Making new friends!

Lisa August 5, 2009 1Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Tonight was GOLDFISH MINI class!   This is Mattie, one of five of us in the class.  Nana tried to get a photo of all of us together tonight, but I CRIED!   I am thinking it was either that I don’t like sharing my MR NIKON photo ops, or maybe it is that I have not been sleeping well for about a week now, and was just plain exhausted.  I had fallen asleep in the car, and there was so much traffic on the way, that we were late!  I like doing things in GUILLIANNA TIME… for example, my breakfast, well this is not a quick thing, I like taking my time, and eating very, very slowly… I’m not one to be rushed… believe me… and if rushed well… all I can say is “tear!” OR TEARS! 

Mattie is one year old.   She has been a mini since four months old I believe so I could have her be my mentor.   She goes under water.  And she is nice!

Thank you very much to Mattie’s parents for letting my show off my new friend and classmate, and another MOST ADORABLE face on my website.   I don’t know if they read my love letters, but if so… thank you.  Maybe I can sneak a group photo in next week so you can see all of us… we are so cute in the water.   It really is fun… EXCEPT TODAY… I was the one crying.   And no they were not ‘happy tears’.  They were , “I was tardy to class, and tired” tears.  

I was just not myself at swim class which is sad since Great Aunt Pam and Cuz Brit came to see me.  THEY TOO FOUGHT CRAZY TRAFFIC AND CAME TO SEE ME BE A BIT FUSSY… oh and by the way, can I just say, it is really a good thing that I haven’t reached that I AM TOO COOL STAGE, you know that stage when you are embarrassed to be “different”.   Or embarrassed because you are the only MINI there with a Poppy, a Nana, and her BLACK BEAST of a camera. (WHICH IS GOING OFF A BAZILLION TIMES,LIKE SHE IS A PAPARAZZI),  Four Aunties, an Uncle, a Cuz and one Great Aunt… whilst every other MINI has their GMP(Goldfish Mini-Partner) and maybe one other parent there to watch.   I COME WITH AN ENTOURAGE….. and as I said, thankful I am not the easily embarrassed type.   All I am saying is, Goldfish mini school, at Camp Nana is like a spectator sport and I am the MVP….   THANKFULLY… I AM AT THE STAGE WHERE I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY ENTOURAGE, AND THE MORE FOLLOWERS…. TO TAKE CARE OF MY PRINCESS NEEDS, THE BETTER…. so thank you Aunties, Uncle, Great Aunt Pam, and cousin Brit… you know how to make me feel special.

Uncle Nick and I, doing the monkey, and then practicing floating on my back again…

Seems being TARDY (eh hem Nana? ) means I missed the COLLECTING OF THE FLOATING BALLS, my favorite part, but don’t worry I will be early next week and I will be chasing balls again!

I think I told you about how we spent the weekend reorganizing my Princess Playthings… and found that the former LIBRARY at Camp has become the perfect venue for my new Princess TOY ROOM.   Nana had the campers move out the big couch  that was in there, leaving the love seat.  Then we put all of  my ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY toys in the room.   The puppies however were not pleased with the renovated space….  Love Seat… Crowded Seat may be a better name…..  

We can call this photo, “Liking the love seat… NOT SO MUCH! ”  Here is Mr. Griff and Justice sitting cheek to cheek, and Miss Liberty… uh… no room… left out of the bonding moment.   But they are good about it, and seemingly understand a Princess truly needs space. 

So all in all, I had a good day.   I am missing you both very much, and hope you enjoyed the photos of me at the pool today!  Again Nana and Poppy really appreciate that Mattie’s mom and dad are so nice, as are all the other mommies and daddies in class.   Until tomorrow, I am as always your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter, and her new friend…

Guillianna!   (If I look puzzled it’s because, I know I have several toy cell phones, but how can Mattie call me if I don’t know my cell number? )

I am 8! Eight Months!

Lisa August 4, 2009 6Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

How are you doing?   I am awesome.  Incase you cannot tell by the photo’s today, or any other day for that matter.   I ham it up for the beast… and it is quite a routine now.   Even when I am fussy, the beast seems to bring out the best in me!

