Mar 30, 2015 | Sesame, Uncategorized |
We survived yesterdays big day with minimal tears. Annabelle didn’t cry too much either.
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| She’s too cute for words. |
She’s recently started enjoying animals so we took her to the zoo. She hated the flamingos which is unfortunate seeing how I find them fascinating. Growing up I tried fitting them into every game possible. Flamingo basketball, flamingo badminton, flamingo volleyball. None of my siblings ever got as much enjoyment out of standing on one leg as I did. We skipped the snake exhibit because EEEEWWW. Nobody needs those nightmares. Many of the animals were inside because it was “too cold.” It was 50 degrees. These southern zoos don’t have hearty animals. The giraffe was inside because she was pregnant. It was the first time I’ve ever had sympathy for a giraffe. Exactly a year ago I was in her same position and not enjoying it one bit.
AB LOVED the goats. She pulled their ears and thought it was hysterical when they moved their heads.
Sizing up the baby alpaca. She wanted to bring him home and I said yes. Dad said no.
At the very minute Sesame turn one (SOB SOB OMG I CAN’T HANDLE THIS) we were watching the elephant. I didn’t feel like crying at all. I say every year goes by quickly but this year really takes the cake. I feel like four minutes ago I was seeing her for the first time and now she’s one.
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| My sunglasses need their own zipcode. |
After the zoo we went to PF Changs for lunch. As the person who is mainly responsible her being in this world, I felt I had every right to dictate where we ate. Plus AB likes fried rice. It was a win win location.
Can you believe how much she loved her birthday cupcake? The joy is written all over her face!
She’s one of the few children who would rather eat green beans than a chocolate cupcake.
Mar 28, 2015 | Sesame, Uncategorized |
Tomorrow is Annabelle’s first birthday.
As fits my calm and unsentimental personality, I didn’t said anything along the lines of “This is your last bath/lunch/outfit/snack before you turn 1” or doubled my picture taking of her this week. I’ve simply carried on with life as usual, knowing children grow and move away and that’s the way it is. Sunrise, sunset and all that. The fact that I took a picture of her in the bath, eating lunch and in her cute outfit today was a PURE COINCIDENCE.
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| She’s either eating a blueberry or blowing a kiss. It’s hard to tell. |
Oh, I kid. Do you really think I could have gotten through the week without shedding some tears or finishing off the bag of chocolates I found on the top shelf of the pantry? When I told Christopher we couldn’t schedule anything tonight incase I needed to stay home and cry, he said “I assumed as much.” He understands me.
Time for more chocolate and tissues.
Feb 23, 2015 | Sesame, Uncategorized |
Or Why I no longer have time to blog
* She’s made it her personal goal this month to never be farther than 6 centimeters away from me. She’s reached that goal over and over and over and over and over again.
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| A little light reading about the inventions of Benjamin Franklin. |
* When she’s not six centimeters away from me, I stay VERY VERY quiet and not make sudden movements so she won’t realize she’s not glued to my legs. One day she was occupying herself and it was so glorious that I wanted the moment to last forever. When I did look at her, she was stuffing her mouth with dirt from the little potted pine tree I bought at Christmas. I fished out as much as I could then gave her water to wash down the rest.
* Her favorite past times include:
snacks
pulling things off shelves
tugging on my pants
pushing things off the side of the tub
mealtime
investigating the trash
pulling the towel off the oven door
eating
ripping paper, specifically the mail
reading books
finding microscopic crumbs on the floor and eating them
going for walks
banging on the bathroom door until I come out
* Sesame can say daddy, mama (rarely), duckie/duck duck, hi, bye and uhoh.
* She can sign ‘please’ and sometimes all done. The signing is so much nicer than her yelling for more. Sometimes she sits in the middle of the floor signing please over and over and I have no idea what she wants.
* Skinny Minnie is still rocking mostly 6 or 6-9 clothes. Some of her 6 month pants still fit perfectly around the waist but they’ve gone from pants to capris. Maybe she’ll still fit in them when summer rolls around?
* She has two teeth on the bottom and some coming in on top.
* She loves music. When she hears the Gilmore Girls theme song, she’ll will stop whatever she’s doing and start dancing and smiling. The song All About that Bass always makes her dance. I change the words a little to make it more child appropriate. Sometimes we sing Jesus Loves Me afterwards to cleanse her mind.
* She can stand up by herself but she doesn’t take any steps.
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| She likes to feed Thornton his bottle after trying to drink it herself. |
Jan 14, 2015 | Sesame, Uncategorized |
Jan 8, 2015 | Sesame, Uncategorized |
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| Sleeping with Apple the Elephant at the moment I became a nine month old girl. |
Vital statistics: According to my mother I’m “getting too big”, “growing like a weed” and “not her teeny tiny little munchkin baby anymore”. I think that means I’m around 16 el bees. Our baby scale isn’t in the same state as us so I can’t say for sure. I’m getting very tall. Six month pants fit me just fine around the waist but in length they’re capris. I’ll be taller than Mom by the time I’m 3.
What’s on the menu: How do I love food? Let me count the ways. It’s all wonderful. Spaghetti, pancakes, bread, strawberries, apples, potatoes (my fav), crackers. More bread. Butternut squash doesn’t float my boat.
Biggest dislikes: Having my face washed after meals. It’s so rude the way people come at my face with a wet towel.
Favorite toys: The foam Grammy put around the marble coffee table to protect my head, Memere’s singing/dancing snowmen, anything with a snowman on it, and the musical Minnie Mouse car I got for Christmas. I recently found trash cans and I l-o-v-e them. I still love walks around the neighborhood and anytime we go outside.
Milestones in my young life this month:
* Christmas. Obviously.
* I met my best friend Kezia.
* I can say dada, yay, hi and bye. I can say mama but I seldom feel like it. I waved at Dad when he came home from work and said, “Hi, dada!”
* I give kisses.
* I traveled in the car for over 20 hours.
* I can scoot-crawl.
* I met my cousin Kate.
* I dumped out a pot of dirt and was really proud of myself.
* I pulled myself up to standing using the coffee table. Mom said never to do that again. Then she cried.
Dec 28, 2014 | Holidays, Sesame, Uncategorized |
A plaid Christmas dress. Could anything be more perfect? I don’t know why she’s not wearing a bow. I must have temporarily lost my mind.
No tears of our first visit to Santa! Things can only go downhill in future years.
All dressed up for her first Christmas party with A Soldiers Child. She wore sparkly shoes and the whole outfit was perfection.
Santa baby!
We bought this dress before I was even pregnant because I fell in love with it. My aunt got married on Christmas Eve and Sesame was the best dressed guest.
Yet another dress I bought before she was born. I can’t help buying cute clothes! I love this sweet little bald girl.
