Today is the last day of 2008. And what a year it has been. Let's take a look back at some of the exciting highlights, shall we?
~Melly. I'm not sure how we were happy without her.
~Forest fires. Being evacuated is not as much fun as one would think.
~Laid off. Not the worst thing to happen, but definitely not the best.
~First Birthday. Totally wonderful, especially since so many people joined in on the celebration.
~Mr. C's new Job. One of the best things to happen this year.
~Moving to a new state. A mixed bag. We have a beautiful home, and are making some good friends. But we still miss SC and CA and all the people we had to leave behind.
~Melly's aquatic adventures. A big plus no matter how you look at it. The beach is a hit for all ages.
~Visits from friends. Thank you everyone who came to visit us (both in SC and in NC). I don't know what we would do without our friends.
And those are the most thought about moments of 2008. (I'm sure I am missing some, but don't worry. I can always check through the blog again.)
Anyway... We can't stay up until midnight tonight so we are going to have New Year Mimosas tomorrow morning.
HAPPY 2009 EVERYONE!
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wall Art
I have been attempting to make Melly's room feel all baby friendly (since we didn't have a room for her for so long). And one of the things that the experts recommend is putting the child's name on the wall. Something about name recognition and such. So when we opened the wonderful gift from Great Grandma and Great Grandpa S we had the means to make it a reality. On Monday we all went to the craft store and got some cardboard letters. (Which makes them really light weight and safe to put over the baby's bed. I still spend time thinking if something is going to be earthquake safe or not. Go figure.) I spent that afternoon and night painting them up...and yesterday afternoon we put them on the wall. I think they turned out wonderfully. (Unfortunately my photography skills are far worse than my crafting skills and so the picture is less than wonderful, but you can still see pretty good.) I personally like the polka-dots the best. But the glitter ones are cool too. I just hope Melly likes them as she gets older.
Thank you for the wonderful gift Great Grandma and Grandpa S!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Right before Christmas
We started the day at Gymboree. The maracas are always a huge hit. Especially since Melly can hold about five of them at once.
Going places with Grandma and Grandpa is always fun! And that day we were off to Duke University.
We had to bundle up because it was really cold. But it was nice to see Duke. (Grandpa J's undergrad college.)
Being allowed to walk the entire aisle herself, Melly practically flew to the front of the chapel. She stopped every few feet to make sure mom was watching and to check out the stained glass.
Look at the shining stained glass windows. They held Melly's attention for a long time. And she wanted everyone to look at them, once we caught up.
After taking a good look at all of the beautiful stained glass and the front of the chapel, Melly escorts Grandpa back to the front doors. (To shout in the echoing atrium and play on the stairs.)
At home, sometimes the most fun moments are unexpected. Here is Melly on her very first grandpa ride! So much fun!!!
Going places with Grandma and Grandpa is always fun! And that day we were off to Duke University.
We had to bundle up because it was really cold. But it was nice to see Duke. (Grandpa J's undergrad college.)
Being allowed to walk the entire aisle herself, Melly practically flew to the front of the chapel. She stopped every few feet to make sure mom was watching and to check out the stained glass.
Look at the shining stained glass windows. They held Melly's attention for a long time. And she wanted everyone to look at them, once we caught up.
After taking a good look at all of the beautiful stained glass and the front of the chapel, Melly escorts Grandpa back to the front doors. (To shout in the echoing atrium and play on the stairs.)
At home, sometimes the most fun moments are unexpected. Here is Melly on her very first grandpa ride! So much fun!!!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS
The night before Christmas, after Santa came and gave all the good babies of the house presents...and a few for mom and dad too.
Melly discovers that not only has she managed to wake up both parents at 5am, but there is something very wonderful waiting for her in the living room.
And the beautiful stocking her Grandma C made for her is full of more goodies!
Of course, trying out the new stuff makes for a good break in the opening of presents. Melly loves her new riding giraffe!
Mom and dad got good stuff too. Melly decided to check their stuff out before opening more presents.
Then Melly needed to help dad open some things.... What could it be?
Melly also received a great big monkey from Santa. You know the best part? You can pick the monkey's nose!
All in all Christmas morning was a hit. Everyone had a wonderful time... and then we took a nap.
We hope everyone had a great morning of presents and fun too!
Melly discovers that not only has she managed to wake up both parents at 5am, but there is something very wonderful waiting for her in the living room.
And the beautiful stocking her Grandma C made for her is full of more goodies!
Of course, trying out the new stuff makes for a good break in the opening of presents. Melly loves her new riding giraffe!
Mom and dad got good stuff too. Melly decided to check their stuff out before opening more presents.
Then Melly needed to help dad open some things.... What could it be?
Melly also received a great big monkey from Santa. You know the best part? You can pick the monkey's nose!
All in all Christmas morning was a hit. Everyone had a wonderful time... and then we took a nap.
