I know it's Mother's Day, but here's a sweet picture I took today of Perri and her daddy. She was playing on the couch and kept wanting to lay down on him. Love it!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Random Thoughts
I haven't posted in forever because while I do like sitting and reading other people's blogs, sadly, when it comes to my own I don't feel like thinking up something to write and messing with the annoying blogger. Great attitude, I know. So I may from now on update as I feel and will probably be pretty random stuff or maybe just a bunch of pics.
Perri is turning into such a little girl and while I love this age and her hilarious personality, it makes me sad at how fast she is growing up. She is such a little clown and pretty much everything she does, is to try to make you laugh. She is constantly dancing and doing this funny tap dancing footwork thing or running around the house yelling at Abba (Emma). She loves to run around and scream at the top of her lungs, preferably in Amos's (our cat) face. He does not exactly care for her and last month bit her in the face.
She pretty much always has some sort of scrape or bruise on her forehead. Much of the time a scrape AND bruise or multiples bruises. She's always banging her head on something or trying to be funny (headbanging in the shopping cart and slammed her forehead on the handle...) and results in the bruises and scrapes. Last month I had to run upstairs and left her downstairs and while we do have gates, the one downstairs doesnt work at the very bottom of the stairs because of how the stairs are built so it's up three steps on the first landing. Perri was standing on the landing waiting for me and turned around quickly, lost her footing and fell down the stairs and landing head first on the tile. Immediately a knot popped out.
I was inside and Craig was in the backyard with her yesterday and he said she did a flip off the deck somehow. He said it was graceful though and she got up and went along playing. Today she was playing in the curtains and somehow slammed her forehead on the ledge. So what did she do when she recovered from this? She walked over and bit the ledge. Awesome, I know.
She's saying all kinds of words that I'm not even going to attempt to write them all out and will repeat pretty much anything you tell her to. The funniest though is how she says "please." I have no idea how she got this but it comes out by blowing a raspberry and then the "ease" of it. It's pretty darn funny.
My parents got her a water table and this is all she wants to do. She will stand at the window in the living room and get so excited when she sees it in the backyard and starting saying "please" over and over and signing "water." She absolutely flips out if I tell her "not now" and that she can play later. The girl loves water and can't wait to get in the pool with her and teach her to swim! My mom said I was jumping off the side of the pool and swimming to her at 18 months so I'm hoping we can get Perri doing that too!! Some pools opening this weekend down here but the one in our neighborhood doesnt until Memorial Day. But several of my friends here live in neighborhoods where there's is open on weekends now so I'm sure we'll be hitting those up with them until ours opens.
Perri had her first trip to the dentist last week. As I expected, she did NOT like them in her mouth, as she hates us brushing her teeth, and I had to hold her arms down while they cleaned her teeth and examined them. She screamed pretty much the entire time and could've cared less about The Little Mermaid playing on the tv in her exam room. Afterwards, though, she was all smiles as getting two new bracelets (the girl LOVES anything she can put on her arms, including bloomers, headbands, even cookie cutters..)
The dentist did promise me that she does in fact have bottom teeth and will be getting them soon! She has one molor on the bottom in addition to the front two but we were getting a bit worried she'd never get teeth down there!
And I'll leave you with some recent pictures.
Perri is turning into such a little girl and while I love this age and her hilarious personality, it makes me sad at how fast she is growing up. She is such a little clown and pretty much everything she does, is to try to make you laugh. She is constantly dancing and doing this funny tap dancing footwork thing or running around the house yelling at Abba (Emma). She loves to run around and scream at the top of her lungs, preferably in Amos's (our cat) face. He does not exactly care for her and last month bit her in the face.
She pretty much always has some sort of scrape or bruise on her forehead. Much of the time a scrape AND bruise or multiples bruises. She's always banging her head on something or trying to be funny (headbanging in the shopping cart and slammed her forehead on the handle...) and results in the bruises and scrapes. Last month I had to run upstairs and left her downstairs and while we do have gates, the one downstairs doesnt work at the very bottom of the stairs because of how the stairs are built so it's up three steps on the first landing. Perri was standing on the landing waiting for me and turned around quickly, lost her footing and fell down the stairs and landing head first on the tile. Immediately a knot popped out.
I was inside and Craig was in the backyard with her yesterday and he said she did a flip off the deck somehow. He said it was graceful though and she got up and went along playing. Today she was playing in the curtains and somehow slammed her forehead on the ledge. So what did she do when she recovered from this? She walked over and bit the ledge. Awesome, I know.