We stayed at camp, and played, and enjoyed my princess-versary.   Every month for the first year of my life, on the fourth, I have a princess-versary.  When I turn ONE, I will have my first Birthday, and then we will have birthday celebrations every year on December 4th.  A princess-versary is a day where I am really celebrating my mom and dad, and the fact that they gave me a great life and are working so hard at finishing their work in the land of sand just so they can return to me, and we can begin our dream all of us together.  So thank you mom and dad, know your princess is doing good, and looks forward to all the things we have heading our way.  Nana tells me about when I will ride on a school bus, and how the wheels on the bus go round and round… YES IT’S ANOTHER SONG….. and she tells me how we will go swimming together, and YES SHE KNOWS A TON OF SWIMMING SONGS TOO!   I think she has a song for every activity there ever was!  It’s okay… she grows on you… and I have just come to expect a song from her… OFTEN!

So not to bore you… but about this teething thing…  today I was TOTALLY CRACKING UP,  and remember when I said I just don’t get that whole crying cause your happy thing, well let me say, I was nearly crying I laughed so hard today… it even almost appears I am crying, but I assure you… it was major belly laughing.   I LAUGHED SO HARD THAT YOU CAN SEE MY TEETH!   Two of them… at the same time, can you believe it.  Here is a series of photos taken back to back… we were getting ready to go to the grocery store to pick up a few things… me in my car seat and Uncle Nick providing entertainment!

I start out …. just a regular laugh… and then Uncle Nick does the funniest thing… and before you know it… I forget about Mr. Nikon… and then next thing you know… I am laughin’ out of control.

Then bunny on my shoulder straps better look out… I have a secret weapon now… CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP… if I can stop laughing long enough.   Mentos Gum?  Really?   I don’t think so… I may have two teeth but come on…. Silly Nana, NO GUM FOR BABIES!   Oh, I see, if I shake it its like a rattle… COOL!  

I get it now…

THIS WENT ON AND ON… Happy baby… happy to go to the grocery and just plain happy to be 8 months old celebrating my PRINCESS-VERSARY WITH MY MOM AND DAD… even if long distance, these pics will make you feel like you can hear me laughing!

Anyway you get the picture now I am sure, cute teeth, laughing baby… good day!  Just lovin’ life!

Here I am doing the I HAVE TEETH victory dance/cheer!   Yes, Adorable.. and yes the beast captured more of my cuteness today!

Me showing off… and sharing with anyone who will listen… “hey … look what I have!”

Can you see my little no make that BIG personality shining through?

I am hanging out… lazin’ around…

Here I am on a stuffed animal that looks like a baby MR. GRIFF.

This version, does NOT shed,

does NOT drool,

and is quite a bit smaller…

Fun to play with, but not as fun as my real MR. GRIFF…

Who is my guardian St. Bernard… he loves me!

“Ha… it’s you wearing the pink today Ms. Penelope Puppy, and I have Princess Blue… to match my baby blues! ” 

I AM a squawker/talker… I talk and talk and talk, and have started this new thing that if someone walks out of the room, or away where I cannot see them, I CALL THEM BACK… LOUDLY!   Works like a charm!

Here I am telling my fellow campers how I like things, and all about my new teeth…. 

Well, this is how I hope you remember me in your dreams tonight, smiling, and happy.   I will definately write you tomorrow with the news of my GOLDFISH MINI class, and hopefully a new photo or two… until then, I am and always will be your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

Kisses from Michigan!

Lisa August 3, 2009 2Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

How are you doing?   Good I hope.   I am sending you hugs and kisses all the time… hope you feel the love!

