Friday, April 15, 2011

Vermont Pics










Vermont

Evie, Omha, and I made our way to Vermont to visit with my brother, Chris, this week. We took off Tuesday morning and made it to our hotel in the afternoon (after a stop to eat lunch and shop at the Queensbury outlets). We ate dinner at Planet Hollywood Tuesday night - where Chris is the head chef- and experienced an amazing meal. On Wednesday, we went swimming, out to lunch and to the Vermont Teddy Bear factory. Uncle Chris made Evie her first Vermont Teddy Bear- he put in the heart, made a wish (he wasn't allowed to say it out loud so I am not sure what it was), stuffed it with love and cut the umbilical cord. We created a birth certificate and named the bear after my brother, C.P. Miller:) Evie is totally in love with her new best friend! Wednesday night Chris took us out for dinner at the Bluebird and once again we had a fabulous meal. I experienced so many new tastes - veal brains, Oats and Honey (the best drink ever), parsnip soup and baked Alaska. It was an amazing night and a great experience for all of us, especially Evie. We headed home Thursday morning and once again stopped at the outlets and for a picnic lunch. Thank you Uncle Chris, Joya and Mom for a wonderful trip that helped take my mind off the life crisis'.

Swimming summary

Evie went swimming for the first time on Wednesday and she loved it. I got a big kick out of dressing her in the cute little bikini, watching her face as she realized that she was in a huge bathtub, and her attempt at swimming. We had so much fun and I can't wait until the next pool time!

Swimming





Thursday, April 7, 2011

First -Last day

Today is Evie's last day with Marissa and Carly! I know she doesn't understand what is happening but I feel so bad that she is losing that daily interaction with her BFF. I know Marissa and I will schedule play dates for our little ones but it is not the same. I will also miss my daily conversations with Marissa- she has helped me through some rough times with Evie and has been a terrific go-to Mom whenever I have a question. Marissa has made some wonderful suggestions, has spent the last six months teaching my baby the fundamentals and sharing her time and child with mine. I thought of Marissa as the "2nd" mom to Evie - she spent more time with her than I did and that makes me so happy (that Evie was loved by someone else when I couldn't be there) and so sad because I wasn't there. I have grown to love Carly, too - when I walk into the house after a long day at work- I am greeted by her smiling little face and arms reaching up for me. I pick Carly up and we have wonderful conversations - I think she is trying to tell me about her and Evie's day. I will miss this relationship terribly but will love my ability to spend more time with Evie, to be able to teach her, play with her and cuddle with her without the distraction of work for awhile.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Updates - 9 months

I have a lot of updates, some pertaining to Evie and others pertaining to life. To start, Evie is now 9 months old - OMG only three more months and we will be celebrating her first b-day! Evie's 9 month Dr appt went really well: 23 lbs - 90th % 30 inches- 95th % Two bottom teeth have appeared and four top teeth are breaking through Evie is starting finger foods, which is so much fun. She has had an English muffin, baby puffs, cheese, tomatoes, bananas and a few other small items. She loves this new adventure with food and Brian & I are loving it too - it allows us to eat together as a family instead of one of us choking our food down in between spoon feeding Evie. We are trying to get her to hold her own bottle but she only tries once in a while - most the time she lays on our laps like a lump expecting us to do everything for her (yup, we spoiled the crap out of her). Evie sits with no support, tries to sit up on her own and can dive onto her belly from that position without hurting herself. We are encouraging standing and walking but she has no desire to move - other than to bounce, bounce and bounce some more. She is attempting to get her belly off the ground to crawl but that isn't going very well - probably cause I move her toys close so she doesn't whine. Evie loves the TV - we tried to keep it off but it just didn't work - we both love watching it so much that we gave up. So, Evie watches Spongebob when we get home for the day and then the Simpsons with her Dad but I draw the line with Family Guy - I turn it to the news or off whenever that show comes on (especially after she started smiling at the theme music!). We fall in love with this amazing, brilliant little girl more everyday and we are completely impressed with our ability to produce such a beautiful, loving baby. Now - on to the other news, which isn't the greatest! I will be officially unemployed after April 8th - so if any of you here of a good job opening let me know. Brian and I have expected this to happen for the last 6 months. Even though I knew it was coming it still shocked and hurt me when HR arrived on Monday to tell myself and 3 other employees we were no longer needed. I am getting a pretty sweet severance package and can collect unemployment if needed but I really don't want to use that resource if I can help it. Evie and I have health insurance until the end of July and then we will have to sign up with Brian's unless I can find something by then. My goal is to have another job in 6 weeks- this maybe lofty in today's economic crisis but I am going to work hard to realize it. We also have to replace our septic system (a 10 to $15,000 expense!!), which has thrown both Brian and I through a loop. We are not sure what to do at this point but I am positive it will all work out. So life is great because Spring is almost here, Evie is healthy & amazing, and Brian & I have each other, along with wonderful friends & an awesome family.