She's saying all kinds of words that I'm not even going to attempt to write them all out and will repeat pretty much anything you tell her to. The funniest though is how she says "please." I have no idea how she got this but it comes out by blowing a raspberry and then the "ease" of it. It's pretty darn funny.
My parents got her a water table and this is all she wants to do. She will stand at the window in the living room and get so excited when she sees it in the backyard and starting saying "please" over and over and signing "water." She absolutely flips out if I tell her "not now" and that she can play later. The girl loves water and can't wait to get in the pool with her and teach her to swim! My mom said I was jumping off the side of the pool and swimming to her at 18 months so I'm hoping we can get Perri doing that too!! Some pools opening this weekend down here but the one in our neighborhood doesnt until Memorial Day. But several of my friends here live in neighborhoods where there's is open on weekends now so I'm sure we'll be hitting those up with them until ours opens.
Emma likes the water table too. Her own giant water bowl.
Perri had her first trip to the dentist last week. As I expected, she did NOT like them in her mouth, as she hates us brushing her teeth, and I had to hold her arms down while they cleaned her teeth and examined them. She screamed pretty much the entire time and could've cared less about The Little Mermaid playing on the tv in her exam room. Afterwards, though, she was all smiles as getting two new bracelets (the girl LOVES anything she can put on her arms, including bloomers, headbands, even cookie cutters..)
She loves to get in my headband drawer. I usually later find these all in her ball pit.
The dentist did promise me that she does in fact have bottom teeth and will be getting them soon! She has one molor on the bottom in addition to the front two but we were getting a bit worried she'd never get teeth down there!
And I'll leave you with some recent pictures.
Playing at the fountain at La Centerra, a shopping center here. During the spring and summer they turn on the fountains and kids play in them. So much fun! Love her in her 'kini.
Decided she'd rather sit down and eat than play.
Her hair one day. It seriously would not lay down and stayed this way all day. It was lovely.
Just a cute one to end with!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Easter 2010
I know I am WAY behind in blogging and don't have a whole lot of excuses other than I haven't felt like it. Ha! I love reading other people's blogs but when it comes to sitting down and thinking something up to write and then deal with blogger's horrible layout of uploading pictures, I'd just rather not. So I will say I'll try and be more timely with my posts, though I think I say that all the time?
Anyhow, we had a nice little Easter here. Church on Sunday morning then came home, had lunch, Perri napped, then the fun began. Craig hid eggs all over the backyard and some had treats in them, some didn't. Perri loved running all over picking the up and we'd look inside and sometimes she'd get a treat (note: treat to her- iced animal crackers, chocolate cheerios and goldfish) and if not she'd take off for another shot.
Here are a few pics from the day. I had intended to have us all match but that didn't work out so well. I searched everywhere for I don't know how many weeks trying to find a dress or top or something for me to wear to match Perri's dress and Craig's shirt and I had no such luck. So I just went with something I already had. Doesn't match at all but oh well :)
Friday, March 5, 2010
Rodeo Run
On February 28 I ran in the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run, which is a 5k and 10k race which kicks off the Houston Rodeo (which we've learned is HUGE down here). I had been looking forward to the race and running with my friends Jennifer, Angela and Erin, however sickness got the best of me and it wasn't such a great race for me.
The afternoon before the race I started feeling pretty bad and since Perri had been sick a few days earlier with strep and pink eye, I decided to go to the dr. just in case. Well, ended up I had strep too and by that evening was feeling horrible. I had been looking forward to the race and decided I'd still give it a go.... Got up Saturday morning not feeling too bad, had three doses of antibiotic in me and took some pain meds for my throat. All was well until I actually started running and quickly learned that was a really, really bad idea. Jenn went on ahead and Ang hung back with me through I believe the worst run of my life, physically. Now 6 miles is not a lot for me and we run that two times a week and then a longer run on the weekend, but by 1.5 miles I was not feeling good at all, and felt like I was going to pass out. Luckily, a water station came up not long after I started feeling so bad and that helped some. I seriously contemplated stopping due to thinking I was going to pass out but am glad I finished the race. Thought not my ideal time and pace for the race, I still finished 22 out of my age division of 600 and 89th out of 2710 women. Over all there were over 12,500 runners. Ran a 7.42 minute/mile and finished in 47.52. Okay but could've definitely done better. Ang finished right behind me and Jenn finished two minutes ahead! Erin ran the 5k and they don't do time chips on that :(
Afterwards we met up with the husbands and kids and went to Pappasitos, for some lunch. Overall it was a really fun day and I can't wait to redeem myself in another race!!
Stole this pic from Erin of Perri in our friend's daughter Selma's cowboy hat.
