Sunday, September 11, 2011
No Words..
There are no words that can describe the deep love that I have for this little girl... it's just so overwhelming, like nothing I ever imagined.
Pausing to Remember...
Despite all of the football opening season madness going on today, please remember to take a moment and remember those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. It's hard to believe it's been ten years already. May they be never forgotten.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Labor Day Weekend at Nans House
Sorry I didn't post this past week... had a lot of things going on and it wasn't a great week for me.
Last Friday, I was able to leave work a little early, and I was all packed up so once I picked Abigail up from daycare, we hit the road to pick up her Daddy and we went up to PA. Stopped at Friendly's to eat dinner on the way... side note- the little toddler in the booth next to us was Abigail also, and she was sooo obsessed with our Abigail, she kept coming up to her highchair and just staring and wanting to touch. It was cute.
Friendly's has always had somewhat of a special meaning between Ryan and I, because our first "non-date" date was there.... before we started "Dating" we went there in York, just the 2 of us, and paid our own selves (that is why it was a "non-date" date in our minds at that time). We no longer have Friendlys in Salisbury (I still have issues with that) so we try to eat there if we can.
Anyway, we got to Nan's later Friday evening and Abigail aas up wayyy past her bedtime, but she doesn't get to see Nan much so it was okay. We had a terrible time getting her to fall asleep... she just doesn't want to fall asleep when we are in the same room. Eventually she did settle down thank goodness. I was able to sleep in Saturday morning while Ryan took Abigail downstairs and had some good daddy-daughter time.
Saturday was a whirlwind of just family and lots going on. Even though it was Jason and AJ's 1 year wedding anniversary weekend, they came up Saturday mid day, and stayed over. We have probably gotten together with them more this year, then any other year. It's a great thing though- we all have busy lives but try to get together when we can.
Saturday afternoon/evening we had just about the entire family over for cookout at Barbs... Ryan's aunt and 2 cousins were there, and his one cousin's 3 boys came- I think the last time we had seen them was one year ago, at Jason and AJ's wedding! Also, Ryan's sister Jen and her hubby and 2 girls came. It was a nice gathering and great food, as always. Ryan and his brother manned the grill.
(Ryan took this picture of me and Abigail and I look terrible, so don't focus on me, but on Abigail!)
We had a late Saturday night, and then slept in Sunday for a bit. We spent time with the family and headed back Sunday afternoon. Dropped Ryan off and Abigail and I headed home, and got home about 7:45. It is always exhausting traveling with her, but well worth it. And my allergies weren't as bad this time!! I was very pleased about that. Abigail did great in the car- even though she was in her carseat for about 4 hours, almost never heard a peep out of her. I love it that way1
Her nan got her a new toy, secondhand, and Abigail loved it- she could walk with it!! It was so great to see her doing new things. She has a little waddle, and it's sooo adorable.
Abigail will be 11 months this thursday... I cannot believe it. I guess I better get to planning her (small) First Birthday party!! We are not going to have anything big, but just family. We will have a big one next time. Maybe.
Ryan is home this weekend but has to leave tonight... that stinks. HOWEVER, we will only have one more weekend then the week after that he GRADUATES! I can't believe it. We have gotten through 24 weeks so far. In ways it has dragged on...and in other ways, it has flown by.
Hopefully this coming week will go by just a teeny bit faster than the past one. I guess I will find out!
Last Friday, I was able to leave work a little early, and I was all packed up so once I picked Abigail up from daycare, we hit the road to pick up her Daddy and we went up to PA. Stopped at Friendly's to eat dinner on the way... side note- the little toddler in the booth next to us was Abigail also, and she was sooo obsessed with our Abigail, she kept coming up to her highchair and just staring and wanting to touch. It was cute.
Friendly's has always had somewhat of a special meaning between Ryan and I, because our first "non-date" date was there.... before we started "Dating" we went there in York, just the 2 of us, and paid our own selves (that is why it was a "non-date" date in our minds at that time). We no longer have Friendlys in Salisbury (I still have issues with that) so we try to eat there if we can.
