I Made My Nana Cry Today :-) Again with the ‘Tears of JOY’ thingy?

Lisa March 11, 2010 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

So today, either one of a couple different things happened here.   Either Nana is “sappy”  –  a definite maybe.

Or I am just so adorable… so cute and so sweet that I can make a grown woman like Nana cry “TEARS OF JOY”. 

For some reason… and after many different love letters having mentioned this whole “grown ups cry when happy (and sad)… babies cry when sad” thingy, and when exactly this transition takes place in life pops up yet again…

There I was just hangin’ with Nana… she had been slow as a snail lately and well, not to brag… I may not be at full speed yet, but I can take her hands down any day.   She was sitting down in the rocking chair in the family room.  I stood in my cute little Gugu stance with the table in front of me, and the couch behind me.  She sat observing me… while I watch a DVD Aunt Arrianna made for me.  It is called THE GUGE SPECIAL… it is a compilation of all the musical theme songs I love from different shows on Sprout, or Nick Jr.  some songs from Jack’s Big Music Show that Laurie Berkner sings, the Pajanimals, Sid the Science Kid and Super Why from PBS, and one very special track with a Mr. Patrick Swayze that I love and Greased Lightning with a very young Mr. Travolta.   Yep …. wierd assortment I know… but I am a fan of anything that has a beat!   IT’S TRUE!

So as I stood there… Nana saw me dancing.  Yep, I sway side to side, hugging myself… and dance now.    Now let’s just face it, I am cute, true, and adorable, beyond words, but I am not DANCING WITH THE STARS MATERIAL, I haven’t any amazing moves, or anything… but this woman looked at me like I was some kind of STAR!  She claims…  she couldn’t help but notice how much I have grown, that my CUTENESS QUOTIENT was enumerated beyond measure!  And that in that moment….the reality bomb dropped, she fully absorbed just how quickly for her our time has passed and how much she will miss all this ‘adorableness’!   Yes, it is true, I have given her sleepless nights, teethed, worried her and tried to make her happy  – to see me go, I tried to wear her out, and remind her that us babies are a  “butt” load of work and a huge challenge….. but Nana slipped up…and I saw… she not just a ‘NO FUN NANA’, tough to the core, she is just another –  a big ole sap… who knows the truth is she has been mighty lucky to be spending time with someone as awesome as me!   She sat with reality pounding upon her heart like a jack hammer… I am going home really soon…and yes she is so happy FOR MOM AND DAD TO SEE ME DANCE  – AND HOPING THAT BOTH OF YOU KNOW ALL THE INGREDIENTS CAMP NANA HAS PUT INTO MY GUGE – A – RIFFIC  HEART.   It is full of laughter, love, and curiosity AND A MILLION OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS!  My time here has been well spent, even if  IT IS the hardest thing ever for THE TWO OF you… I stood there today, a little toddler, swaying to the music, smiling and laughing… and Nana saw in me… your future.   She saw you and daddy dancing with me.  She saw you observing me in the months and days ahead, and then it came…  YEP, like Niagara Falls!   Not that I have been but hear, there is plenty of mistiness and water flowing… just like with Nana today, from both eyes!    She does not know where a year has gone, while you have counted the days the moments until we would be together again, Nana AND ALL THE CAMPERS have had the most outstanding little SPIRIT STICK a hug away!    

She has been working so hard on the book of love letters for you and Daddy, and could not help but notice, that in November, I was just barely able to crawl.   Now I am a dancing diva!   I had a great day Mom and Dad and it is nice to know that being a part of the lives of your sisters and brother, (my awesome Aunts, and my only Uncle!)  really meant so much to them all.  Especially the old sappy slow one… whose days lately are full of tons of not so pleasant things.  Nana says she will be happy… and I belong at “the HOOD” with mom”o” and daddy”o”… ASAP, that seeing us together will only BRING HER…. you guessed it  TEARS OF JOY!  (geez… again with that)    Nana is working it all out in her head… but her heart… it’ll be ‘a breakin’  and let’s just say, I bet, all the readers of my love letters to you and dad over this past year,  WORLD WIDE, will hear it when I go.    Nana hopes one day, when I am big, like mom… that I read this letter and I know… she, Poppy and all the campers LOVED MY DAYS AT CAMP, and LOVED ME more than any words Nana could ever help me write!  

On a lighter note, let me also tell you I have mastered yet another amazing skill… I CAN SAY NO.  Now I do not shout it meanly or raise my voice – no I don’t even really say it…

I just do like Nana… I lift my index finger up and shake it side to side when I want to say NO !   I say no to the dogs, I tell everyone NO whenever I want to!   New trick for the day… how to say no… and have ALL THE GROWN UPS FOLLOW MY PRINCESS ORDERS!  Hee hee… it works too.   You and daddy are gonna have fun with that! 

Until tomorrow Mom and Dad, please know I am your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter, (all ready for you, full of all the love and dedication the MITTEN STATE has had to offer)

Guillianna!

