My First Oyster Festival

Today I went to my very first Oyster Festival after having lunch with Grandpopi and Auntie Marie. I didn't see any Oysters though. I saw lots of rides, games, balloons and bubbles. Grandpopi bought us some tickets and we got to go on lots of rides! Daddy took me down a HUGE slide first. That was a lot of fun. Then Mama took me down. I was a brave girl and didn't cry at all. Mama screamed like a little girl. We then went on a train ride. I had to ride with another little girl because I was still too little to go by myself. That's ok though. She and I talked during the ride. I have no idea what she was saying though. She must speak Russian or Swedish. It could go either way.

Grandpopi wanted to go on the Merry Go Round so I went with him. He seemed to really like that ride! He was laughing and giggling. So cute. After that Grandpopi rushed me over to Mama and we went on the flying Dumbo ride! It was so much fun. I was getting restless because I couldn't really see out of the side so Mama tried to hold me on her lap. It was still really hard to see though. Daddy was able to get some good pics of us though.

After that we went towards the craft tents. Mama saw a Child ID kit so she got me one. This way if I ever lose Mama and Daddy, it'll be easier for everyone to help me find them again.

It took them FOREVER to get everything they needed for the ID kit so once we were done, we headed right over to the craft tents. Mama and Daddy bought me a long sleeve tie-dye shirt because they were nervous that I was getting too much sun. I told them that I was ok since they were NON STOP putting on sun screen, but Mama said she didn't trust it. Sigh. then why bother putting on the sun screen?

Grandpopi and Auntie Marie were at the end of the first row of craft tents and they joined us and Nana to walk through the rest of the tent (which were only like 5 tables). Nana bought me a push penguin toy! It's so cute. Mama and Daddy let me walk around a lot too. Nana bought me a monkey backpack with a super long tail that they can hold on to. I had fun chasing the monkey tail around and around and around. Then I got dizzy so I stopped. But it sure was fun trying to clothesline people who were trying to get between me and Mama.

I had fun walking Grandpopi around. we saw lots of little cars, some music places and some more cars. I even found a kid that had a tennis ball. Grandpopi let me get one of my own. I wanted the pink one with the rope on it. that one had two tennis balls. But that's ok. I like my yellow one. I think i'll give it to Fritzy. He likes tennis balls.

There wasn't a whole lot to see in the craft tents and we had already eaten lunch so we decided to head back to the rides. I went on the Merry Go Round a few more times and we saw our neighbors, Miss Jill, Ivy and Eve, Mr Ryan. We also saw Miss Kelly, Hana and Mr. Mike.

Daddy and I went on a dinosaur ride. It was fun but i was getting SUPER hot and tired.

We had some more tickets though so Auntie Marie took me down the huge slide. We got to the top and I saw it. Balloons! I wanted a balloon. How was I going to get one? Then before I could map out how to get to the balloons down the slide we went! I wasn't ready. Boy was I mad! We got to the bottom and I did my very best "i'm super ticked off" face. Mama grabbed me and gave me kisses. Then we went back up the ladder to the top of the slide again. I kept trying to tell her about the balloons but she kept waving at Daddy. sigh. Finally, we made it up to the top. I see the balloon man again. I was trying to decide between the big blue dolphin or the pink monkey. It's a tough choice. weeeeeee! down the slide we went again. what is wrong with these people? Again, i wasn't ready and i left my stomach at the top of the slide! I was super unhappy at this point. Mama just laughed and gave me more hugs. I tried to climb back into my stroller to get my water. These people are crazy.




It was so much fun. I can't wait until next year!

Monday – Ducks, Frogs and Trolley’s

Day 4 – Captains Log. Today I woke up extra early because I was so excited to get out and see Boston. Mama and Daddy took a while to get going which was kinda annoying. I had eaten breakfast, had a butt change and put on clothes before they were even dressed. Sigh. Parents…

Once they were finally dressed we headed out to find them some breakfast. Not sure why they didn’t just eat puffs and yogurt like me. We found an Au Bon Pain and they got egg sandwiches and let me have a couple of bites. Next time I’m holding out for a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich too. No wonder they didn’t want the puffs.

After some breakfast nosh we headed to a park. Mama must have studied the map because she knew exactly where it was. We strolled around and saw loads of squirrels and birds. Daddy stopped after a little while and let me get out to see the ducks in the pond. I wanted to go swimming with them! They were having so much fun splashing around. I’d be a good duck because I’m a good splasher too. I have to figure out how

they stay on top of the water though without their Mama or Daddy. I end up under the water and it’s hard to see under there. All the fun is on top of the water. I’ll add that to my list of things to google once Mama stops hogging the ‘puter.

After Daddy was done trying to keep me away from the water, he put me back in my stroller and we continued on our trek. A few feet away there were more ducks! They were shiny and there were lots of kids jumping on them and trying to ride them.

I ran over to them to make sure they weren’t getting hurt. Some of those kids looked too big to be riding on them! There were 8 baby ducks and a Mama duck. I think they were looking for the water to find the other ducks. I tried to show one of them where the water was but they just didn’t move.

Mama and Daddy put me back into the stroller and we started to head towards the hotel. After a few minutes I tried to tell Mama that we were going the wrong way but she was convinced that she was going the right way and wouldn’t listen to anyone… not even the map on her phone! Once we were at the highway, she let Daddy lead the way back to the park. When we got to the park she remembered how to get back home. We got to the hotel just in time to see the nice ladies vacuuming the room. I was a little distressed since I had left some puffs on the ground so I would be able to have a snack when we got back to the room. I inspected the floor and under the bed to see if they had gotten them all. They had. :( I was a little annoyed and started to shoo them away. They thought I was waving and that I was soooo cute. I mean, yes I am freakin’ adorable but I wasn’t waving. Vacuuming up puffs doesn’t warrant a wave.

Mama got the message and gave me some puffs while my bottle warmed up. I then took a nice long nap so I could be good and energized for our afternoon excursions.

After my nap, we got up and headed out. We had a quick bite to eat and then went back to the park to see the ducks again because this time Daddy had his good camera with him. I petted each one of the ducks and Mama even put me on one of their backs to ride. I wanted to get down because that must hurt them to have someone on their back. Daddy was trying to get lots of pictures of the shiny ducks and me but other people kept getting in the way. Daddy should have just told them I was part duck since I’m a good splasher and then they would have moved! Unfortunately, the shiny ducks must be super popular because people just kept showing up to see them and wouldn’t move so I co

uld get a good picture. Daddy gave up and we went back into the stroller. We headed towards the other park to look for the Frog Pond. I was excited to see some frogs. I saw a frog one time at Auntie Wendy’s house. It hopped on Mama’s foot and scared her. It was funny.