Anyway, we got to Nan's later Friday evening and Abigail aas up wayyy past her bedtime, but she doesn't get to see Nan much so it was okay. We had a terrible time getting her to fall asleep... she just doesn't want to fall asleep when we are in the same room. Eventually she did settle down thank goodness. I was able to sleep in Saturday morning while Ryan took Abigail downstairs and had some good daddy-daughter time.
Saturday was a whirlwind of just family and lots going on. Even though it was Jason and AJ's 1 year wedding anniversary weekend, they came up Saturday mid day, and stayed over. We have probably gotten together with them more this year, then any other year. It's a great thing though- we all have busy lives but try to get together when we can.
Saturday afternoon/evening we had just about the entire family over for cookout at Barbs... Ryan's aunt and 2 cousins were there, and his one cousin's 3 boys came- I think the last time we had seen them was one year ago, at Jason and AJ's wedding! Also, Ryan's sister Jen and her hubby and 2 girls came. It was a nice gathering and great food, as always. Ryan and his brother manned the grill.
We had a late Saturday night, and then slept in Sunday for a bit. We spent time with the family and headed back Sunday afternoon. Dropped Ryan off and Abigail and I headed home, and got home about 7:45. It is always exhausting traveling with her, but well worth it. And my allergies weren't as bad this time!! I was very pleased about that. Abigail did great in the car- even though she was in her carseat for about 4 hours, almost never heard a peep out of her. I love it that way1
Her nan got her a new toy, secondhand, and Abigail loved it- she could walk with it!! It was so great to see her doing new things. She has a little waddle, and it's sooo adorable.
Abigail will be 11 months this thursday... I cannot believe it. I guess I better get to planning her (small) First Birthday party!! We are not going to have anything big, but just family. We will have a big one next time. Maybe.
Ryan is home this weekend but has to leave tonight... that stinks. HOWEVER, we will only have one more weekend then the week after that he GRADUATES! I can't believe it. We have gotten through 24 weeks so far. In ways it has dragged on...and in other ways, it has flown by.
Hopefully this coming week will go by just a teeny bit faster than the past one. I guess I will find out!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
All In A Week's Time!
Wow, what a week last week was. Tuesday, we felt an earthquake that happened in Virginia, but was felt all up and down the east coast. Living on the east coast, especially the eastern shore of Maryland, I never ever woulda thunk that I would feel an earthquake. What an unsettling feeling. I was at work in my office, with the door closed (doing my daily milkin', if you really want to know) and all of a sudden I Feel like the floor is moving. My blinds were shaking. I hear rattling. I thought at first- Is a train going through? WAIT there is no train nearby! It felt like my house when the train is going by...but just more dramatic, I guess. Then it wasn't as bad, but it still was moving my calendar pages... then I thought I was the dizzy one. I wasn't sure what, if anything had just happened...or if it was just in my mind.
I had to finish milkin' so my door was still closed, but I thought I could hear other staff talking outside my door but couldn't tell if they were talking about what just happened. At first I thought it was just me. Then I tried to use my phone to call Abigail's pediatrician (she had a fever earlier that day) and my phone wouldn't work- it had reception but it beeped this weird beep and said the connection had an error, or something like that. I had never seen that message come up before. I knew something was going on. Shortly after I finished up and opened my door, went out on the dialysis treatment floor and the nurses were saying "check out the news, there was just an earthquake". (there are televisions above each patient's chair so we can watch the soap operas- oops I mean the news if we need to) SERIOUSLY!? It was crazy. I guess the actual earthquake happened in VA....but it was felt all over the place. I never thought that would have happened in a million years...quite scary, to be honest.
And to make matters worse, we were already keeping eye on a hurricane that had just started to form... headed straight for North Carolina and up the coast. Good ole Irene...
Working in dialysis just makes bad weather seem even worse, and makes me worry a heck of a lot more, because we usually have to plan ahead of time and try to figure out whether to reschedule the patients or just play it by ear and hope the weather won't be as bad... this hurricane was supposed to hit HARD so we ended up juggling around the schedule to ensure that all of our patients got in before the storm hit hard. We have a great team where I work, so things got done, but it's just a big headache in the process!! And part of MY job is ensuring that the patients have transportation to get to their treatments, which can be headache in itself. But I will save that ranting for another day :) Everything worked out, and we brought in patients on Friday afternoon/evening so that they didn't have to come out Saturday mid morning/afternoon.