Today, we had an early morning… and yes … a very UP AND DOWN night.   Nana, Poppy and I are having some getting reaquainted time during the nights lately.   Slept a bit in my car seat, a bit in my swing, a bit in my crib, a bit in Nana’s arms, and the key word here… A BIT.  AN ITTY BITTY BIT… then, during the day today, I slept on and off again, but more ‘on’ than usual.   Thinking I have my days and nights a bit backwards.  Nana says, it’s cool though… she is up anyway transcribing my love letters and other camp stuff… so she doesn’t mind an itty bitty bit of company… and just like my ‘princess presents’, that only she says smell like roses…

(eh, just a note to self … I am noticing that the other campers here won’t hang with me if I have any ‘rose smelling’ princess presents!)  Go figure!  Nana says it’s their loss.   Speaking of  roses though, these are flowers Nana got for her birthday and she also recieved some really awesome cards from the campers here and other friends and family.   Cards that made her laugh (hoops and yoyo a fav!)… and some that made her cry (eh hem…”in a good way” WHAT EVER THAT MEANS… I mean really, how does one cry in a good way?  When I cry, it is not ’cause I am happy, trust me, and when exactly do you begin to cry because you are happy?   I mean are there two year olds crying ‘tears of joy’ somewhere?   I know it’s a silly question, but I ONLY CRY WHEN I AM MAD, OR WANT SOMETHING, OR SCARED, never if I am Happy do you see me cry, and if I did cry when happy, then, I would cry all of the time?   It’s just a baby thing I guess, pondering the bigger questions of life… but really mom and dad, I think I will stick trying to smile when I am happy.  It is far less confusing that way.  So here are some photos of me, and I am smiling.. and happy … go figure…

 I smile when outside, I think we have established that on many occassions…

I smile when I get a hold of the lens cap to the BLACK BEAST that is always in my face!   Nibble nibble nibble… I say…

Today I had an arguement with Mr. Peanut… (my elephant)   Here I am giving him a good talking to…

And it escalated..

But with a little reason Mr. Peanut saw things my way!

Who’s the boss now… Mr. Peanut, huh?  

Today was the last day before my 8TH PRINCESS-VERSARY.   Really I dont feel a day over 7 months old though… and I feel as adorable as when I was but a ‘wee baby’.   I am now eating about three daily meals consisting of  two cereal and one fruit each day.   I am still in mad passionate love with the ‘bob’ and it’s cool since, the whole teeth thing is only just beginning.   I’ll cut back when I can masticate some real food.   HOLD THE PHONE… MORE TEETH… YIKES!

Well after a long day of playing hard, I sat in the setting sun and thought of the two of you…

I always am reminded by Nana that as the sun is leaving us, it is on it’s way to you… so we blow kisses to it, and figure the sun will shine down on you and deliver them and you will be “sunkissed” by ME YOUR LITTLE GUGU BEE!  Until tomorrow Mom and Dad, I hope today’s photos, made you smile…(NONE OF THAT HAPPY CRYING STUFF… way too confusing for me!) and remember as always, I am your Little Miss Adorable , your daughter,

Guillianna!

P.S.

Remember when I told you how all the friends and family here in the states, are taking care of your Little Miss, well, not only are Mimi’s and GG-ma’s following me ON my site everyday (kisses to you  all and thank you for hanging with me at camp both on line and when possible, in person) .. but so are Aunties, cousins and literally thousands of people I don’t even know world wide… and I REALLY APPRECIATE IT considering Nana, well she is an amatuer at this stuff and yes we can say it… she has all kinds of craziness in that head of hers… but she just wants mommy and daddy to smile, and not miss a day of seeing ME.   We know how I am all too often making so much out of something silly or small, but I am helping make the days a little nicer, and a little lighter for my mom and dad.  I am always going to be their little spirit stick and will always try to help them to forget about the miles between us, or all the sand, just for a bit, and help them enjoy green grass, and my little “buns” sitting on it, in a safe place.   Speaking of being a SPIRIT STICK, what I was wanting to say –  is that today I got a present in the regular mail from my Cuz Nanc,  your second cuz, and technically my third cousinc- CRAZY!  Take a look Mom and Dad… not only do I have a jersey for hockey season… Nanc took the time to send me the best accessory to my Wing NUT outfit, I now have a complete ENSEMBLE, personally I think this may be what was missing and why we didn’t bring home the Stanley cup… (just wait, I am ready now!)