We walked and walked and then Daddy finally saw some water shooting up to the sky. We headed over and there it was. It was the bestest place ever. There were millions of kids and water! There was a big showerhead thing in the middle and lots of kids. I wanted out of my stroller but Mama wanted to put on my bathing suit first. Did I mention there were lots of kids? Mama just took h

er sweet time putting on my bathing suit and swimmy diaper. I kept wanted to jump up and GO but she kept holding me down.

Finally, after a few hours she let me go and I RAN for the water. Mama caught up to me pretty quickly and helped me down into the water since it was a pretty big step. And then I was off!

It was so nice to cool down and splash and run and splash some more. There were tons of kids everywhere, babies, big kids and even their adults. Mama was in the water with me to make sure someone didn’t take me away. I ran to the big showerhead in the middle because there were some big kids there who looked like they were having fun. They were lying down in the water and screaming and yelling and laughing. I laughed too because they were just ridiculous. Why lay down in the water when you can splash? I ran and splashed and even sat down in the water a few times.

After a while we went over to another sprinkler park. That one had a bouncy ground! There weren’t as many kids there but there was a boy who was a few months older than me. He was a scaredy cat and kept crying because of the big kids. I was having so much fun running around and jumping in the puddles. They don’t scare me. The big kids can watch out for me and get out of my way! There were big shiny frogs at this park just like the shiny ducks. I wonder if they’re cousins. After a while my lips were turning blue and I was getting chilly. I was having so much

fun that I didn’t want to tell Mama and Daddy because then they’d say it was time to go. I tried to not shiver too much but I think Mama and Daddy were getting cold too because they said it was time to move on to the next stop. I got toweled off and dressed in some nice warm and dry clothes.

We walked for a while and then we found the place to get tickets to go on a bus ride. We hopped on the bus and even though I was so tired I was a wiggle monster. Mama and I sat next to the window and I kept trying to stick my hands out to wave at everyone passing us by. At a stop light Mama and Daddy traded seats. I guess Mama was afraid that she might fall out the window. I told her I’d hold onto her but she stilled moved. Daddy must have wanted to sit next to the window for a while. Our tour lady, Emily, was super funny. She talked funny too.

We made a stop on the bus and more people got on. This must be a popular bus. Some guys got behind our seat and I waved to them. Then more people go

t on. My arm was getting tired from all the waving so I changed my greeting tactics. I started to blow kisses. My lips were getting chapped from my hands touching them so I went back to waving. I even included a few ‘hi’s’. That really got people smiling. We went around and around and around on the bus. It was lots of fun. We got to a stop and this must have been as far as the bus went because we got off. Daddy gave Emily some green paper in a basket she had. When we got to the little square, we turned around and I waved to everyone. Then everyone else on the bus waved back! It was funny.

I ran around the little square and saw a shiny turtle and rabbit. More ducky cousins! They were everywhere. Maybe they were all looking for each other so they could have a shiny reunion. I sat on the turtle for a while and then helped to scratch the bunny’s ear.

Mama and Daddy were tired to I took them back to the hotel. We ordered room service for dinner. I got a grilled cheese and some fries. It was yummy but Daddy didn’t want me to have too many fries because they were really tasty, I think that he wanted them. Mama said that they had a lot of salt on them, but then I saw the two of them eating them. Sheesh.

Then it was lights out!

Wednesday 8/15 - Baby Beluga, Penguins and Seals. Oh my!

Woke up this morning and wasn’t entirely sure where I was. I’ve been waking up in lots of new places lately. I called out for Mama and Daddy and Daddy came and got me. He then put me into bed with Mama and we cuddled for a few minutes. Then I went to look for Kitty. I looked all over the mobile home but apparently we didn’t bring Kitty with us to Boston. I ate a really good breakfast and then we went for a walk. It must have rained last night because the road was filled with puddles. I had on my rubber crock shoes so Mama let me jump in the puddles.

We walked all over the campsite. We saw people in tents, in cabins, in model homes and mobile homes. There are some people who even own them! I know because they are more decorated than the other ones and have their names on it. While this camping trip has been fun, I can’t imagine loving it so much that I’d come up all the time. But maybe that’s because I haven’t camped in a tent yet. We did get ice cream last night so that was a definite perk.

I had a nap and when I woke up we got in the car and headed to Mystic. Mama and Daddy said Mystic has another aquarium. They must really like fish because it’s the second one in 2 days! We must have taken the scenic route or else Mama and Daddy cracked up. They kept saying “moo” and making all sorts of turns.

Finally we got there and found a parking spot pretty close to the entrance. We paid and went straight to the baby beluga whale exhibit. I didn’t know they were white! We sing the song all the time and there is nothing about them being white! It was so cool to see them. There were at least 3 of them in the pool. Two of them were playing. Looked like they were biting each other to me. There were some rocks and fun places to crawl around near the exhibit. That was lots of fun.

We made our way to the penguin section. That was really cool. There was a super big penguin that was kinda shiny like the ones in Boston. Must be distant relatives. There were even some penguins on a bench! Daddy got some super cute photos of me on the bench with them. There was a under the water section so we could see the penguins while they were swimming. When you tap on the glass and move your hand on it, the penguins come and play with you! They loved it when I played with the glass. It was fun. I wish I could have petted them. I’d have petted them super gently.

We then went and looked at some seals. They were pretty neat too. The lady told a story about one of the seals wanting to be with people instead of seals. The seal kept coming onto shore and even did a walk a thon because it didn’t want to be in the water. Makes total sense to me. After 2 aquariums in 2 days, I’m an expert on what’s in the water… all sorts of scary things! Pretty things, but scary too like sharks and jelly fish.

Speaking of sharks, I was really brave because I got to pet a shark. It was just sleeping on the sand in the water and I got to touch it. I didn’t touch the tail though because apparently that is really sensitive. I wouldn’t want strangers touching my butt either. That’s just rude.

When we were done walking around the place we went to the gift store. I found 2 stuffed animals that I just loved loved loved. A white seal and a white polar bear. Mama laughed because her favorite stuffed animal when she was little was a white puppy. I guess liking white animals runs in the family! I love my seal and my polar bear so much. I like to bury my face in their super soft fur. I like to have one on each side of my face. It tickles.