Ryan was able to get home Friday evening a lot sooner than normal which was great. He helped me prepare for the storm, making sure we had food, water, etc. To make a long story short... the hurricane came, and went. It didn't hit us nearly as bad as it could have been... and for that, I am thankful. I have Auntie Deb and Uncle Richard who live right on the coast of NC, and thank goodness they didn't have damage to their home either. I know not everyone was fortunate, but I am just glad we were spared from the devastation that it very well could have been.
For Ryan, Abigail Camden and I, it was a great weekend spent cooped up in the house. We didn't go anywhere the entire weekend from Friday until Ryan had to leave Sunday afternoon (which is the worst part of the week for me). It was nice to have a reason to not leave... we don't do that often. Typically we are running errands, going out places just to get out, etc. We had good quality family time together.... haha. I spent most of it reading The Help (great book by the way) and Ryan got in some quality video gaming. And Abigail...well, Abigail just got into a little bit of everything!
Speaking of Abigail... She's been teething- all last week she had a slight fever off and on, but nothing worth going to the doctor for. I did call them because I wasn't sure what to do... I never had ever had to buy her medication so I had no idea what I was doing! I gave her ibuprofen a few times throughout the week which helped... some mornings she would be burning up, she was so hot. The meds seemed to help break the fever. Most of the fevers were just borderline. She didn't seem fazed by it, except she has been waking up at night again... it's not too big of a deal because she tends to go back down after I nurse her for a few minutes... I don't think it's that she is hungry, but she's like me and once she's awake, she is awake and hard to go back to sleep and nursing just helps her to settle back down I guess. I don't know what I will do when she isn't breastfeeding anymore! I won't think about that :) As much as I hate pumping... I continue to do it for the good of my daughter and will continue as long as I need to. Plus I can't imagine how much money I have saved by not having to buy formula. Isn't it expensive??
Anyway, back to the teething- she has been getting her top teeth in! The one is starting to make it's way down and the other has just broken through. She tends to get them both at the same time. She hasn't really been cranky, just waking up more often.
This weekend coming up is Labor Day weekend... already??? Where did the time go? Originally I wanted to getaway with hubby and Abigail to Lancaster or somewhere...but we decided to head to his moms house for the weekend instead. Trying to save money that we don't have, haha. I am hoping to skedaddle from work a little early on Friday so I can get up to Sykesville by 6 at the latest..pick up hubby and head to his moms, which is a little over 1 hour from there, up in PA. Not sure what the weekend will consist of, but we will drop Ryan off at the academy and head back home on Sunday evening. I will save the getaway for our anniversary/my birthday week, or whenever Ryan has off sometime around those dates.
Speaking of Ryan... after this week ends... he will only have (drumroll please).... THREE WEEKS LEFT!! Yay! Yes, in one way, this past almost six months has gone by fast.... except when I am in the middle of the week (like now) and it feels like it's creeping by. We still have NO clue what barracks he will be stationed...and he has no clue when he finds out. We are hoping and praying he finds out soon. Once we know, I will definitley let everyone know. Just praying for anywhere on the Eastern Shore... I really would hate for him to have to commute across the bay bridge every day.... that would be terrible. But we will see what happens, with time. God has a plan- I have to remind myself of that.
Well, I guess I have rambled enough... Abigail sometimes walks like a monkey now... like she wants to stand up. It's rather cute. I forgot to get camera batteries at the store, so I haven't been able to upload my pictures or take new ones. I will definitely do that soon.
That is my update- sorry it took me forever! Just so much going on all of the time! Toodles.
I had to finish milkin' so my door was still closed, but I thought I could hear other staff talking outside my door but couldn't tell if they were talking about what just happened. At first I thought it was just me. Then I tried to use my phone to call Abigail's pediatrician (she had a fever earlier that day) and my phone wouldn't work- it had reception but it beeped this weird beep and said the connection had an error, or something like that. I had never seen that message come up before. I knew something was going on. Shortly after I finished up and opened my door, went out on the dialysis treatment floor and the nurses were saying "check out the news, there was just an earthquake". (there are televisions above each patient's chair so we can watch the soap operas- oops I mean the news if we need to) SERIOUSLY!? It was crazy. I guess the actual earthquake happened in VA....but it was felt all over the place. I never thought that would have happened in a million years...quite scary, to be honest.
