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.

she's definitely made it part of her schedule

May 29, 2009

The whole waking up at four or four thirty and being wide awake until eight, eight thirty or nine? Yeah -- it's part of her little schedule now. I need to break her of this, cause Mommy just can't sleep during the day and can't fall asleep at nine pm. If I try, I just lay there and lay there, wide awake.

Oh well. I've run on less sleep before and I'll just be a little sleepy for awhile. It's alright.

Friday wasn't a bad day. We went to work in the morning so Charles and I could get some stuff out and done. She was so good. She only fussed once or twice, never much and would calm right down. Charles said he doesn't remember ever seeing a more aware baby -- she watches and is intrigued by everything. Though we did find out from one of the judges' assistants that the Judge's ruling on a case we went to trial on back in March is going to go our way. So Charles wants to have the bill and everything ready to go as soon as it's done, because collecting from that Plaintiff (sounds like we'll be awarded attorney's fees) is going to be, to say the least, interesting. So I get to recreate a bill of a three year old case -- pretty much from scratch. So fun, really. So a lot of work was brought home with me this weekend, cause I can do it here in the evening and when she's napping easier than I can do it at work.

May 30, 2009

Yesterday was a pretty lazy and fun day. Lil Miss was a little fussy in the morning, but that happens. We also introduced her to her Baby Einstein videos -- they fascinate her, which I guess is the point. She does like them though. She just watches the screen, with wide eyes and this little "OH" face. It's really cute.

Lil Miss and I also went to lunch with my friend Mary, who used to work with me at Ghost Tours. She had a lot of stuff going on when Lil Miss was born, so she hadn't met her yet. So we went to lunch (Lil Miss was, of course, perfect, in the restaurant) and then just hung out for awhile at her house until Lil Miss just played herself out and crashed out cold. So I brought her home.

It's so cute. She'll be playing hard -- playing playing playing -- I'll look away and look back not even two seconds later and she'll be sound asleep. I don't know how she can fall asleep so cute, but it's kind of funny. It amuses me.

Also -- question. When she falls asleep -- for naps like after her bottle -- if I put her down she usually either wakes up then or wakes up within ten minutes. But if I just hold her, she'll sleep and sleep and sleep -- sometimes for an hour or more. But as soon as I put her down, she's awake. Do all babies do that? Why is that? Is it a problem or should I just leave it?

it's been a long long day

May 22, 2009

A long day that started at 3:30 am.

I don't know if she's growing or if she had an upset tummy or what but Lil Miss was a grump most of the day. She woke up at 3:30 am (not uncommon), ate (again, not uncommon) but then refused to go back to sleep (VERY uncommon). She didn't fall back asleep until after we got home from work!

She didn't want to be put down in the late hours either -- from when she finished her bottle until about eight am, every time I tried to lay down with her or put her down to play or anything, she would scream. And her Daddy was still trying to sleep, as he had to work this morning, so we walked and bounced, bounced and walked for like four hours straight while Mommy was exhausted and wanted to cry. Luckily, she let me put her down long enough to get ready for work -- she was fussy but didn't scream. We got to work at ten am.

We left by eleven thirty. Because she started throwing a fit at eleven and I couldn't get her to stop. So I apologized to Charles (he said it was fine -- the most important stuff was done already anyway) and we came back home. She fussed on the bus ride, but didn't scream, thank goodness. As soon as we got home, the screaming started again. I had a baby screaming in my ear from the time we got home until the time I finally got her to go down for a nap (I think she finally just used up all her energy) about threeish I think. Between then and eight thirty, when she finally put herself down for the night, she would wake up to eat.

And be fussy for a good bit of the time she was awake.

She had a couple of short amounts of time where she was good for Mommy and Daddy -- that's where today's pictures come from. One of those about fifteen minutes. But all in all? It was a long freakin bad day.

Mommy is so exhausted she's too tired to sleep. Mommy's also a bit sad because her Momma's going to be in Florida in a few weeks (in Orlando) and it doesn't look like I'm going to get to see her.

I miss my Momma.

But now? Off to read and try to get some sleep. Daddy's home from seeing Wolverine now so I think it might be my bedtime.

Lil Miss in her bouncer -- she likes it. Mainly, I think, cause it has a mirror.

i officially have the best baby ever

May 8, 2009

And another long day. Long couple of days. Heck, it's been a long long week.

Long story short: Gramma and Laurie have been here since Tuesday night and Jimmy has been sick most of it. He'll start to feel better, but then it all comes back and starts again and he's sick. He feels really bad right now because he feels like he's destroyed Gramma and Laurie's vacation, but they're still doing things because we're making them. No one is upset with him, obviously, but he's upset with himself and I don't know how to fix that. I also don't know how to make him not sick, which I HATE.

I do NOT like being helpless.

Lil Miss and Gramma -- all dressed up!

