Happy Holidays

Good Morning everyone...last day of work and school and we are done for 10ish days so that is really good news. Yesterday went good, our work feast was yummy and bowling was a success. I'm not sure when I'll be posting next but you will see all the Christmas pictures I'm sure. Today's picture is her in her little wagon, she loves being pushed around the house in it. Have a safe and happy holiday!

3 days til Christmas Tuesday

Good Morning everyone. We are having a good week so far, only 2 days left and we are headed home for Christmas! Today is our Christmas feast day at work and we are going bowling so it should be pretty fun. Peanut is now the oldest baby in her room at daycare, I can't believe how time flies. Pretty soon (sooner then I want to think about I'm sure) she will be moving to the next room where they sleep in cots instead of cribs and have scheduled nap times. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday and finishes everything they have left to do for Christmas. We will be eating food, bowling and then packing, packing, packing! The picture above is her first attempt at her new potty and the picture below is her all dressed and ready to go to Olivia's party.....and I have added a bonus 1 year video, hope it works for everyone.

Santa....I know him!

Good Morning everyone. As you can tell by today's picture we had a good weekend. We finished Christmas shopping and went to Olivia's birthday party. We wrapped tons of presents and went to see Santa. She did great with him, as you can see. We weren't sure what to expect but she gave us a giant smile. We originally went to the Santa Land set up downtown at Boston Store but there was a 90 minute wait there so we went to the mall later in the afternoon and that was no problem. Now she is truly ready for Christmas! Have a great Monday everyone...

Happy Birthday Grandpa Bray!

Wooohooo Happy Birthday Grandpa! Today's picture is titled "You can have my cupcake, I don't want it." in honor of the birthday. Yesterday was a good day, nothing too eventful to report. One day of work left for the week, yay! This weekend will be spent finishing out Christmas shopping, wrapping presents and packing for our trip home next week. I cant Christmas is a week away already. Last year at this time I was stumbling around the house wondering what we had gotten ourselves into and enjoying a 6 day old baby. This year we are still stumbling around the house but now have a bit better idea of what we got ourselves into, that is, when we actually have time to think about it. Have a great Thursday and even better weekend!

The Tunnel of Fun

Good Morning everyone, I made it on this morning to post! We are having an alright week so far, just waiting for next week to get here since it's a short week and we get to head home for Christmas. Daphne is having a blast with the toys she got for her birthday. Today's picture is her crawling through her tunnel that she got from John, Greta and Olivia. She absolutely LOVES this thing. It attaches to a little tent that she can hang out in too! She had no reservations about barreling through it to greet the person on the other side. Yesterday, when we picked her up from school, we were greeted with a surprise pony tail. It was the cutest thing we have seen in awhile, besides her daily of course. Peanut with a pony tail is just down right stinking cute, you can't see to clearly above but she has one in the picture. Hope you have a good Wednesday, just one more day left this week!

Missed Tuesday

Sorry about missing my post today guys, my morning routine was thrown off. Daphne had her 1 year doctor visit today, she is 18lbs 10oz (15%) and 28inches (12%). They said she was doing good. They checked her over to see how her lungs sounded and how her ears looked. They said her lungs sounded good but both of her ears looked red. When she was in last week they couldn't get a good look at her ears so they aren't sure if it's on it's way out and or just starting up. I'm really hoping it's on its way out since tomorrow is the last day of the antibiotic! She seems to be coughing less and in good spirits but then when we got home she didn't want much of dinner, kind of gagged and pooped 4 times (total today) so I'm not sure what's up. All I know is we can't handle another sickness....so think get well thoughts! Today's picture is Peanut with her cupcake.

Happy First Birthday Daphne - 12-11-09

The party was a success. There were a total of 12 people counting adults and babies. The babies did wonderfully and had a lot of fun. I posted a couple pictures of the present opening, I will post more through out the week. She was not a fan of her cupcake but loved the Corn Sausage Chowder instead. I will post the cake pictures later too. My house is clean and I even had a chance to do my Christmas cards so that was an added bonus. Unfortnutley Mike and I have been infected with whatever Daphne has, which seems to be a horrible cough, and for me a horrible sore throat. She has her one year doctor appointment Tuesday so they can see if they think she is any better... All I know is Daphne and I were up every hour last night starting at 10:30 so I am not feeling it today. I have too much going on at work to miss today so that's not an option. She was waking to nurse and didn't really seem to be feeling horrible so I'm not too worried about her going to school but we'll see when she gets up. At this point all I want for Christmas is 4 solid hours of sleep in a row instead of waking up 4-5 times at night. Have a good Monday everyone...