And to make matters worse, we were already keeping eye on a hurricane that had just started to form... headed straight for North Carolina and up the coast. Good ole Irene...
Working in dialysis just makes bad weather seem even worse, and makes me worry a heck of a lot more, because we usually have to plan ahead of time and try to figure out whether to reschedule the patients or just play it by ear and hope the weather won't be as bad... this hurricane was supposed to hit HARD so we ended up juggling around the schedule to ensure that all of our patients got in before the storm hit hard. We have a great team where I work, so things got done, but it's just a big headache in the process!! And part of MY job is ensuring that the patients have transportation to get to their treatments, which can be headache in itself. But I will save that ranting for another day :) Everything worked out, and we brought in patients on Friday afternoon/evening so that they didn't have to come out Saturday mid morning/afternoon.
Ryan was able to get home Friday evening a lot sooner than normal which was great. He helped me prepare for the storm, making sure we had food, water, etc. To make a long story short... the hurricane came, and went. It didn't hit us nearly as bad as it could have been... and for that, I am thankful. I have Auntie Deb and Uncle Richard who live right on the coast of NC, and thank goodness they didn't have damage to their home either. I know not everyone was fortunate, but I am just glad we were spared from the devastation that it very well could have been.
For Ryan, Abigail Camden and I, it was a great weekend spent cooped up in the house. We didn't go anywhere the entire weekend from Friday until Ryan had to leave Sunday afternoon (which is the worst part of the week for me). It was nice to have a reason to not leave... we don't do that often. Typically we are running errands, going out places just to get out, etc. We had good quality family time together.... haha. I spent most of it reading The Help (great book by the way) and Ryan got in some quality video gaming. And Abigail...well, Abigail just got into a little bit of everything!
Speaking of Abigail... She's been teething- all last week she had a slight fever off and on, but nothing worth going to the doctor for. I did call them because I wasn't sure what to do... I never had ever had to buy her medication so I had no idea what I was doing! I gave her ibuprofen a few times throughout the week which helped... some mornings she would be burning up, she was so hot. The meds seemed to help break the fever. Most of the fevers were just borderline. She didn't seem fazed by it, except she has been waking up at night again... it's not too big of a deal because she tends to go back down after I nurse her for a few minutes... I don't think it's that she is hungry, but she's like me and once she's awake, she is awake and hard to go back to sleep and nursing just helps her to settle back down I guess. I don't know what I will do when she isn't breastfeeding anymore! I won't think about that :) As much as I hate pumping... I continue to do it for the good of my daughter and will continue as long as I need to. Plus I can't imagine how much money I have saved by not having to buy formula. Isn't it expensive??
Anyway, back to the teething- she has been getting her top teeth in! The one is starting to make it's way down and the other has just broken through. She tends to get them both at the same time. She hasn't really been cranky, just waking up more often.
This weekend coming up is Labor Day weekend... already??? Where did the time go? Originally I wanted to getaway with hubby and Abigail to Lancaster or somewhere...but we decided to head to his moms house for the weekend instead. Trying to save money that we don't have, haha. I am hoping to skedaddle from work a little early on Friday so I can get up to Sykesville by 6 at the latest..pick up hubby and head to his moms, which is a little over 1 hour from there, up in PA. Not sure what the weekend will consist of, but we will drop Ryan off at the academy and head back home on Sunday evening. I will save the getaway for our anniversary/my birthday week, or whenever Ryan has off sometime around those dates.
Speaking of Ryan... after this week ends... he will only have (drumroll please).... THREE WEEKS LEFT!! Yay! Yes, in one way, this past almost six months has gone by fast.... except when I am in the middle of the week (like now) and it feels like it's creeping by. We still have NO clue what barracks he will be stationed...and he has no clue when he finds out. We are hoping and praying he finds out soon. Once we know, I will definitley let everyone know. Just praying for anywhere on the Eastern Shore... I really would hate for him to have to commute across the bay bridge every day.... that would be terrible. But we will see what happens, with time. God has a plan- I have to remind myself of that.
