one more day

June 26, 2009

One more day til Grandma Lynn gets here!! Yay!! This makes us happy. Well, it make Mommy happy and, therefore, make's Lil Miss happy. Cause she likes it when her Mommy is happy.

We switched her to a new bottle. It's MAM brand and it's specifically formulated to "prevent colic". She doesn't get colic, but she does have some gassy problems, so we decided to see how it went. Since I switched her over (and I haven't changed anything but the bottle -- the formula is the same), she hasn't had a gassy fit. So I think it might be working. This makes Mommy happy. It makes me sad when she's hurting or when she has an upset tummy.

She did get very mad at Mommy today. I think she was actually more confused and scared than mad, but she definitely screamed at me. We stopped by the grocery store to get dinner after dropping off a file at work. I was just running in and running out, so I didn't take her car seat in. I just grabbed her and carried her in. Well guess what? The sky opened up while I was in there. When we came out it was pouring. Raining harder than I've seen in a while. We waited until it died down a bit but it wasn't going to stop any time soon. So Mommy put her burp cloth over her head and went as quick as I could to the car. She got wet and there were VERY loud claps of thunder that terrified her and set her off screaming. Then, of course, she was confused as to why she was sitting in her car seat, wet and cold, all the way home. So she screamed at me until we got home and into the house and changed and she got a bottle in her mouth. Then she was finally happy.

But she was NOT a happy camper for that little bit.

She rolled over today. I don't think she did it on purpose or really realized how she did it (she looked rather stunned once she was on her back all of a sudden) but she did it and I'm proud of her!

We also went and got her birth certificate today. It was pretty cool to see our names on it and her name in print. I love it! And there's a lot of new videos on her little site (http://www.youtube.com/angelynnsmommy). Go check em out if you want to see just how active and talkative (not to mention BIG) she is!

I think we may have a problem in the future -- she kept pulling her dress up. Is she going to be one of those little girls that wants to show off her "pretty undies" to everyone? *sigh*

*warning* lots and lots and lots of photos

Like insane amounts of photos -- cause I haven't posted them in almost a week! But there won't be much commentary, as Mommy is sleepy.

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Getting sleepy and cuddling with her Daddy. When she's tired she can fall asleep anywhere.

She's definitely her Mommy's daughter -- yes, she's sucking her thumb there.

Pretending to be shy for the camera.

"Oh, hi!" Before 5 in the morning. Mommy was sleepy.

Yep -- nekkid baby. She LOVES being naked.

Early mornings with Mommy again.

Refusing to look at Mommy and the camera because Mike and Mike is on TV -- and is, of course, so much more important.

"Whatcha doin' Momma?"

She does this thing where, when cuddling and lying on the couch next to me, she "pets" my collar bone over and over. It's really cute.

Playing peek a boo with her burp cloth.

How my little one spends her days at work. Difficult job, huh?

Daddy "teaching" Miss Abby to use "chopsticks". What can I say? Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story was on TV.

and our little miss has a nickname!

I am writing this from the office, so I apologize for the lack of pictures. I promise to post plenty from this last week when we get home this evening.

It's been an interesting few days. We took Jimmy back up to the hospital in Marathon on Sunday. They got all his electrolyte levels back to where they should be, got him feeling better and prescribed him Ativan, an anti anxiety medicine. He came home and slept, slept some Monday and then Monday afternoon, he started feeling better. He ate Monday night and by Tuesday he was better, just not tired at all, since he's slept for so long last week. He was up from Monday afternoon until about five this morning, when he finally crashed. He is home sleeping now and Lil Miss is here at work with me (currently sitting in my lap and watching me type). She stayed with him all day on Tuesday and did very well apparently. I'm proud of her.

Lil Miss has been such a good girl all week. Like I said, she stayed with Daddy on Tuesday and was so good. She was SO happy to see him on Monday night when he was up and about and actually felt well enough to play with her. That just made her day (it was very cute). Yesterday, we took a little trip up to Big Pine for a few things and then stopped to see her godmother, our friend Lauren, on the way home and she was so good that whole trip (though she did want Mommy to sit in the back seat with her instead of upfront with Daddy).