Birthday at School

Good Morning everyone. Today is unfortunately not another snow day so we will all be getting up at our usual time and heading off to work and school. Since Daphne won't be going tomorrow she will get to celebrate her birthday at school today! I made Banana cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for her and her friends, hopefully they like them. We got about 5 inches of heavy wet snow yesterday and the temperatures are suppose to plummet today with really strong winds. Daphne is feeling alright, not seeing any major improvements yet but today is day 4 of 10 of the antibiotics so hopefully we will soon. It's hard to believe that a year ago today I was getting up to go out for breakfast before checking into the hospital at noon. Wow how time flies.....Have a great Thursday!

Snow Day!!!!

Wooohooo, today is a snow day. We got lots of wet heavy snow and schools were cancelled so daycare was as well. I am staying home from work with Peanut! She is getting a bit better but still has a runny nose and cough... I will do another list today just for the fun of it.

Crazy things my parents make me do...

Sit in buckets with my animals....

Clean up after dinner in the sink...

Climb on box wine...

Sit next to some strange guy on the porch...

Daphne's Favorites...

Good Morning, we are slowly on the road to recovery. Daphne got some antibiotics yesterday so hopefully those can help this mean cough go away. Today we are going to list Daphne's favorite things...

Daphne's favorite...

.....Music to dance to comes from her rapping Penguin.

.....Thing to eat and make a mess with is beans!

.....Lights are on the Christmas tree!
...Toy to walk with is her new walker!
Thanks to this she has officially taken 3 steps all on her own!

...Thing about winter is getting all bundled to go outside.
(ok I had to fudge a little to get the cute snowsuit picture in...)

Reasons why Daphne shouldn't be getting sick again...

It's just not fair...
She is too cute
She loves christmas bows
Her birthday is in 4 days
She can't go to school and see her friends
She doesn't get a good nights sleep
She was already sick 2 months ago...
and 1 month ago
she might have to go see the doctor and we hate the doctor...
plus she goes to the doctor next week anyway for her 1 year apt

But all of those reasons aren't good enough I guess cause she is not feeling good today. Mike is going to stay home with her and we will call for an appointment.

Frost and Snow Thursday

This morning when I let Zeus outside I saw it.....the first whiteness on the grass. I'm not sure if it was snow or a really heavy frost but I guess it is officially winter today, December 3rd. I will have to dress Peanut in her real winter coat. It's just in time for us to start decorating outside in 10 degree weather instead of 45 degree weather. Tomorrow is Mike's birthday, not sure what we will do yet but we will have some sort of birthday celebration. Unfortunately I have to work for about 2 hours in the morning so Peanut will have to go to school then...sigh. This means we will have to do our usual morning routine so no extra bed time for us, ugh. Have a great weekend everyone!

Rambling Wednesday

Happy Wednesday everyone, apparently the week is flying by since I had this post titled Tuesday for about 10 minutes. Everyone had a good day yesterday, nothing out of the ordinary to report. At school they said she is standing on her own all the time and one of her favorite things to do is crawl over to this bouncer that plays music, hit the music button and dance. She also loves to climb into the toy box, even when they warn her she might fall she gets her leg over anyway and crawl right in. They did say that she has also safely gotten out of it to so it's a learned skill I guess. We have a lot of family projects going on right now, here is what we are working on:

• Moving furniture around to put up our tree
• Putting up Christmas lights inside
  
• Taking down the last strand of Halloween lights
• Putting our Penguins in the front yard
• Wrapping our giant pine tree trunk in lights
• Wrapping everyone's presents
• Finish buying everyone's presents
• Getting ready for Dad's birthday in 2 days!
• Getting ready for Daphne's birthday in 9 days
• Getting ready for Grandpa Bray's birthday in 15 days
• Figuring out what kind of birthday cake everyone should have
• Handing out 1st Birthday invites (you're all invited, see above :) )
• Unpacking from our trip

So those are just few but I'll save you from any further torture. Have a great Wednesday...

Officially December

I can't believe it is December first. Peanut is 10 days away from being 1 year old. I never thought time could go as fast as it has this past year. It is amazing what we have been through but how quickly it has gone. We are planning a small get together on her birthday weekend with a few friends and family, if I can get my act together and send out the invites. Yesterday went pretty good for all of us, no surprises and we all made it home in one piece. Peanut has a doctors appointment today for her lingering cough. I think it's on it's way out but it will be 3 weeks tomorrow that she has had it so we thought we'd rather be safe then sorry. Today's picture was taken at John and Heather's house by Heather, I think it's in the running for being used on the birthday invite. Have a great Tuesday.