We hope everyone had a great morning of presents and fun too!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Silent Night
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Wishing everyone a Wonderful Christmas, a bright New Year, a glorious Hanukkah, and a beautiful Solstice.
May the Season be kind and loving to you all.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
What a day
Today was quite a day for us is babyland...
It started at 5:30am when Miss Melly decided we all needed to be awake. After some careful consideration Mr. C ended up on baby duty and I got a little more sleep. At 9:00 we were off to Gymboree! It was great. We went up and down the baby stairs for at least five minutes. Unfortunately all was not perfect in at Gymboree. We were very excited and ran around until we tripped and.... gave ourselves a nose bleed. (Is that a milestone event? Baby's first bloody nose?) This dampened our spirits some luckily class was almost over and we made it through the last few minutes.
After that we went to the store and were very happy to be seen by all the other people and admired by the checkout girl. Then it was home for a good long nap.
But today's excitement didn't end there! Oh no! There was a bath involved! (And I will not go into the wonders of the bath again as I feel we have covered it many times previously.) However, just after the bath was a naked time experience. Missy McGee was allowed to wander naked through the house right afterwords and discovered the true feeling of bare butts on the tile floor. This feeling of freedom ended rather abruptly though when she squatted down and had herself a little pee.
And did I mention the pillows? No? Well, Melly has this thing where she grabs all the pillows off the couch and walks around the house with them as well as snuggles on the floor with them. So as a special treat Melly and I went to the fabric store yesterday and got one really big pillow and two smaller pillows and I covered them in minky (that super soft fabric they make stuffed animals out of these days.) And she loves them. She has spent quite a lot of time face planting on her new pillows in the last few hours. It's good to be a baby.
And she still has three hours left before bedtime...
I wonder what else will happen today???
Case in point...we have more teeth! That's right, two new molars on the bottom...one on each side. Grow baby teeth, grow!
It started at 5:30am when Miss Melly decided we all needed to be awake. After some careful consideration Mr. C ended up on baby duty and I got a little more sleep. At 9:00 we were off to Gymboree! It was great. We went up and down the baby stairs for at least five minutes. Unfortunately all was not perfect in at Gymboree. We were very excited and ran around until we tripped and.... gave ourselves a nose bleed. (Is that a milestone event? Baby's first bloody nose?) This dampened our spirits some luckily class was almost over and we made it through the last few minutes.
After that we went to the store and were very happy to be seen by all the other people and admired by the checkout girl. Then it was home for a good long nap.
But today's excitement didn't end there! Oh no! There was a bath involved! (And I will not go into the wonders of the bath again as I feel we have covered it many times previously.) However, just after the bath was a naked time experience. Missy McGee was allowed to wander naked through the house right afterwords and discovered the true feeling of bare butts on the tile floor. This feeling of freedom ended rather abruptly though when she squatted down and had herself a little pee.
And did I mention the pillows? No? Well, Melly has this thing where she grabs all the pillows off the couch and walks around the house with them as well as snuggles on the floor with them. So as a special treat Melly and I went to the fabric store yesterday and got one really big pillow and two smaller pillows and I covered them in minky (that super soft fabric they make stuffed animals out of these days.) And she loves them. She has spent quite a lot of time face planting on her new pillows in the last few hours. It's good to be a baby.
And she still has three hours left before bedtime...
I wonder what else will happen today???
Case in point...we have more teeth! That's right, two new molars on the bottom...one on each side. Grow baby teeth, grow!
Monday, December 15, 2008
December
It's been a while since I just posted about life and so here goes...
Mr. C is working very hard. Right now I believe he is on a conference call about a project that he mostly completed a while back and is now doing the de-bugging. Very nice. :) Otherwise he is going to be here for the holidays. No out of town trips until February (that we know of) which means that we all get to have a nice holiday together.
Melly has managed to not knock her face on anything in the last few days and her black eye is almost healed. She is getting to be so much fun. She repeats sounds you give her and sometimes it actually sounds like words. Speaking of which we now say (and understand) two words... baby and bye-bye. Baby is used when she sees herself or pictures of herself and bye-bye is accompanies with a wave...always! She is big time into real food and wants to try anything and everything we eat. However she is really not into meant yet. Although I have been giving her spaghetti (the baby food version) and she seems to really like it. So cheers to that.
We are all ready for Christmas here. Grandma C and Grandpa J are coming to town next weekend until the 24th. And we are very excited about that. The tree has survived various attempts from the baby to pull it down, although she seems more intent on smelling it than actually pulling it. And it sure looks funny being nude for the first foot or so (nothing for the baby to pull down). But with presents piled on bookshelves around it we couldn't be happier.