I've gotten to talk to both my Momma and my big sister a bunch this week, which is good and always makes me happy. And my Momma will be here to see us in just a few days and I can't WAIT. I finally finished Lil Miss' nursery too -- I'm rather proud of it. It's pretty cute. I'll try to post some pictures up this afternoon or evening if she lets me take them. She's wanting to be held a lot today.

And yeah -- we've finally found a nick name that fits our little one. So her full initials are A.B.W. And we were watching NCIS and I was painting these letters of her initials that I put on her wall and there's this character on NCIS names Abby that I love love love cause she's smart and quirky and funny and just great. So I looked at Lil Miss and said "You look like an Abby," and she grinned at me. So I said it again and she laughed. And then I said "Abby" again and she grinned again.

So I think it's going to stick. She's officially Little Miss Abby and it fits her well.

She's too dang cute for anybody's good!! (And she's growing too -- she finally grew out of some of her clothes!)

still in key west, where it's too damn hot

June 19, 2009

Lil Miss got her first immunization shots yesterday. Oh good lord let me tell you that was NOT fun.

She was good, she really was. Don't get me wrong: She was not at all shy about letting Mommy know, in absolutely no uncertain terms, that "That fucking hurt!". Right after the needle went into her leg, she looked up at me for about two seconds in absolute shock, then screwed up her face and started screaming. She cried until the nurse was done.

However, she didn't kick. She let me hold her in place and let the nurse do what the nurse had to do without too much trouble. As soon as the shots were over, I stood up (to let her know it was over) and she got a little bit quieter. As soon as we got outside the building, and she was sure it was over, she stopped crying and just snuggled really close and sniffled. I held her and rocked her and cuddled with her in the parking lot for about twenty minutes before putting in her carseat to leave.

I gave her Tylenol like her doctor suggested and she never ran a fever. She was a little fussy yesterday afternoon, but I think that was more because she was in the car a lot yesterday (we took Daddy to the hospital in Marathon before her shots appointment, drove back to Key West for her appointment, back to Marathon to pick up Daddy, back to home to drop Daddy off, back into town to drop off his prescription and get him some OTC sleeping medicine then back home -- LOTS of time in the car) than from the shots. In general, she was so good.

June 20, 2009

It was a bit of a sad day. I had been hoping to be on the road to Orlando first thing this morning, but Jimmy's still sick. That wasn't happening. He kept saying this week that Lil Miss and I should go without him but I didn't want to leave him sick, especially on Father's Day weekend. I asked him if he was saying that because he WANTED us to go, if us not being here would make him feel better, but he said no, he wanted us here.

So we stayed.

Lil Miss misses him, I think. She hasn't really seen him much this week and he hasn't played with her. Every time she *does* see him (when he walks through to get something to drink or something) she grins at him and does the thing where she kicks her feet and reaches towards him, like she does when I go to get her up from her naps. It's a very cute thing to see and it makes me very happy. I'm sure it would make him happy if he noticed it, but Daddy is very sick.

Watching WALL-E tonight before bed.

Lil Miss got to "talk" to her Aunt Anjie today. She called to talk to me about an interview I have next week and Lil Miss was talking a little bit while we were on the phone. I tried putting the phone to her ear so Anj could talk to her (she did) and she could talk to Anj (she didn't). She apparently haven't picked up on the fact that we WANT her to make noise when we put the phone to her ear. Her family wants to hear her talk! Her Grandma Lynn wanted to talk to her this morning, but she was napping when Momma called and I was talking to her.

I'm sad we didn't get to go to Orlando, but Momma's coming down here next weekend, after her conference is over. So Lil Miss and I will get to see her, which is nice. And, hopefully, we'll all three be going to Georgia in the end of July, for the open house at Andy's new church, once they're settled into the parsonage.

It's hot down here. Hot and humid. I feel bad for Lil Miss -- she has GOT to be miserable. I try to keep her room nice and cool for her -- her Daddy likes the cold too, so we're pretty used to it. She's doing really well sleeping in her own room.