Slow Monday

We made it through our huge travel weekend and are home. The picture pretty much sums up how we are all feeling today....like we just want to rest. It was a long trip, we traveled over 20 hours in the car and through 4 states all together. Daphne met over 20 new people and tried lots of new foods. We are really happy to be home and start decorating for Christmas and enjoying not being in the car. Send us energy today, I have a feeling it's going to drag for all of us. Happy Monday...

Happy Thanksgiving Early

Good Morning everyone. This will most likely be my last post until we are back from our trip and Thanksgiving is over. We plan on leaving around 4:00 this afternoon, wish us luck on our almost 1,000 mile adventure. Peanut's one molar seems to really be trying to come all the way through now and she is not a fan. She is sleeping alright but sometimes the molar wins and she rages about it. Today's picture is of her new hat, I didn't make this one, I bought it from a friend from my other hat funds. It's so cute but she now has hat radar and can remove it faster then I can take a picture. Hope everyone has a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Yay for Internet!

We're back! Yesterday our internet was acting up so I couldn't do my usual morning post, I am going through with drawls. Today I can't seem to find the camera so I have no new pictures of Peanut to post. If it's not one thing it's another. Oh well, you'll have to enjoy an oldie but goody today. We had a great weekend and are getting ready for our trip to Chicago and Grand Blanc, MI. This weekend Peanut practiced stair climbing and coming down. She is also becoming a pro at walking around while pushing her zebra or her box. She was standing by me at one point this weekend and moved her foot so I'm counting it as her first step. It was probably only about an inch but still. She is also become a big eater and loves sitting in her highchair and gobbling up whatever is one her tray. Hope you have a great Tuesday, only one day left for the week after today...

4 years...

We have finally made it to the end of the week. Yay! Peanut seems to be over the hump of her sickness (knock on wood) and back to herself. Today is officially Mike and my 4th year wedding anniversary. Wow, I can't believe it's been 4 years. All I know is 4 years ago it was much colder and much snowier then it is today. We had a blizzard even, I believe. This weekend we will be packing for our grand adventure next week. 3 locations in 3 days, Chicago to my brother and girlfriends for thanksgiving, Grand Blanc to my aunt and uncle's house for the pre-wedding night and the Holiday Inn for my grilfriend's wedding night. We will need to pack carefully for our big trip. Hope you have a great weekend.

Sid the Sloth

Good morning everyone. We are half way through the week! Peanut has an extra bonus this week cause Grandma Debbie is coming down to visit so she doesn't even have a full week. She seems to be doing better. Still coughing a bit but I think it's on its way out. She did wake up bright and early this morning though. Nothing like a smiling face at 5:15 in the morning. As I sit her I can hear her giving dad a run for his money. Today's picture is one of Peanut's favorite friends, Sid the Sloth, from the movie Ice Age. He was a Halloween present from our neighbor and he sure is fun. That is his paradise island that he is sitting on. And of course the bonus picture of Peanut in a hat. Have a great Wednesday!

Daddy Baby Tuesday

Good Morning everyone. We all made it through Monday with nothing too exciting to report. Peanut had a good day at school, she got in a couple naps and played with her friends. She didn't drink anything all day but hopefully that will get better as the week goes on. Her cough seems to be improving so that's a good sign. She slept pretty good last night so she should be all set for her day today. Today's pictures are some of Mike and Daphne when she was not feeling so good. The first one is her napping while he rakes up all of our leaves, she zonked for about 1.5 hours on that one. The second one is a safari excursion around the house one night after she just wasn't feeling good and couldn't fall asleep. Have a great day!

11 Months 5 Days Old

Good Morning everyone. We are all slowly picking ourselves up from the fallout of being invaded by the plague of 2009. So far it has only infected Peanut but we are hoping it will stop there. We had a good weekend. She seems to be feeling better. It started on Wednesday with chest congestion and a low fever, then added a cough, then moved from the chest to the nose with an even worse cough, then added some puking and more fever with the same cough. Oh the joys..... She has been fever free for over 24 hours and puke free since Saturday afternoon. We are planing on going to work and school today to see how it goes, even though I would really rather keep her home for the whole week to really beat this thing, sigh. Due to the plague last week I missed our monthly birthday celebration so here it is. Daphne is 11 months 5 days old!! Can you believe it, less then a month shy of a whole year! She is so wonderful and it's great to watch her grow. Today's picture is just one of her many adorable faces that we get to see everyday, assuming, that is, that she doesn't have the plague. I will have lots of fun pictures to catch up on this week. Wish us a healthy return to our routine! Have a great Monday...