Thank you so much Cousin Nanc… I am hooked up and gonna be on the Red Wing Wagon again soon.   My Mommy and Daddy thank you too for keeping  me and my parents in your heart and on your mind and we all appreciate that while they are away working in the land of sand, family and friends here are all hoping for them to come home safe and come home SOON.

Sleeping thru the night?

Lisa August 3, 2009 2Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

Since the whole teething thing really began, well lets just say sleeping is not a favorite.  Post nasal drip seems to be the culprit.    My nose and nasal cavity are so full of mucus, since teething… that I don’t want to lay down.   I will fall asleep in a second if I am sitting up in Nana’s arms, or even in a car seat…. but every 15 to 30 minutes I was up last night, until Nana let me sleep in the car seat for a bit.   She too caught a few winks.   Teething  is getting better though, and during the day, like I said yesterday, I am fine.  

My teeth are so cute… I just know in the upcoming days, when they are fully sprouted, the Beast will get a shot of them so you can really see how cute they are. 

We spent the day …. CLEANING…. yes, No FUN Nana, made the campers clean again!   Seems some little camper was taking up so much space everywhere with toys, and IMPORTANT LEARNING STUFF, that Nana decided it was time to reorganize.   Now, the former LIBRARY, is a PLAYROOM for the campers… most specifically one little camper who shall remain nameless… I don’t know something about learning how to put away toys… or some non-sense.   If we take out toys… we put them back.. how fun is that… now you may be getting the picture on  how she earned the name NO FUN NANA! 

What is fun though is being outside, and it shows… here is my photo shoot for today.

Daydreaming, and wanting to play….

Happy girl!   Green soft grass, and fresh air is all this Gugu Bee needs…. that and some ‘bob’s’, some toys, a lot of princess helpers around to pamper me, and maybe a few other things… but  really I am not high maintenance…. really…. It’s just that being outside, well –  it makes teething easier.  Look when I am outside, teething  –  well, it is just even easier when outside.

I have several approaches on this whole teething thing… above is one method, and below, well this is another princess approach at teething!

I am quite a gardener…I think I like these purple flowers the best.

I am thinking about picking this one..

I am thinking that it would only take one second and it could be mine….

ALL MINE…

Or no… a better plan…

I could send it to Mommy in the land of sand!

HEY – WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN’T PICK THEM, Please!  If we pick them I can send them to Mommy for my 8th Princess-versary.  NO?.. NO?… well, fine then… I just might have to pout…

I can get pretty serious when I want to…. but if No Fun Nana, were really NO FUN, then there would not be thousands of photos of Me Princess Guillianna… SMILING ALL THE TIME… like this….

I had dinner at Great Grandpa Ray’s today, he called this afternoon and said, ” hey there”  to Nana and all of us campers and that he had made us a roast beef dinner, complete with ‘taters’, peas… and fried zucchini.   It was so nice of him… I of coarse, had the usual… a ‘bob’, but he really made a great dinner for all of the campers, and we had a great time out at his house.   THANK YOU SO MUCH – cause I got a chance to visit with my cuz Brit, and my Gappy (who were there too, but had already eaten).  Mom and Dad, I am so lucky- everyone and I MEAN EVERY ONE is making sure I am happy and smiling all the time until you get back!   I will write you tomorrow, or should I say TODAY AGAIN, SINCE NO FUN NANA, SEEMS TO HAVE MISSED HER MIDNIGHT DEADLINE YET AGAIN… until later..please remember I am your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, your daughter,

Guillianna!  ( I should probably cut Nana some slack, since it is me who has already awoken at least 5 times since she laid me down for the night!)   IT’S JUST SO MUCH MORE FUN TO PICK ON NANA ! I mean why should a princess like me take the blame if we can attribute the trouble to another cause…?   Maybe Nana should type faster, or take less photos!   What about that idea… nah…. less photos of your little(POG) Pot Of Gold…. UNTHINKABLE.   XOXOXO Talk to you later!