She's such a good little baby. Mommy is spoiled.

My liyyle munchikin, being grumpy for some reason.

baby one coming in for landing!

June 18, 2009

Yep, that is my little airplane coming in for a landing! She plays horsey with Daddy and airplane with Mommy (what? Mommy needs to tone up her thighs -- this helps!). She likes it -- she leans forward or she'll "Superman" while up there. It's very very cute.

Lil Miss was so good for me today. We went to work this morning and I knew it was going to be a busy day because Charles is leaving for Costa Rica for ten days tomorrow afternoon. While Lil Miss did decide that the best place to be when Mommy was typing up the dictation was in my lap, once she was there, she was perfectly happy. It was a bit interesting though -- have you ever tried typing with an almost three month old who can't exactly sit up well on her own sitting in your lap?

Let me tell you -- it's quite the experience.

Lil Miss is such a hit up there. The attorneys all love her -- none of them have young children anymore and none of them have grandchildren yet, so there haven't been baby-babies in their worlds for quite awhile. And now that Lil Miss does more than just, you know, sit there and sleep, they think it's great. The first thing Chip does when he comes in is come up to say hi to her and get her to smile (he says it makes her day). And Rae (the other assistant -- her daughter is twenty two and just graduated from West Point (we're very proud of her)) just LOVES Lil Miss. And Lil Miss grins at her all the time. She even lets Rae hold her (not many people other than family have held Lil Miss -- not even Natalie or her daughters. Mainly just me and Jimmy and Lauren, and Grandma Barbara and Grandma Lynn when they were here. Oh, and, of course, her doctor and the nurses). Now part of that is because most of our neighbors and friends are twenty something males that aren't exactly comfortable, you know, holding babies. (c: But mainly? I like holding her. (c:

The Drool Monster attacks again!

Lil Miss had a bit of a grumpy this afternoon (I think she was gassy) but it wasn't horrible and we dealt with it. Thanks for the idea, by the way, Grandma Peggy -- the leg trick worked great -- she stopped fussing right away. She's been trying to be so good for the past few days -- I think she's picking up that something is different in the house and Mommy's slightly stressed. She's doing well sleeping in her nursery. She didn't sleep much today at work and didn't take a long nap this afternoon, so she actually put herself to sleep about seven thirty. I'm fully prepared for her to wake up very very early in the morning. I am, however, going to go wake her up to eat before I go to bed. Also, because I want to put her in her jammies (she's sleeping in a onesie right now -- I didn't expect her to actually be putting herself to bed. I figured she'd wake up again before "bedtime").

Jimmy's still sick. I hate not knowing how to help or how to fix it. I'm still hoping, but I'm preparing myself to not get to go to Orlando this weekend. )c: That makes me a sad panda. I was looking forward to getting off the island and, most importantly to seeing my Momma!

Tomorrow, we have our shots appointment. Mommy is NOT looking forward to that. I don't like it when she cries the "hurt" cry! It breaks my heart. )c:

our little one is a drool monster

June 17, 2009

It was a bit of a better day than yesterday, though still a long one.

Lil Miss slept all night last night in her room, in the pack and play. Because Jimmy is sick and I wanted him to sleep when he could and because I wanted her to sleep as well, I put her in the nursery so they wouldn't wake / keep each other up. I slept on the couch so I wouldn't wake either one taking care of the other.

She slept very well and seemed perfectly happy. So that's a good sign.

I didn't work today. Lil Miss and I spent the day together like usual. We had to go down and pick up WIC checks and, while we were there, the nutritionist weighed her for me. She was twelve pounds and four ounces. She was, however, wearing a dress and had a bit of a wet diaper, I think. So I'm guessing she's right at twelve pounds. My worries that she's not getting enough to eat? Apparently completely unfounded. She's doing just fine. That makes me happy.

My little drool monster -- she was very drooly today.