P.S.

Hey Maddie my little GOLDFISH MINI FRIEND… CONGRATS ON BEING A BIG SISTER TO YOUR NEW BABY BROTHER SPENCER!   VERY EXCITING NEWS, HUG YOUR MOM AN DAD FROM ALL OF US AND FROM MOM AND DAD IN THE LAND OF SAND too… So glad to hear everything went well, and that you ARE A BIG SIS  YOU WILL BE AWESOME!   Your pool bud, Guge!

PSS

I also hope my great Grandma Sally feels better soon!  

Resting ALL DAY!

Lisa March 10, 2010 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

I spent the day resting and relaxing.   I have had some Tylenol and feel better this afternoon.   Nana took some photos of me at camp today, as I played and got to feeling like myself again after my PEDIATRICIAN DAY!

News around camp is, that my Great Grandparents will be back in the MITTEN STATE SOON!

Great Aunt Pam too is back in the MITTEN STATE after visiting with her daughter in North Carolina!

The MITTEN STATE IS ACTUALLY WARM TODAY, and no need for mittens…  snow is melting everywhere, and well… it would be nice if SPRING WERE REALLY HERE.

I love the nicer weather, I AM NOT BUNDLED UP LIKE AN ESKIMO and actually get some fresh air!

I was really good today.   (as always)   I am making final plans to visit friends and family before my departure.   Nana has tried to include  some sort of visit with as many of my family as she can near the mitten state.   If any one wants to see me before I go… they can always email or call Nana or Poppy and they will try to make sure it happens.   Texas is kind of far away, so my camp directors are happy to try and find a date for me to visit those in the North, over the next few weeks!   After that, you and dad, will be here to pick me up and my CALENDAR IS BOOKED WITH SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS WITH YOU AND DADDY!   YEA!   SO EXCITING….

Because of my shots yesterday and my kind of NOT SO FEELING GREAT DISPOSITION, I did not do my GoldFish Mini Class… but I heard that my little buddy, Maddie’s mommy was in labor and about to have a baby!   I hope all is going okay and hope to hear soon if she has a brother or sister.   We are thinking about all of them!

I am getting  to be so big…

Look at me… I walked to this chair from the bedroom, and didn’t fall once…

I am getting better and better at walking… and the shoes Poppy got me were the trick.  They give me good balance, and when they are on…

Nana has a hard time keeping up!

I figure by the time you and dad get here,  I will be running!

Anyone know when I will out grow RUFFLE SOCKS, cause Nana keeps putting them on … and I am 15 months old!

I am so excited when I walk some place and get where I was heading…

I am giving Nana a toy…

So SWEET, I SHARE, and love playing ! 

It shows doesn’t it?

I love eating grilled cheese, and hmmmm, french fries (the itty bit Nana lets me have) and am very fond of pasta.  I love oatmeal, and fruit of all kinds… but one in particular, I JUST LOVE!  It was a berry mixture, of babyfood that comes in an EARTH friendly package that squeezes out, and let’s just say I love it!

I love water too.   I am not a big fan of juice, either apple or pear, but love to drink water!

I love puffs, or chips and crackers too.   Nana smashes them since if they are the slightest bit too big….. I try to choke!   So its mush for me.   Bacon… is a true favorite though, and even though Nana gives me small little pieces I TEND TO WANT THEM ALL IN MY MOUTH AT THE SAME TIME  so not only does my food get smashed… it gets RATIONED!   I have been so good Mom and Dad, and love eating all kinds of new things… and today, I even ate a tiny portion of a pickle from the side of my Grilled Cheese… and guess what?   I LOVED IT!

I love you and dad very much, and hope that you know today as always, I am your LITTLE MISS ADORABLE, your sweet daughter,

Guillianna!

PEDIATRICIAN DAY… 15 MONTH VACCINES!

Lisa March 9, 2010 1Comments

I WENT TO THE PEDIATRICIAN

FOR MY 15 MONTH CHECK UP!

I AM 20 POUNDS 10 OUNCES!

I AM 30 INCHES LONG!

I AM DOING VERY GOOD!

Dear Mom and Dad,

Today was VACCINATION DAY, here at Camp Nana.    I was very good for Nana all day.   I woke very early and then took a morning nap, when I woke up, it was time to go to the pediatrician for what will most likely be the last time in the Mitten State.  Unless I need Dr. “E” when I come visiting.   He had everything ready for me, like Nana had requested, a complete copy of my medical records for you and daddy to take back to Fort Hood, and my new pediatrician.  

While I am to continue my tummy medicine, I am slowly weaning off it.   I ate some yogurt and had a taste of frozen custard yesterday, and dairy still causes a little reflux, but nothing like when little.  So he gave me a prescription for you to take back to Fort Hood, until my new doctor makes decisions as to whether or not I need it.   My heart sounded great!   My lungs too.  He examined my head circumference, my ears, my mouth, my eyes, my abdomen, and said… I AM A PRINCESS!

