hmmm so it's been awhile, huh?

Ok, I really thought I'd be better at blogging as a Mommy b/c I'd have stuff to write about, than I was before... but as you all can tell, I'm so not! And really, it's not b/c the girl demands so much of my time, she is totally not a morning person and sleeps in, she doesn't need me to hold her constantly and we have a TON of toy/things to keep her attention. I should run downstairs and take a picture of our family room and the baby stuff that has overtaken it, but I'm too lazy. I'm sure I'll get around to it, but really, don't hold your breath!

Christmas was very uneventful at our house. C had to pay for a speeding ticket that he got so that was pretty much his present. I did manage to score him a new game, a dvd, and one of his favorite snacks for his stocking, but that's all I did. I was too mad about the speeding ticket to reward that behavior w/ presents! C gave me a new robe (yay! right Shell?) my other robe was 14 YEARS old!!! I got it from my college roommate, freshman year, Christmas 1993. I was still wearing it, until our recent trip to NY when it received some more damage and unfortunatly we made the decision not to bring it home w/ us, so we buried it in NY, in its original hometown! :D He also gave me this awesome coffee table book, called The Art of the Snowflake. It's actual photographs of snowflakes. Way cool! C did really good on my stocking stuffer items too, which I know is hard for him since he didn't get a stocking when he was a kid and the stocking is totally my favorite part of the presents. We did not go all out for the girl, she's 4 months old for crying out loud! I got her some teething toy things for her stocking. And took pics of her on the couch with her stocking and our gifts to make it look like she got stuff, so when she's older she can't say we didn't spoil her! :D





We currently have an unwanted tenant in our attic... I think its a squirrel. I can hear it when it comes in at night and when it wakes up and leaves in the morning. It crawls around in the ceiling over our bed. It is totally getting evicted this weekend! C is going to see about finding out how he/she is getting in, then set a trap for it, get it out of our house and revoking its key (sealing off its entrance)!

The girl is totally laughing now. She even has tickle spots. Its so much fun to make her laugh. C is really good at it, and I've been trying to catch it on video, I think I've gotten some. She's also spent some time on her belly, she doesn't push up on her arms yet or roll over, but she does bring her knees up under her... so we'll see where she goes from there. She's also eating like a pig!!! She's up to 6oz a pop now! Oh and for about a month now, she's been sleeping through the night, a good 8-10 hours in a row. YAY!!! And for those that knew, saw, or remembered... her clogged tear duct is all cleared up. No more goop coming out at all. WHOOO HOOO!
Today is the girls 4 mo check up, so next time I blog I'll have stats for you. Not much else happening here. Just chilling out. Have a wonderful day!

~Til next time!

ok real quick...

I'll post a few pics then come back tomorrow (maybe) and give you all an update.

Pics have been YANKED!

B/c I can... and I wanted to! :D

Sorry you missed it!

Anyone looking for me?????

We made it back from our trip LATE Tuesday night (really it was Wed morning). We had a wonderful time, Lovey did absolutely PERFECT on the flights and really the whole time we were gone. We had her so off her regular routine, out of her normal surroundings and she was still the perfect baby. At one point, my dad asked "Does this baby ever cry?" For the record, she does, but only if you are slow getting her food to her. I'm still trying to catch up with laundry and cleaning and decorating for the holidays. We are leaving again on Thursday for a trip to St. Louis to see friends and I'm so looking forward to being there, but not really looking forward to the drive. It's a 10 hour drive, I don't like car trips and Lovey isn't crazy about being in her car seat for long periods of time either. So this should be quite the trip.
I'd love to show you pictures from my trip in NY, but I left my memory card at my dad's. They are going to mail it to me sometime this week.
In other news....
At some point during my pregnancy, around the same time the tingling in my right hand started I realized that the heel of my left foot was numb, sometime later I discovered that the area on the outside of my right knee was also numb. I figured these symptoms would go away after delivery. Well, they haven't. I finally mentioned it to my OB dr at my last visit and she said I needed to see a neurologist. He ran some kind of tests, said there was some nerve damage, probably from a pinched nerve but that I needed an MRI. Last Thursday night, I had my MRI and the tech guy said that I have a bulging disc and that I'd get more info from the dr. Soooooooo, I'm still waiting to hear from the neurologist, but I had the MRI people also send the results to my chiropractor and he said its very treatable and that I won't need any invasive procedures. But of course, we still have to find out what the neurologist says. In the mean time, I'm seeing the chiropractor 3x a week. I'll let ya know what the neurologist says when he gets me back in his office.

I do have some crappy pics that I took of the 'great decorating' idea I mentioned in a previous post that I was so excited about. The pictures so don't do it justice, but at least you'll get the idea. The first one is w/ no flash and the second is with the flash on.

I did find one of my aunt and Lovey when we were at the airport getting ready to fly out of NY.

Alright, that's all your getting for now....

~Til next time!