Other than that? We hung out around the house a lot. We went to the grocery on the way home to get Jimmy more Gatorade. We did laundry. We packed Lil Miss' stuff (other than the things I use on a daily basis and therefore cannot pack beforehand) for this weekend. I'm still hoping we can go, though I'm not sure anymore. Jimmy isn't throwing up much anymore and he's sleeping now. Usually, that means it's almost over. We'll see. I'm not going to let him go unless I'm sure he's better.

After she went to bed? I watched NCIS and did some cleaning. It's been a rather uneventful day.

Oh -- I did get a call setting up another interview for a full time job down here. So, another possibility for something to come through. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

And now? Dinner (.........I forgot to eat today) and then bed.

this will probably be very short

June 16, 2009

Because Mommy's had a very long day.

Lil Miss woke up at four am. Screamed at Mommy for about three and a half hours total (she did give me short breaks every once in awhile). Nothing I did helped. If I put her down, it just got worse. She wasn't wet, she wasn't hungry, she wasn't sleepy, she wasn't hot. I didn't know what was wrong.

I had to wake Jimmy up at eight thirty because I had to leave for work by nine and hadn't even begun to get ready because she wouldn't let me.

As soon as I handed her to him she stopped screaming and was just fussy. Then she stopped all together before I left.

I worked and then went to my interview. Jimmy kept Lil Miss here. He called a few times because he started feeling sick. He's stressed himself out again.

I got home. He said she'd been a little fussy, but over all, she'd been good. Jimmy was sick. So I took the baby. It was three fifty pm.

She proceeded to scream at me again for two and a half hours straight. She finally cried herself out and fell asleep on my shoulder at about seven or so. She's been out pretty much ever since except for me waking her up to put her in her jammies and feed her.

Now she's sleeping her her nursery and Jimmy's sleeping in our room. Mommy gets to sleep on the couch, so I can hear either of them when / if they need me, but this way I won't keep Jimmy up, Jimmy won't wake her and she won't wake him.

Basically? Mommy had a rough day with Lil Miss. It makes me feel like a horrible Mommy when she cries like that because I know something's wrong but I don't know what and I can't fix it. She's not running a fever. She's not sick. She's just crying.

And it breaks my heart.

Finally crashed out on Mommy's shoulder.

*nom, nom, nom*

June 14, 2009

Don't you just love her little apple cheeks? I think they're precious!

We're going to Orlando! We're going to Orlando! So Momma has a conference (I'm pretty sure it's a Conscious Discipline conference) in Orlando this weekend and Jimmy has talked to a few jet ski companies in both St. Petersburg and Orlando that want to meet him and talk to him. So we're driving up to Orlando early Saturday, staying with Grandma Lynn at the hotel Saturday night and Sunday, then coming back by way of the companies and St. Petersburg on Monday. I'm excited to get off the island for a weekend and excited to see Momma. And she sounds pretty excited that we're coming too. Though I'm pretty sure she mainly just wants to see Lil Miss. (c:

June 15, 2009

She loves this game -- the let's eat everything game. You would think she was teething or something the way she chews on things but I know she's not because 1) she's too young and 2) even if she wasn't too young, she's not the fussy you would equate with teething. She just really likes to chew on stuff. It's her favorite pasttime.

My happy little baby on her leaf pad and boppy. That smile is the best thing in the world!

Grandma Lynn came up with a good name for the giraffe -- Raffe. It works. So that's what we're calling it now. She's even more attached to that thing that she was in the beginning. Now, there are times she'll be fussy and I can't figure out what's wrong and then I realize that Raffe is still in the crib. As soon as I give him to her, she's quiet. Definitely her security blanket. He's going in the laundry on Wednesday because he is awfully slobbery and I want him clean before this weekend. I'm trying to make sure she's not completely out of place in the hotel, since it's going to be a completely new place. She's never slept anywhere but here since she came home from the hospital, so I just want to make sure she's comfortable and happy.

Though I'm pretty sure as long as Mommy and Daddy are there, she'll be a happy girl.

My little baby at eight thirty last night, sleepy and so close to out cold.

So I have a job interview tomorrow. Probably in the afternoon, since I'm working for Charles in the morning. Send happy thoughts.

