Mama and Baby's first year and beyond!

Lucy got a small cloth covered ball from the summer reading program at the library. It is full of stuffing. I wonder if this is the one they are talking about? I tore the tags off...... it is a dark blue color.

I went to the Consumer Product Saftey Commission's web site. The only soft ball lead paint recall I saw was in 2007.......

Consumer Product Safety Commission Toy Recall website

Happy Halloween everybody! I hope everyone will be posting Costume pictures - I would love to see all the little cutie pies all dressed up.

Lucy was a pirate in a tutu at our friends party last night. Tonight we are taking her trick or treating with the big kids (mainly to show her off). She has one of those slightly stuffed pumpkin costumes, I thought it would be a little warmer and we already had it.

It was so cute at the party last night. My friend's husband had his little 3 month old grand daughter on his chest rocking forward and back playing with her. Lucy kept climbing up on the sofa and got close watching them and just sat there laughing hysterically.

Gutter,
OMG, Jasper and Audrey look JUST alike in their costumes. I know they look similar, but without seeing Audrey's hair, and just focusing on their faces, they're like identical. I love their costumes. I'm going to post pics of the girls when I get home tonight.

Wow, they really do look alike. Audrey is a very cute giraffe! And Tigger is always one of my favorites. Both cute!

I had some appointments yesterday, so Lucy spent the day with Daddy. Schedule and routine out the window. She had fun though, even if she was cranky without her regular naps. Ha - the funny part was I heard Daddy telling the 12 year old how exhausted he was, that keeping up with Lucy all day was hard work. Not a news flash to me!

One was my followup appt with the GI doctor from my procedures a few weeks ago. He said my intestines are full of inflamation cells, but he can't find any indication of any of the disease that would cause this. He has me on medications that are both muscle relaxers and anti-inflamatory for the digestive system, He wants to see if a couple months on these will calm things down and allow them to go back to normal. I also had some damage in my esophigus from acid reflux. Lucky me will get to have an endoscopy done every year to make sure the cells don't start changing into something cancerous. He says it is a very small percentage that ever do, but it needs to be monitored.

Hey, come back. I promise I take a shower or bath every day, and I usually double check to make sure I remembered my deoderant........

lol! Sorry! I started to respond to you the other day and then *somebody* started climbing the stairs and I just never got back!

I really hope the medication will help calm things down and that just be the end of it. If that doesn't help what will they do next?
Did you have problems before you got pregnant or did this happen after Lucy was born? (please forgive me if you've already answered that!) I swear pregnancy totally changed my body and nothing has been the same since!

Also, just an update on Owen..... He has learned how to open all the doors in our house.... including the exterior ones! I caught him in the back yard the other day! YIKES!!!!!!

He is also saying lots of words but I doubt most folks would understand him. He is finally saying MOMMA!!!! He says, momma, dada, nana, shoes, juice, uh-oh, woops, beep beep (for car) kitty, doggie, six, sing (swing) and bye bye. He does several animal sounds, kitty, cow, lion, snake. However, when he sees an animal outside he usually meows at it!

It's a fun stage, isn't it?

Hi guys!it's been FOREVER since I updated on here.SO much going on,which is a good thing because I had been spending far too much time on here and other sites.LOL

Anyway,I am working on writing a book,keeping my house in order (with mixed results,fly lady is hepling though) and generally have made some more friends who i adore and spend time with,since Teo started school as well things have been hectic.He has been having trouble learning his letters and learning to read.I was made to feel guilty,paranoid and concerned by this at the beggining of the school year,NOw I have had lots of reassurance from other teachers and friends and I am not worried about it,just got to keep working on it wiht his and he is slowly getting it.

Tia-li is growing up now more than out,she's so tall with the longest legs! She is a sweetheart,her latest accomplishments are; climbing stairs (oh no!) Climbing all over everything actually,she has no fear.She loves to 'read' books.She stands on thins and gives 'jibberish speeches'.She sais ;mummy,daddy,bear,teddy,boat (boke),hey ,bye bye,more (and signs it from baby einstein) poopy (thats my wonderful contribution LOL) and thankyou (taatoo) everytime she gives you somethig she sais'thank you!' in like a condescending tone!LOL So funny!

Other than that,going to post a brief update in the forum news section thats non kid related and hope that others will share some too! love you guys,sorry I havn't been around as much!

awwww so cute i miss the kids so much
jessie geting the brake pats replaced on his new (second hand but new to us lol) then ill arrange coming see u cus gps dont work in my car and his more comfortable be in long time.

Cloie update she gave her first smile 2 days ago she trys role on her left side and has tantrums lol she loves tummy time and the swing stares at everyone and anyone who talking acting like she knows what going on lol she still in new born huggies with her lil wast she long n thin lol but she is my little sweetie can see her personalty coming though more every day

Lou Lou wrote:Also, just an update on Owen..... He has learned how to open all the doors in our house.... including the exterior ones! I caught him in the back yard the other day! YIKES!!!!!!

He is also saying lots of words but I doubt most folks would understand him. He is finally saying MOMMA!!!! He says, momma, dada, nana, shoes, juice, uh-oh, woops, beep beep (for car) kitty, doggie, six, sing (swing) and bye bye. He does several animal sounds, kitty, cow, lion, snake. However, when he sees an animal outside he usually meows at it!

It's a fun stage, isn't it?

It is fun. It seems like they learn or say something new every day. Lucy also can open doors. Thankfully we have deadbolts that she can't reach yet on the outdoor ones.

When I was pregnant I started having pancreatitis attacks, but everything else was fine. They took my gall bladder out in Dec to stop the pancreatitis. That is when everything started getting all messed up. After 5 days on this medicine I feel almost back to normal. I am not sure what the plan is if this doesn't 'reset' everything. Treat symptoms until somthing goes bad enough to let them know what the main problem is I guess.

Angel wrote:She is a sweetheart,her latest accomplishments are; climbing stairs (oh no!) Climbing all over everything actually,she has no fear.

That is Lucy too, she climbs like a monkey and there is no fear. Lots of tears when she falls, but she doesn't learn from it lol.

I am glad you relaxed about Teo, he will figure it out. When we got the older kids my daughter was in kindergarten (we got them over Christmas break). Come February we found out she didn't know ANYTHING, she was copying all the letters work off the little girl next to her, she knew nothing. We had to work really hard with her, but she got it eventually. And now that girl loves to read. She would rather read than do anything else.

Otherwise you are so busy!! Good for you.

Lucy was so cute tonight. She was laying on top of me on the sofa after having drank her bedtime bottle. I started ''singing'' the jungle book song ''da da da, da da da da'' like that, and for 2 or 3 minutes Lucy joined in and ''sang'' with me.

Then I put her in her crib and I could hear her in there jabbering and giggling and singing for 5 to 10 minutes before she fell asleep.


*** seperate note - It only took me a whole year to discover that little link at the top of the screen that says ''view new posts since your last visit''. Wow!! That is awesome. I know, I'm a dork.