Well, I guess I have rambled enough... Abigail sometimes walks like a monkey now... like she wants to stand up. It's rather cute. I forgot to get camera batteries at the store, so I haven't been able to upload my pictures or take new ones. I will definitely do that soon.
That is my update- sorry it took me forever! Just so much going on all of the time! Toodles.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
10 Months Gone By
My Sweet Little Girl,
You are such a BIG girl now!! You are just too cute. You are really really growing... too fast, in my opinion. It seems every month you are making leaps and bounds... literally!!
Let's see, in the past month... I think you have managed to get into every nook and cranny of our house! You love pulling up on EVERYTHING you can manage to pull up on, and you are quite the crawler now. Boy you can motor across that floor. If I am in the other room, I hear you plowing along, and next thing I know, your face is popping around the corner to where I am. You love to be where I am. And I love to be where you are.
You also love to get into the bathroom. You have discovered toilet paper now. I have to admit, you certainly make me chuckle.
Lately, you have started standing on your own...very briefly. It's so cute. Sometimes I will work with you to get you to stand, or you will just simply let go of whatever you are holding onto, for a few seconds. Then plop! Down you go on your behind. At least it's nice and padded, since you have a fluffy butt.
You LOVE my cell phone. You have your own toy phone, but it's not good enough. you play with that, but then when you see mine, you want it. I gave you my old cell phone, so that entertained you for awhile. Then you went back to wanting mine.
And if you want something...boy you do everything you can to get it. Sometimes we sit on the couch, just hanging out, and all you want to do is climb up to the top of the couch, or climb to the end table... you are a monkey!!
Have I Ever told you how much I love you? I want to tell you that every single day of your life. I hope you grow up to never forget it.
You are doing so great, with everything. You eat well... you are still eating baby food, but you are eating more and more table food. You LOVE cheese. Any kind- whether it's shredded or little pieces of sliced cheese. You just love it. You basically eat whenever I put in front of you. You are also still breastfeeding, which I don't think you will stop anytime soon... Mommy is proud that we have succeeded with it this far. We will go as long as you want.
You still miss your Daddy throughout the week, but boy you enjoy spending time with him when he is home on weekends. I bet you can't wait until he done with this training and we get to see him every day again!
You are back to your normal sleeping pattern again...thank goodness. You sleep sooo well. Sometimes you might wake up in the middle of the night, and I nurse you, and then you fall right back asleep until morning. Mommy doesn't mind that... as long as you are not up fussing all night!
Speaking of fussing... you are cutting a top tooth right now! And Mommy wouldn't be able to tell, because you are NOT cranky at all! In fact, the tooth has already broken through the gums and the only reason I know is because I could see and feel it! You are such a tough little girl!!
I can't believe in a few short months, you will be one year old. How in the world has the time gone by that fast? AHH. Soon you will be talking!! You are not quite talking at the moment, but you sure can babble. I can't wait until the moment you say dada and mama. I think my heart will melt.
Well my little girl. You are growing up so fast. I cannot wait to find out what is in store for us the next few months!!
Love Always,
Mama
You are such a BIG girl now!! You are just too cute. You are really really growing... too fast, in my opinion. It seems every month you are making leaps and bounds... literally!!
Let's see, in the past month... I think you have managed to get into every nook and cranny of our house! You love pulling up on EVERYTHING you can manage to pull up on, and you are quite the crawler now. Boy you can motor across that floor. If I am in the other room, I hear you plowing along, and next thing I know, your face is popping around the corner to where I am. You love to be where I am. And I love to be where you are.
You also love to get into the bathroom. You have discovered toilet paper now. I have to admit, you certainly make me chuckle.
Lately, you have started standing on your own...very briefly. It's so cute. Sometimes I will work with you to get you to stand, or you will just simply let go of whatever you are holding onto, for a few seconds. Then plop! Down you go on your behind. At least it's nice and padded, since you have a fluffy butt.
