Pumpkin Hollow 2008

Our trip to Chick Fil A last week for pumpkin pictures was a big bummer, so we decided to go to Pumpkin Hollow with the church last Saturday. Deven had so much fun with the pumpkins and she especially loved the petting zoo. She is getting to be so much fun and we love watching her experience new things.

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Busy Weekend!

This weekend proved to be yet another busy one at our house. Deven got to spend some time with her Nana Friday night while Tyler and I both worked late. It is pretty crazy trying to balance our schedules, and I am so thankful we have family and friends around to help. Tyler is working two jobs right now and going to school full time and I am doing my internship with the Divison of Child and Family Services in West Memphis and taking 18 hours for school- add a busy seven month old to the mix and you can see why we always look tired!

Saturday, though, we mingled family and school and Tyler and Deven participated in the Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome with me and some of my friends from the Social Work Student Organization. The walk was a huge success and raised lots of money. Tyler and I pushed Deven in her stroller and she loved watching all the people. The Chick-Fil-A cow was there, and she really did not know what to think about that.

The Three of us at the Buddy Walk

For more pictures from the Buddy Walk, visit this site

Saturday evening we had a sleepover of sorts because I was babysitting two little girls that I know through the people I nannied for last year. They are 4 and 6 and since Tyler was working, they along with Deven kept me so busy. I thought I would never get them all to sleep. But, it worked out and provided some MUCH needed extra income. Finances have been quite the challenge lately with me driving so much to West Memphis and gas prices the way they are. I know they could be worse, but I still cringe every time I fill up! I am really hoping I can go to Greene County next semester, at least that would be a full hour off my round-trip commute each day.

This morning Deven woke up at six and just wanted to be held. I am trying not to give in so much, so I tried to let her cry it out, hoping she would go back to sleep. No such luck. After almost an hour of constant crying, I decided there was no hope and went and fixed her breakfast and she was content after that. Tabitha watched her for a few hours today so I could work on school work uninterrupted while Tyler worked. My aunt, who normally keeps her through the week, is on vacation this week, so I am having to make provisions as I go.

We are going to the Pumpkin Patch at Chick-Fil-A tomorrow night- so stay tuned for pictures!

Can I post twice on the same day?

I was going to type more on the last post, but thought the pictures at the end took up too much space. So, I'll post again. Deven's reflux has been awful this week, so I finally took her to the doctor on Thursday morning. They changed her medications from Axcid to Prevacid and upped her Reglan to 1.5 ml. Hopefully, we will see progress with this. Her pediatrician said that we will schedule another Upper GI if she is not signifigantly better in two weeks. Please pray with me that the new meds will work. I dont think the Upper GI will go as well, now at 7 months, as it did at 3 weeks. She cried the whole time then, but now she can cry and say "Mamamama" and make me feel even worse. Friday night she spent the night with my Nana because Tyler and I had to work. I cried so much because I missed her so. The seperation anxiety is really kicking in for both of us. I can't hardly walk out of the anymore without her crying for me.

She really has changed so much in the last week or so. She has started to say "MaMaMa" instead of just "Dadada." Also, she seems likes she recognizes her name now. And, she is has eating all kinds of big girl baby foods and loves her sippy cup, even though she spills it everywhere. She can't suck hard enough for the no-spill ones just yet. She is a ten-to-twelve hour a night sleeper and her Daddy and I could not be happier about that =)

We are still working on crawling, but she gets around mostly by army crawling or rolling. She sits up on her own very well and loves to stand holding on to something. She is very into her Praise Baby DVDs and still loves to play in her exersaucer. We are also working on baby signing and I swear I have seen her do hi/bye at appropriate times and "milk" once while I was making a bottle. I hope so. I have been trying so hard to teach them to her. They are so neat.



We also got a great picture of her in the sink for a bath the other day, so here it is:




My Sweet Deven Shea, 7 months old!

Last Saturday, Deven was in her first pageant. It was the Baby Miss Heartland of the South, a Sunday dress pageant in Paragould at the Collins Theatre. It was a small pageant, only a few girls in her division. In the 8-10 year olds, there was only one girl. Guess she won, huh? Anyway, Deven spit up on her dress right before we walked out. On cue, as soon as I took off her bib. Imagine- my child spitting up. Anyway, she got Most Photogenic and 2nd Alternate in her division. They took a picture for The Paragould Daily Press and I tried to find a copy on Sunday, but couldn't. Sad day. I don't know how often we will do pageants, but I liked them when I was a little girl and as long as she is having fun and we aren't spending too much money, I hope they will be something we can do together for a long time. Here are some pictures from the big day!

Me carrying Deven out.

Her Most Photogenic Photo

A fun week

Last Saturday, Deven was in her first pageant. It was the Baby Miss Heartland of the South, a Sunday dress pageant in Paragould at the Collins Theatre. It was a small pageant, only a few girls in her division. In the 8-10 year olds, there was only one girl. Guess she won, huh? Anyway, Deven spit up on her dress right before we walked out. On cue, as soon as I took off her bib. Imagine- my child spitting up. Anyway, she got Most Photogenic and 2nd Alternate in her division. They took a picture for The Paragould Daily Press and I tried to find a copy on Sunday, but couldn't. Sad day. I don't know how often we will do pageants, but I liked them when I was a little girl and as long as she is having fun and we aren't spending too much money, I hope they will be something we can do together for a long time. Here are some pictures from the big day!