Mama also got a book and some post cards for my scrapbook and to mail off. I’ll be busy tomorrow writing up all my postcards so we can send them.

Before we left, Mama had the aquarium people validate our tickets. This means that we can come back the next 2 days for FREE! I can’t wait. I’d like to see those white whales and penguins again. Maybe I can get another stuffed animal… like a whale or a penguin. I’ll practice my puppy dog eyes tonight.

We got back from the aquarium and I went down for a little nap. Once I woke up we went for a walk down to the food area. I met up with 2 big girls and their 2 dollies. I told them about my dolly and they let me hold one of their dolls. I didn’t want to give it back and I got sad because my dolly was back in my pack n play and I missed her. I didn’t know I could bring her to dinner! I had fun running around with the two big girls and going up and down the stairs. Mama was always close by watching me and helping me down the stairs.

Daddy waved for us to come over so we could eat dinner. I ate ham, eggs, cheese, yogurt, blueberries and carrots. I love blueberries. They’re so fun to squish. Plus you can paint with them if you squeeze them on something white. It’s so fun. Try it.

We walked back to the mobile home and saw some girls playing keep the ball up in the air. Daddy went and got my blue ball while Mama and I ran around in the soccer field. When Daddy came, he and I played catch and throw the ball. I kept falling down because I was getting sleepy. I didn’t want to go inside though because I was having so much fun. We heard thunder and decided it was a good idea for us to head on in. I ran around some more inside while Mama and Daddy packed up. We have to check out early tomorrow morning so they wanted most of the packing done tonight. Mama put me in my pack n play and I cried and cried. Daddy came and got me and I had pooped. I tried telling them but I swear sometimes they are just not listening! Mama changed me, put on my pjs and into my sleep sack I went. I grabbed dolly, my bear, blanket and pillows and laid down to go to sleep.

8/14 - Tuesday – Myrtle the Turtle and camping

Mama woke up this morning and called down to the front desk to find out what time we had to leave. She and Daddy then decided that we should just get all packed up and head on out to the Boston Aquarium.

We arrived at the aquarium about 8 minutes too late to take part in the “early fish’ special where you can park all day for $15. I told Mama to drive faster but she said something about the law saying no. Oh well.

After circling around for hours we finally found a parking spot, we unloaded what we needed and then found the elevator. Mama and Daddy bought their tickets. I didn’t need one because I’m under 3 years old. That was pretty cool. After we got the tickets we went on the hunt for breakfast. I wasn’t hungry since I had already eaten but once again, Mama and Daddy didn’t want any puffs or yogurt. They got their food and we ate. Mama bought me some watermelon and I had fun sucking all the juice out of it.

Finally, they were done and we went back to the aquarium. We got a locker to put all of our stuff in and then we were off. We started with the touch tank. I got to touch a sting ray. I thought that was pretty neat. Except for the fact that you have to be very still. Hello people, I’m 14 months. I’m only still when I sleep… sometimes.

After the sting rays, we washed our hands and sanitized them. Then, we saw them. Mama said that they were Daddy’s favorites – penguins! I can see why. They’re adorable. I wanted to take one home with me but Daddy said that while our house is super cold at night because Mama gets so hot, that we didn’t have enough water for them to swim in. We should get a pool. Then we can have penguins. Problem solved. Daddy took lots of pictures and Mama let me run around. Daddy saw a penguin poop. That was funny.

We went up up up on this ramp thingy and saw lots of fish. It was really crowded and everything was high up so it was kinda hard to see. We saw all sorts of fish, seahorses, a sea dragon, jelly fish and eels. Daddy then pointed her out – Myrtle the Turtle! I donated a $1 and got a sticker to help Myrtle the Turtle move to a new house. Not sure why she would want to move since she already knew her neighbors. What if her new neighbors weren’t nice? Or had flamingos as decoration? At least here she has lots of fish and other turtles. But I digress.

We walked up to the top and got to look inside the tank. Myrtle the Turtle swam over to me and I said hi. She kept following me. She must have wanted to ask me for some decorating ideas. I told her to put up pictures of fish and water.

There was a guy there feeding Myrtle lettuce and a camera man taking a video. It was nice to be a part of Myrtle’s home movies. Now she’ll remember what I told her about decorating.

We were done with the aquarium pretty quickly and then headed outside. Mama and Daddy put on my swim suit and diaper. I was starting to get nervous and I told them that I didn’t want to swim with the fish, but Mama is Italian. Then I saw it. A sprinkler like yesterday! This one was neat too! The water went up and then went away for a while. Then came back. I ran around and had a great time.

The sprinkler got me right up the nose and then I was done. I had fun but was ready to not drown anymore. Mama and Daddy got me dressed and we got into the car. We headed to Connecticut to our next location. It wasn’t that long of a drive and I slept for a little while. We found our camping place and checked in. Mama rented us a mobile home, which means that the place where we are sleeping has wheels. I ha

d fun running around the mobile home and hiding between the wall and the couch. I am also an expert at opening up doors. I can even do it one handed WHILE drinking a bottle.

After we were all settled we went for a little walk.

I saw a playground, some pools and lots of kids. There was even a rock driveway. I had fun picking up the rocks and pretending that I was going to eat them. Got Daddy every time… I know rocks aren’t food – I’m not a baby. Mama and I went to the playground while Daddy went to order some dinner. I was running towards the swing that someone had left swinging and got hit right in the head. I was so stunned I fell completely backwards and hit the back of my head. It hurt so much that when I cried I couldn’t even get any sound out. Mama scooped me up, gave me kisses and we walked around a bit. I had a bit of a headache and would rub my head every once in a while while I played. I did end up having fun climbing up some stairs and then going down a slide. I didn’t want to swing though.

Mama kept referencing some movie about dancing. I didn’t see any dancing though. Maybe Mama meant singing instead of dancing. I definitely heard singing. I ate dinner while some of the kids sang karaoke. I tried to sing along even though I didn’t know the words. After dinner we walked back to our mobile home and I had a bath. Then I gave kisses to Mama and Daddy and went to sleep.

Sunday 8/12 - Boston Bound

Woke up this morning to the sound of torrential downpour. I knew what it was because I have a rain sound machine, so I’m kinda an expert on rain noises. Not to mention I heard Daddy say it was raining really hard. I woke up bright and bushy tailed and ready to start the day. Nana was up really early too. Daddy said that I woke her up, but I think she was too excited to see me to sleep any longer. Nana and Mama got some coffee and I went off to check for Kitty. Daddy found me before I was up the stairs… drats.

