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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Oh Nuts!
Well, sorry it has been so long. Time really got away from me. Adjusting to a new job and home this year have really taken up alot of time. Skylar is doing well and continuously growing. She sounds and acts like such a big girl. We hold full conversations and have complete dialogues in imagination play. She started dance class in January. She is in the same class as her cousin Audrey and really enjoys it. In March, Skylar became a big cousin to my beautiful niece Ni'auna Alexis-Marie Miller. She is such a little mommy and enjoys ever minute with Ni'auna. She is so gentle and sweet with her. I was hoping this would curve her wanting a sister for a bit, but now she wants a baby for her house...we have regular visits with Ni'auna. Skylar will make a great big sister one day.
The first day of Easter break she was eating some mixed nuts and had a horrible reaction, which landed us in the ER. She thought the ambulance ride was fun, but her reaction was one step below her throat closing. We eliminated all nut products until we could get her into an allergist. We went in on Monday and found out she is allergic to all tree nuts. Her reaction was serious enough to warrent an epipin, but we didn't have one because we didn't know about the allergy. Now they are all over the place, we all know how to use them, and Skylar will very soon be wearing a medic bracelet listing her allergies. It is a bit scary to think about and a whole new way of living, but we are teaching her all about her allergy and how to avoid a reaction. She knows she can't have nuts, and peanuts are the only one she can have. She also knows not to share food with other children unless we or Ms. Cami (preschool teacher)say it is ok. She talks about her experience quite often and tells us she feels better, but "no more nuts on my face". She definitely brings a little levity to the situation.
Our Easter was good. We spent it in Round Hill, VA with Phil's family. We have traditionally been spending Easter with his sister and this year our nephew was baptised on Easter Eve and Phil and I are his God Parents. It was a two hour service and Skylar behaved amazingly. She had a lot of questions, but she was not disrespectful or loud at all. I was extremely proud. The end of spring break brought a bitter depart for Skylar and I, but we are now counting down until summer vacation...8 more weeks!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Happy New Years
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! We had a busy but great Christmas. We all got sick after, but it was still great. We are on the road to recovery now...I hope:) Santa was wonderful to Skylar, and we really enjoyed her excitement. This was the best year so far. We stayed in for New Years and had our own little family party. We were all a little under the weather anyway so it suited us just fine. Our night was full of board games, movies, and fun with the munchkin. We got funny glasses, hats, and noise makers and sparkling grape juice. Skylar actually made it to midnight, she took a late nap. It was her first New Years that she stayed up. It was alot of fun. I am sure Christmas and New Years will only get better over the years.
Sky is so grown now. Every day I search for traces of baby and they are just disappearing into the features of a little girl. She is really enjoying her time at daycare. She is learning alot and has a few new little friends too. Every week she learns a new letter and brings home tons of great things she has done having to do with it. This week she is on letter M.
We are all moved in and finally unpacked with very little organizing to go. Who am I kidding, there is always more organizing to do. Skylar's Toys alone are a continuous organizational cycle. We switch them out every six months or so. When the new one's come out, or I should say old ones, it's like Christmas all over again.
Skylar really enjoys living with Grandma. She hasn't even asked about the old house. We went by for mail one day and she had a fit "NO, I don't want to go to the old house I live with Grandma now! I want to go to Grandma's house". It is difficult being farther from all of our other family and friends but we are making it work. We travel to Fredericksburg every Saturday now because Skylar has joined cousin Audrey's dance class. Last week was her first class, but she really liked it and it is a nice bonding experience for her and her cousin. It is only a half hour class and it is called Parent and Play, so I get to join in with her. Good, a little exercise won't hurt me, lol.
There really isn't much new going on right now, which is good we need it to slow down a bit. We have a few busy weekends coming up though. Skylar is totally excited about cousin Bella's birthday party this weekend that she has been talking about it all week. Next weekend is Creepop's and my birthdays so we have another family celebration. Then, the last weekend of the month we are going to have a blizzard party with our good friends the Coopers. Yes I said blizzard! The farmer's almanac says blizzard January 30-31, so me and all the other teachers I know are doing our snow dance and holding out hope. We really just thought it would be fun to get the kids together, eat hot wintery food, and make winter themed crafts. I'm a crafter what can I say. Skylar enjoys it too.
