cheeeeeesseeeeee

Christmas in August?

I received this email last week:

Dear karen,

Seasons Greetings from Santa at Phipps!

Can you believe we are just 2 months away from the opening of our appointment
system on Oct. 7th at 12:01am!!??!!

Santa will arrive at Phipps Plaza on Nov. 7th this year!!

We have just finished updating our website with important information for this seasons
appointment system...Please check the website frequently for updates as we approach Oct. 7th.

http://www.santaatphipps.com



We are looking forward to seeing all of you again soon...

Sincerely,
Big Shot

Wow. This is serious business. I will be up on Oct. 7 at midnight to make my appointment, that's for sure. I don't want to miss this Santa.....

One Year Checkup

We had Sylvie's one year checkup last week- the same week as her first fever and sick day. She is 90% for her height still, 70% for her weight and 60% for her head size. Doctor says she has a clean bill of health! On a scary note, we were one of the last appointments of the day and about two hours for the doc ( i see a theme here....). When the doc came in the room he apologized and said it has been a crazy day- there were TWO cases of swine flu in the office that day! The had to clear out the sick waiting room and wipe everything down. I am glad we were in the well room, but super scary. And i hope the poor kids are doing okay. Doc said Sylvie will have to have the swine flu vaccine when it comes out in the fall. That scares me as well because it is a new vaccine- no telling what it will do to our kids when they are 30.
Sylvie also has a nevus, a birthmark that looks like a mole ( a huge mole) on her back. She has to go to a dermatologist to get it looked at. Doc says that there it is nothing to worry about until she is about 4- but I have noticed dark smaller moles appearing in it. So we have an appointment for a pediatric dermatologist! I am not worried at all, but I will feel much better after a professional has seen it.
We have moved up, finally, to the baby B room at daycare! And yes, this is where she got sick. I suppose she had to get all the new germs and virus from this room over with. I had to keep her home two days ( thanks mom for watching her one of them!). She is much better and back to her old self.
Dada and baby had a nap after school when she was sick....
Sylvie has also learned how to drink out of a cup and is well on her way to being a big girl!!

Amusements and things I should be ashamed off?

It's tough being parents. But I am just going to come out and admit the things we do to cut corners. I think Ralph might make me take down this post tomorrow....

--we set up the pack and play for Emmie when she came over. That was two weekends ago. We now use it as our closet- our clean clothes are in it just waiting to be put away.

--We have a box of hand me down clothes (thank you Melissa!) for Sylvie. In the morning I go to this box to dress my baby because I have not done her laundry.

okay, two is enough. I don't want to admit anymore.

and onto amusements from my sweet daughter...

--Sylvie got a toy baby stroller with a doll baby in it from her grams for her birthday. She loves it! The day after her birthday she was walking around with it all morning. I took the doll baby out and showed it to her. She looked at the doll, then the toy stroller, then the doll, then the dolls legs, and then proceeded to try to get INTO the toy stroller. hilarious.


--We found a Yoda stuffed animal at target so I brought it over to the cart to show Ralph and Sylvie. She smiled so big when she saw it, laughed, and then it seemed that she scooted over in the cart to Yoda could sit down next to her.

Grandma Jean Ramsey

I was very lucky to have met you- you are such a wonderful person. And I am so happy Sylvie got to meet her Great Grandmother. Ralph and I will make sure Sylvie knows how special you are. We miss you :(

1st Birthday!

I just cannot believe how fast this year went, and I would not change any of it for the world.
Sylvie's first birthday came and went. She was so good, loved all her friends and family being there and enjoyed every minute of it. Sylvie did so much better than her mommy did, I was a little stressed!

One of Sylvie's favorite presents was a toy baby stroller. I almost died when she got right up and started walking and pushing the stroller! She's been walking that stroller around ever since her birthday party!
The day after her party, she did try to get in the stroller though.

Sylvie got her first cake- she looks kind of disappointed- all her friends get sugary cakes to smash all over their face, and her mommy gives her a measly banana cupcake.
Everyday Sylvie is doing something new and I just love her more everyday. Ralph and I could not have made a better baby! I run home from work just to see her and see what she is up to and hug her and kiss her. I cannot get enough of her smiles and laughs.


Thanks to everyone for all your help this past year!!

10:35 on Aug. 1 2008

10:35 Aug. 1 2009