It was a pretty uneventful morning. Coffee, breakfast, naptime. After my nap though, things got interesting. We went to an old country store right next to Auntie Wendy’s house. It was so cool! There was a wooden bear outside and I waved hello. Mama and Daddy showed me all sorts of cool things but then didn’t let me have any. Apparently you have to have teeth in order to eat candy. I’ve never heard of this before. Come to think of it, I should have checked the fine print.

We walked all around the store and found a super old piano. You put in a coin and it plays! What’s funny is that a person doesn’t even have to touch it. It plays all by itself! Not sure why everyone doesn’t have a piano like that. It was really loud and definitely needs a tune up, but it was still cool to see. I was getting hot and sleepy so it was time to say ‘see ya later’ to everyone. I gave kisses to everyone and Mama and Daddy gave hugs and we were on our way to ‘pawk the caw in the Hawvawd yawd’. Apparently the people in Boston can’t pronounce their ‘Rs’. I don’t blame them it’s not an easy one. I slept for a little while and then was just too excited to sleep anymore. I sang and played “guess why I’m crying”. Mama and Daddy didn’t guess it right cause we didn’t stop the car again until we got to Boston.

We got to our hotel, checked in and then went back downstairs for lunch. Mama gave me some of her yummy pizza and Daddy gave me some turkey from his sandwich. I also had my fave, puffs, as well as some yogurt. I did “cheers” with Daddy and Mama took a picture.

After lunch it was time for a nap. When we woke up (Mama and Daddy took a nap

too), we went out on the town. We walked to some fancy shopping street and saw all the store windows. All the shops were closed though. We then came across an ice cream place and we all got ice cream!

Well, I got Vanilla ice cream in a cup and Daddy got a milkshake or something. Mama got a fruit smoothie. My ice cream was delish. We then walked back to the hotel and I had some dinner. Then it was time for a quick shower and off to dreamland. But not before i got into a nice comfy hotel robe to watch some tv with the remote i found.

Saturday – Luau time!

Today was Nana’s birthday party. Daddy said it wasn’t her real birthday though. I was so confused. That’s ok though. Daddy said that there would be cake anyway. Phew! I got up extra early because I was excited to see the Kitty. I wanted to make sure that Kitty wasn’t just a dream. While Mama was getting her very LOUD cup of coffee, I snuck off very quietly and ninja like to find Kitty. I forgot that Daddy was ninja-like too because just as I reached the stairs AND saw Kitty, he grabbed me. I tried to explain to him that I wasn’t going to steal kitty. I just wanted to say hi. Daddy said that everyone was still sleeping. Whose fault is that? That’s their problem if they are still sleeping instead of following Kitty or playing on the stairs. Don’t they know that stairs and Kitty are far more interesting than sleep?

Eventually, all the sleepyheads woke up and came downstairs. I had breakfast and in general entertained everyone with my super cuteness. Mama, Daddy, Auntie Wendy and Uncle Ken were busy running around and bringing stuff outside and then stuff inside and then back outside again. The cousins took me outside eventually to play. I had fun running around and kicking a ball. Nana showed up while I was taking a nap. She should have gotten there earlier so I could have showed her Kitty. After my nap and lunch, Mama put on my sunflower dress that Mumsie got for me. I was super cute and I had fun twirling around in my dress. Lots of people showed up for Nana’s party. I recognized everyone because most of them came to my birthday party, which wasn’t that long ago. Plus they went to Nana’s America party.

Dianne brought a puppy!!! She was soooo cute! I patted her gently too. I ran around a lot and waved a lot to everyone. I even got Mama to take me swimming! I made sure she went to the bathroom first though. I heard a rumor that she pees in pools. Ga-ross! The pool was a little chilly at first but with everyone running around and playing it warmed up quickly. Although now that I think about it, I was near Mama. Uh oh

There was a little sprinkler hose thing in the pool and that was fun. It got the top of my head all wet. Once we were done swimming, I got on some dry clothes and then it was time for another nap. I was exhausted. Plus I was still trying to figure out if there was a way for me to climb out of my pack n play to go find Kitty. Mama and Daddy put me down for a nap and told the cousins to keep an ear out for me. I didn’t know ears came off. How gross is that? I thought only noses came off when you did that petrifying game of “I got your nose”. Now I have to worry about my ears falling off too.

When I woke up, my cousins came and grabbed me and brought me to Mama who was outside. She checked my diaper to see if I had a bad butt. I did. Ha ha. 5 minutes and a new butt later I was ready to re-join the party. Daddy was busy taking photos of hummingbirds so I ran around near Mama and the chairs. Mr and Mrs. Collins bought me a pink chair and I had a great time sitting in it. I even got fancy and sat on my knees in it! Mama told me to turn around, but I had already done that… how did she think I got on my knees and on the chair backwards?

Once everyone left it was time to take a bath. Gavin and Ryan came to help Mama. I turned on the showerhead as the water was on and gave Mama a little shower too. My cousins thought that was soooo funny.

What can I say… I’m a hoot!

Friday 8/10 - First Family Vaca

Today Mama, Daddy and I are heading off to MA for our first family vacation! I was so excited yesterday I didn't want to nap. Mama said that we will be spending the night at Auntie Wendy's house tonight and tomorrow. I’m excited for a cousin sleepover even if I don’t get to sleep in a bunk bed.

Mama got out of work a little early which was a good thing because she put off packing until right before we were leaving!!! How crazy is that? Mama went to load up the pack and play and it was covered in yucky slimey bugs. I told her that there was NO WAY I was sleeping with bugs. I’m not a prissy girl but I sure as heck don’t want to be sharing a bed with bugs! Mama and Daddy went to Toys R Us and got me a new pack and play.

Finally we were all packed up, new pack and play and all and we hit the road. Mama got on I 95 South instead of North. So once we turned around, we were really on the road. The radio was on so I was singing for a while. Daddy said that there was some traffic but I couldn’t really tell. I was busy singing and looking at my toes. I wonder when I’ll be old enough to get blue toenails like Mama. Hers sparkle. Maybe next week. I’ll have to remember to ask.

