LATE…NANA IS ALWAYS LATE!

Lisa October 12, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

First let me say, this is my SUNDAY love letter, however since Nana didn’t start it until after midnight (by like two minutes) you will now have two love letters that appear to be the same day, but are not.  Sorry…. so when you see this one, know that MONDAY’S WILL GET STARTED BEFORE MIDNIGHT MITTEN STATE TIME…. Nana says sorry.   Now, to the good stuff… ME!

I spent today with all the campers… we just hung out, and had a day of homework, (for some) and Princess training for you know who.

Here I am at work today…in the special crawling tube you and Daddy sent me.

I love playing in this thing and can’t wait to crawl through it with you guys…

Great great Uncle Tom and Great Great Aunt Beverly stopped over today, she came and made Aunt Allyssa very happy.   See Great Grandma Sally had given Aunt Allyssa a little bracelet, and it broke… but Great Great Aunt Beverly came by one day, saw it broken and said, we can fix this…. sure enough she came back and she and Aunt Allyssa fixed the bracelet together.  SO NICE, and she loves me too.  You can tell she looks at me and plays with me, and it just shows…. so thanks for the visit, and well wishes.  Mom you and dad sure do have lots and lots of people who are so proud and who are being so good to me.  

Tomorrow is cousin Cody’s first birthday…. I hope he has a great day, and who knows maybe an awesome bite of cake?   Very exciting stuff, if he is now going to be one, it means… you guessed it… I am right behind him… AND YOU ARE HOPEFULLY COMING TO VISIT SOOOOOOON!  

Until tomorrow, mom and dad, know that we are all doing good, and I am especially good.   I will write you tomorrow, or later tonight (BAD NANA) again, just to fill you in on my day.   Until then, I am as always your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

What is new today?

Lisa October 10, 2009 3Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Today I drank from a big girl sippy cup for the first time.  Nana grabbed a quick photo of it with her phone!   I loved the sippy cup.  We didn’t really do anything much new today other than get some diapers and formula… but I worked on learning to crawl.  Aunt Arrianna took a little video for you.  It is long and most likely boring to most (BUT ENJOY ANY WAY THE SIMPLE THINGS LIFE BRINGS US, it is far too short not too), but for you and daddy it is three minutes of joy.   Three minutes of the ho hum everyday kind of stuff I know you both miss so much.   It is me, being your beautiful baby girl, and three minutes will seem like three seconds.  Just like the time Nana spent with you Mom, and all the other campers…. only her minutes have now turned into your entire childhood – which has blurred by her, in what feels like just a few minutes of time…  

So here is my what time at camp is like – and since it is all about me… WELL REALLY WHO CAN BE BORED?   IT TOOK NANA QUITE SOME TIME TO GET THIS LITTLE VIDEO TO WORK… and yes there are those who will say they do not have three minutes to spare.   Or why did you post this, it’s not anything important.  Since I am not making any ground breaking progress or doing a silly thing to make you laugh!  Nope, I am being me, just hangin’ with my Aunt Arri, and working on the process of growing.   SIMPLE every day stuff, that we ALL OF US  so often take for granted.   WE who are here that is.   Nana knows you and daddy, well you would sit and watch me for hours if you could, would not matter what I was doing, you would hang with me, and just smile at the site of me in the same room with you.  Nana says, this video is the stuff my days are made of… and she wants you and daddy to hang with me for a few minutes and feel how much you are both loved!  She wants you to know how much your parents love you guys, and how far you two have gone from the days where you learned to crawl, to being parents yourself now.   Remembering all the while, that in that time, some twentyplus years, all the wonderful things you have done, the places you have been, and the lives you have begun.  I AM ONLY BEGNINNING HERE AT CAMP,  and I am saving all the AWESOME stuff for you to do with me… who knows – maybe I will wait to crawl for you when you come visit me?   ONLY I REALLY KNOW FOR SURE, and I am not telling.  If I crawl before then, well it only means that there are bigger and better things on the horizon for you to share with me, like maybe snow skiing? Or parasailing? Trips to Disney, or even to the park to play some catch.   I told you before I am making a list and there will be so much stuff on it for us to do together, that you better be sure your calendar is OPEN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES!   For now while we are apart… here I am, and let’s spend the next few minutes together… pretend you are sitting on the couch or floor next to me… this is what it would be like…

WORKIN’ ON THE CRAWL …. starring Guillianna!

I hope you and daddy are well, and that you see that we are getting into October, and you know what that means…. yep…. closer to having my first birthday…. which is so exciting since we hope to be together near that time for your R&R.   HOW AWESOME IS THAT!   I know we cannot say exactly, but it will soon be less than months, and then it will be weeks away, and before you know it, DAYS AWAY.. AND I WILL BE IN THE ARMS OF MY PARENTS… I will be ready to give you the FULL ROYAL TREATMENT, or do I mean you should be ready to give your princess the full ROYAL treatment.   I have Nana and the campers pretty well trained.  I have offiicially begun the phase where I cry for most everyone but Nana…. it’s nothing personal.   TOTALLY A PHASE, BUT IT WORKS WELL BECAUSE… IT IS ALL ABOUT ME AFTERALL RIGHT?   Seriously… this is the age according to all the literature that I can get a little fussy… so between teething and this new separation anxiety thingy… I have good excuse.   Nana hopes it passes quickly… but no promises… they say it lasts a bit, maybe to about 12 months… I don’t really like to follow everything written, because I am after all unique and an individual.  I do most everything in GUILLIANNA TIME, AS IS APPEARANT WITH MY LACK OF DESIRE TO CRAWL… but rest assured, I know what I what, when I want it, and EXACTLY  how to get it, all while being  your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, your daughter,

GUILLIANNA!

