Life's Little Adventures

About two weeks ago, I got a little surprise.  I woke up when I could hear Daniel chattering on the baby monitor from his bedroom.  I went to his bedroom to find him standing up in his baby bed checking out everything in his room. When I turned on the light, he looked at me and said "Ma-ma!" with a big ole' smile.  My heart was so full!  He looked at me, recognized that it was me, and called for me! I phoned Steve immediately and told him that I'm sorry that I had won the "first word" category and it would be ok...he would say "Da-da" eventually.  I was very smug with this assumption.  I told everyone. Grandparents, friends, aunts, and uncles would all hear the story.  One proud "Ma-Ma" was me.  The very next day I was in the living room with D and Lucy (the cat) ran into the room.  He looked at her, smiled, reached out his hand to pet her, and said "Ma-Ma!"  I guess I was wrong.

It's been a really long time since I had a cold.  Usually when I have one, it turns into a sinus infection, and I'm really sick.  This past weekend, we decided to visit Stephen on the rig so he could see Daniel (and so Daniel could see him).  My throat started to get a weird feeling Friday night, but I just wrote it off as an allergy to some of the chemicals in the "riggy" air.  Saturday I woke up feeling like I had been hit by a bus.  I became a foul human to be around. I was grumpy. I complained. I wanted to sleep and be left alone.  When we got back home, Daniel started to get sick. Oh no.  A sick baby is so sad.  After my doctor's visit complete with an awesome shot (to treat the sinus infection from my cold), Daniel started to get worse.  Off we go to the ER to find out he had a cold and "the croup".  I've never had first hand dealings with "the croup" before, but it is a horrible cough.  My baby was miserable and th...

I'm having camera malfunctions, but I had to show the new and improved scary closet. I am so proud of it now I want to show it to everyone that comes to our house.  Before: That is some kinda scary! And after working on it for a few days (pardon the not-so-great pic quality): Sweet, sweet organization :) So if you come to our house and need toilet paper?  Top shelf in the middle - I've got you covered in less than 5 seconds ;)