After the race. It was pretty cold so as soon as the race was over I put on my shirt, so no full running attire pics. Craig tried to take pics of us running but that's difficult while wrestling a toddler who doesn't want to sit in a stroller. And yes, those are booty shorts I run in. I've found they're my favorite shorts to wear when running. Loose shorts just aren't near as comfy for me and I feel like they get all tangled up in the legs haha. Weird I know.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
We're Alive.
UPDATE: I now have strep throat too. And decided to go ahead and run the race this morning. Let's just say I thought I was going to die...
Wow, just realized I haven't updated in like 2 or so weeks. Oops. But I have a good excuse- we've been sick for the past 3 weeks!! The week before last Perri got her first ear infection which was rough, then last week I had a sinus infection and bronchitis, then this week Perri ended up with pink eye AND strep and I've been pretty nauseated myself. FUN TIMES.
The ear infection was really the worst of them all and she scared me to death on the way to the dr. She woke up that morning and was completely out of control crying and nothing would console her so I called the dr and he could work us in in like an hour. Well, she wouldn't quit crying so I thought maybe driving around would calm her down. As soon as we got in the car and pulled out of the driveway, I looked in the rear view mirror and her eyes rolled back in her head and her head flung forward and she was out. This completely freaked me out and I thought she had passed out by how her eyes rolled back so I am yelling at her and grabbing her feet to try and wake her. She kindof opened her eyes and then her head went forward again. I had to stop the car and shake her and keep pinching her feet to get her awake. Scared me to death!! Needless to say, we headed to the dr early and as soon as he looked in her ear, yep, an ear infection, and bad!! We're lucky that she made it over a year without an ear infection and I hope we don't deal with those again, it was bad!
Then last week I totally lost my voice. I surprised Craig with my parents coming down to watch Perri and let us have a nice Valentine's out but I was sick so we just hung around town and spent 2 hours at Barnes and Noble drinking coffee and reading magazines then went to a great Mexican restaurant where I had to do a lot of pointing on the menu to the waitress and Craig helping out when she didn't understand. I finally went to the dr. and sure enough, sinus infection and bronchitis.
This past week Perri pretty much stopped eating and then starting drooling out of control amounts so we figured it was just teething. But then Monday night she started getting all kinds of green gunk in her eyes and sure enough, woke up Tuesday with a huge swollen eye and more gunk all over her. So to the doctor we went. While checking her over he looked at her throat, said it looked red and swabbed it to check and it came back positive! Poor baby. And she'd lost weight from not eating so we're working on getting that back to normal! Thankfully, she responds very quickly to antibiotics and after just one dose she was much better and this morning she woke up in full swing and has her appetite back!
Here's a picture of the poor girl riding around the cart at Target waiting for her medicine. Usually her bunny is only for her bed but since she felt so crummy I let her bring it to the dr. and Target with her and she just laid in the cart clutching her bunny and sucking her thumb the whole time. (Don't worry, bunny has since been washed!)
So there's our past 3 weeks in a nutshell. Oh, and did you notice Perri got a haircut? Yes, we finally decided it was time to cut the mullet. Seriously, it was looking pretty bad and knew it was time. At first, the lady started just trimming up the mullet but a trimmed mullet is still a mullet so we told her to just take it all off. Yes, she now has a little boy's hair cut but hopefully it will grow out even this time. For reference, here is a before and after shot:
Yes I see the giant booger in her nose, but focus more on the out of control hair and curly mullet.
Short, but much better!
Wow, just realized I haven't updated in like 2 or so weeks. Oops. But I have a good excuse- we've been sick for the past 3 weeks!! The week before last Perri got her first ear infection which was rough, then last week I had a sinus infection and bronchitis, then this week Perri ended up with pink eye AND strep and I've been pretty nauseated myself. FUN TIMES.
The ear infection was really the worst of them all and she scared me to death on the way to the dr. She woke up that morning and was completely out of control crying and nothing would console her so I called the dr and he could work us in in like an hour. Well, she wouldn't quit crying so I thought maybe driving around would calm her down. As soon as we got in the car and pulled out of the driveway, I looked in the rear view mirror and her eyes rolled back in her head and her head flung forward and she was out. This completely freaked me out and I thought she had passed out by how her eyes rolled back so I am yelling at her and grabbing her feet to try and wake her. She kindof opened her eyes and then her head went forward again. I had to stop the car and shake her and keep pinching her feet to get her awake. Scared me to death!! Needless to say, we headed to the dr early and as soon as he looked in her ear, yep, an ear infection, and bad!! We're lucky that she made it over a year without an ear infection and I hope we don't deal with those again, it was bad!