We drove for days and days and days. Finally, we stopped the car and I smelled food. Mama and Daddy stopped at Wendy’s while I was sleeping and didn’t even order me a frosty! I was so mad and I let them know it. They quickly started the car back up again and we went to Auntie Wendy’s house. They must have heard me yelling because we parked the car in the driveway and Uncle Ken was there to help with the bags!

Once we were inside and I got a new butt put on, I was ready to explore! My cousins were around to help make sure I got into trouble. Wait. I mean, stayed out of trouble.. yes that’s right. I found the stairs pretty quickly and then I saw it. It was amazing. White, fluffy and 4 legs. A KITTY!!! Best.day.ever.

The kitty’s name is something hard to pronounce and remember. I just call it Kitty. I was so excited to have found the kitty that all I wanted to do was find it. AND climb the stairs. It’s a tie as to which one I liked fun with the most… the stairs or the kitty. We should get stairs at home… Mama said we can’t have a kitty because of my puppies. That’s ok. I’ll settle for stairs.

Ka-BOOM!

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Last night Mama and Daddy woke me up from a super deep sleep and put me into my stroller. I'm not really sure why they woke me up to go for a walk when I was right in the middle of a good dream. We walked down the road and said hi to the neighbors that were out. We walked down to the little beach and saw LOTS of people. Mama and Daddy threw me a little party- now i knew why they wanted to wake me up! There were lots of kids that I've never seen before. Mama forgot my shoes so I couldn't walk around. I was pretty annoyed by that. ka-BOOM! scared ya didn't I? that's how I felt when I heard the first ka-BOOM go off! It was so close I didn't know what it was. I was a big girl though and didn't cry. I just tried to crawl up Mama's head. She pointed out the various ka-BOOM's when they happened. They were so loud that we didn't stay at the beach very long.

We walked back towards the house and ran into Jake the dog. Mama let me get out and walk on the road and I had fun petting Jake. Jake's Mom said that they were going to go to the house at the corner and watch the fireworks from someone's lawn. She invited us to go along.

This house was great! It was on the corner and it had a pretty cool lawn. Mama and Daddy eventually let me get out of the stroller and walk around on the grass. Daddy set up his camera and took some pictures of the ka-booms. I walked around and patted Jake and played on the lawn chairs. They were kinda bouncy and Mama let me bounce on them as long as I held her hands. It was fun.

It started to get buggy and I think one flew in my mouth. Mama told Daddy that it was time to go home and Daddy was kinda bummed that we were leaving before the ka-BOOM finale. As soon as Daddy packed up his camera and we got up to go, the ka-BOOM finale started. We stayed for the last few minutes and then rushed on home. Mama and Daddy washed my feet off since they said I was walking around without shoes on. After my foot bath, I finally got a bottle of milk and went to sleep!

night night!!

My holey heart

Today Mama and I went to Dr. Snyder so he could have a listen at my ticker. The ladies at the front were super impressed with my walking. I kept trying to go into their room to see if they needed help making copies or something, but Mama said that they didn't need any summer interns. I think that I could have done something for them. I liked waving at them.

Once it was my turn, Mama and I went into the little room. They weighed me (19lbs 14oz) and measured how tall i was (30"). I didn't get a chance to do a really good stretch so I bet i'm even taller!

Dr. Snyder listened to my heart while I was sitting on Mama's lap. Then I guess he wanted me to relax because he made me lay down on Mama's lap. He told Mama that he could only hear the murmur slightly when I was laying down. We then gathered our stuff and went into another room. Dr. Snyder turned on a movie (my first Disney Pixar film). It was about Cars and they were going round and round and round. Mama said that Nana liked to watch something like Cars but it was called NASCAR. No idea what that is, but these cars had eyes and winked! How neat is that. I told Mama that was the kind of car I wanted but in blue.

Dr. Snyder put some goopy stuff on my belly and then took a magic wand so he could make pretty pictures on a robot that was sitting next to Mama. He would push buttons and it would go from no color to blue and red. I like blue.

He told Mama that my holey heart was the size of a pinprick and that I didn't even have to come back for a follow up! He also said that he was surprised it healed to quickly and got so small all by itself. I looked at him quickly because why would he tell that to Mama? She's already a nervous nelly. But Mama didn't seem to hear him because she was smiling.

Dr. Snyder said that while he would miss not seeing me (I only met the man 2x) he was happy it was all fixed!

We canceled my 2 year follow up and when we were in the waiting room we saw Daddy! So glad that Daddy made it. He was there to meet Dr. Snyder again and to hear the good news himself!

Daddy carried me to the car and then it was time for me to go and play with Abuela.

I'm a big cousin!

I'm a big cousin. I think she missed the demo that cousins are supposed to be born on May 26, but that's ok. Mama showed me a picture and she's super duper cute. Must take after RyRy and me.

Baby Claire Christine Pugh was born today at 7:40pm, 16lbs 15 oz and 19.5"

Worst.Day.Ever

Had a wonderful weekend. Went to stepping stones and then yesterday Emma's Water Park was open. The neighborhood kids came by and we all played. It was pretty hot out and Mama and Daddy did a good job of keeping me slathered up with some white gunky stuff.

I wasn't feeling so hot but didn't want to complain too much because I was having so much fun. Mama and I went out shopping to pick up some spices and herbs for the garden at this amazing store called Home Depot. It was so hot out but I had fun waving at everyone. Mama felt my head and thought I felt warm, but it was probably because we were outside.

We came home, ate dinner, did bath time and I went to sleep. Mama gave me some Advil because my teeth were hurting so bad. Well, the teeth under my gums. I don't have any real teeth yet. But I will don't you worry.

I was so uncomfortable during the night that I kept waking up. I tried tossing and turning and counting sheep, but I can only count to 1. So that didn't really help me get tired. I bet that if you can count higher than 10 then you get different sheep to count. I only get the same one over and over again. After a while it’s pretty boring. I even tried singing. But no. I was hot, bored and really uncomfortable. Finally I was at the end of my rope and I called for Mama and Daddy.

Mama must have already been outside my door because she came super fast. She picked me up and was quite surprised that I was so hot! She stripped my clothes off and took my temperature. I was so uncomfortable that I didn’t even care that she had the nerve to poke my butt with a stick 3 times! Each time it was 103.5 degrees. That must have been super duper hot because Mama called for Daddy. Daddy came in and then they went and ran me a bath. I did NOT want a bath. I was hot and cold at the same time. A bath was NOT what I wanted. A bottle filled with some magic white liquid would have been better than that. Or boob. But not a bath. Blech. Yes, normally I do LOVE my baths, but you try getting dunked into a lukewarm bath when your body hurts and you're hot and cold at the same time. It’s unpleasant. I tried climbing out and Mama got the hint to get me out of there.