We really really want ONE of the many possibilities to work out, that's all I'm asking. And which ever one works out, that's where we're supposed to be. That's what I've decided -- that will be our sign. Something will work out and that will be the universe telling us where we're supposed to go.

And I'll accept that.

My little baby at four thirty this morning, wide awake and wanting to play!

And Mommy couldn't sleep last night (no clue as to why) so I was tired. So now, since I've been awake since then, I'm really tired. So I go sleepy bye now.

June 12, 2009

Mommy is horrible. I just realized that I didn't get a good picture of Lil Miss yesterday. )c: She was a sleepy girl and napped a good bit of the morning and early afternoon and then Jimmy and I were discussing a lot of things when she was awake and I just didn't get out my camera. I feel bad.

So there's a lot of things up in the air in our house right now and we're just hoping and crossing our fingers that something comes through. We'll let you know as soon as we know anything.

Though we do get to see Grandma Lynn in Orlando next weekend. That makes this Mommy very happy.

Lil Miss in her car mirror -- it's mounted on the back seat and we can see it through the rear view mirror. I love that thing.

I figured out a very good way to explain what's going on with Lil Miss: she's finally getting a personality. She likes things and doesn't like things. She talks (and talks and talks) in her own little baby talk. She is definitely going to be a talkatve child like her Mommy. It's very cute when soe of her "talking" sounds like English -- you can make out "Hi" or "Hey" a lot and, every once in awhile, when she's crying, it sounds like she says "Momma". I know she doesn't, but I still love hearing it. She makes the cutest noises (when she's not trying to eat her hand, which is officially her favorite game). She seems to know us too which is awesome. I love my little munchkin.

Attacking the giraffe after a "kissing attack" (check out the videos).

Yes, you read that right. Li Miss' Moo Cow is not a cow at all -- appartently it is a giraffe. So I have to find a new name for it. But I found the company that makes them and have sent them a message to see if they can tell me where to find them so I can get extras (it's made by Ganz. It's a Baby Ganz Hug A Long Giraffe).

She's growing, but she still isn't in a lot of her 0 to 3 month clothes. She's still wearing a lot of her newborn clothes. Most of her 0 to 3 month clothes (except Gerber onesies and a couple of dresses) still swim on her. She weighs enough to be in them but she's just not long enough yet and they're too big around. I dunno. I just put her in what she fits in (c:

Both my children napping. We inherited a rocker for her room and her big brother just loves it.

apparently mommy and daddy are very funny

June 8, 2009

Because we spent a good bit of time on Monday afternoon just making faces at Lil Miss and having her make them back. And making her laugh and laugh and laugh at us.

She's started sticking her tongue out at you if you do it to her (sometimes). And she's also "giving high fives" and playing with her hands a lot. She kind of claps and she wrings her hands as well as chews on them like crazy.

June 9, 2009

She watches EVERYTHING. She likes shadows and black and white things (there's a poster of the Eiffel Tower in our living room that she is simply enthralled with) and things that move -- fans, her toys on her bouncy chair, us. She loves sounds and moves things that make sounds -- I have the cutest video of her playing with a rattle the other day that I'll have to put us soon. She can't exactly always pick things up on her own, but if I put them in her hands, she gets a death grip. She likes outside and the sun but doesn't necessarily like the heat. She likes faces. She likes Mommy making funny faces. She likes tickles and kisses. She likes baseball and she likes books. She adores her Daddy.

And she still loves her Moo Cow.

June 10, 2009

She's been so good at work recently. She always is. I'm starting to wonder if she somehow realizes that "work" is where we need to be good, because she's saving her grumpies her home. She's had a couple of pretty major fits this week -- I think in part cause it's very very hot here. Or sometimes it's cause she's fighting sleep. They're stressful because I usually don't know what's wrong and she can't exactly tell me, but we get through it and then she goes back to being her cuddle bug self. And it's not every day and it's not for very long, but Lil Miss can throw a temper tantrum. (Then again, so could her mother).

