Baby

Things are crazy...work is crazy...family is crazy (some of them)...I'm learning to balance. Somewhat.

Last weekend we had a beatiful impropmtu visit from Uncle Robbie and Aunt Catie.
Lily adores both of them, as you can see:














It was amazing to see them and we miss them already.

Lily apparently held her own bottle yesterday and fed herself at daycare.
She has a wonderful teacher, Jamie, who was sweet enough to take a picture of it for me.
Our girl is growing up.
SIGH!!

Penguin? Monkey? NOTHING?

I was going to make Lily's costume for All Hallow's Eve.
Problem: I don't do crafts. PERIOD.

SO...not sure what she'll be. I actually went to the craft department and looked at all that would be necessary to make the costume I had in mind. Guess what? They do NOT sell GOOGLY EYES in single-pair packages! If you want googly eyes? You gotta buy a package of 50! What the hell's that all about??

Lily woke up giggly and smiley this morning. She's not woken up like that for at least a week. She is a once in a lifetime baby...she's a treasure. (I just quoted something...what is it? heh)

By the way, yes I've been to walmart five times this week and NO I didn't buy batteries because I suck.

WILL BUY BATTERIES ASAP and will take PICTURES ASAP.
Uncle Robot and Aunt Catie Joe will all be here to see! Yay!!

Love,
Kimmer

Batteries Required?

Dammit. I have meant to get batteries for our digital camera for a WEEK and keep forgetting and I usually only remember when I'm at work, LIKE NOW, when I can't just run out and get the batteries but I can't make a note either b/c that will just get lost in the flush of paperwork already at my fingertips.
Run-on sentanced?
Whew.

Anyway, sorry the pics have been few and far between. Or just few.

I have been exhausted b/c some little girl hasn't been sleeping.
But she's feeling OH SO MUCH better. She is almost back to normal. She's even started squealing and talking again. I cannot WAIT til the holidays so family can see how much she has grown and hear her chatting.

I have to actually go work now. Wow.

Koff, koff...

Lily is feeling much better, but still has a cough.
She was at daycare all day yesterday and besides a little more snot than normal, they said she did very, very well.

Billy and I agree that she's still not "herself" yet...not as smiley and silly, but anything's better than the red-rimmed eye'd baby we had last weekend.

A big thanks to Uncle Collin who solo-shopped for his niece and picked out awesome clothes for her. WE love you!!

What you see here is a picture of our precious Lily and her Daddy. Both are lookin' DOPE what with the stripes, backwards cap and dramatic lighting.

However, what tale this picture does not tell is that Lily is sick in this picture.
*enter frowny face*

Our big girl got her four-month Well-baby check up last Thursday, which, sadly, meant vaccinations.
FOUR big shots and her oral rotovirus immunization.
DAMN. I sucked. Big fat sucked all over the place.
She cried and cried and then, once stuck and bugs-bunny-bandaged-up, looked tearfully and her daddy and me as if to say:
YOU WERE JUST STANDING THERE THE WHOLE TIME THIS FRICKIN LADY STUCK ME FOUR TIMES!!! WHAT THE EFF IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHAT KIND OF PARENTS ARE YOU?

I feebly attempted to soothe her with some soft words, cuddles and a breast. She was fine.

Last time she got shots, she had a fever and threw up quite a bit. She was also rather sleepy and that was it.

Rather different this time around, I'd say.
I took off on Friday, tentatively, hoping that maybe she'd be fine and rearin' to go to daycare come morning.
Friday, she woke up with green snot and a horrible cough.
She DID sleep all day, but every time she ate, YURK. Half came back to us.

In a nutshell, (too late), she's still sick. She didn't sleep well last night, is still feverish and still has a bit of a cough.

I took her to the urgent care clinic on Friday night {note: by the way, why is it that whatever urgent care place you go to, you happen to go to the one which does NOT accept your insurance??} and the doctor didn't seem too bothered by her cough and gave us some medicine. But she still coughs and is still feverish. At least she is keeping the food down now.

I have literally never stressed so hard over anything in my life.
And this is only sickness number ONE.
Gyah.

Fall, ya'll!

So far, I've seen two tress here in Okietown that are beginning to put on the fall fare. I love Fall. I forget all year long just how MUCH I love it...then it comes around again, Thank God. Of course, according to Nobel Prize Winner, Al Gore, Global Warming will fix all that Fall jazz. Thanks, Al.

The stomach virus grabbed me last weekend and made me it's hooker. Then forgot to pay. It was NOT cool. I was in bed w/out food or water for about a day. Yes, yes...just a day, but STILL. Stinky part was that without food and water, my body cut way back on the milk production. So, I'm behind her by one meal. BUT two good things: at least I CAN feed her AND hopefully by next week, she'll be eating baby cereal!!! Such a big girl!!

Lily finally got to meet her other Great Grampa last weekend. When she was born, he was recovering from cancer surgery at 85 years old. And then we got busy, right? Ha. Anyway, here's Lily (Or "Lil" as he calls her) and her GGpa:



She gave him kisses:



All around, they just got on great:



My grandma had already met Lily, but was over the moon to see her again:



I really don't see Grandma enough. She looks amazing here. I love her. I love them both!

Lily is progressing wonderfully. She has started to tip to the side sometimes when on her back. She drools like a madwoman and constantly sucks on her fingers, her paci, her monkey or blanket...we think she's "pre-teething". WHEE!



Next week is her four month, Well-Baby check up. That means (dear LORD) more shots! Again: whee. However, Billy and I are looking forward to the doctor saying, "...and she's old enough to start her on baby cereal..."
The teachers at daycare tell me that when the other babies in her class are fed baby food, she perks up and watches intently. We're very excited for this milestone.



As you can see, she is just growing and growing and is perfect in every way. I miss her right now as I type...of course, because of the "milk shortage" I see her several times a day as I deliver milk to her daycare!

You know...I drop her off at daycare five days a week.
I do fine taking her in.
I do fine putting her in another person's arms or laying her in a crib.
I even do fine walking out the door.

But when I get in the car, look in the rearview mirror and see that empty car seat: that's when I am not doing as well. That's when my praying begins.

So little time...

(*Edit* 10/3/07 I've been trying to get this blog up for days...and cannot add pics or video for some reason. But here's the update, just the same. I'll try to be better about more blogging.)

With Government year-end, growing girl and hard-working Daddy...we've little time for much else. Plus Billy and I both caught a cold. Weeee!

Here's the latest, in a small, tidy nutshell:

Lily's passed her 3-mo. bday. She is just getting so big and is so smart. Here is a list of some things that she can do now:
-Roll from front to back.
-Grab, hold, play with and chew the toy she likes. (Right now, her monkey from Unk Robbie and Aunt Catie is her fave.)
-Talk and mock Mama and Daddy when they make noises at me.
-Spend time alone without needing entertainment or company. Also known at Big Girl Time. (We put her in her bassinet or crib and leave her in there, while working in the same room, or cleaning and she'll listen to music, talk to herself or play with a toy quietly.)
-Smile a lot. Coo, squeal and screetch while playing with Mama and Daddy.

She is doing GREAT with sleep. Daycare keeps her up most of the day and they play and do crafts, etc. So she comes home pleasantly exercised and sleeps through the night on most nights. (Notice I said MOST nights.)

She is gorgeous and a joy and my life is perfect with her. I'm humbled and so very Thankful for my family.
Kim
XOXO