P.S.

(Here I am in my sparkly shoes, my Detroit Tigers jacket, and hangin’ with the campers… it’s gotten cold here in the mitten state…

but it should not come as a surprise,

 I am ready!)

Until tomorrow Mom and Dad, please remember, that I am as always your princess, your LMA,

 Guillianna!

My New Tooth..

Lisa October 10, 2009 2Comments

Dear Mom and Dad…

I am sporting a new tooth these days, but letting Nana or the beast capture it for you well that is another story… I am not fond of letting anyone see it just yet, but it works good… I am eating more big girl foods, and loving every second.   I went to meet my GG-ma and Great Papa, it is Friday you know, and Uncle Dave, Aunt Kris, Cuz Steven and Bryan were there too… we had some pasta!   No sauce for me… No Fun Nana, limited me today… but it was still fun.

This is what the other campers call me “giving the stink eye”…. when I am not sure, or thinking… WHAT?….. I give this look…. and right now, I am giving it to Nana cause I don’t want to show you my new tooth….  the beast had to take a lot of photos to try and capture my newest addition.

Then they tried the BRIBE approach…

Give me my little lens cap, and think I will open my mouth….for you to see?

But I am on to them…

Can’t you see it in my eyes, I am on to you all…..

I am too smart!

I am laughing at how silly you are trying to be… and still no photo op for you!

If I told you once Nana I told you twice… NO!    (GIVING THE BEAST THE STINK EYE FOR SURE!)  When suddenly… without warning, I gave them a glimpse…. look careful or you are sure to miss it… it is up top, on the left of my mouth, and it is tiny!  (FOR ALL THAT PAIN, THIS TINY THING GEEZ!)

This little thing…

In the days and weeks before it popped through, I was expecting so much more…

something the size of a house maybe, but no, just this…

After my photo shoot, I was exhausted…

I had an awesome day today, and I am doing better since this tooth popped out, but I am fearful that there are a bunch more coming, and I can only hope that they are not as painful as this one was. 

As you can see I am happy and I am still in love with Nana’s lens cap!

Until tomorrow Mom and Dad, please remember,

 as always , I am always your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, your sweet daughter,  (WITH THREE TEETH)

Guillianna!

Crazy isn’t it Poppa Richard… I think today is your birthday, BUT IT WAS ME WHO GOT THE NEW PRESENT… hope your birthday was absolutely SPECTACULAR…and like I said before, I hope you had birthday cake for me too!   I’d sing you a song… but … right now every thing I say pretty much comes out  BAH BAH BAH!   Happy Birthday from the Mitten State!

Another FIRST…

Lisa October 8, 2009 2Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Yep, I did it, I ate my first Pasta and Sauce!

Poppy bought me Graduates – First Spaghetti Rings and Meat Sauce and I said…YUMMO!   This is how it all went down…

You will notice to the far right, the baby food jar… is NOT WITHIN THE REACH OF MY LITTLE HANDS… BECAUSE, I DO NOT PUT NOODLES IN MY MOUTH, I prefer to do the ‘squash and play’ thing with any food … eggs….. plain noodles, you name it… toys they go to the mouth, food however, is much more fun to squish, squash and pulverize into the tray, my hands and my clothes…   WHY NO BIB YOU MAY ASK,   well, Nana says  a small tarp would be needed, since I like to GET INTO my food…  so for a while pasta time will be when we have plenty of CLEAN UP TIME…

Can you tell how much fun Nana and I have during our meals… not quite in the fast eating OR NEAT eating phase right now… I like to reeeeeeeally enjoy my meals….

Then, I got a little carried away… and well…. it wasn’t pretty… but it was delish!    I was….. full, and I was exhausted… but a picture is worth a thousand words…

The beast got me… and now Nana’s little  secret is out… 

Nana – who is so often more commonly known as…NO FUN NANA…. every once in a while let’s me go WILD, and feel things, and play and just plain make a full on mess!   BUT IT WAS SO FUN! 

Another first today was that Uncle Nick and Poppy got a chance to go to the first at home hockey game for the 2009-2010 Red Wing Season, and it looks like I am back to work as the the RED WING SPIRIT STICK.    Before they left for the game, Nana and the beast captured the moment… they went downtown and watched the Wings WIN and that means, I am 1-0 for my spirit stick season!   They had two other games in Sweden, and I didn’t wear my jersey… they lost….

So… from my head to my toes, I was ready to go… My jersey with my name on the back, and little red shoes… and Cuz Nanc’s Red Wing sockies she sent me…

Well, it was a good day in the Mitten State… hope all is well in the land of sand, and I think I will stick with rooting for the Wings daddy, since the Chargers let me  (or Nana) down…

Until tomorrow, please remember, I love you, and as always, I am THE PRINCESS OF PASTA, AND YOUR LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, your daughter,

Guillianna!