PAR-TAY!!!!

I just finished cleaning and disinfecting the house, so bring on the party!!!! (I disinfected every door knob, light switch, and anything else frequently handled so as not to pass on the germs that so recently blessed this house.) Thank you to my Mom and Dad who came here today and helped me bake cupcakes and then kept Lucy occupied so I could clean!

PSC

Aunt Karen forwarded me this interesting article from her local paper. It's about the Paul Smith's woodsman's team which Dave and I are were both a part of in college. According to the article the team is going to be featured on a show on the History Channel. Pretty cool, thanks Aunt Karen!

Changes

Watching Lucy change from a baby into a toddler is so cool! I love watching her play and seeing all the new things she is figuring out. It is so much fun to see her turning into her own person. She has learned to do so many new things lately; she waves with her fingers now instead of her whole arm, she points at things, she brings me books and sits down to look at the pictures while I read them. She is also very moody and is learning how to throw tantrums, but really, overall, she is a lot of fun to be with. I am so glad I am home with her so I don't miss any of it! (As you can tell I have been doing lots of birthday reminiscing. :) )

Cute Stuff

I got this really cute video of Lucy and Mae last night. The video came out kind of dark but you can still see what's going on.




Now, for anyone who says they have never seen Lucy upset, here is the picture proof that she can throw a fit with the best of them:

The mess all around her is the stuff that she threw out of the cupboard behind her. Dave took a video of that, I'll put it on YouTube.

A Fun New Development

After reading Lucy her bedtime stories my voice is almost completely gone. Woohoo! This is the first time I have ever lost my voice, it should make the rest of the week lots of fun!

3 Days and Counting

Only 3 days left until Lucy's birthday! I can't believe it!!!! Lucy is recovered from her cold and I am starting to feel better, but Dave is still pretty sick. :( He is home from work right now napping with Lucy, which allowed me to run my errands without the child. It is so much easier to run errands without her because she has to go in and out of the carseat at every stop, neccessary for safety but what a pain!

I want to say an extra special huge thank you to Evie who took Lucy all day yesterday so I could get some sleep. I woke up at 2am and couldn't get back to sleep, so I thought I was going to go crazy when Evie came in to save the day. I took some cold medicine and put myself to bed, just what the doctor ordered, so thank you!

Recovery, sort of

Lucy is much better, Dave and I are much worse. For the past 2 days we have both felt very yicky, to put it mildly. We have been doing shifts; taking turns sleeping and playing with Lucy. Luckily for us, all that sleep that she didn't get while she was sick is catching up with her and she has been going to bed early and taking good naps this weekend. We were supposed to get a bunch of projects done to get ready for the party, but we only managed to do one of them. Oh well. Hopefully I will feel better enough tomorrow to go get some of my shopping done. Then it is time to clean, clean, clean, which will be fun, fun, fun! :P I think I am going to go take some medicine and go to bed shortly.

Oh yeah, Lucy has a rash now. I don' know what is up with that. She hasn't eaten anything new that I think of except a little bit of ketchup with dinner tonight. I don't think that is it though because she didn't have much of it and I think it is too soon for a reaction. If she still has the rash tomorrow it is back to the doctor's office for us. (We finally got her to eat her chicken by dipping it in ketchup! Usually she just throws it on the floor for the dog, which has made the two of them best friends but I was worried that Lucy wasn't getting enough protein.)