having fun inside wearing Winter holiday dress in honor of... Blizzaster 2011
(today would've been my Ota's 96th Birthday. not a day goes by that I don't think of him- the most amazing man with the warmest smile and best hugs ever. i love you so so much Ota.)
so until we get the smack down and see the light of day again, things around here will probably a little quiet. I'm at work right now but will leave once an inch of snow hits cuz I gotta go get the kid and get on home and barricade ourselves inside with the $90 worth of food I got the other day when there was word that the Snowvolution would be coming.
I'm down to my last clean pair of socks so really, this couldn't have come at a better time.
Saturday marked my Lovie's 13th month. Wow. It really doesn't slow down, does it?
To help celebrate she...
devoured three chicken nuggets without me having to cut them up. She picked one up (bypassing the one that I had in pieces), took a bite and another and another until it was all gone and repeated the process with two other nuggets.
jogged in place, thereby introducing a new dance move to her rotation. She's been bouncing her knees up and down ever since she could stand, then added a sway a couple months ago... and on Saturday (no kidding- this happened on Saturday) she added a jog in place. (And yesterday she added a jut-one-leg-out-and-shake-it-all-about move.)
said Hi and Bye with a wave. She's said it here and there, but Saturday (for real) she did it several times and properly. She now says Dada, Pop Pop (for a Wiggles song), Hi, and Bye. What about Mama?!? No love for Mama, huh?!?
showing more and more interest in putting shapes in the right place, as well as putting together and taking apart mega blocks.
Thank you so much for greeting me with applause and cheers early this morning when I re-entered the bedroom after being gone for 10 minutes doing my hair and face. You made both your daddy and I laugh- and I suspect this will be one of those tiny moments in time that will stay with me forever. At least I hope so.
Thank you also for being such a big girl at school yesterday when they let you check out the Toddler room, which typically doesn't start till 15 months. The teachers seemed to really dig you and your hair (even putting it up in a one big fuzz ball atop your head). You were in there most the day and even had your lunch, a nap, and snack in there with no problems. And you were super happy to see me, which is always the highlight of my day. While it was a little sad to see you being a big girl, the truth is that I'm even more so proud of you. You're really turning into quite an amazing little girl!
Thank you so much for all the communicating you've been doing lately, too. Like last night after we had been home for about 10 minutes, you "mmmm"'d and I asked if you were hungry and you walked to your high chair and let me quickly (gotta move quickly though or ELSE!) heated you up something to eat which you devoured. Then after dinner and after playing for 20 minutes or so you kept coming up to me and laying on me so I finally asked if you were tired and if you wanted to nap which is when you walked to your room and stood before your crib. Yes, you went to bed at 515 last night. I guess a day with the Toddlers will do that to you, huh? But still, it's nice that we're able to communicate so there isn't any tears.
Most of all today, I want to thank you for the little things you did this morning that really made my day... the way you placed your hand on my back and left it there as I was getting my socks and shoes on (while you watched Sesame Street and daddy snored). I wanted to sit there forever feeling your itty bitty hand's warmth, but just couldn't. And then, after I quickly got ready and laid on the bed with you watching Sesame Street, you grabbed my hand and held it until it was time to get up and go.
These may be really small, pretty insignificant things to most people, but to me... to me it's what I've waited my whole friggin life for and wow do I feel so amazingly blessed. Wow!
So thank you darling. It's all because of you so thank you!
Lovie's first one was the ceiling fan, then Mr. Bear, then her Seahorse, then Grandma Bear and now... now those have all been replaced for THE BABY DOLL (and its kitty)!! Lovie and The Baby Doll are absolutely BFF's. No questions asked. She totes her around everywhere, all day, every day.
thanks to Pam, i now want... need... absolutely must have.right.now
PANCAKES!!!!!!
god i hate getting my period. where the ef am i gonna find me some pancakes now?! : (
(and i'm pretending those are chocolate chips, not blueberries as i'm not a fan of blueberry pancakes because i'd have them when i was a kid and then they'd cram me into the back seat of the car to go visit the grandparents and i'd end up puking the blueberry pancakes every.single.time.)