There really isn't much new going on right now, which is good we need it to slow down a bit. We have a few busy weekends coming up though. Skylar is totally excited about cousin Bella's birthday party this weekend that she has been talking about it all week. Next weekend is Creepop's and my birthdays so we have another family celebration. Then, the last weekend of the month we are going to have a blizzard party with our good friends the Coopers. Yes I said blizzard! The farmer's almanac says blizzard January 30-31, so me and all the other teachers I know are doing our snow dance and holding out hope. We really just thought it would be fun to get the kids together, eat hot wintery food, and make winter themed crafts. I'm a crafter what can I say. Skylar enjoys it too.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Catch Up Time
Let's see how I can catch you all up on what has been going on the last month and a half. Well, since I last blogged we have moved to Colonial Beach...not completely. We are still working on getting some things out of the old house. Skylar is really enjoying living with Grandma and we have most of the house pretty organized. I am really looking forward to our Thanksgiving break because we have been working so hard. Before we moved we had family pictures done at the beautiful lake. We had a friend, Casey Flores, who is trying to start his own photography business do them for us. Casey was amazing and we certainly presented a challenge. Not only were we his first toddler photo shoot, but we threw his first canine in there too. He was amazing! The pictures were beautiful, affordable, and he was wonderful with Skylar. Anything he told her he would do he followed through. He even cut his arm open rolling down a hill to make her laugh. Here are a few of them, but I have the whole album on my facebook page.
Last week we celebrated baby girl's 3rd birthday. She requested a Wizard of Oz party and it went off without a hitch. All of the kids seemed to enjoy their walk down the yellow brick road to the Emerald city with Dorthy (Skylar) and Toto. I think it was the best birthday party we have thrown yet. We painted a moving box that Skylar got attached to and a friend at work made the yellow brick road (Thanks Mr. Sherm!) Sky has yet to part with any of her decorations and she made out like a bandit! I really have no idea where all of her birthday presents are going to go, much less Christmas presents. Maybe Santa will drop some super organization tools down the chimney this year.
Today we took Skylar to her 3rd year appointment. It was definitely a milestone in being her first big girl appointment. It was the first time they didn't lay her down to measure her. She is 3 foot and one inch and weighs 29 lbs. The nurse was quite surprised that she wanted to take her temperature in her mouth and not under her arm, she hates it under the arm and has been taking temps under the tounge for about a year now. She passed all of their developmental questions with flying colors and held great conversation with the doctor. She took her first vision test and they even put her in a little gown, which was quite darling. Too bad mommy and daddy both forgot their phones so there was no camera in sight. She wasn't pleased with her flu shot though..."Mommy that medecine hurts". Next year ought to be wonderful giving a 4 year old three shots, not looking forward to that one.
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Skylar really is developing into such a big girl. She is going to daycare/preschool two mornings and two full days. Her coloring has improved so much, even though she gives Ms. Cami a hard time to do it sometimes. She comes home with cutest songs, retells the story she learned that day, has learned how colors mix to make other colors, is very confident in all of her shapes, and is even recognizing more numbers. She is also learning her alphabet one letter at a time and can tell you the sounds. She is doing great with puzzles, can pull her own pants and panties up and down, is drinking out of a big girl cup with no straw and no sippy (except at night when she drinks her milk), and has not had an accident during the day or at night for a month. She is very much into imagination play right now: doll houses, figurines, babies, dress up, and absolutely loves disney princesses...yes still. That is something I don't think will wear off anytime soon. She even made Phil pretend to be Santa last night, hopped in his lap and told him she wanted a new Tangled Rapunzel dress for Christmas...Santa was listening too, lol.
Well, I think that about does it for the catch up. Now that things are starting to settle down I hope to get back to updating more frequently. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and spends it with the ones you love. We are headed to Pop's (Winky-Phil's dad) for dinner. Then I am going to get some sleep and head out with the besties for some crazy fun Black Friday shopping. Then Saturday we are going to open the season with our annual family visit to Christmastown at Bush Gardens. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Shew!