Nana will give you all my paperwork when you return home so that you can copy it and keep one for us, and give one to my new pediatrician.

I really don’t like vaccinations, and NIETHER DOES NANA!   The process of getting them is not her favorite.  She says she wishes that the nurse who administers the shots, would have a tech come in and old the baby instead of Nana.   It seems so strange a mom or dad, or Nana or Poppy or anyone holding the baby down and letting someone “stick” the baby.   It a tech held the baby and IMMEDIATELY GAVE THE NOW CRYING AND HYSTERICAL CHILD TO A PARENT OR GRANPARENT OR WHOM EVER for them to soothe, well it would be so much less traumatic on the Nana types who feel the baby is looking to be protected and  I would not have looked at Nana with eyes that asked “why would Nana let anyone do that to me? ”   

Yea, I have heard it is for my own good, and I know IT IS CAUSE EVERYONE LOVES ME THAT I MUST ENDURE… BUT IT IS JUST REALLY A VERY  HARD CONCEPT TO GRASP  – EVEN FOR A SUPERGENIUS  15 MONTH OLD –  WHO ALREADY READS AND  WRITES LOVE LETTERS TO HER MOM AND DAD  IN THE LAND OF SAND – AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE. 

It hurts and Nana let’s them do it… IS THIS THE SAME NANA WHO HAS TROUBLE TELLING ME NO, cause she doesn’t want to make me cry or hurt my feelings?   I mean really… does this make sense… she cannot tell me NO but she lets them stick a needle in my thigh?   Weird.

I will put it on my list of things I need to figure out later on in life.   Along with things like  why some people  CRY tears of joy when they are happy!   Rumor has it I will not fully get it all until I am older, so for now… I MOVE ON.

Anyway for the rest of the day at Camp, I was put into TAKE IT EASY MODE,  AND WAS  – DARE I SAY IT-  A BIT OF A FUSSY PRINCESS…  but it is temporary and baby Tylenol helps me feel like my sweet self again quickly!

I hope that you and daddy know that today and every day, I am your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!

As Camp Nears It’s End…and tomorrow is a big day!

Lisa March 8, 2010 0Comments

Dear Mom and Dad,

It is so hard for all the campers to believe that I am preparing to go.  They all feel like I just got here…. probably because I am so DARN CUTE AND SO ADORABLE!    I am so excited to see you and Daddy!  Here I am at camp today…. playing and having a good time!   Waiting with GREAT ANTICIPATION TO SEE YOU BOTH!

Monday’s here at camp are odd because every one really puts in a  long day.   They go to work and school early, and they don’t get home until late.   Mondays have become my rehearsal day… yep, singing ALLLLLL DAY… NANA SINGING 🙁   So, I was thinking, stop the singing by playing with the KITTY.   I would play with the kitty AND NANA WOULD NOT SING… I went walking over….(how cool is that to say)  yea so I went walking over to play with the kitty…

What do you mean you don’t want to play with me…. hey,  I THOUGHT THE KITTY WOULD STAY AND PLAY!

Worse news… tomorrow is DOCTOR DAY!   Yep, IMMUNIZATION DAY!   My fifteen month check up.   Nana says it is her ‘least favorite babysitting thing” to do since it makes me cry and we all know NANA DOES NOT LIKE IT WHEN I AMNOT HAPPY,  BUT SHE DOES take me for shots, and despite her not wanting me to be unhappy we seem to still go… hmmmm, you would think she could be a slacker in this department, but NO…   THEN EVEN MORE  NOT SO EXCITING NEWS…. I GET TO GO BACK   again  FOR MY 18 MONTH EXAM!   What?   When does this well baby and shot thing stop I wonder?… only three months  in between.   Well at least I can hope to go with Mom and Dad, and who knows maybe the new pediatrician in TEXAS WILL BE MORE FUN!   Nana (no fun Nana going and burstin’ my bubble already) says not to count on it…. that baby shots are baby shots in just about any state in the USA, she even says I’m lucky?   LUCKY TO GET SHOTS?   But you know Nana, she says we are lucky that we have the medicine we have to keep babies healthy and strong.   She says I am lucky because Mom and Dad want the best for me.     EVEN IF IT MEANS WELL BABY CHECKS AND SHOTS… Yukko!   ON A BRIGHTER NOTE…. Great Grandma and Great Papa will return soon!   Fantabulous news… and it means we will have some time together before I leave camp!  

I am doing good other than my chronic insomnia.   I hope to have it undercontrol sometime soon, but just incase, be prepared for less sleep Mom and Dad… I really am up and down a lot especially lately… I was doing better, but maybe just maybe…it’s more teeth… time will tell.

I hope you and Dad are doing well.   I will write you tomorrow and let you know the PEDIATRICIAN NEWS, NEW WEIGHT, NEW LENGTH, AND YES ALL ABOUT the immunizations….  until then remember I am, as always, Your Little Miss Adorable, your daughter,

Guillianna!