a few things I need to buy. I have been thinkinga lot lately about how Shelby will react to this "change" in her life. Her whole world will be turned around in the matter of one day. She won't be nearly as prepared as we will be because obviously she is too little to fully understand. She has already claimed this baby as HER SISSY. She knows there is a baby and that it is a girl and we talk a lot about it and how she will help take care of her and do her hair one day and that they will play together and share things. Of course right now she happily agrees. However, I grew up with a sister and know somewhat of what to expect! Although my girls will be closer in age by 2 years, than what me and my sister are. I know that the transition will be hard on Shelby, probably no matter how much attention and one on one time we try and give her. I am trying to prepare myself for the attention seeking to come out in the worst ways. I just pray I have the patience to handle it! I am working on it. I am also trying to prepare myself for the transition of becoming a parent to TWO kids instead of one and how crazy that will undoubtedly be from time to time. I know that Shelby will love being a big sister and that she will love the baby, but her feelings towards us, I have a feeling will be different. I will be having a c-section again and that will limit my activities and abilities for a couple of weeks. This is what worries me. I won't be able to get down on the floor with her, I won't be able to pick her up, etc...I am not even sure how I am going to give her a bath but we will figure it all out, I am sure with a few grey hairs in the end!

New Face

Shelby recently started making this face. Usually she makes this face when she doesn't want to do something we have asked her to do. Now she will do it on command and of course everyone laughs at her and then she thinks it is hilarious too. SHe is such a clown!

Then of course after everybody laughs, she does too!

Easter

We had a great Easter this past Sunday. Very busy but fun. We started the morning off with the Easter Bunny thing at home, then church, then to MawMaw and PawPaw's where they hid eggs for Shelby outside and had a basket for her, then to my families for dinner and another egg hunt and the home where we were all wiped out! Then Grammy brought over her easter basket Monday night. Shelby really got into the whole egg hunt and Easter bunny thing. She loved it.

Dying Easter eggs at MawMaw's

Look CANDY!

Hunting for eggs!