August 22 – Mama and Daddy are on vacation

Mama and I had some good quality cuddle time at 2am this morning after I ate. She explained that she and Daddy were going on a little vacation to Las Vegas and that I would be staying home with Mumsie. She said that they would be gone for 5 sleeps… well, I’ve already been asleep 5 times today and they’re not back yet. Not sure where Mama learned how to count but I’ll find a different math teacher that’s for sure.

I've been having loads of fun with Mumsie and Abuela Lita while I wait for Mama and Daddy to come back home. Mumsie put me in my rocking swing and I had lots of fun listening to music and swinging away!



Mumsie and I went for a walk and had a lot of baths! I love my baths. Mama even put little love notes around the house for me to find! Mumsie and I found one on the mirror in the bathroom so that when I had my bath, I could read how Mama and Daddy love me! We also found a love note near the changing table and a note in my crib wishing me sweet dreams! Mama and Daddy are so sweet, even though i'm not entirely sure that they realize I can't read yet. Mumsie read it to me and pointed out the words, so i think i have the hang of it now. :0D

Oh a super funny thing happened when Abuela Lita was changing me - i pooped on her! HAHA. i'm sure she didn't think it was funny, but i had a great big chuckle out of it! Mama laughed when Mumsie told her about it.

Mama left some spreadsheets for Mumsie and Lita to fill out to track what goes and what comes out of me! Mumsie has been doing a great job of filling it out. Mama is so happy to see that i'm eating, peeing and sleeping. She definitely needs a vacation if she thinks that pee is entertainment!

Mama and Daddy called me a lot and it was nice to hear their voices. Mumsie even showed me some pictures they sent her. I wish i had a cell phone so they could send me photos directly. Maybe when i turn 3 months.

Mumsie and I called Mama when it was time to go to bed. Mama and I go through the list of everyone who loves me. I think it's a shortened list because we'd still be chatting otherwise!

I'm having lots of fun with Mumsie and Abuela Lita, but I miss Mama and Daddy. I know they're having fun but next time i'm going with them!

August 18 – Celebrating being 12 weeks old with long walks and waterfalls

Mama told me when I woke up this morning that we were going to go see Grandpopi. He and Auntie Marie are finally back from france and he couldn’t wait to see me! Auntie Marie had to work but Mama said that she wished she could see me too. Mama was excited to show Grandpopi my new kick-tushy stroller! It’s a 3-wheel jogging stroller with cup holders, speakers to play some of my favorite tunes by Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon and Elton John and it even lets me recline back so I can sleep without getting a hunchback. Mama did a ton of research on it and was excited to show it off.

I slept during the car ride to Grandpopi’s house and then we drove to where we were going to walk. We were going to walk at the Croton Harmon Bridge. At least that’s where I think we went walking. If not, don’t blame me… I’m just a baby. We walked across a bridge and we stopped a few times to take some pictures. Mama was a little nervous but she even took me out of the stroller for a picture on the bridge. She didn’t get too close for fear of dropping me. After that bridge, we took a long hike over some dirt / gravel pathways down a really long hill to the bottom of the waterfall thingy. Grandpopi then walked me over to a chain link fence and we took some more pictures. The waterfall sounded like my sound machine! It was great. I slept pretty well.

A little while later, once Mama and Grandpopi were done taking photos and walking over bridges, we hiked back up the long, winding hill and went in search of some food. I woke up super hungry in the car and kept yelling at Mama to make sure she knew I was hungry. She said she knew it but still didn’t produce a boob or a bottle for me to eat. Sheesh. We got to Grandpopi’s house so he could take his car to the restaurant and Mama finally gave me a bottle. I worked up such an appetite from my hiking, that I sucked down my measly 2.5 oz and wanted more. Mama took me inside and fed me. Once I was milk drunk, they put me back into my car seat and we drove to lunch. I guess Mama and Grandpopi were hungry too. They put me on top of the table at lunch and remembered to bring in my comfy sheep blanket that Auntie Marie made. It was chilly in the restaurant and I walked something warm on my legs, which were still sore from that crazy nurse shooting them. I drifted in and out of dreaming of my ladybug and monkey friends to smiling and spitting up at Grandpopi.

After lunch, Mama and I drove home because she had a dr. appt with Dr. Ofer. Dr. Ofer delivered me and while I wanted to go and say hi to him, I was too tired to argue when Mama said that I would be staying home with Mumsie. Besides, I like it when Mumsie comes over because she’s always saying that “deli order 29 is ready for pick up”. She seems to get a real kick out of it, which I think is funny.

