Weekend Update!

SoOoOo...

My weekend was uneventful. As usual.

I did some major cleaning Sunday night and may have breathed a few too many Mr. Clean fumes.

I also did some catching up on some of the blogs I read and read that one of the ladies new born baby girl was born with a cehalocele. Basically a defect where the child's skull did not fuse all the way and sometimes there can be parts of the brain in the fluid filled tumor. Luckily, there was no brain in the tumor and can be remedied by surgery. She's distraught by the idea of her newborn undergoing surgery - quite understandably. I realized then just how LUCKY I am to have been blessed with a completely healthy baby girl.

Oh - and the poll has been closed so now the little one's new blog nick name is Monkey. I must now announce that the Monkey is completely self sufficient. Well - she thinks she is anyway. She WILL NOT eat if she can't feed herself. I also realized this weekend that the majority of her frustration and crying comes from her trying to communicate what she wants and us not being able to understand her. So I have decided to commit myself to learning more sign language and teaching it to her, thus saving us both some frustration. She was given a Baby Einsteins First Signs dvd by Aunt Pearly for Christmas, so I'll be putting that to use.

Suzie Ma and her mother are in town until Saturday so we'll be going to visit them this week while they're here. Suzie also reminded me that I am now legal and don't need any type of parental permission to go and visit other countries *cough, Trinidad* *cough, Guyana*. So I'll be looking into my passport soon and seeing what I can do to get that in motion. Now to find someone to go to Guyana with me.... Hmmm.... Any volunteers????

For your viewing pleasure....

Back to Two.

So - its back to just me and the little one again. Boyfriend Crazy, who is now the ex, left today.

It was weird going home. Things were much quieter and seemed odd. I know its because he became a part of our daily routine and now he's not part of it. Things are just weird. I have a knot in my stomach and I know that its irrational and will go away, but I dont like it.

Anyway - not much new with the two of us. Except that we're putting the little one back on milk. Seems it is not the cause of her poo issues, so back to milk.

She's such an amazing little person. I'm truly blessed to have her.

Update.

Well - we didn't get in to see the pediatrician today. I called around 9 and they were already slammed for the day. So I set up an appointment for tomorrow morning at 9:15.

The head nurse said something about having to "bag" her. I had no idea what she was talking about so like the village idiot I am I said "Ok" and then made sure I didn't have make Baby fast. I talked to Mom later and asked her what the nurse had meant and she proceeded to tell me that she thinks the nurse meant giving the baby a catheter.......

My poor baby. I feel horrible now. Especially since if I'm just over-reacting I'll have made her go through a catheter for NO REASON. I almost don't want to take her now. I know I need to, but I don't want to.

So..... I'll update after the appointment.

Pictures, for your viewing pleasure!

Poll

is up. Its on the side bar under About Me.

Vote!!!!

If it aint one thing....

its another.... Really....

Yesterday I went in to wake up the baby from her nap - and she was CRANKY and seriously shaky. I mentioned it to Mom and decided to give her some juice and a snack - after the snack she was fine.

Then - 230am this morning apparently she woke up screaming like she was terrified and was shaking badly. Mom said she seemed a little shaky - Mom gave her some peanut butter and some orange juice and she was fine and went back to sleep.

What does this all sound like??? DING DING! YOU GOT IT! Sounds like her sugar levels dropping.

So I'm calling the pediatrician tomorrow to see if we can get her in and convince him to test her sugar. I'm concerned because diabetes runs in both my maternal and paternal sides - and it also runs in her dad's family - maternal and paternal.

I spoke with one of my Aunts today because her daughter has type 1 diabetes and I wanted to see if she had any info or anything that I should be looking for. I found out some interesting info - and also found out that SOME poo issues can be related to diabetes. Huh. Who knew?

Anyway - I'll be updating tomorrow and letting you all know how it went.

Thanks again to Aunt Neesie for the WONDERFUL info! AWESOMENESS!!!

Also - from here on out, I am changing the baby's nickname on this blog 'Baby Crazy' is too much to write and I almost always type it wrong or forget part of it.... I'm going to put up a poll so you can vote =) So vote and let me know what you think it should be for blog purposes.

Oh - I got my hair cut the other day too.... Read all about it here. I will post a pic for you too.

Soooo here it is =)

So I was reminded (read: reprimanded) yesterday about this blog. My aunt sent me an e-mail reminding me that I've been neglecting this poor thing. I suppose she's right - I have been. But in my defense - I was on vacation and - I try to post daily to my other blog.

Anyway....

Hmmm. Goings-on in our lives.....

Like I said - I took a short vacation this past weekend and went up to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama with the Bestie. We had a good time - sans kids. Missed the kid horribly, but managed to have a good time anyway. While I was away the Baby Crazy started doing more amazing stuff that I don't get to witness because it's all part of her evening/bedtime routine. But I'll share - because I'm not greedy. Apparently after dinner when they take her out of her high-chair she pushes it back to the wall where it lives. If you ask her if she's ready to take a bath she runs to the bathroom door (which is always shut) and removes her clothes. Also - if she's in her room playing and you're not there she'll come and get you and drag you by the finger and take you to her room. She's also started saying "Hello" every time she hears the front door close. Its hilarious! No more teeth yet - which I'm a little concerned about, but I suppose I wont worry about it until we see the pediatrician next - which may be soon if we can't get her off the milk of magnesia.

I got home and she was all snuggly and cuddly for like 2.5 seconds - but I suppose that's normal for her.

Oh - I did my taxes! Ok - so Mom did them, I watched her. Have you started getting your stuff together for yours???? Hmm??? Might want to get on that then. Lol.

Sooooo yeah. There it is. Thats all thats going on right now. I'll write more later/tomorrow.