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If you have kids or you are around them alot...this will make sense to you.

Last thursday, Beanie came down with a neeze and a runny nose, followed by a stuffy nose. She was also running a small fever, so I guess this would be her first cold and she took it like champ. She can sneeze all over you with a smile and go right back to playing with her toys.

We did have a ruff few nights of sleeping all because she couldn't breath through her nose, which also made drinking bottles and eating a bit difficult, but she seems to be taking everyting in stride...unlike me.

I hate having a cold. everything tastes funny and you always have to have tissues with you and sleeping sucks cause you can't breath. I guess I could take a lesson form Beanie and just deal with it with a smile, nontheless. I can't wait for both of us to be back up to speed and feeling better!

Home Sweet Home

Home again! The trip to Black Mountain was amazing. It rained the last day we were there, which made for a slow go to the airport, but we arrived safe and soundboth to the airport and home.

Mom hit a bump on the way back to Rochester, well, actually her plane hit not a bump, but another plane, in Atlanta. So she ended up stuck in Baltimore friday night. She got home around 6pm saturday night.

The cabin trip was great and I would do it again in a heart beat, maybe next time family and friends will be able to join us. The pictures do not do this place justice, though. Before you leave, you are asked (ahead of time) to sign the gues book. Do you have any idea how hard it is to write in a guest book about this place...there are no words to describe it. So here's what i said ( the parts I can remember):

As we sit here, the day before we leave, we listen not to the sound of planes over head or loud neighbors, but to the sound of soft conversations and laughter. We are left with wonderful memories of family and fun. Victoria even found a friend. The pillow will be missed.

I said more things, but at this point, I can't remember what I said, go figure! I posted some of the pictures, including the pictures of us on the Segway. If you are ever offered the chance to get on a Segway, take it. They are alittle scary at first, but they rock and it's something you will never forget.

Can't wait for the next trip.

A long way from civilization

Here we are in Black Mountain, NC and a long way from civilization. I have to say, at first thought I was scared to death of being so far form the next human, but oh my god do I love it. we can sing and dance and scream with laughter and no one can hear us.

Beanie can cry and there is no neighbor to complain, no loud drunk neighbor yelling at her kids ( mom's neighbors) no loud planes coming in for a landing, just the sound of bugs and bears, not that we have seen any, but we know they are there.

I wish you could all see this place...wow. a log cabin at the top of a mountain, miles from anything. very nice. Victoria and nana are getting a lot of bonding time along with Michael and I. just what we all needed, time to do nothing. Yeah, that sounds funny, time to do nothing. do you really need time to do nothing...is that something that you could put on your schedule for the week?

mon-laundry
tues-shopping
wed-do nothing

anyway, just wish we had the rest of the family here, Nonni, Grandpa, Aunt Sara, Uncle Sam, Uncle Matt, sandy, molly, Uncle Tom, and loads of other family members. A chance to hang out with everyone with no where to go and nothing to do. now that's my idea of a vacation!

until we return...have a great week!

Sleepless in Florida

For the last few weeks, Victoria has been waking up in the middle of the night and not just once. She goes down around 9pm, then up around 1am then again around 6am then up for the day at 9am. Each times she gets up she cries and fusses until i go i to get her.
yes, we do let her fuss, sometimes she settles back down and goes back to sleep, most times she doesn't.

I looked it up in the 2 baby books we have, but it says she could just be teething. So I'm not sure what the issue may be. Last night I gave her some tylenol and that seemed to help, she actually slept in until 8:15am this morning, that was nice.

We still can't see any more teeth coming in, but then again, we didn't see the first 2 come in either. They kind of snuck up on us! Yeh, I know, the drool should have been a good cluethat teeth were coming, but the drool doesn't stop.

On other news, today Michael and I are celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary. Hard to beleive. We have been together for 6 years, married for 3 of those 6 years. I can't imagine my life without him. As he was leaving for work this morning, he was standing in the door and asked me to turn around and wave at him....I almost didn't, but glad i did, he had sdomehow managed to get a dozen roses on the table. Yeah, I'm blind to those things. He could have out them out last night and I still wouldn't have seen them.

He is going to leave work early so that we can spend some family time together. I love days like that. When he takes off form work or we meet himf or lunch. Beanie gets such a kick out of seeing her daddy. She lights up like a christmas tree, then agaon, so do I!

House Hunting

As some of you may know, Michael and I are looking into maybe getting a bigger house. So on saturday, we went house hunting. We took Victoria with us. Picture this...90 degree heat, a car seat and being in the car for 4 1/2 hours.

I know what you're thinking, she must have been cranky. nope, she just smiled and had a good time. She only fussed when we were on our way home, she was very hungry. The realestate agent we are working with was very impressed at how well Victoria behaved, then again, so were we.

No, we didn't find a house that fit what we needed, so the search continues...and yes, we are staying here in Florida. Sorry.

anyway, Michael took some professional pictures of Victoria a few weeks ago. We took over 300 photos and tried to get our top pictures down to around 50 or so...it waas hard to do, but we managed to get the best of list down to 35 pictures.

It just cracks me up. I try to take candid pictures or video of Victoria, but as soon as she hears the beep for the camera or the camcorder, she won't take her eyes off it. She's such a ham!

She has finally been upgraded to sitting up in her bathtub for bath time. She likes to play with er ducks. Her favorite thing is to either eat them or to try and drownd them. Either way, it's funny ot watch. Nonni bought these disco ducks that light up in water. These are great for bath time. I usually turn off the lights for a moment or so so that she can watch the light show. I don't know who is more entertained by them, her or me!

I guess for now, that's it! Hope all of you had a great 3 day weekend!