I am a horrible blogger!

Life has been a little hectic around here lately, and the blog is usually the first to suffer. I don't even know where I left off!

February 10th was the last entry!?!? Wow I fail so hard.

Well, I'm over the daycare thing. No big deal. Besides, every pacifier that makes it home is added to the arsenal is randomly depleted due to AJ flinging them everywhere anyway, so no loss! Binkies are like magical little beings that disappear only to reappear later in a spot that is unexplainable. For example, she was napping on the couch and at some point, the yellow paci disappeared. We check the cushions, the blankets, her clothes, under the furniture. Nothing. Two weeks later it showed up... in the middle of the floor! *puzzled*

The latest big news is that we finally decided to trade in the Wrangler. It was a long and arduous decision and an even longer and more arduous process finding the right vehicle. I looked at the Jeep Commander more than once and was convinced I should buy that one. Yet I had a nagging feeling that it wasn't right. I decided to go look at Nissan Pathfinders and Toyota 4Runners if for no other reason than to eliminate them from the list of possibilities. I fell in love with a 2010 4Runner. After the first dealership lost our business, I went elsewhere and got a gun metal gray one that I dubbed Gandalf. LOL!

It's good for us though because the 2010 can do everything a Wrangler can do but with more comfort and more interior space. Score!

Dad is in town which is awesome. He was supposed to fly in last Sunday, but ended up surprising me by getting in on Friday evening. S-Factor, Sistah, and my friend J were all in on the surprise. He flies out tomorrow but he said he plans to come back out again for a while in July. Can't wait! It's going to be nice to actually get to do some hikes this summer haha!

Speaking of being outside, we bundled AJ up in her pram and went for a couple of walks this past weekend. That was fun. She slept through the first one but looked all around at Garden of the Gods. She's so funny.

But alas, today she has a fever of 102.9. I don't think it has anything to do with being outside because she was seriously bundled up like Ralphie in Christmas Story haha! Just another infant fever. Poor thing.

Pics will be posted (either here or on FB) soon.

Much love!
-t

I really don't expect much

I think I'm pretty laid back when it comes to childcare. I know they can't pay attention to each infant every hour of the day, and I'm actually happy they don't. I feel babies need time where they must entertain themselves. I don't mind the days AJ spits up or has a blow out and comes home in strange pants, because I know the laundry gets done multiple times a day there.

However, I am not very thrilled by the idea of AJ coming home with someone else's pacifier. I don't know if it was a spare that has been sanitized because they couldn't find hers (two were in her car seat in the hall, and one was in her bottle carrier in the room), or if it was on the floor near her and they assumed it was hers.

It just gives me the willies. I know kids stick things in their mouths and she'll probably lick another kid's face later on down the road... but that's not something the day care can prevent. They CAN attempt to prevent the workers from randomly sticking some other kid's binky in my kids pie-hole.

Anyway, it's not that big of a deal, I just wanted to get that out.

The weekend was great. Unfortunately, we were so wrapped up in the game, we didn't take Superbowl pictures with all of our gear on. We will stage a photo shoot soon and post those pics here or on Facebook. I tend to update the blog during breaks at work, and I can't upload pics from here, which is why this blog has like none. Sorry!

A-Train is rolling over lately. Yesterday, she did it twice like she was "showing" me what she can do now. She would roll over and look up at me with this HUGE smile so of course I made a big show of it like she just won a gold medal in the Winter Olympics. She only rolls to the left so far. She's not an ambi-turner.

10 points to whomever can name what movie that last line is inspired by ;)

-t

Rollie Pollie Ollie

She rolls over now! Not consistently, and sometimes she needs a little help, but she's getting there.

I also have a couple of pics to share of her holding her own bottle for the duration of the six ounces she consumed. More later!

:)

-t