Sorry

I'm sorry it's been so long since we have blogged. Mike accidentally knocked the laptop off of the dresser and it broke. It only occasionally works. Today is one of those good days so I thought I would give everyone an update.

Loren is such a joy! She is growing so quickly. Today she got really quiet while playing. Of course that sends a "DANGER-DANGER" warning to mom. So I went running to find her. She was sitting in her rocker with her Max (from the Grinch Who Stole Christmas) and was naming his facial features. "Eyeeeee (eye), No-no (nose), eeeel (ear)." I was dumbfounded! I had to be sure so I asked her, "Where is the puppies ear?" Sure enough, she knew all of the parts! Big girl! Loren also has a boyfriend at my gym. I went to go pick her up and she had HUGE RED EYES from crying and was sitting in the director's lap. I asked the director what was wrong. She told me that one of the little boys wouldn't leave Loren alone. He kept trying to hug her. My good girl told him NO NO and ran to the director and wouldn't leave her! How sweet is that?? Other than that we are just dealing with a rather bad cold. She has some fluid on her ears and is generally miserable.

Mike and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary this past weekend. We went to the Embassy Suites downtown and went to the Fox Theater to watch the Christmas Carol. We had a great time getting away for a bit. Mike bought me a new phone for our anniversary. I got him a big booty Flat panel T.V. that will mount on the wall. We bought eachother a fire-place (only because they were on clearance at Lowes). I can't wait until our basement is put back together! It is going to be so cozy!

Mike finished his Second Masters on Friday. What a smarty! We are very proud of him and his accomplishment! So he has a Masters of Engineering and a Masters of Engineering management.

So, that means it is my turn!! After much debate I decided on what I want to be when I grow up :)! I am going to get my Diagnostic Medical Sonography in OBGYN/Abdominal study. I'm so excited! I have about 4 semesters of prerequisites to take and then it's off to the races! I think I'm going to get it in OB/Abdominal studies but I may get it in vascular studies. I don't have to decide that for a little bit yet. Anyway, it'll be hard work but worth it! I'm so excited!

Well, it's time to have Mommy/Loren time! I'm off to put her down for the night. Good night kisses to all!

Daddy's girl!

I realized today how much Loren craves attention from her "Dah" (dad). This morning when Mike left for work Loren cried and cried and cried. She kept saying, "Dah bee-bee Dah!" (dad, baby, dad). It made me cry to hear her so upset that her daddy left for the day! Well then you can imagine what happened when her Dah got home! She was in the kitchen and heard the door lock. She started running (as fast as her little leggers would go) towards the door yelling "Dah! Dah! Dah!" He picked her up and she immediately put her feet on his nose so he would say "Pewwww! Stinky Feet!" Which of course sends her into hysterical giggles! So Dah has now been home for 30 minutes and she has not left him alone! She keeps giving him bites of her fake food (thank you Great Grandma Burgess), sticking her "stinkey feet" in his nose, and bringing him books to read. I'm so dang lucky! Grandma Helen even commented the other day how lucky I am to have such a "good man." I totally agree. . .sorry for all of you other women, I got the best one! ;)

Here's a flashback to the time mom said, "When the baby gets up go ahead and give her a bath." Being stupid parents, here is her 3:00 am bath! Poor Mikee but what a good "Dah!"

Growing up

It always amazes me when you have those "Ohh My Baby Is Growing Up" moments. Today I was watching Loren closely as she interacted and played. I was shocked! I always knew she understood me and understood things that were going on but today I realized just how much she knows! For instance: Whenever I gave her a toy she "jabbered" at me. Suddenly today I realized that she said the same thing whenever I gave her something. She says "Thatch tea-yow" My baby is thanking me every time I do something for her! I mean you know that someday your child is going to do XY and Z. . .But when they actually do it! WOW! What else did she do today. . Oh yes! I remember. She walked up to Aunt Helen's Christmas tree, pointed to the ornaments and went "No, no, no!" and walked away. I also saw that every time she gets a stuffed animal she pats it on the rear just like I do to her. Wow. . .She is getting so big.


Sorry I haven't posted much lately. Our power went out on Wednesday night of last week and we've been living with Grandma Helen (my Aunt Helen). I think poor Grandma Helen was about to go insane with a 1 year old and an extremely noisy cat living there! She was so gracious though to let us stay for the week. Supposedly close to 500,000 residents in the St. Louis area were without power. Close to 100,000 are still without power. We had a horrible ice storm last week and frozen tree limbs crashed into powerlines and viola, blackout! It was so freaking cold as well! I left Gabby here for the first night thinking that the power surely wouldn't take more than a day to turn back on. YEAH RIGHT! Poor cat nearly froze to death. . .Well. . .Mike wanted to leave her because he grew up with Barn cats in the frozen Tundra. However, I knew my princess kitty would not have survived. What do men know anyway? Nevertheless, I won and Gabby had a warm place to sleep.

Well, I have to go do laundry now. Loren had a blowout that ended up in the feet of her jammies. Also, she just puked everywhere and had to get another new pair of jammies. . .I hope she isn't sick. She seemed fine after her . . .ummm. . .issues. She fell asleep. . . Poor girl. Ohhhh the joys of children!