Elana has the bug. Any music makes her just have to dance. She even dances when she eats. At first I thought she was just bouncing to bounce. Then Leaf's phone rang and she went crazy...head banging to Hells Bells. She stands up, holding onto the baby gate and throws her head back and forth. Total 80's hair band style...where she got that I have no clue.
After discovering her love of the tunes we got her a boom box. When I was setting the stations I ran into KMEL...totally the home of hip hop back in the day. Still the "rap" station now I guess and she was bouncing to that too. Now we are doing music everywhere. The Bare Naked Ladies have and awesome kids album that we sing to in the car. Elana cannot make much sense yet but she yells along with the music.
Last night was Auntie Shannie bonus night and the two of them danced for a long time. There is no shame in our family, we dance like fools just to get the baby to dance.
So somehow this is Leaf's fault...the dancing. Maybe it is his dream as well. When Leaf was a little boy his mom took him to the city. When Leaf saw the street performers dancing on the milk crates he turned to his mom and said (when you read the quote think of someone who would say jive turkey and do it in that tone) "man those people are made for dancing." The experience turned into Leaf and his friends trying to break dance on card board and a lot of parachute pants....needless to say Leaf has no rhythm. Although he can do the robot pretty well.
At least now he can live vicariously through his daughter.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Well Well Well
Darn Facebook. I got hooked on that and neglected my blogging. The worst thing is I told my mom to join and she is addicted. I even go to her for help....makes sense since she is on it all day long. Anyhow that is where I have been.
Elana is growing by leaps and bounds. She cannot walk but that is coming soon. She cruises and gets into trouble. She loves peek-a-boo and crawling and hiding from you. I know it is cute now but I can see where this is going. Camryn and Elana are already attached at the hip. Leaf asks how I get things done and well Camryn is a 3 year old baby sitter. She does not change diapers but hey I can count on enough time to throw some clothes in the laundry or put dishes away from her. Plus they can now officially fight. Elana pushes Camryn out of her way and takes toys. The battles will be epic one day.
I do have to say blogging saved the day. I read on my friend Liz's blog about her daughter having and ear infection back a few months ago. She talked about how her daughter seemed okay to everyone else but she something was just off...well after a long night Sunday, we all were screaming at some point that night, another bout on Monday, we went to the doctors to find out Elana has a double ear infection. Knock on wood, Elana has been really healthy up until now. If this is all we get this year I am grateful. The ear infection is probably from teething or the cold we both had a week or so ago. The funniest symptom is that Elana bangs her head with her fists. I was looking for the obvious ear pulling but no, my kid is a hitter. She would even use her hammer and her binky to do it.
On to me...so I was not only on facebook in the last month I am addicted to exercise. My goal was to get back to my prebaby weight by March 22. I was counting on my boobs shrinking and helping but that is a pipe dream. I can however fit into my jeans from before....some of them. I would not wear them in public but I can zip and button them, sit down, and still breath. So like the jeans I wore in high school. My goal is to run a half marathon in May.
The house front. Dee I took the pictures I just have to upload them...maybe next month. I got the spa up and running. What a freaking chore. The bigger chore is getting Leaf to understand that there is weekly maintenance that has to be done. It started to turn a bit green and I flipped out....just another freaking thing for me to take care of!!! Well I got it fixed and now everyone is on the same page about what needs to be done.
So I am back to this blogging again. It is hard to remember what happened and what was funny if you do not write it everyday....Oh here is a good one. I ruined my nieces life!
First, I am not very sympathetic and a bit of a realist. Kasey and Lindsey were in another stupid fight...an everyday occurrence around here. This time it was about praying for rain. We were in a hurry, buying a valentines gift for my sister from the girls. As we were walking out of the store Kasey screams and Lindsey and I catch something like "no it is true if you pray three times it will come true!!" Well by the time we get to the car I realize Kasey thinks she can pray and God will make it rain...I am a freaking geologist!!! I immediately say praying does not work. Then the water works of another kind turn on. Kasey is really worried about the drought..yadda yadda yadda. Insensitive Donna says stop f%$#ing crying, praying does not make it f%$#ing rain...and it goes on. I did tell her to pray for peace or for people to be nicer granted I may have been yelling but the message was there. Maybe I could have been a little less crazy but I had had enough. At least I said sorry. The lack of sleep is getting to me.
Elana is growing by leaps and bounds. She cannot walk but that is coming soon. She cruises and gets into trouble. She loves peek-a-boo and crawling and hiding from you. I know it is cute now but I can see where this is going. Camryn and Elana are already attached at the hip. Leaf asks how I get things done and well Camryn is a 3 year old baby sitter. She does not change diapers but hey I can count on enough time to throw some clothes in the laundry or put dishes away from her. Plus they can now officially fight. Elana pushes Camryn out of her way and takes toys. The battles will be epic one day.
I do have to say blogging saved the day. I read on my friend Liz's blog about her daughter having and ear infection back a few months ago. She talked about how her daughter seemed okay to everyone else but she something was just off...well after a long night Sunday, we all were screaming at some point that night, another bout on Monday, we went to the doctors to find out Elana has a double ear infection. Knock on wood, Elana has been really healthy up until now. If this is all we get this year I am grateful. The ear infection is probably from teething or the cold we both had a week or so ago. The funniest symptom is that Elana bangs her head with her fists. I was looking for the obvious ear pulling but no, my kid is a hitter. She would even use her hammer and her binky to do it.
On to me...so I was not only on facebook in the last month I am addicted to exercise. My goal was to get back to my prebaby weight by March 22. I was counting on my boobs shrinking and helping but that is a pipe dream. I can however fit into my jeans from before....some of them. I would not wear them in public but I can zip and button them, sit down, and still breath. So like the jeans I wore in high school. My goal is to run a half marathon in May.
The house front. Dee I took the pictures I just have to upload them...maybe next month. I got the spa up and running. What a freaking chore. The bigger chore is getting Leaf to understand that there is weekly maintenance that has to be done. It started to turn a bit green and I flipped out....just another freaking thing for me to take care of!!! Well I got it fixed and now everyone is on the same page about what needs to be done.
So I am back to this blogging again. It is hard to remember what happened and what was funny if you do not write it everyday....Oh here is a good one. I ruined my nieces life!
First, I am not very sympathetic and a bit of a realist. Kasey and Lindsey were in another stupid fight...an everyday occurrence around here. This time it was about praying for rain. We were in a hurry, buying a valentines gift for my sister from the girls. As we were walking out of the store Kasey screams and Lindsey and I catch something like "no it is true if you pray three times it will come true!!" Well by the time we get to the car I realize Kasey thinks she can pray and God will make it rain...I am a freaking geologist!!! I immediately say praying does not work. Then the water works of another kind turn on. Kasey is really worried about the drought..yadda yadda yadda. Insensitive Donna says stop f%$#ing crying, praying does not make it f%$#ing rain...and it goes on. I did tell her to pray for peace or for people to be nicer granted I may have been yelling but the message was there. Maybe I could have been a little less crazy but I had had enough. At least I said sorry. The lack of sleep is getting to me.
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