Half Way to Kindergarten

Laina is two and a half today!!! Wow! We're half way to kindergarten. How exactly did that happen? Here she is...two and a half years ago....our sweet beautiful Laina.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

The leprechauns came last night! We've been reading about them for a few weeks and last night, they came to our house. They left little gold coins from their pot of gold for Laina to find this morning. She also enjoyed green eggs (with cheese & ketchup of course)! Fun traditions!

A person's a person, no matter how small

We took Laina to see her first movie!!! We've been reading "Horton Hears A Who" so that she knows the story, hoping that it would help hold her attention for 86 minutes at the theater. She did wonderfully. She sat for the whole thing and enjoyed every minute of it. There's a character named Jo Jo and at the end of the story he helps save the day. When Jo Jo came up on the screen, Laina shouted out "JO JO!!!!" Very funny. Of course, the Mommarazzi brought her camera and here are a few shots of our outing.

Auntie Di is coming!!!

Auntie Di is coming....Auntie Di is coming! We're very excited because Auntie Di, Uncle Tommy and Cuzzie Nik are coming to visit this weekend and then Auntie Di is staying the whole week to visit with us! Yeah! Laina and her Auntie Di go way back....when Laina first came home and needed those middle of the night feedings for the first couple weeks, it wasn't Mommy who got up with her, it was Auntie Di! We had to set an alarm to wake up and wake Laina up to eat every 3 hours because she was jaundiced and just sleeping through her feedings. Auntie Di got up in the wee hours for the first couple of weeks so that Joe and I could rest and I could recover from my surgery. We love you Di!

99 Red Balloons

Laina is a dancer...there's no two ways about it. Here's a little clip of her grooving to a beloved 80's tune of ours.

We just signed her up for a dance class. We've been to 2 classes and so far she seems to like it. At the end of the year, there is a recital and all the 2 & 3 year olds perform one dance. I don't know whether she'll actually participate -- I really hope she does. It should be adorable!

The Pink Stuff

The house is sick. I have managed to avoid it so far. Hopefully I remain immune. Laina's had a fever since Saturday...the wake up at 3am-scream crying-103 degree-kind of fever. Poor baby-sleepy mama.

I took her to the doctor Monday and they say she has a sinus infection (I was so happy to hear it wasn't an ear infection!!!) They put her on amoxicillin...the infamous pink stuff. She hasn't been on prescription meds for a while and after I gave her the first dose, her reply was "ohhhhhh, that's YUM!" Very cute. After being on antibiotics for three days, she's looking better, becoming less crabby, her color is back and her fever is staying down. Yeah. She only woke up 3 times last night!

But now Joe is sick. It started yesterday. He feels awful. I feel very bad for him! So, I'm playing nurse to my two loves. I've jokingly been calling them "Germ 1 and Germ 2" (as opposed to Dr. Seuss' Thing 1 and Thing 2).

Spring can't come soon enough!

Here's a favorite photo of my Laina...I love the lighting and her sweet little face and her hair pulled back.

Daddy's Are Special

Here's a very sweet picture of Laina and Joe having fun. There's something about playtime with daddy that is so special. Daddy's just play hard. Sometimes I look at Joe and Laina together and think to myself..."I don't play like that with her"....like I'm not giving her something she needs. Then Joe reminds me that I give her the other very important things like nutrition, clean clothes, pretty pigtails, fixed boo boo's and baths. I guess she's lucky to have both of us...and we agree we're lucky to have her!

In other news, the snow here in the Northeast is frankly getting ridiculous. I don't know how much more of this I can take - and I'm not even doing the snow removal! Its just getting old and boring to look at. I'm sick of wearing bulky coats and carting Laina's boots and snowsuit to school. I long for the day where I just pop her in her car seat wearing just her outfit and not 5 other layers. We've bought some really adorable Spring/Summer Gymboree stuff and wow, I can't wait until Laina can wear it! Soon enough. Daylight savings comes early this year, Easter comes early this year, its March which means the 1st Day of Spring is right around the corner. Now if only Mother Nature would cooperate!!!