8-16: Two month check-up 2 weeks late

Today was a very very long day. Mama and Mumsie woke me up at 3:30 to feed me, change me and put me in a car seat. Not sure why since I was sleeping perfectly fine in RyRy’s crib. We left Uncle Mikey’s house at 4:00. I fell asleep pretty quickly once those crazy adults started the car and we took off. We stopped around 7 I think so I could eat and get another diaper change. We then stopped a couple more times to eat, change diapers and so Mama and Mumsie could go to the bathroom too. I hung out in the back seat with my ladybug friend and my soft monkey. The shoulder dogs were a little jealous that I had so many friends and I had to talk to them a lot so they knew that I loved them too.

We made it home around 10:30. Daddy got home around 12:30, which was great! I sure did miss him.

Not only was today filled with a long drive from Virginia home, but it was also my two-month appointment with Dr. Dobos. I haven’t seen him in about 6 weeks and I guess he missed me because he had Mama and Daddy bring me on in. The nurse measured me and weighed me. I was in a good mood so I didn’t even pee on the scale although by the end of the appointment I would wish I had!

Dr. Dobos was happy to see that I had grown 2 inches (I’m now 23” tall!) and gained some weight (ladies never discuss their weight so if you want to know, too stinkin’ bad!). He listed to my heart, looked in my ears and stuck something up my nose. He humored Mama with her weird questions about my tugging on my ear, eating, pumping, weight gain and ear infections. He made me smile and giggle and he said he liked the sound of my voice! Mama told him that I don’t really like tummy time (she was downplaying it because I HATE IT!) and he said that while I had excellent head control, it was important to get tummy time because it would help me crawl. Blah. Who wants to crawl anyway? I like to stand.

Once Dr. Dobos was done poking and prodding me, it was time for some crazy nurse to come in. Mama and Daddy gave me some baby Tylenol stuff at the start of the appointment ,which tasted kinda like a purple jolly rancher, but with sand in it. Daddy help my hands and I thought we were playing a game. Mama came and put her head near mine and gave me kisses. I should have known something was up because last time she did this was 6 weeks ago and I got poked with something sharp. Before Mama knew it, that crazy nurse stuck 2 SHOTS in my legs! One on each side. I’m glad I didn’t have more legs because I’m sure she would have stuck those too. That nurse gets some weird pleasures out of making babies scream. So NOT cool. Those shots hurt something fierce. I screamed for about 5 minutes and Mama cried a little… frankly she shoulda cried more. Those things really hurt! I bet she never has to get shots otherwise she wouldn’t make me get them. She keeps telling me that she knows it hurts, but I dunno if I’m buying that. If you know something is going to hurt, why do it? Seems strange to me.

Mama and Daddy got me dressed and we headed out of that painful place. We went to get Daddy’s hair cut and I slept in the car. Mama drove around with me for a while and then we went back to get Daddy.

Afterwards, we drove home to get ready to go out to dinner with Auntie Marie, Uncle Eddie, Auntie Alli and Uncle Rob in Fairfield. Mama put me in a really super cute brown outfit that finally fit (my big head has a hard time gong through it, but Mama said that just means I’m super smart) and we headed out. Mama and Daddy said that if they felt at all during the dinner that I was unhappy, that they’d skedaddle on outta there. We get to the restaurant and I am SUPER uncomfortable. I’m hot yet a little clammy, my legs are hurting from where that crazy nurse shot me, I’m uncomfortable in that god awful car seat and I just want a pony. Or ice cream. I could be swayed in either direction.

Mama and Daddy got to the restaurant and Daddy swaddled me in my special doggy blanket and carried me inside. Auntie Alli and Auntie Marie were so excited to see me. I was tired of crying so I let them fawn over me. It doesn’t get the least bit tiring hearing how cute I am and how I look like my beautiful Mama.

We were shown into a private room in the back under the guise that it had a huge table to fit everyone. Mama and Daddy joked was so that we wouldn’t scare the other people eating their dinner. Mama and Daddy didn’t understand that I was trying to warn everyone around me of the crazy nurse that got BOTH of my legs!