And finally myself...as of this morning I have an audition for a city choir in January. I'm not sure what to sing for the audition, but I need to figure it out soon. It would be nice to have another singing group. I miss singing. I finished all of my holiday sewing...and most of Mr. C's stocking. Hopefully it will be ready by Christmas eve...but you never know. All of the presents are in the mail, all of the cards have been sent (if you haven't gotten one yet keep watching the mail...some went out this past weekend....
And now Melly needs attention so I will leave you...
Mr. C is working very hard. Right now I believe he is on a conference call about a project that he mostly completed a while back and is now doing the de-bugging. Very nice. :) Otherwise he is going to be here for the holidays. No out of town trips until February (that we know of) which means that we all get to have a nice holiday together.
Melly has managed to not knock her face on anything in the last few days and her black eye is almost healed. She is getting to be so much fun. She repeats sounds you give her and sometimes it actually sounds like words. Speaking of which we now say (and understand) two words... baby and bye-bye. Baby is used when she sees herself or pictures of herself and bye-bye is accompanies with a wave...always! She is big time into real food and wants to try anything and everything we eat. However she is really not into meant yet. Although I have been giving her spaghetti (the baby food version) and she seems to really like it. So cheers to that.
We are all ready for Christmas here. Grandma C and Grandpa J are coming to town next weekend until the 24th. And we are very excited about that. The tree has survived various attempts from the baby to pull it down, although she seems more intent on smelling it than actually pulling it. And it sure looks funny being nude for the first foot or so (nothing for the baby to pull down). But with presents piled on bookshelves around it we couldn't be happier.
And finally myself...as of this morning I have an audition for a city choir in January. I'm not sure what to sing for the audition, but I need to figure it out soon. It would be nice to have another singing group. I miss singing. I finished all of my holiday sewing...and most of Mr. C's stocking. Hopefully it will be ready by Christmas eve...but you never know. All of the presents are in the mail, all of the cards have been sent (if you haven't gotten one yet keep watching the mail...some went out this past weekend....
And now Melly needs attention so I will leave you...
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Christmas Presents
Just what Danger Baby wanted for Christmas...
A shiner!
Sofa + tired baby = lots of crying
A shiner!
Sofa + tired baby = lots of crying
Monday, December 08, 2008
Christmas cards
Thank you everyone who gave me tree names. I was looking for Spruce. I really needed the help too as I still hadn't thought of it until I got emails and messages. So Cheers!
On Monday we went to the mall and took our family Holiday portrait.
The good: We had lots of fun and took some great pictures of the baby.
The bad: It was late in the afternoon so Melly was getting cranky.
The ugly: Way too many people at the mall.
The positive... holiday cards are all done and mostly all sent as of this morning.
Cheers!
On Monday we went to the mall and took our family Holiday portrait.
The good: We had lots of fun and took some great pictures of the baby.
The bad: It was late in the afternoon so Melly was getting cranky.
The ugly: Way too many people at the mall.
The positive... holiday cards are all done and mostly all sent as of this morning.
Cheers!
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Monday, December 01, 2008
A Christmas Poem
'Twas a month before Christmas and so don't you see,
It was the perfect time to go get my tree.
My mom took her camera and I took my dad
For just down the street good trees could be had.
Soon I was strapped in, all snug in my stroller,
We started the walk there before I could smolder.
With mom and her keen eye and me dressed like an elf,
I got so excited, I can't help myself!
Away to the tree farm we went like a flash,
past all the cows and little bits of trash.
The sun on the needles of the freshly cut trees,
made them sparkle and shine, surely to please.
When what to my wondering eye should appear
but the perfect tree and a man with some gear.
He fixed up our tree so lively and quick
I knew in a moment he knew every trick.
More rapid than eagles my daddy he came
to carry my tree home was his only aim.
As dry leaves fly before the wild hurricane fly
we made that tree stand straight into the sky.
Mom spoke not a word but went straight to work
and decorated my tree then turned with a jerk.
And kissing me gently all over my face
and giving a nod, into my PJs I race.
And now I will sigh as I'm tucked in tonight,
"Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!"
It was the perfect time to go get my tree.
My mom took her camera and I took my dad
For just down the street good trees could be had.
Soon I was strapped in, all snug in my stroller,
We started the walk there before I could smolder.
With mom and her keen eye and me dressed like an elf,
I got so excited, I can't help myself!
Away to the tree farm we went like a flash,
past all the cows and little bits of trash.
The sun on the needles of the freshly cut trees,
made them sparkle and shine, surely to please.
When what to my wondering eye should appear
but the perfect tree and a man with some gear.
He fixed up our tree so lively and quick
I knew in a moment he knew every trick.
More rapid than eagles my daddy he came
to carry my tree home was his only aim.
As dry leaves fly before the wild hurricane fly
we made that tree stand straight into the sky.
Mom spoke not a word but went straight to work
and decorated my tree then turned with a jerk.
And kissing me gently all over my face
and giving a nod, into my PJs I race.
And now I will sigh as I'm tucked in tonight,
"Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!"
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