Then last week I totally lost my voice. I surprised Craig with my parents coming down to watch Perri and let us have a nice Valentine's out but I was sick so we just hung around town and spent 2 hours at Barnes and Noble drinking coffee and reading magazines then went to a great Mexican restaurant where I had to do a lot of pointing on the menu to the waitress and Craig helping out when she didn't understand. I finally went to the dr. and sure enough, sinus infection and bronchitis.
This past week Perri pretty much stopped eating and then starting drooling out of control amounts so we figured it was just teething. But then Monday night she started getting all kinds of green gunk in her eyes and sure enough, woke up Tuesday with a huge swollen eye and more gunk all over her. So to the doctor we went. While checking her over he looked at her throat, said it looked red and swabbed it to check and it came back positive! Poor baby. And she'd lost weight from not eating so we're working on getting that back to normal! Thankfully, she responds very quickly to antibiotics and after just one dose she was much better and this morning she woke up in full swing and has her appetite back!
Here's a picture of the poor girl riding around the cart at Target waiting for her medicine. Usually her bunny is only for her bed but since she felt so crummy I let her bring it to the dr. and Target with her and she just laid in the cart clutching her bunny and sucking her thumb the whole time. (Don't worry, bunny has since been washed!)
So there's our past 3 weeks in a nutshell. Oh, and did you notice Perri got a haircut? Yes, we finally decided it was time to cut the mullet. Seriously, it was looking pretty bad and knew it was time. At first, the lady started just trimming up the mullet but a trimmed mullet is still a mullet so we told her to just take it all off. Yes, she now has a little boy's hair cut but hopefully it will grow out even this time. For reference, here is a before and after shot:
Yes I see the giant booger in her nose, but focus more on the out of control hair and curly mullet.
Short, but much better!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Panties on your head...
Panties on your head....
Panties on your head...
You're looking too cute...
With those panties on your head.
Friday, January 29, 2010
This is how Perri and I have felt this month.
And this.
And this.
And I'm sure Craig has too. But I wouldn't really know since we've hardly talked or seen each other this month. No, nothing is wrong!! This just comes with the territory in Craig's job. He is a financial analyst with ConocoPhillips here in Houston and Januarys for him are horrible due to year-end stuff. He's been working most nights until 1 or 1:30 in the morning and still going in the next morning around 6:30. The worst night was I think Tuesday or Wednesday of this week (not for sure because it's begun to all run together) and he didn't get home until nearly 3! So needless to say we haven't seen much of each other and he even went a full week without seeing Perri.
I truly think Perri is about sick of me and we are getting to the point where we both about want to strangle one another :) It's just been a rough month with no break at all and doing it alone and no help around the house. Not to mention the animals have been extra annoying (anyone want a cat and dog?) and Emma even peed on the carpet this morning??? She didn't even do that as a puppy. Seriously, I think they are conspiring against me.
Perri is at a super fun age, don't get me wrong, but the throwing fits and objecting against everything I say is getting OLD. She will throw herself on the floor and thrash around and has even been hitting. The fits get ignored but the hitting I have worked to nip in the bud because that is a big NO!
Thankfully, though, this month is almost over and hopefully life will go back to normal soon. I told Craig he and Perri will soon be having a "Daddy and Perri Day/Weekend" haha. Sorry for the complaining but needed to vent because seriously, I'm at my wits end.
And this.
And this.
And I'm sure Craig has too. But I wouldn't really know since we've hardly talked or seen each other this month. No, nothing is wrong!! This just comes with the territory in Craig's job. He is a financial analyst with ConocoPhillips here in Houston and Januarys for him are horrible due to year-end stuff. He's been working most nights until 1 or 1:30 in the morning and still going in the next morning around 6:30. The worst night was I think Tuesday or Wednesday of this week (not for sure because it's begun to all run together) and he didn't get home until nearly 3! So needless to say we haven't seen much of each other and he even went a full week without seeing Perri.
I truly think Perri is about sick of me and we are getting to the point where we both about want to strangle one another :) It's just been a rough month with no break at all and doing it alone and no help around the house. Not to mention the animals have been extra annoying (anyone want a cat and dog?) and Emma even peed on the carpet this morning??? She didn't even do that as a puppy. Seriously, I think they are conspiring against me.
Perri is at a super fun age, don't get me wrong, but the throwing fits and objecting against everything I say is getting OLD. She will throw herself on the floor and thrash around and has even been hitting. The fits get ignored but the hitting I have worked to nip in the bud because that is a big NO!
Thankfully, though, this month is almost over and hopefully life will go back to normal soon. I told Craig he and Perri will soon be having a "Daddy and Perri Day/Weekend" haha. Sorry for the complaining but needed to vent because seriously, I'm at my wits end.
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