They took my temperature again and it was still 103.5. Not really sure what they were expecting it to be but I guess they were pretty unhappy that it was still so high. So, they put some lightweight clothes on me and packed me in the car. I thought it was a pretty strange time for a road trip, but these people have done stranger things.

Mama and Daddy drove me to where I was born. I wasn’t sure if this meant that they were going to drop me off and get another baby that wasn’t so hot. Daddy told me that we were in a different part of the hospital and reassured me that I was NOT getting returned. That was nice to hear. The hospital lady checked me in and I was very busy looking around. They wanted me to stand on some thing that checks how heavy I am. I was not in the mood to perform tricks like standing so I kept lifting my legs up. Did these nuts not realize it was 3am? Good grief. Finally they put me in the baby chair that tells them how heavy I was. I tried to explain to them that my weight wasn’t the thing that was high. Whatever… they were obsessed with how much I weighed. Fine. I weigh 9kilos. You do the math.

We were ushered into a little private room. I guess we are VIPs because our room was the only one that had a glass door! I could see all the action that was happening but couldn’t hear anything outside the room. It was cool. Unfortunately, that early in the morning there wasn’t any action. I guess that’s a good thing. I hear Daddy’s kinda squeamish when it comes to blood. I’m going to be a vet so it doesn’t bother me. Granted I haven’t seen any yet (other than when I was born), but I’m sure it wouldn’t have bothered me.

A bunch of nurses came in and hooked me up to various machines. Mama said they were making me into a robot like that time I had my heart checked out. It was kinda neat to be a robot. I had a little thingy on my toe that they taped on. I kept trying to play with it but they didn’t really want me to. Must have been a re-boot plug.

At one point some genius decided that they needed to get a pee sample. I had gone in my diaper but I guess they didn’t want that. Not sure why. It was fresh! The nurses said that they were going to have to do a catheter to get even fresher pee. These people are so weird. They asked Mama and Daddy to hold the top half of my body to make sure I didn’t project myself off the bed. Frankly, I should have! These wacko’s put a TUBE up my little pee thingy. There wasn’t any warning, it was cold and it pinched! I was hot, tired and now they were sticking tubes INTO my body. And not even an easy way like through my mouth. Well, I will tell you that I screamed and cried. So now I wasn’t only tired, hot and cold but also SUPER PISSED.

I was mad at those nurses the most. They were all friendly to start and then they go and stick a tube in me. Once they were done, Mama and Daddy put my diaper back on (with the old pee in it…again, not sure why they couldn’t have just gotten the pee from there) and held me while I cried. The nurses tried to be friendly again but no thank you. Fool me once shame on you - and I’ll tell ya, there’s no fool me twice! Those nurses were on my poop list. I was no longer interested in playing peek-a-boo or waving hi. No way. You have to earn those games and they lost those privileges for life. For the rest of our time in or VIP room, I remembered the ones who stuck that mean tube in me and I let them know I was still pissed off every time they came in the room.

After a while, a doctor came in and told Mama and Daddy that they would have to follow up with Dr. Dobos in the morning and to keep my fever down with medicine. He said to not bother with cold baths and to just give me the drugs. Sheesh. I could have told them that! Pretty soon afterwards, the nurses gave some papers back to Mama and Daddy and said that we could leave. I didn’t wave to anyone. Ha. Take that you meanie nurses.

We got home around 5:30am and I tried to get some shuteye. Mama called work and told them that she was going to spend the day with me. Yay! Daddy had a big test so he couldn’t stay home too. Booo!

At 9am, Mama and I headed to go see Dr. Dobos in Ridgefield. We just saw him last Weds at my 1-year check up (where I got 3 shots). He wasn’t sure what was wrong with me. It could either be a virus, a reaction to something or the cow socks disease that Daddy had when he was a baby. Mama asked if it could be a reaction to the chicken pox and he said no because it was too soon after the shot but Mama thought it was. It would have only been about 1 day too early.

Dr. Dobos recommended medicine, cool clothes and lukewarm baths. Mama was surprised to hear this as the hospital doctor said no way jose to the baths. These doctors can't make up their minds about what they want. Some say to do things, others say don't. I told mama that I would let her know when I was ready for a bath.

Once we were done with Dr. Dobos, we went back home. Mama pureed me some watermelon and added water and cherry pedialyte to make it extra tasty. I basically tried to drink that all day to help keep my insides cool.

Mama let me lay down on the cool tile floors and kept giving me medicine. I was so uncomfortable it was hard to sleep. Mumsie came over so that Mama could get some sleep.

Mumsie and I played a little bit and she was able to get me calm enough to go to sleep. I took a nice long nap and when I woke up, I was feeling a little better. Not great, but better than I had been feeling. I didn’t really want any dinner but I choked down a few bites of whatever Mama made me.

Mama and Daddy installed a second kind of monitor to make sure that I would be ok during the night. I was so tired, still hot and uncomfortable that I didn’t really care. I wish they had some sort of cool pack that I could hug. Mama said that she ordered one but it would be a few days before it got there. Didn’t FedEx know that I was sick NOW?

I just wanted to be rocked all night but I also wanted Mama and Daddy to get some sleep. We compromised. Mama slept in the rocking chair while rocking me. I was happy!

12 mos check-up - take 2

Today was my actual 12 mos check up with my good friend Dr. Dobos. Funny story. Mama thought the appointment was on Monday so we went to her office then headed to Ridgefield. Once we got there, the receptionist said that the appointment was actually on Wednesday. Oopsie.

Mama laughed and we came back home. So, today we went back to Mama's office and I played and showed off my walking skills. Everyone was super impressed with how well I am walking, how I like to drop my toys and then pick them up again. We got to the doctor appointment and we went through the usual questions and procedure. I am:

19lbs 1 oz (16%)
29.75 inches tall (70%)
46 cm head circ. (75%)


Dr. Dobos said I'm on track to be tall and skinny like Daddy. :)

Mama was pretty impressed that I pooped 3 times while at the doctors office. I told her 2x that i wasn't done yet. But she insisted that I needed a butt change. whatever. now she has to refill her diaper bag. ha ha.

