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I'm sqishing the tiny fishes with my boots

January 31, 2007

I'm sqishing the tiny fishes with my boots
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Bill's Birthday

January 27, 2007

Bill took Melina out for a walk so I could clean the house this morning. There are definitely times I am very thankful we have such a small house! They are still out so I have a few extra minutes before we head out for our morning activities (today is painting at the discovery museum) and thought I would write about Bill's birthday. People keep asking what we did, how his big bday was so I thought I would write a quick note about it.

I surprised him with a couple of days in Carmel and we had a great time. We stayed at the Hyatt Highlands which is beautiful. It is on a cliff overlooking the ocean. We stayed there 2 nights and had a great time. It was nice to kick back and lounge in the hot-tub, read uninterrupted, whale watch while cocktailing, read an entire paper and drink hot coffee!! Kind of made me feel like it was my birthday too!

We got back Tuesday night and picked up Mel from my parent's house. We had Bill's annual bday dinner (for those of you who don't know, my mom makes dinner of your choice and whatever dessert you want on your birthday). Bill, having the elite taste he does, always comes up with something very interesting. This year his cake was a torte. Delicious, but my goodness, thank you to my mom, because I certainly am not about to spend a day making a specialty torte! I did make cupcakes for him on Wed night though--Bill likes his birthday celebration to go on for several days.

Anyway, that was what we did. I thought it was great. Bill can add in his own two cents, but I am pretty sure he would agree.

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I am an expert slider now

January 24, 2007

Slide
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Melina and I went to the park saturday morning. It was a little wet, and while we got pretty dirty, a good time was had by all.

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Snow boots

January 20, 2007

Mel got some new snow boots and is all ready for Tahoe. Now, if we could just get away and go. . .

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18 months and thriving

January 18, 2007

Mel had her 18 month check-up appt on Tuesday. She clapped and yelled YAAAA when I pulled into the parking lot. Ok, maybe I have taken her there a couple of times, but hey I am a first time mom and better to be safe than sorry. So, her appt went very well. She weighs 25lbs and is almost 32 inches. I mentioned that she had 10 more to go before Disneyland and our nurse (who worked at Marine World) said it is 43 inches for most rides. Hmm, we have a way to go. Melina is in the 55% percentile for height and 50% for weight. Her head circumference is a bit on the high end, but she wears it well!

Her pediatrician was very impressed with her communication skills and her determination as she was normal Mel in there. Thank goodness both Bill and I were there so I could actually go through my list, ask my questions and hear the responses. We had very important questions such as toothpaste/no toothpaste, start potty/hold off on potty, rash or dry skin, 40 oz of milk a bad thing, etc. :)

All went well and then the shots. Poor thing got 4 shots, 2 in each leg. After her nap that day, when I went in to get her, she pointed to her band-aids and said "ouchie mama, ouchie." It was really sad. She had a fever for a full day and walked like Frankenstein because her little legs were so sore.

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Christmas?

January 17, 2007

Did we post x-mas pictures? I can't remember. . . doesn't look like it. Hmm, well in case you haven't seen pics, here are a few:

Mel in her Christmas dress. It was so cute on her, yet we could not get a good picture!

Mel attempting to call Dorothy to thank her for the bear she is holding

Mel and daddy reading her new Elmo book from Cousin Seth

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Old CH pictures

January 15, 2007

Bill and I are debating what to about CH this year. Of course, we want to go, but the idea of flying after the last couple of flights with Melina has us both hesitant (me more than him). On our last trip (we went to KY) Melina caught a cold on the plane ride home and was sick for almost 6 weeks. It was terrible and not something I want to go through again anytime soon.

But, we have a ton of FF miles and we need to use them. We have offered them to several people to use to come visit us but no one wants them. People are busy these days and a free trip is certainly not a "vacation" when you are going to visit someone with a child so I understand. So, as much as I despise the tedious process of redeeming airline miles, I have been thinking about destinations for us. Bill would like to go to Hawaii maybe over x-mas time this year. We had planned on going to Disneyland in December but I think we will wait a bit longer. I have heard 3 is a good age and before that is just too much work. We'll see.

So, in trying to decide on CH this summer or not I went back and looked through pics from last summer. I love it over there, we all do. Here are some of my favorites from last summer.