June 11, 2009

She's actually sleeping rather well. She goes to bed about nine pm and then wakes up about four or four thirty. Sometimes she'll wake up for a bottle at some point during the night, but for the last week or so, she's pretty much been sleeping through the night (well, as much as waking up at four thirty is "sleeping through the night". But she's usually getting a good seven to seven and a half straight hours of sleep, which seems pretty impressive to me.) I'm not quite as jealous of Miss Mare and her wonderful sleepers.

Also, she's started doing this thing at work that impresses me too. Charles brings his dog, a full grown poodle, to work a lot. Her name is Sarah Belle and she's really sweet and gentle. She'll sniff at Lil Miss, but mostly? She just leaves her alone.

But in the last week or so, Lil Miss has started reacting when she hears Sarah Belle -- when Sarah Belle barks or when she hears her running down the hall. You would think she'd turn towards the sound, right? Nope -- she looks directly at the edge of my desk -- the place where Sarah Belle would first appear in her line of vision whenever she comes around the desk. And then she coos and waits for the dog to appear.

I was rather impressed with her putting that together -- that the sound meant that the dog would appear in that place rather soon, you know?

We have a smart baby.

June 7, 2009

Sunday was a lazy day again. I had some work to do at the house so I did that and we played with Lil Miss all day. she watched NASCAR and baseball with Daddy (she likes baseball MUCH more than she likes NASCAR, but she likes both). She had a couple of grumpies (she screamed at me a good bit of the evening and would fuss when the baseball game broke for commercials) but nothing we couldn't handle and deal with. She really is a good baby. We really are rather spoiled.

Hiding. I'm not sure why.

She's a smart little girl and seems advanced to me. I used to think she just liked the flashing lights on the TV, but she reacts to different things differently. She quiets right down at baseball and fusses when the game goes off and it goes to commercial. She'll watch regular shows, but she doesn't really pay attentiont ot he screen -- she'll look around and play instead. But put Daddy playing Madden (football) on his XBox or baseball in front of her? She's captivated. Is she supposed to be able to tell the dfference in those kinds of things yet? Seriously.

My happy, lovie, smiling little munchikin. How could you possibly NOT love that face?

we have a little teddy bear

June 6, 2009

It's my sister's birthday. It's the second of her birthdays that I've missed. )c: That makes me a sad panda. I miss my big sister.

Lil Miss wore a new dress today. Well, not exactly "new" in that it's one of the first things we had for her (it's one of the ones that Natalie gave us) but it's been too big for her until recently, so it was the first time she wore it. It's a hooded dress and it has little bear ears on the top. It's the cutest thing ever and I love it. I might actually have to go get another one the next size up for when she grows out of this one. I love it that much.

Like mother, like daughter.

It was a good and lazy day, other than the waking up at three thirty this morning part. Which means, at this point, I've been awaky for nineteen hours, as it is ten twenty at this moment. I am a sleep girl.

Jimmy did some job hunting today. Looks like he's finally going to listen to me and find another job. There were a couple of possibilities that he's going back to talk to on Monday, including one that's right around the corner from the law office. So that one would be perfect, being there, you know.

Other than that, we hung around the house, doing some cleaning and moving a few things around, me putting stuff in the new dresser I "inherited" this week. We watched some of the Yankees game and then watched the Belmont Stakes (which Mine That Bird SO almost won) and talked to Grandma Lynn on Skype too. I tried to call Anjie today to wish her Happy Birthday, but I'm sure she and Andy are busy wrapping things up in Virginia. We did send her some Lil Miss pictures and birthday wishes though.

And currently? Jimmy and I are watching Finding Nemo. I LOVE that movie. "Mine? Mine? Minemineminemineminemine" I do a very good seagull impression. (c:

If you hadn't noticed, I'm feeling much much better. This is a good thing.

Miss you all. Love you. Talk to you all tomorrow.

My cute little teddy bear, passed out cold. Being a baby is HARD work!

it's a birthday week!

Just wanted to say Happy Birthday from us to two very special people in Lil Miss' world -- her Uncle Camron (whose birthday was Tuesday) and her Aunt Anjie (whose birthday is today). We love you both very very much!