I had to have a toe prick which didn't hurt at all. Mama and I played a game on MY phone (really her phone, but i let her borrow it most of the time. I'm good at sharing). The nurse was pretty impressed that I didn't cry or move at all with the toe prick. They wanted to test my iron levels, lead and for TB.

Unfortunately, the next nurse who did my shots wasn't as lucky as the toe prick nurse. You don't want these nurses getting to cocky so I let her have it. I had to have 3 shots (chicken pox, MMR and another one that I can't remember), which i did NOT enjoy. I SCREAMED and tried to get away. Mama had to hold me down and she felt really badly. Mama thought since I hadn't had a reaction with the others that it'd be ok to skip giving me tylenol before this one. Boy was she WRONG WRONG WRONG. I have 3 huge welts / bumps on my poor little legs. Mama felt horrible and give me some advil the second the saw the bumps. I drank it all like a champ.

I also was a great patient for my hearing and vision test. The student nurse, Miss Abby, did my tests. I tried to be super good for her since it was her first time. Might as well get her spoiled by my amazingly awesome good behavior.

In the car Mama gave me a bottle and I fell asleep while I waited for Abuela Lita to show up and get me to bring me home. Mama let Abuela Lita take her car so that I could stay sleeping on my way home. Frankly, I think it's the least that Mama could do. Although I'm pretty sure if i bat my eyes I might get some yummy ice cream tonight to help with the shot pain.

:)

LIght at the end of the tunnel - flashbacks

It's amazing to think it's almost been a year since I graced the world with my presence. This time last year, i was collecting my bags and making the long trip down from Mama's rib cage to well, the outside world. (the technical terms are much harder to spell)

It's been a crazy year too! I've met a TON of people and learned even more things. I have been astounding people since the day I was born. Mama and Daddy were smitten right away even though Mama said I hurt her a little bit. I told her to grow a set.

From the time I lifted my head about 6 hours after being born to walking, it's been a great ride! Mama and Daddy have done a great job in making sure I'm fed, bathed, loved, getting sleep and not hurting myself too much. (It's hard to learn to do stuff without SOME bumps and bruises along the way) I know that they've gotten a lot of advice from Mumsie, Abuela Lita, Nana, Grandpopi, Auntie Marie, Auntie Wendy, Uncle Mikey and Auntie Helene, but I'm sure they would have done a wonderful job either way!

My favorite moments of the year.. too many to name but here's a few

1. my grand entrance. I copied RyRy not just on the day he was born, but also his style. I put my hands on my face too! It was a tricky move, but it totally paid off.

2. Seeing Mama and Daddy

3. Seeing Mumsie, Nana, Grandpopi, Auntie Marie, Abuela Lita, Auntie Wendy, Auntie Helene, Uncle Mike and all my cousins

4. Dogs! i love the dogs

5. pooping on Mama during my photo shoot

6. Sleeping in Mama and Daddy's bed

7. Sleeping on Daddy

8. Peeing on the scale at the dr.'s office

9. Impressing Dr. Dobos at all of my appointments. Also not having to have surgery bc of my heart

10. Baby massages

11. walking / crawling

12. jump jump / stomp stomp

13. watermelon

14. bath time

15. hair! i finally got hair!

And we're off!

A lot has in the last few months and I apologize to all my avid fans for not posting sooner. I took my first steps (that Mama and Daddy know about anyway... they don't know I've been practicing in my crib at night) while we were at Stepping Stones 3 weeks ago. They were SO excited! It was cute actually. I didn't even give them my best steps. I wanted to give them a little taste of what I could do and leave them wanting more.

On Daddy's birthday, I was practicing my walking all day with Mumsie and Abeula. When Daddy came to get me, I was ready! No one knew my plan (well, except Cartman but he promised he wouldn't tell. Although, I'm pretty sure he told Skyler. i can't prove it though...) So when Daddy showed up, I walked 6 steps to him! He was so happy!!! It was so sweet to see his big smile. I hope he liked my birthday present to him. Mama took away my credit card so I couldn't buy him anything. (don't worry, a new one is in the mail - shhhh)

It's a good thing I gave Daddy my present because Mama didn't get her act together at all. She forgot to get Daddy a card (and I can't drive so I couldn't get one) and a cake! Who forgets Cake?? I'm not even entirely sure what Cake is but it sounds amazing. Nana brought Daddy a cake though so he wasn't too horribly mad at Mama.

I've been taking a few more steps everyday so I can build up my confidence. It's a little scary this whole walking thing... One minute you're totally balanced, the next some nitwit didn't pick up a toy that was left on the floor and you're on your butt. (not to point any fingers.. cough cough mama cough cough)

Mama and Daddy put together a new bookcase for all of my great toys. It has bright colored canvas basket things to hold them all. I really like to take everything out of them and throw them all over the room. It's so much fun. Mama was so sneaky last night and took a video of me playing with  my bookcase and toys. I then saw my toy chest was moved and so I decided to really give Mama a thrill.

Watch now!

Awake Training for Parents: A very funny letter from a fellow baby

Dear Fellow Babies,

OK, here's my situation. My Mommy has had me for almost 5 months. The first few months were great – I cried, she picked me up and fed me, anytime, around the clock. Then something happened. Over the last few weeks, she has been trying to STTN (sleep thru the night). At first, I thought it was just a phase, but it is only getting worse.

I've talked to other babies, and it seems like its pretty common after Mommies have had us for around 5-6 months. Here's the thing: these Mommies don't really need to sleep. It's just a habit. Many of them have had some 30 years to sleep – they just don't need it anymore. So I am implementing a plan. I call it the Crybaby Shuffle.

It goes like this:

Night 1 – cry every 3 hours until you get fed. I know, it's hard. It's hard to see your Mommy upset over your crying. Just keep reminding yourself, it's for her own good.

Night 2 – cry every 2 hours until you get fed.

Night 3 – every hour.

Most Mommies will start to respond more quickly after about 3 nights. Some Mommies are more alert, and may resist the change longer. These Mommies may stand in your doorway for hours, shhhh-ing. Don't give in. I cannot stress this enough: CONSISTENCY IS KEY!! If you let her STTN (sleep through the night), just once, she will expect it every night. I know it's hard! But she really does not need the sleep; she is just resisting the change. If you have an especially alert Mommy, you can stop crying for about 10 minutes, just long enough for her to go back to bed and start to fall asleep. Then cry again. It WILL eventually work. My Mommy once stayed awake for 10 hours straight, so I know she can do it.