I stopped crying for a while so Mama and Daddy could eat dinner and have a beer. Then Auntie Marie and Uncle Eddie dropped the bomb… they were moving to Orange County, California!!! I couldn’t believe it. I tried to make sense of why they would leave Connecticut since I was there and head to California where I definitely was not. After a little while, I just couldn’t take it anymore and started to yell at them about moving. Mama and Daddy felt badly so they paid and we went home. I was so sad that Auntie Marie and Uncle Eddie are moving but am happy that we have a cool place to visit!

We got home and I ate and slept but my schedule is so far gone. Mama still felt terrible about the horrific shot lady that we cuddled for a long time. I like getting cuddles but don’t like getting shots!

August 8 - walks and playdates make for a very long day!

Today I took Mommy to the Danbury Mall to walk with Allison and Alex. We had a great time and Allison told us that Alex's heart is doing loads better and they will know more about next steps in 5 weeks. Alex has a heart murmur just like me, but hers is much worse and will most likely need surgery. Mommy was so sad when she heard that from Allison and gave me lots of hugs and kisses and told me she was happy that mine seemed so minor (in comparison).

Mommy made Alex a pink taggie blanket just like what she made me. Hers has a little brown fuzzy doggy in the middle. Mommy said she really made it for me first, but asked if she could give it to Alex because she thought she could use some cheering up. I said of course! It was the first time I gave a present to a friend! :D It felt good to give something to a friend and cheer her up.

We walked around for a long time. Mommy and Allison sure can chit chat! i got hungry so mommy fed me downstairs near some fountain. she had a cool cloth thingy so she could cover up my head. She said she didn't want me to feel self conscious about eating and maybe drooling a little. She's so funny. I don't care if people see me eat! i watch other people eat all the time.

After lunch, she put me back into that silly car seat and we headed to Babies R Us, Mommy has been looking for a new stroller for me that would let me lay down instead of sitting up when going for walks. She decided to check out the BRU in Danbury versus the one in Milford that we had checked out before. I was crying when we got to the BRU parking lot because I was so tired of being in the car seat and super hungry. Mommy grabbed me out of the stroller and carried just me into the store. We went into the family changing room where she changed me and fed me.

Once I had been watered and changed, it was time to get down to business. Mom and I walked over to the stroller section and a nice guy helped us out. Mommy laid me down in a whole bunch of different contraptions to see how i would fit and if i liked it. We found one we liked pretty quickly so we checked out and headed out to visit with Auntie Gabby.

I slept in the car most of the way and woke up just as we were pulling into the driveway. Auntie Gabby was outside throwing a wet slobbery tennis ball to some strange dog I haven’t ever seen before. He was a golden retriever named Ranger… and boy was he stinky! Skyler and Cartman aren’t so stinky and I am happy about that! Auntie Gabby ordered a yummy smelling pizza for dinner; it had mashed potatoes, cheddar cheese and broccoli with some sour cream drizzled on top. It smelled really tasty. Mommy had a couple of slices and told me I could try some later. I kept opening my mouth for a bite, but Mommy said I’d taste some in my milk later. I was a little bummed because it smelled so good now, but later would work too I guess.

Auntie Gabby wanted to hold me so Mommy let her. I was getting really tired and cranky and kept crying. Auntie Gabby thought it was because I didn’t like her. Not true! I like her just fine. But you try being held by someone you haven’t seen in 2 months when you’re tired. No thank you! I just wanted Mommy and I wanted to go HOME!

Finally Mommy got the message and into the car we went. We then had to drop Auntie Gabby off at the car place somewhere on the way home. I couldn’t believe it. At this pace I was never getting home and into a nice warm bubble bath. I cried and cried. Mommy felt really badly for not being able to get into the backseat with me but she explained that she was driving and if she got into the backseat than the car would have to drive itself and it doesn’t know how. Sheesh. How hard can it be?

I finally stopped crying and fell asleep. We dropped Auntie Gabby off and continued on home. I tried to send Mommy “no more stops” brain waves and I think it totally worked because our next stop was home! She quickly brought me inside and then tried to put me back to sleep. I gave her a hard time because I had been trying to go to sleep for a few hours and now she wanted me to go to sleep. No way lady! You have to train these adults otherwise they just expect you to sleep on their schedule. HAH!

While Mommy was putting me to sleep Daddy put together my new stroller! I can’t wait to try it out tomorrow on my morning promenade.

About 40 minutes later I think Mommy learned her lesson and so I passed out. I could hear them talking about the stroller and I know that Mommy was showing Daddy all the features. He liked the big tires, the speakers you could connect to your ipod / iphone and how it folds up pretty small. I just smiled and kept dreaming about my walk!