Ugh...

Well she is still feeling crummy. Not much has changed, she slept good all things considered. We might be taking her to the doctor today just for our sanity, we'll see. I'm behind schedule so I better head to work. Have a good Thursday!

Under the weather

Daphne isn't feeling good today. She seemed to get a cough and a low fever last night so I will be staying home with her today. I am hoping it doesn't get worse! Send healthy thoughts our way...

Tired Tuesday

Good morning everyone. We had a usual Monday with nothing out of the ordinary to report. Peanut got in two naps at daycare so that was nice. She is having a rough patch of sleeping at night and is getting up a lot, which makes for a tired mom and dad. Hopefully it's some teeth that are coming and not something else. At least with teeth there is an end in site. Hope you all had a great Monday and have a wonderful Tuesday.

Cardboard Adventure Boat

Good Morning everyone. Another weekend has passed, it was full of lots of good stuff and great weather, but still seems to be over too quickly. We spent some time outside, to enjoy the last wonderful days in the 60's before it snows, and worked on hauling our wood pile away. We went out to breakfast and to the grocery store. We played with a whole new batch of cardboard adventure boats. Peanut took great naps and we had yummy dinners. She has now perfected her dismount from high surfaces and can do it on her own with only a spotter. We are convinced she is saying Mom and Dad, but what parent isn't I guess. This is Peanut's 11 month birthday week. Next time I post for this it will be 1 year and a couple weeks before Christmas. Hope you have a great Monday.

Look how far we've come...

Happy Thursday everyone! Yay for the end of a loooong week. Today's pictures show how big she is getting! In the second picture is is shaking her head no, hence her crazy head angle and arms. I can't believe next week will be 11 months! Yesterday was a good day. We spent 3 hours in our pre-meeting at work, all to have the final meeting cancelled because they were behind schedule. That's not unusual for these types of meetings, but still frustrating. Maybe next week we will have it, ugh. Peanut had a good day at school. She has learned something new again, this week is loaded with them! She now turns around or mostly turns around, when she is getting off the bed instead of diving head first. She gets to the edge and peers over, but safely, then she backs up a bit and starts to circle her legs towards the edge. She sometimes gets one stuck while the other one is on it's way down but she is really getting it. It is so amazing watching her pick up on all of this stuff! Have a great weekend everyone, next week will be 11 month celebration time...

Im pointing, Im pointing

Good morning everyone, we are up an hour early today due to Peanut's decision that her wake up time this morning would be 4am, which is 2 hours early for her. Oh the joys of parenthood. The heat hasn't even kicked on in the house yet so it is a chilly start! Yesterday was a good day, someone from work came and started to take some of our wood and will be bringing a trailer back to take the rest so that is good news for the backyard. Yesterday, after we got home from work, Daphne and I were standing at the front door watching Mike move the cars out of the driveway (to load wood). When she saw him get out of the car she squealed and POINTED at him. This is her first official one finger point...at least that we have noticed and is directly at something. It was super cute and pretty exciting. I'll keep picturing that today as my eyes bulge out of my head from the early wake up. Today at work will be crazy, my team is scheduled to present to Mr. Kohler for our review so my early wake up will keep me on my toes. Have a great Wednesday!

Chicken & Barley Soup

So far we have had a good start to our first week of November. Nothing too exciting to report other then the usual Monday routine. She had a good day at school and work was pretty normal. Today Peanut is going to try her first real school food. She is going to have some Chicken Barley soup for lunch! Usually I send all of the food but I looked at the menu and thought she might like that one. Today's pictures are from our leaf raking adventure, the top one is right before we started and the bottom one is when we were all done and she was getting off my back. Have a great Tuesday...

Time Change Monday

Good Morning everyone. Another week, sigh. Monday's aren't exactly my favorite day, especially when you throw a time change in the mix. We had a great Halloween weekend. We mostly just hung out at home but we did manage to throw a few accomplishments in there. Here is a list of some of the stuff that we did this weekend...

• I finished 4 hats, still have 3 to go but at least I'm moving forward
• Mike got Peanut to nap for 2 hours and 15 min on Saturday! Go Dad!!!
• I unpacked my new sewing machine
• We all raked our backyard and put the leaves on the street
• We got 20 trick or treaters
• Peanut is mastering the art of walking while pushing her favorite cardboard box around the house
• We dressed up and went to the Design Center for a mini trick or treat

Hope you all had a great weekend and have a good week coming up....

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween Everyone!!