Barf Bag For One, Please

There a few things I wondered about how I would handle when I had my own child.  Like cleaning up another person's vomit, finding marker drawings all over the wall, or waking up to find poop creations all over the crib, stuffed animals, and books (which actually happened to my sister).  One thing I never thought of before was discovering things that my child would eat without knowing that they are, in fact, not edible.  The other day I thought Kaylee was chewing on something.  I tried to poke around in her mouth to see what it was but couldn't see anything. She gnaws on her tongue quite often so I figured maybe that's all she was doing.  However, after a few minutes, she was getting frustrated that she couldn't chew and swallow whatever it was and so she pulled it out to examine it.  I glanced over and saw her pull out a fingernail clipping!!!  I almost threw up on the spot.  This almost tempted me to bump up my weekly vacuuming job to once or twice a day just to avoid that again.  Can't wait to see what she'll try to eat next...

A Baby Changes Everything

I decided this is my favorite Christmas song this year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y0_wNPSOaw&feature=related  (skip past the first minute or so to get to the actual song)

not only because I love MY baby who changed everything for me this year but because of the little baby who came so long ago and changed the whole world.  I am so grateful for that gift that was given more than two thousand years ago that continues to bless me and everyone I know. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Meet BRaj

 This is my sweet nephew, Benjamin Raj (Raj means king in Hindi).  He was born two months earlier than his due date, and is having a little bit of a rough start to life.  But he is a fighter and is making small improvements every day.  I was finally able to meet him today and he is SO beautiful and perfect and tiny- the pictures do not do him justice at all.  Even though he is super tough and is fighting so hard to get out of the NICU as soon as he can, he needs a lot of love and prayers.  Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers when you get a chance!  We are so happy to have him in our family!!

Don't Try This At Home

We put up all of our Christmas decorations the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  After putting up our fake, 3 ft tall Christmas tree, it took all of two seconds for Kaylee to pull it over on herself and get a big scratch across her eye.  I definitely wouldn't recommend this, but since then she hasn't gone anywhere near the tree!  It might have been a blessing in disguise??  But do me a favor, just because it worked for me, don't go pushing your Christmas tree over on your children just to keep them away.  It's probably not worth it ;)

Argh Matey

My cute little peg leg pirate developed this funny habit of crawling on one knee and one foot.  Her right knee rarely touches the ground.  

I am really hoping that it IS just a cute little tick and nothing is seriously wrong with her leg.  Also, in the past week or so Kaylee has started waving goodbye and clapping.  It is SO adorable and I love when she is crawling around and just stops for no apparent reason other than to clap and tell herself good job.  What a cutie!