The other night, I cried every hour. You just have to decide to stick to it and just go for it. BE CONSISTENT! I cried for any reason I could come up with:

-My sleep sack tickled my foot.

-I felt a wrinkle under the sheet.

-My mobile made a shadow on the wall.

-I burped, and it tasted like rice cereal. I hadn't eaten rice cereal since breakfast, what's up with that?

-The dog said "ruff". I should know. My Mommy reminds me of this about 20 times a day. LOL.

-Once I cried just because I liked how it sounded when it echoed on the monitor in the other room.

-Too hot, too cold, just right – doesn't matter! Keep crying!!

-I had drooled so much my sheets were damp and I didn't like it touching me.

-I decided I was sick of all the pink in my room so I cried.

It took a while, but it worked. She fed me at 4am. Tomorrow night, my goal is 3:30am. You need to slowly shorten the interval between feedings in order to reset your Mommies' internal clocks.

Sometimes my Mommy will call for reinforcements by sending in Daddy. Don't worry Daddies are not set up for not needing sleep the way Mommies are. They can only handle a few pats and shhing before they declare defeat and send in the Mommy.

Also, be wary of the sleep sheep with rain noises. I like to give Mommy false hope that listening to the rain puts me to sleep sometimes I pretend to close my eyes and be asleep and then wait until I know Mommy is settling back to sleep to spring a surprise cry attack. If she doesn't get to me fast enough I follow up with my fake cough and gag noise that always has her running to the crib. At some point I am positive she will start to realize that she really doesn't really need sleep.

P.S. Don't let those rubber things fool you, no matter how long you suck on them, no milk will come out. Trust me.

Sincerely,
Baby J

My ticker

Today we had my 6 month heart doctor appointment. I got dressed in an easy to take on / off comfy outfit. We arrived right on time (a few minutes late, but close enough) and they showed us to our room. they checked my weight (16lbs 5 oz) height (26.75") and listened to my heart.

They then did my blood pressure (92 over 65 i think) and then stuck these funny little stickers all over my body. the stickers were a little cold but didn't hurt at all. Then the dr. attached some wires to them and i looked just like a robot! i guess i passed that test because a few minutes later i was disconnected from being a robot and they made us go into another room. They covered me in warm goopy stuff and then put some wand thingy on my chest. I kept trying to help move the wand around because i wanted to see more of the cool, one-of-a-kind picture of my ticker. it was really neat to see! i could hear this awesome noise too. Mama and Daddy said it was of my heart, and i liked hearing it. they also turned on the cool colors for the pictures and i saw the red and blue lights dancing all over my heart. it was nice

so, long story short and the part you're all waiting for - my holey heart has shrunk!!! it's decreased 50% (big words huh?) and the dr. said that the likelihood of my needing to get a procedure to fix it is slim to none. he said that if it doesn't close up entirely on its own in a few years that the only thing i won't be able to do is scuba dive. now, that does put a definite damper on my future plans of being a great white shark scuba diver hunter... but that's ok. I'll find another activity to scare the crud out of mama and daddy

my 6 month check up

Yes, i'm almost 7 months but today i had my 6 month check up. Long story short - I'm perfect. but those following at home already knew that.

I'm 16 pounds exactly, 26.25" tall and have a huge head to hold all of my brains. My hips are perfect, no ear infections and still no teeth.

i got 2 more shots today... they're really crazy about all these shots. I only cried for a second because they startled me. One minute they're wiping cold stuff on my legs and the next they're sticking me with needles. You'd cry to. After wards, Daddy made me an airplane and i was the tallest in the room! it's hard to cry if you're flying.

Mama is wrapped around all my fingers...

I had such a fun time playing in a jumper at my new friend Maya's house on Sunday that Mama found me one that night on Craigs List! Mumsie went to pick it up and Mama put it together once she walked in the house after work.

I love it!

I showed Daddy how much I love to jump in it this morning. He was smiling really big! I think he wanted to get in it too and jump. it's too small for him though.

It's a little too big for me so Mama put some foam block thingys below my feet so i could get in some good jumping. It has so many things to play with; a mirror, an elephant that is stuck in a clear plastic thingy (poor thing) and some other buttons i like to push.

i love it! check out this video I had Mama take of me

my first play group data, Mama crafts and I learned how to....

so, today was my first real play group date. Mama and I were "ladies who lunch" yesterday but I'm not counting that because they were weird. But today was great! Mama and i had a super long bath this morning and then I napped a little while Auntie Nina and Mama crafted. They were painting poor Leon's feet funny colors and making him step on some canvas. I pretended to be sleep so that I wouldn't be next. I'm always thinking.

After my nap, Mama put me back into the tub for another bath. I've had a bit of an upset tummy which is making Mama nervous because now i have red bumps on my tush! they don't hurt and Mama is doing a wonderful job of putting desitin on my tushy. it's just red and inflamed. It bothers Mama more than it bothers me. but, i lost track of where i was going with this post.

Oh yeah, so after my nap and bath, i played for a little while and then some more of mama's baby group friends came by. I played with them for a while. it was fun! there's a boy Gregory, who is 1 day older than i am. I could do more stuff then he could! Mama was really proud of me. I could tell even though she kept telling him he was such a big boy.

Another friend, Maya was born in June i think. She's 22 lbs!!! i'm 15 lbs! i can't believe how big she is. Her mommy, Ute, is a pretty tall lady, so maybe she'll be tall! I felt like such a peanut next to her.

Mama made a painting with my feet too. I wasn't able to escape it. She mentioned that she messed a part of it up so i'm getting the feeling we'll be doing it again tomorrow after our sign language class. sigh

oh yeah - GUESS WHAT?!? I can sit up by myself!!! I can do it for about 10 minutes now. Then I like to take a closer look at the carpet. Mama says I topple over, but I'm just inspecting the carpet. Someone's got to see if those little ants are gone! :0D I like to sit up. It's so much easier to see where all of my toys are. That sneaky mama keeps putting them a little out of my reach so that i have to lunge for them. so annoying. i squawk at her to bring them closer, but she doesn't listen, so i have to roll over to them.I can't sit up yet by myself, but once i'm sitting i can stay there. Then of course something on the carpet will catch my eye and i want to take a look at it.

well, time for rest. i have to get up in a couple of hours to make sure mama is ok and isn't missing me too much

i'll have mama post a picture tomorrow of how well i'm sitting up!!!