HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

May you and those you hold close find 2009 filled with happiness, healthiness, and prosperity!!!!

I don't have any resolutions for 2009 - I never seem to keep them anyway. But I do have a small list of things that I WILL do to be found here.

I'm uber excited about dinner at Mom's tonight - neck bones, collard greens, black eyed peas and rice...... I'll probably gorge and then pass out. But - its a meal I don't have often, and absolutely ADORE!

Anyway, Happy new year all!

Baby Crazy.

My happy go lucky baby is still the MOST. AMAZING. THING. EVER. Sometimes, though, I just don't know what to do with her.

Lately she's turned into quite the clingy baby. Seriously - she follows me every where. I can't even pee by myself. She's fine as long as we're in the same room, and she can see me and talk to me. At first it was awesome - reminded me how much she needed me and how much she depends on me for everything. It was awesome to realize that I created this little human (ok, I had a little help - but since he chooses not to be involved, I get to take ALL the credit.) Now, its a little annoying sometimes. During our waking hours I try to find ways to distract her just so I can go to the bathroom alone.

She's becoming quite the little chatter box too. Hardly any of it makes sense - but I hear her say new things almost EVERY DAY! Its amazing. Right now the list of things she says is: hello, thank you, mommy, love you (I cried over this one), no, and here. Well, that's all I can think of - I know there's more though. I talk to her all day to get her to talk more - and say more intelligible things, instead of speaking baby. Though I suppose I shouldnt rush her to grow up. She's getting more cuddly too - which is awesome. When she was born she wasn't so big on the being held stuff - she wanted to be propped up so she could see everything. She wouldn't even sleep in the bed with me. She's been very independent up to this point - sometimes its great, other times I just want her to cuddle with me.

Oh - cute story.... I was cleaning my Oscars tank today and she was in the bathroom trying to help. I guess since she saw me dropping rocks and such into the tank she decided that she would do the same. She grabbed my pumice stone and threw it in. When I retrieved it and thanked her for trying to help, she promptly yelled at me, grabbed the pumice stone and a body puff and threw them both in...... Had I been a bad mood I probably would have been irritated, but it was just so cute because she was trying to help.

After Christmas....

It's officially after Christmas!!!!! Yay!

Baby Crazy was not at all interested in ripping paper off presents, so I opened them all for her. But I did get some pics of the stuff she got. She made out pretty well. Lots of clothes and toys. I am so in love with the sweats and overalls that my mom got her - they're TOO cute. There were also monkey PJ's she was given that I'm in love with.

Christmas went well for us - we spent pretty much all day with my Mom (who by the way is quickly becoming one of the BEST friends I've ever had) and about 2 hours at my Papa's house, where we both ate well. (LOVE = GARLIC PORK AND SHRIMP CURRY)

Anyway - I know I promised pics and you'll still get them, but they'll probably be up tomorrow. I dont have an SD card reader and I'm at work.

We did go see the Donor's parents yesterday - had dinner with them. The theme of the conversation? Be nice to the Donor. Uh, no thank you. I'm done being nice. I WILL NOT chase behind him and beg him to spend time with Baby Crazy. His loss. He'll want to be a part of her life later and she wont want anything to do with him. And when she starts asking questions, guess who gets to answer them? Thats right! Him!!!!

Anyway - Hope everyone's Christmas was wonderful and that you enjoyed being with family!!!!

Best wishes for a joyous and happy New Year!!!!

Oh - quick update on the poo issue - it's definitely been resolved! Milk of Magnesia works wonders.....Sucks for me though, since I have to change her stinky poo butt. =)

Pictures =)

Just wanted to add some pictures - all of the ones of Baby Crazy were taken today while she was playing.
There's one of Boyfriend Crazy and I - that was taken this past saturday(He needs to shave, lol).

Baby Crazy's......Issues.....LOL

So Baby Crazy has been constipated on and off for like the last month. Its absolutely horrible. She cries and screams when she has to poo because she cant get it out, and I cry because her cries and screams are just so heart wrenching. Anyway - when we went for her 1yr well baby appointment I mentioned this to her pediatrician because we thought it was the milk. So - he said to take her off milk and make sure she got calcium. Took her off the milk - and she was still constipated. Bad business. I was having to give her enemas when she needed to poo because she couldn't get it out. Fast forward to this past Friday - we're in Dollar Tree and she just starts screaming and crying like some one's killing her. Her stomach was really hard so I knew she was trying to poo - but she couldn't get anything out. I gave her an enema in a Publix parking lot (made Boyfriend Crazy go in CVS and get baby enemas). She finally poos about 10 minutes later and was back to her happy, smiling self. I called Gigi Crazy and expressed my concern about the constipation issue - we came to the conclusion that Baby Crazy needed to see her doctor. Fast forward again to yesterday (Monday). I explained everything in detail to her pediatrician and he thinks that its just that she remembers every time she poos it hurts, so she's holding it until her body overrides her and makes her go. But by then her poo is so thick and solid she cant get it out without help. I was told to put her on 1tsp of milk of magnesia once a day for the next two weeks and if that doesn't help make things a little more regular then I'm to up the dose to 1 1/2tsp daily for two weeks. If that still doesn't work, I'm to call him.

She's so going to hate me when she gets older and reads this. I'm putting her business on the internet. LOL. I'm sure I'll be paying for her therapy too. Oh well. At least alls well in our little world. Well, for now anyway.

Love....

Baby Crazy's vocabulary is expanding so quickly that its getting so hard to keep up with all the new words she says. But her most recent is "Love You" It's absolutely amazing. We were playing on my bed the other day and I told her that I loved her and she said it back. I wanted to cry. I had no idea that those two little words from her could elicit so much emotion. She's growing up TOO fast. I can remember holding her in the recovery room after she was delivered feeling like she was what I was born for - like she was my purpose in life.

She is really the most amazing thing since sliced bread as far as I'm concerned.

Christmas is going to be a pretty simple affair for us. We're going to spend Christmas Eve and Morning at Gigi Crazy's house and do the traditional Christmas thing with them. Afterwards dinner is at Big Papa's house at 2. Then, the rest of the day belongs to me and Baby Crazy. We'll probably do our Christmas thing with the Wife and her munchkin. I didnt get her much of anything this year - simply because she'll never remember and well...I'm BROKE. But - it will still be nice. Being with Family is all that matters really, so we've got that covered and it should be a joyous day. And yes, there will be pictures. I'll probably put them up on photobucket - that way if people want them they can get them printed.

Christmas Card Scrapbook

Found this website today (www.scrapblog.com) Kinda cool!

I've always wanted to scrapbook and this will make it easier for me! Not only that, its WAY cheaper (the site's free!!!!!). So I think I'll definitely start an online scrapbook for the little one. I'll have to look into getting the pages printed tho.

Anyway, enjoy and let me know what you think of them!

(I think it shows a page that I tried to delete - so you can skip that page. It doesn't have any pictures on it. Oh, and there's music too!)

Yay! I've finally joined the blogging world!

So I've finally decided to join the world of blogging!!!!

A couple of the girls in my birth club blog so that their families can keep up with them and their little ones - and I got to thinking that it was a good idea - thus my blog!

I'll try to update daily on me and the little one - no promises, but at the very least I will blog once a week. I'll add pics periodically too - so that everyone can see Baby Crazy.

Also - a warning I am incredibly random, so not everything will make sense!!!!

Love
Mama Crazy =)