The Chair

So Michael and I bought this chair for Victoria. She can sit in it, but not go anywhere. You should see her in this thing, she loves it. She no longer has to see the world on her back or in someone's arms.

Though looking at this picture, she looks drunk or stupified not sure which one fits better.

I take this chair all over the house with me...doing laundry, dishes, outside on the patio, on the livingroom floor. Even the dog gets a kick out of it...the first day it was in the house, the dog barked at it...go figure. I guess she was mad that they didn't have one in her size and color.

I will post tomorrow after her pediatricin appt. I am hoping to be able to start feeding her solid food soon...that will be interesting...thank god I bought more bibs.

Who knew...we got so many bibs that I though we would have an overabundance of them...but between the dryer eating them and Victoria spitting up on them, I never seem to have enough clean ones around the house and no, i'm not going to do laundry just for a few bibs, we are on a water restriction...even with an infant ( which I think is totally unfair). So today I bought some more bibs...I hope these stay arund longer than the last ones...where ever they seem to have gotten off to!

anyway, until tomorrow!

Feet

Why do babies think it's funny when you point out their feet?

i love to pick up Victoria's feet and tell her that those are her feet and she laughs. Though she also thinks that it's funny that i can still put my feet up to my nose...though I prefer her feet over mine any day!

That's it...just thought I'd ask!!!

Heart Beat

I didn't want to post this until we knew for sure that all was well with Victoria and now we know so here I am posting.

Victoria went into the cardiologists on Monday. At her last well visit, Dr. Bell heard an extra thump in her heart and wanted to get is checked out. So Monday we got to see her heart up on the big screen. All is well. There is a heart valve that is missing (no, I don't remember the technical term for it) but it's not causing any issues like leakage or stress or anything like that. She will grow up to be a normal child and will be able to play sports and what not. The only thing that will have to change is she will have to have antibiotics before surgery or dental work...no big deal. She was very good during the procedure...we fed her a bottle to help keep her mellow, though she kept watching the doctor. I think she ws fascinated by the white coat.

On a personal note...I want to thank all of you for the warm wishes for my birthday, yes, i am now 27...3 years away from 30...scary enough i am actully looking forward to it! Just another milestone! Anyway...Getting all the cards and phone calls makes me realize how much I miss all of you. There is so much going on in all of our lives on a daily basis...that's why i am glad that we all keep in touch every now and then. It's amazing to see how far ech of us has come in our lives and still managed to keep close over the miles.

Yeah, being here sucks...even with the warm weather...but it makes seeing all of you that much sweeter.

Friends

Ok, so this morning during bath time, I told Victoria that some day she will be heading off to first grade and mommy would cry and cry and cry some more. Then I told her that some day she would be heading off to highschool and mom would stop crying by then.

I told her about my time in highschool and all the great friends that I had. Each of them taught me a lesson, whether they knew it or not. I had one friend that taught me that no matter how old you get, you can still act like a kid, another taught me that there is always time for a good movie and the best way to watch that movie is in the dark with a big bowl of popcorn another taught me that it's cool to be smart and you shouldn't let the little things come between you and your friends.I was even taught by 2 great people that babies are not breakable, no matter what you do to them and for this I am a better parent and unafraid of my little wiggle worm. I lost touch with a few of these great friends, only to rediscover them later in life. I found out that we are all more alike than we thought. We all grew up, got married and started a family. These are the things that I wish for Victoria that she will have friends that she can count on, share secrets with and grow up with.

So here is a toast to all the great frinds in my life for all that you have shared and all that i have learned from each of you! You Rock!!!

to sleep perchance to dream

While Mark and Lia were in town visiting and meeting Victoria for the first time, we had another first...she slept through the night. Victoria went down around 9am and was up around 7am the next morning. I couldn't beleive it.

The next night we weren't so lucky...but then friday night it happend again. could this be the start of more sleep for all of us??? Nope. She goes down around 9pm and gets up around 4am then again around 8am. Yeah, I was hoping that she would stay asleep all night, but no such luck. Oh well. I know that there will come a time when she will sleep through the night.

Meantime, Michael and Mark finished the screened in patio in the back. i can't tell you how nice it is to be able to be outback with Victoria on the swing and not be eaten alive by the bugs. I can't beleive ow much work they got done in 3 days. It was amazing. Michael is still finishing up some final touches, but all in all it's a beautiful thing to look at. It's even better to be outside swinging. Even Molly (the cat) got the chance to come outside and check things out. I think she was amazed that she could come outside and not have me chasing after her to get back into the house.

Sandy, however, wasn't so lucky. During the construction, she managed to get out not once, but twice. The second time I had taken her out the front door for a bathroom break, Michael thought I would be outside longer and left both screen doors open. Sandy ran through both and, get this...stopped at the front door. What a dog.

Michael, Victoria and myself are all doing well after that mean guy hit us in Easter. I am glad to see that we weren't hurt and I'm glad that Victoria won't remember it...not that it was a bad accident or anything, but still.

Life is great!

Crash...boom...bang

First off, let me tell you that we are all ok.

Michael and I were on our merry way to Best Buy (not realizing that they would be closed...duh, holiday) when, while stopped at a red light, we were hit from behind. The jolt was hard enough to make our backs somewhat sore (I will be going to the chiropracter tomorrow). Michael got out to talk with the hitter while I checked on Victoria. Victoria had slept through her first car accident. After a few words were exchanged between the car that hit us and Michael, get this...the guy drove off...we were involved in a hit and run.

I called the pediatrician to see of we needed to take Victoria to the hospital and, thankfully, the answer was no. She was safer in her carseat than Michael and I in the front seat. Kind of makes you want to sit in the back from now on, huh! Ok, that's the way i feel. So for now, we just watch her and make sure that she is still the happy go lucky baby she's always been. So far, so good.

I do hope that they find the guy that hit us...serves him right. Yes, Michael even told the guy that we had a 3 month old in the car...goober...ug. What a thing to happen on Easter.

On the upside...take a look at her pictures...yes, we did the dress her up as the Easter Bunny thing. It was hysterical...and oh so cute.

Happy Easter to everyone!

Sleeping Soundly

We were having some phone issues the other night...we couldn't call out nor could anyone call in. And before you say it, yes, the phone bill was paid for this month.
Anyway, thinking that something was going to go horribly wrong I packed up the baby and headed upstairs and set the house alarm like we were going to bed. Michael came home around 11 pm with instructions that he needed to call home before he opend the the door, that way he wouldn't set off the alarm and have the police hsow up at our door due to the lack of a phone line. It didn't go according to my master plan. Michael came home and opend the front door. For those of you that have house alarms, you know how loud they can be, well, bless Victoria, she slept right through the whole thing. I had to go in and check to make sure she was alright...I mean, I can't even sleep through something like that. Very impressive.

Now allow me to explaine the picture above...she was sleeping in her chair...with her arms out. She looks like baby frankenstein. I tried to capture it on film, but it's very hard to get something like that on film, but that didn't stop me from trying.

I guess that's it until Easter...just wait until you see the Easter Bunny outfit we bought for her. This poor kid is gonna need therapy when she gets older!