Lil Miss is officially the best baby ever. She spent most of the day in her car seat (I feel SO bad about that -- we were going to Theater of the Sea (hour and a half to two hour drive), Daddy got sick so we turned around when we got there and headed back, dropping him at the hospital in Marathon (hour and a half to two hours back), Mommy had to go pick up documents from work so I could work on them tonight (about thirty minutes in the car total) and then she and I went to pick him up when they released him (an hour each way). So all in all be spent eight to nine hours in her car seat in the car today. I feel like a horrible Mommy for that. )c: ) and she was so good the whole time! At one point, Gramma actually said she almost forgot the baby was even in the backseat because she was so quiet.

She is the best baby ever and we are incredibly spoiled. I joked today that I think she just wants a sibling, so she's being good so we won't swear off babies. (c: (But no -- no siblings any time soon).

Sleeping in her carseat during the long road trip.

I realized something last night that I hadn't really realized. It makes me incredibly anxious to be away from her. I don't like it. Even if I'm in our room and she's out in the living room with Daddy instead of in her bassinet next to me, I don't like it. It makes me anxious and upset. I want her with ME. I don't like leaving her or putting her down and I'm uncomfortable letting or asking other people to take care of her or help. Yes, it's making me tired. Yes, it's somewhat stressing me out. But I can't help it. It makes me so anxious I want to cry.

Seriously -- last night I was tired and stressed out to the point that I was about to cry and Jimmy wanted me to give her to Gramma and Laurie to hold for awhile while I tried to sleep and all I could think was "don't take my baby -- just don't take her. I want her here". She makes me feel better and not having her makes me feel worse.

Is this normal? It makes me feel slightly crazy!

(Sorry this is kinda short -- it's late, been a long week, I'm tired. I think I'm going to bed now.)

and she's finally here!!

May 5, 2009

Notice the blankets -- see how they aren't over her? There's a reason for that -- she kicks them. Lil Miss does not seem to really like blankets -- I think they make her mad. The only time she doesn't kick them off is late at night when she's zonked out cold.

It was a long day. A very very long day. We got up at six am to because Jimmy was still sick and needed his medicines, so Lil Miss and I loaded ourselves in the car and went to Walgreens. Only to find out that Walgreens pharmacy is no longer twenty fours hours. So we went home and got ready for work and waited until 7:15 am and went down and were the first to get there and put the prescriptions in.

Then we came home to give them to Jimmy. And turned right around and went down to work and got there before 8:30 am. And worked from the moment we got there straight through until 2:30 without much of a moment break. And then we still had to run errands -- grocery store, Ross for a couple of extra towels, KMart for an air mattress. And, of course, every where was busy and took forever.

We finally got home about 4:30. Lil Miss was hungry and fussy, Mommy was tired and exhausted and Daddy was sick.

LONG day.

Gramma's here!!!

And then, right about five o'clock, Gramma Barbara and Laurie pull in and, of course, cooing over the baby ensues. (c: No one can help but just love her and want to cuddle her. She's too cute for her own good. (c:

We were all so excited to see her! Jimmy hasn't seen his mother in over a year and, let me tell you, he has been ecstatic and looking forward to this since he found out it was even a possibility that she would be coming down. Even sick he was so happy when she called and said she was close by. I don't think I've seen him this excited about anything but the baby ever.

We went for a little drive to just show them some of the water and such and get a few things (margaritas, mainly). We were going to go get dinner, but Lil Miss got a little fussy (she was hungry -- I told you, she's a porker! Ask her Gramma -- she'll confirm it), so we came home and ordered good pizza instead. Then Jimmy went to get some sleep, Lil Miss zonked out and Gramma, Laurie and I watched American Idol cause we're dorks like that.

It was a good Key West evening.

And now, since it's been a long day for all of us, we're off to sleep early. Wow, early turn in -- it's amazing (though I'll be up in just a few hours to feed her. And a few more hours after that. *sigh* Mommys get no sleep). And as to what we'll do tomorrow? Who knows. I just know that Gramma wants some sun -- and Mommy would not at ALL be against it.

well, part of it was good!

April 18, 2009

We went up to Rockland Key to try and watch the fights on the BIG screen tonight. Comcast was having problems so the box never managed to update fully and we couldn't get the fights, so we came home early.

But it was also Lil Miss' first real big outing. It was windy and sorta cold so, of course, we bundled her up. And she did really good. Even with all the people talking and some shouting and the sound turned up (not so bad it would hurt her ears but louder than we keep it at home) she was still perfect. She slept through most of it. Got hungry and ate, then went right back to sleep.

And had her cow with her the whole time. The same cow that's in the picture above and the one below.

If she keeps up like this, Mommy's gonna have to find some duplicates of that cow. I'm NOT going to worry about losing the cow. We WILL have a back up of whatever her security toy / blanket / whatever is. (c: I still remember being devastated when I lost blankie.

Cuddling with Mommy and the moo cow. It doesn't get much better than that.