Happenings Around the Munkey House

Munkey Belle is now three months old. Yeah! She made it. Yeah for me too. I've made it three months breastfeeding. Only nine long more months to go :( Right now I'm trying the supplement Fenugreek to increase my milk as the Munkey has been more demanding and the faucet apparently doesn't drip fast enough for her. I was reading about Fenugreek on-line and it said that you know you've hit the appropriate dosage when your urine and sweat smells like Maple Syrup. Oh goodie, not there yet. I'm more like at the Aunt Jemima stage right now. It's a good thing Dan likes Maple Syrup.

The little three month old Munkey gets cuter every day. She squeals with delight and makes all manner of noises, chirps, barks, she calls people by going uhh uhh really loudly. She also will laugh cute little compact laughs mostly but every now and then she will really get a rolling giggle going, especially when raspberried on or surprised with some new farm animal noise.

Unfortunately Munkey has regressed with her sleeping patterns. She was sleeping predictable hours through the night. For the last several weeks however she's up checking her e-mail and watching infomercials all hours of the night. I'm struggling to get enough sleep. We're thinking of implementing some tough love and letting her cry it out in her crib until she goes to sleep. So far though she's kind of had things her own way and has been sleeping with us in our bed which I think is a big no no and we need to break that habit soon.

Munkey B's favorite things are kicking her toys, drooling, Munkey treats, the TV screen, the camera, and getting attention from MDaddy in the form of dancing to music and their conversations.

Also right now Munkey Nanna is in town visiting her only Grandmunkey. They are having a blast together.
MDaddy also cooked for us the other day. We ran out of aluminum foil so he cooked Salmon on the grill in a glass casserole dish. It was really special but not recommended. We let Munkey lick the bowl clean to help loosen up the baked on-caked-on before put it in the dish washer :)

Also for Mother's Day I got an awesome swing for the back yard from MDaddy! I love it. We will swing many miles this summer. Come swing with us.


Random Munkey Pho-toes

A two and a half month old Munkey

We went for another walk in Diamond Fork today and I took some shots of us basking in the grass together on a beautiful day. I stopped under the shade of a Juniper tree to give her Munkey treats. We both sat and let the wind blow through our hair, then she let the wind blow through her diaper. It was a huge mess which would have been manageable otherwise except I forgot to re-load the diaper bag from our trip this past weekend. I only had 1 wipe left so I had to make the best of it.

She had a nice bath after we got home and she sloshed around in her tub like a fish. Then I ritualistically slathered her with a barrage of eucerin cream, A and D ointment, and cortisone to combat help her rashy dry skin.

Silly Munkey Belle

Today we went hiking and it was super windy. There was actually a dust storm here and you couldn't even see the mountains. We survived though. Munkey had her Winnie jacket with a hood and she was soon asleep on the trail with her head tucked down under the hood, nice and cozy.

I've been really trying to pork her skinny little self up a bit. She was only in the 30th percentile for her weight but she was in the 70th percentile for her head circumference and her length. I'm hoping by her four month check up she will have gained more.

I fed her before, during, and after the hike to try to squeeze more feedings in. I would hate to think that my hiking and the travel time to get there is depriving her of feedings she needs. It's kind of strange to feed a baby outdoors but at the same time it feels natural. It's just the mental hang up you have to get over exposing yourself outside of the privacy of your home. Eventually someday it is inevitable I will be spotted by someone because I'm kind of careless. It's hard to keep a cover over her and she doesn't like it very much anyway.

In other news, I love how much she smiles and interacts with us now. We don't have to work as hard for laughs either. A cat meowing noise usually gets a laugh every time. She likes to hear new noises that surprise her and she laughs the hardest at those.

We are taking her to Capitol Reef National Park this weekend and it could be her first camping trip if we are brave enough and if the weather cooperates. I hope we have a good adventure. Thanks to G-Kepi for sending us info from her recent trip there. We are super excited as neither Munkey Daddy nor I have spent much time there but it seems like a neat place (and of course I'm excited because it's a Geology lovers paradise). Also thanks to Munkey Daddy for taking us to S. Utah, my favorite place.

Who she looks like

She's getting more hair now on top, soon she will have enough for a comb over. It's still very red and we like it because it suits her. Dan and I have stopped answering the question of who she looks like, it's obvious she looks like herself, a Sara Belle Munkey. We tell her every day, usually several times a day that she's the cutest Munkey we've ever seen.

Little Hiker Girl

Not sure I want to go hiking today Ma. Also look at that hand, she is learning to play the air piano.

Learn to sprechen sie Munkey Lingo

The Munkey Daddy (her baby daddy)...


The Munkey Bucket (her car seat) and her Munkey Plug (her pacifier)...


Also she gets Munkey treats from the Munkey Mommy, no picture provided, use your imagination. On second thought, don't. And yes, we have lost our minds, thanks for noticing :)

Sara at 2 Months

Sara Belle is 2 months old now. She seems so much bigger to me now as I look back on the photos I've taken. She goes back for her 2 month check up on the 22nd and we can't wait to see how much bigger she is by the numbers.

She is getting more and more social every day. She makes new squeaky noises and really makes eye contact and follows us with her eyes wherever we go. I love to try to surprise her with new noises she hasn't heard before. It always causes her to either giggle, raiser her eyebrows, or look at me really confused. Today for example I sang her the song, "Jingle Bells" and kind of moved her to the motions she would experience in a one horse open sleigh. She was mesmerized by it. I know it's weird but Christmas songs are easy for me to remember and I tend to like them, so I sing them to her a lot. It entertains us both and I speak for her because she can't yet. I'm sure someday she will blog about how damaged she is from her Mom's singing.

Another 2 month old happening is that she likes to cuddle and it's so much fun. She likes to lay on your chest and nuzzle her head right up under your chin and go to sleep. Sometimes I hold her like that if she's upset and it seems to comfort her.

Also she has taken up drooling as a part time hobby. She drools if she is held in her "Monkey Hold" which is on top of our arm but facing downward with her limbs hanging down. She usually drools heavily on the persons arm proportionately to the length of time she is held in that position. I recently bought Dan a new fleece. The old ones wicked drool away so that you stay dry, apparently the new one just sucks it all up like a sponge. I guess they didn't test it out on baby drool to make sure it would stand up. It for sure wouldn't make it long on Mount Everest, with all the drooling babies and sub-zero temps.

We love our little girl so much and we tell her so all the time. She is such a joy to have around. We both can't wait to get up in the morning to see her. Dan usually rushes in to her room at the first squeak to greet her. I stay up late with her sometimes at night to give her "Monkey Treats" before she goes to bed. It's my favorite time with her. She has also been sleeping 8 hours at night, we're keeping our fingers crossed that it will continue.