A couple weeks ago I was in Target on the lookout for a cute shirt or outfit for Lovie to wear for Valentine's day... but I wanted something different, something she could wear before and/or after the day as well. I found the cutest outfit just before checking out... Perfect for my little Lovie who I also refer to oftentimes (on a blog written to her) as my little Love Bug.
She wore the outfit yesterday and I nearly fainted at the cuteness... but I'm a little pissed because I bought a size 2T shirt thinking she could wear it till next fall. Um, I know my baby girl is big for her age (13 months on Saturday and 22 pounds a month ago) but check out how she's nearly busting out of this 2T shirt!
(sorry for the crappy pictures but we leave in the dark and get home in the dark and she's hard to get pictures of these days)
I just adore the little button and hole at the neckline- such a cute little touch!
I had to get the leggings... especially when I saw the thick yellow cuff! So cute!
I also bought a bright yellow skort to wear with this (or not), too!
I'm sick. Again. Unbloodyreal. Oh but that's real, too.
So I had a great weekend with my Lovie. We played and laughed all weekend long. Then about 6pm Sunday, this wave of ... sickness hit me. I just felt sick. I ate dinner and went to bed around 9.
Monday I woke and my throat was sore and head felt stuffy. I made it through the day but went to bed at 730.
Tuesday I woke up and found myself gagging on several different occasions. Not sure how else to explain it other than it felt like my throat and nose were fused together and anytime I tried to breathe or really focus on it, I would gag. I called the doctor's office and got an appointment for late morning. The diagnosis? Acute Laryngitis. OK?!???
Today, the gagging has ceased but I can barely breathe out of either nostril and the coughing. Oh the fucking coughing. It won't stop and my body aches as a result.
I'm on an antibiotic and mucinex per the doctor.
Half hour ago I went to the bathroom because I have cramps. Guess what else I have. My fucking period.
I think I'd feel a ton better if a semi would just run me over. Today warrants a FML status IMO.
Yesterday morning when Lovie woke, I went and scooped her up out of her crib and put her on the dresser/changing table to change her diaper. She looked at me and said, "Pop Pop."
Pop Pop? I thought, smiling to my sweet little love bug laying there completely helpless with her curls sticking in every direction on her head and crusties painted on her chin. I continued to look at her smiling and trying to think what she meant by Pop Pop so I repeated it out loud: "Pop Pop."
She looked at me closely and I swear her expression said, "C'mon mama, you know what I'm saying" and said, "Pop Pop."
I smiled and repeated "Pop Pop."
And then I wondered if she was talking about a Wiggles song we've been watching the video for lately so I started to sing the song and she got super excited and said "Pop Pop!" at the exact moment it would've happened in the song and the hugest smile invaded her face.
I got her dressed and continued to sing the song and told the husband about it during breakfast.
"Oh she was probably just meaning 'Up'."
Grrr.
I repeated the fact that I started singing the song and she sang along with me and smiled but he wasn't convinced.
The entire day Lovie bounced around the house dancing- like she always does. And when we watched the Wiggles, she got excited and bounced on my knee and clapped and said "Aaaaay" at the end of a couple of the songs.
The past couple of nights, Lovie's been waking at odd hours and crying in her sleep like she's in pain. We've resorted to giving some ibuprofen. Her two front teeth are coming in and I suspect there may be others working their way out too. The ibuprofen seems to help a bit but last night was a little more rough and the husband, being a night owl, did his best to get her to calm and go back to sleep.
At about 2 in the morning he came crawling into bed and said, "Something funny came through all of this."
"What's that?" I inquired still dreaming about some people who had to hold their breath under water for several minutes before the game they were playing started.
"At one point during the crying when I was holding her, I started to sing to her ..." (he starts to sing the Pop Pop Wiggles song) "... because it's the only thing I could think of and she stopped crying, lifted her head, and said, 'Pop Pop', then put her head back down and started crying again."
"Shut up!" I said fully awake.
"I'm not kidding," he said, "I thought it was pretty funny."
Lovie with attached to the hip doll and its kitty
Lovie and Momma- I guess Lovie's practicing her stink eye??