You LOVE my cell phone. You have your own toy phone, but it's not good enough. you play with that, but then when you see mine, you want it. I gave you my old cell phone, so that entertained you for awhile. Then you went back to wanting mine.
And if you want something...boy you do everything you can to get it. Sometimes we sit on the couch, just hanging out, and all you want to do is climb up to the top of the couch, or climb to the end table... you are a monkey!!
Have I Ever told you how much I love you? I want to tell you that every single day of your life. I hope you grow up to never forget it.
You are doing so great, with everything. You eat well... you are still eating baby food, but you are eating more and more table food. You LOVE cheese. Any kind- whether it's shredded or little pieces of sliced cheese. You just love it. You basically eat whenever I put in front of you. You are also still breastfeeding, which I don't think you will stop anytime soon... Mommy is proud that we have succeeded with it this far. We will go as long as you want.
You still miss your Daddy throughout the week, but boy you enjoy spending time with him when he is home on weekends. I bet you can't wait until he done with this training and we get to see him every day again!
You are back to your normal sleeping pattern again...thank goodness. You sleep sooo well. Sometimes you might wake up in the middle of the night, and I nurse you, and then you fall right back asleep until morning. Mommy doesn't mind that... as long as you are not up fussing all night!
Speaking of fussing... you are cutting a top tooth right now! And Mommy wouldn't be able to tell, because you are NOT cranky at all! In fact, the tooth has already broken through the gums and the only reason I know is because I could see and feel it! You are such a tough little girl!!
I can't believe in a few short months, you will be one year old. How in the world has the time gone by that fast? AHH. Soon you will be talking!! You are not quite talking at the moment, but you sure can babble. I can't wait until the moment you say dada and mama. I think my heart will melt.
Well my little girl. You are growing up so fast. I cannot wait to find out what is in store for us the next few months!!
Love Always,
Mama
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
A Second of Standing
Abigail has been pulling up (on everything!) for quite awhile now. Just recently, maybe in the past few weeks, she has started to stand on her own for just a few seconds. Not all of the time, but every now and then we can get her to do it. She is also starting to let go of things she is holding onto, when she is playing and whatnot, for a few seconds at a time. Until she realizes she isn't holding onto anything and she reaches for something again!
I guess to some people it doesn't seem like it's that big of a deal, but to me it is. She is still learning to get her balance without holding onto anything, and once this happens- eventually she will be taking steps!! What huge milestones she is making.
It is just crazy!!! Last night I was "practicing" with her and she stood for a few seconds, then plopped back down on her hiney, and then one second later, she was standing again, ON HER OWN! I was flipping out, haha. She wouldn't do it anymore after that. I really thought maybe I was seeing something that really didn't happen! But she really did do that.
She is just growing up too fast!
I guess to some people it doesn't seem like it's that big of a deal, but to me it is. She is still learning to get her balance without holding onto anything, and once this happens- eventually she will be taking steps!! What huge milestones she is making.
It is just crazy!!! Last night I was "practicing" with her and she stood for a few seconds, then plopped back down on her hiney, and then one second later, she was standing again, ON HER OWN! I was flipping out, haha. She wouldn't do it anymore after that. I really thought maybe I was seeing something that really didn't happen! But she really did do that.
She is just growing up too fast!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Top Toofer
Finally- Abigail has started cutting a top "toofer"! She has had her bottom two teeth for quite awhile now, with no signs of the top ones until recently. I saw this past weekend where it looked like the gums were splitting, now you can see the tooth starting to come through- and can feel it too! It doesn't seem to bother her at all. In fact, I never would have known if I wasn't looking for it. I have such a tough little girl. She must be like her mommy.
I have been lucky so far, while nursing, that I havent' gotten bit by her(knock on wood that it won't happen after I write this). I have heard from others who have gotten bit that it is NOT pleasant. I am hoping Abigail's nursing will continue as it has been all along... without biting.
I have been lucky so far, while nursing, that I havent' gotten bit by her(knock on wood that it won't happen after I write this). I have heard from others who have gotten bit that it is NOT pleasant. I am hoping Abigail's nursing will continue as it has been all along... without biting.
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