Well, I have been wanting to blog for a while, but I haven't had the time. Any spare time has been sleep time, lol. There hasn't been a lot of that either. This year I am making a huge transition from teaching middle school to elementary school. I love it! It is a lot more work because I am teaching Language Arts and Science this year, but it is rewarding. I also headed up a charity event to raise money for Placid Bay Estates, which is my childhood neighborhood. It was a lot of work and I hoped to set a good example for Skylar by helping others in need.
Outside of all that we have been pretty busy as a family. We are preparing to move and hoping to be completely moved in with Grandma (Beth) by the second week in November. Skylar has picked out a princess theme for her new room and is very excited. September 24th was Mommy-Daughter Day. Skylar and I joined Aunt Sarah and Bella, Aunt Sheri and Audrey for Disney on Ice's Dare to Dream. It was an amazing show! The girls dressed as their favorite princess and had a wonderful time. They were enthralled from start to finish. This past Sunday Aunt Sarah and Bella joined us for Kings Dominion's Howl-o-fest. No, I did not take Skylar to Fear Fest. Although, she is quite fond of zombies and monsters (Her father's influence) I think she is a bit young for that. Kings Dominion put on a great time in kidsville. The characters were dressed for halloween and we got treasure maps and prizes.
Aunt Krista just bought a house in Spotsylvania so Skylar is now going to Miss Cami's twice a week. Miss Cami is a long time friend of both my and Phil's family, so we were delighted when we found out she was running a program from home. I grew up with her daughter and spent plenty of time in her home and I worked with her at a daycare when I was in college. Skylar loves it there. Cami runs a preschool program and Skylar has been learning how to mix colors and make patterns.
Sky has grown so much and I can't believe her 3rd birthday is right around the corner. She has requested a Wizard of Oz party so I am trying to put that together. She has changed her mind about what she wants to be for Halloween on almost a daily basis. Fortunately we have had a few festive activites that she has been able to costume up for and hasn't really had to choose just one. We are planning a trip to the pumpkin patch in the near future. She will be trick-or-treating for her first time this year, and we have decided to take her to Aunt Theresa's where she and Bella will walk the neighborhood we know and are comfortable with. Aunt TT is delighted to have the princesses. I will keep the updates coming, sorry they aren't as often as they once were, but hey what can I say. I now know what the term "busy mom" really means. Until next time...Oh, happy breast cancer awareness month! Do something to support the cause!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Summer's End
We had a Christmas in July day where Aunt Krista, cousin Sean and Hannah came over. We made ginger bread men and ornaments.
Cousin Lilly turned 7 in July and we celebrated with her at a princess/pool party.
Cousin Colt also had a birthday in July. He turned 1 July 17 and joined the toddler club. We spent the day in Roundhill celebrating with him and Melissa and Kurt.
Sky also had her very first movie theater experience this summer. We took her to see the Pooh Movie on opening day. She was a bit disappointed that the characters weren't actually there, but she got over it and enjoyed the movie.
Skylar completed her very first summer reading program at the library and earned a ticket to the library carnival, which she enjoyed very much.
We went to Colonial Beach and enjoyed the river a couple of times. I am not crazy about the dirty river, and with good reason. The first time we went I let her get in and splash aimlessly...two days later she had strep throat and her first ear infection. Now of course it could be a coincidence, but the second time we went it was only hands and feet in the water, lol.
When she got sick, I got sick, then daddy got sick and a month later we are all still recovering. Skylar recovered first, Daddy is still dealing with some sinus stuff, and my infection turned into bronchitis. A case that wouldn't quit. I had two rounds of antibiotics, and am now on two steriods to try and clear it up. We are recovering and I made the best of my last week with my girl. We went to Kings Dominion and had a great day Sunday, Monday we did home pedicures and girly stuff, and today we met Daddy for lunch and went to the new Walmart to get something "special" since Mommy was going back to work. While there we experienced a 5.8 earthquake, which is unheard of around here. Sky was a little scared, but I stayed as calm as possible. I didn't really know what was going on at first, my motherly instict just took control. I very calmly grabbed Sky out of the cart and stepped into an empty aisle way while watching the building shake and feeling it benieth my feet. It was definitely something I won't forget, but everyone is well. There was no damage to the house and everyone was safe, so we just went on about our day. I am certainly going to miss spending the lazy mornings and playful days with my girl; it has been a very fun summer.
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