Home Again

We're glad to be home from Thanksgiving and back to reality. It was a great time and Lilly will miss her cousins and mommy's family. Being in VA is so wonderful and brings back so many memories for me. Maybe one day we'll live there again.

Lilly wants everyone to have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

No More Laptop

Ok, Lilly killed my laptop. It's dead. She won't give me the time to do things on the computer in the basement. So tomorrow, when Andy's here with me, I'm going to put some pictures on and write a new entry...

For now Lilly's still very sick :-( and I'm taking care of her and Stephanie and her girls are here visiting for the weekend!!!

Sicky Baby

Poor Lilly. Yesterday I took her to the pediatrician for her cough and ends up she has a bad case of bronchitis and needed two nebulizer treatments in the office then more at home. Yesterday she was very very sick. She was only awake for approx 5 hours the whole day (as opposed to her usual 12 hours of awake time!). I felt so sorry for her. Then last night she was up having great difficulty breathing. It was very scary. But today she is doing a little better. She does not like having the nebulizer treatments but settles down after a few minutes.

I took these pictures with my phone so they're blurry. The first one is at the doctor's office where she was so sick she fell asleep during her 2nd treatment. Poor baby.

Yummy

Lilly was very very quiet while I was cleaning up from lunch. I decided to stop and investigate. Quiet is usually not a good sign. Good thing I did because she apparently decided she wanted another chicken nugget but would eat it with her knife (it is a real butter knife but it's child sized at least!!!). But she was creative! Stabbed the chicken with the knife and was eating it like that while watching Dora. I took the picture but then removed the knife.

The Culprit

I'm pretty sure this is why my laptop is broken... for good.

Computer Down

In case anyone visits this blog and actually cares, I have not posted all week because the power cord to my laptop broke and I wasn't able to use it. So I'm back up and running now!

My Little Helper

The mums have seen better days so Lilly helped me take them to the trash on trash day. She would not accept help. She also helped me rake the yard though there were hardly any leaves. All the leaves are still on the trees! It's beautiful but I know what we have in store...lots of raking.

Tadpole

Ok, I know these are nudie shots but I have to show you what my darling active child does in the tub these days. She's learned to float on her back w/out hands (hard to capture the shot), all sorts of spider man moves, and the last shot is a picture of her hair. It's actually long in the back!!!

Caffeine Please

Daylight Savings Time... I'm not a fan. Of course I didn't go to bed until after midnight (new time) sometime and at 5:03a.m. (and yes I have proof) I was woken to the glorious sound of "Mommy, Mom-Mom, Mommy" and she was wiiiiiiide awake. I told her it was night-night time and showed her how it was very dark but instead she got in bed with me, grabbed the remote and hit the "On" button. Then she started with the "Pooh, Pooh! Backpack, Backpack (Dora)" but all we could find at that ungodly hour was Sesame Street. Thank God for Sesame Street! This may have been a morning where I actually used Andy's help but he's been away since Thursday so there was no help in sight. By 7a.m. I was showered and dressed and Lilly was dressed and fed. I was standing in the kitchen wondering what on earth I could do on a Sunday morning at 7a.m. when it came to me - WalMart!

I hope all of you enjoyed your long day and were more productive than I was.

Halloween Pictures

Ok, the Halloween pictures have arrived! I have to say I will not buy the disposable digital again because the pictures look a bit funky if you ask me but hey, I captured the day and that's all that really matters! In fact the Fed Ex guy came today (scheduled for Monday) to deliver my new upgraded digital camera but of course we were at school for Lilly. Figures. They'll redeliver on Monday. I don't know if I can wait (2 days without a camera???) so it says I can pick it up tonight after 5pm if I want but it looks like it's far away. Will have to investigate further.

Anyway, happy belated Halloween.

Determination

I just want to be on your level Mommy!

Lilly always needs to get on top of something!!! She climbs climbs climbs. Today she felt the need to read her book on top of the ottoman. And yes, she put the stool up there, climbed up with the book, and took a seat all by herself. Hey, you gotta give the child credit. She's determined.